^ *B^Pi,B^FW!«-,^_»y 



warJhsvtlte,^*^ - tJFeasurer, Joseph Hea- 

 cock, of " W^lj cbte, Fa., and secretary, 

 John G.. J^vL of Saddle Biver, N. J. 

 The yearlyafcrts shtowi 

 " TT"Jrecbipts. 



Balance 118.001.99 



Xwenty-sixtta amegsment 28,015.26 



Membership fees 1,169.85 



New membership 872.60 



Additional membership 607.42 



Extra one-half assessment 101.07 



Extra whole assessment 606.30 



Re-Insurance 285.40 



Interest on reserve fund 1,410.00 



Interest on bank deposit 404.90 



Refund from estate of C. H. Kunzman. 300.00 



Matured Kalamazoo, Mich., bond 1,000.00 



Total $53,764.75 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Losses paid r« rtT.T.-. . ; . .• ^rt-.f 10vfi£4.83 



Expenses 3,566. 16 



Investments 2,917.12 



Miscellaneous 21.84 



Balance on hand 27,734.80 



Total $63,764.75 



The rates of insurance, which now 

 are fixed each year, were continued the 

 same as for the last year, at 6 cents 

 for double thick glass and 15 cents for 

 single thick. Officers were reelected 

 as follows: 



President — E. y. Hill, Eichmond, Ind. 



Vice-President-^J. F. Ammann, Ed- 

 wardsville. 111. 



Treasurer — Josfeph Heacock, Wyncote, 

 Pa. 



Secretary — John G. Esler, Saddle 

 River, N. J. 



Directors — J. A. Valentine, Denver; 

 Samuel Murray, Kansas City; C. L. 

 Washburn, Chicago. 



The Rorists' Review 



87 



GABDENEBS' ASSOCIATION. 



At a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the National Association of 

 Gardeners, held in Boston, August 19, 

 it was decided to hold the next annual 

 meeting of the organization in Phila- 

 delphia in December. 



In the afternoon of August 19 the as- 

 sociation held its usual summer meet- 

 ing with a good attendance, a number 

 of papers pertaining to craftsmanship 

 being presented. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Gladiolus Society was held at Boston, 

 August 19, with a larger attendance 

 than for several years. Nearly the whole 

 afternoon was spent in the discussion 

 of the society's welfare. A committee, 

 headed by Montague Chamberlain, was 

 appointed to .revise the by-laws. In 

 view of the next meeting being in San 

 Francisco, the executive committee was 

 instructed to consider and act on a prop- 

 osition also to hold a show somewhere 

 in the east. An hour or more was spent 

 in a fruitless attempt to draw a line be- 

 tween amateur and professional grow- 

 ers, and to get the question out of the 

 way, it finally was referred to the com- 

 inittee on new by-laws. The officers and 

 ("ommittees all reported progress but 

 nothing of special moment. The so- 

 ;iety declined to select an official organ. 

 ' he following new slate of officers was 

 ♦lected: 



^ President — Charles Franklin Fair- 

 '■^nks, amateur, Clinton, Mass. 

 , Treasurer — A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, 

 ^tid. 



Secretary — H. Youell, Syracuse, N. Y. 



Executive Committee — I. S. Hendrick- 

 ^ 1) T. A. Hayemeyer and Maurice Fuld. 



^J^omenclature and Registration Com- 

 ; 'ttee— A. C. Beal, A. C. Hoddes and 

 ^ M. Gage. 



The executive committee was in- 

 '' ucted to appoint the vice-president. 



William J.Kennedy. 

 (President of Boston Qardeners' and Florists* Club.) 



selecting a man near San Francisco if 

 possible. In the evening, President- 

 elect Fairbanks gave a dinner at the 

 Parker House to the other officers and 

 some of the members. 



The society never has staged so large 

 or fine an exhibition as it did at Boston. 

 Its members were to be credited with 

 practically all the cut flowers in the 

 hall, the brightest feature of the ex- 

 hibition. The quality was finer than 

 usual and the staging was better. In 

 the competitive open classes under the 

 society's management, the following 

 awards were made: 



Twenty-five spikes, Mrs. Francis King— S. E. 

 Spencer, Woburn, Mass., first. 



Twenty-flve spikes, Chicago White— C. W 

 Brown, Ashland, Mass., first. 



Twelve Black Beauty— Madison Cooper, Cal- 

 cium, N. y., flrrt. 



Twelve Golden Queen- H. E. Meader. Dover. 

 N. H., first. 



Twelve Michigan — Madison Cooper, first 



Best six whlte-^. F. Fairbanks, Clinton, 

 Mass., first, 9n Enropa. 



Best six pink— T. A. Havemeyer, New York, 

 first, on Panama, 



Best six^ yellow- T. A. Havenreyer, first, on 

 Scbwaben. 



Best six blue or lavender — T. A. Havemeyer, 

 first, on Baydenla. 



Best six red — C. W. Brown, first, on Amaryllis 



Best six any other color — T. A. Havemeyer, 

 first, on General Langlois. 



Collection of ten varieties— John Lewis Childs. 

 Floral Park, N. Y.. first. 



Twenty-flve spikes, any white— Jacob Thomann 

 & Sons, Bocbester, N. Y., on Rochester White 



Best -white seedling— Arthur Cowee, Berlin, 

 N. Y.,. first. 



Best yellow seedling — H. E. Meader, first 



Best pink seedling— Eugene N. Fisher, Boston, 

 first. 



Silver cup for largest and best collection of 

 pink gladioli — John Lewis Childs, first 



Best red not previously exhibited— Arthur 

 Cowee, first, with Mrs. H. Reeves. 



Corsage bouquet of gladioli — Arthur Cowee 

 first. 



Basket of gladioli arranged for effect— Arthur 

 Cowee, first. 



Best display and arrangement of gladioli 



Arthur Cowee, first; C. F. Fairbanks, second. 



In the classes open only to amateurs 



T. A. Havemeyer took four prizes; 

 Thomas Coggan two, and A. A. Rosin 

 one; while C. F. Fairbanks won the 

 silver medal for largest and best dis- 

 play, 



EOSE QABDENS AT WASHINOTON. 



[The following is the report of Wm. F. Gude. 

 chairman of the committee on rose gardens at 

 the national capital, presented at the Boston 

 convention, August 19, 1914.] 



The committee has been actively at 

 work, cooperating with the officials of 

 the United States government, having 

 the rose garden laid out and getting 

 nearly fifty per cent of it planted. You 

 will remember the conditions on which 

 this garden is granted: That the plants 

 and labeling should be furnished free, 

 without cost to the government, by this 

 society or members thereof, after which 

 the Agricultural Department will do the 

 planting and care for same. While the 

 garden has only been in existence about 

 four months, over 300 varieties of roses 

 are already growing nicely. 



The rose garden is located almost in 

 the center of the 400-acre farm used by 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture as an experimental station for 

 everything pertaining to horticulture 

 and floriculture, and while it is known 

 as Arlington Farms, it is only about 

 ten minutes' ride from the center of 

 the city of Washington, easy of access 

 for anyone interested. 



The committee feels gratified at the 

 progress made and indulges the hope 

 that before our next annual convention 

 the entire two acres will be planted 

 and the decorative work for the making 

 of an ornamental as well as a test gar- 

 den will be completed. 



[Continaed on page 40.] 



