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The Weekly Florists' RcvieW^ 



August 17, 1911. 



jiressibiis of apjtreeiatioh of the work 

 <loDe and the success of the great un- 

 dertakin^j. 



Miscellaneous Business. 



Willinm Duckham read a carefully 

 jirepared jtaper on the ])rivate gardener 

 iimC his relations to the sdciety. 



Mr. McMillan read a vafitable report 

 from the society 's entomologist, Dr. 

 J'orbes not being able to bl^ jiresent in 

 I>er8on. y 



The president appointed Joseph Hea- 

 cock, Patrick Welch and Benjamin 

 Hammond to consider the state vice- 

 presiilents' reports. 



Judges' Report. 



The judges of the trade exhibits en- 

 tered as novelties were Irwin Berter- 

 niann, A. T. Pyfer and Fred If. Mein- 

 hardt. Their awards were as follows: 



Houoritble mention to Wertheimer 

 I>ros. for Werbro corsage shield and 

 Wertheimer corsagettes. 



High commendation to Wertheimer 

 Bros. i5or ^Celestial funeral ribbon, for 

 holly Kexiiy chiflFon, for novelty Christ- 

 mas ribbon and for novelty ribbons. 



Honorable mention to Schloss Bros, 

 for waterproof stem protector. 



High commendation to Schloss Bros, 

 for satin rose Jacquard and satin clover 

 leaf Jacquard ribbons, newly designed. 



Honorable mention to M. Rice & Co. 

 for prepared cycas leaves, prepared by 

 a new process. 



Honorable mention to H. Bayers3or- 

 fer & Co. for wheat sheaves, new style 

 for displaying flowers with items in 

 water. 



Honorable mention to H. Bayersdor- 

 fer & Co. for mirror basket, a novelty 

 for decorating the vacant space on mir- 

 rors. 



Honorable mention to H. Bayersdor 

 fer & Co. for new ornamental grass .s 

 of various kinds for fern dishes and 

 wreaths. 



Honorable mention to Fred Lappe for 

 collection of cannas containing a num- 

 ber of improved seedlings. 



High commendation to Reed & Kel- 

 ler for folding wire pedestal stands, 

 specially designed to meet the require- 

 ments of florists for decorative work. 



Honorable mention to Lion & Co. for 

 featherweight pliable corsage shield 

 that will conform to any shape of bou- 

 quet. 



Honorable mention to Robert Craig 

 Co. for collection of fifty seedling cro- 

 tons and for another collection of thir- 

 teen seedling crotons, each of which 

 latter is named for a state. 



High commendation to Edward Amer- 

 pohl for handy delivery box for plants. 



Honorable mention to George M. Gar- 

 land Co. for improved lock joint, im- 

 l>roved post locket and drip conductor 

 in greenhouse construction. 



Bose, Carnation, Sweet Pea Societies. 



An informal joint meeting of the 

 American Rose Society, American Car- 

 nation Society and National Sweet Pea 

 Society was held at Baltimore, August 

 17. There were present President 

 Farenwald and Secretary Hammond of 

 the American Rose Society, Secretary 

 Baur and Director Pierson of the 

 American Carnation Society, and Presi- 

 dent Sim and Secretary Bunyard of the 

 National Sweet Pea Society; also a 

 large and representative number of the 

 members, many of whom belong to all 

 three organizations. The object of the 

 meeting was to find some way of get- 

 ting together in one large exhibition 



at Detroit early next year. F. R. Pier- 

 son presided and his efforts to secure 

 free and full discussion brought out 

 no difference of opinion on the desira- 

 bility of a joining of forces. The only 

 trouble lay in selecting a date satis- 

 factory to the different interests. The 

 representatives of the Carnation So- 

 ciety reported themselves bound to a 

 January date by the action of a meet- 

 ing at Boston and refused to vote on 

 a resolution that it was the sense of 

 the meeting that a date in March 

 should be chosen. Finding there was 

 no way around this obstacle, the rose 

 men supported a resolution in favor of 

 January 10 as the ilate for convening 

 at Detroit, though the rose men sai«l 

 they did this only as a means of get- 

 ting two societies together and not at 

 all with the idea that it was the best 

 date for themselves or the Sweet Pea 

 Society. In fact, this left the young 

 and rapidly growing Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety out in the cold, as its representa- 

 tives stated they could see no possi- 

 bility of making a creditable showing 

 in January. ?]veryone regretted the in- 

 ability to select a date that would be 

 available to all, and Benjamin Ham- 

 mond gave the Sweet Pea Society $100 

 to use as it sees fit. The officers stated 

 that they think the society will hold a 

 separate show of its own in the spring. 

 Later in the day the Rose Society 

 and the Carnation Society held sepa- 

 rate and joint meetings to ratify the 

 action of the informal meeting and 

 work out some of the details for the 

 Detroit meeting. 



American Gladiolus Socif|ty. 



The American Gladiolus Society held 

 an exhibition apart from the showing 



of gladioli in the trades' display., It 

 V was the largest and best show the so- 

 ciety has yet had, in spite of the mis- 

 fortune to flowers which caused one of 

 the largest exhibitors to cancel all' his 

 entries. The show was particularly 

 strong in new varieties of exoei)tiOnal 

 merit. The white seedling with which 

 Thomann & Sons, Rochester, took sev- 

 eral prizes was thought by manv to be 

 the best in its color in sight today. 



The first certificate ever granted by 

 the society was given to L. Merton 

 (iage for the pink variety, Mrs. Frank 

 Pen<lleton, Jr. E. A. Kunderd showed 

 a splendid new orange pink variety 

 and a magnificent lot of the ruffled va- 

 riety, Kunderdi tJlory. In the amateur 

 classes Albert Lahondy, gardener to 

 T. A. llavenieyer, won all the premiums, 

 showing magnificent blooms. 



The awards in the open classes were: 



^riplu'll cup fi>r KiimU-nli Olory, to WiUiaiii 

 HolHTtKOii, gm-ilt'iiei- to J. W. IVpper, .lenkintowii, 

 I'll. 



Crawford prizo for b«'st six spikes of iin.v 

 wliitf. to .riicul) ThoniHiin A: Sons, Rofhcstcr. on 

 unnHiiiiMl sts'dliiiK. 



H(>ni|fi-soii prize for best ton varieties n it .vet 

 (111 niuricet, to H. W. Koerner, Milwaulcee. ', 



HiiriK'e prize for c;>llection of ten varietl<>i<. to 

 .ri.lin Lewis Cliilils. KiowerHeld. N. Y. 



Stewart prize for (Jolden yui-en, to H. Ham- 

 inoiid Triiey. Wenliam, Muss. 



Wlilte prize for vase of seiHlliugs, it II. \V. 

 Knerner. 



Cuslinian prlz(> for vase of white variety, (o 

 Tliiiuianii iV Sons, on tiieir stvdiing. 



ItcMldinKton prize for best numed .vellow. to 

 .Tolin I..ewis Cbilds on Sulphur King. 



(tnrdeners' Chronicle cup for exhibit coutaiuins 

 tlie larjjest numlH'r of naniiMl varletJeB, to .lolin 

 I/cwis Cliilds, whose varieties numl>ere<t lir>. 



Stunipp «V- Walter prize for collection of Hfteen 

 varieties, to .Tohn I^'wis Cliiblx. 



Crnwforil priz<' for table centerpiece, to Mrs. 

 B. Ilaniniond Tracy. 



Kanniiig prize for Niagara, to B. Hauiaiond 

 TriK-y. 



CrofT prize for collection of hybrids, to II. W. 

 Koeriier. 



Uiiwelil (K: Oranz prize for AngUHtn, to It. IIuiu- 

 uii ml 'I'raey. ■ 



John Young. 

 (Seeretary-e'ect Societr of American FlorlBts.) 



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