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August 22, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



87 



that present themselves to me at this 

 time, and I will mention them for your 

 consideration. One of the most impor- 

 tant is the matter of naming new vari- 

 eties of gladioli. I have referred to 

 this before, but I cannot refrain from 

 calling attention to it again, as it has 

 been my privilege and opportunity to 

 watch the tests of nearly all varieties 

 now offered, and it appears to me that 

 some that have been named recently are 

 not any better, or equal, to some that 

 have been on the market for twenty 

 years-; in short, the standard seems to 

 be lower instead of higher at the pres- 

 ent time, and the number that are be- 

 ing put on the market is discouraging, 

 therefore I would like to make an ap- 

 peal to growers to go slow in this 

 matter. 



"I would make another appeal to 

 catalogue men to require some stand- 

 ard to be lived up to before they will 

 list a new variety. The certificate of 

 merit from our society would be a good 

 credential, if we are careful in awarding 

 these certificates. 



"Another evil that comes to our at- 

 tention more and more is the practice 

 of re-naming old varieties. This may 

 very often be done in good faith by a 

 grower, but it does not help the situa- 

 tion any, and it could be avoided if 

 every grower would keep in touch with 

 the nomenclature committee of our 

 society. ' ' 



There were reports from the com- 

 mittee on nomenclature, by Prof. Beal, 

 and the committee of color chart, by 

 Arthur Cowee, each committee being 

 continued. OflScers were elected as fol- 

 lows: 



President— I. S. Hendrickson, Floral 

 Park, N. Y. 



Vice-president— M. Crawford, Cuya- 

 hoga Falls, O. 



Corresponding secretary — L. Merton 

 Gage, Groton, Mass. 



Financial secretary — H. Youell, Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y. 



Treasurer — Carl Cropp, Chicago. 



Executive committee — Arthur Cowee, 

 E. E. Stewart, M. Fuld. 



Nomenclature committee — Prof. A. C. 

 Beal, Arthur Cowee, Leonard Joerg. 



The competition for the prizes offered 

 by the Gladiolus Society was surpris- 

 ingly light in consideration of the ex- 

 tremely large showing of cut blooms 

 made by the growers. Only a small 

 part of the classes filled. The awards 

 were: 



CoUeptlon of ton varieties, six spikes each— 

 E. B. Stewart. Rives Junrtion. Mich. 



Twelve spikes, any white— Jacob Thomann & 

 Sons, Rochester. N. Y., on Rocbenter White. 



Twenty Ave spikes, any named white — Jacob 

 lliomann & Sons, on Rochester White. 



Twenty five spikes Kundenll Glory— A. E. 

 Kiinrterd. Ooshen. Ind.. sliver cup. 



Six spikes, white— Jacob Thomann & Sons, on 

 Rochester White. 



Six pink— John Lewis Chllds, Floral Park. 

 ^• 1., on Panama. 



Six yellow— John I^'wIb Chllds, on Niagara. 



o, u?"~-^'"*'""" ^owee, Berlin. N. Y., on War. 

 II , ^°'"*~^- W. Kcerner, Milwaukee, on Baron 

 Iiulot. 



Twelve varieties not now on tlie market, three 

 spikes each— .\rthnr Cowee. 



\asp of .\merica— Cushman Gladiolus Co., 

 Sylvanla. O. 



Collertlons of Prlmullnus varieties- .\. E 

 Kunderd. 



Re«l seedllnKs^.\rthur Cowee. 



Most harmonious and beautiful color arranae- 

 ments not less than fifty spikes— Vanghon's 

 need Store. 



I „f'""*''"tlon of ten varieties never before ex- 

 lill>lte<l— Arthur Cowee. 



Twenty-flve spikes, any white— Jacob Tho- 

 mann & .Sons, on Rochester White. 



V?/'fJ'o" of white varieties— Arthur Cowee. 

 T . "rS" s*'^e'' mpdal for Iwst white gladtohm- 

 Jacob Thomann & Sons, on Rochester W^hlte. 



Mlchell bronze medal for best pink gladiolus- 

 John Lewis Chllds. on Panama. 



In the amateur classes there were four ex- 

 hibitors: William Robertson. Jenklntown, Po.; 



Grace Reshore, Dowaglac, Mich. ; T. H. Darling- 

 ton and Albert A. Rosin. 



American Carnation Society. 



The American Carnation Society held 

 a meeting at Chicago August 22, at 

 which President Breitmeyer occupied 

 the chair. Among those present were 

 Secretary Baur, Theodore Dorner, H. B. 

 D'orner, S. J. Goddard, J. A. Valentine, 

 E. G. Hill, M. A. Patten, Fred Burki, 

 Peter Fisher, E. A. Peirce and J. S. Wil- 

 son. Action was taken establishing in 

 perpetuity the Dorner memorial medal, 

 of gold, to be awarded annually. It will 

 first be offered at the National Flower 

 Show in New York. Most of the time 

 was devoted to formulating the pre- 

 mium list for the New York exhibition. 



American Bose Society. 



The American Rose Society held a 

 brief meeting at Chicago August 22. 

 President A. Farenwald occupied the 

 chair, and there were present Secretary 

 Hammond and several members. Re- 

 ports of recent business were made and 

 the society's work in the National 

 Flower Show put in shape for comple- 

 tion by the officers. 



Chrysanthemum Society.' 



There was a meeting of the Chrysan- 

 themum Society at Chicago August 22, 

 C. H. Totty occupying the chair. C. W. 

 Johnson is secretary. President Totty 

 announced the committees to examine 

 seedlings this season. 



Sweet Pea Society. 



The Ame'rican Sweet Pea Society held 

 a meeting at Chicago Thursday after- 

 noon, August 22, President William Sim 

 in the chair, Secretary Bunyard .and a 

 number of members present. The work 

 related to the recent show at Boston and 

 the society's participation in the Na- 

 tional Flower Show at New York. 



National Flower Show. 



The National Flower Show committee 

 held a meeting at Chicago August 22, 

 C. H. Totty in the chair. Secretary 

 Young, and all members present save 

 one. The committee approved all that 

 the subcommittees have thus far done 

 and reports indicated everything prom- 

 ising a record breaking exhibition. 



REPORT ON NATIONAL SHOW. 



[The following Is the report of Charles H. 

 Totty, as chairman of the National Flower Show 

 Committee, read before the Society of American 

 Florists, in convention at Chicago. August 20 to 

 2.1. 1912.] 



After the Boston show, which you 

 will recall as having been highly suc- 

 cessful from every point of view, it 

 was felt by many of the progressive 

 members of the S. A. F. that some kind 

 of self-perpetuating, permanent com- 

 mittee should be appointed to continue 

 the work of holding and managing 

 flower shows in different cities at stated 

 times, as it was recognized they would 

 be a great incentive to business and 

 would mark distinct milestones along 

 the pathway of American horticulture. 



The International Exposition Co., of 

 New York, was just building a magnifi- 

 cent new exhibition hall and had been 

 watching the flower show in Boston. 

 They |)egan to make inquiries with re- 

 gard to holding a flower show in New 

 York city and were willing to grant 

 what looked like liberal terms for a 

 city of the magnitude of New York. 



Engaging the Exhibition Hall. 

 The New York Florists' Club there- 



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upon issued an invitation to the So- 

 ciety of American Florists to hold a 

 flower show in New York in the spring 

 of 1913, which was accepted, and Presi- 

 dent Asmus appointed a flower show 

 committee, as follows: W. N. Rudd, 

 Morgan Park, 111.; W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J.; Thomas Roland, Boi- 

 ton, Mass.; W. P. Craig, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., and J. A. Valentine, Denver, Colo., 

 with myself as chairman of the same. 



This action was ratified by the meet- 

 ing of the board of directors in De- 

 troit last February, under President 

 Vincent, and the status of the fl!ower 

 show committee was properly defined. 

 It was also empowered to enter into 

 the contract with the Exposition Co., 

 should the same be considered by them 

 right and just. 



After the meeting in Detroit, the 

 members of the flower show committee 

 came to New York, saw the exhibition 

 hall and closed the contract with the 

 Exposition Co. ih 



Cooperation of Societies. 



The matter of holding the show was 

 presented to the American Rose and 

 American Carnation Societies at De- 

 troit, and both of these societies were 

 asked to cooperate, the flower show 

 committee giving them the power and 

 privilege of making their own schedules 

 and underwriting the schedules to the 

 amount of $2,000 to the Rose Society 

 and $1,000 to the Carnation Society. 

 Negotiations have since been taken up 

 with the Sweet Pea Society, to whom . 

 a fund of $350 was allowed, and the 

 Gladiolus Society, who will receive 

 $200. All of these societies, I have 

 reason to believe, will enthusiastically 

 support this show and will bring in a 

 considerable quantity of special pre- 

 miums on their own account. 



In addition to these, the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners and members of 

 other local horticultural societies of 

 New York, New Jersey and Connecticut 

 have pledged their support, and the out- 

 look for the Third International Flower 

 Show is bright. 



The preliminary schedule has been 

 prepared and mailed to every member 

 of this organization, and the final 

 schedule will be ready just as soon as 

 we receive the list of prizes from the 

 different societies that are cooperating 

 with us. 



For the purpose of handling the mass 

 of detail and necessary matters which 

 ensue in a show of this character, I 

 appointed the following gentlemen as a 

 local committee: F. H. Traendly, Wal- 

 ter F. Sheridan, Wm. H. Duckham^ 

 Harry A. Bunyard and Jos. A. Manda. 

 These gentlemen held meetings every 

 week in the spring until everything wa» 

 well organized and under way, and at 

 the present time we feel that things awr 

 in good shape. 



Cash Contributions. 



I have devoted considerable time to 

 trying to get the wealthier people of 

 New York and vicinity interested in 

 this show, both by exhibiting their best 

 products and contributing something 

 for special prizes, and am hoping to set 

 in considerably more money from tWs 

 source. Also quite a few of the com- 

 mercial men have shown much interest 

 and are offering sf)ecial premiums. The 

 total amount of cash promised is about 

 $3,000, $1,500 of which is from private 

 parties and the balance from the com- 

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