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The Weekly Florists' Re vie w* 



11 



IVoiiv .IcMiiiie (I" Arc. I'euri.\ Airs. Willnck 



A Good Calot Variety, and One Not Represented in the Cornell Collections. 



W.iitl, our i.'X pii'sidciit :iihl licjul nt' the 

 ' "tlage Gardens Co. 



Nomenclature Committee. 



I'rot". Craij^. cliaiiinaii of tlic iioiuoii 

 • lature toniiiiittcc, was not a))1o to bo 

 present, so ^Ir. Farr. cliairnian of tlie 

 -)n'cial conunitteo, rciiortcd nn tln' 

 >\"rl< (lone, as follows: 



It was realized last \r:ir tlial tlic 



-'■ason o1' study was altoiietlicr too 



-lioit foi' any one locality to carry on 



1 lie woi'k witlioiit extending' it o\-er a 



'iinnber of years, and Mr. Jos. l)aii|)liiii. 



'f the Cottajfe (jardens Cn.. ;ind iiiysidf 



V ere appointed a special coininittee to 



'-sist Prof. Hatchelor, and the season 



A as j^reatly prolonged l'.\ Ijeginning 



lie Avorjv at Wyoinissing. following it 



'p at the Cottage Gardens ('o., where 



lo meeting was held, and finally at 



ihaca. The immediate results of this 



"urse are shown in the large number 



I' varieties added tn niii- list in tlir 



' w bulletin. 



This year tlie same plan has been fol- 

 'wed. In addition to tiu' work this 

 ■ason ;it the ntirseries mentioned in 

 y address, the committee lias since 

 >-ited the collection of K. .T. Shayler, 

 "ic in Hoston. and it is the intention, 

 I po.ssil>le. to visit other collections in 

 ■le vicinity of Boston before leaving 

 "V Ithaca, where the woik will be con- 

 'iiued until the close of the season 

 ■lore. 

 It is expected by the close of the sea- 

 >ii that practically everything will be 

 one in the old i)lot that it will be pos- 

 'ble to do. There are still hundreds 

 'f names existing in the plot which it 

 vill never be possible to trace to any 

 listinct origin, but the ^ast number of 

 'lanics originally existing there liave 

 l>een reduced to a large clogree by the 

 ^reat number of synonyms found, all 

 "f which have been noted. .\s exam- 

 ples of this T might mention Kdulis 

 ^'iperba. Dr. Bretonnoaii. l^ueon Vic- 

 '"lia and others, which iiave been dn- 

 I'licated under twenty five oj: thirty dif- 

 'I'loiit names each, to s;iy nothing of 

 'lie liost of red varieties, most of them 



of iiiferioi' (pialily, wiiicli ;iii' to be 

 found. It would seem as if everyone 

 who lias a red of any kind calls it 

 l>olachei, or l''raTicois (htegat. or iiOuis 

 \'an lloutto, so tiiat. strange as it may 

 seem, these, our most coninu»ii varieties, 

 have lieeii the hardest tn deliMinine 

 which is the true varietv. .\inl of the 

 many Delaclieis it is a iiuostion if any 

 iif us are positive just whicli one is the 

 true variety. 



Theie is a comiuou pink peon\ \\liicii. 

 ;imong its many other names, passes for 

 Ivlouard -Andre, but the true IMouard 

 Aiulri! is (lifforent in e\'er\' way. lioing 

 ail imnuMise \erv double llower. \(M'v 

 late. 



Those are merely oxaiiiplos of some 

 of the didiculties that the coniuiitti'o 

 has had to conten<l with. Of the varie 

 ties left in the original jdot it is ijoubt 

 ful if there will be many remaining 

 which will be woitii giving any further 

 consideration. Doubtless the larger 

 part of these luivc been uuiiainod seed- 

 lings sold ill mixtures to which names 

 have been given in order to distinguish 

 them where they have been ^rowii in 

 nurseries. 



If is not expected that no mistakes 

 have been made, but the committee has 

 had unusual facilities in making a wide 

 range of comparison in ex'oiy case, and 

 we have every reason to lielioNc that 

 in most instances we have reached con- 

 clusions ami that the errors existing 

 will be detected and corrected liefore 

 the final publication is complete. The 

 decision of the committee may imt in 

 every way agree with individual npin- 

 ion, but it will at least establish a basis 

 upon which the work for the future 

 may be done, and if it is adopted as a 

 standard eventually it fulfills the ob- 

 ject sought. 



T wish to again call attention to the 

 S{)lcndid services of Mr. l?atchelor. and 

 I also wish to make luentioii of the 

 fortunate scdection of .los. Dauphin, 

 who by his remarkalde nioniory and 

 ability to retain his impression of dis- 

 tinctions in color and form of flowers, 

 and the long years of study he has 



oi\cii to this suliject. ha- l.reii .-ihle to 

 rolider iis iii\ .•illi;i Ide ^ei\ ire-. 



Nomenclature Committee Continued. 



After a gonei;il (lisci;--i,in. in wliidi 

 {'resident I'arr si)oke for ihe coiitinua 

 tion of the work at liliac.i. a motion was* 

 adopted coiitinuino tlie special iionien 

 clatiire committee ;(> pie\ iouslv consti 

 tilted: H. 11. Pair. .1, Dauphin and 

 I'rof. Hatchelor. It al-., was ordere.l 

 that the society pay tli. ]ierson:il ex 

 peiises of the comiuittee while at Itliaca 

 on society work. I'ro^id.Mii Farr spoke 

 of the new bulletin to be i--;i,ed. to m 

 elude this season"- work in describin" 

 varieties. It is ui l>e pniih-hed jointh 

 liy the society aiol Ity < ..inell I'niver 

 sity. and it was voted '■■ a|.propriatt' 

 funds to take cire of tin -. , i,.t\ \ share 

 of the expense. 



I'rof. .Saunders urge.; t ii. -nci.'ty to 

 encourage the raising o' n.'u varieties 

 by ottering medals and oi'iei awards for 

 see. Dings, but this di.! "ot ni-'.-t with 

 a|iprov;il, n niembei oi the iiomencla 

 turo committee roiiiarkiii:: that too man} 

 were now lieiiig r.aiscd vvithoiu eiu'our 

 agemeut. Mr. Farr said i aisei s of seed 

 lings should seek the society's approval 

 of same before naming ,ir disseminating 



On motion (d' .\. H. Fowkes a new 

 committee was :iiitliori/.e.|. to reconsider 

 the recommendations of n.'w varieties 

 ii.ado in 1907. The pie-ident named 

 William A. Peterson. <liic>ago; R. T. 

 P.rown. (Queens. X.Y.. ami A. 11. Fewkes, 

 Xowton Ilighl.aiids, Mas-. ( >n motion^ 

 l'resid(Mit Farr was added to the com 

 uiittoe and made its chairman. 



I'ivi^ new inembers wei.' ejecteil. 



Philadelphia Next. 



Atiei -(uiie disciis-Ho Philadelphia 

 ua- -elected for the ineetiiig and exhi- 

 i'itioii of 1011. with a iiion- or less 

 deliiiite idea of ;;alheiihg again at 

 Ith.'ica in 1912. .\ committee was ap 

 liointe.l to have charge of the Philadel 

 phia arr.-ingemonts, consj-ting of repre 

 seiit;iti\ es to be stdected by the Andorra 

 N'm-erie- ;ind II. A. Die.i-. with J ,T, 



