AUGUST 18, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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ior reinforcing. A. Farenwald said 

 that with ashes the reinforcing material 

 Joes not last. Mr. Boyer said this is 

 1. 1 cause of the sulphur in the coal ash; 

 t!ie ashes should be washed. In reply 

 to John H. Dunlop, he said the sulphur 

 iu anthracite is not so great as in 

 anthracite ashes, but still is there. Re- 

 plying to J. A. Freeman, J. A. Peter- 

 ^•jn said he used fine ashes for outside 

 vails and coarse ashes for benches. Mr. 

 ] reeman said he thought condensation 

 oil the inside of concrete greenhouse 

 V alls is a disadvantage. 



John Birnie said he knew growers 

 \v ho found concrete benches much 

 tiiower than wood. E. H. Cushman and 

 ]'rank Holton said they had found the 

 <'oncrete benches quicker than wood. 

 \[r. Farenwald said porosity is the 

 great advantage of concrete benches for 

 roses. Replying to S. N. Peck, I. L. 

 Powell said experience showed fungus 

 does not breed in concrete. H. H. 

 Whetzel said it would be impossible. 

 Ohas. Weber said he grew his best 

 stock in concrete benches. Mr. Barry 

 knew of concrete benches 33 years old 

 that had no fungus. 



Replying to Mr. Pierson, Mr. Boyer 

 said where long walls are built in one 

 piece provision for expansion might be 

 made with pitch or asphalt; the expan- 

 sion of concrete and iron is equal, he 

 said, but he does not consider the 

 expansion of concrete an important 

 point. 



August Poehlmann described the con- 

 <:rete benches in use at Morton Grove. 

 He found no difference in growth on 

 concrete or wood and little difference in 

 water required. 



There were many further comments 

 and notes on experience, indicating that 

 practically every grower present is 

 using concrete and that the interest in 

 the subject is universal. 



Baltimore Xext. 



The selection of the next meeting 

 jilace provoked spirited rivalry between 

 ('hicago and Baltimore. In the first 

 place Secretary Dorner read invitations 

 from the St. Louis Florists' Club, Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club and Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago. 



N. L. Flitton, secretary of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club, also repre- 

 >enting other bodies in Baltimore, made 

 a witty speech in behalf of his city, 

 promising entertainment in true south- 

 ' n, hospitable style. 



August Poehlmann made a neat talk 

 ' ;cking up the invitation of the Chi- 

 ' go Florists' Club, and J. C. Vaughan 



• A pressed the belief that Chicago not 

 ' ily owes a debt of hospitality to the 

 ; itional trade body, but that the best 

 ;■ terests of the society require a meet- 



• a; at such a central western point. 



In response to a question by J. A. 

 ^^ alentine, the convention facilities of 

 ' 'Ch city were explained. "Whei^W. R. 

 "wraith, of ■'Washington, spoke for Balti- 

 fi'Ore he received an ovation, 



John H. Dunlop presented an invita- 

 ' on from Montreal, if not for 191^, 

 fnen for 1912.' 



Polls were open one hour. The vote 

 i^tood: 



Baltimore, 180. 



Chicago, 135. 



R. A. Vinceat and J. F. Ammann 

 ^vere tellers. 



J. C. Vaughan moved to make it 

 "nanimous for Baltimore, which was 

 •lone with a cheer. 



F. R. Pierson. 



(President Society of American FloriBta.) 



Nomination of Officers. 



Nomination of officers having been 

 reached, the following names were pro- 

 posed: 



For president: George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago, nominated by P. O'Mara, with 

 many seconds. 



For vice-president: H. Vincent, White 

 Marsh, Md., nominated by Orlando 

 Harrison, with several seconds. 



For secretary: H. B. Dorner, Urbana, 

 111., nominated by W. F. Kasting, with 

 many seconds. 



For treasurer: W. F. Kasting, Buf- 

 falo, nominated by P. O'Mara, with 

 several seconds. 



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The Judges' Report. 



Under the rules the only exhibits 

 judged are those that have been spe- 

 cially entered, with a written state- 

 ment of the novel points. The judges 

 were C. H. Totty, W. W. Coles and 

 E. Allan Peirce. 



To Robert Craig Co. they gave three 

 certificates of merit, for crotons Edwin 

 Lonsdale, Paul S.; Randolph and the 

 general collection viff eighty-five varie- 

 ties, adding that ^ was an exceedingly 

 "-'lAerrtorious' exhibit. High commenda- 

 tion was given three varieties: Mrs. 

 Macaw, Mrs. W. P. Craig and Soleil 

 d'Or. 



T. M. Miller received a certificate of 

 merit for his seedling salmon geranium. 



F. R. Pierson Co. received a certifi- 

 cate of merit for Nephrolepis Mossii, 

 which the judges said was "very dis- 

 tinct." 



Henry Eichholz received honorable 



mention for carnation Christmas Cheer, 

 which also was highly commended as a 

 pot plant. 



Geo. Giatras received honorable men- 

 tion for Nephrolepis Giatrasii. 



Kessler Bros. & Dreyer received 

 honorable mention for Nephrolepis 

 Dreyerii. 



W. A. Manda received a certificate 

 of merit for Poljrpodium Mandianum, 

 honorable mention for Asparagus elon- 

 gatus, and high commendation for Dra- 

 caena Rothiana. 



Jos. Traudt received honorable men- 

 tion for variegated sweet alyssum. 

 Little Gem. 



H. W. Koerner received honorable men- 

 tion for new giant-flowering Gladiolus 

 Vanus and other unnamed sorts. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. received a certifi- 

 cate of merit for the 1910 model heat 

 generator, also a certificate for new shak- 

 ing and dumping grate, and high com- 

 mendation for threaded tube system of 

 piping. 



The Wilson-Hoyt Co. received a certifi- 

 cate of merit for steel molds for casting 

 one-piece concrete bench. 



The National Clock and Electric Mfg. 

 Co. 's line of thermostats and recording 

 thermometers was highly commended. 



Honorable mention was given the Non- 

 Breakable Flower Vase Co. 's line. 



The Conard & Jones Co. received hon- 

 orable mention for the self-watering 

 flower box of the Illinois Heater and 

 Mfg. Co. 



The King Construction Co. received a 

 certificate of merit for its iron-frame, 

 fireproof boiler shed. 



M. Rice & Co. received honorable men- 



