Ai i;i:.ST IS, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



27 



r reinforcing. A. J'arouwald said 

 it with aslies tlie roinl'orciiiji- material 

 I'ri nut last. Mr. JJoyer said tliis is 

 ■ause of tlie sul[)!uir in the i-oal ash; 



■ ashes should bo waslicd. Ju reply 

 .[olin ]I. Dunlop, he sai<l tlic sulidiiii 



authrueite is not so great as in 

 ■lirac'ite ashes, but still is there. Ke 

 iug to J. A. i'reeuian, J. A. i'oter- 

 ! said he used line ashes for outside 

 lis and coarse aslies for benches. Mi'. 

 .■(■man said he thought condensation 



the inside of concrete greenhouse 

 ,11s is a disadvantage, 

 .luhn Hirnie said he knew growers 

 ii(i found concrete benches much 



■ wcv than wood. E. II. Cushmau and 

 ■ink Jiolton said they had found the 

 Mcrete benches quicker than wood. 



;'. I'arenwald said porosity is the 



cat advantage of concrete benches for 



■>.es. Replying to !S. N. Peck, I. L. 



I'lwell said experience showed fungus 



I.K'S not breed in concrete. H. II. 



Whotzel said it would be impossible. 



' has. Weber said he grew his best 



:ock in concrete benches. Mr. Barry 



Knew of concrete benches 33 years old 



iliat had no fungus. 



K'oplying to Mr. Piersou, Mr. Boyer 

 -.11(1 where long walls are built in one 

 l^id'C provision for expansion might be 

 made with jtitch or asj)halt; the expan- 

 -Kin of concrete and iron is equal, he 

 ~aid, but he does not consider the 

 ■\pansion of concrete an important 

 )i')int. 



August Poehlmann described the con- 

 ■ ii't(! benches in use at Morton Grove. 

 He found no difference in growth on 

 • iiiicrete or wood and little difference in 

 wnter required. 



There were many further comments 

 ind notes on experience, indicating that 

 I'l.tctically every grower present is 

 n~.ing concrete and that the interest in 

 'lie subject is universal. 



Baltimore Next. 



The selection of the next meeting 

 I'lace provoked spirited rivalry between 

 ' liicago and Baltimore. In the first 

 1 i.ice Secretary Dorner read invitations 

 '"im the St. Louis Florists' Club, Chi- 

 1^0 Florists' Club and Horticultural 

 ~ "iety of Chicago. 



V. }j. Flitton, secretary of the Gar- 

 ners' an<l Florists' Club, also rcpre- 

 nting other bodies in Baltimore, made 

 witty sj)cech in behalf of his city, 

 ■jmising entertainment in true south- 

 'I. hospitable style. 

 August i'oehlmann made a neat talk 

 .king up the invitation of the Chi- 

 ^0 Florists' Club, and J. C. Vaughan 

 pressed the belief that Chicago not 

 ly owes a debt of hospitality to the 

 itional trade body, but that the best 

 'crests of the society require a meet- 

 .; at such a central western point. 

 In response to a question by J. A. 

 dentine, the convention facilities of 

 'li city were explained. When^W. R. 

 'iiitii, of Washington, spoke for Balti- 

 'ire lie received an ovation. 

 John 11. Dunlop presented an invita- 

 •n from Montreal, if not for 1911, 

 on for 1912. 



Polls were open one hour. The vote 

 ' lod : 



lialtimore, 180. 

 "'hicago. 13.J. 



'i. A. Vincent and J. F. Ammann 

 "■re tellers. 

 J. C. Vaughan moved to make it 

 "animous for Baltimore, which was 

 '"ne with a cheer. 



F. R. Pierson. 



I President Soeielx ol Americiiii Klurists. 



Nomination of Officers. 



Xoniination of oflicers having been 

 reached, the following names were pro- 

 posed: 



For ]iresident: George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago, nominated by 1'. O'Mara, with 

 many seconds. 



For vice-president: R. Vincent, White 

 Marsh, Md., nominated by Orlando 

 Harrison, Avith several seconds. 



For secretary: II. B. Dorner, Urbana, 

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

 many seconds. 



For treasurer: W. F. Kasting, Buf 

 falo, nominated by P. O'Mara, witii 

 several seconds. 



The Judges' Report. 



Under the rules the mdy exhibits 

 judged are those that have been spe 

 (daily 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 of eighty-five varie- 

 ties, adding that it was an exceedingly 

 meritorious exhibit. High comniend;i 

 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 Xephrolepis Mossii, 

 which the judges said was "very dis- 

 tinct." 



Henrv {•lichholz I'eccdved honorable 



mention for carnation Christmas Cheer, 

 which also was highly commended us a 

 pot plant. 



Geo. (iiatras received honorable men- 

 tion for Xephrolepis Giatrasii. 



Kessler Bros. & Dreyer received 

 honorable mention for Xephrolepis 

 Dreyer ii. 



W. A. ^landa received a certificate 

 of merit for Polypodium Maudianum, 

 honorable mention for Asparagus elon- 

 gatus, :itid liigii commendal ion for Dra- 

 ca'iia K'othiana. 



Jos. Traudt received honorable men- 

 tion for variegated sweet alvssum, 

 Little Gem. 



II. W. Kocrner received honorable men- 

 tion for new giant tlowering (Jladiolus 

 Vanus and other unnamed .sorts. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. received a certifi- 

 cate of merit for the 1910 model heat 

 generator, .also a certificat(> for new shak- 

 ing and dumj)ing grate, and high com- 

 mendation for threaded ful)e system of 

 piping. 



The Wilson-IIoyt Co. received a certifi- 

 cate of merit for steel tnolds for casting 

 one-piece concrete bench. 



The X.'itiona! Clock and l-'Iect lic Mfg. 

 <'(!. 's line of thermostats and recording 

 t heinioiiK'ters was hii:hl\- ciunmended. 



Honorable mention was given the Non- 

 Breakable Flower Vase Co. 's line. 



The Conard & .Tones Co. received hon- 

 orable mention f()r tlie self-watering 

 flower box of the Illinois Heater and 

 Mfg. Co. 



The King Construction Co. received a 

 certificate of merit for its iron-frame, 

 fireiirnof boiler shed. 



M. Kice <.<: Co. received honorable men- 



