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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 18, 1910. 



li)()S llic membcislii|) of llio socit'lv was 

 SS9 at the vnd of tla- vca;. Jn l'.)o"i) this 

 had increased to !•!•.">. I'p to Aiij^ust 10, 

 I'.Mo. the ]>nid n|i iiieiiiliersliiji.s number 

 ^iTi, ■\\hi(di. with tliose who jiay tiieir 

 diu'> dnriiin tl:e roii\('ntiou week and 

 1 he iicw uieniliers joiiiinj^' at this time, 

 |irciini'-i' to siii'iiass ;ill ri'cords. 



New Members. 



'I'll' iiiinilter of new mendiers added 

 I" 1 he i(dl to date is 77. l-'our of these 

 • jine in as life members, 'fhe secretary 

 sent out, with most of tin:' reeeiiits, a re- 

 ijuest that eacli mtMnber make an etfort 

 to serine at h'.ast on(> new member. In 

 reply til this, t'oiir or live names were 

 sent ill. J'ew ]oaii/e tiiat if etiidi nieni- 

 iier made tin etfort and secured at least 

 one addition to tiie ndl the membershiji 

 would lie almost L'.iHio at tlio ]iresent 

 time, instead (d' Hi).'). ATaiiy plans ha\e 

 iieen dexised for i lui't'tisinj^' oiir niim- 

 ii( Is. \t'] how many niembi'rs haxc mtide 

 a di'teiiiiiiie(| ellort to con\iiice their 

 iK^iuhliors thai tlie\' shoilhl lielony to 



the s. A. \\: 



Payment of Dues. 



.Many members o\iilook the fact that 

 ■lues are jiayable on t lie lirst day of 

 .laiimiry. .and a f.ailiire to p;iy them at 

 this finie i-;ills tor a second notice. This 

 is iKit only additional -work for the sec- 

 ret aiy. ))nt is an exir.a exjKMise to the 

 -ocicty. Thi.s money could i)e well used 

 ill I'lViiits to secure new inembers. 



Trade Exhibition. 



'I'lic ii.-ide exhibition of liHi!> was a 

 -.11, rcv^ ill f\ci y w;iy. heint; a jrreat im- 

 |>ru\ fluent oxer former rxhildts. After 

 all liills and the superintendent's com- 

 mission were paid, a pndi! <<\' *(iLM).1.1 

 ii-maiiird ill till' societ\'s treasiir\-. J)ui' 

 iiil; tim present ye.ai se\eial changes 

 were m.ide in the rules ;.m)\ ci nine the 

 cxhiliition. jiriacipal ;mioii<f ^\•hi(dl Avere 

 the increasing ,.f the rates and the lim 

 itiuL; of all siyns to black lettering- u])oii 

 a white ;irouiid. 'I'liis hit.er chaii<;e has 

 dcoie miicdi to make the exhildt more 

 ;it t lait i \ t'. 



Investment of Permanent Fund. 



I'dlowinj^- the instiiictions of tlie soci- 

 I'ty. .t7,.j00 of the permanent fund has 

 i)eeu invested })y the executive Itoard. 

 This investment is in tiie form of two 

 loans, one of .'l.(),0(a) and th(> other <>\' 

 .*!, ."((•(», secured liy tnortjrayes on proper 

 ties located in Fort Wayne. Inii. These 

 >eciiiities liear niteicsl at live per cent. 



Transportation. 



Ap]iliiations for reduced rales to the 

 I'.tln convention were made of all the 

 trathc .associations and were met by the 

 :,M anting; of a rate of one .and three- 

 tilths on the certificate plan hv tin> 

 Trunk Jjine Association, the Xew Enji- 

 laroi Association, the <'eiitral Associ- 

 .itioii and the liasteni <';uiadian Associ- 

 ation. Tills late was the lowest that 

 could be seeuri'd iiioler the present con- 

 ditions. As usual, a ( liar;;e of '2'> cents 

 is iii.ade for the vising of each eertifi 

 cate. 



State Vice-Presidents. 



!Maiiy of the state \ ice presidents 

 made ijuite an etfort to secure new mem- 

 bers. .Many letters were sent out, l)ut 

 reports -how that these are not as ef-- 

 fecti\e .as they mij^ht be, due fd the 

 fiM-t that they are easilv laiil aside and 

 forootten. Tiie followinjj state vice- 

 piesidents lia\'e sent in new tnembers: 



K. Allan I'circr, Waltlwiin. Mass., 1 lifo, 1.'. 

 niii.iial. 



(Jco. B. Hart, Udilicstcr. N. Y., 10 aiiiiiial. 

 Alex. Miller, Itallas, Tex.. 1 life. animal. 

 I'red IIiilloii, .Milwaukee. Wis., l> animal. 

 Olio Kceiii;;, Si. Louis, Mo., - aniiurU. 



The following members also deserve 

 credit: W. L, Kellar and Albert Sun- 

 derbrucli each sent three; F. 11. Traend- 

 ly and L. H. Butts each sent two; 

 Jacob Becker, E. Dailledouze, A, F. J. 

 Baur, F. P. Avery and E. II. Cnshman 

 eiich sent one; W. .1. Stewart sent in one 

 life member. 



Medals. 



:\redal 



s lia\e 



• een awarded duriiic the 



past year as follows: 



liroiizc iiicilal V. It. I'ierson Co., for fern, 

 Ncpiirntciiis clei.'aiitissinia cdniiiacta, offered at 

 Si. I.iiais. l!lo!i. 



SilMT Mifd.-il Colia^'o r,ai'il<'iis Co., for cariia- 

 tieii Ml--;. ('. W. Ward. olTiTcd tliroiigli I he 

 -Xiiceiicaii Cariiatiiin Socictv at its annual e.xhilii- 

 ii"M, hi'td at I'iilsl.ur^'. .lanuary, 1!)10. 



I'.iiiiize UMilal l'iitta>;e Canh'iis Co., for car- 

 II. Mi. Ill .Miiiii Ward, offered tliroush tlie .\inoii- 

 • ■.ni C.inialiiiii Societv at its annual exhibition. 

 li'l'l .1! riil-biii-K, .Ianiiar.\-, I'.lla. 



Plant Registration. 



.New |ilant mimes liave been reyis 

 teied since last re|)ort. as follows: 



.Nil. in -.\UK. 1.'!. Ittoy. OdontoKlossum crispuni. 



v.niely K. li. Hauni, bv Juliu> 



Koelirs Co.. lUitlierfoid, N. J. 

 N.I. ll.'i Aiii;. l.'l, IIUIO, Caiiiia, New CliicaRn, 



b.v VauKliairs Seed Store, Cliicai,'o, 



111. 

 .\(.. in;— AiiK. 27, in<iO. Oeranium, Hed Winr. 



by i'. II, He Witt i^: Co., WoosttT, (). 

 X.I. 117— An;;. i;7, I'.Hi'.i. N.plirolepis I'ruessneri. 



Iiy J. D. I'luessner. (Jalveston. Tex. 

 N.I. !1S — .\\}!x. 27, Itliilt. Ncpliidlepis Galvestoni. 



by J. n. I'rucssner, Calveston. 'I'ex. 

 N.i. Ill'— Sept, 10, I'.Ml!), lierbeiis 'llmnberKii Sil 



v<'r Heauty, liy M. ,1. \'an I.eeinvin. 



Franklin. Mass. 

 N.I. ll'O— Sei)t. IS. l!)0!l. K.ise. Clinibin!.' Kit 



laniey. by Alex. .MontKouierv. N.alicK, 



Mass. 

 N.I. lUI-Oil. s. 1!I<J!). Caiina lunltitbil.i. In 



Vauulian's Seed Store, CliicaK"'. Hi 

 N.I. IL'U-Ori. 1.-,. llMin. Kose, rriseilla. tiy I'eter 



1 l.'iidnson & Co., New York. 



No. 120— Oct. 15, 1909, Rose, Abundance. 



I'eter Henderson & Co.. New Yi' 

 N.i. 121— Oct. 15. in09. Adianlum Uwdderli, 



Alfred Hoedder. Shorb, Cat. 

 Nil. 12." --Oct. 30. 190!), Clirysanthemum, M 



.TiUie Cocklmin. by S. Cockburii \ 



Suns. Woodlawn, N. Y, 

 No. -t2(i— Nov. 20, laiH), Canna, Ilalley's Coin 

 No. 127— Nov. 2(1, T.IO'.t, Canna, Mrs. Alfred ( 



ard; 

 No. 42S— Nov. 20, 1009, Canna, Mrs. Carl K 



sey. all by Coiiurd & Jones Co., W. 



Crove, I'a, 

 No. -129— Jan. 22, 1910. Uose, Alice of Inglesi.l 



liy S. C. lirlgKS. Washington. D. 

 No. -l.iO— Fel). 2(!. 1910, BeKonia, (Jlory of ( 



cinnati, by J. A. Peterson, Clin 



nati, (). 

 Nc. i;:! -Maich 5, 1910, Uose. Wni. It. Smr. 



by Conard & Jones Co.. West Ci.,. 



I'a. 

 No. i:',2 -May 7. 1910. Violet. Marie Klisc, 



Thomas Do Voy's Son, PouL'tikeen--'. 



N. Y. 

 No. l;;:! M.iy 2S. 1910. Nephrolepis Uoosev. • 



by Ameiican Ifose iV Plant i 



Sprinsfleld. O. 

 No. i:;i June 11, 1910, Ko.se, Red Killaiihv. 



and 

 No. i:;.". -July 7. 1910, Kose, Dark Pink Kill:. 



ne.v, and 

 N.I. i:i(; -Ji.ly 7. I'.ilO. Kose, Lady Cnunwell. ; i- 



.\. N. I'll Tson, Inc., Cromwell. Cm 

 -No. •!;!7-July 7, 1910. Kos.-, Purity, by II.io|„ 



liro. & Thomas Co., West Cliesi. 



Pa, 

 N.I. i;iS— July 11, 1910, Neiihrolepi.s Dreverii. i ■. 



Kessler liros. & C. Dreyii'. Wo . 



side, L. I. 

 No. .i;!9-.\UK. 4, 1910. Carnation. CliriMn. 



Cheer, by Henry Fieliliolz, W,n n - 



boro, Pa, 



Necrology. 



Since the last report three iiumiiIi 

 have died: 



November, 1909, Albert Riclifar, Kichni. - 

 Kv. 



.Mav :;. 1910, Wui. E. Hall, Clyde. (). 



June 11. 1910. Dr. I,. L, I.amborn, AUian.i'. " 



On April S, 1910, occurred the <leai 

 of Mrs. W. ,T. Yesey. the wife of W. .1 

 A'esey. In INIrs. Vesey "s death tin 

 i.adies' Society lost one of its bc-t 

 workers and the liorists of the count i\ 

 one of their best friends. 



H. B. Stringer. 



iSeeielary Ko<-hester Florists' Association,! 



