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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



January 11, 1012. 



Work and Hybridizing Methods of the 

 Late Fred Dorner." 



A letter was read from Ex-president 

 W, M. Nicholson, whose illness pre- 

 vented his attendance for the first time 

 in many years. The secretary was in- 

 structed to wire a suitable expression 

 of sympathy. 



Hugo Schroeter's paper was read and 

 closing business was transacted at a 

 session Friday morning. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Thursday's Session. 



The business session of the Rose 

 Society was held at Wayne Gardens, 

 Detroit, Thursday afternoon and eve- 

 ning, opening with the reading of 

 President Farenwald's address. The 

 reports of Secretary Hammond and 

 Treasurer May were presented. 



C. H. Totty, chairman of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show committee, invited 

 the society to meet at New York in 

 April, 1913, combining with the Na- 

 tional Flower Show. On motion of W. 

 R. Pierson, the executive committee 

 was authorized to accept the invita- 

 tion, provided the terms offered by the 

 National Flower Show committee are 

 satisfactory. An immediate confer- 

 ence resulted in an agreement between 

 the respective committees. The Na- 

 tional Flower Show committee agrees 

 to offer $2,000 for roses. 



Officers were elected as follows: 



President, A. Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa. 



Vice-president, Frank H. Traendly, 

 New York city. 



Secretary, Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, 

 N. Y. 



Treasurer, Harry O. May, Summit, 

 N.J. 



Executive committee, F. R. Pierson, 

 to succeed Peter Bisset; Robert Simp- 

 son, to succeed W. F. Kasting. 



On motion of W. G. McKendrick, an 

 amateur member, the executive com- 

 mittee was instructed to publish a 

 quarterly bulletin for amateurs during 

 1912. Mr. McKendrick, W. H. Elliott, 

 A. N. Pierson, John M. Good and Con- 

 ard & Jones Co. each guaranteed $100 

 toward the cost of the bulletin. 



A paper, "Roses in the Middle 

 West," by Irwin Bertermann, was read 

 by the secretary. 



At an evening session a stereopticon 

 lecture was given by Robert Pyle on 

 "A Rosarian's Notes of Roses Made 

 During a European Trip." 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



A meeting of the board of directors 

 of the S. A. F. was held at Detroit, 

 January 11, President Vincent occupy- 

 ing the chair and Secretary Young 

 taking ever the records from his prede- 

 cessor, Mr. Dorner. 



The status of the National Flower 

 Show committee was defined and its 

 work confirmed. The directors passed 

 upon plans for the Chicago convention 

 next August, including the leasing of 

 the Coliseum for the trade exhibition. 

 Many routine matters were disposed of. 

 There was an almost full attendance of 

 the board. 



Plttsfield, Me. — A. J. Loder, who has 

 a prosperous business here, with a 

 branch store at Bangor, is installing 

 a new boiler at his greenhouses on 

 Lancy street. He is also completing 

 arrangements for the erection of an- 

 other greenhouse in the early spring. 



LOCAL HOSPITALITY. 



Thursday afternoon A. J. Stahelin 

 provided a special car for a party 

 to inspect his movable greenhouses at 

 Redfield. 



Thursday evening the Detroit Flo- 

 rists' Club gave a smoker at the Hotel 

 Cadillac. 



LADIES' ENTERTAINMENT. 



Mrs. C. H. Maynard, of Detroit, who 

 is widely known in the trade through 

 her years of service as secretary of the 

 Ladies' S. A. F., took charge of the en- 

 tertainment of the ladies who attended 

 this week's convention at Detroit. She 

 called to her assistance Mrs. E. A. Fet- 

 ters Mrs. Wm. Dilger, Mrs. E. A. 

 Scribner, Mrs. M. Bloy and Mrs. H. G. 

 Smith, two of these ladies being con- 

 stantly on hand to see that the visiting 

 ladies were looked after. 



Thursday evening a theater party was 

 given for the visiting ladies, in charge 

 of Mrs. Philip Breitmeyer, Mrs. Frank 

 Danzer, Mrs. Fred Breitmeyer, Mrs. 

 Robert Rahaley and Miss Irene Sul- 

 livan. 



Friday afternoon tea was served at 

 the home of Mrs. E. A. Fetters, Mrs. 

 Maynard and several other Detroit 

 ladies assisting the hostess in receiving. 



THOSE PRESENT. 



Among those noted as present at the 

 Rose and Carnation meeting;:; at Detroit 

 this week were: 



Andre, John, Doylestown, Pa. 

 Asmus, George, Chicago, III. 



B. 



Bahr, Fritz, Highland Park, 111. 

 BaUr, Mrs. Fritz, Hlghlnnd Park, 111. 

 Barker, Albert, Cleveland, O. 

 Barker. M., Chicago, III. 

 Bate. G., Cleveland, 0. 

 Bate, H., Cleveland, 0. 

 Baur, A. F. J., Indianapolis. Ind. 

 Benson, Andrew, Hinsdale, 111. 

 Benson, N. A., Denver, Colo. 

 Berger, John, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Berno, L. E., Mansfleld, O. 

 Bertermann, John. Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Beuerlein, Peter, Elmhurst, N. Y. 



BlRslnger, J. A., Lansing, Mich. 

 Boehler, Oscar, West Hoboken, N. J. 

 Brown, A. C, Springfield, 111. 

 Brown, H. F., Syracune, N. Y. 

 Buettner, Emll, Park Kidge, 111. 

 Bunyard, H. A., New York, N. Y. 



C. 



Coddlngton, L. B., Murray HUI, N. J. 

 Cowglll, J. K., Canton, 0. 

 Cowglll, v. A., Salem, 0. 

 Craig, W. P., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Crltchell, C. K, Cincinnati, O. 



D. 



DalUedouze, Eugene, Flatbusb, N. Y. 

 Dale, E. D., Brampton, Ont. 

 Darnell, L. F., Cleveland, O. 

 DlUoff, Julius, New York, N. Y. 

 Dorner, F. B., La Fayette. Ind. 

 Dorner, H. B., Urbana, 111. 

 Dudley, C. P., Parkersburg, W. Va. 



E. 



Ellis, R. H., Leamington, Ont. 

 Elliott, W. H., Brighton, Mass. 



F. 



Fancourt, E. J., Philadelphia. Pa. 

 Farenwald, A., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Farenwald, Jr., A., Morton Grove, 111. 

 Fisher, Peter, Ellis, Mass. 

 Flick, C. B., Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 Foley, P. J., Chicago, 111. 

 Fotherlngham, J. R., Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 Frank, C. L., Portland, Ind. 

 Frey, Alois, Crown Point, Ind. 

 Frledley, F. A., Cleveland, O. 



O. 

 Gallagher, Tony, Springfield, O. 

 Gammage, W. W., London. Ont. 

 Glauber, Emll, Denver, Colo. 

 Goddard, S. J., Fraralngham, Mass. 

 Good, F. B., Springfield, O. 

 Good, J. M.. Springfield, 0. 

 Grassl, O., Bameveld, N. Y. 

 Grimes, W. H., Denver, Colo. 

 Gross, C. L., Denver, Colo. 

 Gude, W. F., Washington, D. C. 



H. 



Hammond, B., Fisliklll, N. Y. 

 Hammond, Miss E., Fishkill, N. Y. 

 Heacock, Jos., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Henderson, A., Chicago, HI. 

 Hendrickson, I. S., Flowerfield, N. Y. 

 Herr, A. M., Lancaster, Pa. 

 Holmes. E.. Montrose, Mass. 

 Howard, H. B., Chicago, 111. 

 Howard, Ray, Mllford, Mass. 

 Howard, W. D., Mllford, Mass. 

 Hunkel, H. V., Milwaukee, Wis. 



I. 

 Irwin, R. J., New York, N. Y. 



Johnson. C. W., Morgan Park, 111. 

 Jones, J., Richmond, Ind. 



K. 

 Karlstrom, R., Rutherford, N. J. 

 Kasting, W. F., BufTalo, N. Y. 

 Kelmel, W. J., Elmhurst, 111. 

 Kidder, H. E.. Ionia, Mich. 

 Kirclmor, T. J.. Cleveland, 0. 





A Corner of the Rose Section at the Detroit Show, January 10. 



