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The Florists^ Review 



19 



THE CLEVELAND CONVENTION 



AFTERMATH OF THE CARNATION GROWERS' EXHIBITION 



The Review told the story of the meeting so com- 

 pletely last week that little remains to be said 



\ lii> ;ii|i| less .'it the ojicn 

 mil; oI' tile ( 'lc\ chiiid i-dii 

 \ I 'lit inn. {il'i II tcil ill I'll 1 1 ill 

 l;ist Wi'i'k '> issue ol' 'I'lic 

 lii'\ icw . I 'resilient I !ifp\\ n 

 t ll lew nut ;i lillllllier ol' sue 

 ■_;e-^ti<ui- with ieL;;ii(| t<i tlie i lid i \ i(| ii;i I 

 Wdlk 'il the llieiniieis ill |il((i|uei li e ainj 

 in;i I kel i iii: their ri()|is. ;is well as to 

 tin- \^iiilv III' the sueietx'. The adilress 

 w;i> leli'iieil til .-I cnllllllitt -(HI sist i lie 



Ml' S. .1, I ;ipi|i|;ii'l. Will. Xieholsoii and 

 W. \. K'li.l.l. wlii(di later suluiiitted the 

 I nlliiw i iiM well wiiith ie;ii|iiie rejport: 



•■\\'.- r'e(d that the takiiie of .-m a<-t 

 i\e e\eiuti\i' |iait ill the e\|i|(iit ill" and 

 Ilia iia;:ei(^ie lit id' ;i st rirt I y I or a I exhiliitJLtiii. 

 iiv till- -7"irt|.ty. i^ likely to lead to seia\ 

 iMi^ I I p|ii| d ii-a t ions in the I'litlire. ()ii the 

 iitlier li.'iiid it is till' duly of the soi-iety 

 \i' rii'oii I ai:e ill all I'easilde \\a.\s the 

 (iiililh- exliiliition of the raniatioii e\er\- 

 wlieii-. i'lir these reasons yoiw com 

 iiiitte.' jue- not I'axoi .the awafd nt' a 

 '■ii|i III iitlier liojdiy ol' lar^e value at 

 the \.-w ^ ork exhiliit ion, ;is cieatiiiL; a 

 I ll eiedeii I tor similar deiiiaiid'- I'i'oni 

 iithei pair- ol' the eountrv in future. 

 \\irn-h li'iiiaiid- i-oiild hardly lie met. 

 ^ciiii rniiiiiiiltee rec-niniiu'llds that one 

 -iKei and one liion/.e lliedal lie olfered 

 liii <i ini I irt 1 1 ion at the New ^'old\ e\ 

 liiliitmn rind that the s<'eiet\. ^\ hen 

 I'lojiei a 1 1| i| ii-at ion Is made. olVer siiii 

 ilaf iiiidal- at other exhildtioiix where 

 It i- -liiiWh that ^iicdi exhiliitions are 

 lit -II i''i'Ii-ii t J iiij lort a nee to warrant siieji 



iiriel . 



'■ Tki- ■|ne-lioii of the eolor line ill the 



|'iii;> •da--e- liaviliL; I li set f or Sjiei- i ;i I 



1 1-111--111 h II I not lie eon-idered \i\ 



'hi- iiiiiiiiiiit \re|it that your i-oin 



ai 1 1 1 ll- >\ nil Id lec-oniiiiend, no mat I ei' 

 ^^liat iiiliii di\l-ioii- may lie adojited. 

 that the indole- lie aiithori/ed. at ;iii\ 

 iiiiie \\lieii iiiii\ini-ed that a inistalve lia- 

 i'ei'ii ma' ll' ill a iiy I'lit ry 1 n t he |ii n \< ' 

 'la--!'-. In iinii-fer the exhiliit \\ronL;l\ 



'■liteli'ij tn ihe |iro|iei division of the 

 I'lllk ila-- and to rnli-idel ,it therein 

 w n llnlll i'l e iiidlri'. t lie -;iliie .'I- t Iioiil;Ii 



'' iia.i [ II nrjn i hal |\ -n I'litered. 



' ■ I ' -ii'iii- In \ on I I'oiii III i t tee thai 

 -liiihP- n' ^liit- III the market are or 

 ■a-iniial i'lil I lie\ italde roiidit loll- to lie 

 met '1 .:! iiw I 11^ ami in.'iiket in;; |ieri-li 

 ■dde '-'nl'-. I t niiulit lie well tn -11- 

 ^■'-t tn ;lin urnVVel tile .'I d \ i sa 1 1 1 1 i t y i>\' 



Mmir -til.tiv and 'ar.'f ally ;:radinu and 

 '■iiiliiiL; lii^ |iini|urt at -iii-h times. 



■ • \\ 1' i.i'licjv e that the inaiketiii^ n\' 

 • a I iiat loll- '•arefiilly jiaeked ill Itoxes 1- 

 Iii lie 'ei'oin mended fol tll<' liettel 

 _''ia'le- and in m;iiket- whirfi will ar 

 . . |it lliiw .'I - -n fiai-lM'd. 



•■ We Iniilil that i-a I nal iiiii- ;iii' lo-mi; 

 'Itlii't III I I ,'iL;ra nee or kee|i|||e iiiiall 



Me-. h I- true that sonic \,'irieties are 

 iiMiie I'la^iant than other- this has al 

 v\av- iie./|i the I'.'l-e. It* 1^ lel't.a iiil\ 

 line th.'ii itowi'i- |iioi|iii-ed dlirin" the 



eom|i.'i rat i \ td \ sunless winter liiolitlis 

 will never lie so fia;^iaiit as in late 

 sjiiiiin- or early summer, when the sun 

 is apjiidaeh i lie it- ma \i in iiiii in iiiteiis- 

 il\ of .dVect. 



''Ndlir I'Oinillit ti'c feels that the de 



teriorat ion vvliii-h ociiirs in eariiations is 

 lari;elv ifiie to liad or ov I'li litensi v e eiil 

 tivatioii ami es|ieciallv to im|)ro|ier 

 methods ill the s(dectioii of eiittinns and 

 their haildlill^. W'l' lielieve it c|uite 

 jiossilde to liiiiM a variety il|» liv rai'e 

 till I'lilt i V at ion and esjieria 1 1 v liv con 

 tiiHied intellieeiit and c'lreful seleetioii 

 i 11 |iro|ia^;i t i lie. 



••It is surely to lie regretted that 

 moie of the men interested ill the grow - 

 iiil; and sale of i-arnatioiis have not be- 

 eoiiie ineinhers of this soeiety. Other 

 soiieties ]ierlia|>s arc makiiie no liettcr. 

 it' as ^ood a sliowiiie. \\'e leel that 

 there js 110 way nf lai'Liidv i iiereasi lie 

 our iiieiiilierslii|i exeejit liv the slow aiiil 

 -lire w.'iv, throueh the active ami eon 

 liniions ell'orts ol' our iiieiii Ihu's with 

 their individual friends ,'im| aei|u;iiiit 

 am-e-. 



•■^'clUl eoiiiinittee is liaidlv ineliiieil 

 to admit that we have exhausted the 

 |iossiliilit ies of dev (do|iiiieiit in the ear- 

 nation ill ati\' direetioii, even in sizp. '' 



The lejiot't was adojited liv the so 

 c'li'tv. the reeoiii iiieiid;it ion with reemd 

 to jierinitt iiie the Judges to traiist'er to 

 it- |iro|ier section anv exhiliit wi'oiin|y 

 eliteied 111 the |iilik I'la-ses lieilie- ex 

 tended In a|i|ilv tn anv inlnl nf class. 



The Best Keeper. 



With the idea nf ellcnll l'a;^i iil; the ex 

 hiliitnl- to try fnl kee|iil|n ijU.'ililv. 

 l-'red I'ailkl olVered a jili/e nf *|ii tn lie 

 .•iw.'irded at the close i>\' tlo' -linW tn the 

 \;i-e nf llnWeis that had -tnnd III lie-t 

 rnlidltlnli. (tlie nf the jlld^e- lemalki'd. 

 e.'lllv ill tlie -how. that the ;iward would 

 l;ii tn I'ink helii^lit. • ''ev cry liodv knew 

 that liefnre vv e came here,' and it did 



In the I'ink l)elie|it with which I're- 

 ident elect ( Indd.'i id W nil til -t pli/e I II 



the cla-x fnl Inn ilo^h [.ink. Aimthei 

 jiidi;e -aid .'ifierwaid that all live nf 



the \ a-e- of Idnnlii- cnlisi dci ml ! i \ tie 

 illdi:e- w ell' M r. t iodda rd -. 



It wa- a|i|iareiil lhaI_-oine nf the ex 

 liilntni-, haviiiM |^|,. liiiiki |iri/.e in 

 mili'l. had i-llt their llnw er- iiliderdnne 

 ,'ind there W.'ls -nllli' cllticl-m on llie 

 llnol of the rnnVk'Htinli liec,'IU-e llie 

 jiid^e- had made aw.'iid- tn t lie-e llow 

 er- over fllllv i|eVelo|ii'il Idnolil-. Tetcl 

 fi-hel. I-'. A. I'riedlev. V. II. LellinM. 



W. \. K'lidd. A. I", .1. I'.aui. A. .1. <iiitt 

 m.'ili. I'.. <i. <iillelt. I-;. A. Strniid. I'iil 

 L:ene l>ailledou/e .'iiid other- uave, their 

 view-. Some of the -|ieakers seemed 

 111 think, half ojieii Mower- were not 

 entitled to ,'ivv;ird. while others iTiclined 

 to the lielief that the iinlees were .ills 

 tilled It \Ui'\ con-ii.|ered a 11 ex hi Id tor "- 

 IMiderdone lilnoiii- lietler than tlie otiiei 



fellow '- fully ilr\elo|iei| lloWi.'Is. \\. A. 

 Stroud -u;;n,.-ted that lietter iudL;illi: 

 might lie had if the full lioard <if six 

 judL:e< |iassed on I'ai-li class, instead ol' 

 workiiie in threes, .as has lieen the ciis 



toin. W . .\. K'lnld disaer I with this, 



.'issertiiig that the lareei- the lioard the 

 le-s the sense of individual respolisi- 

 liility for the result. i'iugeue JJaille 

 doii/e tlioiieht the .iildgilig would lie 

 lietter if the rule alioiit cleariiie the 

 hall were more rieidly enforced, so it 

 was |iiit on record that heie;il'ter I'veii 

 the nevvsjiajier men are to lie liarred 

 w hile the judges are at w <irk. 



Carrying Plants a Second Year. 



ill the discussion id' .\. T. I'vt'ers 

 jiaiier, led \>y I'eter i-'ishei- and .lose[ili 

 II. Hill, it was the conscn-iis of o[dn 

 ion that it doos not |iav to i-arrv carna 

 tioii |ilaiits a .second veai. Mr. I'yfer 

 had not recoinniciidf'd it. ('Xce|it in spe- 

 cial cases. <,'. S. St"uut said it |iaiil hilll, 

 in -Maine, wliere he has a nood summer 

 demand, and others mentioned sjiecial 

 cases, such as with sliv lilooineis and 



varieties that have I n kept cut hack 



to jirodllce ciittines, hlit the eetieral 

 report was that iiothiiiL; i- liained, the 

 <)HMlitV of the liloolii- plodiii-ed in the 



second vear lieiii^ j 1. the plant- un 



gainlv. a piev to di-i'a-e .-nid a li;iil>or 

 lor insert-. .Mr. I'yt'er wa- L;iven a 

 \ ote of t h.'in k- I'oi h i- pa per. 



The Cost ot Growing. 



>n manv niemlii'i- of the .\meiicaii 



( '.'I ril.'l 1 inn Sni'ii'tv Iscep r.'ilelul lernl'ds 

 of |i|dd in-t loll lli;it the liLllirc- nf Idnnin- 

 piT plant present ed i li .lo-eph II. 1 1 i 11 's 

 p.'ipel .•|lnll-ed I'.'l I le-- e n m men t tll.'ili did 

 the I'ln-iiiL: |i;i I an I a ph. in whiih he at 

 trmpted tn -el forth liliellv the cnst 

 nf pi (idllrlli;^ t he I'll! . I I 'lev I'lnped t hat 



.'I '.jieat manv nf the meinlier- had iiiidei- 

 tiikeii tn a-ri'itaiii vvhat a llnvvei in-ts, 

 lull ih.'it thev had f:iiled tn -eciire any- 

 tiling; iiinie v.'ilii;ilde than mental exi'i 

 il-o. rre-idelit rirnWii 11 iidei tool-, to 



L;et dl-cli--lon oil tile e--a \ - le.'id liv ' 

 .'ippoi lit i lie meinlier- to -tait the talk. 

 To lead tlie dl-cii--iori on .Ml Hill- pa 

 per he de-i-nated W. \. I.'iidd and S. .1. 

 (loddald. .Ml- h'lldd ;i-kei| to lie eX 



iii-cd. liiit -Mr. I'liown in-i-ted. -o -Mi. 

 1,'iidd responded with a lieneral •leil;ira 

 tlnli nf tlie flllilitv nt' till' aVeraL;e .-o-I 

 reini'd; he dei-fafed I lielll tn he value 

 le-- except I Ir I'lre in-tailce- hecaiise 

 llnwer eiaivviiii: ever is an art ami iievei' 

 .■an heconie a -cieuce, Ijnllles of cost 

 never heiiie alike for anv two \ .\-irs. 

 He cniiimended records ot' production as 

 -howiiiL; the relativi' hlooinine' ipialities 

 of varietie-, hut said that iiisot'ar a-^ 

 timiin;: w h;it it co-|- to e.-iirv a pl;iiit 

 Ihrou^ih its life, it never can he (lone, 

 the he-t rpj-iire- never heiiiL; anv thin- 

 more ttian an average, (itliei spi'ai'Cer- 

 a-reed. Mr. Hill, in explanation, said 

 that i-ai nation- exdusivelv are liiowii 



