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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabch 30, 1911. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



New Officers. 



President — A. Farenwald, Hillside, 

 Pa. 



Vice-president — Philip Breitineyer, 

 Detroit. 



Secretary — Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, 

 N. Y. ■•■ 



Treasurer — Harrv O. Mav, Summit, 

 N. J. 



Executive committee— 7Eber Holmes, 

 to succeed Philip Breitmeyer; W. K. 

 Pierson, to succeed himself. 



The American Rose Societj' held three 

 sessions at Boston this week and had 

 as successful a meeting as ever has 

 been held by this compact body of en- 

 thusiasts. At th(» openipji; President 



Mr. Elliott said that the present low 

 pr'ce of glass might not be an unmixed 

 good; he thought it responsible for the 

 present season's enormous expansion in 

 greenhouse area, which he said may be 

 as great as in all the last five years, 

 resulting in too sudden an increase in 

 the supply and consequent demoraliza- 

 tion of the cut flower market. He 

 thought a different duty on imported 

 glass might lead to more stable prices 

 and minimize such danger. This led 

 to a long discussion in which some 

 twenty or more leading growers gave 

 their views. Few saw any great danger 

 of overproduction and several tliought 

 the present low price of glass a great 

 gain, but many, and these included 

 those who Lought before the glass mar- 

 ket struck its present low level, thought 



George Asmus. 



(President Society of AmerlcaQ Florists.) 



Elliott read an address which reviewed 

 the development of the rose and the 

 growth of the society. He recom 

 mended the extension of the work 

 among amateurs, the holding of future 

 exhibitions under the guarantee plan to 

 assure financif^^ success, the general 

 trial of all the new roses now being 

 exploited, the appointment of a com- 

 mittee to deal with the tariff on glass, 

 and another to consider recommending 

 the adoption of standard grades for cut 

 roses based on the length of stem. AH 

 the recommendations were concurred in. 

 In referring to the tariff on glass, 



that more stable prices would be an ad- 

 vantage. The consensus of opinion was 

 that the tariff has less influence on the 

 price of glass than trade agreements 

 and trade conflicts, and that florists 

 have little influence on the tariff in any 

 e^nt. Nevertheless, a committee con- 

 sisting of Robert Simpson, Fred Burki 

 and Benj. Hammond was appointed to 

 look into the possibilities of the sub- 

 ject. 



As to designating the grades of roses 

 by the inches of stem, it was the unani- 

 mous opinion that uniform grades to 

 be recognized over the whole country 



are highly desirable, but there was 

 some difference of opinion as to whether 

 merely designating the length of stem 

 would accomplish the result desired; it 

 was pointed out that other factors fre- 

 quently determine the grade. A com- 

 mittee consisting of C. E. Meehan, H. 

 0. May, Eber Holmes, Fred Burki, Aug- 

 ust Poehlmann, W. F. Kasting, W. F. 

 Gude, W. R. Pierson, Philip Breitmeyer 

 and Otto Koenig was appointed to 

 bring a recommendation. At a later 

 session Chairman Meehan reported 

 recommending the adoption of a stan- 

 dard scale for grading in accordance 

 with the length of stem, as follows: 6, 

 9, 12, 15, 18, 24-inch and higher as 

 necessary. The committee reported its 

 belief that the general use of such 

 designation in place of the present 

 names for grades will be a great help 

 to the whole trade. The report was 

 adopted. 



Treasurer H. 0. May made a financial 

 report as follows: 



Receipts |7,665.0O 



Disbursements 7,277.01 



Balance $ 487.99 



Sixty-one life members have con- 

 tributed a permanent fund of $3,050. 



Secretary Hammond in his report told 

 of the effort to reach the amateur rose 

 growers and urged the extension of the 

 effort. A committee consisting of S. S. 

 Butterfield, Robert Simpson and Benj. 

 Hammond was appointed to consider 

 ways and means. 



■ At the second session AugusV Poehl- 

 mann, Chicago, read a short paper, 

 "The Development of a Large Rose 

 Growing Establishment," and answered 

 numerous questions, stating in reply to 

 one that his firm now employs about 

 265 men. W. R. Pierson read an excep- 

 tionally well written and meaty paper, 

 "The Science of Rose Growing," and 

 both essayists received votes of thanks. 

 W. E. Wallace, of Dunstable, England, 

 contrasted conditions and methods -*in 

 England and America and was listened 

 to with much interest. 



The closing session was for the ama- 

 teur section, for which papers had been 

 prepared by R. Vincent, Jr., Rev. S. S. 

 Sulliger and W. G. MacKendriek. 



■ On the selection of place of next 

 meeting,, a vote was taken in favor of 

 Detroit, but the executive committee 

 was given power to fix date and place, 

 it being the view that a joint meeting 

 with the Carnation Society is desirable. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Officers Elected. 



President — J. A. Valentine, Denver. 



Vice-president — Philip Breitmeyer, 

 Detroit. 



Secretary — A. F. J. Baur, Indian- 

 apolis. 



Treasurer — Fred Dorner, La Fayette, 

 Ind. 



Director — Eugene Dailledouze, Flat- 

 bush, N. Y. 



The directors of the American Carna- 

 tion Society appreciated that there 

 would be too much going on to permit 

 the reading of long essays and cut its 

 program to mere business meetings. The. 

 address of President Burki reccrm- 

 mended consideration of a change in 

 the scale of points for judging that will 

 tend to encourage the develaiMNiiLt of 

 fragrance and keeping quality. Secre- 

 tary Baur reported a net gain of 

 twenty-eight members during the year 

 and Treasurer Dorner reported $2,475.35 



