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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 10. 1913. 



AMERICAN CABNATION SOCIETY. 



Officers Elected. 



President — R. T. Brown, Queens, 

 N. Y. 



Secretary — A. F. J. Baur, Indian- 

 apolis. 



Treasurer — Fred E. Dorner, La 

 Fayette, Ind. 



Director — S. J. Goddard, Framing- 

 ham, Mass. 



Judges— Eugene Dailledouze and C. 

 W. Johnson. 



Annual Meeting. 



In calling the annual meeting of the 

 American Carnation Society to order at 

 the Grand Central Palace, New York, 

 April 9, President Breitmeyer expressed 

 his pleasure that only twenty per cent 

 of the total membership should be ab- 

 sent when there were so many other 

 things to divide their interest. He de- 

 livered the annual address and Secre- 

 tary Baur presented his report, the 

 recommendations being referred to a 

 committee consisting of Wm. Nicholson, 

 H. B. Dorner and R. T. Brown, to re- 

 port at a later session. E. G. Hill and 

 Eugene Dailledouze were named as com- 

 mittee on final resolutions. 



Treasurer F. E. Dorner presented the 

 following summary of the financial 

 standing of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety as of February 22, 1913: 



EXPENSES. 



Paid by orders on treasurer $l,l.'i2.2.'? 



Balance cash on band 690.84 



Total $1,823.07 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance Jan. 10, 1912 $ 41fi.02 



Received cash 1,406.45 



Total $1,823^07 



PERMANENT FUND. 



Balance Jan. 10, 1912 $2,525.31 



J. A. Valentine, life membership 60.00 



S. J. Goddard, life membership 50.00 



Total $2,625731 



DORNEB MEMORIAL FOND. 



Balance Jan. 10, 1912 $ 444.04 



Received cash 574.67 



Total $1,018.71 



Miscellaneous Business. 



Secretary Baur presented the report 

 of the committee on the Dorner me- 

 morial medal, showing $1,028 on hand, 

 the first gold medal already struck, and 

 the decision of the directors that the 

 medal purchased with the interest be 

 awarded each year to the best undis- 

 seminated seedling three years in cul- 

 tivation scoring eighty-five points or 

 over. The committee was discharged, 

 with thanks. W. N, Rudd urged that 

 the award should not go to a variety 

 scoring less than ninety points, and the 

 directors were instructed to consider 

 the change in the rule for next year. 

 On motion of E. G. Hill, the first medal 

 struck was ordered presented to the 

 widow of the late Mr. Dorner. Fred E. 

 Dorner, in accepting the tribute paid 

 his father, spoke feelingly of the fam- 

 ily's grateful appreciation. 



The society's share in the gate re- 

 ceipts of the Detroit show was voted 

 to the Detroit Florists' Club. 



S. S. Skidelsky brought up the matter 

 of the losses sustained by members in 

 the flooded districts, a letter being read 

 from J. A. Newby, Logansport, Ind., in 

 which he said the water had been ten 

 feet deep in his greenhouses and that 

 he had lost all his stock. Mr. Skidelsky 

 and J. A. Evans were appointed a com- 

 mittee to devise a plan by which the 



Frank H. Traendly. 



(Chairman Local Governing Board.) 



society might be of assistance to flood 

 suflferers. 



The report of the judges was read 

 and a protest by Henry Weston as to 

 the award for the twelve largest flow- 

 ers was referred to the directors, the 

 opinion being that the society should 

 not reverse its judgment. 



SECBETABY BAUB'S BEFOBT. 



[The following is the report of Secretary A. 

 F. J. Bnur, of the American Carnation Society, 

 read at the meeting held In connection with the 

 National Flower Show at New York, April 5 to 

 12, 1913.] 



We are able to report progress in all 

 departments this year, save one. This 

 one exception being one of the most 

 important departments, and of vital im- 

 portance to the society, we will ask you 

 to carefully consider a number of rec- 

 ommendations which will be submitted 

 at the end of this report. 



The proceedings of the last conven- 

 tion were distributed to all paid-up 

 members, as is customary. These pro- 

 ceedings did not include any statement 

 from the treasurer of the Detroit Flo- 

 rists' Club, who had charge of the gate 

 receipts at the exhibition in that city 

 in January of last year. This state- 

 ment was submitted, however, to our 

 board of directors at its meeting in 

 Chicago last August. Its action thereon 

 will be presented at this meeting for 

 approval. 



At the directors' meeting there was 

 also drafted a schedule of premiums for 

 the carnation show which is running 

 now. Alterations were made in the 

 rules governing entries for competition, 

 eliminating all restrictions in regard to 

 membership in this society, except in 



the A. C. S. medals class, which is re- 

 served for our members only. In- 

 cluding premiums from all sources, the 

 schedule carries a larger total than any 

 previous list, which means that there 

 is offered at this exhibition more in 

 money, medals and plate than ever be- 

 fore has been offered for carnations 

 at any one exhibition. The National 

 Flower Show committee agreed to pay 

 the first $1,000 cash premiums awarded. 

 A special effort was made to interest 

 the retail men in the exhibition by 

 offering liberal premiums in a number 

 of attractive and practical classes. 



On account of the flood conditions 

 which surrounded Indianapolis imme- 

 diately following Easter, at which time 

 the entries were supposed to be sent in, 

 preventing all mail matter from reach- 

 ing the secretary's office, it was impos- 

 sible to enforce the time limit on the 

 filing of entries. All entries which 

 reached the secretary before leaving 

 for New York were accepted without 

 any assessment of fine. 



During the past year the Fred Dor- 

 ner Memorial Fund campaign was 

 brought to a successful conclusion. A 

 detailed report will be submitted at 

 this meeting. 



New Audit a Success. 

 In obedience to instructions given 

 at the Detroit meeting, a public ac- 

 countant was engaged to check over the 

 books of the secretary and treasurer. 

 This was done February 20, 1912, and 

 again February 28, 1913, As is shown 

 by the audit, all funds are properly 

 accounted for. There can be no ques- 

 tion as to the wisdom of this procedure, 

 and, as your secretary, we wish to ex- 



