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Apbil 10, 1»18. 



The Florists' Review 



29 



press our appreciation of the establish- 

 ment of this custom. The first audit 

 was made in time to be published in 

 the proceedings of last year's conven- 

 tion. This year's audit will accompany 

 the treasurer's report. 



All bills have been paid promptly on 

 vouchers drawn by the secretary and 

 signed by the president. 



A number of seedling varieties and 

 one sport have been registered with this 

 society since the last annual report ap- 

 peared. Besides these there have been 

 registered with the Perpetual Flowering 

 Carnation Society of England some 

 thirty-five seedlings and sports. Dupli- 

 cation of names already used is care- 

 fully guarded against. We find among 

 the list a considerable number of names 

 without any record of color, originator 

 or date of dissemination; in fact, noth- 

 ing whatever to identify the variety. 

 In all such cases we would recommend 

 that the name shall be available for 

 naming new varieties. 



During the past year death has 

 claimed two of our members, J. F. Wil- 

 cox, of Council Bluffs, la., and Chas. 

 Knopf, of Richmond, Ind. Both of 

 these men were well known to most of 

 us and highly esteemed. 



The one department in which we are 

 unable to report progress is that of 

 membership. Ever since the meeting in 

 Boston, two years ago, the membership 

 has decreased in number. About the 

 usual number have run delinquent each 

 year, but less than the usual number 

 of new members have been added. Dur- 

 ing the past year the delinquents were 

 forty-five, while the accessions were 

 only twenty, making a decrease of 

 twenty-five for the year. There are 

 now 261 annual members in good stand- 

 ing, and twelve life members. 



To Increase Membership. 



We can account for this in only one 

 way, and that is the letting-down of 

 all barriers to outsiders coming in and 

 getting all the benefits, which right- 

 fully should be reserved for our mem- 

 bers only. This society cannot endure 

 for long if this policy is continued, and 

 we would respectfully submit the fol- 

 lowing recommendations for your care- 

 ful consideration: 



We should hold our conventions regu- 

 larly each year, regardless of national 

 or other exhibitions, and we should hold 

 our conventions and exhibitions alone. 



Our regular meeting date (the last 

 Wednesday in January) should be 

 strictly adhered to. 



The idea of alternating the meetings 

 from east to west is conducive to a 

 growing membership and should be con- 

 tinued. 



We should allow no admission fee to 

 he charged the public at the door of the 

 exhibition, as the charging of a fee, 

 be it ever so small, tends to reduce the 

 number of visitors. 



Only members in good standing 

 should be allowed to compete for pre- 

 miums of any kind, including certifi- 

 •'atea of merit. No one except members 

 of this society and of the local enter- 

 taining society should be allowed to 

 attend any of the social functions con- 

 nected with the convention. 



Efforts should be continued to inter- 

 est the retailers in the exhibitions. 

 There should be more decorative work 

 on exhibition than has been seen here- 

 tofore. If competitive classes w^ill not 

 bring them, then some other means 

 should be devised. 



A campaign for new members should 



> Harry A. Buoyard. 



'(Member Local OoTernlng Board and Ohalrman Boai d of Judges.) 



be instituted, and we would suggest 

 that a committee be appointed at this 

 meeting to formulate a plan for such a 

 movement. Instead of decreasing, our 

 membership should at least keep pace 

 with the growth of the carnation in- 

 dustry. 



The thanks of this society are due the 

 trade press for printing promptly, and 

 gratuitously, all matter sent for pub- 

 lication. 



DOBXEB MEMOBIAIi FUND. 



[The followlnff la the final report of the Vretl 

 Horner Memorial Fund Committee, aa presented 

 at the meeting of the American Carnation Society 

 In connection with the National Flower Show In 

 New York, April 5 to 12.1 



At the time of the last meeting in 

 Detroit, the canvass among the mem- 

 bers of this society for small contribu- 

 tions to the Fred Dorner memorial fund, 

 which had been ordered at the Boston 

 meeting, was completed. A total of 

 some $437 had been collected in con- 

 tributions of $1 and $2 amounts. In- 

 structions were given to continue the 

 soliciting of contributions, and to take 

 advantage of numerous offers of larger 

 amounts which had been made to the 

 committee. These additional contribu- 

 tions swelled the total to $979, of which 

 $439 are in $1 and $2 contributions, and 

 the remaining $540 in amounts ranging 

 from $.5 to $20. 



We are pleased to state that the Per- 

 petual Flowering Carnation Society of 

 England generously sent in a draft for 

 $10. 



These funds were deposited by the 

 treasurer to draw interest, which up to 

 date amounts to $39.71, bringing the 

 total in the fund up to $1,018.71. 



The board of directors, at its meet- 

 ing in Detroit January 12, 1912, dele- 

 gated J. A. Valentine to secure designs 



for a medal, which is to be bought each 

 yeai* with the interest accruing from 

 this invested fund. Mr. Valentine sub- 

 mitted, at the directors' meeting in 

 Chicago last August, a design from 

 Henning Ryden, an artist in New York 

 city, which the board approved, with 

 instructions that Mr. Ryden be com- 

 missioned to prepare a set of dies for 

 striking these medals. The Messrs. 

 Dorner have agreed to bear the expense 

 of having these dies made. This mat- 

 ter was turned over to them for final 

 execution. The dies have been made 

 and a 10-karat gold medal delivered 

 to us. 



At this same meeting in Detroit, 

 Peter Fisher was delegated to devise a 

 plan for awarding this medal. Mr. 

 Fisher submitted the following plan to 

 the board at the Chicago meeting and 

 it was approved by the board: 



"A gold medal will be awarded to 

 the best 100 blooms of any undissemi- 

 nated seedling carnation, sports not ad- 

 missible. The variety must have been 

 in cultivation not less than three years 

 and must score not less than eighty- 

 five points, judged by the American Car- 

 nation Society's scale of points. The 

 medal is to be awarded to the origina- 

 tor, who need not necessarily be the 

 exhibitor, and can be awarded to the 

 same variety only once. To be eligible 

 to compete for this medal, fifty blooms 

 of the variety must have been shown at 

 a previous exhibition of the American 

 Carnation Society in a preliminarv 

 class, and scored not less than eighty 

 points." 



With this report, the work of this 

 committee is finished. The fund is de- 

 posited with the La Fayette Loan & 

 Trust Co., where it draws four per cent 

 interest. The committee wishes to 



