Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-17
FLORISTS SESSIONS.
Business Transacted at the Meeting
of the Convention Today.
NEW OFFICERS SELECTED
Mr.. VIM. r. Smith Chosen President by Ac-
ciamation-St. Louis tn Be the Next Place
of Notwithstanding Papers Read and
Discussed.


@Pe se~" III"
Discussed.
Ten O'clock uas the bour set for The ,,o,rino
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:, =. .ae 100 ~, - was u.n uea..
IL CLOCK when resident Dean called the meet
ing to order and announced that the first mat
ter to be decided was the selection of the next
place of meeting of the society
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i0,. VIM iIoiesse vi d. hoois, inc oareo'oi VI
the missouri state botanical gardens there, who,
on behalf of the florists and the citizens of his
home. extsnled n very cordial invitation Tn the
soc;stv 20 bo,d ,h. -. ,,...;,, e..
PCT frre,sssa s,o,,a =, AZ. .,,r.I 80 49,.
80 g, 80" stoAe y. INC na s ~ ~
laughter bv remarkinp that St Louis never
experienced great heat, the Thermometer
rarely rising above "a or sS.
pros - r. =. "M .l OF mmwauKee ionoweo
ME of MiIwankee He lid ,ba, W;igsnkss
made no Get nr.tans;o,s hnt a. 49, cooI
within two hours of the coming worlds fair at
Chicago, and the people of Milwaukee were
wei known for unbounded hospitality.
@, Messrs. vaughn OF Chicago ana scnucnt OF
bee md Wcss-s u;u ~ irS;aDe "a St. =,
Buffalo on behalf of st. Louis.
After quite a while had been spent in dis
cussion Of the best means of taking the ballot IL
was decided that Messrs Thorpe, Craig. Hill
and May four ex-presidents Of the society.
should take up the ballots.
While this was being done Mr.. ]. H McFar-
land of Harrisburg called the attention Of the
society to the subject Of postage on catalogues
He stated that the labor of putting stamps on
dealers. but with the postal officials Mr. Nc
Fariand said people, florists or not were entitled
TO the same privilege in this matter that were
enjoyed BY the publishers of newspapere and
point a committee Of three to present the mat
ter to the Postmaster General, and ask that
catalogues ana snch mall matter be forwarded
stated that he wnnd a,p pu n. cnmro;t.os
later
ST. LOUIS CHOSEN.
The tellers having completed their count of
the ballots announced that i.7 votes had been
cast Tor Milwaukee an1 ls6 for st. Louis, and
ST. Louis was declared to be the society's
choice
Mr.. SMITH CHOSEN PRESIDENT By ACCLAIM
TON.
The nresident having announced that thu
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A'".'ei .oA s'AsAae,"NAon was 'no ho"i
hhtion OF genuemen Tor the once OF president
for the coming year MIR. Eugene H. Michel OF
st. Louis nominated Mr.. W. r. Smith Of
this city, the superintendent Of the
Botanical Gardens here. The nomination Of
Mr.. Smith was received with great applause,
and Mr.. ]. I. Anthony Of Chicago moved that
the nominations be considered as closed, and
tie motion was unanimously carried.
Prof: VIM; IIe.ssse Of st. Louis was mani ami,
action was taken in the matter Of nominations
for secre .ary and treasurer, Messrs VIM. j. Stew
art Of Boston and NJ. A. Hunt Of Terre Haute,
Ind. being nominated for the respective Offices
The election Of officers will take place at to-
morrow's morning session, and will be formal
proceeding because Of the unanimous nomina-
tons.
TIE PROPAGATION OF THE ROSE
Ahe sOcie'y next ns'eneo 10 very interest
ing paper on 1.-The Propagation OF the Rose"
Mr.. Pierson thought that roses could
be successfully propagsted at any
time of the year, though experience
had taught him that better plants could be pro-
au quo IRON wooa axen curing tne lase winter
,,lan.s ,bsr Sp;rsy .,ronao.+ NrIn 1912 .ns
Vigorous stock should be selected. MiIdewed
wood. even slightly. rarely does well Poliaoe
infested with red spider should be avoided and a
cutting should never be made from wood the
foliage of which il black spotted. Mr.. Pierson
differed with those who advised the .electior
blooming wood. because. I
was yery expensive. and second. cuttings
made from blind wood produce as good. IL not
better. plants than those grown from
blooming wood In closine Mr. pierson said
that the soil used for pottinS should be Of the
beat. the same that is used for planting, and
" shouId DC sn'ed- very neavy little
sa n;,ha snouIu oe auoea Inc son sn0uio 9e
iIea that a rose reouirss soil bsrd
packed was all wrong, two quick press
ures with the thumb being all that is necessary.
AS soon as potted the plants sbouId he thor
oughiy watered, and il the sun be shining.
shaded After the first watering thew sbouid
be kept moist, but not wet until rooted
through. FREQUENT nooisteninr of the foliage
was also of great benefit.
The manner was d;scussed NV Msssrs 7 T. D;uon
of Rloomsburr. Pa and NJ A HINT ~ Terre
Haute, Ind. and vote of thanks was unan
imouslv extended to Mr. pierson for his very
able paper.
NJ nA.,
nj. 'ohh neck OF brla8eport, Conn.,, FOL
lowed with a short paper on 1.-The European
Bulb Market and the American Buyer" Mr.
Reck commended that the American buxer wss
at the mercy of the Europeans in the
matter. who charged exorbitant prioes and he
thought II time to cry halt and either put
money In other plants or insist upon more rea-
so M~