. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. n the tempera-ture of a stove house and a greenhouse. Our boilermen figure upon the temperature of a greenhouse,and if you want a hot house that temperature mustbe increased. The speaker thought there was a de-cided difference between the temperature of a green-house and that of a stove house. The discussion closed by the matter being laid onthe table. Registration of Cannas. Is it to the benefit of the trade for originatorsof new cannas to name and disseminate a long listof v
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. n the tempera-ture of a stove house and a greenhouse. Our boilermen figure upon the temperature of a greenhouse,and if you want a hot house that temperature mustbe increased. The speaker thought there was a de-cided difference between the temperature of a green-house and that of a stove house. The discussion closed by the matter being laid onthe table. Registration of Cannas. Is it to the benefit of the trade for originatorsof new cannas to name and disseminate a long listof varieties having no desirable merits over exist-ing kinds? Mr. Vaughan was of opinion that the societyought to revive the canna committee, and wouldprefer to have the approval of this canna committeein order to secure registration of new varieties bythe secretary. Americans are doing very carefulwork on the canna, and it was necessary to throwaway thousands of seedlings in order to get one ofmerit. A new canna, to be meritorious these daysand worthy of introduction, ought to have about 15 264 The Florists Exchange. Reed & Kellers Exhibit. Exhibit of S. S. Petmock. good points; lacking any one of these points it wasworthless to the trade. This registering of cannasthat have not been inspected by a committee, givesthe varieties a half-way endorsement of the society,and a great many people may assume that cannashave merit because they have been registered. Hebelieved it should not be too easy to register newvarieties on the books of the association, and movedfor the appointment of a canna committee composedof men who knew the canna, and who themselveswere not commercially interested in the newvarieties. Peter Bisset: I think Mr. Vaughan is in the rightdirection. There is no doubt, from the reading ofthe secretarys report, that a whole lot of thingshave been registered that have no earthly value, Itis far too easy for any gentleman to get seddlingsregistered that have little semblan
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