. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Jan. 28, that the florists give a more generous response to the appeals of the commit- tee, and suggested donating a percent- age of their sales on McKinley day. Mr. Rudd in discussing the subject offered the resolution, which was unanimously adopted, that a suitable offering by this society of carnation blooms be sent to the grave of our late lamented president, at Canton, O., on the anniversary of his birth. A resolu- tion was adopted to continue the com- mittee and endorsing its suggestion
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Jan. 28, that the florists give a more generous response to the appeals of the commit- tee, and suggested donating a percent- age of their sales on McKinley day. Mr. Rudd in discussing the subject offered the resolution, which was unanimously adopted, that a suitable offering by this society of carnation blooms be sent to the grave of our late lamented president, at Canton, O., on the anniversary of his birth. A resolu- tion was adopted to continue the com- mittee and endorsing its suggestion to give a percentage of their sales to the fund. The report of the nomenclature committee was then read, followed by the reading of a paper on "Carnation Diseases" by Prof. H. Hasselbring, of the University of Chicago. The dis- cussion of this paper was opened by W. N. Rudd, who stated he should have to deny the theory advanced by the essayist that carnations would not "run out" and pointed to the Lawson variety as a distinct example of it. C. W. "Ward recommended the steril- ization of all soil used inside to pre- vent stem rot. He found a low tem- perature conducive to strength of plants and the use of a limited amount of artificial fertilizers. Peter Fisher advanced the theory that perfectly healthy cuttings may become Infested with stem rot by a check in the growth. Cuttings left too long in the sand after being rooted would be suffi- cient cause for originating the disease in question. In answering the ques- tion of J. A. Valentine as to what really constituted complete steriliza- tion. Prof. Hasselbring stated that a temperature of 212° or over would totally destroy the germs in the soil. Mr. Weber, of Oakland, Md., said he thought stem rot was nature's method of destroying dead vegetable matter in plants. BOSTON GETS THE NEXT CONVENTION. The matter of selecting the next meeting place was then taken up. Sec- retary Herr read letters from Vice- P
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