. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 32 The Florists' Review February 2. 1922 to be the *' goat,'' atter the fashion of Wallace Pierson 1-iist year. Beiiifj a young man and wanting experience, Mar old J. Patten offered to serve in that capacity. The members i)resent at the evening meeting dedined-to accept him in the role of "goat," for when the bal- lots were counted the result showed: 0. W. Johnson, 31; H. J. Patten, 28; John Hartje, 11. The first two were thereby elected judges for the cusuiiig year. Discuss Carnation's Future. The paper of Albert M. Herr, on "Car- n
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 32 The Florists' Review February 2. 1922 to be the *' goat,'' atter the fashion of Wallace Pierson 1-iist year. Beiiifj a young man and wanting experience, Mar old J. Patten offered to serve in that capacity. The members i)resent at the evening meeting dedined-to accept him in the role of "goat," for when the bal- lots were counted the result showed: 0. W. Johnson, 31; H. J. Patten, 28; John Hartje, 11. The first two were thereby elected judges for the cusuiiig year. Discuss Carnation's Future. The paper of Albert M. Herr, on "Car- nations I'ast, Present and Puture," which was pul)liHhed in full in The Ee- view last W(H>k, brought much commen- dation from the members. It led to con- siderable discussion. C. S. Strout sug- gested that a greater percentage should be allotted fragrance in the scale for judging. S. J. (loddard thought that size and color were most important. James Wheeler, of Natick, Mass., be- lieved the same qualities of more im- portance, l)ut ])ut color first. In the recomnicndations made by the comriiit-, tee on the officers" reports at the even- ing session was included one that no change be made regarding the ])oints for fragrance in the scale. This was unanimously adopted. Several suggestions were tirought up to improve tlie exhibition. William Sim suggested that the classes calling for 100 blooms be omitted and that vases of fifty or seventy-five be substituted, and tli:it vases of twenty-five at the same time be substituted for the ])res- ent classes of fifty blooms. This mat- ter was referred to the board of direc- tors at the evening session. It was suggested that a sejjarate class ought to be made for Laddie, since no other variety at present was able to compete with it and its color did not fit exactly into the present classification. William Sjm thought that the gold med- al of the American Carnation Society ought to be awarded for the best vase in the show without
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