. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 136 The American Florist. Aug. 23, ESECUXn'E COMMITTEE WORK. A number of matters of importance received the careful consideration of the executive committee at its annual meet- ing in February last, and the action taken then will appear in the reports of the executive officers. One thing that gave the committee cause for much anxious thought and discussion was the lack of a local florists' club to take charge of the exhibition at Asheville. After looking over the ground carefully from all sides and canvassing the
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 136 The American Florist. Aug. 23, ESECUXn'E COMMITTEE WORK. A number of matters of importance received the careful consideration of the executive committee at its annual meet- ing in February last, and the action taken then will appear in the reports of the executive officers. One thing that gave the committee cause for much anxious thought and discussion was the lack of a local florists' club to take charge of the exhibition at Asheville. After looking over the ground carefully from all sides and canvassing the merits of various plans and suggestions, it was finally decided to put the exhibition in charge of the secretary, giving him power to get such local assistance as would be necessarj'. Looking back with the light of experience of the past few months the wisdom of this action has been amply demonstrated. Another thing that gave the committee some trouble was the society's medal for the best plant or flower. The committee has been criticised for the way the medal is offered. The burden of much of this criticism is the assumed impossibility of judging a plant and a flower in the same class. Such an assumption is largely imaginary and, not only that, Ijut if a separate class is made you will at once hear a crv that a chrysanthemum should not be judged in the same class as a car- nation, and so on without limit. Looked at in the proper light the action of the committee is really the only method possible under the circumstances. The numlier of societies having the privi- lege of offering the medal has been increased and there is every reason to believe that much good will result, as the medal is looked upon as a most unique and valuable distinction from a general floricultural standpoint. The subject of bulb culture in our south- ern states received the best thought of your executives, and an invitation was extended to all growers of bulbs in the south to submit samples at this conven
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