The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . -ture if it should come into general cul-tivation. We believe that the present system ofregistration is the only one that can becarried out without friction by any so-ciety. It is certain that no committeecan pass on the merits of flowers asfragile as those of the canna in a sat-isfactory manner without seeing severalplants of each variety growing andwatching their growth for several would mean a vast amount of workfor the committee, provided there wereseveral hundred new applicants for fa-vorable mention. Then if the membersof
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . -ture if it should come into general cul-tivation. We believe that the present system ofregistration is the only one that can becarried out without friction by any so-ciety. It is certain that no committeecan pass on the merits of flowers asfragile as those of the canna in a sat-isfactory manner without seeing severalplants of each variety growing andwatching their growth for several would mean a vast amount of workfor the committee, provided there wereseveral hundred new applicants for fa-vorable mention. Then if the membersof the committee should live in widelyseparated parts of the country and eachhave to be supplied with samples, itwould mean quite an expense to theoriginator. The question of certifying varietiesfor merits, however, should be anotherquestion altogether. The Conard &Jones Co. some months ago registered anew pink canna under the name ofVenus, when this name was given a va-riety in 1900 of a yellowish white color,so there are now two distinct varieties. I. L. PILLSBURYS PLANT HOUSE, GALESBURG, ILL. would not think of joining the S. A. its much higher membership of them, however, after beingbrought in closer contact with othergrowers in such an association, wouldno doubt in a few years become deeplyinterested in floriculture generally andwould probably become members of theS. A. F. There is a great chance to do edu-cational work along floricultural linesand no one should try to discourage anymovement along such lines, even though on the market by that name. Personsnaming and registering new kindsshould be very careful not to repeatnames of varieties already in thing that should be con-demned is the changing, even in a min-or way, the name of a plant after oncegiven, for it only makes much confu-sion. We saw on the fair grounds atDayton a bed of cannas labeled Im-perial Gardener Hoppe, this shouldhave been Hofgartner Hoppe; the twonames mean the same,
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