. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ot our ( rat't -w Im y prcsidiiiir oflii^er ol' this organization, that has so vastly advanced tlitj intor- osts not only of caiiiatioii culture, but floriculturo in jj;eneral, 1 deoni it indeed an honor to welcome you to this, the 1 wenty-sixtii annual nieetin;^ of the American Carnation Hociidy, in this lieautiful and centrally locati'd city ol' Indianaiiolis. It is not necessary for nie to ii']ieat at this time the history of this or^aiii zation. Sullicc it to say that 1 iCd m()r(! and more, as I j^row (dih'r, the touch of p;ood fejlowshii) that
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ot our ( rat't -w Im y prcsidiiiir oflii^er ol' this organization, that has so vastly advanced tlitj intor- osts not only of caiiiatioii culture, but floriculturo in jj;eneral, 1 deoni it indeed an honor to welcome you to this, the 1 wenty-sixtii annual nieetin;^ of the American Carnation Hociidy, in this lieautiful and centrally locati'd city ol' Indianaiiolis. It is not necessary for nie to ii']ieat at this time the history of this or^aiii zation. Sullicc it to say that 1 iCd m()r(! and more, as I j^row (dih'r, the touch of p;ood fejlowshii) that a iiici^t iuc; like this l)rini;s with it. Making Life Worth Living. Here wc comininult! in hrotherlv h,\c with fellow craftsmen from all oxn this fair laud of ]ieace and ]U()S|iii ity. IKre wc renew old acquaintances and make new ones. Now and then we mi>~ an old, familiar face; we ask the rea son, and find that ho has ])assed ou in the Gr(\at Beyond. As with the (dd \a riidies of our beloved carnations, wc miss them, but never fortrct them! It is these fond greetings and menmries that really make life worth living, after all. To the members are so diligently working to produt'e n e w varieties of merit, we are prob- ably moro indebted than we realize, for were it not for something new occa- sionally the public interest would s(,oii wane. Th(> Amer- ican p e o p 1 e a r e great ou fads, and, in order to keep up nn interest, new things of sjiecial merit ;ire always in <leniand. A Good Example. I dare say noth- ing lias popularized the r(]se so mu(di th last few years as ilic (ouiiiig on of so many now varie- Hes ol" merit, and tiie is not yet, Avhicli r am sure you will ])p p,,,!- vii:ced of in your visit to the ]•;'. (I. Hill Co. place at Kitdimond. A friend recently told nie it was worth a trip across the continent to sec the seedling roses there, so I went and I now tes- tify that the state- ment true. Wo seo here what one ?| lif lull lc\t ..r l|]c
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