. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 714 The American Florist. April ig, cial effort was made to interest the retail men in the exhibition by offer- ing liberal premiums in a number of attractive and practical classes. On account of the flood conditions, which surrounded Indianapolis imme- diately following Easter, at which time the entries were supposed to be sent in, it was impossible to enforce the time limit on filing entries. All en- tries which reached the secretary be- fore leaving for New York were ac- cepted without any assessment of fine. D
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 714 The American Florist. April ig, cial effort was made to interest the retail men in the exhibition by offer- ing liberal premiums in a number of attractive and practical classes. On account of the flood conditions, which surrounded Indianapolis imme- diately following Easter, at which time the entries were supposed to be sent in, it was impossible to enforce the time limit on filing entries. All en- tries which reached the secretary be- fore leaving for New York were ac- cepted without any assessment of fine. During the past year the Fred Dor- ner Memorial Fund campaign was brought to a successful conclusion. A detailed report will be submitted at this meeting. In obedience to instructions given at the Detroit meeting, a public account- ant was engaged to check over the books of the secretary and treasurer. This was done on February 20 of last year, and again on February 28 of this year. As is shown by the audit, all funds are properly accounted for. There can be no question of the wis- dom of this procedure, and as your secretary, we wish to express our ap- preciation of the establishment of this custom. The first audit was made in time to be published in the proceed- ings of last year's convention. This year's audit will accompany the treas- urer's report. All bills have been paid promptly on vouchers drawn by the secretary and signed by the president. Ten new seedling varieties and one sport have been registered with this society since the last annual report appeared. Besides these there have been registered with the Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society of Eng- land some 35 seedlings and sports. Duplication of names already used is carefully guarded against. We find among the list a considerable number of names without any record of color, originator or date of dissemination: in fact, nothing whatever to identify the variety. In all such cases we would recommend that the name sha
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