AUGUST 23, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



337 



Arthur Herrington, President-Elect of Chrysanthemum Society of America and 

 Vice-President of New York Florists' Club. _, 



bership roll, is 4S, and the numb?r of 

 resignations 2. The full number of mem- 

 bers recorded as paid up for 1S!)9 Is 653 

 inclusive of 26 life members, a net gain 

 of 119 over the previous year. The new 

 names added to the list of members in 

 1899 numbered 148; one each from Cali- 

 fornia, Colorado, Connecticut. Georgia. 

 Iowa, Louisiana. Maryland, Montana, 

 Tennessee and Texas; two eac-h from 

 Kentucky, Massachusetts. Minnesota, 

 New Jersey, Rhode Island and ^^'isconsin; 

 four from Canada, six from Missouri, 

 seven from Indiana, seventeen from 

 Michigan, nineteen from Illinois, twenty- 

 one from New York, twenty-five from 

 Pennsylvania, and twenty-seven from 

 Ohio. Since our last meeting three mem- 

 bers have died; Alfred Henderson. Sep- 

 tember 5th, 1899; J. M. Jordan, February 

 4th, 1900; Harry Dale, July 15th, 1900. 



The list of plant introductions in Amer- 

 ica, published in the annual report for 

 1899, described 189 new things. This in- 

 cluded twenty carnations, seven roses, 

 five cannas, twenty dahlias, fifty-ei^ht 

 chrysanthemums, eight sweet peas, 

 twenty-five geraniums and forty-six mis- 

 cellaneous. The list of canna introduc- 

 tions fell off very heavily from the previ- 

 ous year. 



We had hopes of securing for this con- 

 vention a lower excursion rate for our 

 members than the usual fare and one- 

 third, but all efforts in that direction 

 ■were futile. It is gratifying, however, to 

 know that the concession this time ex- 

 tends over practically the entire coun ry, 

 and further, that our organization enjoys 



the good will of the transportation au- 

 thorities in the fullest sense, no instance 

 of the misuse by our members of their 

 special privileges having yet been re- 

 corded. 



From a territory so strong horticultu- 

 rally as that in which we meet this year, 

 large additions to our membership are 

 naturally expected. The conflclent spirit 

 of the times, so well-evidenced in the 

 substantial gains made at Detroit, is still 

 with us. and early in the year it became 

 apparent in the secretary's office that 

 New York's convention would be a rec- 

 ord breaker. It is our proud privilege 

 now to rejoice that the period of reaction, 

 the days of depression and uncertainty 

 are, at least, behind us and that once 

 fnore our honored society is on the high 

 toad of prosperity. 



The continued cordial co-operation and 

 cheerful assistance which the secretary 

 has received during the year from the 

 members is not the least among the fac- 

 tors in the society's prosperity and he 

 takes this opportunity to acknowledge 

 the same with grateful appreciation. 



Treasurer Beatty submitted a very 

 full and complete report, showing the 

 society to be in excellent financial con- 

 dition, 



Tuesday Afternoon. 



A large party of ladies and their 

 escorts started at one o'clock for a 



carriage ride around Greenwood 

 Cemetery and Prospect Park. Taking 

 the 3rd avenue elevated road and 

 transferring to the Brooklyn elevated 

 they were met at the entrance to 

 Greenwood by a score of roomy car- 

 riages. After a tour of the cemetery, 

 its beauty and wonderful decorations 

 being greatly admired by all, we en- 

 tered Prospect Park and traversed 

 many of the leading roads. The great 

 diversity of beautiful vistas and 

 splendid maintenance -were greatly 

 enjoyed. Alighting at the refresh- 

 ment pavilion the whole party sat 

 down to a bountiful lunch, which was 

 heartily enjoyed by all. Surrounded 

 by flower beds and livened by the 

 strains of an excellent string orches- 

 tra, the hour spent in this beautiful 

 dell will not soon be forgotten. When 

 cottee was served. Mr, Langjahr of 

 Brooklyn, welcomed the visitors and 

 expressed the pleasure it gave the lo- 

 cal people to see the visitors here, Mr. 

 James Dean also gave us a hearty 

 welcome in a few well chosen words. 

 Wm, Scott, of Buffalo, voiced the sen- 

 timent of all present by speaking in 

 warm praise of the delightful time 

 that was already being experienced by 

 the visitors. He paid a tribute to the 

 ladies and reminded the young ones 

 of how great assistance their mothers 

 had been to their fathers in their 

 early struggle in business. Without 

 taking advantage of opponents who 

 were not present he said he hoped to 

 see every face in Buffalo next year 

 and proposed three cheers for the New 

 York Florists' Club, which were given 

 with enthusiasm. The chairman call- 

 ed on W. R. Smith, of Washington, 

 who spoke of the beauties of the park 

 equalled by few, surpassed by none; 

 and in his original vein said, "If a liv- 

 ing man could not enjoy this park he 

 deserved no higher life." Mr, Car- 

 mody rose to his feet but hid his 

 bashful face behind a vase of flowers 

 after a few facetious remarks; he 

 said to get back to the hall was more 

 important than speech making. The 

 company arrived promptly on time at 

 convention hall with one opinion, that 

 we had spent a most enjoyable after- 

 noon and seen a great deal. 



The Trade Exhibition. 



The trade exhibition was much 

 the largest and most comprehensive 

 one ever made at a convention. Ev- 

 ery foot of the immense floor space 

 was well filled. It required a good 

 deal of time to take it all in. but it 

 was most interesting and instructive, 

 and it was alone worth to every one 

 in the trade the expense of a trip to 

 see it. We note below some of the 

 exhibits. 



Lord & Burnham Co., New York, 

 showed a full size section of an iron 

 frame greenhouse, one side with brick 

 foundation, iron sill and gutter, the 

 other side being of commercial type, 

 on iron posts and with their patent 

 angle iron ice clearing eave plate. 

 They also had on exhibition one of 

 their largest size Burnham sectional 



