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to do something useful; let us all at- 

 tend to that first, earnestly and in or- 

 der. The Midway will still be in the 

 same place when we get through, and 

 we can enjoy it all the more in the 

 consciousness of having shown duo 

 courtesy to one another and performed 

 our duty to the society and to our fel- 

 Jows throughout the country for whose 

 interests we profess to work. 



If, as has been said, "the S. A. F. is 

 heard from but once a year," let that- 

 once be loud and strong this time. 

 Whether the executive committee in 

 its recommendations has struck the 

 right chord, is for you to determine. 

 If their views as to the society's scope 

 and its power for good do not appeal 

 to your sound judgment, give us some- 

 thing that does, and let us not think of 

 adjournment until something practical 

 has been accomplished and the long- 

 sought key to the united support and 

 sympathy of our profession throughout 

 the land has been found. 



And, gentlemen of the wes.t, do not 

 forget that, to the secretary's eyes, the 

 best evidence of prosperity is found 

 within the covers of the roil book. A 

 steady decrease in the membership 

 means that something is wrong. We 

 want you not only to join us. but we 

 want you to stay. You have the op- 

 portunity to set a good example and let 

 the country realize that so far as your 

 influence goes the society is no longer 

 forced to depend for sustenance upon 

 the temporary affiliation of the man in 

 whose neighborhood the organization 

 may happen to convene. 



Should our visit to Omaha help to 

 win for us your enthusiastic, loyal sup- 

 port and active co-operation, and at 

 the same time infuse us with a little 

 of the courageous, resourceful spirit 

 which dominates the hustling pioneers 

 of our business in the vast undeveloped 

 trans-Mississippi country and of which 

 we as a society stand so greatly in 

 need, then indeed shall we have reason 

 to applaud the good judgment and 

 foresight that selected this as our 

 meeting place, and the convention of 

 ISO.S. in the record of the good work 

 accomplished, will stand pre-eminent 

 in the annals of our beloved society. 



Treasurer Beatty was unable to be 

 present. His report was read by the 

 secretary and showed that the balance 

 on hand was somewhat in excess of 

 that of last year. The exhibition judg- 

 es were appointed and the reports of 

 the various state vice-presidents were 

 read. 



Letters were read from the Detroit 

 Florists' Club, the Business Men's 

 League, the press and Mayor of De- 

 troit and Governor of Michigan, in- 

 viting the Society to meet in Detroit 

 next year. 



President Gude referred in a feeling 

 way to the serious illness of W. R. 

 Smith, of Washington, and was pleased 

 to be able to report that his condition 

 was so much improved that there were 

 strong hopes of his final recovery. 



Mr. Robert Craig introduced a reso- 

 lution expressing the deep regret of 

 the Society for the absence of Mr. 

 Smith, who had endeared himself to 

 all, and the pleasure of all to hear the 

 report of the favorable turn in his con- 

 dition. The resolution was adopted 

 and on motion it was ordered that the 

 resolution be telegraphed to Mr. Smith. 

 The morning session then adjourned. 



Reception at Lininger Art Gallery. 



The reception at the Lininger art 

 gallery, Tuesday afternoon, was a very 

 enjoyable affair. The rooms were 

 crowded with the visitors, and the re- 

 markable collection of paintings and 

 statuary was found worthy an extend- 

 ed examination. It is worth a half mil- 

 lion of dollars. Mr. Lininger's daugh- 

 ter received the visitors and an elabo- 

 rate lunch was served, with cigars for 

 all the gentlemen. 



President's Re c : p i Dn. 



The President's reception took place 

 Tuesday from 8 to 9 p. m. President 

 Gude and his wife were assisted by 

 Vice President Donaghue. Secretary 

 Stewart, Wm. F. Dreer, Prof. F. H. 

 Taylor, H. A. Siebrecht. Mrs. J. H. 

 Small and Miss Small. All were duly 

 presented to President Gude while a 

 mandolin orchestra discoursed sweet 

 music. At 9 o'clock all passed into the 

 main auditorium, where a large audi- 

 ence was gathered to listen to Prof. 

 Taylor's lecture upon Russia. This was 

 illustrated by a succession of stereop- 

 ticon objects of interest, each being ex- 

 plained in detail by the lecturer. It 

 was a very interesting entertainment. 



THE EXHIBITION. 



The church was beautifully deco- 

 rated with stately palms and pretty 

 ferns, not overdone, but with excellent 

 taste. The church parlor where the 

 President's reception was held was 

 also tastefully arranged with groups 

 of palms and vases. The trade exhib- 

 it, although not as large as that which 

 we have seen in some eastern cities, 

 well filled the space allotted to it. 



A walk round the exhibitiou room re- 

 vealed the following: 



Daniel B. Long, of Buffalo, made an 

 extensive exhibit of his floral albums 

 and floral designs for catalogue cov- 

 ers, calendars and other commercial 

 purposes. 



Wm. H. Elliott, New Brighton, Mass.. 

 staged a few Boston ferns and showed 

 samples of his favorite .\sparagus plu- 

 mosus. The Lincoln Pottery Co., Lin- 

 coln, Neb., an extensive display of 

 flower pots, pans and baskets. Skab- 

 cura Dip Co.. Chicago, a display of new 

 nikoteen. nikoteen paper and soap. A 

 hose attachment for spraying with the 

 nikoteen soap and other liquid insect- 

 icides was shown by the Springfield 

 Brass Co. 



A large exhibit of florists' paper 

 boxes of every size was made by the 

 Dayton Paper Novelty Co. The Bos- 



ton Florist Letter Co. made exhibit of 

 their goods. A. Hermann, New York, 

 represented by Mr. Ford. Jr.. covered 

 a large space with many florists' requi- 

 sites, including metal designs, cycas 

 leaves, cycas wreaths, wheat in all 

 shapes, artificial fiowers and leaves, 

 and many and varied novelties. 



Ellis & Pollworth staged baskets, 

 many novel designs and a great vari- 

 ety of florists' requisites: also a small 

 collection of medium-sized useful 

 palms. Siebrecht & Sou, New Rochelle, 

 N. Y., display of palms, dracaeuas, cy- 

 cas and many other decorative plants. 



Henry A. Dreer's very large exhibit 

 included a grand lot of palms, ferns, 

 dracaenas and many other plants, all 

 in the finest condition. 



The St. Louis Cut Flower Co. made 

 a good display of palms of a useful 

 size; also fine specimens of nephro- 

 lepis. J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, had a 

 fine table of bulbs, which included all 

 desirable and popular kinds. The Sun- 

 set Seed and Plant Co., San PYancisco. 

 made a large exhibit of sweet peas. In 

 which there must have been at least 

 one hundred varieties. 



John C. MoningerCo., Chicago, erect- 

 ed a model of their cypress construct- 

 ed greenhouses with the Chicago lift- 

 ing apparatus. A feature of their mod- 

 el was the hollowed out gutter plate. 

 Mr. Yeats, of Champaign, 111., showed 

 how his automatic alarm worked. 



A very beautiful display of gladiolus 

 was made by the Cushman Gladiolus 

 Company, Euclid, Ohio. Many of the 

 light varieties were superb. Mr. J. F. 

 Wilcox, Council Bluffs, had seven 

 vases of clean and good roses, which 

 were excellent for this time of year. 



The Quaker City Machine Company. 

 Richmond, Ind., had an illustration of 

 their well-known improved Challenge 

 ventilators with small section of green- 

 house to show how admirably it 

 worked. 



In the exhibits for special prizes giv- 

 en by the society there were three en- 

 tries. Mr. R. L. Blair, Des Moines, la., 

 displayed a fine set of floral designs. 

 The execution of the pictures was very 

 flne. but the committee considered 

 there was a lack of originality. Mr. D. 

 B. Long's entry was a large collection 

 of designs suited for many commercial 

 purposes. They were original in de- 

 sign and conception and received the 

 society's silver medal. 



And last, but by no means least, was 

 an exhibit of American grown bulbs 

 from the state of Washington. They 

 included Lilium candidum. narcissus, 

 tulips, hyacinths, crocus and iris of 

 several varieties. All the bulbs were 

 of the finest size and quality, fully the 

 equal of the best imported bulbs. There 

 was perhaps nothing of more interest 

 in the whole of the exhibits, as this is 

 a demonstration that bulbs of the lead- 

 ing varieties can be grown lif not yet 

 as cheaply) fully the equal in quality 

 of those for which we send so much 

 money to Europe. At this writing sev- 

 eral exhibits have not arrived, of 

 which mention will be made in our 

 next issue. 



