AUGUST 17, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



273 



Edmund M. Wood, President-Elect Society of American Florists. 



Nov. 10, John H. Taylor, rose Ad- 

 miral Dewey. 



Nov. 27, John Cook, rose Baltimore. 



Dec. 30, Alex. MacLellan, chrysan- 

 themum Regina. 



Jan. 3, 1899, M. H. Walsh, rose Lil- 

 lian Nordica. 



Jan. 19. Hoffmeister Floral Co., rose 

 Maid of Honor. 



Jan. 25, Freeman & Fletcher, violet 

 Columbia. 



Jan. 27, C. Eisele, carnations Nep- 

 tune, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, 

 Rising Sun, Saturn, Vulcan. Vesuvius, 

 Estella and Minerva. 



Feb. 1. J. C. Vaughan, cannas Red 

 Indian, Mandarin and Victory. 



Feb. 25, Good & Reese Co., rose 

 Frances E. Willard. 



Feb. 27, H. Eichholz, geranium Am- 

 erica. 



March 27, Ernst G. Asmus, rose Lib- 

 erty. 



April 6, American Rose Co., rose 

 Ivory. 



May 20, W. A. Manda, Cypripedium 

 Insigne Mrs. Geo. B. Wilson. 



June 15, A. Herrington, Hemerocal- 

 lis Florham. 



July 25, W. A. Manda, Dendirobium 

 nobile Mrs. Geo. B. Wilson. 



The names Miss Clara Barton and 

 Admiral Dewey, as applied to roses, 



were given each to the productions ot 

 two different firms, and it is pleasure 

 to report that in each case deference 

 was given to the parties having regis- 

 tered the name with the Society of 

 American Florists and their right to 

 the exclusive use of the title in ques- 

 tion honorably acknowledged by the 

 claimants who had failed to register. 



The executive committee meeting in 

 this city last March was attended by 

 all the members but one. An infinity 

 of questions concerning thei society's 

 welfare were taken up. A synopsis of 

 the committee's deliberations was giv- 

 en in the trade journals at the time 

 and the program of this convention as 

 now before you is also based on ac- 

 tion taken at that meeting. The mat- 

 ter of the guarantees made by certain 

 members against financial loss to the 

 society by reason of the visit to Omaha 

 was considered, and it was decided 

 that the guarantors should be permit- 

 ted to fulfill the obligations they had 

 assumed, whereupon Mr. Kellogg, who 

 was present, at once paid over the sum 

 promised by him, and the committee 

 voted that in recognition thereof Mr. 

 Kellogg be constituted a life member. 



Upon notification by the secretary, 

 two other guarantors. Messrs. Benj. 

 Hammond and H. A. Siebreeht. remit- 



ted the amount respectively sub- 

 scribed by them, thus leaving only one 

 guarantor yet to settle. The secretary 

 hopes that the generosity of these 

 gentlemen will be recognized as in the 

 case of Mr. Kellogg by a vote of the 

 society making them life members. 



The losses by death of members dur- 

 ing the year since our last meeting 

 have been as follows: 



Robert Christie, Newport, Jan. 7, 

 1899. 



J. Kadletz, Dongan Hills, Staten 

 Island. April 11. 1899. 



Julius Koenig, St. Louis, April 22, 

 1899. 



E. H. Hunt, Chicago, July 25, 1899. 



It is a pleasure to report that this so- 

 ciety is especially indebted this year 

 to the various railroad transportation 

 committees and to the individual rep- 

 resentatives of many of the roads cov- 

 ering the territory from Maine to the 

 Rocky Mountains, for generous con- 

 cessions and other evidences of kindly 

 interest. 



The communications to be presented 

 later show that our society has a repu- 

 tation both wide and good, and that 

 a visit by the S. A. F. is universally 

 regarded as a high honor to a commu- 

 nity. 



In conclusion, your secretary takes 

 this opportunity to thank the officers 

 and members for the continued kind 

 forbearance, willing assistance and 

 friendly encouragement so cordially 

 extended throughout the year now 

 closed. 



The President's Reception. 



Tuesday evening was devoted to the 

 usual reception by the president and 

 other officers. The Detroit Club had 

 provided extra decorations, music and 

 refreshments, and all these accessories 

 were duly enjoyed after all had taken 

 advantage of the opportunity to grasp 

 the hand of President Rudd and those 

 who assisted him at the function. The 

 ladies had turned out in force and the 

 floor having been cleared dancing was 

 in order. The large number present 

 seemed to enjoy the affair most thor- 

 oughly. 



Wednesday Morning. 



At the Wednesday morning session 

 Messrs. P. O'Mara and James Dean 

 extended warm invitations to the soci- 

 ety to hold its next convention in the 

 city of New York, and the invitation 

 was accepted by a unanimous vote. So 

 the meeting of 1900 will be held on 

 Manhattan Island and New York and 

 New Jersey will join hands to make 

 the convention the most memorable 

 one in the history of the society. 



At the request of the officials of the 

 Pan-American Exposition to be held 

 at Buffalo in 1901 the society instruct- 

 ed its president to appoint three mem- 

 bers to act as an advisory committee 

 to the management of the Horticul- 

 tural Department of the exposition. 



An invitation from Mr. Fred Breit- 

 meyer to pass Saturday afternoon and 

 evening at Mt. Clemens, with head- 

 quarters at the Casino, was received 



