August 21, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



383 



Fancy Bedding at Humboldt Park, Chicago. Max Kleppin, Gardener. 



iiionil to the society the rcestabUshmoiit 

 ■ ■f the Nomenclature committee. 



The program for the meeting as out- 

 lined by the Executive Board and pub- 

 lished in the preliminary' bulletin has un- 

 dergone some alterations necessitated by 

 the recent sad bereavement sustained by 

 our President and the inability of one of 

 our speakers, Mr. Carmody, to be ))res- 

 ent and fill his assignment on the i>ro- 

 gram. At the last moment, %ve are ap- 

 prised of the sudden illness of another of 

 our essayists. Mr. Edgar Sanders, liut 

 fortunately Mr. Sanders had prepared liis 

 paper before he was stricken do%vn and it 

 will be presented in due time. 



The various committees and, as a rule, 

 the state vice-presidents, have done ear- 

 nest, thorough work for the society, ami 

 have been at all times ready and willing 

 to respond to any call made upon them 

 from the secretary's otfice. To them and 

 to the members generally your secretary 

 is indebted for considerate co-o]>eration 

 and friendly counsel in the many emer- 

 gencies and perplexities that have arisen 

 during the year. Never before has the 

 interest in the society seemed so wide- 

 spread and earnest among its members, 

 and this fact augurs well for the future 

 of the old, yet ever young, S. A. F. 

 Wji. .J. Stewart, 



Secretary. 



Report of the Treasurer. 



Treasurer Beatty then prcsi-jited liis 

 annual report, .showing that in the gen- 

 eral fund the balance on hand .Ian. 1, 



1901, was $1,7.56.02. And receiirts for 

 the year 1901 were .$2,482.91, n aking a 

 total of $4,2.^8.9.3. The expenditures dur- 

 ing the year were $2,127.82, leaving a 

 lialanec of $2,111.11 on hand .Ian. 1, 



1902. In the life membership fund tlie 

 balance on hand .Tan. 1, 1901, was $9.)4.4.1, 



. and the receipts during the ye:ir were 

 .$620.2.3, making a total of $r,.")71.<>s on 

 hand Jan. 1, 1902. On August 1, 1902, 

 the balance in the general fund was $2,- 

 430.56, and in the life membership fund 

 $0,764.81. 



The reports of the state vice iircsiileiits 



were presented, and were on motion 

 ordered printed in the annual report. 



The legislative committee made a re- 

 (lort of progress. A committee consist- 

 ing of Messrs. A. Graham, E. G. Hill and 

 ('. W. Ward was appointed to suggest 

 action on the matters mentioned in the 

 president 's message. A message from 

 the Pacific Coast tiorists, expressing their 

 wishes for a successful convention, was 

 read and received with ajiplause. 



In response to a reciuest signed by 

 many members, a committee consisting of 

 William Scott, C. W. Ward, M. ]j. Har- 

 ris, F. K. Pierson and S. J. Renter was 

 appointed to petition President Roose- 

 velt to take action looking to the settle- 

 ment by arbitration of tlie coal strike; 

 to remove the duty on eoal until the 

 strike is settled, that the menace to the 

 very life of the greenhouse business may 

 be removed liefore cold weather makes it 

 too late. 



A committee of three consisting of 

 Messrs. P. O'Mara, F. R. Mathison and 

 George C. Watson was appointee I to draft 

 suitable resolutions upon the death of 

 ex-President Wood and to prepare a 

 message of condolence to President Bur- 

 ton. The illness of Edgar Sanders, of 

 Chicago, being brought to the notice of 

 tlie convention, a committee was ap- 

 pointed to send him a telegram of sym- 

 pathy, and the f(dlowing telegram was 

 sent : 



* * By uimniinous vote the Stjciety of 

 American Florists sends you -ouclolences 

 and regrets u])on your illness and earnest- 

 ly hopes for yo\ir speeily recovery. 

 William R. Smith, 

 William Scott, 

 G. L. Grant, 



Committee.' " 



Owing to the absence of the presidcu', 

 the usual reception on Tuesday evening 

 was not held, lint the members cmgre- 

 gated at the hall for an inspection of the 

 exhibition and informal social intcrconrse 

 while listening to some excellent rmisie 

 on tlie graiiil organ in the ainlitori.nu. 



The Exhibition. 



The exhibits were very large and com- 

 prehensive, considering the disdinre they 

 had to be sliippi'il. and in fact there w:is 



an overflow from the hall, M. Rice & Co., 

 of Philadelphia, having their large lUs- 

 play of choice novelties in florists' sup- 

 plies and fine ribbons, etc., in a parlor 

 of the Battery Park Hotel, where a host 

 of visitors was deeply interested ; and 

 here the firm kept open house, having a 

 punch-bowl well filled and cigars bearing 

 their own label, while fans bearing the'-r 

 name were freely distributed. That their 

 display might not be overlooked,-' eadi 

 one entering the Convention Hall r»ias 

 given a very ofticiallooking summons 

 with a big red seal to ajipear before the 

 Court of W^onderful Exhibit. 



In the Convention Hall H. Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co., of Philadelphia, also had 

 a very large and comprehensive display 

 of florists' supplies, including a host of 

 attractive novelties. 



H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, had, as usu- 

 al, a very large exhibit of palms, ferns 

 .and similar plants, also bulbs, glazing 

 points, etc. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, had a fine 

 dis]ilay of Begonia Lorraine and Pan- 

 ilanus Veitchii. 



Charles D. Ball, Holmesburg, Phila- 

 ilelpliia, Pa., a fine display of palms and 

 other decorative plants. 



S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia, an ex- 

 tensive display of fine ribbons for florists. 



H. Siebrecht & Son, New Rodielle, N. 

 Y., a large display of palms and other 

 decorative plants. 



Robert Craig & Son, Philadelpnia, fine 

 palms and crotons. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin. N. Y., two large 

 tables of galdiolus lilooms of hn: choice 

 strain. 



The Lord & Buruham Co., New 

 York, showed one of their new small boil- 

 ers, composed of two shells, one inside of 

 the other and each cast in one piece. 

 Also a model of greenhouse construction 

 showing their iron gutter, supported by 

 both iron posts and iron arches, angle 

 iron plafe and cast iron ]iosts; plso new 

 attachnient to their ventilation machin- 

 ery. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tariytown, N. Y., 

 made a large display of fine plants of 

 the new Nephrolepis Piersoni. This 

 novelty attracted much attention and 



