Ai-ui-st I'" I'.hi.: 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



481 



.•ominittee. As finally made up tli m 



mittee consisted of the following: l':n 

 riek O'Mara, Carl Cropp, G. C. Watson, 

 John Farquhar, Edwin Lonsdale, J. T. 

 Temple, Peter Bisset, S. \l. Meehan 

 and W. K. Smith. 



That committee will no doubt make it- 

 report to you in doe course. I under- 

 stand there has been a question raised as 

 to the committee's power to add to its 

 number from the omission of that clause 

 from the motion, although the said mo- 

 tion was intended -to give • ■ ti « ■> t to iuv 

 suggestion: "That a committei irith 

 power to add to its numbers be appoint- 

 ed." This may have hampered i 

 mittee but if the society wishes to eon 

 tinue the work of the euinmiitee the de- 

 fect can easily be remedied at this meet- 

 ing. A year will not make a great d.-al 

 of difference to a committee whose work 

 will be continuous and permanent. The 



difficulty of securing a committei 



the peony arose from two reasons, first 

 because few of the S. A. F. members 

 had gone into peonies as a specialty, 

 second because several of the more 

 prominent peony specialists had already 

 pledged themselves to another organiza- 

 tion. While disclaiming all thought of 

 rivalry we recognize that there is work 

 of a special nature from the florists ' 

 standpoint, which our organization ran 

 do for us better than the other, which 

 seems to be under the wing of the nurs- 

 eryman 's society. 



I would also suggest for consideration 

 at this meeting, the wisdom of appoint 

 ing similar committees for the iris and 

 the phlox. Both of these families have 

 a future before them and we want till 

 the information we can get that will 

 help the florist in extending his business 

 along these lines. 



In regard to nomenclature I would 

 again suggest the advisability of reviv- 

 ing that committee. This matter was 

 recommended by the executive commit- 



tee at its meeting in Milwaukee. The 

 good work accomplished in the past leads 

 to the belief that such a committee has 

 a permanent function in our society, 

 both preventive and remedial, and I 

 would strongly recommend to the in- 

 dividual members to call the attention 

 of this committee (if appointed) to all 

 instances of duplication or renaming 

 that come to their knowledge. It is 

 of very little encouragement to a com- 

 mittee of this kind tn be told that they 

 have nut corrected an abuse when the in- 

 dividuals who suffered never took the 

 trouble to call their attention to the 

 matter. 



Executive Committee's Work. 



The executive committee had several 

 important matters before it at the an- 

 nual meeting in Milwaukee whb-li will 

 come before you in the regular order. 

 Of special importance I consider the 

 arrangement instituted for the meeting 

 of state vice-presidents for the purpose 

 of getting in closer touch with each 

 other and with the society. The wishes 

 of each state as to next incumbent can 

 be mure readily ascertained by this 

 means also, and I look for good results 

 in various ways from this inni.vati.ui 

 and trust each vice president will be on 

 hand. 



Another important subject discussed 

 was how to have the business sessions 

 l.ett.r attended. This resulted in the 

 appointment of a sergeant-at-arms. who, 

 with his assistants, is required to see 

 that all members who can "do so be in- 

 duced to attend the meetings and post- 

 pone the discussion of personal or busi- 

 ness matters to a more opportune time. 



This is no new problem, being as old 

 as civilization. We read of the scheme 

 whieh the ancient Greeks adopted, a rope 

 covered with wet paint stretched from 

 side to side of the street in the bands 

 of two stalwart officers, to compel the 



crowd to attend the public meeting- 

 and even in more modern times, among 

 our colonial fathers, the pains and pen- 

 alties for lounging instead of going to 

 church were severe, but while we are 

 not going to be so drastic, perhaps, in 

 our case we still mean in all serious- 

 ness to make an earnest effort to do jus- 

 tice to the able gentlemen who have 

 come so far and who have pn ■ ai ed 

 themselves at "Teal pai as •■■ address as. 

 The executive committei wishes it el. -ar- 

 il ihibition hall cleared during ses- 



-i.iii- is to I"- Btrietlj enforced; that it 

 is no mere whim of the sergeant-at-arms 

 but an ironclad rule that must be obei i u 

 by all, by exhibitors as well as by 

 visitors. 



In conclusion, I take this opportunity 

 of extending sympathy as official head 

 of our society to the families and 

 friends of those of our members who 

 have been called from among us during 

 the past year. To feel the loss of their 

 able assistance and wise counsels in the 

 work we are now- doing; what they have 

 done is graven on our memories and in 

 the records of the society and we will 

 ever hold them in affectionate remem- 

 brance. 



Secretary Stewart then presented lu^ 

 annual report, as follows: 



Report of the Secretary. 

 Again we assemble as a society, to 

 sum up the doings and experiences of 

 another year, to draw conclusions there- 

 from and determine lines of future ac- 

 tivity; as individuals, to meet congenial 

 friends and renew old friendships, to 

 gain knowledge and enlarge our minds 

 by ...nia. ; and intercourse with the fore- 

 3ur profession, 

 to make report 

 nd our prog- 



m.ist r.-pre-etitat 



It becomes m 



to you of our tn 



ress as an organization, since the hour 

 of our adjournment one year ago, when 



General View of the Trade Exhibition at the Milwaukee Convention of the S. A. F. 



