August 24, 1907 



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President, William J. Stewart, and the 

 Committee instructed me to destroy all 

 documents that were of no value to 

 the Society. 



Transrortation.— Considerable diffi- 

 culty was encountered this year to pro- 

 cure reduced rates from the various 

 Passenger Assosciatious on account of 

 the enactment of a two-cent rate in a 

 number of Stittes. This was especially 

 true in the territory governed by the 

 Western and Central Passenger Asso- 

 ciations, and they refused to grant us 

 the usual concession. The rate of a 

 fare and a third was granted by the 

 following Associations : 



Trunk Line Association, New Eng- 

 land Passenger .-Association, South 

 Eastern Passenger Association, East- 

 ern Canadian Association, 



The Central Passenger Association 

 gratited us Card Orders that empow- 

 ered their agents to sell through round 

 trip tickets to Philadelphia at the rate 

 of two cents a mile each way in the 

 territory controlled by them and the 

 rate of one and one-third fare in the 

 territory controlled b\- the Associa- 

 tions that granted us the latter rate. 

 This concession enabled a member to 

 procure a round trip ticket that would 

 only have to be validated at the ticket 

 office when he was ready to return- 

 within the time limit of his ticket. 



The Western Passenger Association 

 would not grant any concession but 

 referred us to the one way tourist rates 

 in elTect in their territory to St. Louis 

 and Chicago, and advised our members 

 to buy to those points and then use 

 Card Orders. In addition to the above, 

 the cheap rates from all points to the 

 Jamestown Exposition, and the Mer- 

 chants' rate to New York, with very 

 libel al stopover, were in effect. 



Bad,ge Book.— The Executive Com- 

 mittee at Philadelphia instructed me 

 to continue the Badge Book, providing' 

 same could be supplied to the mem- 

 bers at an expense not to exceed seven- 

 ty-five dollars. I could not procure 

 same at that price and therefore did 

 not issue the book. 



Membership.— The membership sta- 

 tistics as they appear on the books to 

 January 1, 1907. are as follows: Total 

 number of life members, 124; total 

 number of annual members, 696; total 

 SIO. Accredited to the following 



States: 



Texas 



Virginia 



West Virginia 



Washington 



Wisconsin 



Canada 



Holland 



124- 



16 



7 



The question of how to retain our 

 membership alter getting their names 

 enrolled is one that needs attention. 

 In locking over the records of past 

 years I find that a great number have 

 allowed themselves to be dropped from 

 membership that ought to be num- 

 bered on our list. The various Vice- 

 Presidents can accomplish consider- 

 able in retaining these names and 1 

 am pleased to note that a number of 

 them have made efforts in that direc- 

 tion. 



Members Lost by Death.— Since the 

 last report we have lost five members 

 by death, three being life and two an- 

 nual members: Lewis Ullrich, Tiffin, 

 O., October 29, 1906; J. L. Dillon, 

 Bloomsburg, Pa., October 20, 1906; Jas. 

 Braik, Buffalo, N. Y., January 16, 

 1907; J. F. Kretschmar, Flatbush, N. 

 Y., June 8, 1907; Samuel Henshaw, W. 

 New Brighton, N. Y., July 23, 1907. 



Since last report the following new 

 plant names have been registered: 



September 29, 190G— Cannas, Sun- 

 burst, Topeka, by Central Park Nur- 

 sery, Topeka, Kan. 



October 27, 1906— Rose, Rosa Rugosa 

 magnifica, by Dingte & Conard Co , 

 West Grove, Pa. 



October 27, 1906— Cannas, Meteor, 

 New York, by Dingee & Conard Co., 

 West Grove, Pa. 



October 27, 1906- Laelio-Cattleya, 

 Washington A. Roebling, 2nd, by C. G. 

 Roebling, Ti'enton. N. J. 



November 24. 1906— Carnation, 

 Toreador, by H. Weber & Sons Co., 

 Oakland, Md. 



November 24 1906— Chrysanthemum, 

 Weber's Chadwick, by H. Weber & 

 Sons Co., Oakland, Md. 



September 22, 1906— Canna Magnifi- 

 cent, by Central Park Nursery Co., To- 

 peka, Kas. 



February 6, 1907— Chrysanthemum, 

 Golden Dome, by Joh.a A. Macrae, 

 Providence, R. I. 



February 28. 1907— Sweet Peas, Le 

 Marquis. Mrs. George Lewis, Mrs. A. 

 Zvolanek, Mrs. Charles H. Totty, by A. 

 C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook, N. j. 



March 18, 1907— Rose White Killar- 

 ney. by Waban Rose Conservatories, 

 Natick, Mass. 



August 10. 1907— Rambler Rose, 

 Nev,port Fairy, by Julius Roehrs Co., 

 Rut liei ford, N. .J. 



August 17, 1907— Rose, President 

 Roosevelt, by Dingee & Conard Co., 

 West Grove, Pa. 



In closing, I desire to state that hav- 

 ing assumed the office of secretary af- 

 ter January 1st, several of the sub- 

 jects covered were during the term of 

 my predecessor. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



The annual report of Treasurer H. 

 B. Beatty was next read by that gen- 

 tleman. The life membership fund 

 showed an increase during the year 

 of $556.24, making the total on deposit 

 $4,287.76. The general fund showed 

 receipts for the year amounting to 

 $3,300.79 and disbursements, including 

 an account for printing proceedings of 

 1905 which had been held over from 



the previous year, of $3,503.76, mak- 

 ing the balance on hand January 1, 

 1907, $3,279.99, which with the life 

 membership fund makes the total cash 

 in treasury amount to $7,567.75. 



Following the acceptance of the 

 treasurer's report came the report of 

 the legislative committee by Benjamin 

 Hammond, chairman, detailing the 

 correspondence with various congress- 

 men and others on the question of the 

 tariff on glass which had been as- 

 signed for this committee's attention 

 at the Dayton Convention last year. 

 The presentation of this report was 

 the signal for a lively and interesting 

 debate on the engrossing topics of pro- 

 tective duties, trusts and politics which 

 lasted for nearly an hour, and on 

 vote the Legislative Committee was 

 continued for another year with the 

 addition of Messrs. E. G. Hill and Pat- 

 rick O'Mara to its membership. A 

 large number of the state vice-presi- 

 dents' reports were received and were 

 referred to a committee composed of 

 R. Vincent, Jr., Geo. A. Kuhl and John 

 G. Esler for perusal and report 

 later on. The president appointed 

 Chas. H. Vick, of Rochester, N. Y.; 

 F. E. Palmer of Brookline, Mass., and 

 Adolphus Gude, of Washington, D. C, 

 to serve as judges of the Exhibition. 



THE PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION. 



This pleasant social affair was highly 

 successful. From 8 to 9 P. M., in the 

 lobby of the Broad Street Theatre the 

 president shook hands with a thousand 

 members and their ladies. With Pres- 

 ident Stewart, in the receiving line, 

 were Vice-President and Mrs. West- 

 cott, J. D. Carmody, Secretary and 

 Mrs. Hauswirth, Mrs. W. K. Harris, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Craig, Treasurer 

 and Mrs. Beatty, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. 

 Kasting. The receiving stand was a 

 perfect bower of palms and flowers. 

 After passing through the guests filed 

 into the theatre which was finally filled 

 to over-flowing and for an hour and a 

 half enjoyed an excellent vaudeville 

 entertainment, followed by refresh- 

 ments. Over the stage was a brilliant 

 electric display in colors, bearing the 

 words Welcome — 1907 — S. A. F. and 

 O. H. The arrangements were under 

 the management of the special recep- 

 tion committee of the Florists' Club 

 of Philadelphia, headed by Robert 

 Craig, and it was one of the most en- 

 joyable affairs in the whole history 

 of the Society. 



WEDNESDAY'S SESSION. 



Wednesday morning's session opened 

 half an hour late, but business went 

 at a rapid pace after it got started. 

 The first thing was the reading of 

 Mr. Frey's paper on bedding plants, 

 where and how to use them, by Wil- 

 fred Wheeler, its author being unable 

 to attend. 



Bedding Plants, Where and How to 

 Use Them. 



Ri.lina through parks, along boule- 

 vards and country roads, speeding in 

 trains through viila.ges and towns, all 

 over the cotmtiy. passing the magnifi- 

 cent palaces of the wealthy with their 

 beautiful lawns and the humble cot- 

 tages of the poor surrounded by modest 

 yards, everywhere the eyes meet the 

 brightness of flowers and richly colored 

 plants, ^\hich at once impresses upon 



