April 26, 1913 



HOKTICULTUEE 



635 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND 

 ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



ADJOURNED MEETING OF DIREC- 

 TORS. 



At the adjourned meeting of the 

 board of directors, held in New York, 

 Tuesday, April S, 1913, the repo t of 

 the judges of the trade exhibition hell 

 at the convention in Chicago, was ap- 

 proved. 



Vice-President Theo. Wirth reported 

 that he had leased, by order of the 

 board of directors, the Armory and 

 Colliseum in Minneapolis, from the 

 15th to the 23d day of August for use 

 of the next annual convention. The 

 vice-president also gave a detailed re- 

 port of the outdoor plant exhibit, stat- 

 ing what progress had been made in 

 this important project. 



It was decided to rent this space at 

 If) cents per square foot for the inside 

 bedding space and 5 cents for the bor- 

 ders, intended for perennials, shrubs 

 etc. 



Mr. Wirth stated that the e would 

 be 13,000 square feet in this garden 

 available for bedding plants and 17,000 

 square feet available for shrubbeiy, 

 making a total available space of 30,- 

 000 square feet. 



Mr. Wirth was empowered to hire 

 such additional assistance as is neces- 

 sary and render a bill to the S. A. F., 

 who will reimburse him for any outlay 

 he may make. 



Secretary Young, who was unable to 

 be at the meeting of the board of di- 

 rectors in February, was insti-ucted to 

 make a trip to Minneapolis at an early 

 date so that he might become entirely 

 familiar with all the possibilities of 

 the convention. 



On Thursday, April 10, the board had 

 another meeting when Ex-President 

 Vincent brought up the question of the 



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 flood sufferers from the recent flocd In 

 the Middle West and those sufferers 

 who had so much stock destroyed 

 should have as much help as possible 

 from this society. 



The plan outlined was that we co- 

 operate with them as far as possible 

 and ask them to make their wants 

 known and publish the fact that cer- 

 tain sufferers were in need of different 

 kinds of stock. Those having surp'us 

 stock might communicate with a com- 

 mittee appointed for the purpo"fee and 

 find out the names of those who are in 

 need. 



It was finally decided that a com- 

 mittee of three be appointed with 

 power to act without expense to the 

 society. This committee is to gather 



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 information in regard to the sufferers 

 and to recommend in their judgment 

 those most in need of it. 



John A. Evans, E. G. Hill and Au- 

 gust Poehlmann were appointed as 

 such committee. 



A Plea to Growers. 



One of the principal attractions of 

 the coming S. A. F. and O. H. conven- 

 tion, to be held in Minneapolis. Minn., 

 August 19 to 23. 1913. will be an out- 

 door plant exhibit, as shown by p'ans 

 recently published in the trade papers. 

 Applications for space should be made 

 at once to John Young, Secretary. S, 

 A. F. and O. H., 54 West 28th street. 

 New York City. The plants should be 

 shipped the last week in May, ad- 

 dressed to Theodore Wirth. Superin- 

 tendent of Parks, Minneapolis. Minn. 

 (Outdoor Exhibit.) Freight charges 

 must be prepaid. The plants will be 

 planted, and properly taken caie of by 

 expert employees of the Board of Park 

 Commissioners, and every exhibitor 

 can feel assured that his exhibit will 

 be well taken care of at no other ex- 

 pense than the rental space paid to 

 the S. A. F. and 0. H., namely. 10 

 cents per square foot for the inside 

 bedding space and 5 cents for the bor- 

 ders, intended for prennials, shrubs, 

 etc. 



Every grower is earnestly requested 

 to participate in this exhibit. Novel- 

 ties and superior varieties of any and 

 all classes of plants are desiied. 

 Enough plants to fill one bed should be 

 sent. The plants will be left in gar- 

 den until fall and the exhibitor will 

 be permitted to display a sign of his 

 firm. These signs must be made of 

 uniform size and will be furnished at 



