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August 22, 1908 



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CONTENTS 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— J. A. Valentine, Pre&ident- 

 Eleet Society of American Florists. 



R V.M BLE3 IN THE ROCKIES— C. S. Harrison 247 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Nassau County Horticultural Society — St. Louis 



Florist Club— Club and Society Notes 24» 



Lenox Horticultural Society 259 



Florists' Hail Association of America 272 



MT. DESERT FLOWER SHOW— Building of Arts— 

 A Table of Fruits — Illustrations 24D 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— Th« Opening 



Session— Pi t sident's Address 250 



E. G. Gillett, Vice-President-Elect — Portrait 251 



Secretary's Report 252 



Treasurer's Report— Report of Committees — The 

 President's Reception— Wednesday Morning's Ses- 

 sion—Cincinnati Selected for 1909— Nomination of 

 Oilicers — Welcome to Canadian Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation — Repoi t on President's Address 25-J 



Wednesday Afternoon's Session — Thursday Morn- 

 ing's Session— Election of Officers— The Exhibition 254 

 During Recess— Registration of Plants— Convention 

 Notes 255 



SEED TRADE 250 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERIN- 

 TENDENTS AT .MINNEHAHA FALLS— Illustration 

 J. W. Duncan, Portrait 258 



OBITUARV — Francis J. Norton, Portrait 261 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia 2(5" 



ROSES IN COLORADO— J. A. Valentine 270 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Coming Events 



Publications Received 



Catalogues ReceivE-i 25G 



Incorporated 257 



In Bankruptcy* 257 



Personal 



Steamer Depa rtures 



New Retail Flower Stores -' ' ' 



News Notes 260 



Business Changes , 261 



Rose, My Maryland 261 



Philadelphia Notes 263 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 271 



List of Patents -' '■ 



Gardening has been aptly called "the 

 Phases of purest of human pleasure?." Every 

 the florist's phase of horticulture is pregnant with 

 character sentiment and the florist's art in all its 

 operations is so closely interwoven with 

 romance thai it is not surprising, when the horticul- 

 tural craft meet together in convention, t lint trade talk 

 and commercial topics, all-important though they are. 

 are often put aside for the time being and scientific. 

 ical or aesthetic subjects are eagerly given a hear- 



ing. The true florist can never degenerate to a mere 

 business machine. 1 1 is associations put him in a recep- 

 tive i 1 for nigh ideals, develop his faculties on intel- 



Lei nul lines and so we find him, oftener than otherwise, 

 deriving lii> besl pleasure and recreation within and not 

 outside the bounds of his avocation which yields him 

 all the mental; moral and physical recreation he cares 

 for. There is little danger of the gardener ever becom- 

 ing a business plodder; the thought is wholly foreign 

 to our conception of what a gardener must be. 



These truths explain what has been a 

 continual source of wonder and some- 

 tine- ii disapproving comment when 

 the conventions of the S. A. F. are dis- 

 cussed by those who are only familiar 

 the methods and operations of similar gatherings 



Business 



value of the 



convention 



with 



in other industrial lines. Such critics are wont to de- 

 clare that the S. A. F. conventions are simply frolics 

 and have no value in a business way but in this they are 

 decidedly mistaken, being misled by their inability to 

 understand how naturally and completely the horticul- 

 turist combines the zest of legitimate enjoyment with 

 the consideration of definite problems of trade and de- 

 tails directly associated with his daily toil. The man 

 who infers that because of the social enjoyments which 

 are so prominent, the S. A. F. conventions are unpro- 

 ductive in a business way should spend a few hours in 

 and about the exhibition department and there learn 

 something of the serious commercial side of the insti- 

 tution. He will have his eyes opened to conditions to 

 which no published story of the convention can ever do 

 full justice and which will materially affect his estimate, 

 thenceforth, of the business value of the S. A. F. 

 convention. 



One of the subjects which should be 



Affiliation considered as having a vital bear- 



and co-operation ,,,,. a p on the future standing and 



influence of the N/ational Society as 

 well as upon the growth of the horticultural industries 

 and the calibre of those employed therein is that of tlie 

 relationship between the National Society and the vari- 

 ous local clubs and associations, and of these local bodies 

 respectively to their members. It must be apparent to 

 every one who gives the subject any careful thought that 

 the province of the florists' club and that of the national 

 body must 1»> verj different and that any attempt on the 

 part of either to cover the legitimate field of the other 

 will never accomplish much. There are innumerable 

 factors in the education and training of the florist and 

 plantsman and in their elevation to their appropriate 

 position in the community, which should be taken up 

 and vigorously carried forward by the local institution. 

 These things should not be permitted to occupy the time 

 or attention of the national body which should, under 

 the guidance of men of ripe experience and broad 

 knowledge, turn its activities to problems of a national 

 character which are beyond the scope of the town or 

 state organizations but of vital importance to the well- 

 fare of all. The National Society can never approach 

 its proper usefulness until a better understanding and 

 closer affiliation between it and the local organizations 

 has been inaugurated. To those who feel most deeply 

 concerned in the Society of American Florists and wish 

 to see it take its rightful position as a centralized and 

 dominant force this question of relationship and co- 

 operation with and through the very efficient clubs and 

 societies which are continually coming into being is 

 perhaps the most vital problem which now confronts the 

 S. A. F. 



