August 15, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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Plant Registration in 

 Charge of Secretary. 



Legislative Committee 



L. B. Coddington, Mur- 

 ray Hill, N. J. 



Wesley Greene, Des 

 Moines, Iowa. 



Benj. Hammond. Fish- 

 kill-ou-Hudson, N. Y. 



E. G. Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind. 



E. A. Moseley, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



P. O'Mara, Jersey City, 

 N, J. 



Patrick Welch. Boston, 

 Mass. 



Committee on Convention 

 Sports 



Geo. W. McClure. Chair- 

 man; E. A. Slattery. 



Committee on Census 



P. O'Mara. Chairman; 

 J. A. Valentine. Albert T. 

 Hey. 



Committee on School 

 Gardens 

 E. V. Hallock, Chair- 

 man; P. O'Mara, F. E. 

 Palmer, F. R. Pierson. J. 

 F. Cowell, Benj. Ham- 

 mond. 



Committee of 50 on Na- 

 tional Flower Show 

 Wm. F. Kasting. Chair- 

 man; I. C. Bertermann, 

 Treasurer; J. H. Burdett, 

 Secretary. 

 Wm. F. Kasting, J. C. Vaughan, H. 



B. Beatty, W. J. Stewart. Theo. Wirth, 

 W. H. Elliott, E. V. Hallock, C. L. 

 Seybold, H. H. Ritter, Robert Craig, 

 E. G. Hill, Patrick O'Mara, F. H. 

 Traendly, J. D. Eisele. Patrick Welch. 

 J. G. Esler, C. H. Totty, S. S. Skid- 

 elsky, J. E. Lager, Otto G. Koenig, 



A. J. Loveless, David Fraser. Elmer 

 D. Smith, Philip Breitmeyer, \V. N. 

 Rudd, George Asmus, Leunard Kill, 



C. C. Pollworth, I. C. Bertermann, E. 



B. George, J. A. Valentine, Roy F. 

 Wilcox. W. F. Gude, Peter Bisset, H. 

 M. Altick, Edwin Lonsdale, Alex. 



George \V. McCluke, Vice-President. 



Montgomery, A. Herrington, August 

 Poehlmann, F. R. Pierson, Harry Pap- 

 worth, Peter Fisher, L. C. Bobbink, 

 Julius Roehrs, John Scott, Albeit 

 McCullough, Wm. Kleinhans. 



Chairman of Special Committees — 

 Executive and Finance, Wm. F. Kast- 

 ing; Exhibits. American, Philip Breit- 

 ' meyer; Exhibits, Foreign, E. G. Hill; 

 Premiums, W. N. Rudd; Advertising, 

 J. H. Burdett; Local Management, 

 Privileges and Concessions, J. C. 

 Vaughan: Special Features, Otto Koe- 

 nig; Reception, August Poehlmann; 

 Auditing, J. A. Valentine. The 

 above nine chairman constitute 

 The Executive Board of the Show. 



Committee on Tariff — F. R. Pier- 

 son, Chairman: J. A. Valentine, 

 Benj. Hammond. 



National Council of Horticulture 

 — Robt. Craig, J. K. M. L Farquhar. 



Committee on Standard Pots — 

 Robt. Craig, John Birnie, F. E. 

 Palmer. 



Past Presidents — John Thorpe, 

 1884-18S6: Robert Craig, 1887; E. 

 G. Hill, 1888; J. N. May, 1SS9; *J. 

 M. Jordan, 1S90; M. H. Norton; 

 1891; James Dean. 1S92; William R. 

 Smith, 1S93; *.I. T. Anthony. 1894; 

 Edwin Lonsdale, 1895; * William 

 Scott. 1S9C: Adam Graham, 1S97; 

 W. F. Gude, 1898; W. N. Rudd, 

 1899; *E. M. Wood. 1901); Patrick 

 O'Mara. 1901 ; John Burton. 1902- 

 1903; Philip Breitmeyer, 1904; J. C. 

 Vaughan. 1903: Wm. F. Kasting, 

 190C: Wm. J. Stewart, 1907. 



*Dec eased. 



rates have been refused 

 by the passenger associa- 

 tions covering this terri- 

 tory. There are, how- 

 ever, from nearly all cities 

 reduced excursion tickets 

 and return, also to Toronto 

 on sale to Niagara Falls 

 and return by way of 

 Niagara Falls, with stop- 

 over privileges. Members 

 are advised to consult 

 with their local ticket 

 agents, and also to com- 

 municate with the secre- 

 taries of florist clubs in 

 the larger cities, with a 

 view to joining their par- 

 ties and taking advantage 

 of any special arrange- 

 ments they may make. 



Points in the U. S. 

 East of Buffalo, including 

 Pennsylvania, West Vir- 

 ginia, Maryland and the 

 City of Washington and 

 Vicinity. — (Territory cov- 

 ered by the Trunk Line 

 Association and the New 

 England Passenger Asso- 

 ciation, except the Bangor 

 & Aroostook R. R., the 

 Eastern Steamship Com- 

 pany and the N. Y., O. & 

 W. R. R.) 



A concession of fare and 

 three-fifth on the certifi- 

 cate plan has been secured 

 for those attending the 

 meeting of Society of 

 American Florists and 

 Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists, Niagara Falls, N. Y.. August 

 18-21. 



PROGRAMME. 

 FKrst Day, Tuesday, August 18 — 

 Opening Session, 2 P. M. 

 Address of welcome and responsive 

 address. 



President's Address. 



Annual address of the President. 

 Reports of Secretary, Treasurer. State 

 Vice-Presidents, Committees and other 

 officers. 



W. F. Kasting, Chairman Com. <>v Fifty. 



TRANSPORTATION. 



Points West and South of Buffalo, 

 and Canadian Points. — Reduced 



II. B. Beattv, Treasurer. 



