July 20, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



AND 



ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



PROGRAM OF THE ST. LOUIS 

 CONVENTION 



The official program lor the forth- 

 coming convention to be held in St. 

 Louis, Mo., August 20, 21, 22 was sent 

 out to members of the society during 

 the past week. The program, from 

 a business point of view, is more than 

 usually attractive, as will be seen by 

 the following, which has been sup- 

 plied in advance of the mailing: 



First Day, Tuesday, August 21. 



(IPENIXG SESSION 



2.00 p. m. — Opening exercises in Con- 

 vention Hall. Convention called to or- 

 der by August H. Hummert, vice- 

 president St. Louis Florists' Club. 

 Address of Welcome by L. Jules Bour- 

 det, vice-president S. A. F. Address 

 of Welcome by Hon. Henry Kiel, May- 

 or of St. Louis. Response, J. Fred 

 Ammann. President C. H. Totty's 

 Address. Reading minutes of execu- 

 tive board. Report of the secretary. 

 Report of the treasurer. Report of 

 the Washington representative. Re- 

 ports of state vice-presidents. Re- 

 ports of standing committees. Re- 

 ports of special committees. Discus- 

 sion of amendments to be voted on at 

 evening session. Miscellaneous busi- 

 ness. Judging of trade exhibits. Con- 

 sideration of place of meeting for 1920. 



EVENING SESSION 



8.30 p. m. — President's reception. 

 The reception will be held in the Jef- 

 ferson Hotel. President Totty wishes 

 it to be distinctly understood that the 

 reception will be informal and that 

 the most comfortable clothing will be 

 the most appropriate to wear. 



Amendments to Constitution and 

 By-Laws to be voted upon: 



To amenil the portion of Article 11. Sec- 

 tion 2 (b). Elections and Appointments, by 

 inserting after the sentence "Such repre- 

 sentative shall be the president of such 

 organization and must be a member of this 

 Society." the following sentence: 



Should the president of any such organ- 

 ization be or become unable to serve as its 

 representative, through sickness, or for 

 any other reason which is acceptable to 

 the president of the Society, then the vice- 

 president shall act in his place and stead 

 during the period of such inability. 



And at the end of paragraph (b) of the 

 same section, adding: The chairmen of 

 the Publicity Committee, the Publicity 

 Finance Committee, the National Flower 

 Show Committee, respectively, shall act and 

 serve as directors for and during their 

 terms of office as the same appear upon 

 the records of the .Society : but if any such 

 chairman shall be already a director, then 

 the committee of which he is chairman 

 shall have no further or separate repre- 

 sentation upon the board. 



To amend Article VI — Plant Regis- 

 tration by striking out the first two 

 paragraphs and substituting: 



Any member originating or acquiring a 

 plant which is believed to be Dew to com- 

 merce, or which embodies a varietal dif- 

 ference sufflcient to make it distinctive 

 and separate from any existing variety. 



may register the same with the Society 

 both as to description and name, provided 

 such plant is not covered by any society or 

 organization devoted to the interests of its 

 species, in which case any application for 

 registration will be referred to such so- 

 cciety or organization. The secretary shall 

 on receipt of an application for registra- 

 tion, and a description of the plant, with 

 the name proposed for it, give public no- 

 tice of such application in the trade papers; 

 and if, after the lapse of three weeks from 

 the date of such application no protest 

 shall have been filed with the secretary. 

 he shall issue a preliminary certificate of 

 registration, confirmation of which, by 

 final certificate, can only follow after such 

 plant, or flowers from the same, has been 

 exhibited at a meeting or exhibition held 

 by any organized florist club or horticul- 

 tural body, when the exhibit shall be 

 judged by a special committee appointed 

 by the president of the Society, ten days 

 notice of such exhibition having previous- 

 ly been given to the Secretary. Any plant 

 for which registration is sought must show 

 an improvement over existing varieties; a 

 mere varietal difference is not to be con- 

 sidered sufficient to entitle the exhibitor to 

 a final certificate. 



The following recommendation of 

 the Board of Directors is to be voted 

 upon: 



That an appropriation of $250 be made to 

 the use of the Committee on School 

 (Jardens. 



Second Day, Wednesday, August 21 



MORNING SESSION 



10.30 — Nominations of officers for 

 1919. Report of Committees on Pres- 

 ident's address. Report of committee 

 on National Credits and Collections 

 Bureau, by R. C. Kerr, chairman. 

 Discussion. Address. "National Cred- 

 its and Collections," by F. S. Webb, 

 Chicago, 111. Discussion. 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



2.00 p. m. — Report of Committee on 

 Publicity, by Henry Penn, chairman. 

 Discussion. Address, "Publicity," by 

 Major P. F. O'Keefe, Boston, Mass. 



Third Day, Thursday, August 22. 



MORNING SESSION 



10.00 a. m. — Election of Officers lor 

 1910. Polls open from 10.00 a. m. to 

 11.00 a. m., or until all in line have 

 voted. 



Question Box. Deferred business. 

 Report of Judges of Trade ElXhibition. 



Third Day, Thursday, August 22 



AFTERNOON SESSION' 



2.00 p. m.— Address, "The Coal Con- 

 servation Order as it Applies to Flor- 

 ists," by a United States B\iel Ad- 

 ministration representative. Discus- 

 sion. 



4.00 p. ra. — Report of Committee on 

 Convention Garden, by Theodore 

 Wirth, chairman. 



Report of National Flower Show 

 Committee, by George Asmus, chair- 

 man. Discussion. 



Special Meetings 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 



10.00 a. m. — Meeting of the Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery Association. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 



9.00 a. m. — Annual meeting of the 

 Florists' Hail Association. 



10.00 a. m. Annual meeting of the 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists. 



THE TRADE EXHIBITION. 

 With prospects of a splendid atten- 

 dance at the convention, the Trade 

 Exhibition is now an object of much 

 interest to those who are able to take 

 advantage of it for the display of pro- 

 ductions of a trade character. While 

 it is yet early to report as to the ex- 

 tent of the exhibition, there is every 

 indication that it will be quite large, 

 and a credit to the society. Many re- 

 quests for plans have been received in 

 the past week at the secretary's office, 

 showing that growers and manufac- 

 turers are alive to the possibilities 

 which the expected large gathering 

 will present to exhibitors. Space 

 reservations have already been made 

 for the following: 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 S. S. Pennock Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Chicago Carton Co., Chicago, 111. 

 Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa. 

 Burlington Willow Ware Shops, Burling- 

 ton, la. 

 A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, 111. 

 "Wertheimer Bros., New York, N. Y. 

 W. A. Manda, Inc., South Orange, N. J. 

 Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, 111. 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, lU. 



THE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN 

 The secretary is able to report a 

 very satisfactory continuation of his 

 trip in behalf of the National Public- 

 ity Campaign Fund. In Milwaukee he, 

 with Chairman George Asmus of the 

 Publicity Finance Committee, were 

 guests ol the Milwaukee Florists' Club 

 which held a special meeting in order 

 that the objects of the campaign and 

 its benefit to the trade might be prop- 

 erly explained, and the work of the 

 Promotion Bureau demonstrated. 

 Many subscriptions were forthcoming 

 at this meeting, and a number of new 

 members for the society obtained. 

 Next day the secretary made a round 

 of calls upon the florists of Milwau- 

 kee and vicinity and was most cor- 

 dially received everywhere; the re- 

 sults of his visit are quite noticeable 

 in the subscription report, and in ad- 

 dition to the subscriptions he has to re- 

 port an influx to the membership roll 

 of twenty-one annual and three life 

 members. He feels under deep ob- 

 ligation to Messrs. Hunkel, Rutscn, 



