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HORTICULTURE 



August 17, 1918 



Chas. L. Washburn, Chicago. 



Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich. 

 Committee on Convention Garden. ' 



Clarence L. Brock, Houston. Tex., 

 (term expires Dec. 31, 1918.) 



Theo. Wirth, chairman, Minneapolis, 

 Minn., (term expires Dec, 31, 1919.) 



Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich.,' 

 (term expires Dec. 31. 1920.) 



Committee on School Gardens 



Benjamin Hammond, chairman. Bea- 

 con, N. Y. 



A. J. Loveless, Lenox, Mass. 



Michael Barker, Chicago. 



Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Leonard Barron, Garden City, N. Y. 

 Committee on Development of Amer- 

 ican Products. 



Chas. Willis Ward, chairman. Eure- 

 ka, Calif. 



John H. Dunlop, Toronto, Ont. 



Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn. 



Joseph H. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown. N. Y. 



J. J. Hii.ss 

 Treasurer, Society of American Florists 



Committee on Nomenclature. 



Prot. E. A. White, chairman, Cornell 

 University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Dr. N. L. Britton, Botanical Gar- 

 dens, Bronx Park. N. Y. 



Prof. T. B. Symons, College Park, 

 Md. 



Judges for the Trade Exhibits. 



Sections A. B. P. 

 Adolph Gude, Washington, D. C. 

 W. H. Siebrecht, Chappaqua, N. Y. 

 L. P. Jansen, St. Louis, Mo. 



Sections E. G. 

 Thos. H. Joy, Nashville, Tenn. 

 Herman P. Knohle, Cleveland, O. 

 Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich. 



Sections C. D. 



E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, Mass. 



F. Meinhardt, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Aug. H. Hummert, St. Louis, Mo. 



number of visitors should exceed the 

 number registered at any preceding 

 convention. It should be borne in 

 mind that the society's membership 

 roll has been increased more than 25 

 per cent since our last convention, 

 and. naturally, a large proportion of 

 those making up this increase will 

 want to meet their fellow members, 

 as well as to take some part in the 

 proceedings, or to get information 

 which will help them in the solution 

 of business problems such as beset us 

 all in these troubloug times. Never 

 heretofore did we have before us for 

 discussion matters of such vital inter- 

 est to our trade as those scheduled 

 in our program — Publicity, with de- 

 tails concerning the expenditure of a 

 fund expected to approximate $50,000: 

 the fuel situation, which is fraught 

 with perplexities as to what we can 

 and cannot do to keep our plants go- 

 ing; credits and collections, which 

 promise in the near future to engage 

 our most serious thought; and various 

 other matters of general interest. 



St. Louis has the advantage of cen- 

 tral location, consequently its draw 

 ing power should be greater than that 

 of a city located remotely north, 

 south, east or west. It is a city of 

 high rank among our commercial 

 "hub" cities, and its facilities for the 

 care of large visiting bodies are excel- 

 lent. 



Hotel headquarters will be the Jef- 

 ferson Hotel, conveniently located. 

 The convention will be held in Moolah 

 Temple, easily reached from the ho- 

 tel district. 



The Trade Exhibition 

 The trade exhibition, as already an- 

 nounced, will be housed in the same 

 building as the convention. A fea- 

 ture of this exhibition this year will 

 be the display of florists' accessories 

 "made in America." As might be sup- 

 posed, imported goods will play a 

 minor part in the general display, and 

 their place will be filled largely by 

 goods produced at home. Visitors 

 who are interested in bulbs will have 

 an opportunity to bid on the splendid 

 collection forming the exhibit of the 

 Cottage Gardens Co., of Eureka, Cal., 

 which exhibit is to be sold at auction 

 for the benefit of the Red Cross, the 

 proceeds to be turned in as the dona- 

 tion of the S. A. F. and 0. H. 



With the convention but a day or 

 two away it is pleasing to note the 

 greatly increased interest in the sub- 

 ject matter of the program. There is 

 every indication of a large attendance, 

 and it would not be surprising if the 



PROGRAM DAY BY DAY. 



This recapitulation of the program 

 proper is intended to make prominent 

 the hours of meetings. 



Tuesday, August 20 — First Day 



10.00 a. m. — Meeting Florists Tele- 

 graph Delivery Association. 



10.30 a. m.-— Office of the Ladies' So- 

 ciety of American Florists opened for 

 registration in Convention Hall. 



2.00 p. m. — S. A. F. opening session. 



S.30 p. m. — President's reception. 

 Voting on amendments to by-laws: 

 and convention city for 1920. 



Wednesday, August 21 — Second Day. 



9.00 a. m. — Meeting of the Florists' 

 Hail Association of America. 



10.00 a. m. — Annual meeting of the 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists. 



10.00 a. m. — Morning session S. A. F. 



2.00 p. m.— Afternoon session S. A. F. 



Thursday, August 22 — Third Day. 



10.011 a. m. — S. A. F. session, election 

 of officers, 



2.00 p. ni. — Afternoon session S. A. F. 

 First Day — Opening Session — 2 p. m. 



Opening exercises in Convention hall. 



Convention called to order by August 

 H. Hummert, vice-president St. Louis 

 Florists' Club. 



Address of welcome by L. Jules 

 Bourdet, vice-president S. A. F. 



Address of welcome by Hon. Henry 

 Kiel, Mayor of St. Louis. 



Response, J. Fred Ammann. 



President C. H. Totty's address. 



Reading minutes of executive board. 



Report of the secretary. 



Report of the treasurer. 



Report of the Washington repre- 

 sentative. 



Reports of state vice-presidents. 



Reports of standing committees. 



Reports of special committees. 



John Young 

 •Secref.Try, Society of American Florists 



Discussion of amendments to be 

 voted on at evening session. 



Miscellaneous business. 



Judging of trade exhibits. 



Consideration of place of meeting 

 for 1920. 



First Day — Evening Session — 8.30 

 p. m. 



President's Reception — The recep- 

 tion will be held in the Jefferson hotel. 

 President Totty wishes it to be dis- 

 tinctly understood that the reception 

 will be informal and that the most 

 comfortable clothing will be the most 

 appropriate for wear. 



Amendments to constitution and by- 

 laws to be voted upon. 



To amend the portion of Article II, 

 Section 2 (b), Elections and Appoint- 

 ments, reading: 



"Clut)S. societies or kindred organizations 

 of professional florists, gardeners and hor- 

 ticulturists, having paid-up membership of 

 100 or more members in the .S. A. P. and 

 O. H. shall he entitled to one representative 

 on the l.ioard of directors. Such represent- 

 ative shall he the president of such organi- 

 zation and must lie a member of this so- 

 ciety. Any elective officer or appointed 

 director shall not be eligible as a repre- 



