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HORTICULTURE 



July 31, 1909 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMEN- 

 TAL HORTICULTURALISTS 



Preliminary program of the Twenty - 

 fifth Annual Meeting and Exhibition 

 to be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, August 

 17th, ISth, 19th and 20th, 1909: 

 Preliminary Program. 



TUESDAY, AUGUST IT, 1909. First 

 Day — Opening Session. 



1.30 P. M. Organ Concert. 



2.00 P. M. President Valentine's ad- 

 dress. Report of the Committee on 

 President's Address. Discussion. Re- 

 ports of Officers, Committees, etc. Mis- 

 cellaneous Business. Judging of the 

 Trade Exhibits. 



8.00 P. M. President's Reception. 

 President Valentine hopes to meet as 

 many as can attend and wishes it dis- 

 tinctly understood that formal dress is 

 not expected, but that the most com- 

 fortable costume will be the most ap- 

 propriate. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1909. 

 Second Day — Morning Session. 



9.00 A. M. Organ Concert. 



9.30 A. M. Illustrated Lecture, "The 

 Value of the Recent Work in Heredity 

 to the Practical Flower Breeder." By 

 Jesse B. Norton, Washington, D. C. 

 Discussion. Question Box. 



11.00 A. M. Selection of Next Meet- 

 ing Place. Polls Open One Hour. 

 Nomination of Officers for 1910. Re- 

 ports of Judges of Trade Exhibits. An- 

 nual Meeting Ladies' Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists. 



Second Day — Afternoon Session. 



2.00 P. M. Organ Concert. 



2.30 P. M. "The National Flower 

 Show — Past and Prospective" and Spe- 

 cial Matters. 



Second Day — Evening Session. 



S.OO P. M. "illustrated Lecture— Color 

 Photography. J. Horace McFarland, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1909. 

 Third Day — Morning Session. 



9.00 A. M. Organ Concert. 



9.30 A. M. Address — "Some Work of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 as Affecting Floriculture." By B. T. 

 Galloway, Washington, D. C. Discus- 

 sion. '. »li 



10.30 A. M. . Election of Officers, 

 Polls will remain open two hours. 



Amendment to the By-Laws. — The 

 following amendment having been sub- 

 mitted to the Executive Board and ac- 

 cepted by them, will be voted upon at 

 this time: 



Amending Article 4, Section 2, as 

 amended previously at Niagara Falls 

 in 1908, by striking out the figures 

 $25.00 in said article as above amend- 

 ed, and inserting in place thereof the 

 figures $50.00, meaning and/ intending 

 to advance the fee for Life Membership 

 from J25.00 as now obtaining to $50.00. 

 The Question Box. 



Third Day — Afternoon — No Session. 

 Bowling Contest and Other Sports. 



2.00 P. M. Meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society. 



2.45 P. M. Meeting of the American 

 Rose Society. 



3.30 P. M. Meeting of the National 

 Sweet Pea Society. 



4.30 P. M. Meeting of the( Florists' 

 Hail Association. 



Third Day — Evening Session. 



7.30 P. M. Organ Concert. 



h.m P. M. Paper— "The First Meet- 

 ing of the Society." By the First Sec- 

 retary, E. G. Hill. Address— "What the 

 Society has Accomplished in Twenty- 

 five Years." By J. C. Vaughan. Ad- 

 dresses by Past Presidents. 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 20— Fourth Day. 

 In the hands of the Cincinnati Florists' 

 Society. • 



Transportation. 



Applications for special rates have 

 been refused by all the traffic associa- 

 tions. It is pointed out that special 

 summer rates are in effect to all the 

 large cities at very much reduced rates. 



Chicago. — The Chicago delegation 

 and all others desirous of joining them 

 will leave Chicago August 16, after- 

 noon or 12 p. m. midnight (it is as 

 yet undecided which), via Monon 

 R. R., by special train. Address: 

 P. J. Foley, 26th street and Western 

 avenue. Chairman of Transportation 

 Committee, tor full particulars. 



New York. — The convention party 

 will travel by N. Y. Central R. R. 

 Address: John Young, Secretary, 51 

 W. 2Sth street, for full particulars. 



Buffalo.— Address W. F. Kasting, 

 383 EUicott street, Buffalo, for par- 

 ticulars. 



St. Louis. — Address F. H. Meinhardt, 

 7041 Florissant avenue, St. Louis, 

 State Vice-President, for particulars. 



Kansas City. — Address W. L. Rock, 

 1116 Walnut street, Kansas City, State 

 Vice-President, for full particulars. 



Washington, D. Cr-Address W. F. 

 Gude. 1214 F street, Washington, D. C. 



Trade Exhibition. 



The tiade exhibition will occupy two 

 llcois of the Music Hall. Abundant 

 space is available and peihaps no more 

 advantageous location has ever been at 

 the disposal of the society for its ex- 

 hibition. 



This lieing the 25th meeting of the 

 society and it being in so central and 

 accessible a point as Cincinnati, all in- 

 dications are for a record-breaking at- 

 tendance and the value of an exhibit 

 to those having horticultural products 

 lor sale can hardly be overestimated. 



Growers of plants, seeds, bulbs, 

 shiubs and trees, dealers in florists' 

 supplies, greenhouse requisites, build- 

 ing material for greenhouse construc- 

 tion, heating apparatus, etc., can here 

 meet the best buyers in the horticul- 

 tural profession, and no better oppor- 

 tf.nity for directing attention to the 

 special merits of their goods can be 

 found. 



N. B. — Exhibitors are reminded that 

 the duties of the judges are limited to 

 the consideration of and making of 

 awards to Novelties and Improved i^e- 

 vices only. Exhibitors are required to 

 make previous entry of all such ex- 

 hibits with the superintendent in writ- 

 ing. Full rules and regulations, to- 

 gethei' with diagrams of the exhibition 

 hall, may be obtained from William 

 Murphy, Superintendent, 311 Main St., 

 Cincinnati. 



A Word From President Valentine. 



To The Members of the S. A. F. and 

 0. H.: 



I hope each member of the society 

 is not only planning to attend the 

 coming convention in Cincinnati but 

 that he is doing his best to secure a 

 good delegation from his vicinity. 

 Come yourself and bring your friends, 

 whether they belong to the society or 

 not. After you get them there call for 

 help if necessary to induce them to 

 join and we will furnish you spell- 

 binders who will complete the work 

 you have begun. Some one will be at 

 Secretary Rudd's desk all the time 

 with a welcome smile for the new 

 member and a receipt for his money. 



The Cincinnati contingent are tak- 

 ing gieat pride in the fact that their 

 city has been selected as the place' for 

 the twenty-fifth convention and their 

 plans show that they are bound all 

 visitois shall have a good time. The 

 hall for the meetings is a perfect gem 

 of a tiny theatre. Nothing could be 

 better for the purpose and space has 

 been provided for the largest trade ex- 

 hibit ever seen at one of our conven- 

 tions. 



The "Sports Committee" are wild to 

 receive your entries. No matter 

 whether you have a good bowling 

 team or a poor one get into line with 

 it and show how game you are. Den- 

 ver is going to send five bum bowlers 

 just to show that a little matter of 

 three thousand miles round trip can- 

 not keep her florists from getting into 

 the game. Don't hold back and say it 

 is too hot tor that is a poor excuse for 

 a man to make, when if he stays at 

 home he will be wheeling out soil from 

 a house where the mercury marks 120 

 degrees. The Cincinati crowd promise 

 you several occupations more pleasant 

 than that. 



No matter how small your business 

 you simply cannot afford to stay away. 

 Remember that the big fellow can go 

 to visit good groweis one by one if he 

 piefeis, but the chance for the small 

 gruweis to pick up a few good points 

 at small expense is at these conven- 

 tions and then when you get there 

 just look around and see how many 

 of the big ones make money by doing 

 the same thing. 



Step to the telephone right now and 

 ask a lot of the fellows to come down 

 town tonight and talk it over and see 

 if you cannot bring a good crowd with 

 you. 



Yours for a big convention, 

 J. A. VALENTINE, President. 



Cincinnati Convention Notice. 

 To all florists who contemplate visit- 

 ing Cincinnati during the Convention 

 of the Society of American Florists 

 and Ornamental Horticulturists, and 

 who are not members of the National 

 Society, it wiU be absolutely necessary 

 upon your arrival in Cincinnati to go 

 to the headquarters of i'he Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society at the Sinton Hotel, 

 Fourth and Vine streets, and register. 

 Y'ou will then receive a ticket which 

 will admit you to the Trade Exhibit 

 at Horticultural Hall, where you will 

 again register with the Secretary of 



