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HORTICULTURE 



August 7, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 

 HORTICULTURISTS. 



Rudd Will Not Be a Candidate for 

 Re-election. 



As I find it impossible to do full jus- 

 tice to my other work and at the same 

 time do all that might and should be 

 done for the betterment of the S. A. F., 

 I find it necessary not to allow my 

 name to be used as a candidate for re- 

 election. 



The office is of so much importance 

 and the prosperity of the Society de- 

 liends so largely on the man in the 

 secretary's office, that I feel it neces- 

 sary to make this advance announce- 

 ment so that the members may have 

 ample time to think the situation over 

 carefully and pick out in their ovpn 

 minds the best available man and be 

 prepared to work for and vote for him. 



I think perhaps very few in the So- 

 ciety, possibly none except William J. 

 Stewart and myself fully realize what 

 an enormous amount of work comes to 

 the able, energetic and honest man in 

 the office of secretary of this great so- 

 ciety of ours, and what a great propor- 

 tion of that work the man who has not 

 the ability or the energy to do it or 

 who is not honest enough to give to 

 his work the best that is in him, can 

 shirk. The salary of the office at pres- 

 ent is $1000 per annum. A man can 

 if he chooses sit down on the job and 

 do $250 worth of work and pocket the 

 other $750 as a Christmas present. On 

 the other hand, the right man can do 

 $1500 worth of work and then feel dis- 

 satisfied with himself that he has been 

 unable to take up many things that 

 ' would imdoubtedly in the future ad- 

 vance the Society's interests and in- 

 crease its membership. The bad point 

 about the matter is that much of this 

 important work shows only in future 

 results and the secretary may if he 

 chooses shirk a large proportion of it 

 without the rank and file of the so- 

 ciety becoming aware of his shortcom- 

 ings for a long time. The society has 

 much to be grateful for in having had 

 the long continued services of so able 

 a man as Mr. Stewart, and I sincerely 

 trust that they will pick out the best 

 . man available with the idea of con- 

 tinuing him in office for a long term 

 of years. 



Every member of this society who 

 has the good of the organization at 

 heart shou. bear in mind that it is, 

 although twenty-five ye^irs old. only in 

 ils infancy as yet; that the possibili- 

 ties for growth and the extension of 

 its influence and its ability to do good 

 for the trade at large and for the in- 

 dividual membeis is almost infinite. 

 The secretary whom you will choose 

 at the next meeting will have the des- 

 tiny of the society largely in his hands 

 and it behooves each and every mem- 

 ber to put aside all questions of per- 

 sonal friendship and look only to the 

 man, and to his honesty and ability. 

 If anyone asks you to vole for a man 

 because he is a "good fellow" vote 

 against that man for that very reason. 

 The "good fellow" in the ordinary ac- 

 ceptation of the words, is the very 



worst fellow in the world for your sec- 

 retary. It any one asks you to vote 

 for a man because he "needs the 

 money" vote against that man for that 

 very reason. If you are personally a 

 friend of either of the class of men 

 spoken of above, vote against each of 

 them for that reason also. The friend 

 of the "good fellow" should keep him 

 out of a position where nothing but 

 failure awaits him. The friend of the 

 man who "needs the money" should 

 realize that he can get more money in 

 many easier ways than in this posi- 

 iion. There is no easy money to be 

 made in the job except by taking 

 money for work which one does not do. 



I have enjoyed immensely getting 

 back into harness again and having an 

 active part in the work of the society. 

 I have enjoyed the work itself great- 

 ly and if the society wished me to> con- 

 tinue in the office would ask no greater 

 pleasure than to go on with that work, 

 hut to continue in the office would be 

 to either let my own work suffer or 

 that of the society, or more likely both. 



I know that no man engaged in ac- 

 tis'e business, either as a proprietor or 

 as an employee, can take up this work 

 and carry it out so that the society 

 may achieve the success which is with- 

 in its grasp, unless he grossly neglects 

 his own business. Therefore, we must 

 look elsewhere for the ideal man. As 

 a matter of good sound business policy 

 also, the man selected should be a 

 young man or at least not an old one. 

 Ve should select our secretary much 

 as we would buy a horse. The old 

 horse may be well broken, sound and 

 strong, and yet we will buy the young 

 one, because there are more years of 

 work in him. In the same way we 

 should select for office a young, man 

 for secretary with the idea of postpon- 

 ing as far as possible the expensive 

 process of educating a new man for the 

 job. 



I trust anu believe that the members 

 of the society will not take offense at 

 my plain speaking, but if they do I 

 shall simply be sorry but not regretful. 

 The thing is of such vital importance 

 and of such great interest to us all that 

 these words had to be spoken. 



W. N. RUDD, Secretary. 



August a, 1909. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



The Ladies' Society of American 

 P'lorists will hold their meetings at the 

 Assembly room of the Sinton Hotel, 

 Wednesday and Thursday, August 18, 

 19 at 10.30 a. m. The secretary will be 

 found near Secretary Rudd's office. 

 Lady members please wear your badge 

 pin. MRS. CHAS. H. MAYNARD, 



Secretary. 



HOTEL. RATES AT CINCINNATI. 



The Burnet House, which is one of 

 the most comfortable hotels in Cin- 

 cinnati, announces special reduced 

 rates for florists attending the S. A. F. 

 Convention, as follows: 



American Plan — $2.50 per day and 

 up. 



European Plan — $1.00 per day and 

 up. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 Meeting of Board of Governors. 



One of the most interesting and im- 

 portant meetings held by the Board of 

 Governors took place at the Sinton 

 Hotel, Monday night, August 2nd. The 

 finance committee reported they had 

 in the bank very nearly $3,000. The 

 souvenir committee reported they have 

 raised $2,S00. A copy of the Souvenir 

 Book was presented to the Board of 

 Governors, and was pronounced by far 

 the most beautiful book of its kind 

 that has ever been issued for a similar 

 occasion. It is now being mailed to 

 subscribers and members of the Na- 

 tional Society. The committee on 

 badges and buttons submitted samples. 

 A plain white badge with the words 

 "Reception Committee Cincinnati Flor- 

 ists' Society," was adopted. A silver 

 bi'tton bearing the words "S. A. F. & 

 O. H., 1SS4-19(J9, Cincinnati," was 

 adopted. 



Supt. of Exhibits, Wm. Murphy, an- 

 iicunced that up to the present time 

 he has sold 11,900 square feet of space, 

 amounting to $1,S57. He also an- 

 nounced that there will be a charge of 

 25 cents for admittance on Thursday 

 afternoon, August 19. As a special in- 

 ducement, the Superintendent has 

 made arrangements to have a special 

 cut flower exhibition. John Lewis 

 Childs will present a spike of gladiolus 

 to every visitor on that afternoon. 



Chairman A. M. MicCullough has ar- 

 ranged to hold the President's recep- 

 tion at the Zoological Garden. This 

 place is by far the coolest in proximity 

 to Cincinnati. 



The sports and ladies' committee an- 

 nounced that they have arranged in 

 Heidelberg for an afternoon of bowl- 

 ing. The ladies' bowling match will 

 be pulled off at this place, and luncheon 

 will be provided for all in attendance. 

 They have received about fifty prizes 

 from local merchants, amorg them be- 

 ing a $55 shotgun and a beautiful lov- 

 ing cup. For the shooting tournament 

 Mr. Gardner has six or eight splendid 

 prizes to offer. The crowning feature 

 of the convention takes place on Fri- 

 da\', when all in attendance will board 

 the Island Queen, a very large and 

 commodious five-decker, which has 

 been chartered by .1. A. Peterson to 

 take the entire convention to Coney 

 Island where a barbecue will be await- 

 ing them. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Members of the American Carnation 

 Society please take notice that there 

 will be a meeting held at Cincinnati, 

 C, at 2 p. m., on August 19th. This 

 is a meeting of the board of directors, 

 but all members who happen to be 

 attending the S. A. P. & O. H. con- 

 vention are cordially invited to meet 

 -.vith the board. Matters of importance 

 will come before this meeting, and as 

 we are allowed only 45 minutes, you 

 are urged to not only attend but to 

 be prompt, to avoid loss of time. 



A. M. HERR, Pres. A. C. S. 



Attest A. F. J. Bau", Sec. 



