August 14, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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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 Floricultura" By B. T. 

 Galloway, M'ashington, D. C; Discus- 

 sion. 



10.30 A. M. Election of Officers. 

 Polls will remain open two hours. 

 Amendment to By-Laws. 



The following amendment having 

 been submitted to the Executive Board 

 and accepted by them, will be voted 

 upon at this time: 



Amending Article 4, Section 2, as 

 amended previously at Niagara Falls 

 in 190S, by striking out the figures 

 Si.'i.OO in said article as above amended, 

 and inserting in placet thereof the 

 figures $50.00, meaning and intending 

 to advance the fee' for Life Membership 



convention to Coney Island, on the 

 Ohio River, where an old-fashioned 

 Kentucky barbecue is on the progi'am. 



MR. RUDD'S VIEWS APPROVED. 



Editor HORTICULTURE: — 



I should like to be placed on record 

 as most sincerely and emphatically 

 endorsing the sentiment and much of 

 the substance of Mr. Rudd's state- 

 ment concerning the secretaryship of 

 the S. A. P. and O. H., published in 

 the last issue of the various trade 

 papers. 



I also desire to express my appre- 

 ciation of Mr. Rudd's high sense of 

 public duty, and sincerely hope that 

 all members who may be pi'esent at 

 the coming convention may be imbued 

 with an equally high sense of that 

 duty, and when the time comes for 

 making a choice of the men for the 

 various offices, all will sink personal 

 and selfish desires and consider the 

 welfare of the society only. 



Does not Mr. Rudd's statement, 

 "the right man can do $1,500.00 worth 

 of work and then feel dissatisfied with 

 himself that he has been unable to 

 take up many things that would un- 



W ILI.IAM MURl'llV 



Supt. Trade Exliitpitiun 



from $2.1.00 as now obtaining to $50.00. 

 The Question Box. 



Third Day — Afternoon — No Session — 

 Bowling Contest and Other Sports. 



2.00 P. M. Meeting cf 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. 



8.00 P. M. Paper— "Tile First Meet- 

 ing of the Society." By the First 

 Secretary, E. G. Hill; Address— "What 

 ihe Society has Accomplished in 

 Twenty-five Years." By .1. C. V'aughan; 

 Addresses by Past Presidents. 



Friday, August 20, 1909. 

 On Friday the convention visitors 

 will be the guests of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society, on a boat ride on the 

 "Island Queen," a five-deck steamer, 

 which has been chartered to take the 



Bkn.i. Ham.monu 



Chairman Tariff ami Legislative Committee 



doubtedly in the future advance the 

 Society's interest and increase its- 

 membership," raise a question as to 

 the wisdom of the Society paying 

 $1000.00 only? If, as Mr. Rudd states, 

 "no man engaged in active business, 

 either as proprietor or employee, can 

 take up this work and carry it out 

 so that the Society may achieve the 

 success which is within its grasp, un- 

 less he grossly neglects his own busi- 

 ness" the only logical inference is 

 that a man must give practically his 

 entire time to the work. How can a 

 man with tiie required energy, intelli- 

 gence and ability afford to give his 

 entire time to the work for the sum 

 paid? I think that this is a phase of 

 the subject that the Society will do 

 well to consider. I. L. POWELL. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



The Ladies' S. A. F. will give a re- 

 ception Wednesday evening, Aug. 18, 

 from 9.30 to 11.30, at the Sinton Hotel. 

 Refreshments will be served. 



MRS. J. C. VAUGHAN, Pres. 



MRS. CHAS. H. MAYNARD, Sec. 



ROCHESTER'S AMBITION. 



Rochester, N. Y. is out after the 

 1910 Convention of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists. Buttons bearing the 

 legend "I will meet you in Rochester 

 the 'Flower City' in 1910," are being 

 distributed and a live delegation from 

 Rochester promises to be on the 

 ground during the Cincinnati Conven- 

 tion as a clincher. Rochester has a 

 combined convention and exhibition 

 hall approximating 48,000 square feet 

 of floor space. Of this space 14,000 

 feet is for the general assembly and 

 34,000 feet for such display of wares 

 as delegates to conventions may deem 

 fit to make. In the circulars sent out 

 by the Rochester Chamber of Com- 

 merce these immense halls are offered 

 free to all visiting conventions, heat 

 and light included. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club on Thursday, August 5, was main- 

 ly for the perfecting of plans for the 

 Cincinnati Convention. A committee 



l_i K. K. PlEESON 



Tariff ami Legi.slati\'e Committee 



of twelve, with Ed. Winterson as chair- 

 man, was appointed to arrange for 

 decorating the special car and there 

 will be no question as to its destina- 

 tion or what business the occupants 

 represent when it leaves here August 

 U; at 2.30 p. m., from the Polk Street 

 station. The smaller cities and towns 

 will hear the salute of a calliope and 

 will see a train bearing many banners 

 with strange devices. The interior will 

 be profusely decorated with flowers and 

 the hours will be enlivened with a Ger- 

 man band whose entertainment will 

 leave no time for thpughts to stray 

 l)ack to the business left behind. (See 

 announcement under "During Recess.) 

 The Denver delegation are expected at 

 7 a. ni., and will be entertained at 

 breakfast by the Chicago club. Trips 

 to various parts of the city will be 

 made with those visitors who are so 

 inclined. 



Among the Washingtonians who will 

 attend the convention are Theo. Diet- 

 rich, Geo. Shaffer and wife, Wm. F. 

 Gude. wife and party, Robert McClel- 

 lan, Wm. H. Ernest and Geo. Cooke. 



