July 5, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND 

 ORNAMENTA L HORT ICULTURISTS 



Program of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting and Exhibition 



to be held in the National Guard Armory, Minneapolis^ 



Minn,, August \9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 1913 



OFFICERS 



President. J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Vice-President. Theodore Wirth, 

 Minneapolis, Minn. 



Secretary, John Young. 54 W. 28th 

 St., New York. 



Treasurer. Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, 

 N. Y. 



Board of Directors. 



One Year — Harry A. Bunyard, Xew 

 York City; E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, 



Two Years— Chas. H. Totty. Madi- 

 son, N. J.; John A. Evans. Richmond, 

 Ind. 



Three Years — Thomas Roland, Xa- 

 hant, Mass.: August Poehlmann, Mor- 

 ton Grove. 111. 



Ex-Officio — Richard Vincent, Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md. 



National Flower Show Committee. 



Chas. H. Totty. Madison, X. J. 

 (Chairman): W. A. Manda, South Or- 

 ange, X. J.; W. X. Craig, Philadelphia. 

 Pa.: W. N. Rudd, Chicago, 111.; Thom- 

 as Roland, Xahant, Mass.; George As- 

 mus, Chicago. 111. 



Botanist. Prof. A. C. Beal. Ithaca, 

 N. Y. 



Pathologist. Prof. H. H. Whetzel, 

 Ithaca, N. Y.; Entomologist, Prof. 

 Thos. B. Symons, College Park. Md. 



Sup't of Exhibition. John Young, 

 54 W. 28th St.. New York. 



Tariff and Legislative Committee. 



Wm. F. Gude. Chairman. Washing- 

 ton, D. C; Patrick O'.Mara, X. Y.; 

 James McHutchison, X. Y.; Philip 

 Breitmeyer, Detroit. Mich.; Patrick 

 Welch. Boston. Mass.; Winfried Rol- 

 ker. X. Y. 



Judges for the Trade Exhibition. 



Classes E and G— P. Welch. Boston, 

 Mass.. Chairman; W. F. Kasting. Buf- 

 falo. X. Y.; C. F. Rice. Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



A, B and F— John R. Fotheringham, 

 Tarry town. X. Y. Chairman; L. H. 

 Vaughan. Chicago, 111.; J. D. Eisele, 

 Riverton, N. J. 



C and D— E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, 

 Mass.. Chairman; Adolph Poehlmann. 

 Morton Grove, 111.; M. A. Patten. 

 Tewksbury. Mass. 



Competitive Exhibits — Philip Breit- 

 meyer, Detroit. Mich., Chairman; 

 Charles U. Fohn. Colorado Springs, 

 Colo.; Samuel :Murray, Kansas City. 

 Mo. 



PROGRAM. 



Tuesday, August 19th, First Day. 



Openim; Sessio.s. 



2 P. M.— Opening Exercises — Ball 

 Room. Address of Welcome, by Hon. 

 Wallace G. Nye. mayor. President 

 Farquhar's Address. Reports of Of- 



ficers. Xaming of Meeting Place for 

 1914. 



Evening Session. 



8 P. M.— Reception to President 

 Farquhar. Gold Room, Balcony Floor, 

 Hotel Radisson. Music, Dancing, Re- 

 freshments; strictly informal. Ballot- 

 ing for .Meeting Place for 1914. 



Wednesday, August 20th, Second Day. 

 MoB>-ixG Session. 



9 A. M.— Meeting of the American 

 Rose Society — Committee Room B. 



10 A. M.— Meeting of the American 

 Sweet Pea Society— Committee Room 

 0. Morning Session of S. A. F. and 

 O. H.— Committee Room .A. Report 

 of Tariff and Legislative Committee 

 —Discussion. Nominations of Officers 

 for 1914. Reports of State Vice- 

 Presidents. 



10 A. M.— Annual Meeting of Ladles' 

 Society of American Florists — Com- 

 mittee Room D. 



2 P. M.— Meeting of the Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery — Committee Room 

 B. 



3 P. M.— S. A. F. and O. H.— Report 

 of Xational Flower Show Committee, 

 by Chairman Charles H. Totty— Com- 

 mittee Room A. Discussion. Report 

 of School Garden Committee — Com- 

 mittee Room A. Report of Judges of 

 Trades Exhibit — Committee Room A. 



B\'ENiNo Session. 



S P. M. — Stereopticon Lecture — By 

 Theodore Wirth: "Parks and Boule- 

 vards of Minneapolis"— Ball Room. 



Thursday, August Twenty-First, 



Third Day. 



.Mohmm; Session. 



9 A. M.— Meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society — Committee Room 

 B. 



10.30 A. M.— -Meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Gladiolus Society — Committee 

 Room C. 



10 A. M. to 12 M.— S. A. F. and O. 

 H.— Polls open for Election of Offi- 

 cers. 



10 A. M. — Bowling Contest, Ladies' 

 Society A. F. — Central Bowling Alleys, 

 4th Floor, Corner 6th Street and 1st 

 Avenue Xorth. 



2 P. M. — Annual Bowling Tourna- 

 ment S. A. F. and O. H.— Central 

 Bowling Alleys, 4th Floor, Corner 6tli 

 Street and 1st Avenue Xorth. 



Friday. August Twenty-Second. Fourth 

 Day, 



Morning Session. 

 9 A. M.— Meeting of the Florists' 



Hail Association— Committee Room 

 0. 



10 A. M. — Meeting of the American 

 Chrysanthemum Society — Committee 

 Room B. 



11 A. M.— Session of S. A-. F. and O. 

 H. — Committee Room A. Report of 

 Chairman of Publicity Committee. 

 Discussion and Action on the follow- 

 ing recommendation of the Board of 

 Directors: "Resolved. That it is the 

 sense of the Board of Directors that 

 some action be taken by the Society 

 whereby exhibits of artificial flowers 

 at our Trade Exhibitions and Flower 

 Shows be excluded." 



Afternoon Session. 



2 P. M.— S. A. F. and O. H.— Report 

 of Chairman W. R. Smith Memorial 

 Committee; Report of Chairman Com- 

 mittee on Sports — Committee Room 

 A. 



3 P. M. — Stereopticon Lecture— By 

 Leonard Barron: "Glimpses of Ameri- 

 can Gardens"— Ball Room. 



4 P. M. — Paper — By A. Farenwald: 

 Affiliation— Ball Room. Discussion. 



IhTCNiNG Session. 



5 P. .M.— Special S. A. F. and O. H. 

 Concert— By the Minneapolis Park 

 Orchestral Band at Lake Harriet 

 Pavilion. Boating— On Lake Harriet. 

 Compliments of the Board of Park 

 Commissioners. Take cars for Lake 

 on Hennepin Ave. at 7 P. M. 



Saturday, August Twenty-Third, Fifth 



Day. 



All Day Octing. 



Guests of the Minneapolis Florists' Club. 



9 A. M. — Take special cars on 6th 



Street between Hennepin Avenue and 



1st Avenue North for Tonka Bay. 



One hour's ride through a splendid 



rolling farming country to beautiful 



Lake Minnetonka. Refreshments, 



Dancing. Boating. Fishing, Bathing, 



Sporting Events — As per program. 



Prof. H. H. Whetzel of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Official Pathologist, will have 

 on exhibition an extensive collection 

 of specimens and descriptive material 

 covering plant diseases. The educa- 

 tional value of this exhibit was clear- 

 ly demonstrated at the convention at 

 Chicago. The exhibit will be in charge 

 of Roy C. Faulwetler, who will be 

 pleased to give visitors information re- 

 garding' the same. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



Tufsday. August Nineteenth. First 

 Day. ^ P. M. — President Farquhar's 

 Receition— Gold Room, Balcony Floor, 

 Hotel Radisson. Music, Dancing, Re- 



fresliiii;-nts. 

 Wdiuesday. August Twentieth, Sec- 



