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HORTICULTUEE 



August 23, 1913 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



Treasurer Kasting then read his reports, as follows: 



January 15th, 1912, to January 1st, 1913. 



Jan. 15, 1912. Balance In Permanent Fund $11,937.86 



Receipts to January 1, 191» 2,0o5.Tl 



Balance in Permanent Fund January 1, 1913 $13,993.57 



Jan. 15i 1912. Balance in General Fund $9,308.07 



Receipts to January 1, 1913 11,725.15 



$21,033.22 

 Disbursements to January 1, 1913 8,9(M.21 



Balance In General Fund January 1, 1913 12,129.01 



Total Balance January 1, 1913 $26,122.58 



INVESTED AS FOLLOWS: 

 Permanent Fund. 



Dunkelberg Bond & Mortgage, Fort Wayne, Ind $6,000.00 



City & Suburban Realty Co. Bond & M., Fort Wayne, Ind 1,500.00 



Germania Savings Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa 670.76 



American Savings Bank, Butfalo, N. T 3,528.25 



Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. Y 2,099.11 



$13,79ai2 



General Fund. 



American Savings Bank, Buffalo, N. Y •. $4,708.67 



Peoples Bank (Savings Account), Buffalo, N. Y 5,080.30 



Peoples Bank (Cheeking Account!, Buffalo, N Y 2,535.49 



12,324.46 



$26,122.58 

 Bond and Mortgage at 5% Interest. 

 Pittsburgh and Buffalo Savings Banks at i% inte.-est. 

 Peoples Bank on Savings Account at 4% Interest. 



Peoples Bank i n Savings Account at 3% interest on quarterly balances. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



(Signed) WM. F. KASTING, Treasurer. 



TREASURER'S SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT. 



January 1st, 1913, to August 1st, 1913. 



Jan. 1, 1913. Balance in Permanent Fund $13,993.57 



Receipts to August 1, 1913 1,142.37 



Balance in Permanent Fund August 1, 1913 $15,135.94 



Jan. 1, 1913. Balance in General Fund $12,129.01 



Receipts to August 1, 1913 .%250.00 



$15,379.01 

 Disbursements, August 1, 1913 4,271.05 



Balance in General Fund August 1, 1913 11,107.96 



Prom National Flower Show, New York 1,500.72 



Total Balance August 1, 1913 $27,744.62 



INVESTED AS FOLLOWS: 

 Permanent Fund. 



Dunkelberg Bond aud Mortgage. Fort Wayne. Ind $11,000.00 



City & Suburban Realty Co. Bond & M, Fort Wayne, Ind 1.500.00 



Germania Savings Bank. Pittsburgh, Pa 684.16 



American Savings Bank, BiitTal.). N. Y 3,692.97 



Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. V 3,258.81 



$15,135.94 



General Fund. 



American Savings Bark. Buffal... N. Y $4,708.67 



German American Banis. liuffaln. N. Y 2,747.20 



Peoples Bank, General Fund, .Savings Account 3.060.30 



Peoples Bank, (5eneral Fund, Checkiug Account' 602.79 



11,118.96 



W. & T. Bank, Buffalo. N. Y., Special Fund 1,500.72 



$27,755.62 

 Less checks out : No. 273, $3.00; No. 276, $8,00 11.00l|i 



$27,744.62 

 Bond and Mortgage at 5% interest. 

 Pittsburgh and Buffalo Savings Banks at 4% interest. 

 Peoples Bank, Checking Account. 3% interest on quarterly balances. 



United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture. However, the official legal ma- 

 chinery necessary to put this project 

 in motion has been working slowly. 

 but we indulge the hope that the 

 papers will receive the signature of 

 the Secretary of Agriculture in a very 

 short time and the garden will be a 

 properly established factor. 



Sentiment is being aroused towards 

 securing from Congress suitable legis- 

 lation in reference to the Wm. R. 

 Smith Memorial, and we hope in the 

 near future to secure the assistance 

 needed towards its erection. 



It is a pleasure to report that the 

 yea* has been a prolific and prosper- 

 ous one in and about the capital in 

 our calling. Crops and business have 

 been good, and the florists generally 

 have had a prosperous twelve-month. 



Report of the Committee on Smith 

 Memorial. 



Your committee, appointed at the 

 Convention held August, 1912, in Chi- 

 cago, has been at work on the pre- 

 liminary arrangements, but did not 

 feel at liberty to proceed until after 

 interviews had been arranged witli the 

 Gcvernment officials, Jilr^, Andrew Car- 

 negie, and the trustees of the library 

 left by Mr. Smith. 



Consideration of what type of me- 

 morial would be best suited to com- 

 memorate our late friend for all tinn^ 

 to come has not been taken up as yet. 

 In an interview this spring between 

 your chairman and Mr. Carnegie, the 

 latter expressed himself as very mucli 

 interested in the project. He did not 

 wish to take the initiative, however. 



and asked your chairman to see first 

 what the florists of the United States 

 would do. These being heard from he 

 desired to know the result, as he did 

 not want the memorial erected with- 

 out having the privilege of contribu- 

 ting towards the expense of its con- 

 struction. 



In the late spring of 1913, your com- 

 mittee sent a letter to all secretaries 

 of our kindred organizations (some 60 

 in number of record) in the United 

 States. A number of replies received 

 stated that the matter would he taken 

 up individually or collectively by 

 members from many cities. Encour- 

 aging reports have come from other 

 sources, and while no money has been 

 asked for as yet. $145 have been re- 

 ceived and deposited in bank with the 

 Munsey Trust Company of Washing- 

 ton. D. C; four per cent, interest is 

 being paid on this deposit. 



The Committee proposes to start an 

 active campaign in the early fall for 

 funds, giving all persons interested in 

 the memorial an opportunity to sub- 

 scribe. 



Report of Committee on Experimental 

 Rose Gardens. 



The committee appointed iu March 

 1912. to secure permission from the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture to establish an experimental rose 

 garden on the Arlington Farms, under 

 the direction of horticultural experts 

 of the United States Government, has 

 been actively at work. Official appli- 

 cation, as per following letter, has 

 been filed by the committees of the 

 Rose Society and the S. A. F. and 

 O. H. In addition, the committee has 

 had a number of interviews with the 

 Department officials. It had been 

 hoped that before this report was sub- 

 mitted the garden would have been 

 established, but owing to the change 

 of administration some delay has been 

 experienced. The committee feels, 

 however, that ere we meet in conven- 

 tion again we will have a good report 

 from a rose garden actually estab- 

 lished and in operation at Arlington 

 Farms. Va., where roses from all sec- 

 tions may be tested officially. 



May 29, 1913. 

 Hon. David F. Houston. Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, Washington. D. C. 



Dear Sir: The rose growers of America. 

 as represented by their respective societies, 

 feel the desirability of having at some ac- 

 cessible point as large a collection of rose 

 species and varieties as will thrive at any 

 one place. The advantages of such a col- 

 lection would be the opportunity for study 

 and comparison by those most interested, 

 including growers and hybridizers, and the 

 educational value to the general public. 



Feeling that the value of such a collec- 

 tion is not confined to commercial rose 

 growers: that such a collection could be 

 well fostered and maintained under the 

 present organization and equipment of 

 ytnir department, and tliat the climate of 

 Washington is favorable to the growth of 

 a large numlter of varieties, we respect- 

 fully ask that ;i rose g;irden be established 

 on the. .'Vrlington Farm under the care and 

 supervision of Ihe government 



In order to cooperate as far as possible 

 in establishing and maintaining such a 

 garden, these societies will supply free of 

 cost to the government, stock true to 

 name, and provide funds for the labelling 

 of the collection. Ihe governnient to supply 

 the necessary land and labor fur the culti- 

 vation and care of the collection 



Very respectfully. 



I, 



WM. F. GUDE. 



Washington Representative S A. F. and 

 i O. H. and Chairman Special Com- 

 mittee. 



