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HORTICULTURE 



August 30, 1913 



THE MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION 



Our convention report, published 

 last week, carried tlie story of the 

 proceedings up to the close of the ses- 

 sion of Thursday morning. Thursday 

 afternoon was devoted to the bowling 

 contests and Thursday evening to the 

 ladies' reception and dancing at the 

 Hotel Radisson, both of which affairs 

 were eminently successful in every re- 

 spect. On Thursday afternoon the 

 present and past officials of the S. A. 

 P. and the Ladies' S. A. F. enjoyed a 

 most delightful sail on Lake Minne- 

 tonka to the beautiful villa and grounds 

 of Mr. C. G. Goodrich, who, assisted 

 by Mrs. Goodrich and A. Weber, the 

 superintendent of the grounds, ex- 

 tended a most cordial and hospitable 

 welcome. The result of the bowling 

 contests will be found in another col- 

 umn. 



On Friday morning the Florists' Hail 

 Association held its annual meeting. 

 At 11 A. M., the S. A. F. convened 

 in regular session, the principal topic 

 for consideration being the Elxecutive 

 Board's report recommending that ex- 

 hibits of artificial flowers be excluded 

 from the trade exhibitions and flower 

 shows. The debate was pointed and 

 strenuous while it lasted, which was 

 not long, for it was cut short by a 

 very decisive vote to lay the matter on 

 the table and thus a score or more of 

 trenchant speeches that had been in 

 the incubator for weeks met a pre- 

 natal death. 



Leonard Barron's lecture on Friday 

 afternoon with stereopticon illustra- 

 tions giving VGlimpses of American 

 Gardens" was interesting and instruc- 

 tive. Mr. Barron is a good talker and 

 held his audience closely throughout. 

 Following him. Col. D. O. Lively gave 

 a graphic account of the preparations 

 for a huge horticultural department 

 at the Panama-Pacific Exposition 

 which, however, was listened to by a 

 disappointingly meagre audience. 



Friday evening's concert at the Lake 

 Harriett roof garden by the Minneap- 

 olis Park Orchestral Band, compli- 

 mentary by the Board of Park Com- 

 missioners, was one of the happiest 

 occasions in the history of S. A. F. 

 conventions. The evening was glori- 

 ous and the entire scene, the pavilion 

 with its festoons of electric lights, the 

 mid-summer night sky overhead, the 

 music and the merry throngs, was one 

 never to be forgotten. A valse reverie, 

 "In a Rose Garden." had been spe- 

 cially written and dedicated to the S. 

 A. F. by the conductor. Wm. Warvelle 

 Nelson, and the 11 numbers on the 

 program were listed in a humorous 

 way as the productions of eleven of 

 the active spirits in the Society's 

 work, namely: "The Land of the 

 Mountain and the Flood," Farquhar; 

 "La Boheme," Young; "In a Rose Gar- 

 den." Totty; "In a Clock Store," 

 Peirce; "Scenes from Switzerland," 

 Wlrth; "Southern Airs." Vincent; "Du 

 Lteber Augustin," Poehlmann; "Put 

 Me Off at Buffalo," Kasting; "Rhyfel- 

 gyrch Gwyr Harlech." Evans; "Carril- 

 lon," Roland; "Albion," Bunyard. The 

 "Clock Store" was an Irrlslstlbly funny 



Concluding Reports 



thing with its clocks ticking, striking 

 and cuckooing in the most realistic 

 manner. At the middle of the per- 

 formance, President Farquhar ascend- 

 ed the band stand and in a very felici- 

 tous speech presented Conductor Nel- 

 son with a gold-headed ebony cane, 

 the gift of the officers and directors 

 of the S. A. F. Turning to descend 

 after having performed this pleasant 

 duty. President Farquhar found the 

 way blocked by W. F. Gude, who pro- 

 ceeded to tell him how much the So- 

 ciety thought of him and in token of 

 the esteem of his fellow members 

 placed before him a chest of silver 

 table-ware. The response of the sur- 

 prised recipient was heartfelt and 

 deeply appreciative. Everybody 



cheered and cheered and it was alto- 

 gether a most inspiring occasion, in- 

 cluding Harry Bunyard's inimitable 

 impersonation as leader of the band 

 in the final selection. 



Saturday was the Minneapolis and 

 St. PanI Florists' Day. The visitors 

 were their guests at Tonka Bay for 

 the entire day. It was a well-planned 

 and well-carried out picnic, with mu- 

 sic and games and refreshments with- 

 out limit. Like everything else con- 

 nected with this memorable conven- 

 tion, it passed off without a hitch and 

 with only one adverse incident, which, 

 happily, had no serious result. Dur- 

 ing the tub races an overcrowded boat 

 landing gave way, precipitating a num- 

 ber of spectators into the water, in- 

 cluding August Poehlmann. who was 

 completely soused and had to don a 

 Minneapolis Club baseball uniform 

 while his clothing was being dried. 

 The tug-of-war between East and West 

 was the culminating excitement and 

 the West was victorious. 



Report of Committee on Final Resolu- 

 tions. 

 To the S. A. F. and 0. H. in conven- 

 tion assembled at Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



Your Committee on Final Resolu- 

 tions beg to submit the following res- 

 olutions and move their adoption, 

 namely: 



Whereas, The participants in the 

 Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting and Ex- 

 hibition of the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists, members, their ladies, and guests, 

 feeling that they have enjoyed a most 

 pleasureable week in Minneapolis, and 

 have been surrounded by all that would 

 make their stay enjoyable and tend to 

 make their deliberations most pro- 

 ductive of good, desire to give some 

 fitting expression to their gratitude for 

 the courtesies and attentions shown 

 them; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists and Ornamental Horti- 

 culturists tender by rising and unani- 

 mous vote their thanks and apprecia- 

 tion to the S. A. F. and O. H. Conven- 

 tion Committee of Minneapolis and St. 

 Paul, composed of the members of the 

 Minneapolis and St. Paul Florists' 

 Clubs, through Its chairman. Theodore 

 Wirth. and the various committees 



all of whom have performed their 

 labor of love most enthusiastically 

 and successfully and to our entire sat- 

 isfaction; also to the Minnesota State 

 Florists' Association and the Minne- 

 apolis Florists' Club who have as or- 

 ganizations co-operated with the Gen- 

 eral Convention Committee; further 



Resolved, That we tender a rising 

 vote of thanks and appreciation to the 

 Hon. Wallace G. Nye. who so cordially 

 welcomed us to the city of Minneapo- 

 lis; to the Ladies' Reception Commit- 

 tee; to the Honorable Board of Park 

 Commissioners, through whose valu- 

 able assistance the labor of the Super- 

 inrtendent of Parks was rendered so 

 effective in the excellent out-door ex- 

 hibit which was so pronounced and ap- 

 preciated a feature of this convention; 

 also to the daily press of the city for 

 their intelligent reports of our pro- 

 ceedings. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Wm. J. Stewart, 

 Michael Babker, 

 A. T. DeLaMabe, 

 Committee. 



THE BOWLING CONTEST. 



Team Contest. 



i.-it Prlie. Ni;\v vdiuc. 



Don ndson .'LM l."i!> Ifll r>'l 



Pierson 109 i:i4 l.">6 399 



Kessler 19,'* 144 148 490 



MIcsem 1«8 14.'> 146 459 



Clindwlck 159 144 123 427 



Totnls .SIV. 72B 705 2346 



2nd Prize. CHICAGO. 



nispn .....140 166 171 477 



McKell.ir lis 122 148 388 



c.iierlsch 9.'i 108 76 279 



Asnuis 146 l.-W l.'W 439 



Zeck 149 127 188 464 



Totals 648 678 721 2(M7 



3rd Prize. MILWAUKEE. 



Ruph I.'i7 17.'> 1.54 486 



I'nlil 13!) 122 112 373 



Zwolfel 123 108 RS 319 



i;ro!l?er 121 116 104 241 



Holton 178 l.'>0 173 501 



Totals 718 671 631 2020 



4lli Prize. MINNEAPOLIS. 



Will 1.34 1.39 1.37 410 



Kiiedllnger 122 116 126 364 



Uovik 1.T6 i:« 127 401 



Doeatch 1.31 129 128 388 



Meyer 133 127 102 362 



Totals 656 649 620 1925 



.-.th Prize. OMAHA. 



Henderson 107 154 121 382 



Hpss 102 1.32 103 3.37 



Sorenson 129 lOJ 97 .330 



Swol.odn 101 123 110 .3.X"i 



Frey 99 112 150 361 



Totnls 538 625 581 1744 



High Men on Teams. 



Donaldson, New York. ."iTl ; Olscn, Chlen- 

 co, 477; Holton. MllwnHkee, ,501; Will, 

 Minnesota. 410; Henderson. Omnliii, 382. 



HlRli rSnme — New York. 8,55. Most 

 Strikes— New York, 40; Most Spares— New 

 York, 56. Most Railroads— New York, 17. 



Diamond Medal. 



C. J. Gralinm 1S7 174 204 565 



Men's Individual Contest and Prizes. 

 Total In Three Oamea. 

 n. Mel-ennon, 1st, 532; M. Uloy, 2nd. 

 fill: C. .T. r.rnlinm. 3rd. .508; fJeo. Smith, 

 4tli, 496: Emil Lenly, 5th, 4.83; C. E. Crlt- 

 ch-ll. 6th. 480; R. Rahaley. 7th, 4,56; W. 

 .T Vespy, .8th, 446; J. n. Wilson. 9th, 440: 

 n. R. Herbert, 10th, 438: O. .T. Olson, 4,36: 

 A. Hart, 429; R. W. Guy, 427; A, Ras- 



