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HORTICULTURE 



July 30, 1910 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND 

 ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



SPECIAL RATES TO ROCHESTER. 



A rate of one and three-fifths, on 

 the certificate plan, has been granted 

 by the Trunk Line Association, New 

 England Passenger Association, Cen- 

 tral Passenger Association and the 

 Eastern Canadian Association. Tick- 

 ets may be secured not earlier than 

 August 12th, and not later than August 

 17th, and will be good returning up to 

 and including August 23rd. In secur- 

 ing your ticket purchase a full one- 

 way first class fare and be sure to re- 

 quest a certificate. Inquire at your 

 home station and ascertain whether 

 certificates and through tickets can be 

 obtained to the place of meeting. If 

 not, purchase your ticket to the near- 

 est point where they may be secured 

 and there purchase a through .ticket 

 and certificate. No reduction of fare 

 will be made unless a certificate be se- 

 cured at the time of the purchase of 

 the ticket. Be sure to ask for certifi- 

 cate and not for a receipt. 



Immediately upon your arrival at 

 the convention hall, present your 

 ticket and 25 cents to the Secretary. 

 A fee of 25 cents is charged for each 

 ticket validated. An agent of the As- 

 sociation will be present at the office 

 of the Secretary on August 17th and 

 18th from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. to validate 

 certificates. No certificates will be 

 signed before or after that date. 



When returning present your cer- 

 tificate at the railway ticket office and 

 a ticket at three-fifths of the regular 

 fare will be furnished you. 



For those living west of the western 

 boundary of the Central Passenger As- 

 sociation, that is, west of Chicago or 

 St. Louis, summer tourist tickets may 

 be purchased to Chicago or St. Louis, 

 from which point the reduced rates may 

 be secured to the place of meeting. It 

 will be well to confer with your local 

 agent for full particulars regarding 

 rates and routes. 



Special trains and special cars start 

 from many of the larger centers. By 

 Joining one of these a very pleasant 

 trip may be had. 



Headquarters. 



Headquarters for the convention 

 will be at the Seneca Hotel. Both 

 the president's reception and the re- 

 ception given by the Ladies' Society 

 will be held here. It will also be 

 headquarters for the ladies. 



Dues. 



All members should send in their 

 dues in advance and have their cer- 

 tificates and badges mailed to them. 

 In this way much delay may be 

 avoided in the secretary's office. Dues 

 cannot be paid while meetings are in 

 progress. Remember that the secre- 

 tary has other duties to perform. 

 . A badge and certificate of membsr- 

 ship are absolutely necessary before 

 any individual can sign the roll and 

 receive invitation cards for any of the 

 entertainments. Badges will be also 

 necessary to get into the exhibition 

 hall. All not having badges will be 

 required to pay admission fee. 



H. B. DORNER, Sec'y. 



PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL 

 AMENDMENTS. 



Notice has been received of amend- 

 ments to the constitution to be pre- 

 sented for consideration and adoption 

 or rejection at the annual meeting in 

 Rochester. It is proposed that Sec. 1 

 of Art. 'V be amended so that the selec- 

 tion of the time as well as the date 

 of the next meeting shall be selected 

 annually by ballot by the Convention. 

 An amendment, to Sec. 2 of Art. IV 

 provides that the fee for life member- 

 ship be advanced from $25 to $50. 

 Amendments as proposed in Art. II. 

 Sec. 2, takes the appointment of 

 directors out of the hands of the presi- 

 dent and makes this an elective office 

 and takes the election of secretary and 

 treasurer out of the control of the So- 

 ciety, vesting these in the Executive 

 Board as appointive officers to continup 

 until their successors are appointed. 

 Other minor changes in various sec- 

 tions will be voted on in case the 

 above mentioned changes should be 

 approved. 



NEW STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Z. D. Blackistone has been appointed 

 local vice-president for District of 

 Columbia to replace Peter Bisset, who 

 has resigned, owing to demands of 

 his present employment. For the State 

 of Colorado, President Pierson has ap- 

 pointed John Berry, of Colorado 

 Springs, tO' succeed N. A. Benson. 



EXHIBITION. 



All exhibitors who intend entering 

 novelties and new devices, to be sub- 

 mitted for awards, for the S. A. F. & 

 O. H. Trade Exhibit, at Rochester, 

 N. Y., Aug. 16 to 19, please send 

 entries at once. The list must be 

 ready for the Judges the morning of 

 the first day, Tuesday, Aug. IGth. 

 CHAS. H. VICK, Supt. 



191 Main St., Rochester, N. Y. 



CONVENTION CITY PREPARA- 

 TIONS. 

 Entertainment and Games. 



The executive committee of the 

 Rochester Florists' Association have 

 matters well in hand for the enter- 

 tainment of the visitors, a few minor 

 details only being required to com- 

 plete all arrangements so that the 

 complete program can be placed in the 

 printers hands in a few days. 



The outing will be held at Manitou 

 Beach on Friday. The ball game will 

 also take place here, this being an 

 ideal spot for a gathering of this kind, 

 besides the ten-mile ride by trolley 

 along the shore of Lake Ontario, is a 

 feature in itself that the pommittee 

 did not overlook in deciding on Mani- 

 tou Beach. 



The ladies' bowling will be held at 

 the Elm Alleys on Elm street. The 

 men's bowling will take place at the 

 Grand Central Alleys on South avenue. 

 These are considered the equal of any 

 in the city and will be refurnished for 

 this occasion. The shooting contest 

 will be held on the grounds of the 

 Riverside Gun Club at South Park. 



Chairman A. F. Vick of the sports 

 committee desires that the clubs hold- 

 ing trophies will communicate with 

 him at once, stating whether these 

 trophies will be sent by express or 

 brought by the club now holding 

 them; he also requests that the 

 captains of all clubs will report at 

 once so that some idea can be formed 

 as to how many will be here, so that 

 the prize list can be made complete 

 without further delay. Address A. P. 

 Vick, care Vick & Hill Co., Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



The Souvenir Album now gone to 

 press will no doubt prove to be the 

 best publication of its kind ever pub- 

 lished in Rochester and will refiect 

 great credit on the committee who 

 had this work in charge. 



Charles H. Vick, superintendent of 

 the Trade Exhibit, is more than 

 pleased with the way matters are go- 

 ing and feels convinced that all will 

 be satisfied and that the Trade Ex- 

 hibit in Rochester will outshine all 

 others. Mr. Vick has appointed as 

 his assistant, '^^alter Salmon, who will 

 undoubtedly prove himself of great 

 value in directing the installing of the 

 Exhibit. 



W. H. Dildine of the badge com- 

 mittee, is busy on providing a Souve- 

 nir Button. The design will consist of 

 a reproduction of the Rochester Aster 

 and will be worn in addition, of 

 course, to the regular badge of the 

 S. A. P. 



Hotels. 

 I submit, for the information of 

 those attending the convention the 

 following list of hotels, together' with 

 rates, etc. All these hotels, with the 

 exception of the Bristol and Clinton 

 are strictly first-class, modern hotels: 



Hotel Seneca, Clinton Ave., South. 

 European plan. One person, $1.50 to 

 $3.50: two persons, $:1.00 to $5.00. 



Hotel Rochester. Main St., West. 

 European plan. $1.50 to $3.50. 



Powers Hotel. Main St., West. 

 European plan. $1..50 to $4.00. 



Osburn House. 104 South Ave. Amer- 

 ican plan. $1.50 to $4.00. 



Hotel Eggelston (men only), 159 

 Main St., East. European plan. $1.00 

 to $2.00. 



Whitcomb House, 209 Main St., East. 

 European plan. $1.50 to $3.00 with 

 bath, $1,00 to $2.50 without bath. 



The Bristol, Central Ave. European 

 plan. 



Clinton Hotel, South Ave. European 

 plan. 



It will be well to make application 

 for rooms in advance. 



H. B. STRINGER. 

 Sec'y Rochester Florists' Association. 



PROSPECTIVE ATTENDANCE. 

 From New York. 



The i-egular authorized rate for this 

 occasion is one and three-fifths fare 

 on the certificate plan. The going 

 fare, New York to Rochester via Le- 

 high Valley Railroad, is $7.00, ob- 

 taining certificate from ticket agent 

 entitling holder to return at the rate 

 of $4.20, with payment of fee of twen- 

 ty-five cents for vise of certificate. 



