August 20, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



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the Society is also due them for the 

 complimentary copies of their publica- 

 tions sent for use in the office of the 

 Secretary. 



Aid of the Society. 



It should be borne in mind that the 

 S. A. P. & O. H. is for the good of its 

 members and that the Secretary is its 

 chief clerk. Information regarding ex- 

 press troubles, questions regarding 

 rates, legislation, etc., if sent to the 

 Secretary will be placed in the hands 

 of the proper committees for action. 

 Such data as this will give a firmer 

 working basis in their investigations. 

 The Society can best help you when 

 your wants are made known. The Sec- 

 retary will always be ready to give 

 all the aid possible or else refer your 

 troubles to others who may be of help 

 to you. 



In closing I wish to tender my heart- 

 felt thanks to those friends who have 

 given me so freely of their time and 

 assistance and who by their advice 

 have helped make my work both easier 

 and better. 



Further reports were deferred, and 

 the convention adjourned to 9.30 a. m. 

 Wednesday. 



THE PRESIDENTS' RECEPTION. 



This popular feature was a grand 

 success. In the receiving line in the 

 spacious assembly hall of the Seneca 

 Hotel, with President F. R. Pierson, 

 were ex-presidents W. R. Smith, 

 Adam Graham and Robert Craig, 

 Vice-president F. W. Vick and J. Otto 

 Thilow. After nearly an hour of busy 

 hand-shaking and greetings, dancing 

 was in order until a late hour and re- 

 freshments were served throughout 

 the evening. 



Report of treasurer, Wm. F. Kasting, 

 of Buffalo, N. Y., was then read. The 

 financial portions of which were re- 

 ferred to the Auditing Committee: C. 

 L. Washburn, A. L. Miller, Jos. Hea- 

 cock. 



The minutes of the meetings of the 

 Executive Board were read and ap- 

 proved, and their recommendations 

 concurred in at this time with the ex- 

 ception of action upon the appropria- 

 tion for the National Council of Horti- 

 culture, which was made a special 

 order for Wednesday morning's ses- 

 sion. 



The following were appointed as 

 Committee on Vice-Presidents' Re- 

 ports: W. B. Du Rie, Frank H. 

 Traendly, Benj. Hammond. 



In the absence of the Official 

 Entomologist of the Society, Dr. S. A. 

 Forbes, his report was read by Prof. 

 J. J. Davis, and duly filed. 



Prof. H. H. Whetzel, Pathologist for 

 the Society, was introduced to the 

 convention, and announced that h)6 

 would locate himself in the exhibition 

 hall and desired to meet there all 

 members who had troubles to report, 

 as he sought to learn all he could of 

 the problems that confront 'he floiists 

 as to disease conditions in horticul- 

 ture with a view to finding a remedy 

 wherever possible. He promised to 

 have something further to commvmi- 

 cate on Wednesday regarding his plan 

 of work. 



Mr. John Westeott, Chairman Com- 

 mittee on Convention Sports told 

 something of the work of that com- 

 mittee, and its belief that the furnish- 

 ing of laudable sports was an incen- 

 tive to many to attend the meetings 

 that might otherwise remain at home 

 absorbed in their usual routine duties. 

 He promised that absolutely fair play 

 should prevail in all awards, and n<me 

 but amateurs and strictly members in 

 good standing of the S. A. F. would be 

 permitted to compete. 



Mr. O'Mara, Chairman of tlie Tariff 

 and Legislative Committee, made a re- 

 port of an interesting character em- 

 bodying a voluminous correspondence 

 showing conditions surrounding the 

 glass industry as affecting the florists, 

 and other matters. 



The report was received and filed, 

 and discussion of it postponed until 

 later on. 



WEDNESDAY'S SESSIONS. 

 Baltimore the Next Meeting Place. 



The session of Wednesday forenoon 

 was well attended, the active canvass- 

 ing for rival contestants for the con- 

 vention of 1911 bringing out a record 

 throng. The paper on the "Use of 

 Cement in Greenhouse Construction" 

 by E. D. Boyer was listened to with 

 close attention and vigorously dis- 

 cussed. Mr. Rudd not being present 

 his paper was deferred. Selection of 

 the place of meeting for 1911 brought 

 invitations from many cities and 

 direct nominations from two — viz., 

 Chicago and Baltimore. The naming 

 of these cities was the signal for up- 

 roarious applause from the respective 

 adherents of each and the balloting 

 was proceeded with amidst much ex- 

 citement. The result showed a total 

 of 135 votes for Chicago and ISO for 

 Baltimore and the Monumental City 

 was declared the winner. 



The afternoon session opened with 

 a full house and the reading and dis- 

 cussion of several papers. On the re- 

 port of the Executive Committee rec- 

 ommending the appropriation of $150 

 for the use of the Council of Horticul- 

 ture, the gladiators of the S. A. F. 

 arena were brought into action and 

 after a lively tilt the resolution was 

 defeated on a rising vote. 



The nominations for officers were 

 as follows: For president, George 

 Asmus; vice-president, R. Vincent; 

 secretary, H. B. Dorner; treasurer, 

 Wm. F. Kasting. there being no con- 

 test on any office. 



Professor Whetzell. pathologist of the 

 Society, outlined a plan for coopera- 

 tion along lines of investigation of 

 plant diseases which would involve an 

 expenditure of fifteen hundred dollars 

 annually. 



The selection of Baltimore as con- 

 vention city was made unanimous on 

 the motion of Mr. Vaughan. 



At the evening session, Wednesday, 

 announcement was made that owing to 

 the illness of Mr. Dunbar it would be 

 impossible for him to present his 

 illustrated lecture. This was a great 

 disappointment to the audience. James 

 L. Cowles, secretary of the Postal 

 Progress League, addressed the con- 

 vention at some length in explanation 

 of the bill pending in Congress and af- 

 ter discussion, strong resolutions were 

 adopted strongly approving of said bill 

 and recommending that all candidates 

 for Congress be pledged to the widest 

 possible extension of the post office. 



The evening reception by ladies of 

 the S. A. F. at Seneca Hotel was a 

 great social event, and was largely at- 

 tended. The entertainment consisted 

 of songs by Miss Pearl Fulmer, dances 



and recitations by Miss Virginia Pohl- 

 mann and others, followed by danc- 

 ing and refreshments. The ladies auto 

 ride in the afternoon was a very suc- 

 cessful and enjoyable event and 

 several hundred were provided for. 

 THURSDAY'S SESSIONS. 



Thursday forenoon was occupied as 

 arranged by meetings of auxiliary so- 

 cieties and co-operating interests, viz.: 

 American Rose Society, American Car- 

 nation Society, Gladiolus Society, 

 Sweet Pea Society and retailer's sec- 

 tion. All these meetings were well at- 

 tended and pertinent questions earn- 

 estly discussed. Full reports of these 

 meetings will appear next week. 



Thursday forenoon's session con- 

 vened at 12 o'clock. J. A. Valentine 

 made a report of progress on behalf 

 of the retail florists section. Mr. 

 Farquhar then addressed the meeting 

 on the subject of the National Flower 

 Show to be held in Boston next 

 March, giving a detailed account of 

 what had been done thus far in all 

 departments of preparatory work by 

 the various committees and the asso- 

 ciated societies. A resolution was 

 adopted appointing a special meeting 

 of the Society of American Florists 

 to be held in Boston March 26, 1911. 

 Election of Officers. 



Election of officers was next in or- 

 der and the various candidates as 

 severally nominated were unanimous- 

 ly elected. Proposed amendments to 

 the constitution were then taken up 

 and after brief discussion on which 

 W. R. Smith and J. A. Valentine ad- 

 vocated the change in method of 

 electing officers, this matter was on 

 motion of W. J. Stewart indefinitely 

 postponed: a proposition to change 

 the method of fixing the date of the 

 annual meeting was laid on table for 

 one year. Change of life member- 

 ship fee was also disapproved. A 

 resolution favoring state appropria- 

 tion of fifty thousand dollars for con- 

 struction of greenhouses at Cornell 

 University was presented by F. W. 

 Vick and unanimously adopted. Re- 

 port of final sessions and sporting 

 events and excursions will be given 

 in full next week. 



THE EXHIBITION. 



The grand trade exhibition at Roches- 

 ter, in extent, value, variety and ar- 

 rangement, is in the very front rank 

 of convention exhibition successes. 

 Never before have the exhibits been 

 so generally complete and the hall in 

 order for inspection as on this occa- 

 sion. Everything moved with a quiet- 

 ness and order which was commented 

 upon on all sides with undisguised ad- 

 miration. Following is a list of the 

 exhibitors and their goods. We should 

 like to give a much more detailed 

 description of many of them, but lack 

 of room compels brevity. 



Herry F .Michell Co., a very compre- 

 hensive array of florists' and gardeners' 

 svndries gveen'iouse requisites, flower pots, 

 se'eds bulbs, cold storage Ulies and a 

 uew nnd liigbly reoommonded orenid pot. 



A 't F.oddington, a superb display ot 

 lilies and other bulbs ot high grade quf'ty; 

 musliro.ini sp.iwn; dracaena canes; Illy or 

 the vallev pips; palm •^eeds; and gladiolus 

 blooms of named varieties. 



r.obbink .t Atldn^, extensive group of 

 large palms and ornamental conifers in 



'"w' \ Mandfi, large and attractive group 

 of stove and greenhouse plants and orchids, 

 among the novelties being Polypodium 

 Mandaianum. 



