Aiigust 27, 191-1 



HORTICULTURE 



305 



Mr. O'Mara spoke forcibly upon the 

 subject, and gave some inside history 

 that very much interested the atten- 

 tive audience present. 



ViCK AND Dreer Displays 



For Greenhouses at Cornell. 



Following are the resolutions adopt- 

 ed on behalf of a range of greenhouses 

 tor experimental purposes. After pas- 

 sage, it was voted that a copy of the 

 resolutions be sent to each of the New 

 York state senators and representa- 

 tives. 



Whereas, It is the purpose aud policy of 

 the Society of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturi.^its to encourage exper- 

 imental investigation in horticulture at tile 

 state experiment stations, where this sub- 

 ject has been much neglected as compared 

 with oth'_n' branches of horticulture, and 



Whereas. The Uorists of the state of 

 New York will this winter malie an effort 

 to secure an appropriation of fifty thousand 

 d<iUars from the state for a range of green- 

 houses for experimems in horticulture at 

 t'ornell Uni\ ersit.v, therefore be it 



Resolved, That the Society strongly 

 endoises this effort, and urges its favorable 

 consideration at the uands of the legisla- 

 ture, and pledges itself to use its iuauencr- 

 Iq every possible way to further the move- 

 ment. 



Mr. Dean hoped that a copy of the 

 resolutions would be sent to each of 

 the New York state senators and rep- 

 resentatives in the legislature, which 

 was agreed to. 



graph Delivery, a name descriptive of 

 the work of the organization, were 

 elected: J. A. Valentine, president, 

 Denver, Colo.; W. J. Palmer, vice- 

 president. Buffalo, N. Y.; W. L. Rock, 

 treasurer, Kansas City, Mc; H. B. Dor- 

 ner, secretary, Urbana, 111.; and these 

 directors: (One year), A. B. Cartledge. 

 Philadelphia. Pa.; W. F. Gude, Wash- 

 ington, D. C; Fred H. Meinhardt, St. 

 Louis, Mo. (Two years), Philip Breit- 

 meyer, Detroit. Mich.: Ernst Weinhoe- 

 ber, Chicago, 111.; George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago, 111. (Three years), W. L. Rock, 

 Kansas City, Mo.; John Bertermann, 

 Indianapolis, Ind.; Irwin Bertermann, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. At the conclusion 

 of the afternoon session of the retail- 

 ers' organization they adjourned sine 

 die, after a unanimous vote of thanks 

 to President Valentine for his arduous 

 work in working out the plan of or- 

 ganization. The articles constituting 

 the By-Laws were adopted in toto as 

 they were presented, and it was under- 

 stood that Mr. Valentine had thought 

 them out carefully in all details. 



Parcels Post hearings at Washington, 

 should be enacted into law at the opening 

 of the coming session of Congress. 



Mr. O'Mara in speaking to the res- 

 olutions said that beyond any question 

 of doubt whatsoever, the railroad and 

 express interests have up to the pres- 

 ent time influenced the findings of the 

 Committee on Post Offices and Post 

 Roads, and have thwarted the popular 

 demand for the consolidation of the 

 third and fourth class matter, some- 

 thing that has been urged upon Con- 

 gress for the past six or seven years 

 by the Post Office Department itself. 



The Panama Exposition. 



A .communication asking the adop- 

 tion of resolutions endorsing the move- 

 ment to memorialize Congress to fix 

 the location of a "World's Panama Ex- 

 position at New Orleans in 1915, was 

 about to be read by the Secretary, but 

 the point of order being raised by Mr. 

 Valentine that the action sought to be 

 taken was outside of the province of 

 the Society, the Chair ruled against 

 the point taken, and upon an appeal 

 being suggested, on motion of Mr. 

 Co well, the communication was laid on 

 the table 



Parcels Post Resolutions Adopted at 

 Wednesday Evening's Session. 



Resolved, That the post office is our 

 mutual transportation company: that its 

 only limit should be the capacity of our 

 transportation machinery and that its 

 rates should be determined by the cost of 

 the service rendered; further. 



Resolved, That all candidates tor public 

 emplo.vment as members of the United 

 States' Senate and House of Representa- 

 tives should be pledged to the widest pos- 

 sible extension of the post office, and its 

 most efficient and economical administra- 

 tion; further. 



Resolved. That the members of the 

 Sixtv-First Congress, responsible for the 

 continued liiuitation of our domestic postal 

 express to four pounds parcels of unsealed 

 merchandise at sixteen cents a pound, 

 while protecting foreigners in posting their 

 merchanilise throughout the United States, 

 to wit, Italians. 11 lbs. for 79 cts. : Ger- 

 mans, 11 lbs. for 81 cts.; and Antrians, 

 11 lbs. at 86 cts.. should be overwhelm- 

 Inglv defeated as candidates for re-election 

 this" fall; further, 



Resolved, That the conservative Postal 

 Progress League Bill known as the Snlzer 

 Bill, House of Representatives No. 2r,..'581. 

 representing the demands of the friends of 

 the post office as set forth at the recent 



The Kroeschell Exhibit 



With Cosey Corner for Ladies. 



