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HORTICULTURE 



March 18, 1911 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



Convention Program of Society of American Florists and Affiliated 



Organizations 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



A special rate of 1 3-5 on the certifi- 

 cate plan has been granted by the New 

 England Passenger Association except- 

 ing Eastern Steamship Co., the Trunlc 

 Line Association, and the Central Pas- 

 senger Association. Tickets may be 

 secured not earlier than March 22nd 

 and not later than March 27th and will 

 be good returning to April 5th, inclu- 

 sive. In securing your tickets pur- 

 chase regular full one-way first-class 

 fare and be sure to ask for a certifi- 

 cate. No reduction in fare will be 

 made unless a certificate be secured at 

 the time of the purchase of the ticket. 



When returning, certificates should 

 be presented at the railway ticket of- 

 fice and a ticket at three-fifths (3-5) of 

 the regular fare will be furnished you. 



For those living west of Chicago and 

 St. Louis, tickets should be bought to 

 those cities from which points tickets 

 may be secured at the reduced rates. 

 It will be well to confer with your 

 agent concerning rates and routes. 



The offices of the secretaries are in 

 Mechanics Building. 



Office of the National Flower Show 

 Committee is in Mechanics' Building. 

 Chester I. Campbell, manager of the 

 show, is in charge. All business con- 

 nected with the Flower Show should 

 be presented there. 



New Members. Those desiring to 

 become members of any of the socie- 

 ties should apply at the office of the 

 respective secretaries. 



Paying Dues. Dues may be paid and 

 orders for members' tickets obtained 

 at the office of the respective secre- 

 taries. 



Railway Certificates. Railway cer- 

 tificates should be deposited with the 

 Secretary of the S. A. F. & O. H. im- 

 mediately upon arrival at Mechanics 

 Building. The fee of 25 cents must be 

 paid when certificate is deposited. Cer- 

 tificates will be signed by the agent 

 from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. on March 27, 

 28 and 29. No .certificate will be 

 signed before or after these dates. 

 Certificates must be called for before 

 11 a. m. on March 31st. 



Members' Tickets. Orders for mem- 

 bers' tickets must be presented to the 

 committee in charge of admission ana 

 exchanged for regular ticliets. All or- 

 ders and tickets in hands other than 

 the owners will be taken up and can- 

 celled. 



Register. All members of the S. A. 

 F. & O. H. and affiliated societies 

 should register with the secretary of 

 the S. A. F. & O. H., so that a record 

 may be kept of the attendance, and so 

 that members may be located when 

 asked for. 



PROGRAM FOR THE MARCH CON- 

 VENTIONS. 

 MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1911. 

 First Day — Opening Session. 

 S. A. F. & O. H. 

 1U:30 A. M. General meeting for the 

 opening of the Convention. Welcome 

 by President Asmus. Welcome by 

 Boston florists. 



First Day — Afternoon Session. 

 American Rose Society. 

 2:30 P. M. Call to order by Presi- 

 dent W. H. Elliott. Address by Presi- 

 dent. Secretary's report. Treasurer's 

 report. Reports of Committees. 

 First Day — Evening Session. 

 American Rose Society. 

 8:00 P. M. Paper, August Poehl- 

 mann, Morton Grove, 111. Paper, "The 

 Science of Rose Growing," W. R. Pier- 

 son, Cromwell, Conn. 



TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1911 



Second Day — Morning Session 



American Rose Society. 



10:30 A. M. Selection of place of 



meeting, 1912. Election of officers. 



Discussion on new roses to be opened 



by prominent rosarians. Miscellaneous 



business. 



Second Day — Afternoon Session. 



American Rose Society. 

 2:30 P.M. Papers by: Richard Vin- 

 cent, Jr., White Marsh, Md., upon his 

 trip to Brussels Exhibition; Rev. 

 Spencer S. Sulliger, Vancouver, Wash., 

 special representative at the National 

 Rose Exhibition held in London, Eng- 

 land. Address by W. G. MacKendrick, 

 Toronto, Can. Unfinished business. 

 National Sweet Pea Society. 

 2:00 P. M. Meeting of Executive 

 Committee. 



Second Day — Evening Session. 

 American Carnation Society. 

 7:30 P. M. Call to order. President's 

 address. Secretary's report. Treasur- 

 er's report. Report of Nomenclature 

 Committee. Miscellaneous business. 

 Invitations for 1912 meeting. Nomina- 

 tion of officers. Short talks on the 

 American carnation in Europe by visi- 

 tors from abroad. Report of judges. 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1911. 

 Third Day — Morning Session. 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America. 

 10:00 A. M. Call to order. Discus- 

 sion of questions of day. Miscellane- 

 ous business. 



Florists' Telegraph Delivery. 

 10:00 A. M. Business meeting. 

 Third Day — Afternoon Session. 

 National Sweet Pea Society. 

 3:00 P. M. Welcome by George As- 

 mus, president S. A. P. & O. H. Presi- 

 dent's address and reply. "Trials of 

 Sweet Peas Under Glass as Tested in 

 the Experiment Station at Cornell 



University," Prof A. C. Beal. "Sweet 

 Peas and the Results of Our Experi- 

 ments at the Trial Grounds," Prof. 

 Craig. "The Growing of Sweet Peas 

 Under Glass," Mr. Wm. Sim. "The 

 Latest Novelties in Sweet Peas," G. W. 

 Kerr. Invitations by cities and soci- 

 eties for meeting place for the exhibi- 

 tion and convention next summer. 



Are you a member of the National 

 Sweet Pea Society of America? If not, 

 you should send for an application 

 blank; the annual dues are $2, life 

 membership $25. For further informa- 

 tion write to the secretary, Harry A. 

 Bunyard, 342 West 14th street, New 

 York, N. Y. 



Florists' Telegraph Delivery. 

 2:30 P. M. Business meeting. 



Third Day — Evening Session. 



American Carnation Society. 

 8:00 P. M. Call to order. Deferred 

 reports. Deferred business. Selection 

 of meeting place for 1912. Discussion 

 of president's address and secretary's 

 report. New business. Appointment 

 of committees. Election of officers. 



THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1911. 



Fourth Day — Morning Session. 



American Carnation Society. 



9:30 A. M, Call to order. Final re- 

 port of judges. Deterred business. Ad- 

 journment. 



The reading of papers and all other 

 unnecessary business has been elimi- 

 nated from the program this year. It 

 was deemed desirable to make the 

 meetings short, on account of the great 

 amount of interesting and instructive 

 displays in the show. Members will 

 find enough in the show to occupy 

 their full time. All the meetings have 

 been set for the evenings to give the 

 members opportunity to visit the 

 growers in the vicinity of Boston, 

 without having to miss the meetings. 



Xoticc — The secretary will leave for 

 Boston on Sunday, March 26th. .\11 

 mail which would not reach him by 

 Saturday, March 25th, should be ad- 

 dressed to him at the Hotel Lenox, 

 Boston, which will be A. C. S. head- 

 quarters. 



You can still make entries for the 

 show, but you will have to add $2.00 

 for each entry you make after 

 March 18th. 



Fourth Day — Afternoon Session. 

 American Gladiolus Society. 



2:00 P. M. Reading of minutes of 

 last meeting. Reports of officers, bul- 

 letin committee, exhibition committee, 

 Boston show, Baltimore show, commit- 

 tee on nomenclature, exhibition com- 

 mittee on rules governing the award- 

 ing of "certificates of merit," and sug- 

 gesting a "scale of points" to use in 

 judging. New business. Discussion: 

 "What action shall our Society take 

 when the same name has been given 

 to several different varieties of gladi- 



