July 25, 1914 



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the main entrance inside the Conven- 

 tion Hall. 



New Members. Those desiring to 

 become members should apply at the 

 Secretary's office. It will facilitate the 

 secretary's work, if members will re- 

 mit now for the 1914 assessment. 



Life Members' Buttons. Life Mem- 

 bers' buttons will be sent to those en- 

 titled upon receipt of seventy-five 

 cents. 



AN OLD WELL HEAD. 



PROGRAM. 



Tuesday, August Eighteenth. 



First Day. 



OPENING SESSION'. 



2. P. M., Opening Exercises in Paul 

 Revere Hall, Mechanics Building. 



Address of Welcome, by Hon. James 

 M. Curley, Mayor of Boston. Response 

 by Frank R. Pierson, TaiTytown. N. Y. 



President Wirth's Address; Report 

 of Secretary; Report of Treasurer; Re- 

 ports of State Vice-Presidents; Consid- 

 eration of Invitations for Meeting 

 Place for 1915. 



EVENING. 



8 p. M., Reception to President 

 Wirth — Copley Plaza Hotel. Music, 

 Dancing, Refreshments; strictly in- 

 formal. 



Balloting for next Meeting Place. 



Wednesday, August Nineteenth. 

 Second Day. 



MUKMNG. 



9 A. M., Meeting of The Florists' Tel- 

 egraph Delivery. 



9 A. M.. Meeting of The American 

 Sweet Pea Society. 



10 A. M., Annual Meeting of the La- 

 dies' Society of American Florists. 



10 A. M., Session S. A. F. & O. H. 

 Report of the National Flower Show 

 Committee, George Asmus, Chairman. 

 Discussion. 



Nomination of Officers for 1915; Re- 

 port of the Judges of Trade Exhibition 

 and the Convention Garden; Report of 

 Committee on President's Address; 

 Discussion. 



Affiliation — Special Report of Board 

 of Directors. 



At the morning session of Friday, 

 Aug. 22, of the Minneapolis Conven- 

 tion, the following recommendation of 

 the Board of Directors was adopted; 



"That the fee for members of any regu- 

 lar florists' clubs who wish to join the 

 S. A. F. & O. H. as a body, will be reduced 

 to Three Dollars for the first year, and the 

 annual dues thereafter to be Two Dollars 

 per year for each member thereof. These 

 dues" must be paid to the S. A. F. & O. H. 

 by the treasurer of each club and not by 

 the members individually, and we further 

 recommend that our constitution and by- 

 laws be amended to comply with this 

 recommendation." 



At the meeting of the Board of _Di- 

 rectors. held in Boston, March I1-I8, 

 1914. the matter of affiliation was again 

 very thoroughly discussed by the full 

 Board, with the result that the recommen- 

 dation was considered to be rather in- 

 definite. It was therefore voied that a 

 special committee of three be appointed to 

 work out a definite plan of affiliation, the 

 same to be presented as an amendment to . 

 the constitution and by-laws. The Com- 

 mittee, consisting of Messrs. George 

 Asmus, chairman, Wm. F. Kasting and J. 

 ,T Hess, ultimately submitted the follow- 

 ing amendment, which has been approved 

 and is now recommended for adoption by 

 the Board of Directors in place of the 

 recommendation offered at Minneapolis: 



Amendment to Paragraph (b) of 

 Section 2 of Article II. 



1 That clubs, societies or kindred or- 

 ganizations of professional fl?fifts, gar- 

 deners and horticulturists, having a Paid- 

 up membership of one hundred or more 

 members in the S. A. F. & O. H, shall be 

 entitled to one representative on the Board 

 of Directors of the S. A. P. & O. H. 



Our illustration shows how an old 

 well head on one of the beautiful pri- 

 vate estates near Boston has been 

 utilized as a garden feature. In June 



and July rambler roses are used in its 

 adornment and these are succeeded 

 in fall by Clematis paniculata which 

 garlands it with exquisite effect. 



2. Such representative shall be the presi- 

 dent of such organization and must be a 

 member of the S. A. F. & O. H. 



3. Any elective officer or appointed 

 director of the S. A. F. & O. H. shall not 

 be eligible as a representative of such or- 

 ganization. 



4. When the president of any such or- 

 ganization is already a director, the vice- 

 president shall be eligible for the office. 



5 Anv organization applying for repre- 

 sentation shall submit to the secretary of 

 the S A. F. & O. H. a complete list of its 

 membership. It shall be the secretary s 

 duty to confirm same and submit it to the 

 president for final confirmation. Such list 

 shall be in the hapds of the secretary by 

 December first of each year. Announce- 

 ment of such director shall be made by the 

 president-elect on January first of each 

 year. 



-VFTER.NOON. 



2 P. M., Essay — "What Should the 

 Societv of American Florists Do for 

 the Private Gardener?" by Arthur E. 

 Thatcher. Discussion. 



2 P. M., Bowling Contest, Ladies' S. 

 A. F., at the New Boston Alleys, 167 

 Washington street. 



Thursday, August Twentieth. 

 Third Day. 



MORNING. 



9 A. M., Automobile Ride for the La- 



dies, starting from the Copley Plaza 

 Hotel, to the North Shore. 



9 A. M.. Meeting of the Florists' Hail 

 Association; Meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society. 



10 A. M., Meeting of the American 

 Gladiolus Society; Meeting of the 

 American Rose Society. 



11 A. M. to 12 M., Polls Open for the 

 Election of Officers. 



AFTEBNOON. 



2 P. M., Question Box: Essay — 

 •'Adaptation of Plants to Soil," by Prof. 

 Geo. E. Stone, Amherst, Mass. 



2 P. M., Annual Bowling Tourna- 

 ment, S. A. P. & 0. H., at New Boston 

 Alleys, 167 Washington street. 



EVENING. 



8.45 P. M.. The Ladies' Society of 

 American Florists will entertain at the 

 Copley Plaza Hotel. 



Friday, August Twenty-First. 



Guests of the Allied Horticultural 

 Interests of Boston. 



Full particulars of this day of en- 

 tertainment will appear later. There 

 will probably be a sea excursion and a 

 dinner at one of the beach resorts. 



