August 22, 1914 



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with cheers. A telegram from the 

 Portland, Oregon, Horticultural Soci- 

 ety was presented by Emil Mische, 

 State Vice-President for Oregon, giv- 

 ing the names of fifteen new S. A. F. 

 members from that state. Nomination 

 of officers was the next business. The 

 name of Patrick Welch of Boston for 

 President was presented in an able 

 speech by W. F. Kasting of Buffalo, 

 and ably seconded by Robert Craig of 

 Philadelphia, Patrick O'Mara of New 

 York and John H. Dillon of Boston. 

 Charles H. Totty of Madison, N. J., was 

 nominated by F. H. Traendly of New- 

 York in appreciative words, followed 

 by E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; M. C. 

 Ebel, Madison, N. J.; H. A. Bunyard, 

 New York, and R. Vincent, Jr., White 

 Marsh, Md., as enthusiastic seconders. 

 Unanimous nominations were made for 

 the remaining offices — D. MacRorie of 

 San Francisco for Vice-President. John 

 Young for Secretary and W. F. Kasting 

 for Treasurer. 



Then came the great discussion on 

 the proposition providing for affiliation 

 of the S. A. F. with other horticultural 

 bodies, national or local, on the basis 

 as provided for in the proposed amend- 

 ment to the by-laws. Adolph Faren- 

 wald, M. C. Ebel, W. R. Pierson, J. G. 

 Esler, W. F. Kasting, George Asmus, 

 R. C Kerr, H. B. Howard. Patrick 

 O'Mara and others all joined in the 

 debate, the outsome being an unani- 

 mous vote of approval as the senti- 

 ment of the meeting. 



While the discussion was under way 

 the meeting was electrified by the ap- 

 pearance upon the platform of His Ex- 

 cellency the Governor of the State of 

 Massachusetts. Gov. Walsh was Intro- 

 duced in a few well chosen words by 

 Vice-President Welch and received an 

 ovation, the audience rising and cheer- 

 ing loudly. An inspiring speech, the 

 equal of which in eloquence and patri- 

 otic sentiment has rarely been listened 

 to by the S. A. F. followed and fre- 

 quent outbursts of prolonged applause 

 gave testimony to its appreciation. 

 The Governor presented the greetings 

 of the 3,500,000 people of the Common- 

 wealth, referring to what Massachu- 

 setts had done as a leader in industrial 

 development, wealth and education, but 

 more important than all in the uplift 

 of the people and the development of 

 a strong, vigorous manhood. Robert 

 Craig, in response, voiced in his choic- 

 est language the thanks of the meeting 

 for the inspiring words and after three 

 rousing cheers had been given by the 

 audience standing, the Governor came 

 down from the platform and everyone 

 present had the pleasure of a hand- 

 shake. 



At the afternoon session, which was 

 brief, the paper by A. E. Thatcher on 

 the private gardeners' interests in the 

 S. A. F. was read by Secretary Young, 

 Mr. Thatcher having been called away 

 unexpectedly. 



The evening of Wednesday was de- 

 voted to the Reception given by the 

 Lsdier,' S. A. F. in the ball room of the 

 Copley-Plaza Hotel. It was a very bril- 

 liant and successful event and dancing 

 continued until nearly midnight. 



During the evening Mrs. Charles E. 

 Critchell. the retiring president, and 

 Mrs. A. M. Herr, the treasurer, each re- 

 ceived as a gift a cut glass electrolier. 

 The presentations were made by Mrs. 

 W. W. Edgar and Mrs. Charles H. May- 

 nard. 



THURSDAY MORNING— ELECTION 

 OF OFFICERS. 

 The polls were opened promptly at 

 11 A. M. and a long line of voters was 

 immediately formed, it being nearly 

 one o'clock before all had voted. The 

 only contest was for the office of presi- 

 dent, all the other officers having 

 unanimous nomination. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 



The order of business for Thursday 

 afternoon was the announcement of 

 the result of the ballot counting and 

 the reading of a paper on Soils by Dr. 

 George E. Stone. Dr. Stone was de- 

 livering his address as we closed our 

 forms. It will appear in a later issue 

 in full. The announcement of the elec- 

 tion of Patrick Welch for president by 

 a majority of eighty votes was the 

 signal for tumultuous applause and C. 

 H. Totty at once gained the floor and 

 moved that Mr. Welch's election be 

 made unanimous. Here closes a can- 

 vass of more than usual interest but 

 without a word of bitterness on either 

 side. 



At Thursday forenoon session. Presi- 

 dent Wirth appointed Robert Craig, E. 

 G. Hill and Ole Olson as committee on 

 final resolutions. 



A motion was made and carried that 

 the president and two others appoint- 

 ed by the president investigate the 

 Robert Burns library of the late Wm. 

 R. Smith with the idea of placing it 

 where it could be enjoyed and kept in 

 safely. 



Twenty-five dollars was voted to the 

 Wm. R. Smith Memorial fund. The ac- 

 tion of the Board of Directors making 

 life membership $10 was approved, as 

 was also a motion that members notify 

 the secretary of illness and death of 

 members and that flowers be sent by 

 the secretary. 



An address was given by Governor 

 Walsh of Massachusetts, who an- 

 nounced that he addressed the ladies 

 in the absence of a governess, which 

 caused much amusement. It was no- 

 ticed that the bachelor governor wore 

 a boutonniere of bachelor buttons. 



Election of officers was as follows: 

 President, Mrs. Wm. F. Gude, Wash- 

 ington, D. C; first vice-president, 

 Mrs. George Asmus; second vice-presi- 

 dent, Mrs. G. L. Grant, California; 

 treasurer, Mrs. A. M. Herr, Lancaster, 

 Pa.; secretary, Mrs. C. H. Maynard, 

 Detroit. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



The Ladies' Society of American 

 Florists held their annual meeting 

 Wednesday A. M., in the committee 

 room of Paul Revere Hall. The at- 

 tendance of over one hundred, the ad- 

 dition of thirty new members and the 

 lively interest shown in all the dis- 

 cussions mark the rapid progress in 

 the advance of the society, no less 

 than the 449 members now on the 

 rolls. But nine years ago the first 

 thought of such an association sprung 

 up. at Dayton, O., and materialized the 

 next year at Philadelphia with charter 

 membership of sixty. 



The meeting of 1914 in Boston was 

 called to order by the president. Mrs. 

 C. E. Critchell of Cincinnati, who greet- 

 ed the members with a few well chosen 

 words. A short address of welcome 

 was given by Mrs. W. W. Edgar of 

 Waverly, Mass., and responded to by 

 Mrs. J. A. Peterson of Cleveland, O. 

 The Secretary, Mrs. Charles H. May- 

 nard of Detroit gave a full report of 

 the previous meeting which was ac- 

 cepted. 



News of the death of Mrs. E. A. 

 Fetters of Detroit, by drowning, Aug. 

 16th, was read and acknowledged by 

 the rising of the members. Resolutions 

 of sympathy were adopted to be sent 

 to the family. A motion by Mrs. Tra- 

 endly to discontinue the annual gift 

 of $25.00 for bowling prizes was car- 

 ried. Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy made 

 a strong plea for a larger membership 

 in the L. S. A. F. and its advantages. 



Mrs. Ellen M. Gill of Medford, Mass., 

 was introduced as a long time mem- 

 ber of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, being 84 years old 

 and still greatly interested in the 

 work. By unanimous vote, she was 

 made an honorary life member of the 

 L. S. A. F. A plea was made by sev- 

 eral members for the extension of the 

 objects of the L. S. A. F. into business 

 and educational lines in addition to 

 their social work. 



LADIES' BOWLING. 



Much enthusiasm prevailed at the 

 bowling alleys on Wednesday after- 

 noon. Prizes were won as follows: 



In the bottle pin event, for which 13 

 prizes were offered, the winners fin- 

 ishing in the following order: Mrs. 

 Bauer, Mrs. Shafer, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. 

 Gosner, Mrs. Traendly, Mrs. Manda, 

 Miss -Matilda Meinhardt, Miss Cook, 

 Mrs. Clapp and Mrs. Critchell. 



Mrs. Bauer also won the 11th prize 

 w'ith a high single string of 176, Mrs. 

 Gosner won the prize for the most 

 strikes with four to her credit and 

 Mrs. George Smith w-on the spare prize 

 with seven spares. 



In the candlepin contest for the 

 highest pinfall in two strings the scor- 

 ing was as follows: Mrs. Smith, 154; 

 Mrs. Shafer, 149; Mrs. B. Meinhardt, 

 143; Miss L. Palmer, 135; Mrs. Asmus, 

 134. Mrs. Shafer won the high single 

 with 78. 



LADIES' AUTO TRIP. 



The auto ride tendered to the visit- 

 ing ladies by the horticultural interests 

 of Boston, took place on Thursday. 

 Fifty-three large touring cars were 

 loaded up with ladies exclusively and 

 the parade as it started away at 9.30 

 from the Copley-Plaza Hotel made a 

 striking display, all the machines dec- 

 orated lavishly with bright gladioli 

 and fluttering banners of blue and 

 gold. The route followed the North 

 Shore to Manchester-by-the-Sea, the 

 most beautiful stretch of shore on the 

 Atlantic Coast. At Manchester the 

 North Shore Horticultural Society pro- 

 vided luncheon for the visitors. The 

 return to Boston was at 6 P. M. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



At the executive meeting of this so- 

 ciety held at Copley Square Hotel, it 

 wqs voted to hold the next annual con- 

 vention in Philadelphia during the first 

 week of December, 1914. Report of 

 the regular meeting of the society at 

 Boston will appear in our next issue. 



