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peiulilure as may bo iiiithorizi'il by tlip 

 Publicity I'ommlttee, the vote belnn 

 unanimous. It wiis also sURKestt'il the 

 Puhlicity l'unii>ai»;n be^lii with St. 

 Valentine's Day. If there was time to 

 start the work properly. 



The meeting spent considerable 

 time in discussion as to tno advisa- 

 bility of establishing a "Promotion 

 Hurenu." as had been suK};csted by 

 Major OKecfe. but the Publicity Com- 

 mittee recommeniled that Inasmuch as 

 the Society had executive offices in 

 New York, the work be conducted In 

 the cbarKe of that office, and that the 

 publicity matter and other material 

 prepared be sent to the Secretary for 

 distribution. The recommendation was 

 accepted by the Publicity Finance Com- 

 mittee, and ap|,eared to be acceptable 

 to Major O'Keefe. Major O'Keefe, Mr. 

 Penn and Secretary Young were ap- 

 pointed a committee to secure the serv- 

 ices of a competent person to prepare 

 articles for publicity purposes. 



I'pon the recommendation of the 

 Publicity Committee, accepted by the 

 Publicity Finance Committee, the joint 

 committee, on motion of Mr. Pierson, 

 an appropriation of a sum not to ex- 

 ceed $2,000 was unanimously voted to 

 the use of the "Promotion Bureau." 



The matter of a good slogan for the 

 campaign was again brought up and 

 discussed, when it was felt that a 

 slogan suggested by Mr. O'Keefe, "Say 

 it with Flowers," was to the point, and 

 it was, therefore, upon motion of Mr. 

 Atkins, unanimously adopted. 



Before adjournment the result of the 

 meeting was announced to all in at- 

 tendance, and Major O'Keefe was call- 

 ed before the meeting and formally 

 notifled of the acceptance of the pro- 

 position presented by the agency, which 

 notification he suitably acknowledged, 

 pledging his best efforts toward mak- 

 ing the campaign so successful that 

 the available publicity fund another 

 year would be double that now being 

 raised. 



John Young, Sec'v. 



Dec 10, 1917. 



At the joint meeting of the Pub- 

 licity Committee and the Publicity 

 Finance Committee, held in Cleveland, 



ERICA MELANTHERA. 



Phctoky A. I.. MiUcr 

 The Popular ClirlslniaH isiuuiiiiiig lleatlier In aMj In. l'ot« 



Deec. 7, the Secretary submitted an 

 up-to-date report, showing who had 

 subscribed to the campaign and the 

 grand total of these subscriptions, 

 amounting to $26,000. Chairman As- 

 nius of the Finance Committee inti- 

 mated that the subscriptions from Chi- 

 cago would be sent in shortly, that 

 the work was progressing favorably, 

 and that about $4,iiOO had already 

 been subscribed in that district. 



The following additional subscrip- 

 tions have been received: 



liv Tlie Florists' Telesjrapli Delivery As 

 swiation : .1. \V. riudley Sons Co., Par- 

 k(Tsl)iir(;. W. Va.. ?2.').00 (.second suhscrlp- 

 lion); Valkcrs' .Minot (Jrcenhonscs, Minot. 

 .N. 1)., JI.I.OO; Hollywood Cardens. Seattle, 

 Wasli.. .1U-..(10; Aiic. Uelcher. .Mlclilj-'an City, 

 Ind.. $10.00: C. I). Stratton. Lancaster. Wis., 

 S."i.(KI: Atchison Seed & Flower Store Co., 

 .\tclilson. Kansas, ^.l.OO; r;. Van Bochove & 

 Iir<is.. Kalamazoo. Mich.. .f'il.WI: Thos. Gill, 

 I'.crlln. \. 11.. SlO.Of); Sam Shi'inuk. Katou 

 Ui«n«c. I,a.. $5.00: !•". Dorn.r & Sons Co.. 

 I,a Fayette. Ind.. .$10.00; Crimrn A: tiorly. 

 St. Lonls. Mo.. $."i().00 (second siil>scrlptloul : 

 «' F. Itlce, I,ake Shore < Jreenhonses. Al 

 hert Lea. Mlun.. $0.tO; John E. Steu, Ued 



WInK, Minn.. S-'lOO; (annunlly for four 

 years). 



Hy n. C Hnrcan. Macon, (ia.— WlUlwood 

 iJreenlionses. C(dumlMiH, U«., M.OO (annual- 

 ly for fonr years). 



Total. *1S().(I0. Previously reporteil from 

 all sources. :)!2.'i.T2:!.<Ki Crand total VSt.- 

 '.Miri.iHi. • 



Joiix Young, Secy. 



Dec. 8. 1917. 



Begonia Cincinnati. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 

 POSTER COMPETITION. 



Poster artists have been offered an 

 opportunity to compete for the prize 

 for the l)est design submitted for the 

 poster of the annual Flower Show to 

 be held in Grand Central Palace, New 

 York, March 14-21, 1918. The prize 

 offered tor the 1918 poster is $100 in 

 gold and the artist who wins this will 

 benefit materially by the publicity to 

 l)e derived from the award. 



The Flower Show is to be held again 

 under the auspices of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York and the 

 New York Florists' Club, co-operating 

 with the International Exposition 

 Company, and a competent committee 

 will judge the designs submitted. 



The following are the conditions ot 

 the contest: 



1. All designs submitted must 

 measure 18 by 25 inches or be of a 

 size which will reduce to these dimen- 

 sions upon reproduction. 



2. Designs must be drawn suitable 

 for lithographic reproduction in not 

 more than three colors. 



3. The following must be lettered 

 on all drawings submitted: 



International 



FLOWER SHOW 



Grand Central Palace 



March 14 to 21. Adm. 50c. 



4. All drawings must be sent to 

 John Young — Secretary of the Show — 

 at 53 West 28th street, and in order to 

 be considered in the competition they 

 must be submitted on or before 

 January 1, 1918, the day on which the 

 competition closes. 



