July 28, 1917 



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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



AND 



ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



Program of the Thirty-Third Annual Meetings 



August 21, 22, 23, 1917 



Grand Central Palace, Forty-Sixth St* and Lexington Avenue, 



New York. 



First Day — Tuesday, August 21. 



OPENIXG SESSION. 



2 p. m.^Opening Exercises in Con- 

 vention Hall. 



Convention called to Order by 

 George E. M. Stumpp, President New 

 York Florists' Club. 



Address of Welcome by Vice-Presi- 

 dent A. L. Miller. 



Address of Welcome by Hon. John 

 Pur'roy Mitchel, Mayor of New York; 

 Response, Robert Craig. 



President R. C. Kerr's address. 

 Reading Minutes of Executive Board. 

 Report of Secretary; Treasurer; Wash- 

 ington Representative; State Vice- 

 Presidents; Standing Committees; Spe- 

 cial Committees. 



Discussion on Amendments lo be 

 voted on at evening session. 



Miscellaneous Business; Judging of 

 Trade Exhibits. 



Consideration of Place of Meeting 

 for 1919. 



FIRST DAT — EVEXIXG SESSIO.N. 



8.30 p. m. — President's Reception. 

 Amendments to Constitution and 

 By-Laws to be voted upon: 



To amend Article II, Section 2 (a) 



"Sec. 2. Elections and Appointments — 

 "(ai The president, lirst vice-president, 

 secretar.v and treasurer shall be elected by 

 ballot at the annual meeting of the Society, 

 and their term of office shall begin with 

 the first day of January next succeeding 

 the election." 



by striking out the word "secretary"; 

 and adding: "The secretary shall be 

 elected by the directors at the annual 

 mid-Lent meeting and shall serve for 

 one year. (If amendment is approved, 

 the secretary elected at the next raid- 

 Lent meeting of the Board of Directors 

 shall rssume office Januarj- 1, 1919). 

 To amend Article III (b) 



"GOVERXMEXT, executive P.0.\I!D. 



"Between the sessions of the Society its 

 ffOTernment shall be vested in an executive 

 board, consisting of the president, junror 

 ex-president, llrst vice-i)residcnt. secretary, 

 treasurer and the board of directors. A 

 regular meeting of the board shall lie held 

 each year about mid-licnt, at the call ot the 

 secretary, upon such date as the president 

 may direct, etc." 



by striking out the- word "secretary" 

 in the third line, after "vice-president" 

 and before "treasurer." 



Balloting for Meeting Place for 1919. 

 Polls open from 8.30 p. m. to 9.30 p. m. 

 Second Day — Wednesday, August 22. 



MORXI.NG SE.SSION. 



10.30 a m.^Nominations of Officers 



for 1918; Report of Committee on 

 President's Address; Report of Com- 

 mittee on Storm Damage Insurance. 

 By A. Rassmussen, chairman. 

 afternoon session. 



2.00 p. m. — Report of Committee on 

 Publicity. By W. F. Therkildson, 

 Chairman. 



3.30 p. m. — "The Florists' Business 

 in its Relation to War Times." Dis- 

 cussion opened by Robert Craig, Phil- 

 adelphia. 



Judging Exhibits at Convention 

 Garden. 



Third Day — Thursday, Augusit 23. 



morning session. 



10.00 a. m. — Election of OflBcers for 

 1918. Polls open 10.00 a. m. to 11.00 

 a. m. or until all in line have voted. 



Question Box; Deferred business; 

 Report of Judges of Trade Exhibition; 

 Report of Judges of Convention Garden. 



Third Day — Thursday, August 23. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



2.00 p. m. — Report of Committee on 

 National Credits and Collections Bu- 

 reau. By Patrick Welch, chairman. 



3.30 p. m. — Report of Committee on 

 Convention Garden. By Theodore 

 Wirth, chairman. 



4.00 p. m. — Report of National Flow- 

 er Show Committee. By George As- 

 mus, chairman. 



SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

 First Day — Tuesday, August 2L 

 In Convention Hall, Grand Central 

 Palace. 



9.30 a. m. — Meeting of the Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery Association. 



Second Day — Wednesday, August 22. 



;'.00 a. m.— Meeting of the Board of 

 Directors of the American Carnation 

 Society in Convention Hall. 



4.3(1 p. m. — Meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society, Convention Hall. 

 All visitors invited to attend. 



Third Day — Thursday, August 23. 



11.00 a. m. — Meeting of the American 



Rose Society, Convention Hall. All 



visitors invited to attend. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 



FLORISTS. 



First Day — Tuesday, August 21. 

 The Headquarters of Secretary Mrs. 

 Charles H. Maynard will he located 



near S. A. F. Secretary Y'oung's office 

 in the Grand Central Palace, and will 

 be open from 10.30 a. m. until 4.00 p. 

 m. for the purpose of registration and 

 payment of dues. 

 Second Day — ^Wednesday, August 22. 



10.00 a. m. — Annual meeting of the 

 Society. 



Third Day — Thursday, August 23. 



10. 00 a. m. — An adjourned meeting 

 of the Society will be held. 



A WORD TO S. A. F. MEMBERS. 



When you glance over the pro- 

 gramme as published in this paper you 

 will concede that the S. A. F. & 0. H. 

 is doing active work in the interests 

 of the trade. 



But it wants to do more — it isn't do- 

 ing half enough. 



It is up to you to help to make the 

 organization more effective, and you 

 can do it. 



The Society cannot seek out your 

 troubles. The quotation "Mahomet 

 must come to the mountain — the 

 mountain cannot go to Mahomet," al- 

 though allegorical, just about fits the 

 case. 



You at times are in danger of be- 

 coming a victim to undesirable legis- 

 lation: you begin to notice agitation 

 lor restrictions in your methods of 

 operating your greenhouse boilers; you 

 view with alarm proposed legislation 

 by the Federal Government to curtail 

 or prevent imports of plant stock, 

 bulbs and seeds; express companies 

 become remiss in the proper handling 

 and despatch of your stock shipments; 

 yet what can you do individually to 

 obtain relief? 



Such conditions as these are met by 

 your Society, whose large membership 

 makes it representative of the whole 

 trade, thus giving it a power in its ap- 

 proaches not possible for an individual. 

 Work already accomplished by the So- 

 ciety proves that there is strength to 

 ho found in unity, so bring your prob- 

 lems to the Convention; if you cannot 

 possibly be present, communicate them 

 to your Secretary, who will bring them 

 before the Society for you. 



You can also aid the Society and the 

 trade by inducing some other florist in 

 your vicinity to join the Society — a 

 card to the Secretary will bring you 

 the necessary entry blanks. 



John Yoitng, Sec'y, 

 53 W. 28th Street, New York. 



