August 18, 1917 



H E T I C U L T U R E 



179 



W. F. GiDE 



Washington Representative and Cliairman 



Committee on Tariff and Legislation 



Daniel MacRorie 

 Ei-President Society of American Florists 



Geoboe Ashxjb 

 Cbairman National Flower Show Committee 



the most "comfortable clothing will be 

 the most appropriate. 



Amendments to Constitution and 

 By-Laws to be voted upon: 



To amend Article II, Section 2 (a) 



"Sec. 2. Elections and Appointments — 

 *'(a) The president, tirst vice-president, 

 secretary 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 by adding: "The secretary shall 

 be elected by the directors at the an- 

 nual mid-Lent meeting and shall serve 

 for one year. (If amendment is ap- 

 proved, the secretary elected at the 

 next mid-Lent meeting of the Board of 

 Directors shall assume office .Tanuary 

 1, 1919). 



To amend Article III (b) 

 . "goveknm?;nt. executive board 



"Between the sessions of the Society its 

 government shall be vested in an executive 



board consisting of the president, junior 

 ex-president, first vice-president, secretary, 

 treasurer and the board of directors. A 

 regular meeting of the board shall be held 

 each year about mid-Lent, at the call of 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 



IIORXIXG SES.S10X. 



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; E. G. 

 Hill, J. F. Animann, Special Commit- 

 tee. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



2.00 p. m.. Report of Committee on 

 Publicity, by W. F. Therkildson, 

 Chairman. Discussion. 



3.30 p. m., "The Florists' Business 

 in Its Relation to War Times," a dis- 

 cussion on this important subject will 

 be opened by Robert Craig, Philadel- 

 phia. 



Judging Exhibits Convention Garden. 



Third Day — Thursday, August 23 



MORNING SESSION. 



10.00 a. m.. Election of Officers for 

 1918. 



Polls open 10.00 a. m. to 11.00 a. m. 

 or until all in line have voted. 



Voting will be done under the new 

 system. There will be four voting 

 places, "A" to "D" inclusive — "E" ta 

 "K'' inclusive — "L" to "R " inclusive — 

 '"S" to "Z" inclusive. Please vote 

 promptly. 



Prof. E. A. White 



Chairman Committee on Nomenclature 



Benjamin Hammond 

 Chairman Committee on School Gardens 



A. Rassmussen 



Chairman Committee on Storm Damage 

 Insurance 



