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HORTICULTURE 



April 29, 1916 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND 

 ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



The regular l,eiil meeting of the 

 executive board of the society was 

 held at the Hotel Walton. Philadel- 

 phia. March 28 and 2!t. With two ex- 

 ceptions, every member was present, 

 as follows: 



Oiiuiel M;ii,li<)rlo. president. Sun Prnn- 

 clsco, Cnl. : R. C. Korr. vice-president, 

 Houston. 'l"ex.; John Young, secretary, 

 New York, N. Y. ; W. V. Kasllnc. treiis- 

 urer, RufTtilo. N. Y. : J. J. Hess, director, 

 Ouiiilwi. Neb.: J. A. Teterson, director, 

 ClnclnnMti. O.: Wni. R, Nicholson, direc- 

 tor, Fninilnph.'im. Muss.; W. .T. Kolinel, 

 dlrectnr. Ehnhnrst. III.: Angehi .1. Rossi, 

 direitnr. .Smu- Friinclsco. Ciil. : Chas. L. 

 Bnuiu, director, Knoxvllle, Tenn. ; S. S. 

 Pennock, president. Anierlciin Rose So- 

 ciety: Joseph H. Hill, president. Ameri- 

 can Carnatlim Society: Irwin Rertermann. 

 president. Klorlsts' Tclejrraph Delivery; 

 Henrv Weston, president. New Y<irk Flor- 

 ists' CInh: Patrick Welch, past president. 

 Boston, Mass. 



And In addition there were present ; 

 Ex rresldents fieo, Asinns. Theoilore Wlrth 

 and Frank H. Traenilly. and the Wasli- 

 lnf;ton repri-sentatlve. W. F. Oudc. 



Reports from the secretary and 

 treasurer were presented and accept- 

 ed, both showing the affairs of the so- 

 ciety to be in excellent shape. Recom- 

 mendations made by the treasurer in 

 regard to certain of the society's se- 

 curities were approved and adopted. 

 The reports were referred to an audit- 

 ing committee. 



The committee on proposed amend- 

 ments to the Constitution and By- 

 Ijaws, Theo. Wirth, chairman, pre- 

 sented a lengthy report covering 

 changes recommended at the San 

 Francisco convention. After consider- 

 able discussion these amendments 

 ■were all adopted for submission to the 

 Houston convention. 



The following are the articles and 

 sections as amended: 



AXfENDMENT TO ARTICLE V. 

 Article V. Meetings. 



Section 1. At the thirty-second annual 

 meetlnfr. to be held August 15 to 18 In 

 Houston. Texas, the meeting places for 

 the years 1917 and VMH shall lie selected 

 by ballot, and at the meeting of 1917 and 

 at every meeting thereafter, the meeting 

 place for the second year following that 

 meeting shall l)e so selected. 



The i>alloting shall be done at the even- 

 ing session of the first day of each annual 

 convention. 



The time for the annual meeting shall be 

 the third Tuesday of August In each year, 

 continuing for three d.ays. or until all 

 business is completed. 



The city applying for the meeting shall, 

 with its written application, provide the 

 free use of a place for the pnrprises of a 

 convention garden, which place shall be 

 available, if desired, from the earl.v spring 

 of the ye;ir before the meeting to the late 

 fall of the yc!ir of the meeting. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II. 

 "Article II. Section 2. Elections and Ap- 

 pointments. — Paragraph (a). 



The president, first vice-president, secre- 

 tary, treasurer, and two directors shall be 

 elected by ballot at the annual meeting of 

 the societv. and their term of office shall 

 begin with the first day of .Tanuary next 

 succeeding the election. The term of of- 

 fice of the president, vice-president, secre- 

 tary and treasurer shall be one year, and 

 the term of office of the directors three 

 years, or until their successors are duly 

 elected and qualified. 



Section ?>. Duties of Officers. 



(a) President. — The president shall pre- 

 side at all meetings of the society, and ex- 

 ercise a general supervision of its affairs. 

 He shall report from time to lime sijch 

 measures as seem necessary for promoting 

 Its objects atid extending its usefulness. 



Me shall annually, on the UrHt day of Jan- 

 uary, appoint one botanist, one entomolo- 

 gist, one vegetable pathologist, and one 

 slate vice-president for each state or terri- 

 tory repieseiiled In the society; he shall 

 act as cliarnian of the executive board at 

 Us ine<>llngs and sign all diplomas and 

 certllloates of the society. 



Section 'J. Flections and Appointments. 

 — Paragraph (b). 



The president shall appoint on the 

 first day uf January of each year, or as 

 soon afterwarii as may tie possible, one 

 or in<ire state vice-presidents from each 

 state an<l territory represented In the 

 metnbershlp, to serve fur a term of one 

 year. Clubs, societies or kindred organiza- 

 tions of professional Uorlsts, gardeners and 

 hortlinltnrlsts. having pal<l-iip nieniber- 

 ship <if one huiKlrcd or more nienibers In 

 the S. A. F. and O. H.. shall be entitled 

 to one representative on the board of di- 

 rectors. Such rei>resentatlve shall be the 

 president «if such organi/ation and must 

 be a member of this society. Any elective 

 officer or appointed director shall not be 

 eligible as a representative of such organ- 

 ization, Wlien the president of any such 

 organization is already a director, the vice- 

 president shall be- eligible for the otilce. 

 Any organization applying for representa- 

 rlor. sh.'ill suliinit to the secretary of this 

 society a certified copy of the resolution 

 adopted by their organization that they 

 wish such representation on the board of 

 directors, together with a complete list of 

 its membership. It shall be the secretary's 

 duty to confirm same and submit 11 to the 

 president for final confirmation. An- 

 nouncement of such director shall be made 

 by the president. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II. 



Article II. Officers. Their Election and 



Duties. 



Section 2. Elections and Appointments. 

 Paragraph (d). 



The secretary shall cause official bal- 

 lots to be prepared according to the "Aus- 

 tralian" form containing the names of all 

 candidates nominated for the various elec- 

 tive offices. Hallotlng shall take place at 

 the morning session of the third day of 

 the annual meeting. The secretary shall 

 prepare four election books. In which the 

 names of members eligible to vole arc al- 

 phali'-tlcally arranged. r!<iok 1 to contain 

 all names from letter "A" to letter "D" 

 inclusive. Book 2 to contain all names 

 from letter "E" to letter "K" inclusive. 

 Rook ."! to contain all names from letter 

 "L" to letter "R" inclusive. Book I lo 

 contain all names from letter "S" to letter 

 "Z" inclusive. The secretary shall provide 

 one b;illot liox for e:ich book. The presi- 

 dent or presiding officer shall appoint <inc 

 checker for each book, and one receiver 

 for each ballot box. and one judge of elec- 

 tion, who shall have charge of the check- 

 ers and receivers, who together -with lilm. 

 form the election board. They shall, afti'r 

 the close of the i)olls. assort and count 

 the votes cast and report the results to 

 the convention. The polls shall remain 

 open from 10 A. M. to 11 A. M.. or until 

 all legal voters in line at that time shall 

 have an opporUinlty to cast their voles. 

 -V majority of .all the votes cast shall be 

 necessar.v for an election; and the presi- 

 dent or "presi<ling olficer shall declare who 

 is elected. In case of failure to elect on 

 the first ballot, the president shall order 

 a new ballot immediately, polls to rem.aln 

 open one hour: should this ballot fail to 

 elect, the president shall order a third bal- 

 lot, polls to remain open one lonir; Ibis 

 liallot shall be limited to the two candi- 

 dates receiving the highest vote on pre- 

 ceding ballot. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III. 

 fiovernment. Executive Board. 



Between the sessions of the socicix- its 

 government shall lie V(*sted in an executive 

 board, consisting of the president. Junior 

 ex-presldent. first vice-president, secre- 

 tary, treasurer, and the board of directors. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II. 

 Election and Appointment of Officers. Di- 

 rectors, and Committees, and Their 

 Respective Duties. 

 Section 4. Standing Committees and 

 Their Duties. 

 Paragraph (n't Standing Committee on 



Convention Uarden. The president ng- 

 KUinlng office January 1, 1!)I7, shall ap- 

 point three members, one servltig three 

 .vears, one two years, and otie one year. 

 lOacli next eh'cteil president when taking 

 office shall appoint <inc member lo serve 

 three years. This commltlei- shall have 

 full charge of all conviiitlon garden ar- 

 rangement work under the direction of the 

 executive board. The tnembers shall elect 

 their own chairman, and shall be subject 

 to the call of the president and the execu- 

 tive board. 



Paragraph (b) Publicity Commlll<'e. 

 TlU' president assuming olfice January 

 1. mil, shall appoint five members, one to 

 serve live years, one four years, one three 

 .years, one two years, one one year. Each 

 next elected president when taking office 

 shall appoint one member to serve five 

 years. 'I'he members shall elect their own 

 chairman. 



It shall be the duty of this conimlttee to 

 keep up an efficient campaign of proper 

 horticultural and llorlcultural advertise- 

 ment along educational and progressive 

 lines, in trade papers, periodicals, and the 

 press In gem-ral. 



Paragraph (e» .\merlean Horticultural 

 Proilucts (' miltce. The president as- 

 suming office .lanuary 1, 1917, shall, and 

 each next elected president upon taking 

 office shall, appoint three members to 

 serve one .year. 



It sh.ill be llie duty of this committee 

 lo advocate, induce, promote, and assist In 

 every possible way the production In this 

 country of horticultural products now Im- 

 ported from foreign lands. 



NOTE. — The committee believes that all 

 other stJindlng committees created by the 

 society at Its different annual meetings 

 should be d.issed under this new Section 4. 



Vice-President Kerr made a lengthy 

 report covering the plans and ar- 

 rangements made for the housing of 

 the Houston Convention and Trade 

 Kxliibilioii. The convention hall, he 

 said, would provide an area of 20,000 

 square feet for display space, which 

 he thought would be ample. The 

 hall was located three blocks from 

 Rice's Hotel, which would be head- 

 quarters, and five liloclts from the 

 convention garden. Work on the con- 

 vention garden, he said, was in active 

 progress, and its success was practi- 

 cally assured. Some action had been 

 taken, he said, in regard to getting 

 low railroad rates to Houston, and It 

 seemed quite proliable that a one and 

 one-third rate would be secured over 

 all railroads in the United States. 



The committee on convention gar- 

 den was appropriated a sum not to 

 exceed $500 for purposes of the gar- 

 den. 



The first business at Wednesday 

 morning's session was the reading of 

 the report of the auditing committee, 

 which found the reports of the secre- 

 tary and treasurer to be correct, and 

 complimented these officers upon the 

 efficient work shown in the reports. 



The matter of arrangements for the 

 trade exhibits at Houston was again 

 discussed, and it was decided to make 

 the rate for exhibition space 40 cents 

 per square foot. 



The publicity committee, through 

 its chairman, Irwin Bertermann, re- 

 ported progress. The committee had 

 not had a full meeting. Consequently, 

 a report could not be presented at 

 this time. Mr. Bertermann, however, 

 made a short address in which he em- 

 bodied his personal ideas. It was 

 evident that the prevailing idea as to 



