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II () iri' I (' li LTURE 



Miinh Kt. iinr. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



Annual Meeting of the Executive Board 



The meotlng of the Kxecutlve Hoard 

 of the S. A. !•'. & 0. H. was held at the 

 Hotel LaSalle. Chleapo, III.. .March 1 

 and L'. 191.1. The foUowiiiK were In at- 

 tendance throughout the two days' 

 ■ ^ion8: Patrick Welch, president. 

 "II. .Mass.: .John Young, secretary. 

 .\. ,<. York. N. Y.; Wni. F. Kaslins. 

 treasurer. HufTalo. N. Y. Kx-President 

 Theodore Wirth, of Minneapolis, and 

 the following named directors. Thomas 

 Roland, Nahant. Mass.; August Foehl- 

 mann. Morton Grove, III.; J. J. Hess, 

 Omaha, Neb.; J. A. Peterson, Cincin- 

 nati. O.; Wm. R. Nicholson, Framlng- 

 bam. Mass.; R. C. Kerr, Houston, 

 Tex.; also the following members un- 

 der affiliation: Samuel J. doddard, 

 president American Carnation So- 

 ciety; Irwin C. Bertermann, president 

 Florists" Telegraph Delivery: George 

 Hurton. president Florists' Club of 

 Philadelphia: H. H. Bartsch, president 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton. 



The Board, besides the usual routine 

 matters coming up at the annual meet- 

 ing, had before it arrangements for 

 the Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the 

 S. A. F. & O. H. to be held in San 

 Francisco on August 17, 18 and 19, 

 191.'). and also the Fourth National 

 Flower Show which is to be held in 

 Philadelphia, March 25 to April 2, 

 1916. The National Flower Show 

 committee held its own session, but 

 certain important matters considered 

 by it were referred to the general 

 Board of the S. A. F. for approval. 



The reception by the Chicago flor- 

 ists of the S. A. F. Executive Board, 

 the National Flower Show Committee 

 and the Board of Directors of the 

 Florists' Telegraph Delivery was most 

 hospitable and elaborate. Notwith- 

 standing the courtesies tendered by 

 the Chicago florists, the Board trans- 

 acted a great amount of detail busi- 

 ness, its sessions were harmonious, 

 and the results of its deliberations 

 cannot fail to be beneficially telt 

 throughout the coming year. 



Daniel MacRorie, San Francisco, 

 Calif., Wallace R. Plerson, president 

 American Rose Society, and Harry A. 

 Bunyard, president New York Florists' 

 Club, were unavoidably absent, to the 

 regret of all. 



Mr. MacRorie telegraphed and also 

 wrote the Board explaining his ab- 

 sence and stating that he expected to 

 attend the Flower Show in New Y'ork 

 on the 17th inst. He advised that 

 Superintendent John .McLaren, San 

 Francisco, is now preparing ground 

 for a fine convention garden. Mr. 

 MacRorie's correspondence indicates 

 that he is vigorously at work and that 

 the San Francisco meeting will be up 

 to the usual standard of the S. A. F. 

 and probably have some additional 

 peculiarly California features that 

 will render it most attractive. 



Charles W. Johnson, secretary Chry- 



santhemum Society of America, called 

 the attention of the Hoard to the an 

 nual meeting and exhibition of the 

 C. S. A. to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 .November 10-14, 1915; also exhibit un- 

 der auspices of the C. S. A. in con- 

 junction with the gardeners and flor- 

 ists of the Pacific Coast to be held 

 ni'Xl fall at the Panama Pacific Inter- 

 national Exposition. San Francisco, 

 on dates not yet determined and ask- 

 ing for co-operation from the S. A. F. 

 Mr. Johnson predicts that the exhibi- 

 tions will be a big success. 



The communications were referred 

 to the National Flower Show Commit- 

 tee, the S. A. F. Board, however, au- 

 thorizing the National Flower Show 

 Committee to offer a certain number 

 of medals. 



A communication was received from 

 the Pathologist, Prof. H. H. Whelzel, 

 which was referred to the program 

 committee. The report of Treasurer 

 Kasting showed the finances in good 

 condition and an increased reserved 

 fund on hand. 



On motion of Mr. Kasting a com- 

 mittee of three, consisting of John 

 Young, New Y'ork, J. J. Hess, Omaha, 

 Neb., Robert C. Kerr, Houston, Tex., 

 was appointed on trade exhibition to 

 be held in conjunction with the San 

 Francisco meeting, to report as to 

 rates for space, etc. This committee 

 recommended the adoption of the 

 same rules that prevailed at the ex- 

 hibition at the convention in Boston 

 and that the same 40c. per square foot 

 be charged for space, which on motion 

 of .Mr. Goddard was concurred in. 



A motion was adopted to dispense 

 with the reading of essays at the San 

 Francisco meeting but to invite a 

 limited number of prominent people 

 to prepare such essays, the same to be 

 furnished in advance of the meeting 

 in time for publication in the various 

 trade papers. On motion of Ex-Presi- 

 dent Wirth a committee of five on 

 program was appointed, consisting of 

 John Young, chairman. New York; 

 Daniel MacRorie, San Francisco; 

 August Poehlmann, Chicago; Wm. R. 

 Nicholson, Framingham, Mass., and 

 George Burton, Philadelphia, Pa. 



At .Monday afternoon's session the 

 correspondence of Mr. MacRorie was 

 received and on motion of .Mr. Berter- 

 mann it was referred to the proper 

 committee, with t.tanks to Mr. Jlac- 

 Rorie. Some members of the Board 

 present stated that they had good rea- 

 son to know and they believed that 

 hotel rates in San Francisco would 

 not be excessive or above the ordinary 

 schedule prevailing at other times 

 than during the Exposition. On mo- 

 tion of Mr. Nicholson the Chair ap- 

 pointed the following committee on 

 l)ublicity: George Burton, president 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia, chair- 

 man; Irwin Bertermann, president 

 Florists' Telegraph Delivery. India- 



napolis, and Wm. F. Kasting, Huflalo, 

 N. Y. 



A resolution was presented from the 

 National Flower Show Committee, the 

 details of which cannot be made pul> 

 lie at this time but which will have 

 an important bearing upon the success 

 of the National Flower Show which 

 Past President George Asmus in pre- 

 senting the report of the National 

 Flower Show Committee, predicted 

 would be far ahead of any previous 

 National show. The chairman of the 

 National Flower Show Committee, 

 George .\smus, presented for the con- 

 sideration of the Board his plans In 

 general. These received the hearty ap- 

 proval and unanimous endorsement of 

 the Board, and Mr. Asmus was highly 

 complinientcd upon his successful at 

 tention to all details looking to the 

 most ethcient management of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show. 



.Messrs. Wirth and Hess were ap- 

 pointed auditing committee to pass 

 upon the reports of the secretary and 

 treasurer, and they reported that the 

 accounts were correct and in first-class 

 shape, also making some detailed re- 

 commendations, which were adoi)ted. 

 The usual routine appropriations came 

 up for action and after thorough dis- 

 cussion were duly acted on and suit- 

 able appropriations made. 



R. C. Kerr reported quite at 

 length in regard to the energetic 

 work he has been doing in Texas in 

 the shape of organizing. In the course 

 of this report he referred to the possi- 

 bility of the organization of sectional 

 associations. This brought out a 

 spirited discussion in which a number 

 of the members participated, and the 

 result of the discussion was that Mr. 

 Kerr ex|)ressed himself as thoroughly 

 in accord with tlie recent broad move- 

 ment toward nationalism and the 

 dominance of the parent Society, the 

 same not to interfere with complete 

 autonomy on the i)art of state or other 

 florists' associations, all of which are 

 invited to come into the fold under the 

 affiliation plan, which at the close of 

 the discussion Mr. Kerr acknowledged 

 the paramount advantages of and ex- 

 pressed himself as having gained much 

 from the discussion and as prepared to 

 go back home and push organization 

 harder than ever. 



A lengthy talk over the various pro- 

 posed routes to San Francisco was had, 

 Guy French, Secretary Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Club, appearing before the Board 

 and explaining the careful work that 

 the Chicago local association had done 

 with a view of arranging for Chicago 

 to be the nucleus or meeting point 

 where all eastern florists could con- 

 verge and from there either go as they 

 please or join in the general arrange- 

 ments. After full discussion the Board 

 endorsed the route selected by the 

 Chicago Club as probably the best that 

 can be had. although this of course 



