March 13, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



337 



will not prevent individuals from mak- 

 ing their own arrangements. On mo- 

 tion, the Chair appointed three repre- 

 sentatives in the Bast as an addition 

 to the Chicago Clubs' Committee on 

 Transportation and who will furnish 

 eastern members all information in 

 their power regarding the trip, viz.: 

 H. H. Bartsch, President Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston; George 

 Burton, President Florists' Club of 

 Philadelphia, and Harry A. Bunyard, 

 President New York Florists' Club. 



At the Tuesday morning session of 

 the Board several representatives of 

 subsidiary societies announced that it 

 was not their intention to hold special 

 meetings of their societies at San 

 Francisco, further than to participate 

 in the general meeting of the S. A. P. 

 In response to a telegram sent Daniel 

 MacRorie by a special committee, Mr. 

 Wirth and Mr. Young, the latter an- 

 nounced that a reply had been received 

 from Mr. MacRorie that the Local 

 Committee on Convention Garden will 

 undertake to carry out the same on the 

 same basis as it was carried out in 

 Minneapolis. At the suggestion of Mr. 

 Roland, Theodore Wirth was appointed 

 by the Chair as a representative of the 

 Board of the S. A. F. to act in con- 

 junction with the Local Committee on 

 Convention Garden at San Francisco. 



On motion of Secretary Young it was 

 ordered that the awards to be given 

 tor the Exhibit's in the Convention- 

 Garden be in the form of medals or 

 certificates, and that no cash prizes be 

 awarded. Judges of the Convention 

 Garden and Trade Exhibition, the 

 Chair announced will be appointed 

 later as soon as it is ascertained what 

 members of the S. A. F. will positively 

 attend at San Francisco. J. A. Peter- 

 son, Cincinnati, offered a suggestion as 

 to the possibility of having an exhibi- 

 tion where new plants could be ex- 

 hibited and judged once every month, 

 which he thought would be a great 

 benefit not only to the grower but also 

 to purchasers of new plants. Mr. 

 Peterson stated that he personally 

 knew of plants sent out under three 

 or four different names when they 

 were all practically the same plant. 

 This suggestion was quite generally 

 discussed by the Board, and a special 

 committee, Messrs. Wirth, Kasting 

 and Roland were appointed to take 

 this matter under consideration. 



Mr. Peterson also brought up a mat- 

 ter regarding which he has had con- 

 siderable correspondence with various 

 members of the S. A. F. & O. H. as 

 to the provisions in the classifications 

 of the express companies regarding 

 growing plants not in pots or tubs, 

 placed in boxes and the sides and ends 

 of which are as high or higher than 

 the plant, and slats nailed on the top 

 completely protecting the plant, which 

 are rated as second class by the ex- 

 press companies, while growing plants 

 in pots or tubs, plants in receptacles 

 crated, are rated first class. He be- 

 lieved that plants in pots carefully 

 packed should be carried as second- 

 class matter, giving reasons for same. 

 After considerable discussion this 

 matter was referred to the Tariff and 

 Liegislative Committee. 



Wm. F. Gurle, who was present at 

 this session, having arrived one day 

 late through a misunderstanding as 

 to the date of the meeting, reported 

 certain correspondence that he had 



had on the above matter with the In- 

 terstate Commerce Commission, advis- 

 ing that they had it under investiga- 

 tion. Wm. ■ F. Kasting thought it 

 might be a good idea to appoint a 

 committee to take measures to obtain 

 a new rating from the insurance com- 

 panies, on greenhouses of modern con- 

 struction. It was the general con- 

 sensus of opinion that the former rates 

 were now too high, the same having 

 been established at a time when green- 

 houses were a much more hazardous 

 risk than under the present improved 

 construction of concrete, etc. No 

 action was taken on this suggestion 

 at this time. 



Mr. Wirth moved that there be a 

 permanent Standing Committee on 

 Convention Garden similar in point of 

 numbers and in tenure of office to the 

 National Flower Show Committee. 

 The discussion on this motion brought 

 out the general approval in which the 

 whole subject of the Convention Gar- 

 den is held and its possibilities as a 

 general advertising feature as well as 

 the public benefits to be derived. The 

 motion was seconded by Mr. Roland 

 and unanimously carried. 



At the final session of the Board, Tues- 

 day afternoon, Ex-President Wirth 

 brought up a subject very dear to his 

 heart, by asking for an expression of 

 opinion from these present in regard 

 to the suggestion that Mr. Wirth made 

 in his President's Address at Boston, 

 namely, his belief that the name of the 

 S. A. F. & 0. H. should be changed so 

 as to refer to horticulture only. Great 

 deference was paid to Mr. Wirth's 

 feeling in this matter, but the result 

 of an extended discussion was confir- 

 mation of the fact that the majority's 

 sentiment was strongly opposed to any 

 change of name, Mr. Gude bringing 

 out very forcibly that such a change 

 would not only be repugnant to the 

 traditions of the society and the senti- 

 ment of the membership at large, but 

 would require the taking out of a new 

 charter which might even endanger 

 the national character of the charter, 

 the S. A. F. & 0. H. being the only 

 society of its kind which had been 

 favored with a charter from the Na- 

 tional Government adopted by act of 

 Congress only after years of effort by 

 the late lamented Wm. R. Smith. 



•Mr. Wirth, although fondly cherish- 

 ing his desire for stronger reference 

 in the society's name to horticulture 

 pure and simple, stated that he would 

 bow to the will of the majority in the 

 matter until he could present stronger 

 arguments for a change. 



On motion of Secretary Young an 

 adjourned meeting of the Board was 

 authorized to be held at the time of 

 the Flower Show in New York. 



The Committee on Pinal resolutions, 

 Irwin Bertermann, chairman, reported 

 resolutions of thanks to the Local 

 Committee of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club for courtesies and hospitality: 

 also a vote of thanks to the National 

 Flower Show Committee for their 

 presence and work, and to the Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery Executive Commit- 

 tee for their attendance; all of which 

 was unanimously adopted by rising 

 vote. 



The Board adjourned feeling that the 

 meeting had been a most satisfactory 

 one from all standpoints and that 

 good work had been accomplished. 

 John Youxu, Secretary. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW COM- 

 MITTEE. 



The meeting of the National Flower 

 Show Committee was held at the Hotel 

 La Salle, Chicago, Illinois, at 2 o'clock, 

 P. M.. March 1, 1915, Chairman George 

 .4smus presiding. All members of the 

 committee were present with the ex- 

 ception of Messrs. Charles H. Totty 

 and W. N. Rudd. 



The discussion at this session was 

 entirely devoted to a consideration of 

 the adaptability of the building to be 

 selected for the Fourth National Flower 

 Show which is to take place in Phila- 

 delphia, March 25th to April 2nd, in- 

 clusive, 1916. As a result of the work 

 of this session instructions were issued 

 to the Lease and Contracts Committee, 

 Messrs. Parenwald, Kasting and Craig, 

 who have been doing energetic work 

 and who reported that preliminary ar- 

 rangements with reference to the lease 

 of the building had been considered 

 and are being pushed with all possible 

 dispatch. 



The second session of this committee 

 was held at 1.30 P. M. on Tuesday, 

 March 2nd, 1915, at the same place. A 

 matter of special importance that was 

 considered at this session was the rates 

 for space at the Trade Exhibition to be 

 held in connection with the National 

 Flower Show. After a full discussion 

 it was finally determined that inas- 

 much as the exhibition will be held on 

 one floor a uniform price of one dollar 

 per square foot would be charged, first 

 come first served. It is believed that 

 this price will be satisfactory to all 

 concerned, and Mr. Young reports that 

 he has received a gratifying number 

 of applications for space with every 

 prospect of plenty more coming, and 

 as no favors will be shown, it is up to 

 exhibitors to get their applications in 

 early. The question of admission of 

 artificial flowers, etc., on equal terms 

 with natural flowers was debated from 

 all viewpoints and it was the consen- 

 sus of opinion that while no discrim- 

 ination would be made and artificial 

 flowers would be admitted on equal 

 terms, it was suggested that a better 

 display would be promoted by segre- 

 gating the artificial flowers from the 

 natural flowers in a special department 

 of their own. 



On motion of Mr. Kasting, the chair- 

 man and secretary were authorized and 

 instructed to raise a guarantee fund 

 for the National Flower Show in the 

 amount of $10,000 and that in the call 

 to be sent out the purposes for which 

 the guarantee fund is to be raised shall 

 be fully specified, and that all florists 

 throughout the country be invited to 

 participate in subscriptions to this 

 guarantee fund. It was also agreed 

 that all funds in connection with the 

 National Flower Show shall be turned 

 over to and handled by the treasurer 

 of the S. A. P. and O. H. 



The announcement was made by the 

 American Carnation Society that (hey 

 will bring their jubilee meeting to Phil- 

 adelphia, in consideration of which on 

 motion of W. P. Craig it was ordered 

 that the former action taken by the 

 National Flower Show in reference to 

 the American Carnation Society's ex- 

 hibit and awards on condition that 

 they wo\ild hold their regular annual 

 meeting in conjunction with the Na- 

 tional Flower Show in Philadelphia, in 

 March, 1916, be reconsidered and that 



