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HORTICULTURE 



August 11, 1906 



CONVENTION TOPICS 



THE PROGRAM IN BRIEF. 



The twenty-second annual meeting 

 and exhibition of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists will be held at Dayton, 

 Ohio, August 21, 22, 23 and 24, 1906. 

 TR.\xsronTATinN. 



A reduced rate of one and one-tnird 

 fare, on the certificate plan for the 

 round trip, has been granted by all 

 railroad and steamship lines in the 

 United States represented in the trunk 

 line and passenger committees, except 

 in the state of Ohio, where a uniform 

 rate of two cents per mile has been 

 established by law. 



Be sure that, when purchasing your 

 going ticket, you request a "certifi- 

 cate." 



Present yourself at the railroad 

 station for ticket and certificate at 

 least 30 minutes before the departure 

 of train. 



On your arrival at the Convention 

 Hall, present your certificate at once 

 to Secretary Stewart, accompanied by 

 a fee of twenty-five cents, who will re- 

 turn the certificate to you after it 

 has been duly validated, for return 

 journey, which will entitle you, up to 

 August 31, to return ticket at one third 

 the limited fare, excepting that for 

 points west of Chicago and St. Louis 

 and north of Kansas City generally the 

 return limit is August 28. 



HOTELS I.\ DAYTON. 



All hotels are within one square of 

 all street cars, taking you to the ex- 

 hibition grounds within ten minutes. 



Anyone wanting accommodations, if 

 no individual arrangements are pre- 

 ferred, shouhl make application as 

 soon as possible to .T. B. Heiss, chair- 

 man of hotel committee. 



THE TRADE EXHIBITION. 

 The trade exhibition will be located 

 in the central pavilion at the fair 

 grounds. Full rules and regulations, 

 together with diagrams of the exhi- 

 bition hall, may be obtained from 

 Horace M. Frank, superintendent, 112 

 South Main street, Dayton, O. 



OUTDOOR EXHIBITION. 



This convention offers the first op- 

 portunity in the Society's history to 

 make a display of out-door planted 

 material. Harry M. Altick. vice-presi- 

 dent, has charge of this department. 



BULBS FOR TESTING. 

 American growers of any forcing 

 bulbs, plants or seeds of sorts not yet 

 grown in this country in commercial 

 quantity, or dealers controlling stocks 

 of such goods, will be given space free 

 of charge for the exhibition of samples 

 as heretofore. Please make entries 

 with the secretary. 



PAYING DUES. 

 Members will greatly promote their 

 own comfort and convenience by for- 

 warding their dues to the secretary in 

 advance. On receipt of $3.00 from 

 those who have paid memliership dues 

 for 1905, and $.^.00 for all others, 

 certificate, badge book, and numbered 

 badge for 190C will be mailed from the 

 Secretary's office. The Secretary's ad- 

 dress is Wm. J. Stewart, 11 Hamilton 

 Place, Boston. 



Program. 



OI'EXIXG SESSION, TUESDAY. AUG. 

 21. 2 r.M. 



The opening session will ho dovolofl to 

 jin :irt<lress of wel'-onip Iiy M;iyor riiMS. _E. 

 SliyOcr, response Ity I'^x-I^iesident I'.itii k 

 O'Mai-n; tlie iinnniil nildress of Ihe I'resi- 

 dent, .Tiirt reporls of Seeretary. Tieasiuci'. 

 State Vieel'iesiilents, Comuiittees. and 

 otlier oflicials of tlie Society. 



.TUIKJING EXHIBITS. 



.Tndffes wiii examine and prepai-e lln-ir 

 rei^orts iqion the no\elties and new inven- 

 tions in the trade eshiliition immediate y 

 aftei- tile close of tlie opening session. 



I'RESIDENT'S RECEI'TION. 7 I'.M. 



Tliis always-popnlar srliool ft-atnre \\ill 

 be lielcl on Tnesdnv evening at Ear llilis. 

 tlH' private estate of Mr. .lohn H. Taller- 

 son, nnder the .-iiispiees of tlie Dayton 

 I-'Iorists' rinb. Mnsie. refresimu-nts, and 

 gr.-md illninination of tlie grounds. 

 SECOND DAY. WEDNESL>AY. AU(!. 22. 

 o.rso A.M. 



Eoliowing reiKn-ts of .fudges at the morn 

 ing session. \\'ednesday. .\ng. 22. the prize 

 essays pi'epnred bv nnMnbers on tile snb- 

 jei't of -'The BesI Methoil of .Marlieling 

 file I'rodnet of tin- Wllolesale riant and 

 I'Mower Grower." will I)e presented and 

 the a\^■ar^Is annouin-ed. 



SEl,ECTION OF Ni:XT MEETING I'l.AI'E 

 AND NOMINATION OF OFFICEItS. 

 Til seleetion of the loe.-ition of Die next 

 meeting (polls ojieii one lioiin. luunlnatiini 

 of otiieers and roll-eall of States for nonii 

 nallcni for Stale Vice rresldents for next 

 year will take jiiaee at this session. 



ADDRESS. 



"Teaching I lorl ienll nre in llie I'lili ii- 

 Si-hools." by E. V. Ilalb.rk, N. V 



Disenssion. 



\'oling on ainendlnents to ronsMIn inn 

 and by-laws. 



HOWLING TOURNA.MICN T, I. .10 I'M. 



.\llevs at Fairvii'W I'aik and Lakiside 

 I'ark. For instrnedons as to entries, ete., 

 aildiess George Asmus, 807 Madison Ave.. 

 (.■Iiicago, III. 



PROMENADE GONClOIiT. 



There will be n promenaile .-onc-eri at 

 till' Exhibition Building during llo' after- 

 noon. 



FLORISTS' IIAIL ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA. ;i P..M. 



.\nniiai meeting at Convention Hall. 



ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT s I'.M. 



Tille and lectnrer to be announced lati-r. 

 QUESTION BOX. 



The Question Box will be oiiened after 

 tile close of the lecture, and a general dis- 

 enssion will be in order ni»on a number of 

 Iiractical topics. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



.Meeting of members at the .Mgoiiiiiiln 

 Hotel, immediately after adjonrnincnt <pf 

 tile evening session of the S. A. F. 



THIRD DAY, TiniRSDAY. AUG. 23. 



n.:jo A..M. 



Subjects for discussion at tlie morning 

 sessb.n, Thursflay. August 2;i. will be; 



"Recent Improvi-inents in Retailers' 

 Methods of Offering Flowers," I'apers by 

 AV. V. Glide, Washington, D. C.. anil Irwin 

 Berterniann, Indianapolis. Iiid. 



"■i'he Meal Private (iardener and His 

 Work," l»j Fred K. Palmer. BKioUin-. 

 Mass. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS, lU A..M. 

 Polls open two hours. 



QUESTION BOX. 

 The Question Box will be opened during 

 the voting. 



EXHIBITORS' DAY. 

 'i'hursday afternoim will he devoted ex- 

 clusively to the interest of tlie exhibitors. 

 There will be band eoneerts noon and 

 evening. 



EVENING SESSION, 7.30 P.M. 

 Addresses and a discussion on the pro 

 posed N.itl'.nal Flower Show, 



Unflnlshed business. 

 FBIDAY, AUG. 24. DAYTON FLORISTS 

 DAY. 

 At 10 A.M., a trip to the Natloiml Cnalj 

 Register Co,, the model factory of the 



world. In the afternoim at 2 o'clock, a 

 street ear ride to Soldiers' Home: band 

 concert at the Home by Uncle Sam's band; 

 address at Memorial Hall. 



CHAIRMEN OF CONVENTION COMMIT 

 TEES. 



Exhibits— Horace M. Frank. 112 

 South Main Street. 



Reception— F. W. Hitter, 832 River 

 Street. 



Hotels— J. B. Heiss, 112 Main Street. 



Entertainment — Chas. Lutzenberger, 

 Philadelphia Street. 



Finance— H. H. Hitter. 435 West 

 Grand Avenue. 



Ladies — The Misses M. and L. .John- 

 son, 142 South Jefferson Street. 



Decoration — John E. Freudenberger, 

 National Cash Register Co. 



CONCERNING YOUR ARRIVAL IN 

 DAYTON. 



The Exposition Hall will be a thing 

 of beauty, and the exhibition large. 

 The leaders in the parade of the trade 

 have been coming forward like men. 

 Now. you members of our association, 

 be liberal with your patronage, and 

 encourage these men to do likewise 

 at the next meeting place. The signs 

 in the big dome will inform you of 

 the foremost leaders in the business 

 without having made an exhibit. 



When you arrive in Dayton, make 

 free use of the Bureau of Information 

 at the de|)ot. It will be conducted by 

 the Merchants Police of Dayton, un- 

 der the control of the Dayton Florists' 

 Club. Do not forget to register at 

 once with the National Secretary, Mr. 

 Stewart, at the Exhibition hall. 



The club has made crrangements 

 with the Xenia Traction line to give 

 us a five minutes service from the 

 .Algonquin Hotel to the Fair Ground; 

 there will always be a car awaiting 

 coming and going. Signs on the cars 

 will inform you that this is the official 

 line: take no other line. Members 

 will benefit the Florists' Club in part 

 Ijy patronizing this line. The other 

 line, which is called The Southern Ohio 

 Traction Company, refused to grant 

 any concessions whatsoever on the 

 .service. 



Also arrangements have been made 

 with the official line to sell six tickets 

 for 2ij cents or twenty-five tickets for 

 $1.00 with the privilege of transferring 

 to any line in the city of Dayton, 

 either way. You can procure your 

 tickets from the conductor or else at 

 the secretary's office in the exhibition 

 hall. In order to reach P'ar Hiils for 

 the Presidential reception, special ar- 

 rangements have been made with the 

 Oak Wood line that will give you two 

 minutes service either coming or going 

 to Far Hills until 11.30 P. M. 



All visitors are requested to stay the 

 full length of time if possible for the 

 last day will be just as instructive ami 

 entertaining as the first one. 



As I stated before, you will find 

 furnished on the ground for inner man 

 all at the most reasonable prices, and 

 bills of fare, etc.. are under the control 

 of the Florists' Club. However all 

 concessions are given out free of 

 charge, and should there be any dis- 

 courtesy or inattention of waiters, 

 please report at once to the chairman, 

 J, B, Heiss. 



A book for complaints you will find 



