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following is a summary, was next pre- 

 sented ". — 



TREASURER'S REPORT— YEAR 

 1905. 



1905. , 



Jan. 1st, Balance UeDeral^^^g,3j,^ 



Balance Life Mem- 

 bership Fund.. ■ 2,Sli).»fa 



Cash on hand $5,743.03 



Dec. 31, Total receipts year 



^ .:^!°?".W403.44 

 Total Receipts year 

 1903. Life Mem- 

 bership Fund.. 911^ 



Total receipts 1905.. 3,315.00 

 $9,058.03 

 Dec 31, Total disbursements year 



1905, General Fund l.Siioa 



Cash on hand Dec. 

 31, 1905 $7,214.4!> 



Dec. 31, Balance— Home Trust Co. 



of Pittsburg . .$l,l!H.s» 



Balance— Citizens Bankmg 



Co. of Oil City...... .. 2,^»0' 



Balance— Germania »a\ - 



ings Banli of Pittsburg. 3..31.j2 



$7,214.48 

 On behalf o£ the committee ap- 

 pointed last year for the purpose of 

 conferring with the officers of the Na- 

 tional Council of Horticulture and 

 others interested in the purposes of 

 that hodv, Alexander Wallace made a 

 report as chairman, setting forth the 

 objects of the organization and quoting 

 from a letter received from Secretary 

 H C Irish of St. Louis. The council 

 had had one meeting in Cleveland and 

 had thus far confined its work to the 

 distribution of information on horti- 

 cultural subjects through the public 

 pre<=s The committee believed that 

 this work should be continued and that 

 a sum of money for this purpose should 

 be contributed by the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists, as had already been done 

 by the American Seed Trade Associa- 



' Philip Breitmeyer endorsed Mr. Wal- 

 laf^s Views of the value of the work 

 done by the Council. J. C. \augnan 

 also spoke in approval. A motion was 

 then passed recommending t" "^ 

 executive committee an appropriation 

 of two hundred dollars towards the ex- 

 penses of the Council and the appoint- 

 ment of two delegates from the societj 

 to act as members of the Council. 



On account of inability to secure the 

 expected lecture for Wednesday even- 

 ing it was voted to change the pro- 

 gram, placing the paper "The Ideal 

 Private Gardener and His Work, by 

 Fred E. Palmer, on for Wednesday 

 evening and assigning the discussion ot 

 the president's address to that session 



also. ^, 



On account of the inclement weather 

 and wet grass a change in the plans for 

 Tuesday evening was made and the 

 president's reception and entertain- 

 ment by the National Cash Register 

 Co. was held in Welfare Hall instead of 

 at Far Hills. Supper was served at 6 

 o'clock. The address of welcome was 

 made by Acting General Manager Wil- 

 liam Pflum, after which President 

 Kasting and party received and shook 

 the hands of over eight hundred mem- 

 bers and their ladies. A stereopticon 

 talk with beautiful garden and floral 

 views from all parts of the world fol- 

 lowed. The secretary was instructed 



to cable President John H. Patterson 

 in Europe as follows: 



"Enjoying your hospitality; appre- 

 ciate your great work for humanity." 



For variety and extent the trade ex- 

 hibition at Dayton fully equalled that 

 of any previous display. Especially 

 deserving in effect were the plant 

 groups from H. A. Dreer. John Scott 

 and Julius Roehrs. There were many 

 other large and beautiful displays 

 which will be fully described next 

 week. Much attention was Ijestowed 

 on H. H. Barrows & Son's Whitmani 

 fern and the new variety N. Amer- 

 pohlii. C. Winterich had a fine show- 

 ing of young cyclamen plants. Bulbous 

 stock was exhibited in big array by 

 many dealers. Arthur Cowee's four 

 tables of gladioli were the chief feature 

 in the cut flower section. The Living- 

 ston Seed Company's new begonia 

 Semperflorens attracted much notice. 

 Among the appliances occupying the 

 outer circumference of the main hall 

 the Holly-Castle circulator and King 

 Construction Company's twin green- 



PlIILlP J. HAVSWIETn, 



Sec-Elect S. A. F. 



houses were conspicuous. The usual 

 displays of boilers, greenhouse models, 

 flower pots, etc., were put up by the old 

 standbys. The upper floor was devoted 

 to baskets, ribbons and general sup- 

 plies. Bayersdorfer & Co. surpassed 

 themselves in extent, variety and 

 beauty of their novelties. Reed & 

 Keller, S. S. Pennock, Schloss Bros., 

 L. Wertheimer &. Co.. all made rich 

 displays. 



The meeting on Wednesday morning 

 was electrifled by a characteristic ad- 

 dress by James L. Cowles, secretary of 

 the Postal Progress League, which re- 

 sulted in a unanimous resolution en- 

 dorsing the bill before Congress for the 

 consolidation of third and fourth class 

 mail matter. The selection of a loca- 

 tion for the next Convention brought 

 out much oratory. The mayor of 

 Niagara Falls appeared in person to 

 press the merits of his city, but 

 Philadelphia, under the leadership of 

 Robert Craig and John Westcott, won 

 out by a plurality of thirty votes. 



Nominations for officers were pre- 

 sented as follows: for president, Wm. 



J. Stewart by W. W. Castle; for vice- 

 president, John Westcott, S. S. Pennock 

 and Leo Niessen by several members; 

 for secretary, H. M. Altick by Wm. 

 Scott and P. J. Hauswirth by W. F. 

 Gude; for treasurer, H. B. Beatty by 

 W. W. Coles. The proposed amend- 

 ments to the by-laws were adopted. 

 The death of the brother of ex-presi- 

 dent O'Mara was announced and a 

 telegram of sympathy sent. E. V. 

 Hallock presented his report and able 

 address on "Horticultural Instruction 

 in the Public Schools," and was fol- 

 lowed by many others on the same 

 topic. 



His committee was continued and 

 Messrs. Palmer and Cowell were added 

 to it. 



The meeting on Wednesday evening 

 was well attended. The judges' re- 

 ports on the trade exhibition and the 

 display of landscape plans were pre- 

 sented. Both will be published in full 

 next week. 



Owing to a miscarriage in the mail 

 the prize essays were not acted upon 

 by the jud.ges. F. E. Palmer read his 

 address on "The Ideal Private Gar- 

 dener and His Work." This will ap- 

 pear in full in next week's issue. 



The discussion on the president's 

 address brought out a great debate on 

 glass and other goods which was par- 

 iicipated in by W. W. Castle, W. H. 

 Elliott, E. G. Hill, Benj. Hammond, 

 Chas. Lenker, Wm. Scott. J. C. Vaughan 

 and A. Wintzer and a vote was unani- 

 mously carried instructing the joint 

 committee on organization to ask Con- 

 gress for a reduction of duty on hot- 

 house glass. 



THE BOWLING CONTEST. 



Philadelphia finished first in the 

 bowling contest with a score of 2350 

 for the three frames with a five-man 

 team against Washington, Cleveland, 

 Chicago, New York, Baltimore and 

 Detroit. The other teams finished in 

 the order named. The winners carry 

 off the Beatty Trophy, the Kasting 

 Cup and a silver match box to each of 

 ihe five members on the team. Wash- 

 ington which put up a strong fight and 

 finished second, carried off the trophy 

 donated by the Crawford. McGregor 

 & Canby Co., of Dayton, and gold sleeve 

 buttons to each member. A prize cup 

 was the share ot Cleveland which fin- 

 ished third. Consolation prizes were 

 won by Detroit which finished last. 

 The score was as follows: Philadelphia 

 2:5.50, Washington 2274, Cleveland 2142, 

 Chicago 2065. New York 1957, Balti- 

 more 1956, Detroit 1949. In addition 

 to the team contests there were prizes 

 for the individual bowling which 

 brought out some fine scores. Ernest 

 of Washington scored 353, Seybold of 

 Baltimore 347, Asmus of Chicago 344. 

 Connor of Philadelphia 328, Graham of 

 Philadelphia 320. Greatest number of 

 strikes, Seybold, Baltimore; greatest 

 number of spares, Bergman, Chicago. 

 At the same time a contest was ar- 

 ranged for the ladies at Lakeside Park 

 and was contested with great enthu- 

 siasm, some twenty-seven of the fair 

 ones taking part. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The election of officers on Thursday 

 morning resulted in the unanimous 

 election of William J. Stewart for 

 president and H. B. Beatty for treas- 

 urer. Philip J. Hauswirth was elected 

 secretary, and John Westcott vice- 

 president. Mr. Westcott declined to- 

 serve. 



