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HORTICULTURE 



August 14, 1915 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



AND 



ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



Preliminary program for the Thirty- 

 first Annual Convention, to be held in 

 The Civic Center Auditorium, San 

 Francisco, Cal., August 17, 18, 19, 1915. 



First Day, Tuesday, August 17. 



OPENING SESSION. 



2 P. M. — Opening exercises in Hall 

 H, east side. Fourth Floor, Civic Cen- 

 ter Auditorium. Address of Welcome, 

 by Hon. Jas. Rolph, Jr., Mayor of San 

 Francisco; Response, by W. F. Gude; 

 President Welch's Address; Reading 

 Minutes of Executive Board; Report 

 of the Secretary; Report of the Treas- 

 urer; Reports of State Vice-Presi- 

 dents; Consideration of Invitations for 

 Meeting Place for 1916. 



EVENING SESSION. 



8 P. M. — Balloting for Meeting Place 

 for 1916, at St. Francis Hotel; Recep- 

 tion to President Welch, at the St. 

 Francis Hotel. Music; Dancing; Re- 

 freshments. Strictly informal. 



Second Day, Wednesday, August 18. 



MOENING SESSION. 



9 A. M. — Meeting of The Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery. 



10.30 A. M.— Annual Meeting of The 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists. 

 Session S. A. F. and O. H.; Report of 

 the National Flower Show Committee; 

 George Asmus, Chairman; Discussion; 

 Nomination of Officers for 1916; Re- 

 port of the Judges of the Trade Ex- 

 hibition and the Convention Garden; 

 Report of the Committee on the Presi- 

 dent's Address; Discussion. 



AFTEENOON SESSION. 



2 P. M.— Bowling Contest of The 

 Ladies of the S. A. F. 



2 P. M.— Session S. A. F. and O. H.; 

 Discussion, "Are Not Insurance Rates 

 on Modern Greenhouse Establishments 

 Too High, in view of the lighter risks 

 accruing from better and less danger- 

 ous construction?" Led by Wm. F. 

 Kasting. Report of the Committee on 

 National Publicity — ^Irwin Bertennann, 

 Chairman; Discussion. 



Third Day, Thursday, August 19. 



MOBNING SESSION. 



9 A. M.— Meeting of The Florists' 

 Hail Association. 



19 A. M. — Time alloted for Meetings, 

 Rose, Carnation. Chrysanthemum and 

 Gladiolus Societies if desired. 



11 A. M.— Election of Officers of the 

 S. A. F. and O. H. for 1916; Polls open 

 from 11 A. M. to 12 M. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



2 P. M. — Question Box; Deferred 

 Business. 



2 P. M. — Annual Bowling Tourna- 

 ment, S. A. F. and O. H., at Gramp 

 alleys, 924 Market St. 



Essays 



In view of the many and varied at- 

 tractions of the Convention and Con- 

 vention City, the Executive Board de- 

 cided that it would be unwise to take 

 up the time of the convention with the 

 reading of essays. Realizing, however, 

 the value of the presentation of essays 

 at the Society's conventions, the sec- 

 retary was instructed to invite essays 

 from various gentlemen willing to pre- 

 pare them, such invitations and the 

 number of them to be within his discre' 

 tion, the essays to be furnished to the 

 trade papers for publication during 

 the convention period, and to be print- 

 ed as part of the proceedings of the 

 convention. 



The following essays are presented: 



"Is it Advisable for the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists to Establish a National 

 Credit and Collection Department?" by 

 August F. Poehlmann, Morton Grove, 

 111. 



"The Problems Attending the Estab- 

 lishment of Permanent Convention 

 Gardens," by Theodore Wirth, Super- 

 intendent of Parks, Minneapolis, Minn. 



"The Necessity of National Publici- 

 ty to Advance the Interests of Commer- 

 cial Floriculture in the United States," 

 by Albert Pochelon, Detroit, Mich. 

 Fourth Day, Friday, August 20. 



S. A. F. and O. H. Day at the Pana- 

 ma-Pacific International Exposition. 



The address of the secretary is care 

 of Daniel MacRorie, 430 Phelan Bldg., 

 San Francisco. 



mann W. Merkel and John J. Walsh of 

 New York, N. Y.; Oscar W. Karlson, 

 Riverdale, N. Y.; Charles Haible and 

 William H. Coldwell, Newburgh, N. Y.; 

 John D. McEwen and wife. Queens, N. 

 Y.; Oscar Boehler, West Hoboken, N. 

 J.; E. W. Schoneberger, Madison, N. 

 J.; Robert Williamson, Greenwich, 

 Conn.; A. Bieschke. wife and child, 

 Noroton, Conn.; Miss Una Keith, 

 Bridgeport, Conn.; W. R. Pierson, 

 Cromwell, Conn; David F. Roy and 

 wife, Marion, Mass.; Joseph C. Forbes, 

 New Bedford, Mass. Theodore Wirth 

 and wife joined the party at Minneapo- 

 lis. Others were to join at Spokane, 

 Seattle and Portland. M. C. Ebel, who 

 organized the party was obliged to 

 give up the trip owing to sickness. He 

 traveled with them as far as Philadel- 

 phia and they parted from him with 

 much regret. 



President Welch's party bound for 

 the Convention, numbering four when 

 starting from Boston had grown to 

 twelve when leaving Chicago. Mr. 

 Welch reports a very enjoyable visit 

 in Chicago where hospitality without 

 limit was extended by representatives 

 of the Florists' Club, the trade and the 

 park officials. 



OFF FOR SAN FRANCISCO. 



The joint party of the Park Super- 

 intendents' and Gardeners' Association 

 leaving New York for San Francisco 

 on Saturday, August 7, consisted of 

 Fred C. Green, Providence, R. I.; Her- 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 



Six well-known gentlemen, authori- 

 ties and veterans from the standpoint 

 of judging exhibitions, have been 

 selected by the premium committee 

 of the Cleveland Flower Show to 

 serve as their official judges. They 

 are as follows: J. F. Ammann. Ed- 

 wardsville. 111.; Emil Buettner, Park 

 Ridge, 111.; Michael Bloy, Detroit, 

 Mich.; Eugene Dailledouze, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y.; John H. Dunlop, Toronto, Can- 

 ada; Wm. Nicholson, Framingham, 

 Mass. 



Chairman Herbert Bate, of the pre- 

 mium committee, states that his com- 

 mittee is hard at work on getting the 

 final premium list in shape to place 

 In the hands of the printer so that it 

 will be mailed early in September. 

 I'Yank A. Freidley, of the James Eadie 

 Company, representing the commercial 

 growers, and J. Curnow, of Akron, 

 representing the private growers, to- 

 gether with Mr. Bate compose the pre- 

 mium committee. 



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