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days, had a very depressing effect on 

 the general beauty of the Cardens. 

 After viewing the Gardens, the party 

 returned to the city, where the formal 

 dedication took place and interesting 

 addresses were made by officers of the 

 National Government, the President of 

 the Rose Society, and others. 



After the dedicatory exercises had 

 been concluded, the party went by 

 automobiles to Twin Oaks, the home 

 of Mrs. Charles J. Bell, daughter of 

 the late Mrs. Gardner G. Hubbard, 

 donor of the Gardner Hubbard Memori- 

 al Medal. Mrs. Bell had extended a 

 kind invitation to the party to inspect 

 her rose gardens. The party was most 

 cordially received by Mrs. Bell and an 



Other reports were presented, in- 

 cluding the minutes of the Executive 

 Board meeting last winter. Reports of 

 State Vice Presidents were not read 

 but ordered printed as usual. 



MEETING PLACE FOR 1916. 



Invitations were extended for Hous- 

 ton, Texas, championed by W. W. 

 Coles of Kokonio, Ind., and backed by 

 telegrams from various officials and 

 the Florists' Club of that city; from 

 New York, presented by A. T. Delamare, 

 representing the N. Y. Florists club 

 and several business organizations; by 

 William Allen seconded by R. M. Ward 

 and others for New Orleans, La. After 

 considerable spicy oratory nominations 



Francis Hotel. The result gave Hous- 

 ton. Texas, 105 voles. New York 28 

 votes and New Orleans 12 votes. 

 Houston was accordingly declared win- 

 ner amidst much cheering. 



PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION. 



The President's Reception, in all 

 cases one of the most popular of the 

 convention features, was held accord- 

 ing to program in the St. Francis 

 Hotel. President and Mrs. Welch 

 were assisted iu receiving by a bril- 

 liant line of local and visiting society 

 officials and others. There was music, 

 dancing and refreshments, and the af- 

 fair will go down into history as a 

 most delightful success. 



The Convention City 

 A Vlstu r.uokliig North Through the Court of Four Seasons Toward San I'ranelseo Bay. 



hour and a half was pleasantly and 

 profitably spent at her beautiful home. 

 The affair was voted a big success and 

 one of the most interesting events in 

 the annaU of floriculture and horti- 

 culture. 



I am pleased to state that the pride 

 taken in the S. A. F. and O. H. by the 

 florists of the National Capital, is sur- 

 passed by no other city in the Cnion, 

 and is attested by the presence here 

 today of nearly a dozen members of 

 this Society, from Washington, three 

 thousand miles away. 



With hearty greetings and best wish- 

 es to all, 1 remain, as ever, 

 Yours for service, 



Wm. F. Gi iik. 



closed on Houston, New York and New 

 Orleans. 



President Welch made the following 

 appointments: J. G. Esler, judge of 

 election; H. Plath and Dan Raymond, 

 tellers. Committee on president's ad- 

 dress, George Asmus, Henry Krucke- 

 berg, Ed J. Fancourt, C. W. Ward, H. 

 Plath. Judges of trade exhibition, 

 Frank Pelloano, Albert Stein, W. F. 

 Judges of convention garden, Theodore 

 WIrth, John Pilklngton, John Morley, 

 William Hertrlch. 



TUESDAY EVENING SESSION. 



Houston Wins. 

 Halloting for choice of convention 

 city for 1916 took place at the St. 



WEDNESDAY'S SESSION. 

 Tlie first business following the 

 formal announcement of the result of 

 the ballot for next Convenlion City 

 was tlie presentation of the report of 

 the National Flower Show Committee 

 by George Asmus, chairman. 



REPORTOF THE NATIONAL FLOW- 

 ER SHOW COMMITTEE. 

 By Chairman George Asmus. 

 Since making my last roport to (he 

 Convention in Boston a year ago, mat- 

 ters pertaining to the Show in Phila- 

 delphia next spring have progressed 

 rapidly and favorably. At a meeting 

 held in Philadelphia last November the 

 genernl lorul nrgani/.ulion work was 



