August 28, 1915 



HO HT 1 CULTURE 



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elusions and recommendations as to 

 some of Its salient features, to wit: 



Convention Garden. 



Your committee approves of the idea 

 of changing the time of selecting con- 

 vention city so that the selection shall 

 be made two years in advance, and 

 would suggest that a committee of 

 three be appointed to draft necessary 

 changes in the by-laws to carry out 

 this idea and present such proposed 

 amendments to the next meeting of 

 the Executive Board for apiiroval and 

 subsequent submission to the entire 

 membership as represented at the con- 

 vention. We heartily endorse the 

 statement of the president of the im- 

 portance from both an educational and 

 cultural point of view of the establish- 

 ment of Convention Gardens. 



' Legislation. 



With respect to the recomiiieudatiou 

 as to employment of counsel to assist 

 the Legislative Committee, this having 

 been already acted upon by the con- 

 vention, necessitates no further action. 



Washington Representative. 



We endorse and .recommend your 

 concurrence in the recommendation of 

 the President that the Washington 

 representative of this society be made 

 ex-officio a member of the Executive 

 Board; and further recommend that 

 the same committee as above pro- 

 vided for be entrusted also with the 

 duty of drafting a suitable amendment 

 to the constitution to carry this recom- 

 mendation into effect. 



Election of Directors. 



We endorse the recommendation of 

 the president favoring the election in- 

 stead of the appointment of the two 

 annually retiring members of the 

 Board of Directors; and further re- 

 commend the concurrence of the con- 

 vention in the same and the reference 

 to the same committee hereinl)efore 

 provided for to draft suitable amend- 

 ment to the constitution to carry this 

 into effect. 



Credentials for Affiliated Board Mem- 

 bers. 



We endorse and recommend concur- we endorse and recommend concur- 

 rence in the following: That only the rence in the following recommenda- 

 president of a subsidiary society or tion of President Welch, and their 



club be entitled to represent such so- 

 ciety or club under the plan of affilia- 

 tion on the Executive Board and he 

 cannot take his seat on the Executive 

 Board without credentials from his or- 

 ganization properly attested by the 

 secretary thereof; and further recom- 

 mend the drafting of suitable amend- 

 ment to the constitution of this so- 

 ciety to carry same into effect as here- 

 inbefore provided by committee. 



Publicity. 



We endorse and recommend concur- 

 rence in the recommendation of the 

 president to have a Committee on Pub- 

 licity and suggest that the Executive 

 Committee at its ne.\t meeting make 

 a suitable appropriation to carry this 

 into effei t. 



National Credits and Collections 

 Bureau. 



We have carefully considered the 

 recommendation of our president with 

 regard to the desirability of a more 

 effective means of handling credits 

 and collections, and believe that this 

 work might well be taken up by a 

 separate organization affiliated with 

 this society as there is an urgent need 

 as indicated by President Welch for 

 some better machinery of a protective 

 nature than is now available to us. 



This question is one of such vital 

 importance and involves such detail 

 that we are not prepared during the 

 limited time during the convention 

 period to make any further or more 

 definite recommendation for your 

 adoption than the foregoing. 



Development of American Products. 



Believing firmly and unequivocally 

 in the solidarity of the American peo- 

 ple of this United States, we note with 

 approval the utterances of President 

 Welch 'as to encouraging American 

 products and endorse any movement 

 tending to develop self-reliance and in- 

 dependence where such development 

 will beneficially affect our trade and 

 avocation. 



Improved Voting Method in Annual 

 Elections. 



submission to the same committee as 

 hereinbefore provided for to incorpor- 

 ate in a proposed amendment to the 

 constitution, to wit: 



That for election purposes a list of 

 the members of this society be alpha- 

 betically arranged in four books: 



Book No. 1 to include all names be- 

 ginning with the letter "A" and ending 

 with the letter "D." 



Book iNo. 2 to include all names of 

 members beginning with the letter 

 •K" and ending with the letter "K." 



Book No. 3 to include all names be- 

 ginning with the letter "L" and ending 

 with the letter "R." 



Hook No. 4 to include all names be- 

 ginning with the letter "S" and ending 

 with the letter "Z." 



One teller be appointed to check the 

 names listed in each book, also one to 

 receive the ballots. 



Your committee in conclusion be- 

 lieve that we voice the unanimous ip- 

 proval of this organization of the spirit 

 of devotion to the highest interests of 

 this society which permeates the 

 President's address and commend the 

 zeal and devotion that he has evinced 

 therein. 



,-\ll of which is respectfully sub- 

 mitted. 



RESOLUTIONS ON DEATH OF J. F. 

 COWELL. 



WiiERE^vs, in the removal by dealt 

 during the past year of Prof. J. F. 

 Cowell, Buffalo, N. Y., the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists has been deprived of 

 the valued services of one whose con- 

 tributions to the work of the society 

 were always freely given in his capac- 

 ity as Botanist, and whose services 

 were greatly a|)preciated by us; there- 

 fore. 



Be it Rksoi.vi;»: That this Socie- 

 ty tender to those near and dear 

 who mourn his loss our sincere sym- 

 l)athy in their bereavement; and that 

 a coiiy of this resolution be officially 

 attested by our Secretary and forward- 

 ed to the family of the deceased. 



E. G. Hill, Theodore Wirth, George 

 Asmus, Committee. 



We have received a very optimistic 

 letter from Vice-President-elect R. C- 





BERS PHOTOGRAPHED AUGUST 17, 1915, IN FRONT OF CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO. 



