HORTICULTURE 



Vol. XXX 



AUGUST 16, 1919 



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READY FOR THE CONVENTION 



The stage is set for the big conve 

 tion of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists and Ornamental Horticulturists at 

 Detroit next week. It has been nearly 

 20 years since Detroit had a convention 

 of this organization before, and the 

 members of the trade in the lake cit- 

 ies are determined to make the event 

 one which will be remembered for 

 more than twenty years to come. De- 

 troit is an ideal city for a convention 

 of this sort, and the time of year is a 

 good one for getting together. 



The members of the Detroit Florists' 

 Club have been very active in their 

 preparations. The officers of this club 

 are as follows: 



President, J. H. Sullivan, 361 Wood- 

 ward Ave. 



Vice-President, M. Bloy, 880 Van 

 Dyke Ave. 



Secretary, Henry Forster, 1633 

 Woodward Ave. 



Treasurer, J. K. Stock, 518 W. War- 

 ren Ave. 



Other members of the club who 

 will take part in greeting the visitors 

 are the following committee chair- 

 men: 



Charles H. Plum, Subscription Com- 

 mittee. 



Walter Taepke. Music and Enter- 

 tainment Committee. 



Joseph Streit, Bowling Committee. 



Wayne McLaughlin, Badges and 

 Publicity Committee. 



The convention is to be held in the 

 Arcadia Auditorium at the corner of 

 Woodward Ave. and Stimpson St., in 

 a central location, ten blocks from 

 City Hall Square. The hall is well 

 suited for such a meeting as will be 

 held there and for the staging of 

 many exhibits. 



The trade exhibition promises to 

 be one of great interest and value. 

 The judges appointed to serve at this 

 exhibit are as follows: 



Sections A, B and F — Plants, cut 

 blooms, bulbs, seeds and garden 

 requisites — A. L. Miller, Jamaica, N. 

 Y. ; Irwin Bertermann. Indianapolis. 

 Ind.: and Fred Meinhardt, St. Louis. 

 Mo. 



Sections E and G — Florists' sup- 

 plies and miscellaneous exhibits — R. 

 C. Kerr, Houston, Tex.: F. C. W 

 Brown, Cleveland. O.. and V. X. Oorly. 

 St. Louis. Mo. 



Sections C and D — Boilers and heat- 



ing apparatus and greenhouse struc- 

 tures— E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, 

 Mass.; F. H. Traendly, New York, and 

 F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



As soon as the members reach the 

 convention hall they should register 

 at the secretary's office, which will be 

 found at the left of the entrance. 

 Close by will be a bureau of informa- 

 tion, where questions of all kinds will 

 be answered. One inconvenient fea- 

 ture about the convention will be the 

 congestion due to heavy travel. Trains 

 undoubtedly will be crowded, both 

 coming and going. For that reason it 

 would be wise to make arrangements 

 for leaving as soon as possible after 

 reaching the city. 



Detroit being a very attractive city, 

 no doubt many visitors will wish to 

 look it over. The local florists ap- 

 preciate that fact, and an automobile 

 committee has been appointed. More- 

 over, it has been agreed that the cars 

 belonging to the Detroit Florists shall 

 be at the disposal of their guests as 

 long as the convention lasts, which 

 means that the beauties of the city, 

 including the splendid Belle Isle Park, 

 can be visited with the greatest of 

 ease. Doubtless, too, many of the 

 visitors will wish to view the manu- 

 facturing district, where automobiles 

 are turned out by the thousands. The 

 cars of the local florists may be identi- 



fied by the slogan: "Say it with 

 flowers," which will appear on the 

 windshield. These cars will be out- 

 side the convention hall as well as at 

 the entrance of Hotel Statler, and it 

 is announced that they may be com- 

 mandeered by any of the visitors. All 

 cars which bear the slogan mentioned 

 may be stopped by any member of 

 the organization who wishes to ride 

 to or from the convention hall. 



The President's Reception will take 

 place Tuesday evening, at 8.30, and 

 will be held at the Hotel Statler. 

 President Ammann has stated very 

 emphatically that the reception will 

 be purely informal and that there will 

 be no occasion for evening dress. 



Several important amendments are 

 to be voted on during the convention. 

 Among them is one to raise the annual 

 dues from $3.00 to $5.00 per year, and 

 the life membership dues from $25.00 

 to $50.00. The matter of a National 

 Flower Show Committee, which has 

 been discussed for some time is pro- 

 vided for under the amendment which 

 reads as follows: 



National Flower Show Committee. 



The committee shall consist of six 

 members, with the president and sec- 

 retary as ex-officio members. The pres- 

 ent chairman shall hold membership 

 for a term of six years from January 



Where tlie Meeting- Will lie Held 



