July 22, 1916 



nOKTICULTUEE 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICU LTURISTS 



Thirty Second Annual Convention^ Convention Hall^ City 

 Auditorium, Houston, Texas, August 15, 16, 17, 18, 1916 



Secretary's Address After July 15, 1001 Main Street, Houston, Texas. 



OFFICERS FOR 1916. 



President — Daniel MacRoile, San 

 Francisco, Cal. 



Vice-President — R. C. Kerr, Houston, 

 Tex. 



Secretary — John Young, New York, 

 N. Y. 



Treasurer — J. J. Hess, Omaha, Neb. 

 Directors. 



Appointed — J. J. Hess, Omaha. Neb.; 

 J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, O.; William 

 R. Nicholson, Franiinghara, Mass.; W. 

 J. Keimel, Elmhurst, 111.; Angelo J. 

 Rossi, San Francisco, Cal.; Charles L. 

 Baum, Knoxville, Teun.; Washington 

 Representative, Wm. F. Gude. Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Under affiliation to serve one year — 

 S. S. Pennock, president American 

 Rose Society; Joseph H. Hill, presi- 

 dent American Carnation Society; Ir- 

 win Bertermann, president Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery; Henry Weston, 

 president New York Florists' Club; 

 George Burton, president Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia; Eric James, pres- 

 ident Pacific Coast Horticultural So- 

 ciety; E. G. Hill, president Florists' 

 Hail Association of America; Alex. 

 Henderson, president Chicago Florists' 

 Club; Ex-Officio. Patrick Welch, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



National Flower Show Committee. 



George Asmus. chairman, Chicago, 

 111.; Thomas Roland. Nahant, .Mass.; 

 Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J.; Adolph 

 Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa.; Wm. P. Craig, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Patrick Welch, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



Botanist— John Dunbar, City Hall, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Pathologist — George L. Peltier, Uri- 

 versity of Illinois. Urbana. 111. 



Entomologist — Dr. T. F. Headlee, N. 

 J. Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 New Brunswick. N. J. 



Superintendent of Trade Exhibition 

 —John Young, 53 W. 28th St., New 

 York, N. Y. 



Superintendent of Convention Gar- 

 den — C. L. Brock, Houston, Tex, 



Sergeant-at-Arms — Paul M. Carroll, 

 Houston, Tex, 



Committees. 



Tariff .\nu Lh;Gi.sL.\TioN — W. F. 

 Gude, chairman, Washington, D. C; 

 James McHutchison, New YorK; 

 *Wm. P. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.: Wm. 

 H. Siebrecht, Jr., Long Island City, N. 

 Y.; Ralph M. Ward, New York; Julius 

 Roehrs, Rutherford, N. J. 



School G.vrdens — Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, chairman. Beacon, N. Y,; Irwin 

 Bertermann, Indianapolis. Ind,: Gust. 

 X. Amrhyn, New Haven, Conn.; 

 Michael Barker, Chicago, 111.; Leonard 

 Barron, Garden City, N. Y. 



.■\MEXDME\TS TO By-L.wvs — Tlieodore 

 Wirth, chairman. Minneapolis. Minn.; 

 W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J.; 

 John P. Huss, Hartford, Conn. 



PiBLiciTY — Irwin Bertermann, chair- 

 man, Indianapolis, Ind.; J. C. Vaughan, 

 Chicago, 111.; Ed. P. Tracey, Albany, 

 N. Y.: Henry Penn, Boston, Mass.; 

 Ralph M. Ward, New York, N. Y. 



Developme.nt of Ajieric.\x Products 

 — H. P. Knoble, chairman, Cleveland, 

 0.: C. W. Ward, Eureka, Cal.; E. H. 

 Wilson, Boston, Mass. 



N.\Ti(ix.\L Credit and Collections 

 Bureau — P. H. Traendly, chairman. 

 New York, N. Y.; *W. F. Kasting, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y.; S. S. Pennock, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.; N. A. Benson, Denver, Colo.; 

 Fred A, Danker, Albany, N. Y. ; Hans 

 Plath, San Francisco, Cal.; Geo. W. 

 Smith, Cleveland, 0.; Thos. Roland, 

 Nahant, :\Iass.; F. L, Atkins, Ruther- 

 ford, N. J. 



PunLicATioxs — J. A. Peterson, chair- 

 man, Cincinnati, 0.; Chas. L. Baum, 

 Knoxville, Tenn.: R. C. Kerr. Hous- 

 ton, Tex.: Hans Plath, San Francisco, 

 Cal.: Patrick Welch, Boston, Mass.; W. 

 J. Keimel, Elmhurst, 111.. Samuel Mur- 

 ray, Kansas City, Mo.: Theo. Wirth, 

 Minneapolis, Minn. 



Texas Advisory Cojiiiittee — R. C. 

 Kerr, chairman. Houston; Henry 

 Greve, Dallas; L. J. Tackett, Port 

 Worth; Chris. Houser, San Antonio; 

 Louis Oesch, Dallas; F. W. Hensel, 

 College Station; T. J. Wolfe, Waco; 

 J. E. McAdam, Port Worth; H. 0. 

 Hannah. Sherman: Bird Forrest, 

 Waxahachie; E. E. Stone, Dickinson. 



Judges for the trade exhibition to 

 be appointed later. Judges for the 

 Convention Garden to he appointed 

 later. 



♦Deceased, 



PROGRAM. 



First Day, Tuesday, August 15. 

 2.00 P. M. — Opening Exercises in 

 Convention Hall; Convention called to 

 Order by Vice-President R. C. Kerr; 

 Invocation, Rev. W. S. Jacobs; Ad- 

 dress of W'elcome, Hon. Ben Campbell, 

 Mayor of Houston; Response, Angelo 

 J. Rossi; President Daniel MacRorie's 

 .■\ddress; Reading Minutes of Execu- 

 tive Board; Report of Secretary; Re- 

 liort of Treasurer; Report of Washing- 

 ton Representative; Reports of Com- 

 mittees; Reports of State Vice-Presi- 

 dents. 



Action on Proposed Amendments to 

 Constitution and By-Laws. 



Ameiidnieut No 1 provides I'or the selec- 

 tion of meeting place two years in advance. 



Nos. - and ;', provide for the election of 

 two directors annually instead of their ap- 

 pointment Iiy the presiilent. 



No. 4 regulates the admission of repre- 

 sentati<in from affiliating societies to the 

 K.\ecutive Hoard. 



No. 4 regulates the appointment of Wasli- 

 ington representative. 



No. ."» provides rules for the conduct of 

 the balloting at annual elections. 



Nos. 7 and 8 are automatic changes in 

 harmony witli tlie foregoing. 



No. provides for standing committee on 

 convention garden. 



No. 10 relates to the appointment and 

 duties of tile publicity committee. 



No. 11 relates to the appointment and 

 duties of the committee on American horti- 

 cultural products. 



No. VI gives the executive committee 

 power to change date of annual meeting. 



Consideration of invitations for 

 next place of meeting or places of 

 meetings if the amendment to by-laws 

 is adopted. 



Evening Session — August 15th. 



8.130 P. M. Balloting for meeting 

 place for 1917 and also for 1918 If 

 amendment is adopted. Voting takes 

 place at Rice Hotel. 



8.30 P. M. Reception to President 

 MacRorie at the Rice Hptel. Music; 

 dancing; refreshments. Strictly in- 

 formal. 



Second Day, Wednesday, August IB- 

 Morning Session. 



n A. M. ^"nual meeting of The 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists, 

 and visit to the market and shopping 

 district. 



9 A. M. Meeting Florists' Telegraph 

 Delivery. 



10 A. M. Session S. A. F. and 0. H. 

 Report of the committee on the presi- 

 dent's address. Discussion. Report 

 of tlie National Flower Show commit- 

 tee. Georse Asmus, chairman. Discus- 

 sion. Nomination of officers for 1917. 



Afternoon — Second Day. 



No business sessions. 



.3 P M. Automobile ride over the 

 citv for ladies and gentlemen. Judg- 

 ing of trade exhibits. Judging ex- 

 hibits Convention Garden. 



Evening — Second Day 



Official opening of our Convention 

 Garden. Special moving picture show 

 for S A. P. members at Queen Thea- 

 tre. Band concert at Sam Houston 

 Park. 



Third Day, Thursday, August 17 — 

 Morning Session 



10 A. M. Election of officers for 

 1917. Polls open 10 >"'"■" A. M. 



Question Box. Deferred business. 



Report of the judges of the Trade 

 Exhibition and the Convention Gar- 

 den. Ladies' natatorium party, fol- 

 lowed by refreshments on the Rice 

 roof garden. 



Noon. 



Rotarv florists and all S. A. P. mem- 

 bers lunch with t'^e Rotary Club, Rice 

 Hotel, roof garden. 



Afternoon and Evening 



Trip to the battle grounds down the 

 Ship Canal bv boat, which leaves Har- 

 risburg at 3 P. M., reaching Harns- 

 burg bv trolley. Barbecue served on 

 the battle grounds. A number of 

 sports for the members. Return trii) 

 by boat during the evening. 



Friday Morning, August 18. 

 Buyers' Day." Spend the morning 

 among the Trade Exhibits and Con- 



