August 19, 1916 



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Government on measures now under 

 consideration, whicli might materially 

 affect the form that the Memorial to 

 the late Wm. R. Smith should take. 

 Your committee has therefore deemed 

 it best to .s;o slow with the matter and 

 ask to be continued. 



We have in bank in the Munsey 

 Ti-ust Company. Washington. D. C, to 

 the credit of the Wm. I{. Smith 



Memorial fund $1,778.44 



Pledges, outstanding 625.00 



REPORT OF THE SCHOOL GAR- 

 DEN COMMITTEE. 

 i!y lieuj. Hjiuunoud. Chainuan. 

 The first suggestion for the Ameri- 

 can Florists to interest themselves in 

 School Gardening was made by Mr. 

 Robert Farquhar of Boston, at the S. 

 A. P. convention in Washington, D. C. 

 in August. 1892. The practical value 

 of this work has become recognized 

 the country over because it is the 

 means of inculcating into the habits of 

 youth industrial application of mind 

 and bodily vigor, with the result of 

 home benefit. 



Be.n.iami.n Hammond 

 Chairniaii School Garden Committee. 



At the National Educational Asso- 

 ciation Convention held in New York 

 City in July last, special sessions were 

 held by the School Garden Associa- 

 tion of America devoted to the reports 

 from school workers in this line. The 

 United States Commissioner of Educa- 

 tion. Mr. Claxton, was present, and 

 representatives from Quebec and On- 

 tario and from the chief centers of 

 population in the ITnited States. On 

 one of the programs allusion was 

 made to the suggestive work of (he 

 Society of American Florists and Or- 

 namental Horticulturists. Your com- 

 mittee the past year has carried out 

 the plan of sending as usual a nicely 

 illustrated circular letter to each of 

 the Departments of Education in the 

 States and Territories, and to the 

 school authorities of cities and towns 

 wherever there is a member of the 

 Society of American Florists located. 



There is this much certain, an inter- 

 est in this work locally is good busi- 

 ness for flower and seed trade. If the 

 idea amon.g children is encouraged it 

 will grow until the llnited States will 

 become the nation of pretty homes. 



One thing none of us should forget, 

 and that is the value of initiative, for 

 it is the characteristic tliat laid the 

 foundation of Americanism. The flor- 

 ist in his home town, can with spare 

 material set an example of petty liome 

 surroundings that no other tradesman 

 can so w-ell do, and these examples 

 point the way and create a demand for 

 flowers, seeds and shrubs. The many 

 letters which have come to hand from 

 these efforts relative to home garden- 

 ing for children prove beyond question 

 the general interest this work has. and 

 it carries with it the truth- "On Earth 

 Peace and Good Will Toward Men." 



Messrs W. P. Gude, E. G. Hill, F. X. 

 Stuppy, J. A. Peterson and George As- 

 mus. were appointed a committee on 

 the recommendations in the Presi- 

 dent's address. 



All the proposed amendments to the 

 Constitution and By-Laws of the 

 Society were adopted without opposi- 

 tion or debate. 



er Shoe Committee and the question 

 of compensation for that position was 

 referred to the Executive Board. The 

 report of the committee on Presi- 

 dent's address was deferred until 

 Thursday. 



Officers for 1917 were nominated as 

 follows: For President, Robert C. 

 Kerr of Houston, Texas; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, A. L. Miller. Jamaica. L. I., N. 

 Y.; Secretary. John Young, New York; 

 Treasurer, J. J. Hess, Omaha, Xeb.; 

 Directors, Frank X. Stuppy. St. 

 Joseph. Mo.; W. W. Coles, Kokomo, 

 Inil.; George W. Hess, Washington, D. 

 C. The report of the Botanist of the 

 society, John Dunbar. Rochester, N. 

 Y., was read and then adjournment 

 until Thursday morning was carried. 

 During the afternoon an automobile 

 ride was enjoyed by the visitors and 

 in the evening the formal opening of 

 the Convention Garden was in order, 

 followed by a moving picture show at 

 the Queen Theatre and a band con- 

 cert at Sam Houston Park. 



TUESDAY EVENING SESSION. 



The evening session of Tuesday, 

 August 15, was held at the Rice Hotel. 

 Balloting for the meeting place for 

 1917 resulted in the selection of New- 

 York City in response to an impas- 

 sioned invitation in silver-tongue key 

 by John Young on behalf of the New 

 York Florists' Club, Horticultural 

 Society of New York and the trade and 

 profession in general of the Metropolis. 

 For the following year, in accordance 

 with the provision of the new by-iaws 

 St. Louis was chosen, w-ith the prob- 

 ability that the Convention will be 

 held jointly with the National Flower 

 Show in that city, agreeably to the 

 sanction of the new- by-laws. 



THE PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION. 



The President's reception was u 

 brilliant and very enoyable affair. The 

 big man from San Francisco was sim- 

 Illy resplendent and the only some- 

 what less portly Secretary from New 

 York was a star of undimmed :adi- 

 ance. Without further individualizing 

 we will say that the "receiving row" 

 was a galaxy of the first magnitude. 

 John Young paid a high compliment to 

 Frederic R. Newbold of New York for 

 his brilliant achievement in securin.^ 

 six acres in the Bronx Park for the 

 purpose of a Convention Garden for 

 1916. 



W/EDNESDAY MORNING. 

 Considerable routine work was put 

 through on Wednesday morning. Tel- 

 egrams were read from the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society, Ex-Presi- 

 dent Welch and the St. Louis Florist 

 Club, the latter expressing appreciat- 

 tion of the selection of their city for 

 the 1918 meeting and promising hos- 

 pitality in large chunks. A. Miller. J. 

 A. Newsham. W. J. Baker. Jos. A. 

 Manda and J. J. Hess were appointed 

 judges for the Convention Garden; W. 

 F. Gude. Jos. Heacock. F. X. Stuppy, 

 P. A. Chopin and C. L. Baum for the 

 trade exhibits. A vote of thanks was 

 extended to George Asmus for his ef- 

 ficient work as chairman of the Flow- 



A. L. Mii.i.KU 



Vive I'rcsiilent eli-ct. Siiclct.v »t .Vmcricaii 

 Florists. 



We have in type, crowded out of 

 this issue for lack of room, the Report 

 of the National Flower Show Commit- 

 tee by Chairman George .Asmus; Re- 

 port of Publicity Committee by Chair- 

 man Irwin Bertermann; and a valuable 

 paper on "Some Important New or Lit- 

 tle Known Trees and Shrubs by John 

 Dunbar, Botanist to the Society. These 

 will appear in our issue of next week. 



TRADE EXHIBITION. 



lOxhibitors in the Trade Section were 

 tlie following: H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia. Horists' supplies, domes- 

 tic and imported baskets, preserved 

 flowers and foliage, etc., a very hand- 

 some outfit; Advance Company, Rich- 

 mond. Ind., ventilating apparatus and 

 greenhouse fittings; Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co.. Chicago, florists store and green- 

 house supplies; Kroeschell Bros. Co., 

 Chicago, heating apparatus; Burling- 

 ton Willow Ware Shops; J. A. Evans 

 Co., Richmond, Ind., Challenge Yen- 



