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HORTICULTURE 



,Vugust 26, 1916 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



AND 



ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



Report of the Convention Completed 



Our report last week brought the 

 story of the Convention proceedings 

 up to the time of adjournment on 

 Wednesday, August 16. 

 Closing Session, Thursday Morning, 

 Aug. 17. 

 At the hour of ten o'clock Thursday 

 morning, Aug. 17, President MacRorie, 

 after calling the convention to order, 

 announced that the polls were now 

 open for casting of ballots for election 

 of officers. Secretary Young an- 

 nounced the tellers of election and 

 President MacRorie announced the 

 names of sundry committees on Me- 

 morials to deceased members and on 

 final resolutions: 



The report of the Committee on 

 President's Address was then read by 

 Its chairman, W. F. Gude. 

 Report of Committee on President's 

 Address. 

 Your Committee to whom was re- 

 ferred the several recommendations in 

 the address of President Daniel Mac- 

 Rorie, respectfully report as follows: 



■V\'ith reference to holding our con- 

 vention on concurrent dates with the 

 National Flower Shows as recom- 

 mended by the President, your com- 

 mittee, having given the subject care- 

 ful consideration, is of the opinion 

 that no specific recommendation is re- 

 quired from this committee, inasmuch 

 as this suggestion has been acted on 

 practically by the convention in se- 

 lecting St. Louis for the convention 

 city for 1918, the National Flower 

 Show Committee having already se- 

 lected said city for the National Flow- 

 er Show the same year, and it is prob- 

 ably the intention of the Executive 

 Board to call the Convention on dates 

 in conjunction with the National 

 Flower Show, they having, under the 

 amendments as adopted, the power to 

 change dates of the Convention as con- 

 ditions may demand. This will try out 

 the new idea in actual practice at that 

 time. 



The President's address contains a 

 warm endorsement of the Idea of 

 children's gardens, and your commit- 

 tee highly commend his remarks in 

 connection therewith, and would rec- 

 ommend concurrence in his recommen- 

 dation that this society give its full- 

 est support toward the promotion of 

 school gardens as a potent influence 

 for moral uplift and esthetic develop- 

 ment of the whole people. We deem it 

 also the duty of individual florists, 

 whether aSiliated with organizations 

 or not, to also encourage this move- 

 ment which has now received such a 

 strong impetus in this country. 



Referring to that part of his address 

 wherein the President concurs in the 

 views of his various predecessors who 

 have supported the idea of convention 

 gardens, your committee fully recog- 

 nize the educative influence and up- 

 lift of the convention gardens and not 

 only do we believe that this influence 

 is felt in every city where such gard- 

 ens have been established and will be 

 so felt in the future, but where these 

 gardens afterwards crystallize into 

 permanent features, as it is not im- 

 possibie in many cases that they will, 

 the effect becomes a permanent and 

 lasting one that does not expire with 

 the occasion. Nevertheless j'our com- 

 mittee, while sensible of tlie truth of 

 this proposition and rejoicing in what 

 has been accomplished, believe that 

 tact must be used in this as in all 

 matters that require co-operation, and 

 therefore if in some cases it is found 

 that in order to have a convention 

 garden too many other equally valua- 

 ble matters must be sacriflced, in such 

 case the idea might be relaxed a little 

 rather than be strained to the break- 

 ing point; and therefore we believe 

 that the convention gardens ought to 

 be encouraged wherever feasible in 

 the locality where we assemble if not 

 too great a burden on the society in- 

 viting us. 



The idea always should be, the 

 Garden for the Society rather than 

 the Society tor the Garden. 



In regard to the recommendations 

 of the President as to a permanent 

 secretary, the experience of the larg- 

 est and best organizations in this 

 country has been along the idea of re- 

 taining in office a competent secretary 

 so long as he continues to serve ac- 

 ceptably, as absolutely necessary to 

 the proper conduct of the association 

 affairs: and we believe that such a 

 man should be retained under condi- 

 tions that would permit him to give 

 full time and attention to the duties 

 of his office; and it is to be desired 

 that the governing body will be able 

 to work out this problem satisfactor- 

 ily in the very near future. 



With regard to the recommenda- 

 tion by the President with reference 

 to "Mother's Day" being permanently 

 fostered and protected, we understand 

 this to mean that the President wishes 

 to see the work carried on thoroughly 

 and efficiently rather than spasmodi- 

 cally and inefficiently, and that it be 

 in the hands of a pernuineni com- 

 mittee from our own organization who 

 could best enlist the support of our 

 membership. We heartily endorse this 

 idea and would further suggest that 

 the committee, if made permanent, be 



also given charge of looking after the 

 proper observance of any similar days 

 that may hereafter be established. 



President MacRorie is moved to 

 make most feeling mention of the de- 

 cease during the past year of one of 

 the beloved members of this society, 

 he who was known and universally 

 esteemed, our late Treasurer, William 

 F. Kasting. Your committee feel that 

 they but voice the universal feeling 

 when they suggest that a committee 

 be named by the President to prepare 

 a suitable memorial in the form of 

 engrossed resolutions commemorating 

 the work of Mr. Kasting and expres- 

 sive of our sense of bereavement in 

 his taking away. 



In conclusion, we beg to add our 

 word of appreciation of the evident 

 desire of President MacRorie to con- 

 tribute the best that is in him to the 

 advancement of the aims and objects 

 of this Society, and we not only com- 

 mend his suggestions but admire the 

 broad and catholic spirit in which he 

 has treated the problems that con- 

 fronted him during his administra- 

 tion, and the national view-point that 

 he has manifested. 



W. P. Gude, Chairman, E. G. Hill, 

 Frank Stuppy, J. A. Peterson, George 

 Asmus, Committee. 



On motion of R. C. Kerr, above re- 

 port was adopted as read, and the rec- 

 ommendations concurred in. Secre- 

 tary Young read the Report of Tiidges 

 of Trade Exhibits as follows: 

 Report of the Judges of the Trade 

 Exhibits. 



Anierioau liulb Comp.Tuy, Chicago, 111., 

 decorative tricatlne novelties. Certificate o( 

 Merit : the b.ihuice of this exhibit awarded 

 Honorable Mention. 



A. I/. Randall Company, Chicago. III., 

 exhibit of novelties and accessories for re- 

 tail florists' nse. Highly Commended. 



M. Rice Company, Philadelphia. Pa., ex- 

 hibit of florists' baskets and accessories, 

 Honorable Mention. 



Gullett & Son. Lincoln. 111., display of 

 foliage and flowering plants, Honorable 

 Mention. 



H. C. Dooscher, New Orleans. La., exhibit 

 of 32 distinct types of Nephrolepis, same 

 being magnificently grown, Certificate of 

 Merit. 



American Biilb Company. Chicago. 111., 

 display of baskets for retail florists' use. 

 Honorable Mention. 



American Rnlb Company, Chicago, HI., 

 collapsible folding canopy, for decorating 

 purposes, Honoralile Mention. 



Lord & Rurnbam Co., Irvington, N. T., 

 an exhibit of improved sectional iron 

 frame trreenhouse. of ciir\*ed glass eaves 

 design. 11 ft. by 10 ft., 8 in., complete with 

 Iron and tile plant bencbes. wiring frames, 

 etc.. Certificate of Merit. 



Darbee Florist. San Francisco, Cal., cut 

 Chrysanthemums and other flowers, Cer- 

 tificate of Merit. 



Advance Company, Richmond. Ind.. new 



