August 26, 1916 



HOETICULTUBE 



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expansion Joint and scale trap, Curtiflcate 

 of ilerit. 



H. C. Doescber, New Orleans, I.a., lionie 

 grown Lily liulbs; conuuittec rcr,>inmends 

 tliat the cxLil)itor be eiicouragid to con- 

 tinue the growing of these Liliis, as the 

 same appear to be very solid and In 

 healthy condition, showing that I.ilv Bulbs 

 may be grown satisfactorily in America. 



Cottage Garden Nurseries Conipanv, Eu- 

 reka. Calif., exhibit of Paciflc-Coast -Grown 

 Holland Bulbs. These bulbs aie a very 

 high quality and thoroughly ripened. Cer- 

 tificate of Merit. 



Magnolia Nursery, New Orleans, La., 

 eight Phoenix Robeleni, Honorable Men- 

 tion. 



Cohen & Hiller, New York, ribbons and 

 novelty accessories. Honorable Mention. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. Pa., 

 baskets and accessories for retail florists' 

 use, Honorable Mention. 



O. E. Falls, Kansas City, Mo., literature 

 and material for use of retail florists. Cer- 

 tificate of Merit. 



Burlington Willow Ware Shop. Burling- 

 ton. Iowa, willow- ware baskets. Honorable 

 Mention. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111., 

 palms and foliage plants, showing very 

 fine commercial cultivation. Highly Com- 

 mended. 



J. A. Peterson. Cincinnati, Ohio., foliage 

 plants of very clen quality, Highly Rec- 

 ommended. 



Foley Manufacturing Co.. Chicago, 111., 

 small modern greenhouse. Honorable Men- 

 tion. 



John A. Evans Co., Richmond, Ind., a 

 double clamping of large chain in shafting 

 pipe, also bringing the post in center to 

 equalize the weight on roller bearings; 

 also housing worm gear to protect from 

 dirt and water. Certificate of Merit. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co.. Chicago, 111., your 

 committee recommends in view of the many 

 valuable improvements claimed for the 

 new steam boiler that the Judging of their 

 exhibit be passed on to a committee of ex- 

 perts at some future exhibition. 

 (Signed) : Wm. F. Gude. E. G. Hill, C. L. 

 Baum, H. A. Chopin, Geo. Asmus, Secre- 

 tary. 



Secretary Young read a communica- 

 tion from R. Mees & Zoonen, bankers 

 and insurance brokers, Rotterdam, 

 Holland, who stated that they were 

 largely interested as brokers in the 

 insurance of bulbs and plants for 

 transit from Holland to the United 

 States, and to facilitate settlement of 

 insurance adjustments, in places where 

 there are no Lloyd's agencies or some 

 like competent authority, they desire 

 to secure co-operation in the way of 

 having representatives of the Society 

 at such points verify claims or assist 

 in verification so that the insurers 

 may more safely carry on business of 

 insuring bulbs, etc., destined here. 



E. G. Hill thought this was a very 

 vital matter, and after the matter had 

 been discussed by various members, 

 Mr. Hill moved that the matter of ad- 

 justment of claims on bulbs be imme- 

 diately referred to nearest State Vice- 

 President with power to act. and that 

 he ask assistance from local members 

 in the adjustment and statement to 

 be made to the insurance companies. 

 This was seconded by Mr. George 

 Asmus, who proposed that it be 

 amended so as to provide that no 

 financial obligation would rest upon 

 the Society of American Florists by 

 reason of its co-operation in this man- 

 ner. The amendment was accepted, 

 and the motion as amended was duly 

 carried. 



On further motion by Mr. Asmus 

 the Tariff and Legislative Committee 

 were instructed to look into the legal 

 aspects of this question and report 

 their recommendations to the Execu- 

 tive Board at the next meeting as to 

 the method of procedure that would 

 save the Society harmless and pro- 

 mote the objects sought to be attained 



so far as practicable therewith. 



Secretary Young read the Report of 

 the Judges of Convention Garden Ex- 

 hibits, as follows: 



Report of Judges of Convention 

 Garden. 



To Henry A. Ureer, Water Lily Specia- 

 lists, Philadelphia, I'enn., best exhil>it In 

 the entire garden. A Certiticate of Merit. 



To Conard & Jones, a Certificate of Merit 

 for the best Pink Canna and Honorable 

 Jleutiou for l)alance of exhibit. Honorable 

 Mention for size of fiowers on the Canna 

 Wintzer's Colossal, Honorable Mention for 

 the color of the foliage of the Canna 

 Juanita. 



To Henry A. Dreer, Certificate of Merit 

 for the Canna Eureka as the best White 

 Canna in the Garden, and also Honorable 

 Mention of the Cannas Hungaria, Orange 

 Bedder and Schopenhauer. 



To Arthur T. Boddington, New York City, 

 Certiticate of Merit for the Canna Bodding- 

 ton's Meteor as the best red Canna in the 

 garden. 



To Wm. Tricker & Son, Arlington, N. J,, 

 Certificate of Merit for the Nymphaea Gra- 

 cillis. as best hybrid. Certiticate of Merit 

 for the best hardy Nymphaea named Paul 

 Herriot. Honorable Mention of the rest of 

 the exhibit. 



To St. Louis Seed Co., Certificate of Merit 

 for best red foliaged Canna. 



To Vaughan's Seed .Store, Honorable Men- 

 tion of Canna Firebird. 



To Texas Rose Gardens. Rockdale, Texas, 

 Honorable Jlention for rose exhibit. 



To California Rose Company. Pomona. 

 Calif.. Certiticate of Merit for ro.se exhibit. 

 Special mention of the varieties La Detroit, 

 American Beauty and Mile. Edouard Her- 

 riot. 



Special Mention of the exhibits of L. H. 

 Read, of Xanthosomas, Carlyle & Sons, 

 Alvin, Texas. Tuberoses ; and W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey. Fort Wayne, for Geraniums. 



A Certificate of Merit was awarded to the 

 Park Department for the magnificent bed of 

 Crotons. 



Mr. Asmus paid a high tribute to 

 Mr. Brock, Supt. Parks, Houston, for 

 his untiring work in ari'anging for 

 and looking after the convention 

 garden establishment and conduct, 

 and moved a rising vote of thanks to 

 Mr. Brock, which was carried. Mr. 

 Brock being called on for a speech, re- 

 sponded that he highly appreciated 

 the action taken by the convention, 

 and believed that all had seen and 

 understood the adverse conditions 

 under which the work had been done. 

 He had tried to do his best. 



Secretary Young read a communi- 

 cation from Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, 

 Mass., dated November 17, 1915, ask- 

 ing that a committee on Nomenclature 

 be 'appointed to cooperate with similar 

 committees of the American Nursery- 

 men's Association, the Ornamental 

 Growers' Association, and the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association, and on 

 motion of Mr. Young, the appointment 

 of such committee was duly author- 

 ized. 



Reports by the Entomologist, Dr. 

 Thos. F. Headlee. H. P. Knoble, Chair- 

 man, and C. W. Ward of the Com- 

 mittee on Development of American 

 Products, and by George L. Peltier, 

 Pathologist, were on motion consid- 

 ered read and their puljlication in the 

 Proceedings authorized. 



Election of Officers. 



The Report of the Tellers of Elec- 

 tion was submitted as follows: 



Unanimous ballot cast for the elec- 

 tion of Robert C. Kerr, Houston, Tex., 

 President; A. L. Miller, Jamaica, L. 

 I., Vice-President : John Young, Secre- 

 tary; J. J. Hess. Treasurer. For Di- 

 rectors result of vote follows: Total 

 vote, 207, of which there were 45 votes 

 cast for Walter W. Coles. Kokoma, 

 Tnd., 89 votes for Frank Stuppy, St. 

 Joseph, Mo., and 73 votes for George 

 W. Hess, Washington, D. C. Messrs. 



Stuppy and Hess having received a 

 majority vote were duly elected. 



On motion of Mr. De La Mare, the 

 appointment of a committee was au- 

 thorized to prepare suitable memorials 

 on the deaths of Wm. Tricker and 

 Albert McCullough during the i)ast 

 year. John G. Esler, A. T. De La 

 Jlare and J. A. Peterson were named 

 as such Committee. 



Memorial Resolutions. 



Memorial resolutions on the deaths 

 of William F. Kasting, Edwin Lons- 

 dale. John W. Poehlmann and W. At- 

 lee Burpee were read as follows, mem- 

 bers standing during the reading: 



William F. Kasting. 



"Whom the Gods love die young!" To 

 none can this be more tnuhfuliy applied 

 than to William F. Kasting, one time 

 President of this Society of American 

 Florists and for many years its honored 

 Treasurer. Intensely loyal to his friends, 

 with malice in his heart toward' no man, 

 outspoken, honest, fearless, he had every 

 quality that might become a man and 

 bind him to his friends with hooks of 

 steel. So frank and sincere was his char- 

 acter, so little there was of any of the 

 lesser frailties of human nature that 

 make for envy, jealousy or spite, that Wil- 

 liam F. Kasting caused none to envy but 

 all rejoiced in his progress and success. 



His affiliations were many ; he belonged 

 to a large number of organizations to 

 each of whom he gave his best, and to 

 none more than to the florists whom he 

 loved and whose calling he was always 

 proud to represent. In addition to his 

 honors in the national Society he was 

 President of the New York Federation of 

 Floral Clubs, had served as President of 

 the liuEfalo Florists' Club, and was a mem- 

 ber of many local florists' clubs in other 

 cities, including New Y'ork, Chicago and 

 San Francisco. He was a member of 

 numerous secret and fraternal orders and 

 of many philanthropic and social organiza- 

 tions, including the Rotary Club, the Or- 

 pheus and other German singing societies. 

 Rarely it has been said has one man had 

 so m.anv friends in such various conditions 

 of lite .ind activity as this one; rarely has 

 a man of more humble beginnings achieved 

 such high success or risen higher in the 

 respect and esteem of all his associates 

 and neighbors, those who knew him best. 



Peace to his fragrant memory. Hero let 

 us all drop a flower of memory to him 

 who was our friend and our helper in all 

 that we held dear. He fell asleep and 

 woke let us fondly hope, in a fairer land. 



Signed, George Asmus, August Poehl- 

 mann. J. J. Hess. Committee. 



Edwin Lonsdale. 



In the death of Edwin Lonsdale, of 

 Lompoc, California, the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists has lost one of its most vahied and 

 tried friends of its earlier days. 



Mr Lonsdale served in the capacity of 

 Secretary and also was President of the 

 Association; and he gave of his time and 

 monev without stint. Much of the growth 

 and development which has since taken 

 place in this Society was due to the work 

 of Edwin I^nsdale in no small degree in 

 laving the foundations well. liis intelli- 

 gent help was always forthcoming when 

 The demand arose. . , ^ . „ 



Edwin Lonsdale was gifted by nature 

 with a genial happy disposition, and nc 

 was ever ready to give information and 

 cheer to those engaged in noricullural 

 nur^uils. He was a great student of plant 

 lite and contributed many valuable arti- 

 cles not onlv in regard to the hybridiza- 

 tion' of plants, hut also their care and cul- 

 ture He was greatly interested in the 

 carnation in its earlier career, and also 

 was an excellent grower of roses. The 

 Society had the services of Mr. Lonsdale 

 upon anv and all occasions, and few men 

 belonging to our organization have con- 

 tributed so much as did Mr. Lonsdale to 

 its advancement. 

 E. G. Hill. John G. Esler. J. A. Peterson, 



Comuiiltec. 



W. Atlee Burpee. 



The lives of all men are precious, far 

 more so than we stop to realize, for every 

 man is called into the world to perform 



