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HORTICULTURE 



July 27, 1912 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMEN- 

 TAL HORTICULTURISTS 



Program of the Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting and Exhibition to be 



held in the Coliseum^ Chicago, 111., August 20th, 



21st, 22nd and 23rd, 1912 



OFFICERS FOR 1912. 



PRESIDENT. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, Md. 



VICE-PRESIDENT. 



August Poehlmann. Chicago, 111. 



SECRETARY. 



John Young, 54 West 28th St., New 



York. 



TREASURER. 

 Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Executive Board. 

 For One Year — W. N. Rudd, Morgan 

 Park, III.; Robert Craig, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



For Two Years — Harry A. Bunyard, 

 New York; E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, 

 Mass. 



For Three Years— Charles H. Totty, 

 Madison. N. J.; John A. Evans, Rich- 

 mond, Ind. 



Ex-OfRcio — George Asmus, Chicago. 



State Vice-Presidents. 



Alabama — W. B. Paterson, Jr., Mont- 

 gomery. California (North) — Daniel 

 MacRorie, San Francisco. (South) — 

 Edwin Lonsdale, Lompoc. Colorado — 

 J. A. Valentine, Denver. Connecticut 

 — John F. Huss, Hartford. District of 

 Columbia — O. A. C. Oehmler, Wash- 

 ington. Florida — C. D. Mills, Jack- 

 sonville. Georgia — A. C. Oelschig, 

 Savannah. Idaho — J. W. C. Deake, 

 Twin Falls. Illinois (North) — Fred 

 Lautenschlager. Chicago. (South) — 

 J. P. Ammann, Edwardsville. Indiana 

 — Irwin C. Bertermann. Indianapolis. 

 Iowa — J. T. D. Fulmar Des Moines. 

 Kansas — Chas. P. Mueller, Wichita. 

 Kentucky — Aug. R. Baumer. Louisi- 

 ana — Harry Papworth. New Orleans. 

 Maine — Edw, Kirk. Bar Harbor. Mary- 

 land — R. L. Graham. Baltimore. Mas- 

 sachusetts (East) — Robert Cameron. 

 Cambridge, (West) — G. H. Sinclair. 

 Holyoke. Michigan (East) — E. A. 

 Schribner, Detroit. (West) — Elmer 

 D. Smith, Adrian. Minnesota — S. D. 

 Dysinger, St. Paul. Missouri — W. L. 

 Rock. Kansas City; Fred H. Weber. 

 St. Louis. Mississippi — S. W. Cro- 

 well, Richmond. Montana — T. E. 

 Mills, Helena. Nebraska — Geo. H. 

 Swoboda, Omaha. New Hampshire — 

 R. E. Hannaford, Portsmouth. New 

 Jersey — Wm. Duckham, Madison. New 

 York (East)— A. L. Miller. Brooklyn. 

 (West)— C. J. Heweson. Buffalo. Ohio 

 (North) — Chas. Graham, Cleveland 

 (South) — C. E. Critchell, Cincinnati 

 Oregon — Jas. Forbes. Portland. Okla 

 lioma — George Stiles, Oklahoma City 

 Pennsylvania (East) — E. J. Fancourt 

 Philadelphia. (West)— E. C. Reine 

 man, Pittsburg. Rhode Island — L. J 

 Renter, Westerly. Tennessee — C. L, 

 Baum. Knoxville. Texas — Eugene Cor 

 ley, Dallas. South Carolina — C. A 

 Moss, Spartanburg. North Carolina— 



Wm. Rehder, Wilmington. South Da- 

 kota — E. C. Newberry, Mitchell. West 

 Virginia — C. P. Dudley. Parkersburg. 

 Wisconsin (North) — J. B. Matthew- 

 sou, Sheyboygan. (South) — Nic. Zwei- 

 fel. North Milwaukee. Virginia — J. 

 Guille, Portsmouth.. 



Ontario — F. H. Miller, Bracondale, 

 Toronto. Manitoba — H. E. Phillpot. 

 Winnipeg. Quebec — Geo. A. Robin- 

 son. Montreal. Alberta— A. M. Ter- 

 rill, Calgary. 



Botanist — Prof. A. C. Beal, Ithaca, 

 N, Y. 



Pathologist— Prof. H. H. Whetzel, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



Entomologist- Prof. Thos. B. Sy- 

 mons. College Park, Md. 



Washington Representative of the 

 Society— William F. Gude, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Superintendent of Exhibition — John 

 Young, 54 West 28th St., New York. 



Tariff and Legislative Committee — 

 P. R. Pierson, chairman; John G. 

 Esler. Saddle River. N. J.; J. C. 

 Vaughan, Chicago, III.; Patrick Welch, 

 Boston, Mass.; J. O. Thilow, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.; E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



Judges for the Trade Exhibition. 



Sections A, B, F— Ad. Gude. Wash- 

 ington, D. C; A. L. Vaughan, Chicago, 

 III. 



Sections B, G— S. S. Pennock, Phila- 

 delphia. Pa.; Charles E. Critchell, 

 Cincinnati, O.; Ernst Wienhoeber. 

 Chicago, 111. 



Sections C, D— W. P. Craig, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.; A. L. Miller, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y.; E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, 

 Mass. 



Section H — Philip Breitmeyer, De- 

 troit, Mich.; F. H. Weber, St. Louis. 

 Mo.; H. V. Hunkel, Milwaukee. Wis. 



Committee on Convention Sports — 

 Chas. Graham, Cleveland, O., chair- 

 man; H. Brown, Richmond. Va.; 

 Chas. E. Critchell. Cincinnati, O. 



Advisory Committee for Trade Ex- 

 hibition — August Poehlmann. chair- 

 man; W. N. Rudd, J. C. Vaughan 

 George Asmus. 



Committee on School Gardens — 

 Benjamin Hammond. Fishkill-on-Hud- 

 son. N. Y.. chairman; C. B. Whitnall. 

 Milwaukee. Wis.; Michael Barker. 



Chicago, III.; *Wm. R. Smith, Wash- 

 ington, D. C; C. L. Seybold, Balti- 

 more. Md. 



Committee on National Flower Show 

 —Charles H. Totty. Madison, N. J.; 

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

 W. N. Rudd, Chicago, 111.; W. N. 

 Craig, Philadelphia, Pa.; Thomas Ro- 

 land, Nahant, Mass.; J. A. Valentine. 

 Denver. Colo. 



Past Presidents. 



*John Thorpe, 1884-1886; Robert 

 Craig, 1887; E. G. Hill, 1888; J. N. 

 May. 1889; *J. M. Jordan. 1890; M. H. 

 Norton, 1891; James Dean, 1892; *Wil- 

 liam R. Smith, 1893; *J. T. Anthony, 

 1894; Edwin Lonsdale, 1895; *William 

 Scott, 1896; Adam Graham, 1897; W. 

 F. Gude. 1898; W. N. Rudd, 1899; *E. 

 M. Wood, 1900; Patrick O'Mara, 1901; 

 John Burton, 1902-1903; Philip Breit- 

 meyer, 1904; J. C. Vaughan. 1905; 

 Wm. F. Kasting. 1906; Wm. J. Stew- 

 art, 1907; F. H. Traendly. 1908; J. A. 

 Valentine, 1909; F. R. Pierson. 1910; 

 George Asmus, 1911. 



♦Deceased. 



TUESDAY. AUGUST 20th. 

 Opening Session, 10 A. M. 



Address of Welcome. President Vin- 

 cent's Address. 



Amendment to Constitution and By- 

 I-aws to be acted upon; To amend 

 Article V, Section 1: 



"The location of the next following 

 meeting to be selected by ballot at the 

 morning session of the second d<i,v of each 

 annual meeting." 



by striking out the words "morning" 

 and "second" and inserting in place 

 thereof, respectively, the words "even- 

 ing" and "first." 



Reports of Secretar)-. Treasurer and 

 Committees. 



Afternoon Session, 3 P. iVl. 



Report on National Flower Show, 

 by Charles H. Totty. chairman Na- 

 tional F''lower Show Committee. Paper 

 by Mr. Wm. Gourlay, assistant to the 

 general manager of the American Ex- 

 press Company. Discussion. Consid- 

 eration of Invitations for Next Place 

 of Meeting (if the amendment to By- 

 Laws is adopted at the morning ses- 

 sion). 



Evening Session. 



Reception to President Vincent, at 

 the Auditorium Hotel. Music, Dancing 

 and Refreshments. Strictly informal. 



Amendments to Constitution and 

 By-Laws to be acted upon; To amend 

 Article II, Section 2 (a). 



"Sec. 2. Elections and Appoint inents: — 

 "(a) The president, first vice-|irosident, 

 secretary and treasurer shall be elected by 

 ballot at the annual meeting of the So- 

 ciet.v, and their terra of office shall begin 

 with the first day of January next succeed- 

 ing the election and shall continue for one 



