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33-35-37 Randolph Street, Chicago, III. 



dressed the meeting extending an in- 

 vitation on belialf of tlie Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society, of which he is 

 president, to have the S. A. P. visit 

 San Francisco in 1915 on the occasion 

 of the great Panama Exposition. Let- 

 ters from the President of the Expo- 

 sition and others were also presented. 

 Mr. O'Mara and Mr. Kasting spoke 

 in approval and a favorable vote was 

 cast. 



THE PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION. 



The reception to the president at 

 the Auditorium Hotel on Tuesday 

 evening proved as popular as usual 

 and was a brilliant social event. It 

 was enjoyed by a vast multitude of 

 the members and their ladies. Music, 

 refreshments and dancing were en^ 

 joyed until midnight. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING'S SESSION. 



Wednesday morning's session was 

 well attended. President R. Vincent, 

 Jr., announced W. F. Gude, John K. 

 M. L. Farquhar, J. A. Valentine, Harry 

 Papworth, and R. Vincent, Jr.. as a 

 committee on the memorial to Wil- 

 liam R. Smith with power to add to 

 the number from each state in the 

 Union. 



J. A. Valentine reported for the 

 committee on the president's address 

 endorsing his recommendations for 

 more general dissemination of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Executive Board, the 

 appointment of a committee to con- 

 sider plans for closer affiliation with 

 other organizations (to report next 

 year), recommendation for a careful 



adjustment of exhibition space rates 

 according to exigencies each year, and 

 that an appropriation of $500.00 be 

 made for more active work on mat- 

 ters of legislation, parcels post, etc. 

 Also the sum of $100.00 for the use of 

 a committee to consider the matter of 

 over-head costs. The committee did 

 not believe that the Society was in a 

 position to establish a School of Hor- 

 ticulture as recommended. L. W. C. 

 Tuthill then read his paper, "Advertis- 

 ing. Some Wrongs to Make Right." a 

 most excellent and practical address. 



Report of Judges. 



Charles Graham then presented the 

 report of the judges giving honorable 

 mention to South Park, Lincoln Park, 

 and West Park commissioners for 

 their magnificent plant groups in the 

 exhibition hall; giving certificates of 

 merit to F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown-on- 

 Hudson. N. Y., for unnamed fern; W. A. 

 Manda, South Orange, N. J., for plant 

 group; J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati. 

 O., for plants; Lager & Hurrell. Mad- 

 ison, N. J., for orchids; Robert Craig. 

 Philadelphia. Pa., for new ficus and 

 plant groups; Bassett & Washburn, 

 Chicago, 111., for Golden Glow Saw- 

 yer's aster and chrysanthemums; J. 

 Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N. Y., for 

 gladiolus Panama; Arthur Cowee, Ber- 

 lin, N. Y.. for gladiolus Rochester 

 White: Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia. 

 Pa., for adiantum Glory of Moor- 

 Drecht; Robert Craig. Philadelphia, 

 Pa., for crotons America, Canada, and 

 Mrs. August Poehlmann; and honor- 

 able mention and high commendation 

 to a large number of other exhibitors 

 of plants and bulbs, 



NOMINATION OF OFFICERS. 



The nomination of officers resulted 

 as follows: 

 President, J. K. M. L. Farquhar. 

 Vice-President, W. J. Vesey. 

 Secretary, John Young. 

 Treasurer, William F. Kasting. 



Additional awards in the florists' 

 supply section, also in greenhouse 

 building and heating section were 

 reported by the judges and will be 

 given in our next issue. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



Balloting for officers had already 

 started on Thursday forenoon when 

 Judge W. J. Vesey mounted the plat- 

 form and after an eloquent expression 

 of his regard for Mr. Farquhar and 

 the latter's high qualifications for the 

 office of president asked permission to 

 witiidraw from the contest and moved 

 the unanimous election of Mr. Farqu- 

 har. This was done and amid a great 

 outburst of enthusiasm all the officers 

 were declared elected by a unanimous 

 vote. 



Mr. Farquhar was then escorted to 

 the platform by Judge Vesey and In 

 earnest words expressed his thanks 

 for this demonstration, his apprecia- 

 tion of the honor and the responsibil- 

 ity which comes with it. and promised 

 his best endeavors to promote the So- 

 ciety's interest, whereupon Miss Mary 

 Hayden of Sam Murray's establish- 

 ment, Kansas City, presented to the 

 president-elect a magnificent bunch of 

 American Beauty roses in a most gra- 

 cious and charming manner. 



Wallace Pieison then addressed the 

 meeting in advocacy of the publicity 



