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HOETICULTUEE 



August 24, 1912 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 



Secretary's report for Year Ending August 1st, 1912. 



The insurance I'U glass effective at present date, in 

 sub-divided by States, is as stated below. 



Tlie Florists" Hail Association, 



The following table shows losses reported 

 to the Secretary for the past tweiity-flve 

 years, and number of claims paid. 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



Florida 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts ... 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



New Hampshire.. 

 North Carolina... 

 North Dakota.... 



New Jersey 



New Mexico 



New York 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island.... 



South Dakota 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia... 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



Dist. Columbia... 

 Canada 



MM) 



1,650 

 518,972 



60', 320 



24.150 



28,638 



264,721 



301,754 



318.879 



474,6.36 



66,125 



2,724 



110,865 



6,350 



167,025 



77,118 



2,000 



.,011,.362 



128,800 



332.1 S4 



900 



11,715 



'36,746 

 4,768 



110,241 



669.682 



11.3,973 



415,967 



400 



47,010 



11. .300 



141.116 



45.677 



12,910 



5,440 



87,334 



11,940 



7,744 



6,268 



15,900 



24,500 



826,418 



124,621 



11,157 



.")2,050 



44, .362 



3.380,715 



1,693,798 



1,611,984 



779,411 



179,141 



3,320 



43,229 



126,751 



164,611 



9.39,283 



1,363,362 



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tb'Hi„, 



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146,091 



1,552,132 



21,956 



312,111 



37,798 



46,719 



51,710 



1,398,461 



18,430 



736.222 



2,605,126 



103,758 



3,502,909 



10,935 



56,872 



66,339 

 29,267 

 28,740 

 56,742 

 1,500 



' 'l',666 

 7,665 

 1,100 



' '6,290 

 l'29',563 

 l"o'3',944 



' '3,750 



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a ts 



88,860 

 43,986 



.a o 

 V cd 



254,314 



476,687 



425,095 



577,913 



70,690 



4,600 



70,222 

 94,887 

 74,.323 

 261, 8S8 

 26,396 



3 .S 



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•£'5i* 



Q H 



573, (i98 

 2,100 

 4,200 



$251,09 



1,750.39 



12.39 



643,370 

 123,690 

 319,263 

 450,434 

 33.980 



2,875.94 



1,448.12 



3,549.00 



22.746.49 



3,000 



7,228 



20.000 



1.100 

 8,900 



21,758 



346,903 

 132.433 



27,787 



485,461 



20,361 



71.576 



174,442 



750 

 86,202 



'4'3',466 



8,839 

 4.940 



' '2.762 



17,658 



4,450 

 131 



41.231 

 1,982 



9,250 

 7,000 

 4.220 

 2,506 



98,895 

 28,513 



28,329 



'71,576 

 78,042 



197.43 



1,003.42 



5,640,004 23,098,718 726.884 3,1S1.860 1,670,830 



77,732 $44,153.30 



The above Is equivalent to an insurance upon 38.141.656 square feet of glass. 



The total receipts for the year ending Aug. 1, 1912, and including last year's balance, 

 as per Treasurer's report, have been $61,834.37. 



The total expenditures, as per Treasurer's report have been .$37,458.56. 



The cash balance on hand is .$4,375.81, of which $1,077.90 belongs to the Reserve Fund. 



The Reserve Fund now amounts to .$28,077. 90, nf which $27,000 is Inve-ted In excellent 

 securities and $1,077.90 cash in hands of the Treasurer. 



The amount of interest collected on Reserve Fund investments for the year is .$9S7.5n. 



The amount of interest collected on bank deposits for the year is $123.49. 



Interest refunded on bond purchase $5.84. 

 Losses representiug a breakage of 196.715 square feet of single thi( k glass and 244,897 

 square feet of double thick glass, have been paid during the year. 



1.8.32 losses have been adjusted since the organization of the F. H. A., Involving a total 

 expenditure of more than $262,000. 



The number of members is 1,682. 



The liability of the Association is $15,000, borrowed from Jenkintown National Banlt. 

 and secured by Reserve Fund Collateral. 



Summary of Treasurer's Report. 



To balance on hand Aug. 1, 1911 $10,246 79 



To total receipts for year ending Aug. 1, 1912 51.587.58 



Dr. 



Cr. 



$61,SM.37 



By losses paid Aug. 1, 1911-Aug. 1, 1912 $44,153 30 



By expenses a 414 09 



By investments 6589 17 



Miscellaneous '. ] 3 300 OO 



By balance on hand !...'..! 4,375 81 



$61,831.81 

 Signed, JOSEPH HEACOCK, Treasurer. 



-_ . Philadelphia, August 1, 1912. 



We have audited the accounts of the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Florists' Hail 

 Association of America for the period from August 1, 1911. to .Tulv .31, 1912 We liave 

 verified the balance on deposit with the Jenkintown National Bank, amounting to $4 375 81 

 and examined securities held as investments and pledged to secure loans, and we certify 

 that the foregoing is a correct statement of the receipts and disbursements during the 

 period. 



PRICE, WATERHOUSB & COMPANY, 



Chartered Accountants. 



Stunner and demonstrated once again 

 that Philadelphia leads the country 

 in the department of florists' supplies. 

 We noticed many meritorious novel- 

 ties here which we hope to mention in 

 detail later on. Business was hum- 



ming at the Bayersdorfer & Co. end 



of the hall. 



Space will permit of but brief men- 

 tion of the many and varied exhibits 

 at present: 



A. L. Randall Co.. Chicago, cut flowers 



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Alabama 4 1 1 1 



Arkansas 5 2 1 



California 1 



Colorado 71 16S 5 13 



Cimecticut 12 2 2 1 



Ik'laware 4 1 



Florida 



<;cM.rgia 6 



Illinois 143 140 9 12 



Indiana 65 65 3 ' 5 



Iowa 134 209 9 19 



Kansas 165 317 17 62 



Kentucky 21 14 2 



Louisiana 5 . . 2 



Maine 3 



Maryland 21 11 1 



Massachusetts 13 



Micliigan 34 IS 1 1 



Minnesota 59 09 3 3 



Mississippi 2 



Missouri 125 284 5 48 



Montana 3 2 



Nebraska 75 42 3 3 



New Hampshire 7 1 .. ., 



New Jersey 86 11 



New Mexico 7 7 



New York 113 20 4 1 



North Carolina 6 3 



North Dakota 8 4 12 



Ohio 109 104 1 1 



Oklahoma 26 35 1 6 



Pennsylvania 106 93 12 10 



Rhc de Island 4 



South Carolina 1 



South Dakota 25 28 1 1 



Tennessee 2 1 



Texas 36 21 1 1 



Vermont 3 



Virginia 7 4 1 



West Virginia 12 4 



Wisconsin 40 43 4 8 



Wyoming 5 6 



Dist. Columbia 5 



Canada 6 5 1 



The year 1912 has proven disa.strous. 

 Losses have been excessive and in many 

 instances have been repeated in the same 

 beality as many as three times in succes- 

 sion. While hail storms have prevailed in 

 many localities, those of especial violence 

 occurred in the neighborhood of Wichita, 

 Kansas, and ICansas City, Missouri. Mem- 

 bers of the P. H. A. who have escaped loss 

 tills year h.ave ne:d to congratulate tl.em- 

 selves. 



The efficacy of The Fl rists' Hail Asso- 

 ciation has been thoroughly proven, and, 

 Willie it has been necessary to borrow 

 liberally, using Reserve Fund Securities as 

 collateral, there has been no delav in the 

 prompt payment of losses. The 24th As- 

 sessment has been ordered for Sept. 15, 

 1912. in order to meet the liabilities in- 

 curred, and restore tl,e Reser\e Fund 

 intact. 



The thanks of the Association are due 

 Messrs. J. P. Ammann. Samuel Murray, 

 A. F. Barbe and Arthur Newell for Talu- 

 able assistance rendered in the adjustment 

 of losses. 



JOHN G. ESLER, Secretary. 



and supplies: Arthur T. Boddington, New 

 York, forcing bulbs: The Brecht Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo., handsome refrigerators; Ionia 

 Pottery Co., Ionia. Mich., flower pots: H. 

 a. Dreycr & Son. Cleveland. O.. florists' 

 equipment; Burlington Willow Ware 

 Shops. Burlington. la., basket novelties; 

 Illinois Flower Box Co.. Chicago, III., self- 

 watering plant boxes: W. H. Blverson Pot- 

 tery Co., New Brighton. Pa., flower pots; 

 Universal Portland Cement Co., Chicago, 

 III., greenhouse construction; O. F. Zurn 

 Co., Philadelphia, Pa., "Shaderine": Ben- 

 jamin Hammond. Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., 

 paints and insecticides: Skinner Irrigation 

 Co., Troy, O.. watering s.vstem; American 

 Blower Co., Detroit, Mich., steam traps; 



