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HORTICULTURE 



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ral Fund 

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Respectfully submit 



\V. P. EASTING 



Treasurer. 



The reports of State Vice-Presidents 

 were handed in and turned over to the 

 usual commit! 



\v V. Gude, being called upon, pre 

 sented his report as Washington rep- 

 resentative of the society. He had ap- 

 peared before the committee on postal 

 affairs during the lasl session and 

 favored the adoption of a parcels posl 

 as approved by the society on three 

 different occasions. W. F. {Casting 

 urged, in following Mr. Gude, that 

 every member make a personal ap 

 to his congressman for action on this 

 matter. A special vote ol thanks was 

 accorded Mr. Gude. 



Chas. Lenker added a few words on 

 the parcels post topic, explaining the 

 system in use in Germany. 



THE PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION. 



This always popular feature was 

 carried out in splendid shape at the 

 Hotel Belvedere on Tuesday evening, 

 and for over an hour the procession 

 moved past the receiving party, shak- 

 ing the hand of President Asmus and 

 the assisting ladies and gentlemen. 

 The sad news of the sudden death of 

 John Birnie. of which detailed notice 

 appears in another column, cast a 

 damper on the enjoyment of this 

 unique social gathering and very little 

 dancing was indulged in. but the af- 

 fair was in all other respects a joyous 

 and successful one. President Vim -nt 

 and his associates of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Baltimore being 

 indefatigable in their efforts to make 

 everybody comfortable and happy. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING'S SESSION. 



Wednesday morning's session opened 

 late but developed finally into one of 

 the liveliest sessions ol recent years 

 John G. Esler read his report as chair- 

 man of tariff committee. 

 Mr. President and Members: 



The attention of your committee was 

 called to the importance of reciprocal 

 exchange of floral products between 

 the United States and Canada. An at- 

 tempt on the part of your chairman to 

 obtain the opinion of not only the 

 committee but of others who were 

 likely to be vitally interested, brought 

 out such a diversity of opinion that a 

 recommendation was made to the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee of the S. A. F. and 

 O. H. to have the subject discussed 

 from both sides of the boundary line 

 at this convention. This was acted 

 upon by the Executive Committee and 

 it is the hope of the Tariff and Legis- 

 lative Committee that after .Mr. Miep- 

 sted and Mr. Welch have given their 

 views on the subji Matter will 



be thoroughly discussed and your com- 

 mittee fully instructed as to future 

 procedure in the matter. 



In order to intelligently view this 

 subject we herewith give the American 

 dutv on floral imports, the Canadian 

 dutv and the concessions the Canadian 



Horticultural Association was willing 

 to ma 



Pi iducts. 



Cul flowers 



I'm smllax and asparagus 



Laurel roping, Laurel branches 



Baj i ii ii- Ho leaves and branches, 



galas leaves, leucotboe sprays, wild 



edle i ts, ]<i im crow n>. 



cut boxw I, and all natural greens 



Rose plants, outdoor or greenhouse grown. 



I .i i n. ii Ion plants or cuttings 



Geraniums, coleus, salvia, petunias, bello 

 trope, fuchsias, vernon begonias, and 

 all soft wooded plants for bedding. . . . 



Greenhouse plants known as Btove plants.. 



Carnations, new varieties ol greenl -< 



plants and ruses 



Rooted cuttings or large plants of earns 

 liens, roses, chrysanthemums, gera- 

 niums, ferns, violets, or any new \a 

 of plan! being Ben! out Un- the 

 first time 



Plants 



Palms, A/.iieas, pot grown lilacs, rhododen 

 drons, aspidistras, Ficus elastic a. Ficus 

 panclurata. Pay trees, lm\ trees, aqua- 

 tic plants, cacti. Dutch and French- 

 grown bulbs, caladium, Tuberous be 

 - -nils, peonies, etc 



Ferns, (lower puis, etc 



Orchid plants, hardy perennials 



Insecticides for fumigating purposes 



f.iliunis of all kinds 



Your Chairman made a suggestion 

 to the Canadian Horticultural Associ- 

 ation that they further discuss the 

 subject this year, and if possible, noti- 

 fy us of a minimum rate that they 

 would be willing to accept. Mr. Mep- 

 sted, in his address, will no doubt fur- 

 nish this information. Your committee 

 would suggest that if both societies 

 could agree upon the same rate, it 

 would undoubtedly make it easier 

 work for both Committees to secure 

 what was mutually desired. 



Another important subject is House 

 Bill No. S611 and Senate Bill No. 2870, 

 both giving the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture large and possible dangerous 

 discretionary power over the impor- 

 tation of nursery stock and some kinds 

 of floral products. The nurserymen 

 ask our co-operation in their effort to 

 have the bill amended, so as to have 

 the discretionary power placed with- 

 in reasonable bounds. Your commit- 

 tee again asks that you give this mat- 

 ter earnest, not slip-shod, attention and 

 that you give specific instruction as 

 to your wishes. The bills in question 

 are herewith appended, marked ex- 

 hibit B. & C. 



A complaint concerning the dilatory 

 delivery of cut flowers by the U. S. 

 Express Co., has been taken up with 

 the company. This complaint is 

 brought about as the result of the re- 

 cent strike and its solution has not 

 progressed far enough to make a defi- 

 nite report. The labor trust seems 

 tci be master of the situation. Your 

 chairman promises to carry it to its 

 ultimate conclusion even if it leads to 

 tlie Interstate Commerce Commission. 

 Another complaint concerning the 

 routing of goods was taken up with 

 the express companies and an admis- 

 sion that their officials were in error 

 was secured. Directions were given 

 press company how to secure 

 proper service- in the future. 



Your committee would also suggest 

 i hat any information concerning the 

 cost of production, at home or abroad, 

 lass (ir any other product, entering 

 into the construction of greenhou 

 tablishments, will be gladly ac 

 and filed for use whenever the 

 time arrives to make the information 

 effective 



The opinion of your committee is 

 divided as to the advisability of ap- 



pearing before the Interstate Com- 

 Commission againsl express 



Canadian Existing Duties 



duty asked for, American. Canadian. 

 17'i% 2594 LI 



17';,% Free 17'e 



Pre* 20% 



1 IV, 



20c 



209! 



20 « 



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- 

 25' , 



Schedule A 



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20% 



Free 



companies, some contending that in- 

 asmuch as concessions have been 

 made in favor of flowering plants and 

 generally satisfactory service rendered 

 it would not be advisable to make our- 

 selves too prominent in the matter. 

 My own opinion is that we should 

 have the evidence to make a good 

 case before we carry a grievance to the 

 Commission, and that in all cases, it 

 might be well to first endeavor to rec- 

 tify the matter complained of by ap- 

 plication to the companies themselves. 

 Respectfully submitted. 

 John G. Esler, Chairman; J. C. 

 Vaughan, J. Otto Thilow, Frank 

 Traendly, P. Welch, E. G. Hill. 



P. Welch then opened the discussion 

 on Canadian reciprocity in floral pro- 

 ducts from the American standpoint, 

 and E. I. Mepsted's paper from the Ca- 

 nadian standpoint was read by Mr. 

 Robinson of Montreal in the author's 

 absence. Both gentlemen agreed that 

 lloral reciprocity would be a distinct 

 advantage to the trade on both sides 

 of the line. Mr. Mepsted ably handled 

 the objections of such of his country- 

 men as held opposing views and ad- 

 mitted that the Canadian retail trade 

 is growing much more rapidly than 

 the wholesale production and that re- 

 lief from heavy duty on flowers and 

 plants is greatly needed. A lively dis- 

 cussion followed in which Messrs. 

 Hammond and Frank Pierson spoke in 

 similar vein and a motion was unani- 

 mously adopted that the best interests 

 of the trade here would be subserved 

 by reciprocal relations with Canada. 



\V. F. Kasting then took the floor 

 in advocacy of a spring meeting in 

 place of the summer convention, com- 

 iiining with the rose, carnation and 

 other auxiliary societies all of which 

 would be of great advantage to the 

 trade especially in connection with the 

 national flower show . 



Mr. Rudd approved with great ear- 

 nestness, as did also Wallace R. Pier- 

 son, E. G. Hill, John Westcott, A. 

 uwald and others. Mr. Fulmer 

 was opposed. 



Chicago the Next Meeting Place. 



Selection of the place of meeting 



brought out nominations of Chicago 



and Louisville, the star speakers for 



the latter being the official convention 



