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HORTICULTURE 



August 7. 1920 



CONVENTION PROGRAM 



Important Matters to be Taken Up at 

 the Cleveland Meeting 



The program for the Convention in 

 Cleveland, August 17, IS and 19 is as 

 follows: 



First Day, Tuesday, August 17th. 

 2.00 P. M. 



Invocation by Rev. Koy E. Bowers 



Convention called to order by H. P. 

 Merrick, President Cleveland Florists' 

 Club. 



Address of Welcome by Adam Gra- 

 ham. Cleveland, Past-President S. A. F. 

 and O. H. 



Address of Welcome by Hon. W. S. 

 Fitzgerald. Mayor of Cleveland. 



Response by ex-President J. P. Am- 

 mann, Edwardsville, 111. 



President A. L. Miller's address. 



Reading minutes of the Executive 

 Board. 



Report of the Secretary. 



Report of the Treasurer. 



Report of the Finance Committee. 



Report of the Washington Represent- 

 ative. 



Reports of the State Vice-Presidents. 



Reports of the Standing Committees. 



Report of Committee on Development 

 of American Products. 



Report of Committee on School Gar- 

 den. 



Report of Committee on Nomencla- 

 ture. 



The Publicity Committees and the 

 National Flower Show Committee will 

 report at subsequent sessions. 



Reports of Special Committees. 



Consideration of invitations for se- 

 lection of next place of meeting. 



Miscellaneous Business. 



Judging of Trade Exhibits. 



First Day, Evening Session. 

 8.30 P. M. 



President's Reception. 



The function will take place in the 

 Hotel Hollenden. President Miller re- 

 quests that this reception be entirely 

 Informal. It is suggested, therefore, 

 that the most comfortable clothing will 

 be the most appropriate for the oc- 

 casion. 



Ballot for next place of meeting. 

 Second Day. Wednesday. August 18th. 

 Morning Session — 9.30 A. M. 



Nomination of officers for 1921. 



Report of Committee on President's 

 Address. 



Address: "Insurance," by J. S. Kem- 

 per, Chicago. 



Discussion. 



Discussion: "A Standard Grading 

 for Roses." 



Discussion: "Is uniformity in Prices 

 Possible." 



Discussion of Amendments to Con- 



-titulion and Hy-Laws, and voting on 

 same. 



Afternoon Session — 2.00 P. M. 



Report of Committee on Publicity, 

 Henry Penn, Chairman. 



Discussion. 



Adress: "Publicity," by Major P. F. 

 O'Keefe, Boston, Mass. 



Discussion: "Parcel Post Insurance." 



Evening Session — 8.00 P. M. 



Lecture: "Demonstration of Retail 

 Work— what can be done with Flow- 

 ers," illustrated by lantern slides. By 

 Max Schling. New York. 



Third Day, Thursday, August 19th. 

 Morning Session — 9.30 A. M. 



Election of officers for 1921. Polls 

 open from 10 A. M. to 11 A. M., or 

 until all in line have voted. Voting 

 will be conducted under the new sys- 

 tem. There will be five voting places, 

 "A" to "D" inclusive; "E" to "K" in- 

 clusive; "L" to "P" inclusive; "Q" to 

 "T" inclusive; "U" to "Z" inclusive. 

 Please vote promptly. Only members 

 in good standing can vote. 



Report of .Judges of Trade Exhibits. 



Report of the National Flower Show 

 Committee. By George Asmus. Chair- 

 man. 



Discussion. 



Discussion: "The Fuel Situation." 



Question Box. 



Deferred Business. 

 Afternoon Session — 2.00 P. M. 



National Flower Growers' Associa- 

 tion. 



.Meeting for organization. 



Report of Committee on Memorials, 

 Michael Barker. Chairman. 



Final Resolutions. 



Evening. 



Bowling Tournament — Time and 

 place to be announced at the Conven- 

 tion. 



SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

 First Day, Tuesday, August 17. 

 10.30 A. M. Opening of the office of 

 the Ladies' Society of American Flor- 

 ists in Convention Hall. Registration 

 of members. 



10.00 A. M. Conference of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners. 



Second Day, Wednesday, August 18. 



9.00 A. M. Annual meeting of the 

 Florists' Hail Association of America. 



10.00 A. M. Meeting of the Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery Assn. 



9.45 A. M. Annual meeting of the 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists. 



Third Day, Thursday, August 19. 

 9.00 A. M. Meeting of the College 

 Section of the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists. 



ii.oo A. M. Meeting of the Hoard of 

 Directors of the American Carnation 

 Society. 



AUGUST 



A blue haze is over the fields and 

 forests. The grasses liave ripened into 

 waves of brown and red or are stacked 

 in ricks, from which the sun gleams 

 back. The bouncing-bets or saponaria 

 are in blossom by the gray stone-walls, 

 near which the red day lilies are al- 

 ready dropping their petals. 



The gardens are gay with hollyhocks 

 and bright with red and yellow nastur- 

 tiums. Many seeds have already rip- 

 ened in the gardens. The early apples 

 are beginning to color. Strawberries 

 have given place to raspberries. Par- 

 ties of blueberry pickers are enjoying 

 the woods and stony fields. 



Great clouds are sailing overhead 

 and making pictures in the sky. The 

 expectation of the early summer is 

 ripening into fulfilment. The insects 

 have done their worst in our gardens, 

 and are leaving to us the enjoyment of 

 the flowers. While the trees on which 

 the gypsy caterpillars have been feast- 

 ing are again growing green. 



The exhiliration of the autumn with 

 its harvests of fruits and other crops 

 has not yet come. There is an occa- 

 sional day when the air has the tonic 

 of September, but as a whole there is 

 a lazy pensiveness about August which 

 brings us peace and rest. 



M. R. Case. 



Hillcrest Gardens, July 27, 1920. 



