August 21. 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



159 



BOSTON FLORAL SUPPLY & SNYDER CO. 



15 Otis- 96 Arch St. 



Wholesale Florists 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephones 



MbId 1674 

 Fort Hill lOM 

 Fort mil lOM 

 Fort mil lOXS 



Largest distributors of flowers in the East. 

 Manufacturers of artificial flowers, baskets, wire frames, etc. 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/Holosailo F-|< 



SG8-570 WASHIMGTON STREET 



BiiFFAUO, N. Y. 



THIS SEASON'S NEW ROSES 



PILGRIM CRUSADER PREMIER RUSSELL HADLEY 



We are receiving; daily Nliipnients of these new Roses, In large qaantlties, and 

 cnn furnisli same on short notice. 



Me luive a larBe stocli at all times of choice CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS, 

 VALLKY anil AMERICAN BE.WTIES. 



Tel., Main 6267 

 fi048 



WELCH BROS. CO. ""- ''ll'i^lV.''MAtr^'^'' 



would be beyond individual effort, but 

 an organizatiou such as the S. A. F. 

 and O. H. could possibly evolve a plan 

 whereby investigation would become 

 possible, and I recommend that a com- 

 mittee of three or more be appointed 

 to consider ways and means for pro- 

 moling it. 



New Organizations 

 Since the establishment of our so- 

 ciety there have been various other so- 

 cities formed for the advancement of 

 horticulture, mainly along special 

 lines, or in the interests of certain 

 flowers, and some of these organiza- 

 tions are affiliated with our own body. 

 .■\t this convention there is a movement 

 to establish another organization dif- 

 ferent in character, but with objects, 

 according to its proposed constitution 

 and by-lr.ws, identical with those of our 

 own society. This new organization, if 

 perfected, is to serve as a parent bodv 

 to a number of local organizations. I 

 refer to the proposed National Flower 

 Growers' Association. 



Originally, I believe this association, 

 promoted within our own ranks, was 

 to be formed for the purpose of provid- 

 ing means for obtaining publicity for 

 flowers through the inauguration of 

 local publicity campaigns, a portion of 

 the funds collected for this purpose to 

 be set over to the use of the National 

 Publicity Campaign for national pub- 

 licity, just as local organizations in 

 Western New York, St. Louis. Texas 

 and. I believe one or two other cities. 

 are doing. 



While no discouragement should be 

 given to any such movement, T am of 

 the opinion that none of the functions 



of our own society should be abrogated. 

 As a national body, we should be able 

 to take care of all the industrial prob- 

 lems likely to arise in the promotion of 

 floriculture commercially. It Is not 

 hinted that local problems cannot best 

 be solved by local bodies, but surely 

 one national or parent body might be 

 considered as sufficient. I am not con- 

 vinced that the work laid out for the 

 j^roposed new organization is outside 

 the scope of this, the parent organiza- 

 tion, although I am now and always 

 have been in favor of local bodies in 

 affiliation with the S. A. F. 



Do not let us rock the good old 

 S. A. F. boat any more than is neces- 

 sary. We are proud of our offspring, 

 specializing as they do along particu- 

 lar lines, but I am not sure that an- 

 other organization with objects almost 

 identical with our own can do more 

 than split ovr work and lead to 

 rivalry which in the end might be 

 disastrous to one or both. 



with when we have occasion to go into 

 statistics. 1 might say, however, that 

 <'efections from our membership are 

 less now than they have been tor some 

 years. There evidently exists a bet- 

 ter feeling in regard to keeping up a 

 membership in the Society, and it is 

 hoped that in the future our "dead- 

 wood" will materially deci-ease. Our 

 dues now are $5.00 per annum, Irat it 

 has not yet been found that the in- 

 crease from $3.00 has been detrimen- 

 tal. A great deal of missionary work 

 has been carried out in the secretary's 

 office, and the results are shown in the 

 increase in our membership, and par- 

 ticularly in the additions to our life 

 membership list. A few of our state 

 vice-presidents this year have made 

 considerable effort to add to our mem- 

 bership, and their results are worthy 

 of our appreciation. 



Our Administration Offices 

 The prospect of a material advance 

 in office rental, and the need for more 

 working room led to our taking in, 

 April last, office quarters in the Sixth 

 Avenue Building, in New York, in the 

 part of the building occupied by the 

 new wholesale flower market. This 

 has proved to be a wise move in every 

 way and brings the offices in closer 

 touch with the trade, and especially 

 with florists visiting New York. The 

 offices are headquarters at all times 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



It is pleasing to report at this con- 

 vention that the Society made con- 

 siderable headway in the year just 

 closed. Our membership has increased 

 materially. Since August 1st, 1919. 

 and up to August 10th this year, we 

 have taken in (i09 new members. 

 Within the same period we have 

 added 848 to our life membership roll 

 Our total membership is 3,311 of whom 

 1..509 are life members. This latter 

 total, necessarily, includes a number 

 of members who have not yet made 

 good for their 1920 standing, but we 

 have always this prolilem to contend 



CARt HAnENBl'ROEK 



