

AooDST 17, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



41 



TEXANS HOLD ^ 

 ^ THEIR MEETING 



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I HE Texas State Florists' So- 

 ciety held its annual meet- 

 ing at Houston Aug. 14, the 

 day preceding the opening 

 of the S. A. F. convention, 

 and had the largest attend-_ 

 ance in years, with three" 

 brisk business sessions devoted to the 

 discussion in plain language of the in- 

 timate problems that perplex the trade 

 in the Lone Star state. Nearly the 

 whole discussion turned on the distance 

 Texans are from market and the diffi- 

 culties they encounter in obtaining the 

 stock they need to meet the rapidly in- 

 creasing demand. In his address A. F. 

 Koehle, of Sherman, urged that a cor- 

 poration be organized under the aus- 

 pices of the association to conduct a 

 commission house in Texas, and H. O. 

 Hannah, also of Sherman, in his ad- 

 dress discussed the need of more grow- 

 ers for wholesale in Texas, while even 

 President Kerr, in his speech opening 

 the convention, referred to the desire 

 of Texans for a home source of supply. 



Essays Bead. 



The following were the essays read 

 and the titles show clearly the trend of 

 thought in that sec- 

 tion of the trade: 



"Better Freight Bates 

 for Texas Florl8t8"^W. 

 J. Baker, Fort Worth. 



"Importance of Mem- 

 bership In the S. A. F." 

 — Henry Greve, Dallas. 



"Progress That Is Be- 

 ing Made Toward Secur- 

 ing an Experimental 

 Range of Glass"— Prof. 

 K. J. Kyle, College Sta- 

 tion. 



"The Difficulties of 

 Retailers with Whole- 

 salers on Shipments of 

 Cut Flowers Unfit for 

 Use and How to Over- 

 come Them." — A. P. 

 Koehle, Sherman. 



"Practical Use of Our 

 Wild Flowers."— C. E. 

 Papworth, Fort Worth. 



"The Need of More 

 Wholesale Glass in Tex- 

 as." — H. O. Hannah, 

 Sherman. 



"What the ladies Are 

 Doing for the Florist 

 World." — Mrs. Annie 

 Wolfe Bregance, Waco. 



"The Outlook for Tex- 

 as Florists for the Com- 

 ing Year, wltJi SomC 

 Suggestions on What to 

 Kxpeot." — Otto Lang, 

 Dallaa. 



Elections. 



Henry Greve, of 

 Dallas, nominated 

 Thomas Wolfe, of 

 Waco, and his elec- 

 tion to the presi- 

 dency was unani- 

 mous. F. G. Suchy, 

 of San Antonio, 

 was elected vice- 

 president and L. J. 

 Tackett, of Fort 

 Worth, was reelect- 

 ed secretary and 

 treasurer. His an- 

 nual report showed 

 cash at the begin- 



OFFICEBS ELECTED. 



President, 



Thomas Wolfe Waco 



Vice-president, 

 F. O. Suchy San Antonio 



Secretary-Treasurer, 

 L. J. Tackett Fort Worth 



Press Representative, 

 C. L. Brock Houston 



Educational Director, 

 F. W. Hensel College Station 



ning of the year, $62.54; receipts, 

 $178.50; disbursements, $99.01; balance, 

 $161.13. 



The directors, new and hold-over, are 

 E. E. Stone, Dickinson; Bird Forrest, 

 Waxahachie; H. B. Beck, Austin; A. F. 

 Koehle, Sherman; H. O. Hannah, Sher- 

 man; J. E. Mc Adams, Fort Worth. 



C. L. Brock, of Houston, was selected 

 as press representative and F. W. Hen- 

 sel, of College Station, as educational 

 director. 



It was voted to hold the 1916 fall 

 show in Dallas and the 1917 convention 

 in San Antonio. 



Thomas Wolfe. 



(Presldentelec Texas State Florists' Association.) 



Miscellaneous. 



E. J, Kyle, of College Station, report- 

 ed that a contract will be let within a 

 few days for the experimental work 

 the society is anxious to have done in 

 the interest of the trade. 



Reports by members representing 

 florists' clubs throughout the state 

 showed special interest at Dallas, San 

 Antonio, Austin and Houston, with 

 other cities waking up and getting to 

 work. 



The president was authorized to ap- 

 point a committee to cooperate with 

 the Texas State Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion and other interested bodies with 

 the view of securing inspection legis- 

 lation national in its scope, to put an 

 end to the harrassments resulting from 

 the present chaotic condition of state 

 regulation. This was as the result of 

 the report of the legislative committee, « 

 to the effect that the present system is 

 working many hardships on the trade. 

 The committee on resolutions thanked 

 President Kerr for his untiring efforts 

 and the bringing of two great conven- 

 tions to Houston at one time; also 

 thanks were given the secretary, the 

 Houston authorities 

 and the railroads 

 for their coopera- 

 tion. 



Discussions. 



Members brought 

 up the matter of 

 high express rates 

 and emphasis was 

 put on the point 

 that shippers can 

 largely reduce these 

 by proper packing. 

 An instance was 

 cited in which 2,000 

 plants valued at 15 

 cents each were 

 packed in eleven 

 eases, five of which 

 arrived in a badly 

 damaged condition, 

 ^rrs. Darbee, of San 

 Francisco, spoke of 

 shipping California 

 cut flowers to Texas 

 and W. F. Gude, of 

 Washington, said he 

 had had the pleas- 

 ure of opening a 

 shipment of mums 

 Mrs. Darbee sent to 

 President Wilson; 

 they opened in 

 splendid condition. 



P. J. Foley, of 

 Chicago, spoke of 

 the increase in the 

 price of glass and 

 urged that legisla- 

 tion is needed to 

 control it. 



President Mac- 

 Rorie, of the S. A. 

 F., W. F. Gude and 



