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SPEEDING THE 



PARTING GUEST 



The program for the closing days of the 8. A. F. convention at 

 Houston was disarranged hy the vagaries of the weather, hut it only put 

 emphasis on the pleasure the Texas florists felt at having the nationM 

 society visit the south. Looking into the future, two hig years are ahead. 



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F ANY evidence were 

 needed as to the benefit 

 to the S. A. F. by taking 

 the annual convention oc- 

 casionally to the cities 

 outside the northern and 

 eastern circle, that evi- 

 dence might be found in 

 the fact that when the 

 society visited San Francisco, Vice- 

 president MacEorie brought in 102 

 new members, and when it visited 

 Texas, Vice-president Kerr added 

 eighty-two new names to the roll, 

 where there were only eighteen be- 

 fore. Surely an increase of 450 per 

 cent in the membership in Texas jus- 

 tifies the expedition! 



Weather Interrupts. 



There were some who feared the 

 heat of Houston, but it was rain that 

 first interrupted, and then wind. The 

 outdoor features of Wednesday's pro- 

 gram were postponed because of the 

 downpour, and Friday's trip to Gal- 

 veston for the dip and dinner was 

 called off because of the great gale 

 that caused thousands to flee the Gulf 

 Coast. The florists spent the day iu 

 Houston, although from Galveston 

 came the report 

 that thousands 

 thronged the fam- 

 ous seawall boule- 

 vard watching 

 great waves break 

 on the riprap at 

 its foot. The maxi- 

 mum wind velocity 

 was forty miles. 

 The maximum tide 

 was four feet. 

 With the exception 

 of the heavy surf 

 there was nothing 

 of an extraordinary 

 nature in Galveston. 

 Indicative of the 

 spirit with which 

 the people of the 

 city viewed the 

 protection of the 

 seawall was a band 

 concert and dance 

 Friday night at a 

 beach pavilion 

 above the roaring 

 surf. 



To San Jacinto. 



By agreement 

 the doors were lock- 

 ed on Thursday and 

 all the visitors 

 headed for the ship 



channel. Before starting the officers 

 of the organization were photographed. 

 After this the cars were boarded for 

 the municipal wharf, to the end of the 

 car line, after which -there was a 

 rather warm walk to the boat to the 

 San Jacinto battlefield. 



The trip down the channel was a 

 novelty for many and much interest 

 was shown in the various plants, ware- 

 houses and factories along the way. 

 At the battlefield the afternoon was 

 spent in viewing the various monu- 

 ments and hearing stories of the 

 famous fight, in dancing and an as- 

 sault on sundry watermelons, sand- 

 wiches and lemona:«le. 



An • added attraction to the program 

 was the passing of the Campania, the 

 Austrian interned steamer, from the 

 port of Galveston, the big tramp being 

 towed up the channel by two tugs. 



The Botarian Affair. 



The Houston Eotary Club enter- 

 tained the visiting members of the 

 Society of American Florists with a 

 luncheon on the Eice roof garden. 

 About 200 persons were present, Eo- 

 tarians and florists together, and the 

 program was so arranged and carried 

 out as to be interesting to both. 



E. a. HIU. D. MacRorle. Geo. W. Heas. 



J. A. Peterson. 0. L. Bauni. Robt. C. Kerr. John Youngr. 



Vith the Addition of W. F. Gtide, These Were the Active Men at Houston. 



Eotarian President Cole ordered a 

 roll call of the assembly in a fashion 

 novel and entertaining. Each man in 

 turn stood up and gave his name, ad- 

 dress, business, and favorite flower, 

 thus: "0. L. Norsworthy, Houston, 

 surgeon, sweet pea." These floral pref- 

 erences ran all the way from the 

 niggerhead to the deadly nightshade, 

 and some of the visitors in their turns 

 gave alleged botanical names that caus- 

 ed the more timid of the waiters to 

 turn pale and seek places of safety. 



E. C. Kerr, of the florists, then took 

 the chair and introduced George As- 

 mus, of Chicago, who paid a high trib- 

 ute to the president-elect of the so- 

 ciety. Mr. Asmus was followed by W. 

 F. Gude, Botarian from Washington, 

 D. C, who declared that the Houston 

 Eotary Club was the biggest factor in 

 the decision of the florists to meet 

 here. The last speaker of the occasion 

 was Daniel MacEorie, of San Francisco, 

 president of the Society of American 

 Florists, who found many pleasant 

 things to say about the south in gen- 

 eral and Houston in particular. 



Election of Directors. 



This is the first time directors have 

 been elected; the change in the by- 

 laws adopted in 

 Houston taJces away 

 one of the few op- 

 portunities the pres- 

 ident has had to 

 repay his friends 

 for their efforts in 

 his belialf. Also, 

 the choice of two 

 out of three candi- 

 dates for director- 

 ships afforded the 

 only opportunity to 

 try the new ballot- 

 ing system. The 

 vote resulted: 



, Frank Stuppy, St. Jo- 

 seph, Mo 80 



George W. .Ress. 



Washington, D. 0.7.3 



W. W. Coles, Kokomo, 

 Ind 45 



Mr. Coles had 

 been spoken of as 

 a possible compet- 

 ing candidate for 

 the presidency. He 

 was not present. 



National Show. 



After the report 

 of the committee 

 on the Philadel- 

 phia National 

 Flower show wa» 



Oeo. Asmns. 



J. J. HeM. 



