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AnODST 24, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



13 



A General View of the Trades* Display at the Houston Convention of the S. A. F. 



on roller bearings; also housing ■worm gear to 

 protect from dirt and water, certificate of merit. 

 Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, 111. — Your com- 

 mittee recommends in view of the many valuable 

 improvements claimed for the new steam boiler 

 that the judging of their exhibit be passed on to 

 a committee of experts at some future exhibition. 

 Signed 



WlUlam F. Gude, 

 E. G. Hill, 

 C. L. Baum, 

 r. A. Cliopin. 



George Asmus acted as secretary to 



the judges. 



Judging the Garden. 



Alex Miller, J. A. Manda, J. A. New- 

 sham, W. J. Baker and J. J. Hess were 

 appointed to judge the garden. 



The aquatic exhibit of Henry A. 

 Dreer, Philadelphia, was pronounced the 

 most attractive feature of the garden. 



The water lily exhibit of "William 

 Tricker, Arlington, N. J., was highly 

 commended. 



The array of cannas exhibited by 

 Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., 

 was classed most attractive, the variety 

 City of Portland taking the honors. 



Boddington's Meteor was classed as 

 the best red canna. It was exhibited by 

 A. T. Boddington Co., of New York. 



The best white canna was Eureka, 

 shown by Henry A. Dreer. 



American Beauty and La Detroit 

 roses from the California Kose Co., 

 Pomona, Cal., took the honors in this 

 collection. 



The garden was pronounced unusally 

 fine and the judges rewarded all the rest 

 of the exhibits with honorable mention. 



A Trade Directory. 



A committee consisting of Theodore 

 Wirth, Minneapolis; Samuel Murray, 

 Kansas City; W. J. Keimel, Elmhurst, 

 ni.; Patrick Welch, Boston; H. Plath, 

 San Francisco; R. C. Kerr, Houston; 

 C. L. Baum, Knoxville, and J. A. Peter- 

 son, Cincinnati, was appointed, after the 

 Philadelphia meeting of the executive 

 board, to consider the advisability of 

 the society issuing a trade directorj or 

 any other publication. The committee 

 recommended that the society proceed 

 to issue a directory under the direction 

 of the secretary and that $3,000 be ap- 

 propriated for the purpose. On motion, 

 the matter was referred back to the 

 board of directors, whence it came, but 

 with power to act. 



Some of the members regard the in- 



cident merely as a protest at the alleged 

 lack of accuracy of the book now in use 

 which Avill subside when the publisher 

 promises a more thorough revision, but 

 there are others who expect the board 

 of directors to be urged to go ahead by 

 job printers who would not care to 

 undertake the matter on their own re- 

 sponsibility but who would like the 

 profit of printing the books for the 

 society. 



Miscellaneous Matters. 



A pause was made as a memorial to 

 the members lost during the year and 

 committees were appointed to draft 

 tributes to Treasurer Kasting, John W. 

 Poehlmann, W. Atlee Burpee and others 

 who have died since the San Francisco 

 convention. 



A diamond-studded locket was given 

 Robert C. Kerr, of Houston, retiring 

 president of the Texas State Florists' 

 Association and newly elected president 

 of the national organizatic^. The gift 

 was from the members of the Texas 

 association. William F. Gude, of Wash- 

 ington, made the presentation speech. 

 Mr. Kerr accepted it in a few brief 

 words of appreciation. 



Robert C. Kerr, the new president, 

 won the prize offered by Dan MacRorie, 

 the retiring president, of $150 for the 

 member bringing in the greatest num- 

 ber of new members, Mr. Kerr register- 

 ing eighty-two. 



Secretary John Young is quoted as 

 l)eing particularly enthusiastic over the 

 Texas bluebell, the state flower, which 

 was exhibited in profusion at the con- 

 vention. "They tell me this flower 

 grows wild down here," he said, "and 

 you have taken it and cultivated it 

 until you have one of the most gorgeous 

 flowers known to the trade. If we can 

 successfully raise these Texas bluebells 

 in the east it will be the biggest trade 

 getter we ever had in our lives." 



A standing vote of thanks was ten- 

 dered C. L. Brock, superintendent of 

 parks, of Houston, for his work on the 

 convention garden. 



The automobile ride which was to 

 have been given Wednesday afternoon, 

 and which was postponed because of 

 rain, was given Friday morning. The 

 train of automobiles left the city audi- 

 torium and the ride terminated at Sam 



Houston park, where the formal opening 

 of the convention garden was held. 

 The municipal band rendered a program 

 at that time. 



Otto Lang, of Dallas, was standing a 

 scant forty feet -away when a lightning 

 bolt drilled a hole through a corner of 

 Convention hall, scattering pieces of 

 mortar in every direction like shrapnel. 

 A number of persons standing in the 

 foyer were deafened temporarily by the 

 shattering concussion, but aside from 

 losing a few drops of perspiration were 

 no worse off for the experience. 



A handsome silver service was pre- 

 sented to the retiring president, Daniel 

 MacRorie, after the luncheon at the 

 San Jacinto battle ground, E. G. Hill 

 making the presentation speech. 



Mrs. R. E. Darbee, of San Francisco, 

 who is building up a large shipping 

 trade in the south and west, brought 

 a display of about a dozen varieties 

 of cut flowers now available in the San 

 Francisco market. The stock arrived 

 in excellent condition. 



The trades' exhibit of M. Rice Co., 

 Philadelphia, was sold to R. C. Kerr, 

 as was most of that of the American 

 Bulb Co., Chicago. The exhibit of H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, was 

 sold entire to Otto Lang, of Dallas. The 

 plants shown by Gullett & Sons, Lin- 

 coln, 111., and most of those of Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., Chicago, were sold to 

 the Brazos Greenhouses, Houston. 



The New Orleans florists gave an all- 

 day entertainment to the convention 

 visitors who passed through August 14: 

 luncheon, automobile ride, dinner, danc- 

 ing and supper. It was quite the most 

 elaborate affair of the week. 



Additional Visitors. 



In addition to the list of those pres- 

 ent printed last week, the following 

 registered: 



Beck, H. B., Austin, Tex. 

 Beming, H. G., and wife, St. Louis.. 

 Chopin, P. A., New Orleans, La. 

 Crump, W. E., Colorado Springs, Colo. 

 Klmmell, G. A., Chattanooga, Tenn. 

 Kuerth, Robert, Denver. 

 Judge, Mrs. E. W., Tyler, Tex. 

 McNutt, A. J., Knoxville, Tenn. 



Put It on the Glass. 



At the F. T. D. meeting at Houston, 

 at which W. F. Gude, of Washington, 

 was elected president, a resolution was 



