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The Florists^ Review 



Fedruakt 1, 1917. 



A. F. 



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SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



I h, ],.\\u,\ ill'.- i- th.' Vl-ll -r .-■■■' r.lniv \ V. 

 1 '\'.ii\.y. ]. :■•■-. iili-l III till Aim rn;iii < ,i nui I i..;i ^-^i 

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iMiiln:,' tlio last 1\\rl\i' niniilli^ tlir 

 siTictai v"s (iflice lia- lifcii uimsually 

 lius\-. With our iiaitirijiatii.ii in tly 

 Natiiinal Flnwcr Shnw in I 'hila(ifl|ilii.'i 

 1a>t -March ami l!ir snlii-itinu nf I'uiuls 

 ill aiil dl' Mi-> Anna .laixi^, tiicri' lia^ 

 luM'ii iiiurli extra wdik an.l -uiiic a'.ili 



Tinlial i'V|ii'll-c. 'I'hr rn-i'i | 't -. hu\\r\cr. 

 )ia\i' al-(i iiicroa^'''! -uiinu liat . tlmu^h 

 iKit i{uite .'■() imicli a< Ihr cxih'Iisc. sn 

 that at tlie cinl oi tlii- li-ral year \v(> 

 liini (lursolvcs ^vitll sumcw hat less ens): 

 111 tho (Tcnoral fund than a \rar :\<^o, but 

 >t ill ill good conditimi. 



Financial Statement. 



During the last year the secretary's 

 fift'ieo lias received: 



J. Baur. 



( iii-iiat on So( i My.) 



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Advertising.' . 



M l-'iil:illi'iiil- 

 MlilillT-' (I.IV 



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m.nri 

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All lit' wliirh \\;i^ tiiriH'il u\'er to the 



I I rainier and hi- rec-ei|it taken therefor. 

 The secretary's and treasurer's books 



Will' rliiMd\e(| ii\cr hy a |iiililic aiiditiir 

 and riMiiid ciirrcct. All bill- air being 

 Mift iiriini|itly and all aci-niints due the 

 -diifty arc bciii:; cnllccted without loss. 

 W'c aic I'lc.ascd to note that twenty-six 

 pages n1' ad\crti-ing s])ace in thi< year'< 

 I iieiii iuiii scli(>diiic wcri' taken by niir 

 ineiiiliers Mild I'rieiiiis. ^^'e t'etd that eur 

 iiienibers shrmld make .an cfVort te j-at 

 iiiiii/c these ad \'er1 i^ei-; as iiiucli as 

 |iii->ibh\ ill nrdei tn make it Wdltll their 

 ■\liile til U-e the-e paLies a- all ;|i|\ci'ii<- 



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Membership Decreasing. 



'Ihe line I !e|,ai1 iiieiit lli.'it gi\('s yctir 

 -ecret;ii\- mipie cuiiccrn than any other 

 I- the nicniliei-hi|i li^t. During th(^ last 

 \ear 'We ha\e taken in t'orty-five new 

 members and icin-t.ated six; yet, in spili' 

 iif this unusual number ni' additions, 

 \v(^ are nnw Ihirteen niemliers behind 

 la-t re|Mirt. 'J'he list ii<i\v stands ;it '■'■]- 

 aiiiiii:il mciiiliers .and t\v(d\(,' life mem 

 bef'-, iiial'.iii^ a tdtal el' .'iL'b 



nuiiii;: the Near we li,a\e lust Alliert 

 lj(i|ier. wliii died .M.andi 1; Win. i". 

 Kastiii^T. who died .Iiine If); Thos. ('. 

 .bi\-, who died Niixcmlier Id. and W. \]. 

 Kroesi hell, who died November L'.'l. All 

 of thi^^e men were fa\or,ably known to 

 most of \(iu and will be missed at our 

 convent ions. 



Wo have 217 members in good stand- 



ing in the Society of American Florists 

 and therefore continue to be represented 

 on its board of directors. Our present 

 president, .Mr. Aniniaiin, was selected to 

 that jiosition, to servo during the year 

 lit 17. 



New 'Varieties. 



Since the last meeting, \\c liave re 

 cei\iMi se\en new \arieties for registra 

 lion. Fourteen others were sent ever 

 liy the i'erpetual Flowering Carnation 

 Societ.\' of I'jigland. 



A sjiecial silver medal was struck t(» 

 commeinoiate the society's twenty-lifth 

 .\t'ar and was awarded to each winner of 

 .a iirst ]>reniiiim in the carnation section 

 .at the National Flower Show in i'hila 

 delphi.a last March. Those who received 

 the miMlal are S. .1. Coddard, K. G. Hill 

 » 'o., Stiaiford Flower Farms, J. "\V. I\Ii 

 nott < o., !•:. F. Lieker, Cottage Gardens 

 ( 'o., A. A. I'emltroke, Strouts, AVm. 

 Kleiiih(dnz, W. D. F^lllis, Win. Graham, 

 Mrs. Will. Austin, A. Harvey A; Sons, 

 I'ounli'ss llulalia :uid W. K. Fenk, tlf 

 teen in all. 



This society tiudi an active part in 

 the .National FU>wer Show in I'liiladel 

 pliia last .March. .Not only did we j)re 

 pare the ]ireiiiiuin sidiedule and the rule- 

 tor staging the carnation section of the 

 show, but members of this society con 

 trilnited .-r.'ib") toward jiaying the jirenii 

 iiiiis ol' this department, therehy I'edui- 

 iiig the liability of the managemen* to 

 that extent. 



Changes in Premium.s. 



liaily in the yi'ar the secretary, by 

 direction of the Itoaril of director.-, 

 s(dicited 1'mids from the members for 

 the .MotluTs' I'ay fund whiidi was be- 

 ing raised by the Society of American 

 Florists, for the purpose of assisting 

 .\li-s darxis in ]iroinotiiig that <la.V. As 

 a result, ^]')[ was raiscil and sent to 

 Sen-ettiry N'ouiig. 



The board of directors ludd the cus- 

 tom.aiy post con\eiition meeting Janu- 

 ary L'7, in St. Fouis. A second meeting 

 was held in I'hiladtdphia Manli 2n. in- 

 stead of the usual midsummi'r meeting. 

 .\t this mciding some (dianges were 

 niaile in the iiri'iniums offered in most 

 of the (lasses contained in the premium 

 schedule for this year's exhibition. ]ii 

 Section A, (lasses 1 to 11, the jiremiums 

 were raised from .^10 and $() to .*lo and 

 s^lo. In Section li, classes 12 to .">i>, 

 the premiums were raised from .^5 and 

 ^:\ to ^^ and if'). In Section C onlv 

 one iiremium, .*lit, is offered instead of 

 .-^•i and ^b These changes have in- 

 creased onr liability on jiremiums hy 

 .•^L'l'.*. Fi\e disseminators ha\e again 

 L;(Mier(Misly contributed the iireniiums in 

 Sect ion < '. 



The identification badges you are 

 wearing were ]iro\id(^d as a result of 

 the action taken in the meeting .at St. 

 Louis last year. They are tho most 

 jiractical arti(de we were able to find 

 for th(> ]iii'p()se. If tlie.v are satisfac- 

 tory', we will continue to use tluMii. 



The arrangements for this meeting 

 were left eiitir(d.v in the hands of our 

 \ ice p!('sid(Mit, AV. J. Vesey, Jr.. and 

 his committees sidocted from the Indi- 

 ana S1at(^ F'lorists' Society. That 

 tliev hav(! labored earnestly and liar- 

 moiiiouslv you can sec bv the r(>sults 

 accoinjdished. The retail men h.ave 

 again come forward with a spbMidid 

 demonstration of the carnation's ada]« 

 tabilitv for decorative effects. Thev 

 should be given credit and every en- 

 couragement possible. 



