March 29, 1917. 



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Bank of Orchids Staged at the Boston Spring Show, March 22 to 25, by F. J. Dolansky, of Lynn, Mass. 



much printed matter were presented 

 with the report. 



Committee to Oppose Legislation. 



The followiufi resolutions were then 

 offered by Mr. Gude: 



Whereas: It lias come to our notice that an 

 cITort is to be made to introduce legislation into 

 rongress, seeking to prohibit at some future time 

 the importation of plants, bulbs, plant products 

 and nursery stock of all kinds from every source; 

 and 



Whereas: The executive committee of the 

 Society of American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists considers such measures not only 

 unnecessary but injurious to the welfare of its 

 nii>nil>ors and of the whole horticultural trade 

 "f the I'nited States; therefore 



Be It Resolved: That the chairman of the 

 legislative committee of the S. A. F. and O. H. 

 Ih' empowered, and he Is hereby cmi)owered, to 

 oppose the proposed legislation, to act according 

 lo his Judgment in the interests of our organiza- 

 tion at the forthcoming conference, to get what 

 assistance he can from any of its memliers, and 

 to share with the nurserymen's legislative com- 

 mittee the expense of employing a trained man 

 to help protect our joint Interests. 



The resolutions were, after a long 

 iliscussion, adopted without change. 



Firemen's License Laws. 



Secretary Young presented corre- 

 spondence regarding movements in Ohio 

 iiiul Maine requiring the licensing of 

 firemen employed in greenhouse estab- 

 lishments. Mr. Gude criticised such re- 

 quirements as absolutely nonsensical 

 and believed they should be opposed by 

 the society. Maine was following the 

 I'loeedent set by Ohio, and a bill was 

 lioforo a committee of its legislature 

 necking the licensing of firemen in 

 'liaige of low-pressure heating plants. 

 Ho offered the following resolution, 

 wliich was passed: 



Resolved: Tliat the Society of Amercian Flo- 

 iists and Ornamental Horticulturists absolutely 

 'Ppose the legislation proposed in the state of 

 •uaine compelling the employment of a licensed 

 ireman for the firing of greenhouse lioilers 

 arr.ving less than ten pounds pressure, as being 

 njnnous to the welfare of the horticultural 

 '^n'le: and that this society deprecates the laws 

 . iready passed in Ohio or other states, as highly 

 1, '^'.mental to the horticultural interests affected 



State Stock Inspection. 



Mr. Gude also offered the following 

 resolution: 



St^*^®'?*^" ''^P^Pral of the states of the United 

 ''„"'? ''«^f enacted statutes relative to the in- 

 ■lection of stock, which render it practically 



impossible to send commercial shipments into 

 such state; it is therefore 



Resolved: That the Society of American Flo- 

 rists and Ornamental Horticulturists, through its 

 tariff and legislative committee, use its power 

 and influence to secure the enactment of uni- 

 form inspection laws throughout the United 

 States. 



This resolution was also carried. 

 Postpone Trade Directory. 



The report of the committee on trade 

 directory which, at the Houston con- 

 vention, was referred to the board of 

 directors for action, was taken up for 

 discussion, and the board decided that 

 the matter should be deferred until after 

 some system had been established by 

 the proposed bureau of national credits 

 and collections. 



Secretary Young presented his finan- 

 cial report for the year 1916. The re- 

 port disclosed that $7,794.63 had been 

 received during the year, and the ac- 

 companying report of the auditors, Ed- 

 monds & Bouton, Inc, New York, 

 showed that this money had all been 

 properly accounted for. It was seen 

 that 293 new annual members had been 

 .secured and forty-one life members. 



Membership Growing. 



A financial statement for 1917, to 

 March 10, showed receipts of $2,714.75; 

 the addition of fifty-nine new annual 

 members and thirty-two life members. 

 The secretary also presented the report 

 of the auditors on the National Flower 

 Show accounts, covering receipts, as 

 shown by the secretary's books, 

 amounting to $62,301. 



President Kerr asked Mr. Young 

 wliether he had noticed any increase or 

 decrease in the society 's membership 

 in the last two months. The secretary 

 stated that the society had more mem- 

 bers in good standing than it ever had, 

 as could be seen by the records, which 

 spoke very well for the conventions held 

 in the west and south. 



Plans for Convention. 



The secretary then made a report on 

 the arrangements made for the conven- 

 tion to be held in New York next Au- 

 gust. The main hall of the Grand 



Central Palace had been secured for the 

 trade exhibition, at the low rental of 

 $500, and the meeting hall for $100; a 

 total of $600. As a comparison, he cited 

 the cost of similar accommodations at 

 Minneapolis, which cost $1,200. Orders 

 for space in the trade's exhibition al- 

 ready booked approximated $3,000, but 

 the floor plans showed available space 

 to the amount of $8,000, all of which 

 space he believed would be disposed of. 

 The floor plans had been sent out, and 

 copies could be secured by anyone inter- 

 ested. 



Through tlie kind offices of the New 

 York Botanical Society, the convention 

 garden had been laid out in the Botan- 

 ical (Jarden, Bronx park. Blueprints 

 of the planting space had been pre- 

 pared and would be distributed in a few 

 days. lie predicted a great success for 

 the garden. Already about twenty ap- 

 plications for planting space had been 

 received. 



The members of the board, later, in- 

 spected the convention quarters. 



At this point a motion was carried 

 unanimously thanking Secretary Young 

 for his efficient conduct of the secre- 

 tary 's office during the last year. 



Convention in Spring. 



A petition from the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club asking that the board of directors 

 change the convention date for 1918 to 

 the period in spring when the National 

 Flower Show would be held, was con- 

 sidered, and the change, by motion, ap- 

 proved, in accordance with power con- 

 ferred under the amended by-laws. Mr. 

 Gude stated that he had obtained the 

 opinion of counsel in Washington on the 

 legality of this procedure, and it was 

 confirmed. 



It was, on motion, decided to recom- 

 mend to the incoming president the re- 

 appointment of the entomologist for the 

 next ensuing year, in order that he may 

 complete the special work enumerated 

 in his report to the Houston convention. 



On motion, Dr. Britton, on whom the 

 superintendence of the convention gar- 

 den devolved, was authorized to draw 

 upon the society for money required for 



