.M\l:r!i L'lt. I'.HT. 



The Florists^ Review 



39 



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



riudi |ii-iiitc(l lii;ittcr wric pi c-^i'iiti'd 

 • if li till' n'|Hiit. 



Cominittee to Oppose Legislation. 



Tlio I'clldwiii'i' rcsDliii idii-- wrVf tlicii 

 I'ti'ictl by Mr. (.Judo: 



Whereas: It li.is riiini' to our iuiti<r tl[:it an 

 ■■rt is to 1"' im:ii1i' Id inlnidiicc lfi;i<l.i I ion into 

 ':i::ri'ss. seekint; to proliiliit ,'it sonic fiiliiro tinir 

 ■ ■ i!ni'oi-t;ition of pl.ints. Imllis. \t\:n\l iiroilurts 

 : •! niirscr\ stock of ;ill kinds fi<iin i'vcr\ sonrcc; 



Whereas: Tlic executive cotninittc<' of tli<' 



s"i ict,\ of Anieric.in Florists ;iii<l Oi'niiiiiental 



I i"lliiiilturists consiilers sucli ine.isiii-c^ not only 



Miieccssiiry hill in.im-ions to ilic welfan' of its 



N' niliei's .-incl of tlie whole liorticultiiiMl tr.ole 



' liic I mIi.mI Statc-^; therefore 



Be It Resolved: 'Ihal Hie eliairnian of the 



-i^l.ilive ( (.iiunitlce of ilic S. A. !■". anil (). II 



■ ■ iii|,,,ueriil, anil he is hercliv ein|iouereil, to 



, l"'se Hie jirojiosecl Ii'ci-lat Ion. to Mel acionlint; 



' iii~ jiiiliiinciit ill the interests of our oriraiiiza- 



"II :it the fortlicoiiiiii^' eonference. to i.'ct what 



-~i^laiiee lie call from an\ of its nieinliers, ami 



^liare with the niirservmen's legislative coni- 



I'l.-.' ihe e\]iense of emiiloyiiK," ii traiiie'd man 



' 'i'l|i imiteet (iiir joint interests. 



Tlio rpsolutions were, after a lonij 

 '-ciissidi), ailoptoil witluiiit (■linn^(\ 



Firemen's License Laws. 



""' nctary Yiuuio- jircsenteil corrc- 



■ ; "inli'iuo reijardino- movenieiits in Ohio 



•'"■I Miiiiic i('i|uii-iiijr tlic lirriisiiio- (,r 



■'•■iiini einpldN'od in j^refiiliiiuso esfali- 



'isliiiii'iits. Mr. Ciuiie eriticiscil sucli re- 



■'lii'eniciits as ahsoliitclv Hnnsciisiral 



'"i lo'liese.i tlie.N' slidiiltl Kc ii|i|i(is(>il hy 



siM-icfv. Maine was t'nllnw Iiil;- tlio 



•'■'■.lent srt li\- Oliid, ami a Ijill was 



■''"'■ .'I cnniiuittcc dt" its ir^'islaturc 



■''^iiiL; tlir liceiisiii;^; of fireiiieu in 



■"-!• I'l' luw |if|.ssure liratino |ilants. 



"II cie.i t lie I'lilldW inu I csnliit imi. 



■'''•li was iiasseij: 



Resolved: Ihat the Soeieiv of Aniercian Flo- 

 '' •iliil (•liianieiital llorliciiltiirists al.-olutely 

 I "^e Ihe legislation proposed in the state of 

 ' "'"' coinpelliiic the eniploymeiit id' a licensed 

 ■niaii r,,,. til,, liriim ,,f (.Teenhoiise hoilers 

 'r^ini; le^s than ten pounds pressure, as hcitiL' 

 "i'""is to iiie uidfare of the horticultural 

 ,"''■: and tliat this society deiir.M-ales the laws 

 ''■oly passed in Ohio or other slates, as liiu'hl>- 

 '",""■"'■'1 '" 111'' liorliciiltiii-al iii|erc>I„ alTcled 



lllelii 



State Stock Inspection. 



^' '• '■u.lr alsM iifVcrcl the fnllowini,' 



'-■illtinn; 



Whereas: Several of the vtalc^ of the Iniled 



. '' " ''-'Ve elia, le.l ^lalllli's relative to tlio in 



'■' '"'" 'd' s|,;ek. uhicii render il pr.icticall.v 



ini|'o>-.ild' lo semi ■ ■iininiicial -lii|uiieM|s julo 

 such sl,ale: it is thend'ori' 



Resolved: That the Society of .\nieriiaii I'lo 

 risis and Oriiameiilal Horticulturists, tliroii),'li its 

 t;irilf and hcislalive coniniittee, use its power 

 .iiid iiillueiiie to secure the eiiai-lnient of nni 

 loini iiisprcl iiiii laws lhi'oii;;h<>iil the Initeil 



Stales, 



'I'll is resiiliit iiiu \\;is also carrieil. 



Postpone Trade Directory. 



Tlie report of tlic (■(iininittee on trail(> 

 ■ lirect oiy wliicii, at the Hmiston enn- 

 \c'iiti(iii. was ret'crifij tn the lidaril nf 

 iliirctiHs t'nr action, w.'is taken up tor 

 .lisciissioii, ;iiiil the lio.aiil ileciilcd that 

 tlir iii.-ittiT shiiiilil lie ilrt'ericij iiiitil .'ifter 

 siiiiic systi'in iiad Imm'Ii est .a lilishcil li\ 

 the |iroposei| Imicaii ot' national cidlits 



.•linl ciillect inns. 



Sec ret ;i r\' N'oiiiil; preseiiteil his (in.an- 

 ci;il re|iorf t'or the year liMii. 'I'he re 

 port cjiscloseil that .■f7.7',M,ti:; h.ad lieen 

 recei\ei| (luring the \ e;i r, .aiol the .'ic 

 coiiipa ny i i|o report ol' the ;i!ii|itois, Ivi 

 iiiomls \- lioiiton, ilic,, New ^'ork, 

 sliowod that tiiis money had ;ill lieeii 

 properl\' accoiinteii I'lir. It \v;is seen 

 th;it -[>'■> new ;iiiiiii,'il meniliers had lieeii 

 sei-iireil :iiid t'oityoiie lit'e iiiemlMTs. 



Membership Growing. 



A liii;nici;il statement for l',M7. Im 

 .Martdi In, showed recidjits ot' >L',711,7'i: 

 the addition of tiftv nine new ;iiinii;il 

 inenibers and thirty two life members, 

 'J'lio secretary aUo presented the report 

 ot' th(> aihli'ois on the X.atioiial I'lower 

 Show accniints, cnxcrino' recidpts. ;is 

 shown by the secretary's Iiooks, 

 .■iiiioiint i iio to siii.',.;!! ! . 



I'n^sideiit Kerr ;isked Mr. Vouiiu 

 whether he had noticed an\ increase oi- 

 decrease in the siodety 's membership 

 ill th(^ bast two months, 'I'he secrcdary 

 st.ated tli.at the smiidv had more mem- 

 bers in L;ood standiiiL; th.aii it e\er had, 



as collld be seen b\' the reciuds, which 



s|Mike \er\' w cdl t'or t he con \ en t ions held 

 III the west and south. 



Plans for Convention, 



The societ.ary then made a re]ioi-t on 

 the arranocmeiits iii;ide t'or tlie emwen- 

 tioii to be hidd in New ^'o|•l■; next .\u 

 Uiist , 'I'he )ii:i i II h;i II ot' the I i r;i nd 



I'eiitral i'.alace li;id been siTiii,-,| till- the 

 trade I'Xhibitiou, at the low rental of 

 •t'dhi, and tlic nieetino hall for :i|iiii: ;t 

 total of $()(i(i. As a comparison, he cited 

 the cost of simil.ar accommoilat ions at 

 Minneapolis, whieli eost $l,L!nii. Orders 

 for space in the trade's exhibition al- 

 read.N' iioolxed ,approxim;ited .'f^.'sHiin^ Imt 

 the tloor pl.ans showed a\ailable space 

 to the amount of ,$S,imhi, all of wliieli 

 space he belie\-ed would be disjiosed ot'. 

 The tloor ]il;iiis load been si'iit out, and 

 eo]iies eoiild be secured b\- anyone inter- 

 ested, 



Thro||oli the kind id'tices 111" till' XeW 



^'ol■k llot,aiiic;il ,''^111 iet\, the eoii\-ention 

 ^^al■dell li.ad been l:iid out ill the I'.otan 

 ical flardeii. Mroiix p:iik. i'diieprints 

 ol' the pl.antin^' sp;ice h.ad been pii^ 

 p.ared and wmild be distributed in a t'ew' 

 days, lie predicted a or,.;,! success for 

 the o-iirdeii, .\lready about twent\' ;i|i 

 idicatioiis t'or pl.antiiiL;- sp.ace IkoI been 

 riHadv ed. 



The me-mbers oT the board. Later, in 

 Spected the convention i|U,a ft e rs. 



At this pidiit a iiiotioii w;is carried 

 unanimously thankiiio Secietary ^'ounL;■ 

 for his etticieiit conduct ot' the secre 

 tary's ol'tice diiriiiL; the l;ist yejii. 



Convention in Spring. 



.\ petition from the St, bonis I'loiists" 

 Club asking that the bo;ird ot' directm-s 

 ohaii,o;e the con\-ention date t'or ]'.*]> to 

 tlie period in sprino- \vlieu the N'.ational 

 Flower Show would be held, was con 

 sidered, and the (dianixe, by motion, ap- 

 pro\ed. in aeeordaiice with jiower enn- 

 ferred under the aiiieiidi.'d b\--l;i\\s, Mr, 

 dude stated th.at he had obtained the 

 opinion of eounsid in Washington on the 

 U'o-ality of this procedure, and it was 

 eontirmeil. 



It w.as. on motion, decided to i-ecoiii- 

 mend to tln^ iucoinino lU'e^ident tl;e> re- 

 appointment of the entoiiioluoist for the 

 next ensninL; year, in order that he m.n.x' 

 complete the sjiecial work enumerated 

 in his re]iort to tlu^ Houston coin'eiitioii. 



On motion, l»r, I'.rittoii, on whom the 

 suiieriutendeiice of the convention ^ar 

 den devolved, was autlicirized to dr;iw- 

 iijion the society for money re'|uire.| fur 



