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The Rorists' Review 



JANUABY 4, 191.7. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



NEW YEAR'S GREETINaS. 



From President Kerr. 



We are at the beginning of a new year 

 and again thinking of our friends. The 

 splendid old year has gone, taking its 

 many seasonable possibilities, but gives 

 us in keeping a beautiful New Year. 

 The 366 days of the year just passed 

 were filled to overflowing with many op- 

 portunities to acquire happiness by 

 spreading sunshine among our friends. 

 We wish our friends success. 



And with the possibilities of this New 

 Year comes a ray of hope for peace be- 

 tween the warring nations, our friends, 

 our brothers, a conception of which, 

 when accomplished, will constitute once 

 more joy, smiles, laughter and work, 

 which lead to their success. 



The heart of every American florist 

 goes out in sympathy to our fellow 

 craftsmen who are located in the war- 

 ring nations. Let us each and all wish 

 for an early peace, in order that it may 

 alleviate the suffering of humanity and 

 restore prosperity and happiness among 

 them. 



And may tlio widened circle of our 

 S. A. F. organization in our own land 

 give the New Year distinction in our 

 calendar, as that in which the blessings 

 and good of the organization were made 

 more manifest than ever before to the 

 communities which have been fortunate 

 to have had the S. A. F. in trust. 



i wish each and all success, or, better 

 still, may each one realize his own ideals 

 in his own life, which, when accom- 

 plished, will con&titute success. 



May the whole New Year be one round 

 of friendships, joyous days of labor and 

 tasks well done. 



Robert C. Kerr, President. 



PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS. 



Secretary John Young announces that 

 President Kerr made the following ap- 

 pointments to take effect January 1, 



1917: 



DIRECTORS. 



rndor nftiliation, to servo one year: 



Georse Asnms, riiicaKo. 111., Vice-president 

 Florist.s' Tclegrnph Delivery. 



S. S. I'ennfxk, riiilailelphia, Da., President 

 Amerioau Rose Society. 



J. F. Ammann, Kdwardsville, 111., Tresldent 

 American Carnation Society. 



E. G. Hill, Riciimond, Ind., President Florists' 

 Hall Association. 



Georpe E. M. Stumpp. New York, N. Y., Presi- 

 dent New York Florists' Club. 



A. Farenwald, Koslyn, Pa., President Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia. 



Wm. H. Anilinp, Maj-wood, 111., President Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club. 



WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE. 



"William F. Gude, AVashington, D. C. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW COMillTTEE. 



Thomas Roland. Nahant, Mass., reappointed 

 for full term of six years. 

 COMMITTEE ON TARIFF AND LEGISLATION. 



William F. Gude, Washington, D. C, chair- 

 man. 



James McHutchison, New York, N. Y. 



Wm. H. Siebrecht, Jr., Long Island City, 

 N. Y. 



Heber J. Ware, New York. 



Leonard Vaughan, Chicago, 111. 



COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY. 



W. F. Therklldson, Philadelphia, Pa., term 

 five years. 



Guy French, Morton Grove, 111., term four 

 years. 



Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa., term three 

 years. 



Thomas H. Joy, Nashville, Tenn., term two 

 years. 



Edward P. Tracey, Albany, N. T., term one 

 year. 



The above committee elects its chairman. 



OFFICERS FOE 1917. 



PRESIDENT. 

 R. C. Kerr Houston, Tex. 



VICE-PRESIDENT. 

 A. L. Miller Jamaica, N. Y. 



TREASURER. 

 J. J. Hess Omaha, Neb. 



SECRETARY. 

 John Young New York City 



DIRECTORS. 



AV. R. Nicholson, Framjngbam, Mass. 

 AV. J. Keimel, Elmhurst, 111. 

 A. J. UoBsi, San Francisco, Cal. 

 C. L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn. 



F. X. Stuppy, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 G. AV. Hess, AVashington, D. C. 

 Ex-president MacRorie and the 

 presidents of affiliated organiza- 

 tions. 



COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL CREDIT AND 

 COLLECTIONS BUREAU. 



•C. E. Critchell, Cincinnati, O. 

 S. S. I'ennock, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Frederick A. Danker, Albany, N. Y. 

 Hans Plath, San Francisco, Cal. 



E. B. George, Painesvllle, O. 

 George AV. Smith, Cleveland, O. 

 Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass. 



F. L. Atkins, R\itherford, N. J. 

 Joseph H. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 

 T. J. AVolfe, AVaco, Tex. 



COMMITTEE ON CONVENTION GAKDE.V. 



Theodore AVirth, Minneapolis, Minn., term three 

 years. 



Clarence L. Brock, Houston, Tex., term two 

 years. 



Gustav Amrhyn, New Haven, Conn., term one 

 year. 



COMMITTEE ON MOTHERS' DAY. 



Edward J. Fancourt, Philadclptiiu, I'a. 

 Karl P. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn. 

 Henry Greve, Dallas, Tex. 

 Charles P. Mueller, Wichita, Kan. 

 C. AV. Elchling, New Orleans, La. 

 O. J. Olson, St. Paul, Minn. 

 Charles J. Graham, Cleveland, 0. 

 R. E. Schiller, Chicago, 111. 

 F. A. Holton, Milwaukee, AVis. 

 Irwin Bertermanu, Indianapolis, Ind. 



COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL GARDENS. 



Ben.iamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y., chairman. 

 Michael Barker, Chicago, 111. 

 Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Gustav Anirhjn, New Haven, Conn. 

 Leonard Barron, Garden City, N. Y. 

 COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT OF AAIERI- 

 CAN I'RODUCTS. 

 Charles AVillis AVard, Eureka, Cal., chairman. 

 II. P. Knoble, Cleveland, O. 

 E. H. Wilson, Boston, Mass. 



COJnilTTEE ON TRADE DIRECTORY. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, O.. chairman. 



Charles L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn. 



R. C. Kerr, Houston, Tex. 



Hans Plath, San Francisco, Cal. 



I'atrick AVelch, Boston, Mass. 



AV. J. Keimel, Elmhurst, 111. 



Samuel Murray, Kansas City, Mo. 



Theodore AVirth, Minneapolis, Minn. 



At the Houston convention the report of this 

 committee was referred to the executive board 

 for action. The committee is therefore re- 

 appointed until the work is completed. 



C0.\1MITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 



Prof. E. A. AVhite; Cornell University, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. 



AA'. AA'. Ohlweller, Mlssotirl Botanical Garden, 

 .St. Louis, Mo. 



T. B. Symons, College Park, Md. 

 BOTANIST. 



John Dunbar, Rochester, N. Y. 

 PATHOLOGIST. 



George L. Peltier, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Auburn, Ala. 



ENTOMOLOGIST. 

 Dr. T. F. Headlee, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, New Brunswick, N. J. 



STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

 Alabama — W. B. Paterson, Jr., Montgomery. 

 Arizona — John C. Howe, Tucson. 

 Arkansas — Thos. Shelton, Fayettevllle. 

 California, North — Hans Plath, San Francisco. 

 California, South — Fred Howard, Los Angeles. 

 Connecticut — H. C. Neubrand, Cromwell. 

 District of Columbia — R. Lloyd Jenkins, Wash- 

 ington. 



Colorado — Frank F. Crump, Colorado Springs. 



Florida— C. D. Mills, Jacksonville. 



Georgia — D. C. Horgan, Macon. 



Idaho — Mrs. W. W. Krumm, Hanson. 



Illinois, North— Beinhold B. Schiller, Chicago. 



Illinois, South— B. W. Guy, Belleville. 



Indiana, North — W. J. Vesey, Jr., Fort Wayne. 



Indiana, South — C. R. Gause, Richmond. 



Iowa — Roy F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs. 



Kansas — Chas. P. Mueller, Wichita. 



Kentucky — D. B. Honaker, Lexington. 



Louisiana — Peter A. Chopin, New Orleans. 



Maine — Chas. S. Strout, Biddeford. 



Maryland — N. L. Flitton, Baltimore. 



Massachusetts, Bast — B. Allan Peirce, Wal- 

 tham. 



Massachusetts, West — Arno H. Nehrling, Am- 

 herst. 



Michigan, East— A. J. Stahelin, Bedford. 



Michigan, West — John R. Van Bochove, Kala- 

 mazoo. 



Minnesota — Hans Rosacker, Minneapolis. 



Mississippi — S. W. Crowell, Rose Acres. 



Missouri, East — Jules Bourdet, St. LOuis. 



Missouri, AVest — Charles E. Heite, Kansas 

 City. 



Montana — John P. Ring, Helena. 



Nebraska — Charles ■Green, Fremont. 



New Hampshire — Donald McLeod, Concord. 



New Jersey — J. C. Esler, Saddle River. 



New York, East — Max Schling, New York. 



New York, AVest— Wallace H. Biss, Buffalo. 



North Carolina — J. A. Van Lindley, Pomona. 



North Dakota— T. D. Smedley, Fargo. 



Ohio, North— P. C. W. Brown, Cleveland. 



Ohio, South — H. AV. Shepperd, Cincinnati. 



Oklahoma — Lon Foster, Oklahoma City. 



Oregon — George Spencer, Portland. 



Pennsylvania, East — Fredk. AV. Cowperthwaite, 

 I'hiladelphia. 



I'ennsylvania, AVest — J. AV. Ludwig, N. S. 

 I'ittsburgh. 



Rhode Island — George L. Stillman, AVesterly. 



South Carolina — C. A. Moss, Spartanburg. 



South Dakota— W. T. March, Mitchell. 



Tennessee — Harold Joy, Nashville. 



Texas — A. F. Koehle, Sherman. 



Vermont — AV. E. Peters, Burlington. 



Utah — Robert Miller, Farmington. 



AVashington — J. AV. Duncan, Spokane. 



Virginia — Jas. D. Hooper, Richmond. 



AVest Virginia — P. J. Dudley, Piirkcrsburg. 



AVisconsin — AV. A. Kennedy, Milwaukee. 



AVyoniing — AV. AV. Keefe, Caspar. 



Alberta— A. M. Terrill, Calgary. 



Manitoba — H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg. 



Ontario — H. Dilleniuth, Toronto. 



Quel)ec — Geo. A. Robinson, Montreal. 



Holland -Wni. de Graff, Ilendrick Leiden. 



Cuba — AVm. Plumb, Havana 35, Havana. 



President R. C. Kerr is sending out a 

 personal letter to each of the state vice- 

 presidents, as follows: 



As president of the S. A. F. I congratulate 

 you upon your acceptance of the oftice of state 

 vice-president and I believe your acceptance 

 will warrant my earnest desire for full and 

 hearty cooperation on all subjects of interest 

 to our organization. 



Do not overlook the fact that you are the 

 headquarters representative in your state and 

 I have full confidence in your ability to serve 

 our society In an energetic and intelligent 

 manner. 



Of course it is only natural for you to have 

 the interests of your local organization at heart, 

 but I sincerely trust and in fact know that you 

 will make special efforts to make the society 

 of which you are state vice-president one of 

 the largest organizations in your territory. It 

 is incuml)ent uiwn you to direct your attention 

 to securing as many new members as posslbl" 

 and taking care of the various interests of thr 

 present members in a businesslike manner. 



It is also your duty to get in touch with eacli 

 and every member of our society in your stat> 

 and obtain their cooperation, which I am quit' 

 positive M-ill be given you. 



Have you considered that the next conventioii 

 promises to be the largest gathering of oui 

 S. A. F. that lias ever been held in America'. 

 Just instill into the members in your state the 

 fact that great things are in store for them. 



It is natural for you to expect that this offic< 

 will aid you in every possible way to make •• 

 success of your administration, which, of course 

 it is needless to say, we will most gladly do. 



I know that we shall reap our reward at Nev 

 York and I would be unworthy of your consider 

 ation, should I think otherwise than that it wa- 

 your cooperation and assistance which aided t 

 jnake our administration a great success, whic!. 

 I am sure it will be. 



It is for the above reasons that I am writing' 

 you this j)ersonal letter. Always bear in mim 

 that I will assist you whenever called upon, c 

 on other occasions when necessarj-. Do not le' 

 this opportunity for service stray from you" 

 doorway. 



HutcUnson, Ean. — The Kline Flower 

 Shop has passed to the ownership o'' 

 J. Ralph Souder, who operates a green 

 house on EaSl Eleventh street. 



