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S. A. F. HOLDING A j^ 

 s^ WAR CONVENTION 



Ours is not a icar iiidiislrv. l)iil lite icar is the <l<)miii<ttiiia^ inf/iic/icr in llir 

 ihirly-third annual nicctini^ of lite Socicfv ol American Florisls. in ftroi^rt'ss a! 

 l\eu ) ork. Many oj the customary Jcaturcs of llwsr conventions arc inissinv.. hut 

 interest is liei^hteneil and there is con /idence ererxnhcrc. con /ii/ence and coura<j,r. 



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()|{ tlic sccdiid time in t'diir 

 years the Society of Aiiier 

 iraii I'lorists is iHililiii^' a 

 (•nn\ cut ion in wliicli tlie 

 intiiience ot' war is str(>n;ici' 

 tiian any otinT t'ai-tor ex 

 cept tiie heliet' tliat llnweis 

 lia\e l)ec()Mie a necessity in 

 tiie li\cs (it' a lar;^c and 

 steailii\' increasin<^ part of 

 the American peo|ile, a Joy in times ol' 

 iiajipiness, a solace in times ot' sorrow. 



At liost in l!ll \, it was tlie first 



sli((ci\ (if the war in l-lnrope. At New 

 \'(irk, in 1!M7, it is the shock ol' war re 

 centiy lironyiit iiome to llie I'niteil 

 States; liut it is |ilainly apparent thai 

 faitli in tlie immediate future of the 

 Mower business is stronger to'lay than 

 it was w lien the society ciin\cned al 

 lioston. 'I''lien there was doulit; now 

 there is conliileuce. alllion^h it is n-co;^' 

 ni/ed that nian\' in the traili' face seri 

 ous jirolilenis, of lalior 

 and the cost of I'uid and 

 other supjilies there is 

 no 1'eai' t hat llowcrs will 

 not s(dl. 



Home Again! 



It mi^lil he said that 

 in nii'etin^ a^ain in tin- 

 ea-t the S. A. I', has 

 come home aflei' nianv' 

 w anderin^^s. ( )r^ani/.ed 

 at Cincinnati in 1 ^*>'i. 

 the society, prior to the 

 excursions of llHo and 

 I'.tlt!. hail inci only once 

 west of the Mississippi, 

 ten times lietween St. 

 Louis a n d < 'lev eland 

 and nineteen lime^ in 

 the east. 



in llM:'. tlie conxcn 

 lion was on i:cw L;i'iiund. 

 al .\I inm'apolis; in 1 IM I. 

 al l'.o>tou, condilion~- 

 w ere alinorma I : in 1 !• 1 -i 



the ^-ocietv Went 111 S;in 



I'raiii-ivco. in I'.Mf, |.i 

 Texas. So it is li\ (■ years 



•^illce a meet iuL; has lieell 



held under condiliiii's 

 thai wi'ic compaiaMe t" 

 those al I'liicauo in 

 MM:.', when the hiuh 

 ii'cord was est a 111 i^hi'd 

 Idi' attendance and Idr 

 extent and \ariety in 

 the tiades' dis|ila>'. 



< 'onse(|nent ly t here is 

 no liasis for coiuparinu' 

 tlii< con\('ntion with ils 

 preilecessors, or for est i - 



A, L. 



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Miller. 



C H. Tolly. 



iiiiiil- I'll I'l i'~ii|cii<'.v (li siicjc l> ol Aiiii' iciiii I''iip| i~i- 



ni.atin^ the id'iecl nf the \ari(ius fiictors 

 lie;n'in;i (Ui its sncces'-. The attendaiu-e 

 is lar,L;t'. Perhaps it woiifl lun'e hceii 

 l.'ui^cr had Ihere lieeii an (dahorate spe- 

 cial eiilert.'i inmeni pi'o^ram, hut this is 

 open to doulit. In recent Ncars the 

 niimlier travidinu Ioul; dist;ince-~ to at- 

 tend has not increaseil, to sny the le;ist. 

 \ew Ndrk is a show in itsidt', ;iu(| the 

 decision not 111 lia\e an outing or ;i 

 L;eneial en t ert a i n men t i-- thoULiht to 

 h;i\e st I'en^l lieneil rather than weak- 

 eneil the con \ III t ion : it is an i ii iion a t ion 

 a|ipro\ed li\- ;i II e\ce|i1 tin \rw \'(irkers. 

 'I'he iiitcri'st in the meeting-- and in the 

 tr.-idev' displ;i\' n uipie-.t ioiia Id \ is iin- 

 pi(i\ed liv reducing; the i| ist lad ions to 

 the III i II i III II m. Adopted .'e- .a \\;ir me;is- 

 iirc. the .ili^ence o l' formal entertain 

 iiiiiit thi^ \('ar is almost sine to hecome 



a pleceilent to he I'olloWed at future cull 

 \ e n t i ( 1 1 1 -- . 



The vo,-iet\ ||e\er lia'l a heller jdace 

 111 meet . 'Idle (I III lul 



' 'elil I ;i I I ',1 l;iie i^ l';i inoiis 

 111 till triiiie a- haviiiii' 

 hoii--ed ;i N ;i I 1 1 liia I |-"|ow cr 

 ShnW ;illd the extreinelv 

 ^iiciostiil -vpriiiL; shows 



nf I ih \i-W \ (Ilk Idol l>K ■ 



I'lllll. 



Hall and Garden. 



It ;.lfoi.U -plelldid 



l'a(dlit iev I'oi t he I fades ' 

 divp|;i\. which !■- lar-;;!' 

 and re|irevciila I i \ c, al- 

 t lioii;.; Ii not ^i i la ri;e or' 

 \ ;i lied ;i ^ in \ r;i rs yy,- ■ 

 i-ediii- Mtl.'i. lint .a show 

 of any ^\/.f could he .-ic- 

 coinmoil.ated in this o|-. 

 n.ale structure li\ the 



simple eX peil ieli t of 



open I ii;^ a not liei door. 

 The liit;i;est ol' our t r.ade 

 aff.'iirs hns nut \i t t;(nie 



a lio\ c the sccoimI llonr 



uf the l';il;ice. There 

 ;i re meet 1 11'^ rooms, |,-i i^,. 

 ,iiii| small, a lestauiaiit 

 a lid e \ (■ r \ I m;iL;i iia Ide 

 facility ill Ih, 'mildinx, 

 which is ;, I most in the 



Ilia it lit' \ e\\ \ uik . 



Tllele |s just one t ll inu- 

 tile I 'a la ce does niil ;i f 

 fold i.iitdiioi- planliiiLj 

 s|i;i ce for the ( 'on \ ell t ion 

 ' i.'i rdeii . w h ic h w ;is es- 

 taldished in the r.otaii- 

 ic;i 1 < i;i I 1 leu ,1, I '.idii V 

 park. ;i half liuiir .awav 



li\ the sill , w ;| v _ ;| t'r W' 



steps from the ddiii. 



