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The Florists' Review 



August 30, 1917. 



Geddis. E. G. Hill finally afforded the 

 idea that disposed of the matter by 

 moving that Miss Jarvis be referred to 

 the publicity committee, who can em- 

 ploy her if her services appear to have 

 value. 

 Committee on President's Address. 



The committee, consisting of H. P. 

 Knoble, Patrick Welch, George Asmus, 

 C. E. Critchell and Joseph Heacock, to 

 whom the president's address was re- 

 ferred, recommended concurrence in his 

 recommendations. The committee also 

 recommended that the secretary prepare 

 instructions for the state vice-presi- 

 dents, with a view to increasing their 

 usefulness; that the society give serious 

 consideration to the matter of holding 

 the national flower show annually, in 

 connection with the convention, in the 

 spring; that the tariff and legislation 

 committee maintain increasing vigilance 

 to defend the trade from injury; that 

 the members of the society send the 

 publicity committee all articles in local 

 papers discouraging the use of flowers, 

 to the end that publication of counter 

 articles be secured; that every firm and 

 individual in the trade be urged to con- 

 tribute something to the funds for pub- 

 licity; that a committee of three be 

 appointed to raise a fund for patriotic 

 duty. 



Judges on Trades' Display. 



i' The judges of the trades' display 

 were A. Gude, John Canning, W. H. Sie- 

 brecht, A. Kottmiller, H. P. Knoble, 

 W. C. Gloeckner, E. A. Peirce, Henry 

 Weston and W. G. Badgley. Secretary 

 Young read their report. Honorable 

 mention was recommended for the ex- 

 hibits of Schloss Bros., M. Rice Co., 

 Hitchings & Co., Mead-Suydam Co., C' 

 J. Kraus, Wertheimer Bros., H. Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co., F. R. Pierson Co., John 

 Scheepers & Co., Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 

 Fred Dressel, General Rubber Co., Lager 

 & Hurrell, Robert Craig Co., C. E. Falls, 

 the Expanded Wood Co., Vaughan 's 

 Seed Store, S. S. Pennock Co., H. F. 



Michell Co., Basket Novelty Co., and 

 the American Greenhouse Mfg. Co. 

 High commendation was recommended 

 for the exhibits of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., Reed & Keller, Bobbink & Atkins, 

 Chicago Feed & Fertilizer Co., John 

 Lewis Childs, J. H. Fiesser, Joseph 

 Heacock Co., Heatherhome Co., Mirror 

 Mfg. Co., J. G. Neidinger Co., Nitrate 

 Agencies Co., J. A. Peterson & Sons, 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., Julius Roehrs Co., 



B. Rosens, Russin & Hanfling and 

 others. The report was adopted. 



Judges on the Garden. 



The judges of the Convention Garden 

 were Arthur Herrington, R. A. Vincent 

 and J. H. Pepper. For them the latter 

 recommended certificates of merit be 

 awarded to Isaac Hicks & Son, for col- 

 lection of evergreens; to B. Hammond 

 Tracy, for gladioli; to Conard & Jones 

 Co., for Cannas Snow Queen and New 

 York; to Henry A. Dreer, Inc., for 

 Canna Orange Bedder, and to Wm. 

 Tricker, for pool of aquatics. Honor- 

 able mention was recommended for 

 Vaughan 's Seed Store, for Gladiolus 

 Frank Pendleton and Canna Yellow 

 King Humbert; to John Lewis Childs, 

 for collection of gladioli; to Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., for Canna Scharf enstein ; 

 to Thomas Meehan & Sons, for hibis- 

 cus; to A. L. Miller, for flower beds. 



The Election. 



The new method of conducting the 

 election, with four sets of judges work- 

 ing at once, each set handling a fourth 

 of the letters of the alphabet, was used 

 for the first time and proved a splendid 

 feature. It obviated the necessity of 

 standing in line to vote, made it pos- 

 sible to poll the entire vote in a short 

 time, in comfort, and to announce the 

 result promptly. 



The only contest was for the presi- 

 dency. The count showed: C. H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J., 198; A. L. Miller, Jamai- 

 ca, N. Y., 122. 



The other officers were elected unan- 

 imously, as follows: 



Booths of Two of the Greenhouse Material Companies at the Convention. 



Vice-president, Jules Bourdet, of St. 

 Louis. 



Secretary, John Young, of New York. 



Treasurer, J. J. Hess, of Omaha. 



Directors for three years, Joseph 

 Manda, South Orange, N. J.; C. E. 

 Critchell, Cincinnati, O. 



After President Kerr had made the 

 announcement the defeated candidate 

 made a neat speech of congratulation 

 and moved that the election be made 

 unanimous, to which Mr. Totty replietl 

 with a few words of thanks and appre- 

 ciation. 



Miscellaneous Matters. 



A motion to express approval of the 

 action of President Wilson in ordering 

 the reduction of coal to certain fixed 

 prices provoked a lively debate, which 

 resulted in the decision that it is inad- 

 visable to Call attention at this time to 

 the fuel needs of the trade. 



On motion of W. F. Therkildson tele- 

 grams were ordered sent to the manag- 

 ers of the war revenue bill now under 

 consideration at Washington, objecting 

 to the proposed mailing tax of 1 cent 

 each on catalogues weighing over four 

 ounces. 



Chairman Theodore Wirth, of the 

 committee on convention garden, sent 

 a report regretting that this year's gar- 

 den is a disappointment in spite of 

 much hard work by all concerned, but 

 predicting better results at the next 

 one, in 1919, urging earnest endeavor 

 to that end. 



J. F. Ammann, A. F. Poeljl^aun and 

 A. A. Niessen drafted suitable final 

 resolutions, expressing the usual appre- 

 ciation of courtesies. 



John Westcott, of Philadelphia, who 

 speaks in a most happy vein, presented 

 to President and Mrs. Kerr a handsome 

 chest of silver as a memento of the oc- 

 casion. It was the last act of the con- 

 vention. 



More of Those Present 



Among those from outside the New 

 York metropolitan district whose pres- 

 ence was noted after last week's list 

 had gone to press were: 



B. 



Radgley, W. G., Chatham, N. Y. 

 Barron, Leonard, Garden City, \. Y 

 Bates, H. E., Rocliester, N. Y. 

 Beal, A. C, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Berg, Frank S., Jersey Shoro. Va. 

 Betz, Harry S., Philadelphiii. 

 Beuerlein. Peter, Westwood, N. .T 

 Brown, H., Richmond, Va. 

 Brown, R. J., Richmond. Va. 

 Brown, R. T., Queens, N. Y. 

 Biirgevin, David, Kingston, X. V. 

 Burgevin, George, Kingston, N. Y. 



C. 

 Cameron, Robert, Boston. Mass. 

 Canning, John, Ardsley. N. Y. 

 Connor, D. T., Philadelphia. 

 Cook, W. C, Cleveland, O. 

 Cooper, Madison, Calcium, X. Y. 

 ("raig, W. N., Boston, Mass. 

 Cumming, Jr.. A., Cromwell, Conn. 

 Cutler, O. H., Niagara Falls, X. Y. 



D. 

 Dodds, John H., and wife, Wyncote. Pa. 

 Duckham, Wm., Madison, N. J. 



E. 



Eisele, J. P., Riverton, X. J. 

 Enggren, K. L., Aqueduct, I.. I. 

 Eslcr, John G., .Saddle River, X. J. 



F. 



Fengar, E. W., Newark, N. J. 

 Fiesser, E. G., North Bergen. X. J. 

 Fischer, Pnnl, Wood Ridge, X. J. 

 Flood, E. II., Atco, N. J. 



O. 



Gage. T.. Merton, Natlck; Mass. 

 Garrenu Bros., Jersey City, X. J. 

 Gerschick, Emil, and wife, Philadelphia. 

 Gibson, Wra. C, Jacksonville. Fla. 

 Graham, Wm., Chicago. 

 Grifflng, W. D., Port Arthur, Tex. 



H. •• 



Ilahman, F., Philadelphia. 



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