14 



The Florists^ Review 



Ar(ii;sT ;J0, 1917. 



(mnIiIi-.. K. t .. Hill tiii;iil\- ■■irtnidrd thf 

 idoM that ili-~|i(iscil lit' tlir matter liy 

 iiioxiiiu tliat Miss .lar\i^ lii> rcfcrri'ij \n 

 tilt' |iul.licit\- (■ninmittci'. wiui can ciri 

 |ilny licr if her sii\ ices a|i|ifai- In lia\ c 

 \ alue. 



Committee on President's Address. 



Til.' i-niniiiit t !■(■, cnii^i^t inn "I "• I'- 

 l\iiiilili\ ratii.k Wclcli. Ccdi';;!- Asnin'-, 



('. !■]. ( 'lit rll.'ll alhi .ln>>c|i|l llcai-ticli, tn 



w hoiii tlir |ii (siilfiit "^ aildic^'S Avas rv 

 t'crnil, i(M-(iiniiicni|t'<i (•(inciinciicc in liis 

 I'ccuiniiirnilat idiis. 'I'lic inininit tfc also 

 ix'coinincndcil that t lie siM-icta ry ]irc|iar(' 

 iiistnu't inn■^ I'tii- tiic state \ ice presi- 

 (k'lits, witli a \ irw tu incica^ine tlicir 

 iisi'flilncss; that the sncicly uive .serious 

 (•()ii!<i(lorat inn tn tlie matter nf linliiiiiu 

 the iiatiniial llnwer show annually, in 

 (•nnnectinii with the cnnNciit inii, in tlie 

 s|iriiiL;; that the tarilV ami loj;islati(>n 

 (-niiimittee iii.aintain i ih-reasi ii;:' \ ii^ilaniM^ 

 t(i (jefend the tiaile t'l'nm injury; that 

 tllC memliel-- nt' tlie snriety semi the 

 ]iu])li<-ily <-nmmittee all ai'tieles ill local 

 |iai>ei'> di^i-nina^i iil; the ii^e nt' llowers. 

 to the end that imldicat ion of counter 

 article- lie sec-iireij; that e\eiy lirm and 

 iiidi\idii;i 1 in the tr.ade lie iir^ed tn con^ 



triliUte SomethillLi to the t'uilds for pule 



licit\'; that a cniiiiiiit tie ot' tliice In* 



a|i]Hiinted tn lai-e ;i I'mni t'nl- |i;itrintic 



duty. 



Judges on Trades" Display. 



The Judges i,\' the tiaih'-" di>|)]a\- 

 were A. (iude, .Inhn ('.•inniiiL:, W. 11. Sic 

 breciit, A. Kott miller, II. I'. Knolil.'. 

 AV. (,'. (Iloeckner, \\. .\. I'eirce. Henry 

 Weston and AV. C. I'.,id-ley. Secretaix 

 Yonny^ lead their ie|ioit. lloiinralile 

 ineiitioii was recniniiu'mleil t'ni' the e\ 



hillits of Sidlloss l'.ld>., .\l. K'ice Cn.. 



Hitidiinns \ <'n., .MeadSuydam < 'o., < '.■ 

 .1. Klaus, ^\■el t heiiner lim-., II. itayers 



dorfel \ < 'o.. I'. K. I'iel-nll < 'o.. .loliu 

 Schee|iers iV < o., Henry A. iMeei, Inc., 

 I'^icd Dressed. < leiier.i 1 li u 1 il ler ( c i.. Lanei 

 iV llurndl. U'(dMit ( raiu • n., ( . K. Falls, 

 the K.\|iaiided Wnod <'n.. \'auu:liaii "- 

 Seed Store, S. .-^. I'enimck • d.. II. I". 



.Michell Co.. liasUet .Xovidty Co., and 

 the .\inerican ( 1 rcenhoiise Mtg. <'o. 

 Iliyli coiiiniendat ion was reconinu'iuled 

 for the exhihits of the .\. L. J^in.iall 

 <'o., K'eed ic Keller, iicdiliiiik i^ Atkins, 

 Chicaf^d l''fed iV Kelt ili/er (,'o., .Tolin 

 Lewis Cliihis, J. 11. I'lesser, Joseidi 

 lle.icock Co., Ileatherlioine Co., Miiror 

 .NU'l;. Co., .1. (i. Xeidinj^MT Co., Nitrate 

 .\n(.|icifs ('<!., ,1. .\. i'eterson A: Sons, 

 .\. .\. I'ierson. Inc. .Julius |{oehi\s C<i., 

 I>. ix'osens, U'ussin iV llanHiiii; and 

 others. The !'e|(ort was ado|ited. 



Judges on the Garden. 



The .jiidj;t'S of the ('(invention (larden 

 were Arthur Herrinj^tini, K. A. A'incent 

 and .1. II. I'epper. I'or them the latter 

 recoinint'iided ceitilicates of merit he 

 .awarded to Isaac Hitd\s A; Siui, for eol- 

 lection of e\'er<>reens; to .l>. ll.aininond 

 Tracy, for jifladioli; to Con.ard \- .loiies 

 < 'o., for Caniias Snow (^iieen and .\e\\ 

 ^'ork; to Henry A. Dreer, Inc., for 

 <'anna Orange Bedder, and to Wni. 

 Tri(d\er, for pool of aiiuatics. Iloiior- 

 ahle mention was recommended for 

 N'.aughan 's Seed Store, ftir (iladiolus 

 Krank Pendleton and (anna ^■(dlow 

 King liumlKM-t; to .lohn Lewis (Miilds, 

 for collection of gladioli; to Henry A. 

 Dreer, inc., for (."ajin.a Stdiarfeiistein ; 

 to Thomas Meehan >.V: Sons, for hilds- 

 ciis; to A. L. Aliller, for llower lieds. 



The Election. 



The new method of conducting the 

 (dection, with fiuir sets nt' judges work 

 ing at once, ea(di set handling a fourth 

 of the letters of the alphabet, was useil 

 for the iirst time and jiroxed a sjilendid 

 feature. It obviated the m'ces>ity i>\' 

 standing in line to \nte. made it ]in> 

 sible to ]ioll the entire \nte in a short 

 time, in comfort, ;ind tn aniinuiice the 

 result jiiomptly. 



The only contest was t'nr the presi 

 deiicv. The count showed: ( '. H.Totty, 

 .M.a.l'ison, N. .1., 1!>.S; .\. L. .Miller, .l.aniai 

 .a, \. Y., 12L'. 



The other otlicers were tdecteij iiiiaii 

 imniislv. as follows: 



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



\'ici' president , .liilcs Bourdel. of St, 

 Louis. 



Secretary, .lolin ^'o^Ing, of New York. 



Treasurer, J. ,). Hess, of Omaha. 



Directors for three ye;irs, .loseph 

 ^Maiida, South Or;inge, .\. .1.: C. K. 

 Critchell, Cincinnati, O. 



After President Kerr had made the 

 .iniiouncemeiit the defeated candidate 

 made a neat si>eecli of congratulat inn 

 and mo\-ed that the election be m;ide 

 unanimous, to which Mr. Totty replied 

 with ;i few wdids of thanks and apjire 

 elation. 



Miscellaneous Matters. 



A motion to express ;i|iprn\al of the 

 .action of President Wilson in ordering; 

 the reduction of coal to certain fixed 

 ]iriees proxoked a lixely debate. whi(di 

 resulted in the deeision that it is imid 

 \isal)le to call attention at this time tn 

 the fuel needs of the trjtde. 



On motion of W. F. Thcrkildson t(de- 

 grams were ordered sent to tlie manag 

 ers of the war revenue bill imw under 

 consideration ;it Washington, objecting 

 to the ]iro))osed mailing t.ax of 1 cent 

 each on catalogm^s weigliing n\er four 

 ounees. 



Chairman Theodore Wirth. of the 

 committee on conxentioii garden, sent 

 ;i repoi't regretting that this year's gar- 

 den is ;i disajiiioiiit ment in spite of 

 much hard work by all ooncerned, but 

 jiredict ing blotter results at the ne.xt 

 one, in liMii, urginii' e.arnest endeavor 

 to that end. 



.1. I'. .\inm;inii, .\. l". Pn( li]m,i iiii and 

 .\. .\. .\iessen drafted siiit.alile iinal 

 resolutions, exjiressing the iisu.al apjire- 

 ciation of courtesies. 



.lohn Westcott, of Philad(dplii;i. who 

 -pe.-iks in a most happy xcin. |>re>enti'd 

 to President and Mrs. Kerr .a handsome 

 chest of silver as a memento nt' the oc- 

 casion. It w;i- the Last act ni' the eon 

 \cnt inn. 



More of Those Present 



.\inoiig tlio-e from (jut-ide the Xew 

 ^'ork metropolitan district w ho,-e pies 

 eiiee w;is iiott'd after Last week'- list 

 had gone to press were: 



I!. 



I1:h1i;Ii\ . W. (. , ( li:! I Ikoii . \. 'l', 

 I '..■oil 'II. 1,1 :i I'll, i;.irili.|i ( it V \ V 



liaii-, II, i:., i;i.iii..-.ier, \ ■ ^ 



I'.i'.il. .\. I'. Ttli;ir:i. N, ^, 

 r.i.ri:. l-"r;iMk S.. ,Ii.rs..v Slu.n . I'.i 



llrtZ, ll.iri-.V S., J'llil..Hll.||>lli,.| 



l'.|.Ui.|l(.ill. 1'. ter. Weslu I, \ .1 



i!|i>\Mi. ir., Iticliiiiuiiil. \.i. 

 r.iiiwii, I!, .1.. Uicliinuiiil. \:i, 



i'.iiix\ii. i;, !., (.MHi-ii-, \ \. 



Iliirui.\ ill, li;i\iil, l\iiii;-.li.ii, \. > 

 llii|-^i.\ ill, la.ori;.., KiicL'-li.ii. .\ V 



I 



• 'Mllieriill, ll.ilii.rl, ]'...-!. 111. M;l--. 



( ':liiliili:; . .Inliii, .Vnl-li-x . .\ , ^ , 



1 "Iiliiir. 1>. T.. I'liil:iili.l|i|ii;i. 



I ."ik. W. e . I li.\i.|,iii(|, O, 



I ...ip, r, \|.-i,|i-..|i. fillrimil, N, ^ 



I r.ii:;. \\ .\ , Itcstiiii, M:i — . 



1 iiiiiMini;;, .ir-., .\., Crninwi.jl, inn,., 



1 utlir. (>. II,. Ni:ii:,.|i:i Falls, ,\ \ 



II. 



Ii."iiiv .I..)iii II . .Ml. I wit... WiiM.l. IM 

 liiickJKiiM. Will M;mIi-..ii. N. ,1 



i; 



Kl-^cle. .1 |l , Km Ttnli, \ ,1 



i:iii;:;f|.i.. I,. I., .\.|ii..i|iiil , I,. I 



iMiT, .ii.hii i;.. s.i.iiijc- i;i\,.|-. N .; 



K. 



Iiiiu.ir, i;. W . N.-w.ok. .\ .1 

 Fii-svcr, i:, i;., Nnvlh I!. .!■:;, -I,. \ .1 



Ki-cliiT, I'.nil. W I Kilk.- \ .1 



Fl.H.il K. II. .\l... \ ,1 



1 ; . 



li.im-. I.. Ml linn. .\:ltii k. \|:l--. 



I iiirrciii Itio- , .lii-i.v t il.\, \ .1 

 (Icrscliick, Kiiiil. mthI wil'i', l'liihc|.-liilii;i 

 i;ili-i«ll. Win, t'.. .I:lik-i>livilli.. I-'l:l. 



I I I'M Iniiii, W 111. . ( ■|iii..-ii:ii, 



i;i-illiiiL'. W. Ii.. I'l.rl .\itlim, lr\. 



II 

 llMhni.in, I"., IMiil.e!. l|.lii:i. 



