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The Florists^ Review 



Septbmbkk 20, 1917. 



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The American Association of Park Superintendents at Monks' Mound State Park, September II, 



The nursery trade, or at least the 

 wholesale end of it, is steadily approach- 

 ing a businesslike standard of credit and 

 terms of payment. 



There is a considerable shortage of 

 rose and fruit tree stocks in England, 

 but the British government refuses to 

 consider the application of the Horticul- 

 tural Trades' Association for permission 

 to import stocks from France. 



PARK SUPERINTENDENTS MEET. 



St. Louis Host of Association. 



At the final session of the American 

 Association of Park Superintendents, 

 which held its convention at St. Louis 

 September 11 to 13, oflBcers for the en- 

 suing year were elected and Hartford, 

 Conn., was selected for the 1918 meet- 

 ing. The officers elected were as fol- 

 lows: 



President, J. F. Foster, Chicago, 111.; 

 vice-president, John Berry, Denver, 

 Colo.; secretary-treasurer, Roland W. 

 Cotterill, Seattle, Wash., the latter be- 

 ing the present incumbent; directors for 

 three years, George H. Hollister, Hart- 

 ford, Conn., and L. P. Jensen, St. Louis. 



After the close of the convention 

 September 13 the delegates and their 

 families were taken for an automobile 

 trip through the south St. Louis parks 

 and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 

 After luncheon at the World's Fair pa- 

 vilion in Forest })ark. the jiarty were 

 entertained at the Municipal theater. 



Sessions at Planters Hotel. 



Tlie convention was a success in every 

 ]iarticular. Arrangements for the ses- 

 sions, wliich were held at the Planters 

 hotel, were made by u local committee 

 consisting of E. Strehle, L. P. Jensen, 

 E. P. Griifen, Julius Koenig and W. W. 

 Ohlvveiler. Tlie delegates found the 

 meeting room ({('corated with jjlants and 

 cut Howers from the Forest ])ark green- 

 houses, while on either side of tlie presi- 

 dent's table was a large vase of yellow 

 Queen Helen cannas. 



The sessions of the convention opened 

 September 11 at 10 a. m., with President 

 John F. Walsh, Jr., of New York, in the 

 chair. The delegates were welcomed to 

 St. Louis by John Schmoll, director of 



public welfare. President Walsh made 

 the response. The usual routine busi- 

 ness was then transacted. 



In the afternoon the delegates were 

 the guests of the East St. Louis Park 

 Department on an automobile trip 

 through the East St. Louis parks. The 

 trip ended with a luncheon at the St. 

 Clair County Club. 



The Addresses. 



The morning session September 12 

 was taken up with addresses. Nelson 

 Cunliflf, commissioner of parks and rec- 

 reation, St. Louis, was the first speaker. 

 Papers on ' * Tree Work in New York 

 City," by Prof. Laurie P. Cox, of Syra- 

 cuse University, Syracuse, N. Y., and on 

 "National Parks," by Horace M. Al- 

 bright, assistant director of the National 



Park Service, Washington, D. C, were 

 read. A visit to the north St. Louis 

 parks followed. In the evening the 

 delegates were guests at the annual 

 Shaw banquet at the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden. 



During the meetings Secretary Cot- 

 terill reported that fifty new members 

 had been added during the last year, 

 making the total membership 208. For- 

 ty-nine cities were represented at the 

 convention. It was decided that the 

 association issue a monthly publication 

 to be known as the American Park 

 Superintendent, of which Mr. Cotterill 

 will be editor. 



At the close of the convention the 

 association thanked the St. Louis com- 

 mittees for the entertainment provided, 

 and the local florists, whose automobiles 



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