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The Florists^ Review 



July 3, 1919. 



opinion develop^ on the convention 

 floor was at theXdosing hour Friday 

 morning, when the ne^t place of meet- 

 ing came up for decision. The vice- 

 presidents had recommenied, with their 

 nomination report, that 



the 1920 con- 



vention be held in Chicago. Then those 

 who had posted signs, "St. Louis in 

 1920," on the walls of the convention 

 room, rose in opposition. The report on 

 meeting place was separated from the 

 nominating report, for a vote on its own 

 case. A representative of the conven- 

 tion bureau of St. Louis so swayed the 

 meeting that advocates of Chicago in- 

 sisted action be delayed until a repre- 

 sentative of the Chicago convention 

 bureau appeared. Delay was finally 

 granted, particularly when the vice- 

 president's report was amended, reveal- 

 ing that the decision for Chicago was 

 only carried by two in the committee. 

 After the Chicago representative had 

 delivered his speech of invitation and 

 promise, discussion was vehement for 

 some time, but the final vote, taken by 

 written ballot, and checked up care- 

 fully with the badge book to give 

 neither side undue advantage, resulted 

 in a victory, 43 to 25, for Chicago. 



Plant ExUbits. 



Two novelties were exhibited at the 

 convention by the Elm City Nursery 

 Co., of New Haven, Conn., one called 

 box barberry, described as a true va- 

 riety of Berberis Thunbergii, a dwarf 

 deciduous shrub, noteworthy for its 

 hardiness. The other was a new hardy 

 hybrid privet, called Ibolium, combining 

 the hardiness of Ibota and the fofiage 

 and growth of California privet. Both 

 of these were awarded the certificate of 

 merit. 



The Aurora Nurseries, of Aurora, 111., 

 exhibited a specimen Cotoneaster acuti- 

 folia, which was also awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



Thos. B. Meehan & Co., of Dresher, 

 Pa., had samples of their XX and Red 

 Star brands of rafi&a on view. 



Dr. Slaxlatt Appears. 



A feature of the convention not pro- 

 grammed was the appearance of Dr. C. 

 L. Marlatt, chairman of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board, who so timed his 

 journey from the Pacific coast to Wash- 

 ington that he was able to spend June 

 26 at the convention. He was intro- 

 duced to speak on Quarantine No. 37 

 and was listened to with close atten- 

 tion. 



Dr. Marlatt did not attempt to justify 

 the quarantine, stating that the argu- 

 ments for and against were sufficiently 

 well known to make that unnecessary; 

 ner did he refer to the history of the 

 order except to say that some harsh 

 words had been used in certain places, 

 but that the officials of the Department 

 of Agriculture are ready to forget all 

 such instances and will hold against no 

 man anything which has occurred. In- 

 deed, the first part of his address was 

 apparently intended to remove the 

 rancor if it could not still the protest 

 of those whose business is adversely 

 affected. 



"We feel that much of the objection 

 to the quarantine has been from failure 

 to comprehend all its provisions," said 

 Dr. Marlatt, "and that a short experi- 

 ence with it will result in an important 

 change of attitude on the part of nurs- 

 erymen who heretofore have opposed 

 it; indeed, the change of opinion in the 

 nursery trade already has begun and is 

 developing more rapidly than the offi- 



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