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The Florists' Review 



July 81, 1019. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



THE CONVENTION PBOORAM. 



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The thirty-fifth annual convention of. the Society of American Florists, which 

 will be held in Detroit, August 19 to 21, will be of exceptional interest and attrac- 

 tion to the trade because it is the first meeting since the cessation of the war. What 

 future months will bring out of the present abnormal commercial situation is an 

 absorbing topic, which will draw many florists to Detroit. Of particular importance 

 on the convention program is the publicity campaign, and the addresses of Major 

 P. F. O'Keefe, of Boston, and Payne Jennings, of Chicago, on the subject, 

 "Publicity," will be heard with interest by many. There are a number of amend- 

 ments to the constitution and by-laws which will be acted upon; these include the 

 abandoning of the convention garden, the extension of the affiliation of local or- 

 ganizations, the increase of the annual membership fee from $3 to $5 and that of 

 the life membership fee from $25 to $50, and the change back to the old method of 

 selecting the meeting place one year ahead instead of two years ahead. The Detroit 

 Florists' Club is making generous preparations for the welcome of visitors, par- 

 ticularly Friday, August 22, when a day's outing at Belle Isle holds a variety of 

 entertainment in store for the visitors. The sessions of the convention will be 

 held at the Arcadia auditorium. 



FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19. 

 y.TTrn; Opening Session. 



2:00 P. M. — Invocation by Rev. J. M. Barkley. 



Convention called to order by J. F. Sullivan, President Detroit Florists' Club. 



Address of Welcome by E. A. Fetters, Vice-President S. A. F. 



Address of Welcome by the Hon. James Couzens, Mayor of Detroit. 



Response by E. Gumey Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



President J. F. Ammann's Address. 



Reading minutes of the Executive Board. 



Report of the Secretary, John Young, of New York. '■ 



Report of the Treasurer, J. J. Hess, of Omaha, Neb. 



Report of the Washington Representative, Wm. H. Gude. 



Reports of the State Vice-Presidents. 



Reports of the Standing Committees. 



Report of Committee on Development of American Products. 



Report of Committee on School Gardens. 



Report of Committee on Nomenclature. 



The Publicity Committees and the National Flower Show Committee will report at subsequent sessions. 



Reports of Special Committees. 



Miscellaneous Business. 



Judging of Trade Exhibits. 



Evening Session. 



8:30 P. M. — President's Reception. 



The function will take place In the Hotel Statler. Prpsident Ammann wishes it to be distinctly 

 understood that, the reception will be informal, and that the most comfortable clothing will be 

 the most appropriate to wear. 



SECOND DAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. 

 Morning Session. 



9:80 A. M.— Nomination of officers for 1920. / 



Report of Committee on President's Address. v-\ \ 



Report of Committee on National Credits and Collections Bureau, by R. C. Kerr, Chairman. 

 Discussion. 



Report of Committee on Extension of the AfBllation Plan, by Joseph H. Hill, Chairman. „ . , 



Discussion. . 'I ^. PiT 



Address: "Selling Flowers by Telegraph," by F. C. W. Brown, Cleveland, O. 

 Discussion of Amendments to Constitution and By-Laws, and voting on same. 



Afternoon Session. 

 2 P. M. — Report of Committee on Publicity, by Henry Penn, Chairman. 

 Report of Publicity Finance Committee, by George Asmus, Chairman. 

 Discussion. 

 Addresses: "Publicity," by Major P. F. O'Keefe, Boston, Mass., and Payne Jennings, Chicago, 111. 



THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 

 Morning Session. 



9:30 A. M. — Election of officers for 1919. Polls open from 10 A. M. to 11 A. M., or until all in line 

 have voted. Voting will be conducted under the new system. There will be four voting places, 

 "A" to "D," Inclusive; "E" to "K," inclusive; "L" to "R," Inclusive; "S" to "Z," inclusive. 

 Please vote promptly. Only members In good standing can vote. 



Report of Judges of Trade Exhibition. 



Report of the National Flower Show Committee, by George Asmus, Chairman. 



Discussion. 



Question Box. 



Deferred Business. 



Afternoon Session. 



2 P. M. — Address: "Quarantine Order No. 37," by Dr. C. L. Marlatt, Federal Horticultural Board, 



Washington, D. 0. 

 Address: "Opportunity of the Society of American Florists in Present Day Plant Propagation," by 



Prof. L. C. Corbett, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 Discussion. 

 Report of Committee on Memorials, Michael Barker, Chairman. 



FOURTH DAY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22. 

 On this day the members, with their families, will be the guests of the Detroit Florists' Club. 



SPECIAL KEETINGS. 

 FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19. 

 9.80 A. M.— Meeting of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association. 



10:30 A. M. — Opening of the office of the Ladies' Society of American Florists in Conveation Hall. 

 Registration of members. 



SECOND DAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. ,_^ 



9:00 A. M.— Annual meeting of the Florists' Hail Association of America. - - "^ , 

 10:00 A. M.— Annual meeting of the Ladles' Society of American Florists. 



THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 

 9:00 A. M. — Meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Carnation Society. 

 0:00 A. M.— Meeting of the College Section of the S. A. F. 



S. A. F. CONVENTION. 



Proposed Amendments. 



Of the proposed amendments to the con- 

 stitution and by-laws of the S. A. F., one 

 is merely the insertion of the by-law 

 under which the national flower show 

 committee has acted, and which was by 

 an oversight not ordered to be inserted 

 in the constitution and by-laws of 1912; 

 another removes the convention garden 

 committee from the standing commit- 

 tees; and one, also arising from the 

 abandoning of the convention garden, 

 changes the time of selection of meeting 

 place from two years to only one year 

 before the time of meeting, this year no 

 action being taken, because Cleveland 

 is the choice for next year already. 



More important is the amendment pro- 

 posed to article II, section 2, governing 

 elections and appointments, which ex- 

 tends the number of local clubs able to 

 affiliate with the S. A. F. by reducing 

 the number of members necessary for 

 such an organization in states where the 

 population is less than in those at which 

 clubs have already joined. 



The amended paragraph governing the 

 affiliation plan will, if adopted as it 

 stands, read: 



(c) Societies or kindred organizations of profes- 

 sional florists, gardeners and horticulturists, 

 national in character, whose membership includes 

 one hundred or more members of the S. A. F. 

 in good standing, shall be entitled to one repre- 

 sentative on the board of directors. Clubs and 

 other organizations of professional florists, formed 

 within a state, and not national in character, 

 shall be entitled to one representative on the 

 board of directors, provided that any such club 

 or organization shall include in Its membership 

 the number of S. A. F. members in good standing 

 prescribed in the following specification: 



Class A, 100 S. A. F. Members— Massachusetts, 

 New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, 

 Illinois. California. 



Class B, 75 S. A. F. Members— Indiana, Michi. 

 gan, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, Maryland, Wisconsin. 



Class C, 50 S. A. F. Members — Minnesota. 

 Kansas, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Ten- 

 nessee, Colorado, Connecticut. 



Class D, 25 S. A. F. Members— Maine, New 

 Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, North Da- 

 kota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Delaware, West 

 Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, 

 Arkansas. I^uisiana, Oklahoma, Montana, Idaho, 

 Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, 

 Washington, Oregon. 



Any such representative shall be the president 

 of the organization represented, and must be a 

 member of this society. Any elective officer or 

 appointed director shall not be eligible as a rep- 

 resentative of any such organization. When the 

 president of an organization is already a direc- 

 tor, the vice-president shall be eligible for the 

 office. Any organization applying for representa- 

 tion shall submit to the secretary of this society 

 a certified copy of the resolutions adopted by 

 their organization expressing its desire for such 

 representation on the board of directors, together 

 with a complete list of its membership. It shall 

 be the secretary's duty to confirm same and 

 submit it to the society's president for final 

 confirmation. Announcement of the acceptance 

 of such representative as a member of the board 

 of directors shall be made by the president. The 

 expenses of any such representative in connection 

 with his attendance at any meeting of the board 

 of directors shall be boitie by the organization 

 represented. 



The dues are to be raised by the 

 amendment of article IV, section 2, 

 which, if adopted as it stands, will read: 



Fees and assessments. Any eligible person may 

 become a member of the society on the payment 

 of $5, and such payment shall cover the annual 

 dues for the balance of the calendar year. 



The annual dues shall be $5 per year, payable 

 In advance on the first day of January. Any 

 annual member In good standing may become • 

 life member on payment of $50 and be exempt 

 from all future assessments. 



The following recommendation of the 

 executive board is to be voted upon: 



That the sum of $5,000 be appropriated to the 

 publicity campaign, to be used only If needed 

 during the year's campaign. 



