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The Florists^ Review 



June 26, 1919. 



it desirable to eliminate junkets, but 

 the Chicago seedsmen had prepared one 

 or two diversions. Between the sessions 

 June 25, luncheon was served the men 

 at the Hotel Sherman. At the same 

 time the ladies were t&ken to the Edge- 

 water Beach hotel for luncheon and a 

 song recital. 



At a special session taking the place 

 of the president's reception on the 

 evening of the opening day "Watson S. 

 Woodruff showed six reels of motion 

 pictures, occupying an hour and ^ half. 

 The principal feature was a record of 

 the seed trade's war service, as 

 far as it was possible for Mr. Woodruff 

 to secure photographs of the seedsmen 

 who had gone into the army and navy. 

 Pictures of opening flowers, etc., also 

 were shown and the stunt was voted 

 the best ever presented to the associa- 

 tion at convention time. 



The big feature of the lighter affairs 

 of the convention was the annual ban- 

 quet, held at the Chicago Athletic Club 

 during the evening of June 25. The 

 arrangements were in the hands of John 

 C. Leonard, Charles Hollenbach and 

 Leonard Vaughan, each a Chicago seeds- 

 man of the second generation. The din- 

 ing room had been converted into a gar- 

 den in a valley of the Swiss Alps, seem- 

 ingly, and a variety of entertainment 

 was provided, in addition to the dinner. 

 It was informal. There were no 

 speeches. 



Trade Exhibits. 



The seed trade does" not exhibit at 

 the seed trade convention; the exhibits 

 are by those who have things they 

 would Hke to sell to seedsmen. 



Several seedsmen have rooms on the 

 convention floor of the hotel, or the one 

 below, for the entertainment of their 

 friends. Among these are Everette E. 

 Peacock Co., Chicago; Illinois Seed Co., 

 Chicago; Leonard Seed Co., Chicago; 

 Woodruff-Boyce Seed Co., Seattle, 

 Wash.; W. H. Small & Son, Evansville, 

 Ind., and C. C. Morse & Co., San Fran- 

 cisco. 



The Hamilton Mfg. Co., Two Elvers, 

 Wis., had an exhibit of seed display 

 cases. 



W. C. Heller & Co., Montpelier, 0., 

 showed miceproof seed cases. 



The Brown Bag Filling Machine Co., 

 Fitchburg, Mass., showed its packeting 

 machine and seed envelopes. 



The Torsion Balance Co., New York, 

 showed seed scales. 



The Brown Portable Conveying Ma- 

 chine Co., Chicago, has a moving picture 

 display of conveying machinerv. 



The" A. B. Morse Co., St." Joseph, 

 Mich.; the A. T. De La Mare Co., New 

 York, and the McFarland Publicity 

 Service, Harrisburg, Pa., showed seed 

 catalogues and X. E. Graves Co., Eoches- 

 ter, shows photographs for illustrating 

 catalogues. 



There also are several exhibits of 

 articles seedsmen are asked to catalogue. 

 Among the most active exhibitors are 

 the purveyors of trade journals. 



In the lobby of the hotel the Beeman 

 Garden Tractor Co., Minneapolis, 

 showed one of its machines, a center of 

 much interest. 



PRESIDENT BOLOIANO'S ADDRESS. 



(In oppniriK the thirt.v-spvpntli nnniinl oonvpn- 

 tion of tlip Amorioan Seed Trade Asftrwintioii, nt 

 Chirajro. .Tnnp 24, Prpsident F. W. Rolginno spoke 

 In part as follows.] 



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 year's convention before we were in- 



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