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The Rorists^ Review 



August 28, 1919. 



Officers and Members of the Society of American Florists Grouped in front of tlie 



fore the bars were permanently dropped. 

 Mr. Lager believed distinction should 

 have been made between plants whose 

 imjwrtation was essential and those not 

 essential, and made a plea for the 

 trade's representation on the board. 

 Mr. Manda held up the board to ridicule 

 because it refused reentry into the 

 United States of stock he hud shipped 

 to Toronto for the convention there the 

 wook previous. 



Two in Defense. 



C. L. Washburn, of Hinsdale, 111., told 

 of the palms being grown in California 

 and of other stock previously imported 

 which might be grown in this country, 

 and expressed the belief that the quar- 

 antine would not be permanently detri- 

 mental to the trade's interests. 



Declaring the florists of the middle 

 west were in support of the board's ac- 

 tion, E. G. Hill expressed approval of 

 the quarantine because it was a measure 

 which acted to the greatest good of the 

 nation by protecting its agricultural 

 products. 



Wallace R. Picrson, of Cromwell, 

 Conn., afBrmed his support of the policy 

 of "America first," if it were necessary 

 for the trade to sacrifice to that end, 

 but voiced also as his belief that the 

 trade should not be sacrificed as guilty 

 of bringing in dangerous pests until 

 definitely proved so, the burden of such 

 proof resting on the board. 



After Dr. Marlatt had made a brief 

 reply to the criticisms embodied in the 

 speeches of the society's members, re- 

 aflBrming his belief in the quarantine but 

 admitting that some corrections might 

 be made after hearings had been held, 

 F. R. Pierson, of Tarrytown, N. Y., ex- 

 pressed his belief that the quarantine 

 was unconstitutional and amounted to 

 confiscation. Then 8. A. Anderson, of 

 Buffalo, presented the resolution, which 

 the society straightway adopted, plac- 

 ing it on record lu certain and vigorous 

 terms as opposed to the quarantine. The 

 resolution is as follows: 



The Resolution. 



WHBRBAS, on June 1, "Quarantine No. .37 

 with regnlations" became effective, prohibiting 

 further importation of many plants and plant 

 products and raw materials eRsential to the con- 

 duct and expansion of our business, and places 

 burdensome, expensive and unnecessary restric- 

 tions on the importation of other important 

 classes of horticultural products, and 



WHEREAS, the members of this society require 

 and consider themselves entitled to real con- 

 structlre regulation and efficient inspection, and 

 are not satisfied with destructive, businesi- 

 wrecking regulations as a substitute, therefore 

 be it 



RESOLVED that the Society of American Flo- 

 rists at its annual meeting held in Detroit, Mich., 

 August 19 to 21. attended by 1,.500 delegates, 

 unanimously protests against these drastic regu- 

 lations, also the autocratic methods used by the 



Federal Horticultural Hoard in prouiulKatIng 

 them. And be It further 



RESOLVED that this convention respectfully 

 offers the following constructive suggestions: 



1. That Quarantine No. 37 with regulations 

 be rescinded, and tliat in its place such 

 regulations be made which by correct meth- 

 ods of inspection will within reason prop- 

 erly safeguard the country against the in- 

 vasion of foreign pests and diseases, but 

 which win not unnecessarily interfere with 

 the horticultural interests of (he country. 



-. That at least two members of the present 

 Federal Horticultural Board of five bureau 

 chiefs be replaced by practical horticul- 

 turists, who will not be entirely out of 

 touch with the horticultural trade and Its 

 requirements. 



;{. Or that three priicticiil liorticulturists Iw 

 added to the board's present membership 

 of five. 



4. That this reorganized board call hearings 

 at a time when those interested can attend, 

 giving separate hearings to each of these 

 important classifications: (1) orchids: 

 (2) bulbs and roots; (3) nursery stock; 

 (4) roses; (5) dracnMiu ciines and other 

 similar raw materials. 



And be it further 



RESOLVED that the secretary be requested t<t 

 send a copy of this resolution to the members 

 of the House Committee on Agriculture. 



CLOSE OF THE CONVENTION. 



Toss Wins Election. 



When the polls closed Friday, the re- 

 turns were: For president, A. L. Miller, 

 2.34; J. F. Sullivan, 387; for vice-presi- 

 dent, F. C. W. Brown, 369; for secretary, 

 •John Young, 386; for treasurer, J. J. 

 Iless, 371; for directors, H. P. Knoble, 

 273; Paul F. Klingsporn, 256, and Irwin 

 Bertermann, 256. 



To avoid the delay of a new election 

 to decide the tie for director, the two 

 contestants, Paul F. Klingsporn and 

 Irwin Bertermann, agreed to a decision 

 by a tossed coin. R. C. Kerr tossed the 

 half-dollar and it came down in Mr. 

 Klingsporn 's favor, whereupon he was 

 announced director of the society by 

 President Ammann. 



Closing Business. 



With the final session Frida}' after- 

 noon, when Dr. Marlatt was heard, was 

 .joined the morning's business session. 



Resolutions to remember sick mem- 

 bers of the society by telegram were 

 proposed by J. C. Vaughan. It was de- 

 cided to "Say It with Flowers," also. 

 The absent ones mentioned were J. D. 

 Carmody, Robert Craig, Geo. A. Kuhl, 

 John N. May and P. O'Mara. 



Communications were read, one invit- 

 ing the S. A. F. to represent American 

 horticulture in an allied conference in 

 Paris, one from the Florists' Club of 

 Washington proposing a "Say It with 

 Flowers" week, and one from the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co. advocating a 

 flower day. 



John Young stated that the exhibits 

 in the trade's display numbered eighty- 

 five and that floor space had been sold 

 to the value of $5,300. 



Silver Service for Ammann. 



Cliarles H. Grakelow wound up his 

 forensic flights before the convention 

 witii one of particular brilliancy, pre- 

 senting President Ammann vdth a silver 

 table service in expression of the so- 

 ciety's gratitude for his faithful and 

 valued services during the year of his 

 office. 



Prof. F. L. Mulford, who came from 

 Washington to read a paper for Prof. 

 L. C. Corbett, departed unheard, the 

 paper being filed, since the hour was 

 late when the quarantine discussion 

 ended. 



Report on Exhibits. 



The judges of the trade's exhibits 

 were lavish in praise, particularly of the 

 supply houses' efforts in staging such 

 excellent displays. The judges of the 

 florists' supplies exhibits, R. C. Kerr, 

 V. C. W. Brown and G. E. M. Stumpp, 

 commended the exhibitors for their ini- 

 tiative and effort and for their fine 

 novelties shown. Certificates of merit 

 were awarded the A. L. Randall Co. and 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago. Honor- 

 able mention was given to Wertheimer 

 Bros., New York. The following were 

 highly commended: Burlington Willow 

 Ware Shops, Burlington, la.; Cohen & 

 Killer, New York; M. Rice Co., Phila- 

 delphia; Ove Gnatt Co., La Porte, Ind.; 

 Pitt.sburgh Cut Flower Co., Pittsburgh; 

 Geo. B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.; Jos. G. 

 Xeidinger, Philadelphia; S. S. Pennock, 

 Philadelphia; R. E. Gebhardt Co., Chi- 

 cago, and C. S. Ford, Philadelphia. Spe- 

 cial mention was made of the Bergman- 

 Koropp Co., Chicago. 



The judges of the plant section, A. L. 

 Miller, Irwin Bertermann and Chas. H. 

 Grakelow, made the following awards: 



C. 11. Liggit, of Philadelphia, honorable men- 

 tion for Nephrolepis Macawil, a sport of Scottii. 

 a fast grower, more compact than, and as good 

 a keeper as Scottii; stock is not being dissemi- 

 nated. 



George WIttbold Co., Chicago, for extra well 

 grown cyclamen, a cultural certificate. 



C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, for a fine dis- 

 play of aucuba, a cultural certificate. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, highly com- 

 mended on the collection of fine palms and highly 

 colored crotons. 



W. A, Mandn, West Orange, N. ,T., honorable 

 mention on .lunipenis Mandaianiiin, Dractpna 

 I»ngil and Dahlia Mandaiana. 



.los. Heacock Co., Wyncote, I'li., highly com- 

 mended on a remarkably clean collection of palms. 



.Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J., for foli- 

 age plants and evergreens. 



F. R, Pierson Co., Tnrrytown, N. Y. .Spe<"ial 

 stress is laid on the new fern, Victory, a sport 

 of Teddy, Jr., with a rapid growth and a branch- 

 ing at end of fronds, making it a shapely plant 

 that should be a commercial success, and we 

 recommend it most highly — a bronzf medal. .\lso 



