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The Florists^ Review 



Aiutsi •_''>, Vil'.K 



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



I'lHi till' Icirs wci'i- piMina iii'iit ly i|ni|i|ic(|. 

 Mr. L.-lLT'^r liclirvcil ilist ilict iuli ■^liniild 

 li;i\r Ipim'II ni;l(ii^ IxM Wtcii |il;ilits w lidSr 

 iiii [iiiit:it iiiii \v;is essential :iihl lliose iiol 

 essential, and Tiiihie a |ilea t'er the 

 triide'h' roprr^cMitat ion mi ilie hoanl. 

 Mr. Manila held \\\> the Imard tn ridienle 

 lieeaiise it ret'usecl vet'iitiy into the 

 I'nited Slates of stoidx he li;id v|n|,|„M| 

 lo Toioiito for tln^ conxcntion there the 

 \y Ilk |irc\i(uis. 



Two in Defense. 



' . I;. Washlinin, of llinsdal-. 111., i<dd 

 'if the palms hcdni; ^rown in < 'a li t'oi'n ia 

 .Mid of other stiiidi pre\ionsl\ imported 

 whiili nii;,'lit lie <jro\vn in this einintrv. 

 .ind e\press(>d tlie belief that the ipiav 

 antiiie would not lie p rni.anent ly detri 

 mental (o flic trade's interests. 



Deelarinfj the llorists nf the middle 

 uost were in .support of the board's ac 

 tion, V,. (i. Hill expressed approval of 

 the ijuarantine hecause it was ;i measure 

 whiili acted to the ^iicatest e;(iod of the 

 ii;ition iiy prote(din<; its a;^iieiilt lira 1 

 [irodiiets. 



Walhicf U. I'iersoii. i.f (lomwidl. 

 ''oiin., ufiiriii(>d his support of the jiolieN 

 of "Atneriea first,'' if it ueie necessary 

 lor the trade to sacrifice to that end. 

 Imt voiced also as his belief that the 

 trade should not be sacrificed as jruilty 

 of briii;^iii^ ill d.an^erous posts until 

 definitely proved so, the burden of siudi 

 proof rcsfiiij; on the board. 



.•\fter Dr. Marlatt liad made a brief 

 repl}' to the <"rif icisnis embodied in the 

 spccidies of the soi'iety's ineinbers, re 

 afTirminj,' his belief in the <iuaraiit iiie but 

 admitting that some correetions iiii;^ht 

 be made after lieariiij^s had been hold, 

 I'. ]{. I'ierson, of Tarrytown, N. Y., ex- 

 pressed his b(diof that the (|uarantiiie 

 was nnoonstitutional and .•nnounfed to 

 ronfiscat ion. Then S. A. .\nderson, of 

 liiifTalo, iiresented 1 h(> rosolntion. uliMdi 

 I he society straightway adopted, plac- 

 in<: it on record m cori.aiii and \ i<,'oidiis 

 terms as oppose*! to the ipi.-irant inc. The 

 resolution is as follows: 



The Resolution. 



WI1KUK.\S. (in .Inrii" 1. •QnMnoiI in.- N.. :1T 

 Willi nuiil.Ttions" iKT.iiiie ffliitivr. |iriilii|iitiiij; 

 fiirtliir iiniHirl.'ilion of niaii.v pliuils :oiil pliiiif 

 prrxliict'i .•iiiil r.nw niMlrri.ilK <>si>iilinl lo the emi 

 duct and pxp.nnsion of our tuisini'-s. and pImii" 

 fiuriliii^^iiTK' ••\|iin'-ivi. anil uiiiiiiis>..ir.v ri-<lrii 

 tions ON ttio iniiKirtalion uf ntliiT nii|"irtinit 

 claps«»s of liortiiMilliinil jiriiiluii> ami 



WHKItP;.Ai«. the numlicrK of lliis sim iety n iinin- 

 nnd coiisiilcr llninsclvi ■; iTilitl'ij to rial ion 

 • tnictivi- ri't'iilntion nmi fllli.iiiit iiiKini i inn. ami 

 an' not Kiitisficil with dp^lnii'tiv.-. lniRincsg 

 wrorkiup r«'(.'iiliitiiin« a>; a siili--liiiit.'. tluTcfori' 

 Yf If 



I:KS0I.\ RD tliMf Mil' Soii.tv of Aim. riiMii Flu 

 ri^tji at it-, annual nn-i-Iini; lu'lil in fiilroit. ^ti^ll.. 

 Aiifiift lit to 1!1, attiinl'il li.\ l.'.iNi (|i|ii;.iii ■> 

 nnanimoiislT protoHts .neain-^t tlnvc ilrastir nirii 

 lations alwi Ih<> aiitorrali' no tlio.lv iivi.,i i,, (In 



l''.'ili'r,'il I liii'l ii'iill lU'.'il KiiMril m iii'inij iilua t iim 

 llii'in. .\nil 111' it rnrlliii 



I!!:S(>1,\ I'M* that llii< .■..lu.ii 1 i..n n>p.-. M iill> 

 I'fl'ii's Hie fiillowJMi: .■.ln^trlU■l ivc siii:;,'.'vl i..M<: 



I. That tjii.'irant inc No. Ii7 with r^■Klllll^ioIJ^ 

 111- i-1-.iin.l..l. an.l Ilial in its pla.-o sinli 

 11-1,'iilations he inailr wliirli li.v i-orroit iiii'tli 

 oils of inspi'.'tiiin will williin reason prop 

 I'rl.v safi'U'iiaril Ilie coiiiilr.v ai;aiiisl tin- in 

 \asi.iii of foii'i:.'!! pi'sts ,'in.l .llsi-.iscs, lint 

 «liirh will not nnni'ii ssaiilv inii'rfiri' witii 

 till' hiii'tirnltnr.'il inti'i-i'sis of iln' i'oiintr.\ . 



- I'hal at least two nniiili.'rs of Hi.' prcsi'iit 

 Keileral Hurt iriil tnial H.iaril ..f liv.- luireaii 

 eliiefs Ih- repl.ieeil li.v pra.liial linrliiiil 

 tiirisls. who will iml he .'iitirel.N .>iit ••( 

 toneli witli the li.irll.'iill lira I Ira.l.' .in. I it~ 

 |-ei|nilellieM|s 



:; Or that llii pr.i. Ileal ln.il i.iill iiri^I s li.- 



ailileil to the lioanl's pr.'si'iit iiwniliersliip 

 of live. 



1 'I'hat this reoruanizeil li..aril eall leariiiK's 

 at a lime when those inliTesi,..! .'au .ittenil. 

 L'ivint; separate hearlni:s lo laeli of Hies, 

 iinpurtant elassilieat ions: ill orehids: 



I-} liiillis .'iiid roots; ^'^) nursery ^tnek ; 

 III ruses; (.'.I ilrae;eii.-i i.iin'v ami ..Ihei 

 similar raw inateiials 



\ni| lie it further 



Ki:SOI,VI-;i> th;it the M-.i-.|ai.v li.- r..| ii.-si,..| \,. 



seiiil a lop.v of this resi.liition (o th.' inhere 



.if the llonse Coinniitti ii .\i;rienlture. 



CLOSE OF THE CONVENTION. 



Toss Wins Election. 



\\ hen the polls elosed I'lidav, the re 

 I III lis Were; I'm lilesidelit, .V. L. .Miller, 

 '-'■'i\: .1. !•'. Sullivan, 1H7; for \i(H'-presi- 

 dent, !•'. < '. W. IJrown, .'Ki!!; f'or socridarv, 



• lohn Yoiiiio, ;',H(); for treasurer, .F. J. 

 Hess, ;',71: f<ir diroctors, H. P. I\iiobb'. 

 -7'.'>; I'aul I''. i\liiiyspm 11, L'.'ifi, and Irwin 

 Hertormann, -'>(]. 



To avoid the delay of a new election 

 to decide thi' tie for director, the two 

 eoiitestants, l';iiil F. Klinosporn and 

 Irwin I'ertei nianii, ;iyrocd to a decision 

 by a tossed coin. 1{. ('. Kerr tossed the 

 lialf-dtdlar ;nid if came <lo\\ii in Mr. 

 Klinosporn 's fa\(ii, whorcnpon lio was 

 .•innminced director ot' tlo' siuietx- b\ 

 rresiijeiif .\ inm.'inn. 



Closing Business. 



Willi the final session i''riday ;ifter 

 iiooii, when Dr. .M;irlaft was lio;ird, was 

 joined the inornino's business session. 



ifesoliit ions to leinember sick mem- 

 bers of tlio society by teleorain were 

 proposed by J. ( '. \'au<,dian. It was do 

 cide.l to ''S;iy It with {'lowers,'' also. 

 The :ibseiit ones mentioned were d. I). 



• 'arniody. Ifobert <''rai^^ (bo. .\. Kuhl. 

 dohn .\! May and 1'. O'.Mara. 



< 'miimiinicat ions wiic le.-nl, one iii\it 

 iiij^ the S. .\. I", to represent .\merican 

 hoiticnltiiie ill an .illied conference in 

 I'aris. one from the Florists' <dub of 

 Washinofon jirojiosino a '"Say It with 

 Flowers" week, and one from the I'itts 

 biirj;h <'iit Flower < "o. :(dvoi.atino a 

 tbiwi-i dav. 



.lohn ^'oliiio stilted tli:il itie e.\liibits 

 in the trade's dis|ilay niiniboroil ei^hty- 

 li\c and that floor space liuii been sidd 



to the \alue of .$,'i,.".Ul>. 



Silver Service for Aniniauii. 



<'li;irles 11. (Jrakelov\ woiiiid U|i his 

 loreiisie. fliojits befdre the convention 

 with one of part icub'ir brillitmcv, pre 

 seiitino I'resideiit .\minann with a silver 

 lable service in expression of the so 

 i-iefy's oratitiid<> for his faithful ajid 

 \ allied services diirino the yi-ar of his 

 otiice. 



I'rof. I'. I,. Miilford. who «'aifii.' from 

 \V:isliinotoii to read a pa))or for Frof. 

 F. <'. t'orbett, deiiarted unheard, the 

 p;iper beiiio fiU'd. since the liour was 

 l;ite when the iiu;irantine discussion 

 "iidi'd. 



Report on Exhibits. 



The Judoes of the tradt;'n exliibits 

 ivere liivisli in praise, particularly of the 

 siiji]ily houses' ofTorts in staj^inj^ sindi 

 excellent displays. The judges of the 

 llorists" supplies exhibits. H. C Ken, 

 l-\ ('. \V. Hrowii and <i. F. M. Stunijip, 

 commended the exhibitors for their ini 

 tiative and elTort and for their fine 

 novelties shown. < 'ertificates of merit 

 were iiw.'irded file A. I.. Hiindall <.'o. and 

 l'oelilin;iiiii Fros. Fo., Chicai^o. Honor- 

 ;ible ineiition w;is oiveii to Werthoiiiier 

 I'.ros., New York. The following were 

 hiolily coininended: lUirlinj^ton Willow 

 \\';iie Shops, T>iirliii<;lon, la.; Cohen <!^' 

 Ililler. Now \'ork ; M. iJice «!o., I'hila 

 deljdiia; Ovo Fnatt <"o.. l^a Forte, Ind.: 

 Fittsbiiroli Cut I'lower Co., Pittsburgh: 

 Geo. B. Hart, Roihester, N. ¥.; Jos. d. 

 Xeidinoer, Philadelphia; S. S. Pennock. 

 I'hiladeljihia; K. K. Cebhardt Co., Chi- 

 i;iyo, and C. S. Ford, Philadelphia. Spe 

 lial mention was m;ide of the Berirnian- 

 Koro]ip < 'o., • 'hicaotj. 



The Judoes of the jiiaut section, A. F. 

 Miller, Irwin licit erm:tiiii and Clius. 11. 

 i.r;ikelo\v, iii;ide the followincj awards: 



( . 1'. laiz'-'it. "f I'hila. lelphia, li.inoratile iiien 

 lii'ii for .\eplir.il>|iis .\laiawii. a sjHirt of Scoltii 

 a fast tirower. more .'onipaet than, anil as coo. I 

 a keep.-i' as Siottii: stock is not l>oiii>» dissenii 

 ii.il.'il. 



ijeorsi' Wittliolil Co., ( hiiaito, for exir.t well 

 :;rown eyclaineii. a enlliiral e.-rl ilieato. 



('. (". I'ollwditli Co.. .Milw alike.-, for a tine (lis 

 pla.v of amiilia, a cultural . irlili.ate. 



lieiir.v .\. iMeer. Ilic , I'll ilad.-lphiH, liiKlily colli 

 in. 'ml. it on the eolleilion of tine paltns aod liiuhl.i 

 .■.ilonil erolons. 



W. A. .Manil.i. W. si Orati'.;e, .\. .T , m.n.ir.il.l.- 

 ineiilion on .liinipi'riis M.-iiidaianum Drai-.ena 

 l/'ni.'ii .'ind Dahlia Man.laiana. 



.Ins. Ileaeoek Co.. Wyll.-.ite. I'.i lii;;lily com 

 lii.'ml.il on a remark.'ilily eh an e.nli-. tmn of palm^ 



.liiliiis IJoehis C... Iliilh.-rfor'l. .N I . f..r f.ili 

 at'.' plants and iv.i(;ri-.n~ 



F. K. I'ierson C... T.or.N low ii. .N . Y .Spe.ial 

 sti-i'.,s is laid "in the nej\ fern. \i.liir>. .1 s|M>ri 

 ..f 'ri'ddy. .Ir.. willi a r.ipi.i i:r<.wth and a l.ramh 

 ink' at end of fronds, iiiakini.' it .-i shai»-l.\ plant 

 ihat si .nil. I ti. a ."ininereial success, .m.l w.' 

 ie..<.iiiMi.iii| it most liii;hly a l.ron/' ■.i.-.NI \ls.i 



