

JAmvarx 1, 1920. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



straight ahead and, as a wise old AraD 

 said years and years ago, "No man is 

 ever lost on a straight road. ' ' 



AbriSiam L. Miller, 

 President S. A. F. 



SEOBETABY SEES BIO SEASON. 



Last Year Notable. 



My hearty wishes for a most happy 

 and prosperous new year are extended 

 to every member of the society. My 

 personal thanks to a large number are 

 also gratefully extended for their liber- 

 al support given to the secretary's office 

 in its work during the year just closed. 



The society may be congratulated 

 upon entering its thirty-sixth year un- 

 der most favorable conditions. The 

 growth in membership in 1919 was 

 rather remarkable in comparison with 

 the growth of former years, especially 

 when we consider the fact that general 

 business conditions were going through 

 a period of reconstruction. Most nota- 

 ble has been the large influx of life 

 members, nearly 800 being the total for 

 the year. 



Prominent in the work we shall be 

 called upon to do in 1920 will be the 

 continuation of the publicity campaign. 

 While little more than half of the 

 $100,000 fund which our publicity com- 

 mittee believed it possible to raise last 

 year materialized, every dollar was ex- 

 pended to advantage, and a marvelous 

 amount of publicity resulted. With con- 

 ditions vastly better, the fund for this 

 year should be easily raised. The cam- 

 paign has resulted in a vast amount 

 of benefit to the whole trade, and the 

 value of our slogan, "Say It with 

 Flowers," for publicity purposes, is 

 estimated at millions of dollars. We 

 should be untiring in our efforts to cash 

 in on this value during the year. 



Coming Year's Tasks. 



Considerable work is also to be done 

 this year in the promotion of the fifth 

 national flower show, which is to be 

 held in 1921. This will be a gigantic 

 undertaking, and is expected to eclipse 

 all previous shows. 



For the first time the society has a 

 vice-president in every state in the 

 Union and in the territory of Alaska; 

 there are vice-presidents also in most 

 of the Canadian provinces and in Cuba. 

 Through these appointments the society 

 has both national and international 

 representation and is in touch with 

 trade conditions generally. 



^ Only two additional trade organiza- 

 tions have, so far, taken advantage of 

 the affiliation privilege presented un- 

 der our by-laws — the State Florists' 

 Association of Indiana and the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association. With the 

 requirements in the way of affiliation 

 made easier by the amendments to the 

 by-laws passed at the Detroit conven- 

 tion, it was expected that organizations 

 in the west and south would make efforts 

 to secure representation upon our exec- 

 utive board. 



This year the annual convention is to 

 be held in Cleveland August 17 to 19. It 

 is not too soon to plan to be in attend- 



ance. There is much to be seen in and 

 around Cleveland of interest to florists 

 and it goes without saying that visitors 

 will be heartily welcomed by our fel- 

 low craftsmen. 



Let all of us use our best endeavors 

 to increase the strength of our organiza- 

 tion this year. In some states our mem- 

 bership is far behind what we might 

 expect, and surely it is to the advantage 

 of every live florist to become a mem- 

 ber of his trade organization, which 

 represents his interests in emergencies 

 with which he as an individual would 

 be unable to cope. During the coming 

 year it is to be hoped that the society 

 will add a large number of names to its 

 list of members. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



V 



S. A. F. BOSTEB FOB 1920. 



The changes in the personnel direct- 

 ing the activities of the S. A. F. in 

 1920 are slight from those of 1919, aside 

 from the new president and vice-presi- 

 dent. President Miller's appointments 

 continue the same committeemen as last 

 year. George Asmus is reappointed to 

 the committee on publicity for the full 

 term of five years. J. F. Ammann fills 

 the place of Guy French, resigned, and 

 Wallace B. Pierson that of Thomas H. 

 Joy, also resigned. The convention is 

 named for Cleveland August 17 to 19. 

 The official roster of the society is as 



follows: OFFICERS. 



President — Abraham Lincoln Miller, Jamaica, 

 Vice-president— Fred C. W. Brown, CTeveland, 



Secretary — John Young, 1170 Broadway, New 

 York. 

 Treasurer — J. J. Hess, Omaha, Neb. 

 ,, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



^^-^ ~ Term expiring 1921. 



Joseph A. Manda, West Orange, N. J. 

 Charles E. Critcliell, Cincinnati, O. 



Term expiring 1922. 

 Joseph H. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 

 C. C. Pollworth, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Term expiring 1923. 

 Herman P. Knoble, Cleveland, O. 

 Paul R. KUngsporn, Chicago, 111. 



£x-offlcio. 

 J. Fred Ammann, Edwardsville, 111. 

 Washington Repr««entatiTe. 

 W. F. Gude. 



Chairman National Flower Show Commltt«e. 

 George Asmus, Chicago, 111. 



Chairman Publicity Committe*. 

 Henry Penn, Boston, Mass. 



Directors Under Affiliation, 



n-i^"?"*''! Breitmeyer. Detroit, Mich., president 

 Florists Telegraph Delivery Association. 



Robert Pyle, West Grove, Pa., president Amer- 

 ican Rose Society. 



Theodore Dorner, Jji Fayette, Ind., president 

 American Carnation Society. yresiueni 



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 State Florists' Association of Indiana. P"^**"**"* 



NATIOKAL FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE. 



George Asmus, chairman, Chicago 111 ti.rm 

 expires December 31 1924 "^"'^°' "'•• ^^"° 



W. H. Duckham, Madison, N. J., term exnir^a 

 December 31, 1920. expires 



Patrick Welch, Boston, Mass., term expires 

 December 81, 1921. 



Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass., term expires 

 December 31, 1922. 



Herman P. Knoble, Cleveland, O., term ex- 

 pires December 31, 1923. 



Frank H. Traendly, New York, N. Y., term 

 expires December 31, 1925. 



COMMITTEE ON TAXIFF AND LEGISLATION. 



William F. Gude, chairman, Washington, D. 0. 



James McHutchison, New York, N. Y. 



Wm. H. Siebrecht, Jr., Long Island City, N. Y. 



J. D. Bisele, Riverton, N. J. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Boston, Mass. 



Leonard H. Vaughan, Chicago, 111. 



F.'B. Pierson, Tarry town, N. Y. 



COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY, 



Henry Penn, Chairman, Boston, Mass., term 

 expires December 31, 1921. 



J. Fred Ammann, Bdwardsville, III., in place 

 of Guy French, resigned; term expires December 

 31. 1920. 



Edwin J. Fancourt, Philadelphia, Pa., term 

 expires December 31, 1922. 



Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., in place 

 of Thomas H. Joy, resigned; term expires De- 

 cember 31, 1923. 



George Asmus, Chicago, III., term expires De- 

 cember 31, 1924. 



COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL OAKDENS. 



Benjamin Hammond, chairman, Beacon, N. Y. 

 A. T. De La Mare, New York. N. Y. 

 Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Michael Barker, Chicago, 111. 

 Leonard Barron, Garden City, N. Y. 



COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT OF AMER- 

 ICAN PKODUCTS. 



F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 Charles L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn. 

 E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 



Prof. B. A. White, chairman, Cornell Univer- 

 sity. Ithaca, N. Y. 



Dr. N. L. Britton, Botanical Gardens, Bronx 

 Park, New York. 



Prof. H. B. Dorner, Urbana, 111. 



ENTOMOLOGIST, 

 Prof. H. C. Irish, St." Louis, Mo. 

 BOTANIST, 



Dr. N. L. Britton, Botanical Gardens, Bronx 

 Park, N. Y. 



PATHOLOGIST. 



William Martin, New Brunswick, N. J. 

 STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Alaska — Frank Teufel, Menana. 



Alabama — W. B. Paterson, Montgomery. 



Arizona — John Z. Howe, Tucson. 



Arkansas — George Rye, Fort Smith. 



California, north — J, A. Axell, San Francisco. 



California, south — A. F. Borden, Los Angeles. 



Colorado — Samuel Lundy, Denver. 



Connecticut — Carl C. Reck, Bridgeport. 



Delaware — Geo. C. Boyd, Wilmington. 



District of Columbia — Edgar R. Gude, Wash- 

 ington. 



Florida— C. D. Mills, Jacksonville. 



Georgia — D. C. Horgan, Macon. 



Idaho— W. A. Worrell, Pocatello. 



Illinois, north — Guy W. French, Morton Grove. 



Illinois, south — George A. Washburn, Bloom- 

 ington. 



Indiana, north — Oliver Steinkamp, Indianai>- 

 olis. 



Indiana, south — George Blackman, Evansville. 



Iowa— J. T. D. Fulmer, Des Moines. 



Kansas— H. S. Mueller, Wichita. 



Kentucky — George E. Schulz, Louisville. 



Louisiana — Peter A. Chopin, New Orleans. 



Maine— Philip H. Talbot. Portland. 



Maryland— W. F. Ekas. Baltimore. 



Massachusetts, east — B. Allan Peirce, Wal- 

 tham. 



Massachusetts, west— A. B. Butler, Northamp- 

 ton. 



Michigan, east— H. W. F. Goetz, Saginaw. 

 Michigan, west— Robert M. Plumb, Detroit. 

 Minnesota— Olaf J. Olson, St. Paul. 

 Mississippi— S. W. Crowell, Roseacres. 

 Missouri, east— W. J. Pilcher, Kirkwood. 

 Missouri, west— W. J. Barnes, Kansas City. 

 Montana— Philo H. King, Butte. 

 Nebraska— Edward Williams, Grand Island. 

 Nevada — D. Devincenzl, Reno. 

 New Hampshire — Donald McLeod, Concord. 

 New Jersey — J. H. Fiesser, North Bergen. 

 New Mexico — Byron H. Ives, Albuquerque. 

 New York, east— T. B. DeForest, New York. 

 New York, west— George B. Hart, Rochester. 

 North Carolina— William Rehder, Wilmington. 

 North Dakota— W. B. Shotwell, Fargo. 

 Ohio, south— H. W. Sheppard, Cincinnati. 

 Ohio, north — Charles J. Graham, Cleveland. 

 Oklahoma — Lon Foster, Oklahoma City. 

 Oregon — James Forbes, Portland. 

 Pennsylvania, east— Robert Klft, Philadelphia. 



