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The Rorists' Review 



Jolt 29, 1920 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOilSTS 



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THIRTY-SIXTH ANinJAL CONVENTION. 



The program of the thirty-sixth annual convention of the Society of American 

 Florists, to be held at Clevelahd, August 17 to 19, contains much of interest to the 

 trade. The organization of the National Flower Growers' Association, to which 

 the afternoon session of the final day is to be devoted, will be important. Ad- 

 dresses by J. S. Kemper, of Chicago, on "Insurance," and by Major P. F. 

 O'Keefe, of Boston, on "Publicity," and discussions on such topics as "A Stand- 

 ard Grading for Eoses, " "Is Uniformity in Prices Possible?" "Parcel Post 

 Insurance" and "The Fuel Situation" will make live sessions. Max Schling's 

 demonstration of retail work is something new. And, of course, the business of 

 our great society affords keen interest for all. Amendments to the constitution 

 and by-laws will be offered, (1) discontinuing the national credit and collection 

 department committee and instituting an audit and finance committee, (2) reliev- 

 ing the treasurer of responsibility for the society's investments, (3) increasing 

 the executive board's limit of appropriation without action of the society from 

 $100 to $1,000 and (4) increasing the number of election books and voting stations 

 from four to five. A recommendation of the executive board is also to be voted 

 on providing, "That the sum of $7,500 be appropriated to the publicity campaign 

 fund for 1920, to be used only if needed during the year's campaign." The 

 sessions of the convention will be held at the Hotel Hollenden, two minutes' 

 walk from the trade 's display at the Ninth Garage. 



FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17. 

 Opening Session. 



2:00 P. M. — Invocation by Rev. Roy E. Bowers. 



Convention called to order by H. P. Merrick, President Cleveland Florists' Club. 



Address of Welcome by Adam Graham, Cleveland, Past-President S. A. F. 



Address of Welcome by Hon. W. S. Fitzgerald, Mayor of Cleveland. 



Response by Ex-President J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, III. 



President A. L. Miller's address. 



Reading minutes of the Executive Board. 



Report of the Secretary. 



Report of the Treasurer. 



Report of the Finance Committee. I 



Report of the Washington Representative. '' 



Reports of the State Vice-Presidents. 



Reports of'th^ Standing Ccnnmittees. 



Report of Committee- ort-Development of American Products. 



Report of Committee on School Gardens. 



Report of Committee on Nomenclature. 



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



Reports of Special Committees. 



Consideration of invitations for selection of next place of meeting. 



Miscellaneous Business. 



Judging of Trade Exhibits. 



Evening Session. 



8:30 P. M.— President's Reception. 



The function will take place in the Hotel Hollenden. President Miller requests that this reception 

 be entirely informal. It is suggested, therefore, that the most comfortable clothing will be the 

 most appropriate for the occasion. 



Ballot for next place of meeting. 



SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18. 

 Morning Session. 



9:30 A. M.— Nomination of officers for 1921. 



Report of Committee on President's Address. 



Address: "Insurance," by J. S. Kemper, Chicago. 



Discussion: "A Standard Grading for Roses." _^ 



Discussion: "Is Uniformity in Prices Possible?" 



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



Afternoon Session. 



2:00 P. M. — Report of Committee on Publicity, Henry Penn, Chairman. 

 Address: "Publicity," by Major P. F. O'Keefe, Boston, Mass. 

 Discussion: "Parcel Post Insurance." 



Evening Session. 

 8:00 P. M. — Lecture: "Demonstration of Retail Work — What Can Be Done with Flowers," illustrated 

 by lantern slides, by Max Schling, New York. 



THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. 

 Morning Session. 



9:30 A. M.— Election of officers for 1921. Polls open from 10:00 A. M. to 11:00 A. M., or until all 

 in line have voted. Voting will be conducted under the new system. There will be five voting 

 places, "A" to "D" inclusive; "E" to "K" inclusive; "L" to "P" inclusive; "Q" to "T" 

 inclusive; "U" to "Z" inclusive. Please vote promptly. Only members in good standing can 

 vote. 



Report of Judges of Trade Exhibits. 



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



Discussion: "The Fuel Situation." 



Question Box. 



Deferred Business. 



Afternoon Session. 



2:00 P. M. — National Flower Growers' Association. Meeting for organization. 

 Report of Committee on Memorials, Michael Barker, Chairman. 

 Final Resolutions. 



Evening. 

 Bowling Tournament — Time and place to be announced at the Cofcvention. 



SPECIAL MEETINGS. ^^ 



FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17. 



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



Registration of members. 

 10:00 A. M. — Conference of the National Association of Gardeners. 



SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18. 

 9:00 A. M. — Annual meeting of the Florists* HaihAssociation of America. 

 10:00 A. M. — Meeting of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association. 

 9:45 A. M. — Annual meeting of the Ladies' Society of American Florists. 



THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. 



9:00 A. M, — Meeting of the College Section of the Society of American Florists. 

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



THE SOCIETY'S MONEY. 



Subject of Amendments. 



So rapid has the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists grown of late and so large 

 have become its finances that this year 

 several steps have been planned to fa- 

 cilitate their handling by the society's 

 officers. These are covered in the amend- 

 ments to be offered for the members' 

 consideration at Cleveland in August. 



The first of these, in addition to strik- 

 ing out the paragraph referring to the 

 extinct national credit and collection 

 department committee, provides for the 

 appointment of an audit and finance 

 committee by adding to article II, sec- 

 tion 4, the following, as paragraph (d) : 



The president assuming office January 1, 1921, 

 shall appoint three members selected from 

 among the permanently elected directors on the 

 executive board, one for one year, one for two 

 years, and one for three years: and each next 

 elected president upon taking office shall appoint 

 one such director for three years. It shall be 

 the duty of this committee to audit the iKwks 

 of the secretary and treasurer at least once 

 each year. Just prior to the annual meeting of 

 the executive board. The committee shall have 

 the power to make temporary loans for the 

 society, or any of its duly elected committees, 

 and shall have charge of the Investment of all 

 funds of the society. 



Since this committee is to have charge 

 of the investment of the society 's funds, 

 the reference to investments will, by 

 an amendment to article II, section 3, 

 paragraph (d), be stricken out of the 

 description of the treasurer's duties, 

 relieving him of that responsibility. By 

 the same amendment the chairman of 

 the audit and finance committee will be 

 added to the list of officers upon whose 

 approval the treasurer shall pay bills. 



Another amendment will substitute 

 the sum of $1,000 for $100 in article III, 

 as the limit of appropriation that can be 

 made bj the executive board without ac- 

 tion of the society at its annual con- 

 vention. Hitherto, this provision has 

 been got around by the board's voting 

 several appropriations of $100 for the 

 same purpose. The change saves the 

 board that labor. 



CONVENTION HELPS MEMBERS. 



Solving Your Problems. 



In little more than two weeks' time 

 those of us who have decided that it 

 is for our good to attend the convention 

 in Cleveland, August 17 to 19, will be en- 

 route to the convention city. 



Many of us, no doubt, will carry with 

 us little problems pertaining to our 

 every day business life which we are 

 unable to solve to our own satisfaction, 

 owing, perhaps to a limited experience, 

 or absence of opportunity in our own 

 neighborhood to get information or ad- 

 vice which might help us in making de- 

 cisions. 



The convention furnishes full and am- 

 ple means for the discussion of any sub- 

 ject pertaining to the trade. It is not 

 necessary that a subject be one for pres- 

 entation on the convention floor; it may 

 concern only the one personally inter- 

 ested in it and discussions in meeting 

 are confined largely to subjects of gen- 

 eral interest. 



The floor discussions do not embrace 

 all the informative benefits of the eon- 



