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The Florists^ Review 



August 19, 1020 



Adolphos Gude. 



1 Vici'-l'i-c>iicli'iit Six-icly nf Aiiic|-ic-iiii Kloristw for liiil. 



purposes. V\r>\ i>f all, the trucks (-(Jiild 

 drive ri^lit iiji into the convention liall 

 and dejiosit the tieavy cases on tlie ex- 

 hibitor's space. There was no danj^er, 

 either, of spoiling tlie concrete tloor — as 

 there has been of ruining sonic dance 

 floors at previous conventions — by drag- 

 ging boxi's about. I'lantsuien coubl water 

 their stock all tliev wished and ]iay no 

 heed to the surjdus moisture underfoot. 

 There are some who believe the unjirom- 

 ising aspect of the exterior of the build- 

 ing and the climb uj) the incline deterred 

 the unwelcome ])ublic from coming in 

 and discouraged the florist from wander- 

 ing out, siiu-e he must then make the 

 grade a secoml time. 



Oidy on«' circumstance was criticized 

 — the necessity of bidding the meetings 

 away from the convention hall. The 

 absence of space in the garage buibling 

 and the noise fif construction comiKdled 

 the sessions' being held at the Hottd 

 Hollenden. But whether the exhibi- 

 tion or the meetings suffered in conse- 

 (juence dejiends upon one's viewpoint. 



Secretary Young said more space had 

 been sold than there was at Chicago 

 in 1912. and, if the aisles had not al- 

 ready l)een jiruned once, jierhaps more 

 could have been disposed of. Tliere 

 certainly was no surjdus space for tlu> 

 inspecting florists. 



The Amenities. 



The coiiM'ution ojienc(l with the usual 

 amenities. Following the invocation the 

 (•;ill to order wms b\- the presicb'ut of 

 the Cl.'Vidand Florists' flub, H. P. 

 Merrick. He intro(|uced Adam (Ir.'ih.am, 

 tlie grand <dd man of the trade in Cleve- 



land. Mr. (Jraliam spoke for the flo- 

 rist, after which there was the custom- 

 ;try ofticial welcome. The S. A. F. has 

 been handed the keys to ])ractically 

 every large city in the country, but 

 seldom in a more hospitable manner 

 than ui)on the ]>resent occasion. The 

 response was by our silver-tongued 

 orator. Mr. Ammann. of Ivlwardsville. 



.\fter the glad handing was over, 

 riiairman Merrick introduced President 

 Miller, who re.ad the carefully prepared 

 address which apjiears in full in this 

 is.sue of The Keview. It was referred 

 to a committee for later action. 



The report of the secretary and treas- 

 uitT were f(dlo\vei| by those of the 

 finance committee and Washington rep- 

 resentative. The minutes of the boanl 

 of directors were jiassed over, as were 

 the reports of the stat(> vice-presidents, 

 :is the hour w;is lute, the h;ill in the Ibd 

 len<b'n hot(d was crowded and there was 

 mucdi routine on the jirogram. 



President's Reception. 



Tli.'it time-honored function, the jires 

 i<lent 's reception, though jnirely in- 

 fornuil was amid im]iressive surroiind- 

 ings, taking place in the Hollenden hotel. 

 President Miller and his oflicial family, 

 nssiste(l by se\er.'il ])ast presidents, 

 shook hamls with .'i long line of mem- 

 bers, after whicdi ther(> was d.ancing. 



Washington Next. 



The place for the meeting for the 

 succeeding year is decided during the 

 president's recejition, invitations hav- 

 ing been extendeil earlier in the day. 

 Provision is for a li.'iUot, but this time 



it was a matter of form, as Washing 

 ton, D. C, was the only place consid 

 ered. 



Officers Elected. 



A smaller number gathered at Wednes 

 day morning's session, which assembler 

 at 10 o'clock. William F. Gude opened 

 the proceedings with the report of thr 

 tariff and legislation committee, pub 

 lished in full elsewhere in this issue of 

 The Review. Upon motion of Z. D 

 Blackistone, it was placq^ on file. 



When nominations for the office of 

 president for 1921 were asked for, Her 

 man P. Knoblc presented the name ot 

 Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass. W. F 

 Gude seconded. S. S. Pennock moved 

 the nominations bo closed. Philip 

 Breitmeyer and Wallace R. Pierson, in 

 seconding the motion, urged the unani- 

 mous election of Mr. Roland, which re 

 suited. 



Z. D. Blackistone nominated Adolphus 

 Gude, of Washington, D. C, for vice- 

 president and S. R. Pennock seconded 

 him. Since no other name was present- 

 ed, he is the unanimous choice of the 

 convention. 



George Asmus urged the rei'lection of 

 .Tohn Young, of New York, as indication 

 of the society's appreciation of his 

 work as secretary. Wm. F. Gude sec- 

 onded the nomination. 



Treasurer J. J. Iless, of Omaha, was 

 also chosen to succeed himself. 



For directors, Thomas Joy, of Nash 

 ville, Tenn., was nominated by W. W. 

 Gammage; H. G. Berning, of St. Louis, 

 by August Ilummert; Carl ITagenburgcr, 

 of West Mentor, O., by James McLaugh 

 Tin, and Harry Papworth, of New Or 

 leans, by S. S. Pennock. 



Create Committee on Finance. 



After the nomination of officers an 

 address on mutual insurance was deliv 

 ered by F. H. Steam, of the J. S. Kern 

 per Co., Chicago. 



Discussion of the proposed amend 

 meats to the S. .\. F. by laws followed. 

 The change inaugurating an audit and 

 finance committee was made. 



The treasurer was relieved of the re 

 sponsibility of the society's invest 

 ments. 



The appropriating power of the ex 

 ecutive board was raised from $100 t(' 

 $1,000. 



The number of voting stations in elec 

 tions was increased from four to five. 



Draft on Permanent Fund. 



After much frank discussion of tli< 

 ])ublicity camjiaign and the result to th' 

 society's finances from the api)ropri:i 

 tions made to it, it was decided to em 

 power the ])roper officers to effect a loai 

 of $10,000 from the ])erinanent fund t' 

 the general fund, to be returned "whe: 

 circumstances allowed. ' ' 



A wireless message was read from ( 

 IT. Totty, on board the steamship Altii 

 sending best wishes to the convent ioi 



At the opening of the afternoon se- 

 sion August 18, Robert Pyle, ])residen 

 of the American Rose Society, present 

 ed to E. G. Hill the Hubbard g(dd med.-i 

 for Rose Ctdumbia. Mr. Hill responde 

 ill his usual ajd f.asliion, looking muc 

 icfresheil by his Kuro]tean journey. 



Afternoon for Publicity. 



The afternoon of the second day wa 

 given over to a discussion of the n;i 

 tional jniblicity campaign. The rejiot 

 of Henry Penn, chairman of the ])ul 

 licitv committee, api)cars in this issue i' 



