Al'Oist 19, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



35 



full. Major P. F. O'Kcefe, of Boston, 

 ;i(i(ii08se(l the meeting on the society's* 

 iiublicity in national publications. On 

 this subject a good deal of discussion 

 iiilldwed, since it was closely connected 

 witli the organization's finances, brought 

 I J light by the finance committee's re- 

 iKirt. 



K. S. I^atshaw, of the Butterick Pub- 

 ications, New York, also made a strik- 

 rig address on "Publicity." 



F. R. Pierson made his report as chair- 

 inn of the committee on the develop- 

 -..ent of American products and his talk 

 ,.:is followed by E. G. Hill. Their pur- 

 wisc was to stir up interest in the sub- 

 (•(•t and receive suggestions on which 

 ]:C committee might work. 

 Wednesday evening a lecture on re- 

 ,il work was delivered by Max Schling 

 I the Hotel Hollenden, in which he 

 iiowed by lantern slides what can be 

 '.me with flowers bv a skillful florist. 



SECRETARY'S FINANCES. 



Included in Secretary Young's report 

 ■.'.i'^ the financial statement supplemen- 

 ■iiy to the statement which was jtre- 

 ■nted to the executive board at its an- 

 nual meeting and which aj)peared also 

 ill the society's journal. In comment- 

 in;,' on it, the secret.ary says: ''Our ex- 

 |M uses have, of course, increased in com- 

 iimn with the expenses of all organiza- 

 liniis, the old-time dollar now standing 

 inf only no cents or less, but against this 

 is the increase in the income from mem- 

 liciship and the increase in the treasury 

 iroin all sources." 



The statement, which covers tlie ]>e- 

 riocl from January 1 to July 31, 1920, is 

 a'i follows: 



liii.s. 1917— 2 at $.'i.00 $ COO 



Mii'-i. 1918— Tat 3.00 '2\.m 



Hues. 1919— 61 at 3.00 18:<.(K» 



I'Mcs, 19L>a— Sat 2.00 lfi.(KI 



liii.s, 19i>(>- .Sat 3.00 «.t)0 



I'Mcs, 19i;0— 829 at n.OO * 4.14,'5.(H» 



riiii'S, IHL'l— 4 at 5.00 20. 00 



l»iif'R, 1921— 1 at 2.00 2.00 



Ti-i-t Hiui dues, new meraf)ers — 1 at 



.f:i tto 3.00 



l"'- 3 and due.s, new members — 177 at 



JVOO KS,',.O0 



^"'■'■s, life members — 24 at $2,"). 00 (HWI.OO 



Kti>. life members— 2 at ,10.00 100. OM 



l'''s. life members- 1 nt 20.00 20.00 



I.if<' members' buttons — .')3 nt 75c .'{9.7."i 



Siii.scriptiiins to Journul, etc 73."i.75 



I'niile e.xhibitioii, Detroit 1,7.10 



Inidf exhibition, ("leveland 3.012.55 



Misc. for teletriims and typewriter.... 40.00 



Total $10,561.18 



'•KNKUAL FIND: ,IOtRNAr., .\I)VERTISIXr,. 



■|"t;il sides, April 1 to Jiilv M, 1920...$ 1,465.25 

 Amount remitted to treasurer 920.87 



Total amount oiitstandinj; and due.$ 538.38 

 SIMMARY. 



jt'-rnitted to treasurer $ 9.7SS.15 



I'criMii nent fund 773.03 



'■iii-nil fund; Journ.il adTertlslng 920.87 



■|"tal $11,488.05 



THE LADIES' SOCIETY, 



'Hie Ladies' S. A. F. held its annual 

 "■"■ting at lU o'clock, August 18, in the 

 ';' « lounge room of the Hotel Hollen- 

 '•' 'I, which was filled by an interested 

 ■-' • licring of members despite the 

 ^' ' inth of the day. The u.sual business 

 ' r.'iiisacted and some minor changes 

 l[ ie in the by-laws of the organization. 

 ' oflRcers elected for the ensuing year 



resident— Mrs. George Asmus, Chi- 



'irst Vice-president — Mrs. Wm. F. 

 ' ''f. Washington, D. C, 



'"(•f.tid N'ice-jiresident — Miss Martha 

 'iiint.TlKTg, Chicago. 



Secretary— Mrs. Albert M. Ilerr, Lan- 

 '"r. Pa. 



irasiirer— Miss Perle P.. Fiihiur, 

 Moines, la. 



lEJP 



'liyjiiLyi' 



NEXT NATIONAL SHOW 



MY REPORT will be to cover the 

 activities of the national flower 

 show committee since the convention of 



1919, held in Detroit. There was one 

 meeting of our committee held since 

 that time, in New York city March 17, 



1920, while the New York spring show- 

 was in i)rogres8. 



After going over places that would 

 be logical for the next national flower 

 show, the city of Cleveland was selected 

 as most desirable, in view of the fact 

 that there is in the course of construc- 

 tion, a few blocks from the j)lace where 

 we are now holding our meeting, a won- 

 derful building with plenty of space 

 available. 



Cleveland's Big Building. 



The committee has been careful about 

 spending any money or going to any 

 exjiense whatsoever until we are posi- 

 tive that the building will be completed 

 in time for our exhibition. It perhaps 

 wouM be surprising to know how few 

 buildings there are in the United States 

 suitable for holding our wonderful 

 show. There should be at least 200,- 

 000 s(|uare feet of floor space at our 

 command. Then, too, from an adver- 

 tising point of view, the wonderful pos- 

 sibility of opening a large municipal 

 building with our exhibition would 

 mean much toward financial success. 



Our committee has a f|uorum present 

 for the purpose of ascertaining the 

 exact conditions that exist insofar as the 

 building is concerned. The committee 

 feels positive that it will have no trouble 

 in securing exhibits that will comjiare 

 favorably with, if not be superior to, 

 anything we have hr.d in the past. 



At the meeting held in New York city 

 the American Rose Society and the 

 American Carnation .Society were re[i- 

 resented. and arrangements were made 

 for both of those organizations to co- 

 operate. 



Dates Set for Show. 



Easter in 1922 falls on April 1(5. Tlie 

 committee selected for the opening date 

 of the show Saturday, March 25, and 

 for the closing date Saturday. April 1. 

 The committee has had a preliminary 

 s-chedule set up and printed in galley 

 form, an<i as soon as definite arrange- 

 ments are completed for the building, 

 ^yllich we hope will be soon, the pre- 

 liminary schedule will be mailed broad 

 cast. 



The i>remiuni list prepared is based on 

 an expenditure of $20,000. This amount, 

 of course, would be greatly reduced by 

 the special premiums that are offered 

 by the various horticultural interests. 

 We know that there is a feeling of im- 

 jiatience on the part of some, but when 

 the gigantic task is considered, and all 

 the necessities that go to making our 

 wonderful exhibition what we alwavs 

 want it to be, the last word in floricul- 

 ture, the committee must move care- 

 fully ami cautiously. 



Involves Large Expense. 



The expense of the last exhibition, 



The report of Georce .\smus. chairm.Tu of tlie 

 n.Ttional tlowcr sliow nuiinilttee, presented at the 

 Cleveland convention .VuRust 19, 1920. 



held in Philadelphia, was ai>proximately 

 $r)2,000. This does not include the 

 expense of the exhibitors, which pos- 

 sibly was double that amount. So that 

 it is safe to say that the amount of 

 money that is involved, outside of the 

 value of i)recious plants, etc., is about 

 ,$1.^)0,000. 



Conditions have changed regarding 

 the exhibits. The (juarantine act took 

 away a number of the various {dants 

 that were formerly a prominent factor 

 in our exhibitions. Then, too, it has 

 taken several years to resto(dv the houses 

 that were closed on account of the 

 war. But if there is no hitch — and ap- 

 pearances seem to indicate that there 

 will be none — we hope to have open 

 for the members of this society and 

 the pcojile of tliis country the largest 

 exhibition ever held, in' (nie of the 

 finest buildings in .\merica. All of 

 which can only be obtaine<l by the co- 

 operation :uid h(dp of all those engaged 

 in our noble jirofession. 



THE WM. R. SMITH MEMORIAL. 



rriic report of WilliMMi F. Cude, ctiairman 



of tlic (oiniiiillcc on iiicniori.-il to the late 



William K. Sinilli, presented at the I'levelanU 

 (MUivention .\u;,'ust 17.) 



Since the last report of your com- 

 mittee on the late William R. Smith's 

 memorial nothing has been done; we 

 have just been marking time, waiting 

 the action of the United States govern- 

 ment in ha\iiig the botanic gardens 

 enlarged or moved. Then we may have 

 a large building erected in memory of 

 the late William R. Smith. 



The Burns library, collected by the 

 late William R. Smith and said to be the 

 largt'st collection of Burnsiana in ex- 

 istence, has now found a permanent 

 home in the beautiful Southern Scottish 

 Rite Temple, on Sixteenth street, a 

 building which cost over $2,000,000 to 

 build. This library occupies a room de- 

 voted exclusively to itself. The size of 

 the room is 40x100 feet, furnished in 

 oak throughout. The books are all 

 catalogued and .-inyone may go there 

 and consult the library any day of the 

 week. 



A more fitting tribute to the memory 

 of the late William R. Smith could hard- 

 ly be found than this. The ■lisposition 

 of this library is really inore magnif- 

 icent than he could have hoped for. 



At either end of the room is the fol 

 Inwing inscription in bronze: 



KOnERT BtRNS 



First I'oct T«iureafe of Freemasonry 



'Ihe Smith Collection of lUirusiana 



Collected and Ilonatcil l)y W'm. U. Smith 32* 



of WashloKton, D. C. 



W'e are indeed fortunate in having 

 so splendid a place established in tho 

 memory of the late William R. Smith. 

 It is a literary cairn, as he was pleased 

 to call it, erected where it will stan.l for 

 all times. Indeed, it is said bv .archi- 

 tects from all over the world that this 

 building is the finest piece of arcliitec- 

 ture in existence. 



Funds in haucl to date consist of: 



War Savings stamps ' $1.iKh>00 



Liberty lK,nds l.OOO.OO 



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