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TEXAS TRADE HOLDS 

 SEVENTH CONVENTION 



Maintaining its estahlislu d reputation as a l(a<l(r (unniui slati organiza- 

 iions, the Texas State Florists' Association held a hif/hli/ intinsliufi .i-daij 

 meeting at Sa7i Antonio last au (k. The success of the convention in interest- 

 ing visitors was reflect! d hi/ a targe increase i)i the association's menihe rship. 



HE latest census reports 



Tshow that tlio city of San 

 Antonio, Tex., has in- 

 creased i t s population 

 over sixty-seven per cent 

 sin<-e llie census of 1!)1<>. 

 As tlioufjh it desired to 

 emulate jiroperly the f,'ood 

 example of this live and 

 up-to-date city, the Texiis 

 State Florists' Association closed its 

 seventh annual convention, held at San 

 Antonio, Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 Thursday, July 12 to 14, with its mem- 

 bership increased over forty per cent 

 and much other good work aicom- 

 plishcd. 



At 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Y. C. 

 Suchy, of San An- 

 tonio, called the 

 meeting to order in 

 the ballroom of the 

 St. Anthony hotel, 

 in the presence of 

 an array of artistic 

 and fitting decora- 

 tions of palms and 

 flowers. After the 

 invocation, given by 

 the Rev. F. S. Erne, 

 an address of wel- 

 come was delivered 

 by Mayor Black. He 

 was responded to 

 by H. O. Hannah, 

 of Sherman, on be- 

 half of the Texans, 

 and by Charles Pe- 

 terson, of Cincin- 

 nati, on behalf of 

 the out-of-state vis- 

 itors. 



I'resident Otto 

 Tj a n g, of Dallas, 

 then delivered the 

 president's address, 

 in which he spoke 

 of the rapid rise of 

 the florists' indus- 

 try in Texas, the 

 increase of the ac- 

 tual growing of 

 flowers in Texas 

 and the cheery pros- 

 pects for the future 

 of the trade in 

 Texas. The secre- 

 tary's and treas- 

 urer's reports were 

 next given by Louis 

 J. Tackett, of Fort 

 Worth. These re- 

 ports and the presi- 

 dent's address were 

 turned over to an 



auditing coiinuittcc 

 final resolutions. 

 The next dav. \V 



and a coiuniitlcr t'oi 



rilncsda V 



fill. 



Verner J. Davis. 



(Kli'Cted PifSiili'til 111 till" Texas Stati- Fli>ii>ts' Assoi-iatio 



with interesting talks and papers. Kay 

 Lambert, commissioner of parks of San 

 Antonio, told of the comparatively 

 small expense of building up the public 

 park system of San Antonio. His was 

 an interesting subject and can be ap- 

 preciated by florists more than by any 

 other class of men. R. C. Kerr, oV 

 Houston, in a talk the subject of which 

 w;is "Salesmanship in the Flower 

 Shop," told many j)oints which, if eon- 

 formed to, create a better feeling be 

 tween the buyer and the seller, when 

 the customer comes into the store. This 

 .■iddress ajipears on anotlier juige of this 

 issue. 



W. J. Haker, of Fort Worth, told of 

 file many advantages of belonging to 

 the S. A. F. Enough 

 additional members 

 of the Texas State 

 Florists' Associa- 

 tion were placed 

 upon the roster of 

 S. A. F. members 

 during the three 

 days of the con- 

 vention to entitle 

 the state associa- 

 tion to a place 

 (ui the board of 

 directors of the 

 S. A. F. 



Mrs. Simeon W. 

 Shaw, of Clayton, 

 Tex., the originator 

 of the idea of an 

 international flower 

 d;iv for November 

 II,' talked of the 

 jilan. J a m e s W. 

 Uegbie, of Shreve- 

 ]iort. La., in his 

 f;ilk, "Shall We 

 Make November 11 

 a Flower Day?'' 

 ■^|ioke rather dis- 

 eouragingly of the 

 jirojeet. However, 

 tht> (' o n V •" n t i n 

 l>assed a resolution 

 recommending that 

 X V e m b e r 11 be 

 iii.'ide an interna- 

 t ional flower d a y 

 .•ind that the ((Ues- 

 fioii bi> brought up 

 t'or discussion .'it the 

 convention of the 

 S. A. F. at Wash- 

 ington in August. 



The subject, "Is 



nmibling i'rices for 



Cliristmas, Easter 



n.) anil Mothers' Day 



