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The Florists* Revieu 



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HARTFORD CONVENTION 



K^W'tay^ffii^lt^ti.YriirA-fitTrtirA-fitT^^^ 



CARNATION MEN ELECT. 



Annual Meeting at Hartford. 



,\l tlio aiiinial iiu'L'tiiij; ol' tln' Aiiici- 

 ii-aii Carnalioii Hocii'ty, at Jlart t'uril. 

 I'oim., last wcL'k, the following; ofTicn^ 

 were elected for the eiisiiiiijjf year: 



rresideiit A. I''. .1. I'aiir, I iiiii;iiia]ii] 

 lis. hid. 



Vice |ii'esi(ieiit llciiry W, She[)pard, 

 I 'iiiciniiat i, O. 



Secretary Oli\er K. St ciiikaiii]), In 

 di.'Diajiolis, Iiid. 



Treasurer l'"reil [■'.. Doriii'i-. I.af.ivette, 

 liid. 



'I'lie (irst session ol' the ini'etilit; 

 o|icned Thmsday Mioriiin;^, .laiinary ilt>. 

 in ;i c()ni])aiiy room ol' the I'ool (Juard 

 armory at II ;irt lord. \ice [iresident 

 Oshorn hroujjhl the mei'tiiiy to order. 

 A representative! ol' tlie mayor ji;ave the 

 speecdi of W(di'ome, to wlllidl < ". S. Strout 

 replied in his cwstom.-iry li;ippy vein. 

 The address of the ])resident and the re 

 jiorts of the secretary .iiid tin; treasuri'r 

 were then jiresentcd as jmhiished in 

 last week 's issue ot' Tin' Heview. On 

 the committee to consider the ollicers ' 

 rojiorts, l'resi<lent Howard then ap 

 pointi'ij S. .1. <"iodd;ird. i ". S. Siront ,ind 

 ' '. W. .lohnson. On the committee on 

 i-oiiclolcnces lie a|i|iointcci Albert M. 

 llerr. William Sim and Harold .1. I'at 

 ten. The committee ajipointed to draw 

 II]) tin.tl resohitions was K. Saniider^. 

 'I'hom.'is Teller and Kohert Kift. 



\V'iHi;im Niidujlson sent a tele;;iain e\ 

 pressiny his regrets in not ln-in^ .-ilile 1(j 

 atteml the meetinti. Ill \ iew" of his ser\- 

 ices to the soi'iety ill t orilier davs as 

 president .and as iuii;;e. ( '. W. .lohnson 

 nioved lli.at the society send a remem 

 lirance in the I'orm oi thnvers to Mr. 



Nicholson. Win. I". (Jii<le sent a tele 

 j^ram from Washiii^itoii, I). (L, rcKi't'ttinfj 

 that his broken ankle kept him away 

 from the meetiiitr. Carl l';ii}.jidmann, of 

 .'"iaIVron Walrlen, Kiif^^hnid, who was a 

 \ isitor at the society's meeting two 

 \ears .•iy;o, sent an expr(>ssion ot' his 

 liest wishes for the success of the Halt 

 I'ord e;it herillji. 



Cincinnati Next Year. 



When invitations for the next meet 

 ]t\<^ of the socii'ty came np for consid 

 eration, ( 'inciiinat i h.ail the tield alone. 



\'eiitioli. He u.as iiii.iii inioiis] V idei-ted 

 .at t he i\ cnine meet in;^. 



Hunt for Secretary. 



The . Iniice of ;i siicci~si,r to Ml. Ham 



ill tl Ilice of secret;ir> .appeared didi- 



cult ami S. .1. Goddard mo\n-(l that a 

 coiiiniittee of thrc>e 1m' appointeil to 

 bi'in^ in a nomination ai the evenino 

 session. 'J'lie chair ajipidnted Mr. (umI- 

 dard, ('. W. Johnson and ('. S. St rout, 

 uhd, upon c-.anv.assiii;; the field, belie\ed 

 the best jierson available to be Oliver 

 Iv .Steinkainp, the partmT in Imsiness 



The reipiest t'roiii florists of the Ohio of the retiring secretary. .V Kdegraii) 



city h.ail been made two years bei'oie to .Mr. Steinkainp hroiiiiht the response 



.ind reiii'i-.ited last yeiir. J'oriu.ai ac that if it was not contrary to t he pritici- 



cept.ance \v;is made at the exeniiie ses pies of the organization to imdiide 



sion. Opinion was exjiressed by several, .iinonjr its oflfieers (wo members from the 



1 hiel' of whom were S. J. (ioddard, (". 8. s.i linn, he would be willing: to act 



."sfroiit and < '. \V. Johnson, that the for the ensuin;,' \ e.n\ Hi- nomination 



.\nierican Carnation Society should hold was iinanimonsl v contirme.f. in the l)e 



its exhibition alone, holdin;^ that the lief of those present that this- I'lierjietie 



roses detr.K'ted from the value of' the yonnji man could <lo niiicli for the so- 



e.xhibitions to carnation nien. .\f'tei' ci(dy, haviufc Mr. Haur .at hand durin;.; 



some discussion this matter w.as l.aiil (he comin{r year to initi.ite iiim ni tin 



ii\ er for t'lirther con-:idei:i t ion at the work. 



eveiiiiiy session. 



Sinci' A. F. J. Haiir h.id eisrn w;iin 

 inn' a ye.ar ay" that In' would not be 

 considered as a camlidate for secretary 



lo siic< I hilliselt' this ye.ar, wiiiidi 



marks the com|)letion ot' his thirteenth 

 consecutive term of' oHice, < '. S. Sfroiit' 

 nominated him t'or the ottice of presi- 

 dent, with the ide.a of expressinj; the 

 society's reward for the lon^r years of 

 Mr. liaiir's faithful servi<-i'. His elei- 

 tion was m.ade iiii.aiiimoii- at the even 

 iiiir meetin;,'. 



.\. I'. .1. H.iiir iioniin.ite.j II. W. Shep 

 p;ird .'IS \ice president, to be in (diaryc 

 of a rr.a ni^enient - at the i 'iiici nn.at i con 



.Mthoiijih his dutie- h,c\e kejit liim at 

 home, Fred K. Donn^r w.is thouf^ht the 

 best (dioice for th<' ollice of treasurer, 

 aiul his reidection w.as tinanimoiis. 



I'eter Fisher \\-;is rerde.-ted to the otificc 

 of director. 



Since it w.as necess.aiv t<i eie<-t t W<» 

 judtics to fill the v.ac.ancie.. ,it this meet- 

 in;;, < '. S. Stront thousihl that no better 

 choice could be made than tli.at of ('. W. 

 • lohnson to succeed himself. F()r the 

 other \-acan<'y .\. I'. .1. I'.,iur jnit in nom 

 illation the name of .John Hartje, ot' 

 Indianapolis, Sine.' the .-ccietv's b\ 

 laws reiiuire tlnee iiomiii.al ii^ns for the- 

 two \;icancies. sinn,. mi, w;i- rrMpiirert 



View of the Carnations and Roses at the Hartford Exhibition, Looking Toward the Stage 



