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The Florists^ Review 



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BOARD HAS TWO HARD DAYS 



SOCIETY AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Executive Board Meeting. 



TIk; !iiniii;il iiieotiiif^ of the executive 

 l,(iar(l <il' tlic Society of Aiiiericitii Klo- 

 ii,t> was licltl ill the Woman's Art 

 liiiililiii^, Jiidiiiiiaiiolis, ]iul., Monday 

 .•11,(1 Tiicsd.-iy, iMarcli 'J7 and 28. The 

 iint'liiii; was ]irfsi(led over by I're.si- 

 ,lrii( S. S. I'eiinock. 



The first session was liehl Monday at 

 ;»::;ii a. ni. The president called the 

 iiirrtiii;; to orth'r, and directed tliat the 

 roll he called, when tlie followiiiji- were 

 idiiinl to be present: 



S. S. Pennock, ]iresident, I'liiiadel- 

 jihia; Samuel Murray, vice-iiresident, 

 i\,ins;is (!ity; .lohn Youn},', secretary, 

 New York; ,1. .). Hess, treasurer, Oina- 

 li.i; William !•'. (!ude, Washington rep- 

 resentative, WashiiiRtou, D. C; J. C. 

 \ aii^ili.ni, iiation.al cnuncilor, Chicago; 

 William L. Hock, Kansas City; ller- 

 iji.iii 1'. Kiiohle, Cleveland; Paul R. 

 Klin^^sporn, Chicago; Thomas C. Joy, 

 Nashville, Tenn.; Carl llagenburger, 

 .Mentor, ().; Wallace R. Pierson, Crom- 

 will. Conn.; Thomas Roland, ex-oflieio, 

 Nahant, Mass.; .1. F. Ainmann, jiresi- 

 dent Florists' Hail Association, Ed- 

 wardsville, Jll.; Joseph Kohout, jiresi- 

 ileiit Chicago Florists' Club, Liberty- 

 \ille, 111.; Henry Penn, chairman pub- 

 licity committee, Boston, Mass.; George 

 Asmus, cliairman national flower show 

 committee, Chicago; Pliilip Preitmever, 

 president V. T. D., Detroit, Mich.; \V. II. 

 Culp, ]»resident Kansas State Florists' 

 Association, Wichita, Kan.; S. W^ Cog- 

 gan, president Michigan State Florists' 

 Asscjciation, Battle Creek, Mich.; W. D. 

 Howard, president American Carnation 

 Society, Milford, Mass.; Roman J. Ir- 

 win, president New York Florists' Club, 

 New York; Robert Pyle, i)resident 

 American Kose Society, West (irove, 

 Pa.; W. A. Rowe, presid<'nt St. liOuis 

 Ilorists' Club, Kirkwood, Mo.; .lames 

 McLaughlin, president Cleveland Flo- 

 rists' Club, Cleveland; II. M. doy, presi- 

 dent T(Miiiessee State Florists' Associa- 

 tion, X.ashville, Tenn.; A. S. Cray, ])res- 

 ident Oklahoma State Florists' Associ- 

 ation, Chickasha, Okla., and Richard 

 Vincent. Jr., president American D.ahlia 

 Society, White Marsh. Md. The dele- 

 gate members r(^i)resenting the aftiliatcd 

 organizations, .ill liaving ])resented 

 credentials, were (bily s(\'tted. James 

 McI,aM;ihliii was ,'i])j>ointed serge.ant- 

 at;irnis. 



Finances. 



Secretary "b'onng read his repoit of 

 the W.isliington trade exhibition, which 

 --liiiw.ul th.at ;i ])refit of .t'i.'i-H.C'l had 

 been re;ili/ed. The total reeei]its were 

 *H>.^<iS.4;?, and disbursements $:i,8S7.82. 

 <bi motion of Mr. R(dand. the r.'])ort 

 \v;i- aei-epted and ordered to be made 

 p.ait (.r the itiiniites. 



'I'lie secretary then read the report 

 "' tlie anditiiiL: committee, tirst ex- 

 id.-iiiiing tl,;it this wa^^ a new commit- 

 tee of lay members of the societv aj)- 

 pointed ,i| the recommeiidat ioii of 

 Tli(.m;is ]{(,l;nid while president. The 

 r; port,^ submitted by Percy B. Kight, 

 ^'ew York, chairman of the committee, 

 endorsed the work of the olTicial audi- 



tors, and I he wdik of tlie --ecret a ry '.^ 

 ollice in the ])re|ial;il ion of the xarioiis 

 ai-coiints. whieli \v;is enor'mous. 'I'lie 

 ex]ii-n<lit lire for ;iiiilitor's ser\iee w.'is, 

 in the o|iiiiioii of the committee, (juite 

 ncce-.s:ii'y, and w.as both noiiiiii:il and 

 reason.able. 



Considerahb' discussion ensued .as to 

 the advisability of continuing the serv- 

 ice of the jiiildic auditors, and it was 

 finally decided, on motion of Secretary 

 Young, that the services of the ]inlilic 

 accountants be continued, with compen- 

 sation not to exceed that now provided. 



The secretary then jiresented his an- 

 nual financial report, which was ipiite 

 b'ngthy. The rejiort w.as jirefaced with 

 the rejjort of the otiicial tiuditors, 

 which certified that balances of the dif- 

 ferent funds as set out were a true 

 and correct statement of receipts and 

 disbursements since January 1, 1921, 

 and conformed with the balance as 

 shown on the books of the secretary as 

 of December 31, 1921. It was shown 

 th.at there was a balance in the jierma- 

 iient fund of $4!),167.C8, and in the gen- 

 eral fund of $10,653.01. In addition, 

 the secretary read a lengthy statement 

 from the auditors, embodying comments 

 on the system of .accounting in force, 

 and suggesting ;i few changes looking 

 to its betterment. 



Treasurer J. J. Iless [u-esented his an- 



nual liii.i lie iai rejioi't. with oliieial )i- 

 poils !|-oiii the .iinlitoi^, and hank cer- 

 tilieatev as to li;ilaiiee>. all ot whieli 

 agree.! witli till' sicretary's leport. 



At Washiiigton. 



Williaiii I', (■iide, as Washington rep- 

 resenl ;it i \ e, stilted that while there had 

 lieen no necessity for jiart iciilarly ac- 

 Ti\i si'rv ice. he might mention that last 

 fall he li;ii| ln.'eii privately informed 

 that a liill had been introduced which 

 threateneil the' ji.'ircel pcist si.r\ice for 

 llorists, and he had at one,-, throiigli 

 the trade pajjcrs, calli'd upon all niem- 

 bers of the trade to make jirotests to 

 their congressmen ag.ainst tlie p.assage 

 of siiidi bill. The bill, he had since lieen 

 int'ornied, had been practically with- 

 drawn. He had considered it advisa- 

 ble, he said, at tin' time of the dis.arma- 

 ment conference in Washington, to fol- 

 low the example set by the Rotary CluK 

 and other org.ani/ations, and send flow- 

 ers to the opening of the conference, 

 lie had also sent a large basket of 

 American P>eauty roses in the name of 

 the society, but at his own expense. 



\'ice-Pri'sident Murray reported as to 

 the renting of the auditorium in Kan- 

 sas City for the August convention. 

 Secretiiry 'i'oung reported that he and 

 President Pennock liad visiteil Kans.as 

 Citv and looked over the auditorium, 



Samuel S. Pennock. 



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