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ACODBT 21, 1913. 



The Florfets' Review 





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The Water Garden of Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, at the Minneapolis G>nvention. 



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seconded by Jamea B. Shea, "W. W. Coles 

 and I. C. Bertermann. 



For secretary — John Young, of New 

 York, to succeed himself, nominated by 

 R. Vincent, Jr., seconded by W. W. Coles 

 and W. H. Siebrecht. 



For treasurer — W. F. Kasting, of Buf- 

 falo, to succeed himself, nominated by 

 I. C. Bertermann, seconded by Philip 

 Breitmeyer. 



The election could not be concluded 

 until the next day, when a unanimous 

 ballot was cast. 



Miscellaneous Business. 



Secretary Young read voluminous 

 minutes of the several meetings of the 

 board of directors. It showed where 

 the real work of the society is done, but 

 tlie minutes were received without com- 

 ment. 



A report of the committee on flood 

 relief work, Messrs. Evans, Hill and 

 Poehlmann, was presented. The com- 

 mittee was discharged with a vote of 

 thanks. 



A telegram was read from Dan Mac- 

 Rorie, of San Francisco, representing 

 the Pacific Coast Horticultural Society, 

 sending greetings and renewing the in- 

 vitation to meet at the Panama-Pacific 

 exposition in 1915. The chair explained 

 that action could not be taken at this 

 time and the matter was laid on the 

 table. 



Wallace R. Pierson presented a re- 

 port for the publicity committee, ex- 

 plaining that it never had been possible 

 to do anything more than encourage 

 local and individual effort. The com- 

 mittee recommended that the national 

 committee of florists ' clubs ' representa- 

 tives be continued and asked to prepare 

 a plan for establishing a publicity bu- 

 reau. Mr. Pierson asked that his own 

 committee be discharged. 



I. C. Bertermann said that the Tele- 

 graph Delivery Association has added 

 forty members to the S. A. F. in the last 

 vear and made a plea for greater rep- 

 resentation for the association in the 

 society's management and program. 

 Philip Breitmeyer followed with an ar- 

 gument why the 8. A. F. should seek 

 ways of pushing the retailers' organiza- 

 tion, and George Asmus pointed out 

 that the F. T. D. is the only one of the 



special societies that makes membership 

 in the S. A. F. a qualification for those 

 who wish to join the special organiza- 

 tion; he urged this as a paramount rea- 

 son why the S. A. F. should stand back 

 of the F. T. D. and further its interests 

 as its own. No action was taken. 



National Flower Show. 



Charles H. Totty, chairman of the 

 National Flower Show committee, pre- 

 sented a detailed report of the New 

 York exhibition, which had returned the 

 guarantors ten per cent on their money 

 and left a profit of $1,500.72 to go into 

 the S. A. F. show fund. The report was 

 accepted, with a rising vote of thanks 

 to the committee. 



A discussion followed, all laudatory 

 of the work of the committee and with 

 only minor criticisms of the show itself 

 and of the handling of its infinite de- 

 tails. 



On behalf of the Florists' Club of 

 Philadelphia, Adolph Farenwald invited 

 the S. A. F. to hold the next National 

 Flower Show in Philadelphia in 1916. 

 The invitation was referred to the show 

 committee with power to act. 



The Judges' Beports. 



The following awards were made, for 

 novelties: 



F. B. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 honorable mention for Nephrolepis Elms- 

 fordi. 



The Carnation Support Co., Conners- 

 ville, Ind., honorable mention for car- 

 nation support. 



E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, Mass., cer- 

 tificate of merit ^or paper pots. 



Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, highly 

 commended for Nephrolepis robusta. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 certificate of merit for tropical South 

 American humming bird; highly com- 

 mended for prepared burrs for wreaths. 



Lion & Co., New i^ork, certificate of 

 merit for Brazilian humming bird. 



M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, highly 

 commended for blooming bromus for 

 decorative work; highly commended for 

 red cattails. 



Schloss Bros., New York, highly com- 

 mended for flower velvet ribbon; highly 

 commended for velvet corsage tie. 



H. G. Dreyer & Son, Cleveland, highly 



commended for adjustable candelabra; 

 highly commended for corner laddt^r. 



Wertheimer Bros., New York, highly 

 commended for silver lattice ribbon; 

 highly commended for anti-tarnish sil- 

 ver gauze ribbon; highly commended for 

 iridescent decorated ribbon. 



Peters & Reed Pottery Co., South 

 Zanesville, O., highly commended for 

 decorative line of Moss-Aztec ware. _ 



The Dinner Tables. 

 A novelty for an August convention 

 was a competition in decorating dinner 

 tables. A gentleman who wanted to 

 help along the local interest offered 

 some good cash prizes. Four retailers 

 competed. The judges' report, presented 

 by D. A. Robertson, of Chicago, gave 

 first prize to the Yerxa Grocery Co., 

 second to L. S. Donaldson Co. 



Affiliation. 

 The session of Thursday morning was 

 devoted to the address of Adolph Far- 

 enwald and a general discussion of the 

 subject of affiliation. In the end the 

 matter was referred to the board of 

 directors, with a request for an early 

 report. 



THE PBESIDENT'S RECEPTION. 



The annual reception to the president 

 was marred to some extent by the rain 

 that fell intermittently all day Tues- 

 day, August 19, and which settled into 

 a steady fall as evening approached, but 

 as a majority of the members were 

 domiciled at the Radisson hotel, where 

 the function was held, the not large 

 Gold room was well filled. In the re- 

 ceiving line were S. A. Jamieson, then 

 the president, Mrs. C. H, Maynard, the 

 vice-president, Mrs. Wirth, ex-President 

 Vincent, Mrs. Vincent, E. G. Hill, Miss 

 Matilda Meinhardt, J. A. Peterson and 

 Mrs. Peterson. The affair was infor- 

 mal. Music and light refreshments were 

 provided and dancing followed. 



ILLUSTBATBD LECTUBIIJB- 



The large attendance i« th^ yj^. ball- 

 room at the armory 19mdpidgi0^ fv^liing, 

 August 20, was a tTih«|l6to the work 

 done by Theodore Wi^rHi> for he was the 

 speaker of the evening. His subject 

 was "The Parks and Boulevards of 



