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The Florists' Review 



AcoDST 21, 1913. 



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publicity committee was called for, but 

 during the strenuous day^ Qt the exhibi- 

 tion it was never possible tp get more 

 than a few members of this committee 

 together, although a great many florists' 

 clubs had appointed delegates to this 

 committee meeting. 



There is a wonderful field for the 

 florist in properly placing before the 

 public his product, in combined adver- 

 tising and in keeping in touch with 

 other cities to know how they are han- 

 dling the problem. The matter has 

 been taken up with the Daily News- 

 paper Association, which is anxious to 

 put the florists' clubs in touch with 

 newspapers in their own communities 

 and would explain to the florists' clubs 

 or their committees the benefits that 

 could be derived from combined adver- 

 tising. 



Your committee requests to be dis- 

 charged, but recommends that a meet- 

 ing of the national committee be called 

 for the purpose of organization and 

 that this committee report back to the 

 convention a plan for the organization 

 of a publicity bureau, this plan to be 

 acted upon before adjournment by the 

 convention assembled. 



SECBETABY'S BEPOBT. 



[Continued from pave 27.] 

 cellence of floral art Bho\?n In bis exhibit In 

 trade section. . , ^ r. ^ 



The National Flower Show gold medal to Peter 

 Henderson & Co. for general display. ,^. ^ 



Silver medal and certificate of merit to Monnt 

 Desert Nurseries for display of astilbes and 



The other awards form a part of the report of 

 the chairman of the National Flower Show com- 

 mittee. . _, J , 



Other Medals. 



A silver medal was awarded through the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Nov. 7. 

 1912. to George Melvin. South Jramingham, 

 Mass.. for Solanum Capslcastrum var. Melvlnil. 



A silver medal was awarded through the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Chicago. April 1 1913, to 

 Fritz Bahr, for display of specimen flowering 

 plants, one or more varieties. 



A bronze medal was awarded through the Hor 

 ticultural Society of Chicago, April 1. 1913. to 

 C. W. Johnson, for display of specimen flowering 

 plants, one or more varieties. 



Secretary's Financial Report. 



December 31. 1912. 

 RECEIPTS. 



Dues, 1910 (10) » f?°0 



Does, 1911 (39) oJoiJK 



Dues 1912 (777) ^'^tOO 



Dues, 1913 (7) • ^\-^ 



Additional dues, 1913, on account....... ..100 



Fees and dues, new members, 1912 ^ ^^^ ^ 



Felf aLd duW. new memb^^s." ViizW. ' w'-OO 

 Fees and dues, new members, 1913, on ^^ 



ufe'Tembirship ' fees ' (41) :::::.:::::: 1.025:00 



Trade exhibition. 1912. convention .. . 6.925.80 

 One half gate receipts, convention, 



1012, flower show An 



Exchange included with rjmlttances. . .60 



Trade exhUjlt, 1911 "-^-^ 



INTEREST. 



Jan. 22, State Loan & Trust Co 150.00 



June 14, State Loan & Trust Co 37.50 



July 5 State Loau & Trust Co 150.00 



July 31, American Savings Bank 152.62 



July 31 People's Savings Bank 76.50 



Tnlv 31 Germania Bank ••• ifrx 



I^c 17 CTty and Suburban Realty Co. 37.60 



dSc 31 American Savings Bank 161.50 



dIc 31 German Savings Bank 13.14 



Dec. 31, People's Bank """^^ 



Total '13,780.86 



PAYMENTS. 

 Paid Wm. F. Kasting, treasurer— 



General Fund * i?05571 



Permanent Fund g.05&.<i 



Total $'13,780.86 



From January 1, 1913. to August 0. 1913. 

 RECEIPTS. 



Dues. 1909 (1) ' ^00 



Dues, 1910 (3) ""^ 



Dues, 1911 (6) l?-9» 



Dues, 1912 (46) - ];^''^ 



Dues! 1913 (822) ^' 1200 



Dues, 1914 (4) c. •;,o.i alion 



Fees and dues, new members (125) * rXX 



Additional fees and dues o"V 



Life memberships (23) w •,>; • ''"• 



Registration fee. Orchid Laura S. Kin. 



ball •^•^'" 



Returned by Chas. H. Totty, chairman 

 National Flower Show committee $ 100.00 



Received from National Flower Show — . .• . 

 Committee account National Flower 

 Show. NeW York, April, 1913 1,600.72 



INTEREST. 



Jan. 2, Trl-State Loan & Trust 



Co $150.00 



July 7, TrlState Loan & Trust 



Co 160.00 



July 7, City Suburban & Realty 



Co. 37.50 



July 21, Am. Saving Bank, per- 

 manent fund 72.40 



July 21, Am. Savings Bank, gen- 

 eral fund 92.32 



July 21, German-American Bank, 



general account 47.20 



July 21, People's Bank, savings 



account 60.30 



July 21, People's Bank, checking 



account 31.97 



July 21, People's Bank, perma- 

 nent fund 37.28 



July 21, German Savings Bank, 



permanent fund ... 13.40 692.37 



Acct. trade exhibition and outdoor plant- 

 ing exhibition $2,227.80 



Total $8,373.89 



PAYMENTS. 



Wm. F. Kasting, treas., gen- 

 eral fund $4,850.00 



Wm. F. Kasting, treas., perma- 

 nent fund 1,042.00 



Wm. F Kasting, treas., spe- 

 cial fund 1,500.72 



Cash on band 981.17 $8,873.89 



Orders drawn on the Treasury from No. 



1 to 46 In payment of 1913 bills $4,291.85 



Summary of Expenditures, 1912. 



The following is a statement of war- 

 rants drawn on the treasurer for pay- 

 ment from the general fund, January 1 

 to December 31, inclusive, 1912: 



Drawing original floor plans. Coliseum... $ 20.00 



Printing annual report, 1^11 504.96 



Treasurer's bond 80.00 



Electric sign, moving, etc 22.51 



Engraving medals and cases .". . 9.50 



Framing life membership certificates... 8.80 



Rent, Coliseum building, for convention 2,000.00 



Expenses president's office 27.04 



President's messenger at convention.... 25.00 

 Plants and decorative matei^ial, flower 



show, convention 319.00 



Advertising signs, flower ^bow, conven 



tlon 



Signs at convention hall 



Stereopticon. convention at Chicago 



Printing tickets, flower shbw at conven 



tion ' 



Freight „, ^^ 



Cartage $7.75 



Photographs, flower show, convention . . 10.00 



Press agent, flower sbow, convention 75.00 



Carpenter work at convention 26.00 



Office supplies „^-^ 



Treasurer's salary S2 



Secretary's salary 1 ,000.00 



Secretary's appropriation for expenses at 



convention ?9x'29 



Rent secretary's oflSce, New York 150.00 



Medals .34.94 



Stamps, chairman rixSx 



National Flower Show committee postage 100.00 



Stamped envelopes • ?X*?V 



Engrossing life membership certificates.. ^0.45 



Stationery and printing ^SS'iS 



Express • • SA'S 



Expenses pathologist's office oo.uo 



Pathologist's exhibit of plant diseases, 



convention -iIckA 



Buttons and dies 14B.50 



Board of directors' traveling expenses, 



g{f 74d.dO 



Chairman sports committee «•« »« 



Floral tributes • • • • ■ 



Official reporter, 28th annual convention 



Office of entomologist 



School gardens committee 



Typewriting 



Bond of secretary 



99.65 

 23.00 

 15.00 



24.50 

 6.15 



22.50 

 75.00 



125.00 

 50.00 

 51.. W 



105.70 

 12.50 



Telephone 28-90 



Telegrams • ■ 



Auditor, flower Show, convention 



Doormen, flower show, convention 



Tan bark and labor, flower show, conven- 



Labor at 'convention 'trade exhibit, flower 



show etc •».nj..^u 



Furniture ladles' S. A. F. convention. . . 4.00 



Special allowance to secretary account 



superintendent trade exhibit '^■y!^ 



Trade exhibition. 1911, expense '""" 



Rebate, Carl Hagenburger's fee paid 



twice •• •• ••• ,,..•..•••••• 



Advertising flower show, convention 



Registering letters 



RubB»^ stamp '.'. . i^^^^lp • • •' 



Money order i^- • • » • • • • "•;;•• 



Furniture secretary's office at convention 



Prf^S«K ami expense mailing prospectus 

 to secure new members, by order of 



board of directors •, • ' ' V,' Si If^ 



Correcting plans of convention hall 4.00 



Collection on checks ^-i" 



Sundries ■••• it^nf, 



convention 100.00 



17.10 

 50.00 

 28.00 



105.25 



10.00 



5.00 



222.00 



1.00 



.50 



.20 



15.00 



47.40 



Clerical assistance at 



Total 



.$8,904.20 



CONVENTION. SWAPfHOTS. 



Nobody could find * ' where the wall 

 fell down" without a guide. 



The usual little testimonial in. silver 

 was presented to the president at the 

 close of the convention. 



Secretary John Young has got to know 

 the exhibitors ' likes and dislikes the way 

 one's wife knows hubby's whims. Conse- 

 quently everything runs as smoothly as 

 clockwork. 



The Minneapolis cartoonists like to 

 make pictures of florists — ^and the florists 

 don't seem shy. Emil Leuly, who hiked 

 from Jersey, was a center qf interest to 

 the local pencil pushers. 



J. R. Fotheringham was in a washout 

 in Minnesota that sent most of his train 

 into the ditch and delayed his arrival 

 at the convention for thirty-seven hours. 

 He came from a Pacific coast trip. 



The conductor of the Minneapolis park 

 band, William Warvelle Nelson, has ded- 

 icated a composition to the S. A. F., 

 played for the first time at the concert 

 Friday night. 



The American Sweet Pea Society had 

 a time allotment in the program, but no 

 meetin-g was held. President Sim was 

 not present. Secretary Bunyard and 

 A. C. Beal, who has charge of the trial 

 grounds at Cornell, had a conference. 



Mrs. August Poehlmann, of Chicago, 

 slipped in alighting in front of the 

 armory on the first day of the conven- 

 tion and the fall sprained her ankle so 

 painfully that she was confined to her 

 room at the Badisson for most of the 

 week. . 



A new scheme that worked well was 

 credited to Guy. French, of Morton 

 Grove. Each visitor was asked to sign 

 a card. The cards were punched with a 

 hole to hang on a rack according to the 

 alphabet. The card gave each visitor's 

 home and hotel address. 



The armory is an ideal place for such 

 an affair. The big drill floor is ample 

 for any ordinary exhibition and the com- 

 pany rooms are flne for meetings. And 

 the rent, by the way, is just half what 

 the Coliseum at Chicago cost last year 

 and about an eighth what the Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace in New York cost per 

 week. 



The souvenir album published by the 

 Minneapolis Florists' Club was a fine 

 example of the printers' art; it was a 

 departure from the form of previous 

 souvenirs, being of standard magazine 

 size. J. A. Ridgway, the chairman of 

 the committee in charge, acknowledges 

 that this was another place in which the 

 tireless energy of Theodore Wirth 

 counted for a great deal. 



The outing was postponed" this year 

 till Saturday, to give additional time to 

 the business affairs of the society and 

 to give the visitors better opportunity 

 to do justice to the trade's display. 

 These desirable objects were attained, 

 but it was at the expense of the attend- 

 ance at the outing, for many of the vis- 

 itors found it necessary to start for 

 home without waiting for the picnic and 

 sports. 



Adolph Poehlmann, of Chicago, who 

 drove his machine to tlie convention, had 

 a breakdown on the last leg of the 

 journey. W. J. Keimel, of Hlmhurst, 111., 

 happened along and took Mrs. Poehl- 

 mann aboard, leaving the owner of the 

 machine to get it repaired and follow 

 when he could. He lost a day. August 

 Poehlmann got through about on schedule, 

 leaving Chicago August 14 and reaching 

 Minneapolis in the evening of August IS. 



