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The Florists' Review 



Adqdst 28, 1913. 



burn, Chicago, appointed to fill the 

 vacancy arising from the election of J. 

 F. Ammann as vice-president. 



A summary of the reports of the 

 secretary and treasurer covering the 

 operations of the last year was printed 

 in last week's issue of The Review. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



[The election of officers and the entertainment 

 features were covered In last week's report.] 



The report of the secretary, presented 

 at the annual meeting at Minneapolis, 

 showed 273 members from 1912, with 

 twenty-sfx added to the roll at Minne- 

 apolis, making a total of 299. The treas- 

 urer's report showed receipts of 

 $667.01, disbursements of $457.68 and a 

 balance of $209.33. 



A national bowling organization was 

 formed, with Miss Matilda Meinhardt 

 as captain, Mrs. Frank Traendly as 

 secretary, and Mrs. George Asmus as 

 treasurer, the dues of $1 per year to be 

 used to buy prizes. 



It was voted to establish life mem- 

 berships, the fee to be $10, the proceeds 

 to be kept in a separate fund and in- 

 vested. 



The retiring president, Mrs. F. H. 

 Traendly, was presented with a brace- 

 let containing a gold watch with locket 

 attached. 



The ladies feel that their society was 

 much better represented than was any 

 other, their attendance being sixty- 

 seven, as follows: • 



MEMBERS. 



Ammann, Mrs. J. F., EdwardsviUe, 111. 



AgmuB, Mrs. Geo., Chicago, 111. 



Beuerlein, Mrs. Peter, Elmhurst, L. 1., N. Y. 



Brnenig, Utb. F. W.. St. Lonls, Mo. 



Bullock, Mrs. E. M., Elkhart, Ind. 



Chandler, Miss Aleda, Berlin, N. Y. 



Coles, Mrs. W. W., Kokomo, Ind. 



Crltchell, Mrs. Chas. E., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Esler, Miss Helen J., Saddle River. N. 3. 



Flick. Miss C. P., Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Flick. Miss Ruth, Fort Wayne. Ind. 



Fulmer, Mrs. J. T. D., Des Moines, Iowa. 



Goddard. Miss Helen B., Framlngham, Mass. 



Gude, Mrs. W. F., Washington, D. C. 



Gude, Miss Amelia, Washington, D. C. 



Hendrlckson, Mrs. Isaac S., Floral Park, L. I., 

 N. Y. 



Hlnchllffe, Mrs. J. T., Racine, Wis. 



Kuebn, Mrs. C. A., St. Louis, Mo. 



Manda, Mrs. J., West Orange', N. J. 



Maynard, Mrs. Chas. H., Detroit, Mich. 



McKellar, Mrs. Chas. W., Chicago, 111. 



Meinhardt. Miss Matilda. St. Louis, Mo. 



Patten, Miss Helen F., Toledo, Ohio. 



Patten, Mrs. M. A., Tewksbury, Mass. 



Peterson, Mrs. J. A., Westwood, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



Poehlmann, Mrs. A. H., Morton Grove, 111. 



Poehlmann, Mrs. Aug., Morton Grove, 111. 



Poehlmann, Mrs. John W.. Morton Grove, 111. 



Pollworth, Mrs. C. C, Milwaukee. Wis. 



Quick, Mrs. H. J., Baltimore. Md. 



Ra.^mussen, Mrs. Anrlers, New Albany, Ind. 



Sawyer, Miss Anna Grace, Chicago, 111. 



Scribner. Mrs. E. A., Detroit, Mich. 



Smith, Mrs. Geo. W.. Cleveland. Ohio. 



Traendly, Mrs. Frank H., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Vincent, Mrs. Richard. Jr.. White Marsh, Md. 



Webber, Mrs. Chas., Rockvllle Center, L. I., 

 N. Y. 



Weber, Mrs. Fred C. St. Louis, Mo. 



Wilson, Mrs. J. S., Des Moines, Iowa. 



Winterlch, Mrs. C, Defiance, Ohio. 



NEW MEMBERS. 

 Bebinger, Mrs. T. L.. Des Moines, Iowa. 

 Bergstermann. Mrs. H., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Birch, Mrs. James, Winnipeg, Man. 

 Bonham, Mrs. F. E., Macomb. III. 

 Breltmeyer, Mrs. Fred, Mt. Clemens, Mich. 

 Carss, Miss Eleanor C, Des Moines, Iowa. 

 Daesch, Miss Dora, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Desmond, Mrs. W. D., Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Hill. Mrs. E. G., Richmond. Ind. 

 Kemble. Mrs. W. E., Oskaloosa, Iowa. 

 Kerr, .Mrs. R. C, Houston, Texas. 

 Kelmel. Mrs. W. J.. Elmhurst, 111. 

 Latshaw, Mrs. I. M.. LlbertyvlUe, 111. 

 Loveridge, Mrs. C, Peoria. 111. 

 March, Mrs. W. T., Mitchell, S. D. 

 Monson, Mrs. John, Minneapolis. Minn. 

 Nllsson, Miss Christine, Bronx, N. Y. 

 Peterson, Miss Ida. Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 Rice, Mrs. A. S., Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Schoepfle, Mrs. John. Chicago, 111. 

 Scott, Mrs., Navasota, Texas. 

 Smith, Mrs. Herbert. Danville. 111. 

 Soholt, Mrs. M., Madison, Minn. 

 Spencer, Mrs. Agnes. St. Paul, Minn. 

 Van Bochove, Mrs. John R.. Kalamazoo, Mich. 

 Washburn. Mrs. Frank L., Bloomington, 111. 

 Yeats, Mrs. J. E., Champaign, III. 



The convention closed with a big 

 splash. 



Now we shall see how strong a de- 

 sire there is to affiliate. 



It will stand repeating: The outdoor 

 display was the best of the convention. 



A. Farenwald was the only Philadel- 

 phian present who didn't have some- 

 thing to sell! 



The restaurant in the annex saved a 

 lot of time and carfare. The hall is over 

 a mile from the hotel district. 



C. E. Schaeffer, of La Crosse, is the 

 season's addition to the list of enter- 

 tainers. His antics kept the crowd in a 

 roar. 



The M. Rice Co. exhibit entire was 

 sold to Miss H. B. Whitted, to whom 

 some refer as the Thorley of Minneap- 

 olis. 



What effect will the small attend- 

 ance at Minneapolis have on San Fran- 

 cisco 's chances of getting the conven- 

 tion in 1915! 



Holm & Olson's establishment in St. 

 Paul attracted many visitors, and they 

 all had something to say of admiration 

 for the facilities and evidences of busi- 

 ness to be seen there. 



Emil Leuly, a carnation grower of 

 West Hoboken, N. J., bicycled his way 

 across the country to Minneapolis, averag- 

 ing ninety miles a day. 



W. A. Manda came direct from the 

 international show at Ghent, Belgium, 

 to the convention, making a journey of 

 4,500 miles to be present two days. 



Boston has some ambitious plans for 

 next year's convention, looking to a 

 continuation of the outdoor display. 

 There may be a distinctly novel ar- 

 rangement. 



Probably twenty-five parties of con- 

 vention visitors motored to and from 

 Minneapolis, not to mention Emil 

 Leuly, who biked from New Jersey, 

 1,500 miles. 



Not in any recent year has the gain 

 in S. A. F. membership been so great in 

 proportion to the attendance as it was 

 at Minneapolis. Every fourth man was 

 a new member. 



The retail florists who attended the 

 convention said Minneapolis is one town 

 among a thousand; the flower business 

 there is almost as good in the summer 

 as in the winter. 



Theodore Wirth is a genius of the kind 

 the philosopher had in mind when he 

 made the remark about the infinite capac- 

 ity for taking pains. Mr. Wirth does not 

 overlook the smallest detail. 



W. L. Rock went to northern Minne- 

 sota on a fishing trip after the conven- 

 tion. He likes Minneapolis so well a 

 little encouragement might get him to 

 open a branch store there. 



In twenty-five years Harry A. Bun- 

 yard has missed only one convention, 

 that at Asheville. 



It was noticeable that real novelties 

 were conspicuously few this year. The 

 trade's standards now are so high that 

 a new plant of necessity must possess 

 decided merit to command attention. 



James B. Shea, superintendent of 

 parks, Boston, was on his way to Den- 

 ver, where he is presiding at a meeting 

 of the American Park Superintendents' 

 Association, of which he is president. 



Entertaining the ladies rather than 

 the men proved to be a happy hit. The 

 ladies had the time of their lives in 

 Minneapolis and St. Paul, and they all 

 will want to go to the next convention. 



The final resolutions, though not 

 many heard them, must have been some- 

 thing out of the ordinary. The com- 

 mittee to draft them, appointed by the 

 president, consisted of W. J. Stewart, 

 Michael Barker and A. T. De La Mare. 



No complaint was heard this year 

 from the trade exhibitors because the 

 admission of the public interfered with 

 business. A Philadelphia salesman was 

 seen making his way to the armory one 

 morning with a Phillips novel under his 

 arm. 



Wallace Pierson, P. J. Foley, Albert 

 Pochelon and Roman J. Irwin got up 

 at daylight the day of the picnic and 

 had taken forty-eight fish out of Lake 

 Minnetonka before the balance of the 

 crowd arrived there. One of their pick- 

 erel weighed six pounds. 



The advent of the automobile has 

 added immeasurably to the pleasures of 

 attending conventions. The cars of the 

 local members, and of those who had 

 driven to the convention, always were 

 at the service of those who wanted to 

 make a run to some point of interest. 



F. T. D. Pochelon was about the 

 busiest man at the convention. Per- 

 haps no one in the United States is 

 doing more than he to create new busi- 

 ness for the trade. Like Colonel Sellers, 

 he believes "there's millions in it" — 

 referring to the telegraph delivery of 

 flowers. 



The S. A. F. received official invita- 

 tion from the Panama-Pacific Interna- 

 tional Exposition to hold its 1915 con- 

 vention in San Francisco. Col. Daniel 

 O'Connell Lively, representing ,1. H. 

 Dennison, chief of the department of 

 agriculture of the exposition, and him- 

 self chief of the live stock department, 

 made an address on the last afternoon, 

 telling of the possibilities of the expo- 

 sition. He told of arrangements being 

 made for the horticultural display and 

 of the capabilities of the climate for 

 floriculture. He also explained the gen- 

 eral progress of the exposition, of the 

 arrangements for the Brazilian orchid 

 display, which promises to be the most 

 costly array of flowers ever collected. 



