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The Florists' Review 



AuocsT 28, 1913. 



throughout the year, bo that the interest 

 in our national society will be kept alive. 

 As long as we are not able to hold these 

 fluctuating members, progress, which is 

 essential to usefulness, will be slow and 

 half-hearted. Once the step is taken to 

 unify our much-scattered interest, other 

 societies will soon follow, as the bene- 

 fits derived from concerted action are 

 so many, and so obvious, that they can- 

 not fail to appeal to societies fighting 

 single-handed for advancement. A 

 great and strong national society will 

 carry a dignity with it which alone is 

 worth a great deal to every member of 

 our profession, and I feel quite sure it 

 will bring about a change in the attitude 

 of those of the up-growing generation 

 in regard to horticulture. Ihey will 

 come to realize that it is a science as 

 high in aim and as liroad in scope as 

 any. This will bring about a higher 

 standard of men employed in horticul- 

 ture, which in time will work great 

 changes for the betterment of all. 



Work of W. R. Smith. 



I never had the pleasure to get close 

 to our late friend and member, W. R. 

 Smith, of Washington, D. C, so 1 cannot 

 say for a certainty what was in his mind 

 when for over ten years he tried his 

 best to get the S. A. F. a national char- 

 ter, a most unusual thing, so I have 

 been informed. I think he was a great 

 dreamer, one of those gifted men who 

 imagine things, and I have no doubt 

 in my mind that, when he tried to get 

 this charter, his vision showed him the 

 great destiny of horticulture, and while 

 a dreamer, he was still practical enough 

 to try to give his beloved profession the 



cloth of security and dignity it needed. 

 He was successful in his attempt, and 

 we reverence him for his achievement. 

 We are thinking of erecting a suitable 

 memorial for our late friend, W. B. 

 Smith, but, fellow members, what bet- 

 ter memorial can we put up tor him than 

 to build along the lines he dreamt 

 about, a strong and powerful national 

 society of horticulture, built to promote 

 and take care of its various interests? 

 I feel confident that such must have 

 been his thoughts, and when once these 

 hopes are realized, the gratitude in the 

 hearts of thousands of men in our pro- 

 fession, where there are only hundreds 

 now, for the man who long ago saw and 

 provided, as I have said before, the 

 cloth of security and dignity for it — this 

 gratitude in our hearts toward his mem- 

 ory is the finest memorial we can be- 

 stow on him, and I feel sure he does not 

 wish for any better. 



Advantages of Affiliation. 



Now, fellow members, will you help 

 to bring about the realization of hopes 

 and dreams, not alone of our late friend, 

 but of lots of other members who have 

 spent years of thought and earnest ef- 

 fort to crystallize our long-scattered in- 

 terest? To stop the ever new splitting- 

 up process into special societies and 

 with it the weakening of the old mother 

 [OoDtlnued on pace 34.] 



THE LOCAL MANAGEMENT. 



The local management of the conven- 

 tion was in the hands of fourteen com- 

 mittees, the chairmen of the committees, 

 with Vice-president Wirth and Secretary 

 C. F. Rice, acting as an executive body. 



Hugh wm. 



(Ohalrman Local Entertainment Committee.) 



It was an extremely effective organiza- 

 tion. The committees were as follows: 



FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

 J. S. Mitchell, Chairman. 



Hugh Will, 

 R. A. Latham, 

 C. F. Rice, 

 O. H. Carlson, 



W. D. Desmond, 



O. J. Olson, 



C. E. Schaeffer. 



ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. 



Hugh 

 H. E. Phllpott, 

 A. S. Rice, 



C. N. Ruedllnger, 

 Tom Lynea, 



W. D. Desmond, 

 W. Welander, 

 R. A. Latham, 

 Tom Hall, 

 John Monson, 

 William Holmes, 

 Chas. Vasatka, 

 0. C. Swanson, 

 M. Doetsch, 

 Ted Nagel, 

 W. C. Drake, 

 J. A. MacLellan, 

 A. E. Liitey, 

 E. G. Lemke, 



D. Kennedy, 



C. I. Lindskoog, 

 William Glauner, 



Will, Chairman. 

 Amile Olson, 

 Ole Thurson, 

 L. Boeglln, 

 Julius Rieck, 

 L. A. MathlB, 

 John Olson, 

 .\ibert Beckwith, 

 Wm. H. Rymers, 

 George Barsch, 

 C. Livingston, 

 Henry Barsch. 

 Prof. Leroy Cady, 

 Robert Stem, 

 Louie Danclk, 

 Walter Pier, 

 Geo. Buelow, 

 Chas. Vogt. 

 C. W. Wahler, 

 Carl Haugen, 

 N. C. Hansen, 

 Fred Busch. 



C. F. Rice, 

 : Henry Will, 



Otto Win, 

 I H. E. Phllpott, 

 I Chas. Hauck, 

 ' Tom Lynes, 

 0. H. Carlson, 

 Walter Pier, 

 Gust Malmquist, 

 It. A. Latham, 



RECEPTION COM.MITTEE. 



W. H. BofFerding, Chairman. 

 Tom Hall, 



Hans Rosacker, 

 Ted Nagel, 

 William Glaunor. 

 Fred Topel, 

 J. C. Van Doom. 

 Aug. Swanson, 

 Fred Busch, 

 S. A. Jamieson. 



E. Meyer. 



It. A. Latham, 



INFORMATION COMMITTEE. 

 Gust Malmquist, Chairman. 



John RoTlk, 

 Chas. Vasatka. 



SOUVENIR ALBUM COMMITTEE. 

 J. A. Bidgway, Chairman. 

 Wm. I. Halllday, Hans Rosacker, 



('. A. Rossen, Prof. I.eroy Cady, 



Max Kaiser, Wm. N. Steel. 



PRESS COMMITTEE. 



C. F. Rice, Chairman. 

 C. A. Bossen, C. N. Ruedlinger. 



Oscar AmunUson, Steve Dysinger, 



C. I. Lindskoog, S. A. Jamieson. 



Wm. H. Bofferding, 



SPORTS COMITTEE. 

 C. N. Ruedlinger, Chairman. 

 ,Tobn Rovik Henry Will, 



('. A. Bossen, C. F. Rice, 



Hugh Will, E. P. Holm. 



W. D. Desmond, Frank Gustafson. 



TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. 

 G. A. Will, Chairman. 

 William Holmes, Oscar Amundson, 



Hugh Will, H. E. Phllpott, 



U. H. Carlson, Chas. Massie, 



H. Rosacker, Steve Dysinger. 



HOTEL AND DEPOT COMMITTEE. 



W. D. Desmond, Chairman. 

 U. A. Latham, C. F. Rice, 



<". .N. Ruedlinger, W. H. Bofferding, 



Hugh Will, O. J. Olson. 



BADGE AND TICKET COMMITTEE. 



Hans Rosacker, Chairman. 

 Max Kaiser, Julius Rieck, 



C A. Bossen, C. S. McCowan. 



Robert Stern, 



DECORATION COMMITTEE. 

 R. A. Latham, Chairman. 

 L. Boeglln, J. Uovik, 



Otto A. Vasatka, John Monson, 



I.. Meyer, Amiel Olson, 



('has. Gustafson, W. D. Desmond, 



l.oule Danclk, J. Roebrick. 



1. A. MacLellan, 



LADIES' RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 



Ada, O. — F. H. Hitz has taken over 

 the business of A. B. Cronbaugh. 



