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The Florists^ Review 



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S. A. F. DIRECTORS 9i 



Mr MEET AT CHICAGO H 



AFrHJATION HAS ITS TEST. 



New Plan Works WeU. 



Affiliation of the trade bodies with 

 the S. A. F., long a dream, became a 

 reality this week, when the directors 

 met at Hotel La Salle, Chicago, with 

 the presidents of four other trade or- 

 ganizations sitting with the board. The 

 affiliation directors present were: 



The president of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety — Samuel J. Goddard, Framlngham, Mass. 



The president of the Florists' Telegraph Delly- 

 ery— -Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis, Ind. 



The president of the Boston Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club— H. H. Bartsch, Waverley, Mass. 



The president of the Philadelphia Florists' Club 

 — George Burton, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 



The absentees among the affiliation 



directors were: 



The president of the American Rose Society — 

 Wallace R. Plerson, Cromwell, Conn. 



The president of the New York Florists' Club — 

 Harry A. Bunyard, New Yorlt. 



Those of the regularly elected or ap- 

 pointed members of the board present 

 were : 



The Junior ex-president — Theodore Wirth, of 

 Minneapolis. 



The presldent^Patrlclc Welch, of Boston. 



The secretary — John Young, of New Yorlf. 



The treasurer — Wm. K. Hasting, of Buffalo. 



The directors — A. F. Poehlraann, Morton Grove, 

 111.; Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.; J. J. Hess, 

 Omaha, Neb.; J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati; Wm. R. 

 Nicholson, Framingham, Mass.; R. C. Kerr, Hous- 

 ton, Tex. 



The vice-president, Daniel MacEorie, 

 of San Francisco, was unable to make 

 the trip. W. F. Gude, Washington 

 representative, arrived March 2. 



The board as it now is constituted 

 consists of seventeen, of whom thirteen 

 were present. The meeting was held 

 at Chicago this year, to avoid taking 

 the members on the long trip to San 

 Francisco, where the society will hold 

 its convention in August. More and 

 more each year the real work of the 

 society is transacted at this March 

 meeting of the board, a large number 

 of. details of such character that they 

 Cannot be handled in convention hav- 

 ing to be passed on. The board was 

 in session almost continuously for two 

 days and the affiliation directors took 

 active part in the discussions and in 

 shaping the course of the society. 



Although Vice-president MacRorie 

 could not make a report in person, he 

 sent full details of the local plans for 

 the convention and the convention gar- 

 den, which were approved. Inciden- 

 tally, Secretary Young reported Mr. 

 MacRorie has already sent in the 

 names of forty-four new members. 



George Asmus, chairman of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show Committee, of 

 course was present and reported as to 

 the arrangements completed for the 

 show in Philadelphia next spring, also 

 as to plans not yet matured. The board 

 approved the work of the committee. 



The convention program was out- 

 lined, space rentals fixed for the trade 's 

 display and a special train to the coast 

 in cooperation with the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club was arranged for. In addi- 



tion, there was the usual grist of appro- 

 priations and other routine business. 



C. E. Critchell, of Cincinnati, chair- 

 man of the sports committee, was pres- 

 ent. Other visitors attracted by the 

 meeting were E. G. Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind., and A, F. J. Baur, Indianapolis. 

 Director Goddard was accompanied by 

 his wife. Fred Burki and his son, of 

 Pittsburgh, were present a few hours, 

 being on their way to the Pacific coast. 



National Flower Show. 



The National Flower Show Commit- 

 tee is so closely identified with the S. 

 A. F. board that meetings are coin- 

 cident. The committee is: George 

 Asmus, chairman; A. Farenwald, vice- 

 chairman; John Young, secretary; W. 

 F. Kasting, treasurer; Chas. H. Tottv, 

 W. N. Rudd, Thomas Roland, W. P. 

 Craig. All were present save two of 

 the members, who are ill, Messrs. Rudd 

 and Totty, the latter having had to 

 submit to another surgical operation, 

 although by no means so serious as the 

 one of last autumn. 



The committee had a large amount 

 of detail work of sub-committees to 

 pass on, but its most important duty 

 was in connection with the hall for 



the show. Convention hall, at Broad 

 street and Allegheny avenue, has been 

 accepted, but does not fully meet the 

 approval of the Philadelphia interests, 

 as it is off to one side of the business 

 center. There now is a possibility of 

 securing the great tabernacle in which 

 Billy Sunday is holding revivals. It 

 is a specially constructed building on 

 park property. Vice-chairman Faren- 

 wald and W. P. Craig, the Philadelphia 

 members, were authorized to complete 

 an arrangement of this character if 

 they can do so. 



Southern Florists Affiliating. 



Through the efforts of Robert C. 

 Kerr, representing the south on the 

 board of directors of the S. A. F., inter- 

 est has been aroused in the south in the 

 subject of affiliation. On his way to 

 attend the Chicago meeting March 1, 

 Mr. Kerr attended special meetings of 

 florists' at New Orleans and at Mem- 

 phis. At New Orleans the general sub- 

 ject for discussion was affiliation or 

 the organization of a southern division 

 of the S. A. F. Those present at the 

 meeting were:. C. W, Eichling, Charles 

 R. Panter, Henry Eschmann, Henry 

 Illenberger, E. A. Farley, Paul Abele, 



President Patrick Welch, of the S. A. F. 



