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The Florists' Review 



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JOLX 1, 1915. 





The first of the season 's Harrisii bulbs 

 are due to reach New York July 3, but 

 no considerable quantity will arrive until 

 ..the boat due July 14. 



Henry J. Barrow is on his way from 

 Meriden, Conn., to Montana, where he 

 will represent the firm of Mandeville & 

 King, of Koehester, N. Y., during the 

 summer. 



S. F. Leonard, president of the Leon- 

 ard Seed Co., Chicago, sends word that 

 he is having a great time. After visiting 

 both expositions he will make a tour of 

 the seed growing districts of the Pacific 

 coast. 



Corn is suffering heavily in the north 

 central states as a result of the contin- 

 ued cold and the superabundance of rain. 

 As it is not advisable to replant later 

 than June 25, there is every indication 

 of a shortage. 



A. J. Brown, of the Brown Seed Co., 

 went to the Idaho pea district after in- 

 specting the concern's crops in Califor- 

 nia before and after the convention. At 

 Grand Kapids it is reported the company 

 has 1,000 acres of peas under contract in 

 Idaho this year. 



SAN FEANCISCO CONVENTION. 



[For a full report of the first two days of tho 

 conveLtion, see this departmbtit of The Review 

 for June 24.] 



OfO-cers Elected. 



At the closing session of the thirty- 

 third annual convention of the Amer- 

 ican Seed Trade Association, at San 

 Francisco, June 24, the following offi- 

 cers were elected: 



President — John M. Lupton, Matti- 

 tuck, L. I. 



First Vice-president — Kirby B. White, 

 Detroit. 



Second Vice-president — F. W. Bol- 

 giano, Washington, D. C. 



Secretary-treasurer — C. E. Kendel, 

 Cleveland, 0. 



Assistant Secretary — S. F. Willard, 

 Jr., Cleveland, O. 



Executive Committee — Lester L. 

 Morse, San Francisco; C. C, Massie, 

 Minneapolis; Watson 8. Woodruff, 

 Orange, Conn,; Herman Simmers, To- 

 ronto; J. Charles McCullough, Cincin- 

 nati. 



The membership committee remains 

 as before: Albert McCullough, Cincin- 

 nati; Ben. P. Cornell, St. Louis; H. G. 

 Hastings, Atlanta, Ga. 



Thursday's Meetiug. 



The principal business of the conven- 

 tion was done Thursday morning, June 

 24, when the members met in executive 

 session. One feature of this final meet- 

 ing was the report of the obituary 

 committee, which brought to mind the 

 deaths of Jesse E. Northrup, John M. 

 Griffith, Louis B. Schulte and Wm. H. 

 Qrenell. The report included a special 

 tribute to ex-PresidentS Northrup and 

 GrencU, by ex-President S. F. Willard. 



Another feature of the meeting was 

 the report rendered by the committee 

 on the president's address. fJtii^ com- 

 mittee reported favorably on the rec- 



John M. Lupton. 



(Pi-esUlont-elect American Seed Trade Association.) 



ommendations of the president, and the 

 report was concurred in by the associa- 

 tion. 



Cincinnati was recommended to the 

 executive committee as the next meet- 

 ing place. 



With the seating of President Lupton, 

 and the voting and rendering of three 

 cheers for retiring President Morse, the 

 convention came to an end. 



The Seed Farms Tour. 



"To me the seed trade is more than 

 a business," said President Morse in 

 welcoming the association to San Fran- 

 cisco; "to me the seed trade is a fra- 

 ternity, and some of the pleasantest 

 associations of my life are those I have 

 formed with men in the seed business. ' ' 



Rarely if ever have the members of 

 the American Seed Trade Association 

 been so delightfully entertained, while 

 at the same tinje keeping close to busi- 

 ness, as was the case June 25 and 26, 

 when they were the guests of the seed 

 growers operating in the Santa Clara 

 and San Juan valleys. The start was 

 made from San Francisco at 8 a. m., 

 with 180 people in the party. At San 

 Jose hand baggage was put off in 

 charge of porters from Hotel Vendome. 

 Arrived at Gilroy, Louis Kimberlin, of 

 San .Jose, took command and with a 



line of thirty-three automobiles took 

 the guests to the seed farms, following 

 a prearranged itinerary. Only brief 

 stops were possible, so many places 

 were to be visited, but refreshments 

 were served at several farms. At noon 

 the party reached the old San Juan 

 mission, where Waldo Eohnert was in 

 charge of a barbecue. Good food was 

 served under canvas on the piazza 

 of the old General Castro home. Gen- 

 eral Fremont's old headquarters, a 

 beautiful, picturesque place. Four 

 hours of the afternoon were devoted 

 to further seed farm inspection via the 

 motors. The party arrived at Hotel 

 Vendome shortly after 7 o'clock, in 

 time for dinner and bed. A fresh start 

 was made in the automobiles at 9 a. m. 

 Saturday and a number of farms vis- 

 ited before luncheon at the County Club 

 at San Jose, where Dr. E. O. Pieper was 

 in charge. Returning to Hotel Ven- 

 dome in the afternoon, the party broke 

 up, many returning to San Francisco 

 while others scattered, east, south or as 

 V)usiness or other interests called. The 

 itinerary of the auto trip was as fol- 

 lows: 



JUNE 25. 



Arrive Gilroy 10:10 A. M. 



Leave Gilroy 10:25 A. M. 



Arrive Pleters -Wlicclor 10:53 A. M. 



Leave Pleters-Wlicoli r 10:59 A. M. 



