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August 19, 1915. 



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Exposition Memorial Auditorium, San Francisco, Where tiie Society of American Florists is in Convention This Week. 



the minutes of the meetings of the ex- 

 ecutive board, which, however impor- 

 tant, are not nearly so interesting as 

 the sights on the Zone at the fair. 

 When the minutes were approved and 

 ordered printed in the record, Mr. 

 Young presented his report of the work 

 of the secretary's office, which also was 

 approved and ordered printed. Mr. 

 Young then presented the minutes of 

 the general meeting of the national 

 flower show committee held at Chi- 

 cago March 1 and 2, which also were 

 ordered printed in the society's annual 

 volume as a matter of record. 



Treasurer W. F. Kasting, of Buffalo, 

 who prides himself on the completeness 

 and accuracy of the society's financial 

 records, presented his annual report, a 

 summary of which appears in this issue. 

 It was accompanied by auditor's certifi- 

 cate and was ordered printed. 



The reports of state vice-presidents 

 were presented and were ordered print- 

 ed without reading. 



The report of the society 's entomolo- 

 gist, Prof. W. E. Britton, of New 

 Britain, Conn., was presented and or- 

 dered print.ed. It appears in this issue 

 of The Review. 



W. F. Gude, of Washington, who is 

 among the most active workers for the 

 society, presented a report as the or- 

 ganization 's ofi&cial representative at 

 the national capital, as chairman of 

 the committee on tariff and legislation 

 and as chairman of the committee on 

 W. R. Smith memorial. All these were 

 ordered printed and appear in this issue 

 of The Review. 



The report of Benjamin Hammond, 

 of Beacon, N. Y., as chairman of the 

 committee on school gardens was ac- 

 cepted and ordered printed. It appears 

 in this issue of The Review. 



A report from Irwin Bertermann, of 

 Indianapolis, chairman of the commit- 

 tee on national publicity, was presented 

 and drdered printed. It is in this issue 

 of The Review. 



George Asmus, of C^iicago, chairman 

 of the national flower show committee, 

 presented a brief report as to the state 

 of the preparations for the great exhibi- 

 tion to be held at Philadelphia in 

 March, 1916, which was accepted with 

 applause and ordered printed. It is in 

 this issue of The Review. 



A telegram of sympathy and good 

 cheer was ordered sent to ex-President 

 Edwin Lonsdale, ill at Lompoc, Cal., also 



a message of Similar import to Wallace 

 P. Pierson, who was taken suddenly ill 

 and operated on for appendicitis in a 

 San Francisco hospital August 18. 



President's Reception. 



The president 's reception, always a 

 fine affair, was uuusually brilliant this 

 year and the attendance was large. All 

 San Francisco florists were there and 

 their ladies fair graced the occasion, 

 enjoying it to the full while adding 

 to the enjoyment of others. The recep- 

 tion was held in the beautiful colonial 

 ballroom of the St. Francis hotel, which 

 had been handsomely decorated for the 

 occasion, and nearly 400 were present. 

 President and Mrs. Welch, Vice-presi- 

 dent and Mr&. MacRorie, ex-President 

 and Mrs. Gude, Director and Mrs. Hess, 

 Director and Mrs. Peterson, Director 

 and Mrs. Kerr, ex-President and Mrs. 

 Asmus, ex-President and Mrs. Vincent, 



ex-President and Mrs. Wirth, ex-Presi- 

 dent Hill, Secretary Young, Treasurer 

 Kasting, Mr. and Mrs. Plath were among 

 those in the receiving line. Dancing 

 followed, continuing to a late hour, 

 and, although many do not dance, 

 everyone had a good time. Light re- 

 freshments were served. 



Next Meeting Place. 



The by-laws require that the place of 

 next meeting be selected on the open- 

 ing day, invitations being presented at 

 the afternoon session and the choice 

 determined by ballot at the evening 

 session, during the reception. 



Invitations were extended by the 

 New York Florists' Club, by the Hous- 

 ton Florists' Club and the Texas State 

 Florists' Association, and by the New 

 Orleans Horticultural Society. 



The vote was oyerwhelmingly in 

 favor of Houston. Tef . 



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The St. Francis Hotel, S. A. F. Headquarters at San Francisco this Week. 



