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The New Offlcers. 



,lb:-*DajMel MacEorie was nominated with 

 a hurrah and there was no one to run 

 ^l^nBt him for the presidency for 1916. 

 —Robert C. Kerr, leader of tlieTe'xans^ 

 was Uv© unanimous choice for vice-presi- 

 dent, 

 -ntiittthougb William F. Easting last 



. year sought to keep the convention 

 from going to San Francisco, the big- 

 hearted Californians turned in and gave 

 A unanimous reelection as treas- 



ure! 



The only contest is over the secretary- 

 '^iBiip, J. R. Fotheringham, of Tarry- 

 town and San Francisco, being nomi- 

 nated • -against John Young, of New 

 Yori|yjftg 



Action on President's Address. 



Tfec «ommittee to which the presi- 

 dent"^ address was referred made the 

 following recommendations: 



1. Thftt the convention city be chosen 

 two yesSs in advance, to give time for 

 the development of the convention 

 garden.** 



2. That counsel be employed by the 

 ^ board of directors. 



3. That the Washington representa- 

 >^ve bf^ex-officio a member of the ex- 

 ?5cutive board. 



-^4. That the constitution be amended 



Jfe provide for the election of directors. 



. 5. That only elected delegates from 



subsidiary bodies be admitted to the 



executur^ board. 



6. That an appropriation be made for 

 the committee on publicity. 

 •**^7. That action toward forming a 



credit and collections bureau be re- 

 ferred to the executive board, j 



8. That the production in America of 

 stock heretofore imported be encour- 

 aged.-— ———.-- — .— ~ 



9. That the constitution be amended 

 to provide for alphabetical divisions of 

 the membership to accelerate the cast- 

 ing of ballots at the annual election. 



All the recommendations were con- 

 curred in by the society. 



The Local Hospitalities. 



The local hospitalities w^i-e by . no 

 means all on the program— ^very San 

 Franciscan has spent the week in enter- 

 taining his friends from out of town. 

 The reception committee, headed by 

 John E. Fotheringham, was at the sta- 

 tion to meet the Chicago special cars 

 Monday evening, August 1% Aid es- 

 corted these and other visitoiis to hotels. 



Arrangements had been made for a 

 reception and general introduction in 

 the green room of the St. Francis 

 hotel Tuesday morning, August 17, 

 under the auspices of the Women's Aux- 

 iliary of the Pacific Coast Horticultural 

 Society, but this was changed to a 

 steamer ride out through the Golden 

 Gate into the Pacific ocean on the U. S. 

 revenue cijtter Unalga, which had been 

 made available througl^ the efforts of 

 John McLaren. Nearly 200 were in 

 the party, including members of the 

 S. A. F, and the American Association 

 of Park Superintendents, with their 

 families. To those who were from the 

 east it was a new and novel experience 

 and one that was highly enjoyed. The 



coiirse was past the exposition grounds 

 and afforded a magnificent view of the 

 city and its fair. 



■Wednesday evening, August 18^- a-Hew- 

 ~feiEfture in. a. A. F. entertainment was 

 provided. The men were taken to the 

 Elks' Club for a smoker and high jinks, 

 while the ladies, chaperoned by W. A. 

 Hofinghoff and his committee, were en- 

 tertained at a theater party at the 

 Orpheum. 



August 19, while the men are conclud- 

 ing the business of the convention and 

 bowling, the ladies will enjoy an auto- 

 mobile ride around the bay and down 

 the peninsula, where luncheon will be 

 served under the big trees in San Mateo 

 county. 



The annual bowling contest for ladies 

 was ., provided, Wednesday afternoon, 

 ,^ August 18, but was not so attractive as 

 usual to the visitors, who found many 

 other things they would rather do in 

 San Francisco. The men's bowling 

 tournament is set as the usual Thursday 

 afternoon feature, at Graney's alleys, 

 but no eastern city has sent a team 

 and it is feared the lure of the Zone 

 at the exposition will prove stronger 

 this time than the attractions of the 

 individual contest on the alleys. 



August 20 has been officially desig- 

 nated as S. A. F. day at the exposition 

 and the ceremonies there will take the 

 place of the picnic which customarily 

 has closed convention week. The expo- 

 sition authorities are to present to 

 President Welch, for the society, a 

 bronz5 plaque commemorative of the 

 event. 



Becent Trades' Displays. 



At Sq. Ft. Sold Receipts Expenses Profit 



Chicago 17.314 $7,412.55 $4,106.67 $3,251.88 



Minneapolis 9,053 3,975.20 2,248.48 1,726.72 



Boston. 0,975 3,990.00 2,470.22 1,519.78 



It was in the trades' display even 

 tnore than in the attendance of mem- 

 bers that the S. A. F. convention of 

 1915 showed the effect of the distance 

 to , 3an Francisco from eastern trade 

 centers. The number of exhibitors at 

 Chicago in 1912 was 108; at Minne- 

 apolis in 1913 it was sixty-five; at Bos- 

 ton iii 1914, after allowing for the with- 

 drawal of the supply houses that had 

 their stock tied up by the war, it was 

 sixty-eight. All these exhibitors were 

 easjt^e^n concerns and it could not be 

 expected that any large proportion of 

 them would exhibit on the other side 

 of the continent. It is the interesting 

 fact, however, that three concerns sent 

 large displays all the way from Phila- 

 delphia.. The show seldom has been 

 staged in so good a hall. It is large, 

 light a.nd airy; the display made an 

 especially good general effect and to 

 a large percentage of those present it 

 was the largest showing of trade com- 

 modities t.hey had ever seen brought to- 

 gether in one place. The exhibitors 

 were as follows: 



Advance Co., Bicfamond, Ind. 



A full-size Advance ventilating ma- 

 chine, nickel-plated for exhibition pur- 

 poses, was the principal feature of this 



display, which also included a full line 

 of pipe fittings and a new expansion 

 pipe joint. R. E. Jones was in charge. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. 



This was the largest exhibit in the 

 hall, occupying half the space along the 

 west wall. In addition to a general line 

 of florists' supplies, a large variety of 

 staple and novelty baskets was shown. 

 A complete wedding outfit was on dis- 

 play, also a new willow birdcage with 

 stand and vase to hold flowers. The 

 assortment of metal and other wreaths 

 occupied the wall space. Sydney Bay- 

 ersdorfer and Martin Reukauf were in 

 charge. 



Bichard Dlener, Colma, Cal. 



This display, staged on a table of 

 twenty-four square feet, consisted of 

 cut spikes of forty unnamed seedling 

 gladioli of excellent promise; large 

 flowers and choice, clear colors. 



Domoto Bros., San Francisco. 



This exhib;t consisted of a table of 

 plants of the newer varieties of hy- 

 drangeas. 



John A. Evans Co., Bichmond, Ind. 



John A. Evans, who has not missed 

 a convention in many years, was on 

 hand with the usual section of a green- 

 house in which the sash are operated 

 by the Challenge ventilating machine. 

 His fifty feet of space also enabled him 



to show fittings and the new Evans salt 

 sprayer for clearing carnations of red 

 spider. 



Herbert Sc Fleishauer, McMinnvllle. 



This exhibit occupied a table of 

 twenty-four square feet and consisted 

 solely of cut blooms of asters grown by 

 the exhibitor in Oregon. Many of the 

 varieties had been originated by the 

 exhibitor and all the strains have been 

 improved by careful selection. The 

 stock is grown primarily for seed, but 

 large quantities of cut blooms are sold 

 in the Portland market. J. G. Bacher 

 was in charge. 



Henry J. Kessel, San Francisco. 



This exhibitor, who uses the name of 

 the Richmond Fernery in his local busi- 

 ness, used a table of twenty-four feet 

 for a display of Adiantum California in 

 pots of various sizes' The variety is 

 rapidly gaining friends. 



MacBorie-McLaren Co., San Francisco. 



One of the specialties of this exhib- 

 itor is the phalsenopsis, and a group of 

 plants was staged arranged to occupy 

 100 square feet. 



Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia. 



This exhibitor used 200 square feet 

 to effectively display a large line of 

 high grade ribbons, chiffons and cor- 

 sage ties, including several new colors 



