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The Fl6riste''Rcvicw 



Adqubx 19, 1919«-</ 



Walter A. Hofingboff. 



(Chairman Ladles' Entertainment for the San Francisco Convention.) 



:\ SECSETABY'S REPORT. 



[The following la the report of John Young, 

 secretary of the S. A. F., presented at the San 

 Francisco convention, August 17, 1915.] 



At the time of our last conveBtion the 

 florists' trade, in common with many 

 other industries, was feeling the effect 

 of conditions brought about by the re- 

 grettable war precipitated in Europe, 

 and while these conditions have not 

 improved by any means, we have be- 

 come somewhat accustomed to them, 

 and we should congratulate ourselves 

 that business has not been much worse. 

 Some localities have felt the depression 

 more than others, while in other com- 

 munities business has been near to the 

 normal point. The cut flower section 

 has felt the decline perhaps more keen- 

 ly than other sections of the business, 

 but preparations for another season 

 have been pushed along in an at- 

 mosphere of cheerfulness, with the 

 hope that the business horizon will 

 clear before the end of the year. 



Our trade exhibition has suffered this 

 year from causes beyond control. The 

 florists' supply trade has been unable 

 to make the usual showing, for the 

 reason that imported goods are just 

 now a poor possibility, and our own 

 manufacturers have not had time to 

 adjust themselves to circumstances, at 

 least as far as the production of nov- 

 elties in various lines is coDcerned. 

 Distance and cost of transportation to 

 San Francisco are other factors which 

 have tended to cut down our exhibits. 

 Notwithstanding, our trade exhibition 

 is this year most creditable, and the 

 interest it has provoked quite as strong 

 as at previous conventions. 



Membership. 



The bulk of our increase in mem- 

 bership is provided by California and 

 the other Pacific coast states. While 

 it is not unusual for the society to ex- 

 perience a large influx of members from 

 a convention city and nearby territory, 

 the business standing of those initiated 

 this year is extraordinarily high in the 

 aggregate, and your secretary hopes 

 this means that the names of these new 

 members will long remain on our mem- 

 bership roll, reminding us that their 

 interest in the society and its work was 

 not merely of a passing character. 



The following have sent in one or 

 more names for membership since the 

 last convention: 

 Daniel MacBorle. . .102 J. H. Dick 1 



L. M. Gage 1 



J. F. Hubs 2 



F. H. Holton 1 



Florists' Tel. Del.. 24 



E. T. Mlsche 11 



A. Farenwald 1 



J. J. HcM 8 Harry S. Beti 



Patrick Welch 2 Florists' Hail Ass'n 



J. W. Duncan 3 



We have lost through death* 



r. R. Quinlln August 



Peter Bohlender September 



W. L. Pallnsky October 



Godfrey AschmHnn October 



J. B. Steussy September 



n. Y. Mellls November 



John Monson December 



Richard Groves January 



Wm. B. Patterson March 



H. Frank Darrow February 



John Zech April 



I'rof essor J. F. Cowell May 



Simon Rodh April 



B. J. Welch, Jr May 



Chas. F. Krueger June 



Samuel Thorne July 



Plant Registration. 



The following plants have been regis- 

 tered: 



No. 612— Nov. 7, 1914. Begonia Mrs. J. A. 

 Peterson, by J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, 0. 



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 28. 



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 16, 

 21, 

 29. 



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 19, 

 17. 



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 1914 

 1915 

 1915 

 1915 

 1915 

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No. 613— Nov. 28. 1914. G«ranium La Fa- 

 vorite z Detroit, by Charles Borrman, Buffalo. 

 N. T. 



No. 614 — Dec. 5, 1914. Canna Pocahontas 

 (Bronze Olympic), by Conard & Jones Co., West 

 Grove, Pa. 



No. 615 — Dec. 5. 1914. Canna Flag of Truce, 

 by Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa. 



No. 616 — Dee. 6, 1914. Canna Dragon, by 

 Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa. 



No. 617 — Dec. 5, 1914. Canna Princeton, by 

 Conard & Jones Co.. West Grove. Pa. 



No. 618— Dec. 5, 1914. Canna Gaiety, by Con- 

 ard & Jones Co.. West Grove, Pa. 



No. 619 — Dec. 26, 1914. Asparagus hybrldus 

 gracilis, by F. W. Fletcher, Auburndale, Mass. 



No. 62(X— Feb. 13, 1915. Carnation Mrs. E. E. 

 Loeben, by R. B. Locben, GloversvlUe, N, Y. 



Np, 621— Feb. 13, 1915. Salvia Red Cross, by 

 the Swiss Floral Co., Portland, Ore. 



N«» 622— May 15, 1915. Canna City of Port- 

 land, by Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa. 



No. 623— June 22, 1915. Violet Anne Evans, 

 by FVank D. Pellcano, San Francisco, Cal. 



No. 624— June 22, 1915. Violet Quaker Lady, 

 by Frank D. Pellcano, San Francisco, Cal. 



No. 625— July 31, 1915. Coleus Yellov? Trail- 

 ing Queen, by the Oak Grove Greenhouse, Tus- 

 kogee, Okia. 



No; 626— July 31, 1915. Daisy Mrs. G. S.. 

 Selfridge, by A. T. Pyfer & Co., Chicago. 



NO. 627^uly 31, 1915. Rose Mrs. Bayard' 

 Thayer, by the Waban Rose Conservatories. 

 Natlck, Mass. 9, 



No. 628 — July 31, 1915. Rose Mrs. Moorfleld 

 Storey, by the Waban Rose Conservatories, 

 Natlck, Mass. ,/. 



Secretary's Financial Statement. 



JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 30. 1915. 



. -«. , , Becelpta. 



Dues. 1918. • 5 at ^.00.. J $ 15.00 



Dues. 1914. 20 at 3.00 60.00 



Dues. 1915. 678 at 8.00.. ji 2.034.00 



Dues, 1916. 1 at 8.00 8.00 



Fees and dues, new members. 100 at 



$5.00 500.00 



Life members. 18 at $25.00 450.00 



A. T. Boddlngton, account convention 



garden (1914) 90.00 



Account trade exhibition Boston conven- 

 tion (1914) ■ 30.00 



Tri-State Ix)an & Trust Co., account 



Dunkelberg mortgage 125.00 



Tri-State Loan & Trust Co., interest 37.50 



$3,344.50 

 Disbursements. 



Remitted to Wm. F. Kastlng, treasurer: __ 



General fund $2,627.00 



Permanent fund 612.50 



Cash on hand 105.00 



^.> $3,344.50 



THE LOCAL MANAQEMENT. 



Congratulations are plentiful for the 

 local members of the trade in whose 

 hands were the arrangepients for the 

 convention. Although the 8. A. F. has 

 hitherto been a thing outside the ex- 

 perience of the city of San Francisco 

 and likewise of most of the florists 

 there, preparations were carried out 

 with skill worthy of the charter mem- 

 bers of the society from eastern cities. 



Of course, the largest share of credit 

 goes to Daniel MacEorie, who has 

 worked steadily since his election to the 

 of&ce of vice-president a year ago, for 

 the success of the convention. His 

 addition of over 100 names to the mem- 

 bership list speaks volumes for his ef- 

 forts, and he has been equally energetic 

 in his activities in other lines in prep- 

 aration for the annual meeting. With 

 him, H. Plath and Angelo J. Rossi 

 formed the local advisory committee of 

 the S. A. F. The energy and enthu- 

 siasm shown by these leaders have also 

 been displayed by the other committee- 

 men, producing the results so much ap- 

 preciated by convention visitors. The 

 committee chairmen were as follows: 



Executive — Daniel MacEorie. 



Finance — H. Plath. 



Garden — John McLaren. 



Ladies' entertainm.ent — W. A. Hof- 

 inghoff. 



Reception — J. R. Fotheringham. 



Outing — A. J. Bossi. 



Hotels — Frederic J. Bertrand. 



Sports — V. Podesta. 



Program — A. J. Eossi. 



Publicity — J. W. Gregg. 



Advertising — E. James. 



