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SPEEDING THE* 



i^ PARTING GUEST 



iVo man, or woman, who attended the San Francisco convention ever 

 can regret the time and mx)ney spent; hut those who did not nmke the trip 

 have their leisure to regret they could not he present to enjoy the Calif or- 

 nians' hospitality. Closing days of the S. A. F. meeting full of novelty, 

 and, departing, the visitors took with them many a pleasant memory. 



IME-honored as is the pic- 



Tnic with which the 

 S. A. F. has these many 

 years closed . its annual 

 four days' gathering, the 

 San Franciscans have 

 shown that there are other 

 and better ways of speed- 

 ing the parting guest — 

 but, of course, they had 

 the help of their wonderful fair. Fri- 

 day, August 20, was the day named by 

 the exposition officials as S. A. F. day, 

 arrangements being made for the mem- 

 bers at the society and their friends to 

 attend in a body. They assembled in- 

 side the main entrance, opposite the 

 Tower of Jewels, shortly after ten 

 o'clock, about 150 being present, and 

 marched in a long line, headed by a 

 section of the Exposition band, to the 

 space in front of the 

 Palace of Horticulture, 

 where a group photo- 

 graph was taken, repro- 

 duced in this issue of 

 The Review. 



Medal Presented. 



The party took seats 

 before the portico of 

 the building and 

 Charles A. Vogelsang, 

 being introduced by 

 President Welch, wel- 

 comed the S. A. F. of- 

 ficially on behalf of the 

 exposition authorities, 

 closing with the pre- 

 sentation of the bronze 

 exposition medal. In 

 his talk Mr. Vogelsang 

 emphasized the fact 

 that the flowers and 

 ornamental horticulture 

 of the exposition were 

 among the most impres- 

 sive features and that 

 the., fair is largely in- 

 debted to them for its 

 success. He dwelt at 

 length upon the assured 

 and growing importance 

 of flowers to life and 

 civilization. 



Charles Willis Ward, 

 of Queens, N. Y., and 

 Eureka, Cal., accepted 

 the medal on behalf of 

 the society. He quoted 

 statistics as to the 

 growth of the florists' 

 industry since the or- 

 ganization of the 

 S. A. F. in 1884 and as- 



serted his belief that holding the con- 

 vention on the coast this year would 

 be followed by a large expansion of the 

 trade interests in California. As one 

 of the visitors, he said: 



"Two years ago I came to Cali- 

 fornia ill and discouraged. I expected 

 to remain only a few weeks. I am 

 still here, ill and discouraged no more, 

 but happy and well and anxious to do 

 things. If any of my brother florists 

 don't want to catch that spirit of 

 California, which will bind them to 

 the shores of the Pacific, better go 

 back home soon — you can't remain 

 here many moons without contracting 

 a deep love for California, and once 

 you fall in love with her you cannot 

 break 'the spell of her charms with 

 ease; you will have to come back, and 

 finally remain." 



A PLEDGE BY THE TEXANS 



MAIN ANO MCK.NNEV 



HOUSTON TEXAS 



The Florists • Review, 

 508 South Dearborn St.. 

 Chicago, 111. 



Gentlemen: - 



August 30, 1915. 



♦v. iQ,e o °^ "Z^l* y°^ *^*^« ^^^ *»!• good news - Houston won 

 the 1916 S. A. F. Convention. 



i>.*,4-v . i^v ''®!?*iS" '"'^ *^* '• "« deeply Indebted to President 

 r- f~ - ? * ^? Vloe-Presldent Dan MaoRorle, for this Convention. 

 +« ♦SB vf J*? *^^! «^^f** honor, and I assure you that we are going 

 It.ll ?J^* i° °*^* *^^" *^® greatest Convention the 8. A. F. has 

 ^7.^^ S!:^* " propose to give It a great deal of publicity and 

 w- i. ?v'°' * ^f^' attendance, as our future work will show. 

 bIa^H R«tJlf??f,i **' *»>• Chamber of Commeroe, the City of Houston 

 and the Rotary Club, as well as the other Clvlo organisations. 



Conw«mti«« -S^^^?.???.**' ***• largest audltorluns In the South for 

 Convention and exhibition purposes. We have a cltisenehlp which 

 wt h«!t -? ?§ unturned to make our visitors enjoy their stay here, 

 tiont ir,TL!«** attractions which makes It worth while for Conven- 

 tions In Houston. These matters will be taken up from time to time. 



AiA nn* f^Jtl °°°'«?*Jon oajoe as a complete surprise. We really 



iot ?eL^ I^%S2 l?**J°f "/" °«* y««' »°*I '"* *o express 

 ConvwuSn" florists of ths South our gratefulness for this 



President Texas State 

 Florists' Association. 



Very truly yours. 



E. G. Hill, of the committee on final 

 resolutions, then offered a resolution of 

 appreciation " of the hospitality of the 

 San Francisco people, and of the en- 

 tire Pacific coast, and giving thanks 

 individually and collectively to the Pa- 

 cific Coast Horticultural Society, and 

 the local florists and nurserymen, as 

 well as to Mayor Rolph and the city 

 and exposition officials. This was 

 adopted. 



The Fresidents' Gifts. 



President Welch then started to ad- 

 journ the convention and was taken 

 completely by surprise at the interrup- 

 tion which occurred. H. Plath assisted 

 in lugging a huge mahogany chest of 

 silver to the platform, and launched 

 into a speech of presentation. ' Mr. 

 Welch was greatly affected by this 

 token of regard, and 

 was so completely sur- 

 prised that he could 

 scarcely find words in 

 which to respond. After 

 adjournment the chest 

 was opened and greatly 

 admired by the mem- 

 bers, who crowded the 

 platform for some time. 

 The crowd then dis- 

 persed, most of the visi- 

 tors going to the horti- 

 cultural gardens, where 

 the fine exhibits of 

 gladioli, dahlias, roses, 

 etc., and particularly 

 the prize contest beds, 

 were subjects of much 

 interest. Many of the 

 party spent the entire 

 day at the exposition 

 and all the visiting la- 

 dies gathered at the 

 California building at 

 3:30, for a reception to 

 the retiring president of 

 the Ladies ' S. A. • T., 

 Mrs. Gude. Here they 

 spent a pleasant two 

 hours, visiting and list- 

 ening to talks from va- 

 rious members, the most 

 interesting part of the 

 proceedings being the 

 presentation to Mrs. 

 Gude of two handsome 

 bowls of California red- 

 wood burl, as a fitting 

 reminder of her visit to 

 California. Mrs. Val- 

 lance, the incoming 

 president, made the 

 speech of presentation. 



