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The Florists' Review 



August 26, 1915. 



together with good smokes and a light 

 but appetizing repast, sandwiches, 

 salad, California ripe olives, and the 

 like, with plenty of good beer. An at- 

 mosphere of complete informality and 

 good-fellowship prevailed, and both 

 local people and eastern visitors had a 

 decidedly good time. 



The joyous feature of the evening 

 was the presentation of the $150 prize 

 offered by President Welch to the one 

 securing the greatest number of new 

 members for the S. A. F. This was 

 presented to Daniel MacRorie, who had 

 brought in 102 members, in a happily 

 worded talk by W. F. Kasting; and, 

 as might be expected, the presentation 

 was the occasion of prolonge<l and up- 

 roarious applause. iSIr. MacKorie's re- 

 sponse was in keeping with the spirit 

 of the occasion and he made the offer 

 of a similar j)rize for the person secur- 

 ing the greatest number of new members 

 (luring the coming year. Retiring 

 President Patrick Welch spoke briefly 

 in response on behalf of the society. 



While the men were at the smoker 

 and jinks, the Ladies' S. A. F. and 

 tne local auxiliary spent the evening 

 at the Orpheum theater, most of the 

 ladies of both organizations being pres- 

 ent. The performance was a good one, 

 and at its close the ladies enjoyed re- 

 freshments at the Ruffieux cafe. 



Bowling Interest Waning. 



The bowling contest scheduled for 

 the ladies was omitted. The men 's 

 bowling contest took place as sched- 

 uled, Thursday afternoon, August 19, at 

 Graney's alleys. A good many were 

 present, but only a dozen took part, 

 and moat of these were members of the 

 local society, the only outsiders being 

 W. W. Coles, Kokomo, Ind., George W. 

 Smith, of Cleveland, and C. (Jutting, 

 of Los Angeles. The first prize, the 

 Aphine trophy, was taken by Victor 

 Podcsta, the star bowler of the exposi- 

 tion city, whose score in the first game 

 was 170; second, 202, and third, l.lJt. 

 Next highest was ('. Gutting, of Los 

 Angeles, who made ISl in the first 



game; second, ITfi, and third, 158. Mr. 

 Smith was third, with a total of 493. 



Ladies' Automobile Ride. 



The visiting members of the Ladies ' 

 S. A. F., accompanied by a goodly dele- 

 gation of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the 

 Pacific Coast Horticultural Society, 

 left the convention hall immediately 

 after their business meeting August 18, 

 for an automobile ride down the penin- 

 sula into San Mateo county. The origi- 

 nal intention as to the route was not 

 followed out by all members of the 

 party, owing largely to the fact that 

 the occupants of some of the machines 

 insisted on getting ahead of the official 

 leader, while some were left far to the 

 rear. The result was that the party be- 

 came rather widely scattered at times. 

 Most of tlie party visited the conven- 

 tion gardens at Golden Gate park, 

 either at the start or on the return trip, 

 but little attention was given to the 

 numerous nurseries, A'iolet farms, etc., 

 in the district visited. The main route 

 lay along the state highway, a perfect 

 piece of automobile road, through roll- 

 ing country, bordered by large estates 

 and little towns of cozy bungalows, and 

 overhung exerywhere by rows of fine 

 elm and eucalyptus trees. Leaving the 

 state highway at Saii ]Mateo, the party 

 wound among the foothills of the Santa 

 Cruz mountains, and circled the ])ic- 

 turesque lakes of San Andreas, Pilar- 

 citos and Crystal Springs. While the 

 road here was rather dusty in spots, 

 the beauty of the country was greatly 

 enjoyed. Starting back toward the 

 city, the eighteen machines reached 

 T^ncle Tom's Cabin, a roadhouse near 

 San Mateo, about '.\ o'clock. By this 

 time all api)etites were whetted to a 

 fine edge and ample justice was done 

 to the rei)ast set liefore the travelers. 



P. Muller, Wichita, Kan.; C. L. Wash- 

 burn, Chicago, and Fred Burki, of 

 Gibsonia, Pa., as directors. The hold- 

 over directors are Anders Rasmussen, 

 J. C. Vaughan, J. A. Valentine and 

 Samuel Murray, 



The assessment for the year begin- 

 ning November 1, 1915, was set at 14 

 cents per hundred square feet for sin- 

 gle thick glass, and 6 cents per hun- 

 dred square feet for double thick 

 glass. 



PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The eastern delegation to the San 

 Francisco convention of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Park Superin- 

 tendents had a most enjoyable trip 

 across the continent, making the run 

 by comfortable stages and stopping off 

 for a day each at Chicago, Minneapolis, 

 Spokane, Glacier National park, Seat- 

 tle, Tacoma and Portland. At each 

 place they w^ere hospitably received 

 and conducted on trips to the most 

 notable j)ub]ic parks or other places of 

 interest in the various localities. 



The officers elected at the San Fran- 

 cisco meeting were: 



President — E. T. Mische, Portland, 

 Ore. 



Vice-presidents — J. W. Thompson, 

 Seattle; J. F. Walsh, New York; A. 

 Stuart, Ottawa, Ont.; E. P. Griffin, 

 East St. Louis; L. P. Jansen, St. Louis; 

 E. X. Goebel, Grand Rapids. 



Secretary-treasurer — R. W. Cotterill, 

 Seattle. 



Next meeting — New Orleans. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



At its annual meeting, at San Fran- 

 cisco, the Florists' Hail Association re- 

 elected the officers named in last 

 week 's issue of The Review, with Chas. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The American Carnation Society usu- 

 ally has held a midsummer session dur- 

 ing the S. A. F. convention, mainly for 

 the purpose of talking over the work 

 of the secretary's office for the next 

 six months, which includes the prepara- 

 tions for the annual exhibition and 

 convention in .lanuary. Neither Presi- 

 dent Goddard, Vice-president Ammann, 

 Secretary Baur nor Treasurer Dorner 

 was able to be present at the S. A. F. 



Another General View in the Trades' Display at the San Francisco Convention of the S. A. F. 



