Aloust 26, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



15 



View in the San Francisco Trades' Display, with the Exhibit of H. Bayersdorfer & Co. in the Foreground. 



convention this year, so no nieetinj^ was 

 held at San Francisco. The annual 

 meeting will be held at St. Louis in 

 •January, the local details under the 

 direction of the vice-president and the 

 {general preparations in the hands of the 

 secretary. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Time was provided on the S. A. F. 

 program for the usual midsummer meet- 

 ing of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America, but none of the ofliicers was 

 able to make the trip, so that no formal 

 session was held. The next annual 

 meeting and exhibition will bo held at 

 Cleveland in November. The officers 

 are as follows: 



President — Wm. Kleinheinz, Ogontz, 

 Pa. 



Vice-president — Frank A. Friedley, 

 Cleveland, O. 



Secretary — C. W. Johnson, ]\Ior<ian 

 Park, 111. 



Treasurer — John N. ^lav. Summit, 

 X. J. '__ 



PRAISE TO CALIFORNIA. 



1 Kosponse to the address of welcome. Iiy Win. 

 I". Gude, delivered at the .Sun Friiiu-isco comtcii- 

 lion. Aufjust 17. lOl.'i.l 



When T was told to resi)ond to the 

 speech of welcome by His Honor, nat- 

 urally I was greatly flattered, because 

 the circumstances surrounding this con- 

 vention mark it as an epochal one in 

 the annals of our organization, but 

 when I began to read some of the 

 eountless pages that have been written 

 on the wonderful state in which we 

 hold our meeting today, of its great 

 natural beauties, of the paradise created 

 by the master minds of the Panama- 

 Pacific exposition company, I felt, also 

 quite naturally, that I needed the pen 

 of Austin, the oratory of Webster and 

 the imagination of Poe to do justice to 

 the subject. 



Then I recalled, Mr. Mayor, how in 

 the past weeks you have heard, and in 

 the weeks to come will hear again, 

 gifted visitors glorify your state, your 

 city and the exposition, until you have 

 arrived, or will do so, at the state of 

 mind of the reigning beauty of each 

 season, who views favorably only the 

 man who, when first presented, refrains 

 from commenting on her charms. 



So instead of imitating the poets and 

 prose writers who have attempted — 

 even though they only partially suc- 

 ceeded — to tell of the wonders, the 

 beauties, the hosi)itality and the charms 

 of your golden land, T am going to 

 come right down to a jilain, unvarnished 

 statement, and say that we acknowledge 

 with deep gratitude your courteous in- 

 vitation and cordial welcome to the 

 Golden Gate. 



As i)ractical florists, it may be that 

 we api>reciate more than the average 

 visitor to your shores, vour floriculture 

 and horticulture, and, from the expres- 

 sions T have heard already, everv mem- 

 ber here jjresent of our society has ex- 

 perienced a double pleasure, that of the 

 thrill which pervades every citizen and 

 the practical feeling of the florist when 

 he considers how you have seized on 

 and multii)lied the advantage-! given 

 you by nature. 



The Wonderful Exposition. 



Let me (^uote from a clever writer 's 

 story of a recent trip to the ex[)Osition, 

 as expressing our views of your won- 

 derful accomplishment. He says: 



"The exposition is all that is claimed 

 for it, and more. Tt is so big and won- 

 derful that it fairlv takes one's breath 

 away when you first behold it. The 

 buildings are majestic and of magnifi- 

 cent architecture and coloring; the 

 grounds are simply beautiful in flowers 

 and foliage such as only California can 

 produce; the statuary and sculptured 



figures are works of advanced art — 

 everything, in fact, is at once pleasing 

 to the eye and yet impressive with the 

 <laring elaborateness which character- 

 izes every detail of this, the world's 

 greatest exposition. ' ' 



Being warned in advance that we 

 should hear something, from every loyal 

 native citizen, of your wonderful cli- 

 mate, I will not touch that subject. 



Putting my first thought in another 

 way, no man living can do justice in 

 words to your beautiful state and city, 

 nor does the man live who can suffi- 

 ciently praise the giants who have made 

 so much of ojjportunities. 



But \vc cannot refrain from express- 

 ing in our feeble way some ap|)reciation 

 of you fortunate residents who have 

 built this wonder-city for the worM to 

 see and admire. 



Kvery monument, every exposition, 

 CAcry great work has its inception in 

 the mind of some one individual. Who 

 was the genius, Mr. Mayor, who first 

 conceived the idea of this monumental 

 work? His name should be glorified in 

 your annals, so that, even as your giant 

 redwood trees tell the story of the 

 weather in the reign of King Ahab, it 

 should be ])Ossible for the visitor to 

 these shores, L*,()00 years from now, to 

 learn the name of tlie man whose genius 

 first jjictured the possibilities of the 

 Panama-Pacific exposition. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— A building permit 

 has been issued to J. L. Nichols for a 

 greenhouse, .'SOxlOO, which he will erect 

 at a cost of $1,000. 



Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut 

 Flower Co., at its establishment at 

 Newton Falls, has completed the erec- 

 tion of a greenhouse, 49x400, which 

 will be devoted to roses. Another 

 house, 24x200, is being built for tJic 

 carnation department. 



