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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 5, 1906. 



week's Review, the expression was for 

 meeting in New York City next year. 

 Tlie decision rests with the executive 

 committee. 



The by-laws were amended to admit 

 individuals as well as concerns to mem- 

 fcership, and the membership fee was 

 raised to $25. New members elected 

 were: W. P. Stokes, Philadelphia; W, 

 H. Morehouse & Co., Toledo; W. H. 

 May & Son, Alexandria, Va. ; Alex. 

 Forbes, of Henderson & Co., New York; 

 Rudy & Gartner, Paola, Kan.; J. A. 

 Dunlap, Nashua, N. H. ; J. J. BuflPing- 

 ton & Co., Baltimore; Cockley Milling 

 Co., Lexington, O. 



Following the paper of James Bur- 

 dette and the report of Secretary Ken- 

 del, delegate to the National Council of 

 Horticulture, an appropriation of $200 

 was made to further the press work of 

 the council. 



J. Chas. McCullough, for the com- 

 mittee on seed adulteration, reported 

 that in the committee's view the simplest 

 and most practicable way of preventing 

 the adulteration of clover seed is to 

 place a prohibitive duty on trefoil. No 

 action was taken. 



W. S. Powell, of Boston, spoke for 

 the credit and collections department of 

 the Wholesale Seedmen 's League. 



F. W. Bolgiano, for the committee 

 on customs, related a conference with 

 the authorities at Washington as to the 

 proposed penalties for undervaluation, 

 with no results of consequence, but was 

 able to state what forms of evidence 

 would be considered as establishing the 

 correctness of invoices. The committee 

 also said a word for the parcels post, 

 supplementing the report of Charles N. 

 Page, who went in detail into the sub- 

 ject of postal laws and needed reforms. 

 It was asserted that the opposition of 

 the express companies and the country 

 merchants makes the parcels post diffi- 

 cult of attainment. 



The committee on government free 

 seeds reported on the effort made this 

 spring to end this abuse, but it was a 

 subject of little interest, as all are 

 familiar with the failure. 



George S. Green, for the transporta- 

 tion committee, reported on the rate 

 legislation, but said that of greater con- 

 sequence to the seed trade is the pro- 

 posed uniform bill of lading. 



He called attention to a recent im- 

 portant decision of the supreme court 

 of Alabama that makes a bank re- 

 sponsible for the grade of seed when 

 the bank collects a draft attached to a 

 bill of lading. 



The cental system was urged by the 

 committee on weights and measures, pre- 

 sented by Charles Burge. The com- 

 mittee showed the advantages of this 

 compared with the system of bushel 

 measure. 



In the absence of the chairman, W. 

 D. Ross, the report of the committee on 

 experiment stations was read by J. T. 

 Buckbee. He proposed that the laws 

 preventing seed adulteration be made 

 more comprehensive. 



The committee on president's address 

 consisted of S. F. Willard, W. Atlee 

 Burpee, H. W, Wood and C. Cropp. 

 Their report paid high compliment to 

 the document and urged upon the asso- 

 ciation the desirability of several of 

 the president's recommendations, espec- 

 ially that which relates to the compila- 

 tion, with a view to ultimate publica- 

 tion, of a descriptive list of all the dif- 

 ferent varieties of vegetables at present 

 in the trade. The desirability of such 



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 pointed out in the address by W. W. 

 Tracy. 



Membership in the Merchants ' and 

 Manufacturers ' Association, to which G. 

 xj. Mc\ey was last year's delegate, was 

 retained. 



H. W. Wood, for the committee on 

 legislation, reported on the year's legis- 

 lation as affecting the seed trade. 



The program of essays was interest- 

 ing. The paper of Henry Nungesser 

 was read by Albert McCullough. It was 

 authoritative on the subject of "De- 

 sirable Imported Natural Grasses." 

 Floyd Brallier's paper on "The Seed 

 Catalogue from the Customer's Stand- 

 point," was read by P. H. Gage. Evi- 

 dently the customer's standpoint and 

 that of the scientific seedsman as repre- 

 sented by Prof. Tracy are not far apart. 

 W. S. Woodruff read Mr. Burdette's 

 paper on the press work of the Council 

 of Horticulture. J. H. McFarland spoke 

 for Niagara Falls and civic improve- 

 ment. Burnett Landreth gave an inter- 

 esting history of the seed trade, and 

 Finley Acker's paper related to retail 

 conditions in general merchandising. 



Just before final adjournment, the 

 retiring president, W. H. Grenell, was 

 presented a handsome cut glass punch 

 bowl, a dozen glasses and a silver server, 

 in recognition of his efficient services 

 as executive during the last year. The 

 presentation was made by W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee, of Philadelphia, with brief con- 

 gratulatory remarks. Mr. Grenell re- 

 sponded feelingly, expressing his ap- 

 preciation of the testimonial of the re- 

 gard in which he is held. 



The hospitalities were more open- 

 handed than ever. There was amusement 

 for the ladies every day, trolley rides, 

 luncheons, etc. Wednesday evening the 

 entire party was entertained at the 

 theater, the vaudeville artists having 

 been well coached on bits of trade gossip 

 and personal peculiarities. One after- 

 noon was spent at a ball game. But 

 the chief effort of the committee was 

 the banquet at the Zenobia Club on 

 Wednesday evening, when covers were 

 laid for 250. The tables were decorated 

 with clover blossoms and stalks of wheat 

 and timothy. The boutonnieres were 

 clover blossoms. 



William H. Morehouse, of the Toledo 

 Produce Exchange, acted as toast-master. 

 With a few well received remarks he 

 introduced the first speaker, Mayor 

 Brand Whitlock. The mayor took for 

 his theme, "High Ideals." 



George B. McVey, of Birmingham, 

 complimented Toledo on its numerous 

 industries. He also boomed his own 

 town, which is one of the leading pro- 

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