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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 23, 1906. 



Charles Lutzeoberser. 



(Chairman EntertatDment Committee, Dayton FlorlBts' Club. 



Hans Bartels, Milwaukee, Wis., April 

 3o, 1906. 



Abraham Hostetter, Manheim, Pa., 

 April 10, 1906. 



William Schray, St. Louis, Mo., May 

 15, 1906. ' > y 



James Hartshorne, Joliet, 111., Au- 

 gust 6, 1906. 



Other membership statistics are as fol- 

 lows : 



Whole number of members, as per 

 printed report for 1905, was 889, of 

 whom 114 were life members. This in- 

 cludied four life members and 173 an- 

 nual members who had been added or 

 reinstated during the year. The acquisi- 

 tions are credited as follows: Alabama, 

 Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, New Hamp- 

 shire, Rhode Island, one each ; California, 

 Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia, On- 

 tario, Manitoba, two each; Indiana, Wis- 

 consin, three each; Connecticut, Georgia, 

 Kentucky, four each; New Jersey, eight; 

 Illinois, ten; Maryland, Michigan, twelve 

 each; iJistrict of Columbia, Ohio, thir- 

 teen each; Massachusetts, eighteen; New 

 York, twenty -six; Pennsylvania, twenty- 

 ninei 



The number of lapses during the year, 

 of members who had paid dues for the 

 previous year but either resigned or 

 failed to respond in 1905, was 111. These 

 ueunquencies are chargeable to the vari- 

 ous states as follows: California, Ken- 

 tucky, Marylanu, ivfa.ne, Khode Island, 

 Texas, Ontario, one each; Colorado, 

 Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Caro- 

 lina,! Tennessee, two each; Connecticut, 

 Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, three each • 

 Indiana, four; A^v,uigan, five; Wiscon- 

 sin, seven; Ohio, eight; Pennsylvania, 

 nine; New York, twelve; Missouri, thir- 

 teen; Illinois, twenty-two. The list of 

 names of delinquents in each State was 

 sent from the secretary's office to its 



respective vice-president. A few of the 

 vice-presidents reported; from the major- 

 ity no response was received. 



It is, I think, generally known among 

 the members that I have decided not to 

 be a candidate for re-election to this 

 office, which with rare and generous con- 

 fidence you have placed in my keeping 

 for so many years. Since that day nine- 

 teen years ago in Chicago, when I had 

 .the privilege of thanking you for the 

 honor you had conferred in unanimously 

 selecting me as the successor in office 

 of such men as E. G. Hill and Edwin 

 Lonsdale, many changes have come about. 

 Many loyal workers for the society, whose 

 friendships were so dear to us, have been 

 called away never to return. In medi- 

 tating on the changed conditions and 

 tremendous horticultural growth of this 

 epoch in the society's history, I feel 

 that while the ambitions and aims of 

 the pioneers have in some respects fallen 

 short of realization, yet as societies go, 

 this society has done well. The balance 

 in the treasury as reported at the Chi- 

 cago convention nineteen years ago was 

 $32.35. With this, our treasurer's re- 

 port, which you are about to listen to, 

 will compare favorably. 



Our membership, however, is not what 

 it should be. Every one identified with 

 any department of horticulture is a 

 sharer in the general benefits which the 

 existence and the direct work of the 

 society has made possible, and it is 

 much to be regretted that thus far no 

 effective means has been found of bring- 

 ing the great mass of those engaged in 

 those pursuits to do their share toward 

 the support of the institution which has 

 done so much for them, and might do so 

 much more if it could only have the 

 necessary backing. 



In seeking to be relieved from the 



responsibilities of the secretaryship, 1 

 can assure you that my interest in the 

 society: 8 welfare wih continue unabated, 

 and 1 shall be ready at all times in the 

 ranks to do whatever lies in my power 

 for the grand old society whose bur- 

 dens and whose joys have been so pecu- 

 liarly my own for so many years. 



At the completion of the report, 

 B. Hammond moved the adoption of 

 resolutions expressive of the society's 

 appreciation of the secretary's long and 

 faithful service, and voicing the regret 

 at his decision to let a younger man 

 take hold. The report of the treasurer 

 was then read. A summary follows: 



Treasurer's Report. 



The financial statement for the calen- 

 dar year 1905 is as follows: 



Jan. 1 — 



Balance general fund ....$2,023.07 



Balance life membership fund 2,819.96 



Cash on hand $5,743.03 



Dec. 31— 



Total receipts year 1905, gen- 

 eral fund $2,403.44 



Total receipts year 1905, life 

 membership fund 911.56 



Total receipts 1905 $3,316.00 



$9,058.03 

 Dee. 31— 

 Total disbursements year 1905, general 

 fund $1,843.55 



Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1905 $7,214.48 



Other Reports. 



The state vice-presidents' reports were 

 ordered printed and the reading dis- 

 pensed with. 



The peony committee reported that it 

 had nothing to report. 



Alexander Wallace, for the committee 

 to co-operate with the National Council 

 of Horticulture, made a full report, 

 placing in the society "b records an ac- 

 count of the council's work reported 

 from time to time in the Review, and 

 well known to all the trade. The com- 

 mittee recommended that the council's 

 publicity work be encouraged, and sug- 

 gested an appropriation, the Seed Trade 

 Association having given $200 for this 

 purpose. Philip Breitmeyer said it is 

 the duty of all florists to help this pub- 

 licity work along, and J. C. Vaughan 

 said credit for the idea of raising funds 

 for this public purpose should be given 

 Mr. Breitmeyer, with whom it origi- 

 nated, the results from a ten weeks' 

 trial of the welfare work being out of 

 all proportion to cost and far beyond 

 expectations. J. G. Esler moved an ap- 

 propriation of $200, which was carried. 

 The president was authorized to appoint 

 two delegates to the council. 



A call was read in which the National 

 Council of Horticulture asked co-opera- 

 tion in a national congress of horticul- 

 ture at Jamestown, Va., August 19 to 

 24, 1907. It was referred to the execu- 

 tive committee. 



A communication was read in which 

 the Detroit Florists' Club asked the 

 S. A. F. to undertake the task of finding 

 a remedy for stem-rot in asters. On mo- 

 tion of E. A. Scribner, consideration of 

 the matter was postponed until time 

 should be less pressing. The same ac- 

 tion was taken with a letter from H. 

 Beaulieu regarding free seeds and a 

 parcels post. 



Judges Appointed. 



President Kasting announced the ap- 

 pointment of the following judges: 



On novelties in the trade exhibit; 

 Wm. Scott, Buffalo; H. Papworth, New 

 Orleans; Charles Vick, Rochester. 



To award the Dayton Florists' Club's 



