August 30, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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CONVENTION 



AFTERMATH 



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National Flower Show. 



On Thursday evening the discussion 

 of the national flower show was a spe- 

 cial order of business. Eobert Craig 

 reported on the inception of the idea 

 and its development at Washington last 

 year. He told of the favor with which 

 the idea had been received and of the 

 prompt response, up to a certain point, 

 to the call for subscriptions to the guar- 

 antee fund of $10,000 which it was 

 proposed to raise. He stated that what 

 is most needed is a man to lead the en- 

 terprise, and said that the committee 

 which has done the work thus far recom- 

 mends that a capable man be hired to 

 give his time to it. He said that a 

 schedule had been prepared for a March 

 show, but that the idea had reluctantly 

 to be abandoned. The committee now 

 recommends a November show, discon- 

 tinuing the August convention and hold- 

 ing the society's business session at 

 the later date. After considering the 

 possibilities at New York, Philadelphia, 

 Boston and other cities it was decided 

 to recommend that the first national 

 show be held in Chicago. It was recom- 

 mended that $3,000 to $4,000 be offered 

 in premiums of sufficient value to bring 

 all the novelties from Europe. It was 

 proposed that a general premium list 

 be issued at once for a show in 1908. 



E. G. Hill followed Mr. Craig. He 

 said he looks for the proposed move to 

 double the society's membership and 

 that it should have 1,000 life members. 

 He said the people in their demands for 

 floriculture and horticulture are ahead 

 of the profession. He told his phenom- 

 enon story as illustrating the success 

 the show will be in bringing all de- 

 partments of the trade in step with the 

 march of progress. 



Others spoke along the same lines 

 and E. V. Hallock argued for calling it 



an international show. The following 

 resolution was then adopted: 



Resolved, that if the proposed exhibi- 

 tion be held, it shall be in the month 

 of November, 1908, in the city of Chi- 

 cago; that the date of the annual meet- 

 ing be changed from August to Novem- 

 ber, so that the exhibition and meeting 

 be held at the same place and date; that 

 the executive committee be empowered 

 to put this resolution into effect. 



There was some further discussion 

 as to whether or not the society might 

 treat so off-handedly as weighty a sub- 

 ject, the date of the annual meeting 

 being provided for in the by-laws, which 

 are only amendable by due process. But 

 it was a hot night, November sounded 

 good and the whole matter was passed 

 up to the executive committee to take 

 such action as it may deem best. 



Qosiiig Sessions. 



Thursday evening George Asmus, 

 who had managed the bowling tourna- 

 ment most successfully, reported for the 

 committee on sports. Secretary Stewart 

 read the report of the superintendent 

 of the trade exhibition. It simply enu- 

 merated the exhibitors and their ex- 

 hibits. 



An invitation from the Society of 

 Southern Florists was read, as follows: 



The Society of Southern Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists was organized at Chatta- 

 noojja, Tenn., May 22, 1906. The objects are 

 similar to those of the Society of American Flo- 

 rists and intended to advance trade in the south 

 and a better acquaintance between all engaged, 

 directly or indirectly, in the business. 



The society will hold its first convention In 

 the city of New Orleans, November 15 to 17, 

 1906. In connection with this convention a trade 

 exhibit will be held to which a cordial invita- 

 tion is extended to every member of the S. A. F., 

 and a hope is expressed that they will take part 

 In the exhibit and show the southern florists 

 what they have to offer. The southern florists 

 will not merely make this visit Interesting, but 

 will take advantage of the occasion to show 

 what the south can produce. 



This had the signatures of President 



R. C. Berckmans and the following New 

 Orleans members: C. W. Eichling, Jos. 

 Steckler, Harry Papworth, Otto Abele, 

 J. A. Newsham, and Harry Elwell. It 

 was referred to the executive committee. 



P. J. Hauswirth, for the committee 

 on life members' badges, presented an 

 acceptable sketch and quotation of 

 prices. After some discussion of the 

 desirability of having a special badge 

 for life members, the matter was re- 

 ferred to the executive committee with 

 power to act. 



The new officers were introduced, save 

 the vice-president, with whom the notifi- 

 cation committee had failed to connect. 

 Each was presented with more or less 

 of the flowers of oratory and each 

 pledged himself to do as did Cheyenne 

 Charlie, above whom, when his course 

 was run, there was inscribed by stead- 

 fast friends: "He done his damnedest; 

 angels couldn't have did no more." 



On Friday morning a brief session 

 was held in the shade of a tree while 

 most of the members were touring the 

 cash register factory. There was in- 

 quiry as to who is now charged with 

 responsibility for pushing the national 

 flower show, and no thoroughly satis- 

 factory answer, as the executive board 

 and committee on guarantee fund seem 

 to share the burden, 



Edwin Lonsdale, Peter Bisset and Wil- 

 liam Miller reported on the outdoor 

 displays, enumerating the exhibits as 

 mentioned in last week's Review, and 

 one there omitted — a bed of Canna Mrs. 

 W. F. Kasting, exhibited by W. F. Kast- 

 ing. It was recommended that a cer- 

 tificate of* merit be awarded Nathan 

 Smith & Son for Canna Director Holtz 

 and a silver medal to John Freuden- 

 berg, for the arrangement and care of 

 the' grounds. It was stated that five 

 exhibitors' occupied 2,800 square feet of. 

 beds and .from two to four men from 

 the N. C. E. staff of gardeners had 

 been employed on the grounds all sum- 

 mer. It was recommended that the 

 feature be continued at future conven- 

 tions to ascertain its possibilities as a 

 business proposition. 



E. V. Hallock, P. J. Hauswirth and 

 Peter Bisset presented final resolutions 

 e.\pressive of the appreciation of the 

 society for the good work of the Day- 

 ton Florists' Club and the hospitality of 

 the people. Especial thanks were ten- 



H, A. Dreer's and Nathan Smith & Son's Outdoor Display at Dayton. 



