The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 29, lOOT. 



advocated a strict adherence to the laws 

 ■of the society, while others thought the 

 officers should be given more latitude in 

 the matter of incidentals and unusual 

 expenses. 



The society voted to pay all the bills 

 that had been held up, including the at- 

 torney 's fee in the celebrated case 

 against the U. S. Express Co., which was 

 $150 instead of the $50 originally appro- 

 priated for the work. To clear the decks 

 for the coming year the board of direct- 

 ors recommended an appropriation of 

 $3,500 to cover the general expenses of 

 the year. The society refused to con- 

 cur. No other action was taken save to 

 strike out of the record a portion of 

 the discussion. 



Final Sestioni. 



E. Vincent, Jr., reported for the com- 

 mittee on state vice-presidents' reports, 

 calling attention to the unanimity with 

 which the several states reported a pros- 

 perous year, but a cold and backward 

 spring, which had a bad effect. The com- 

 mittee commended the work for floricul- 

 tural experiment to be undertaken in 

 Illinois as a result of the state appro- 

 priation secured by the Illinois Florists' 

 Association and recommended that the 

 school garden movement mentioned by 

 several states be encouraged. 



This was followed by the paper of 

 Theodore Wirth, on "Horticultural Edu- 



power to act, and strengthened by the 

 addition of F. R. Pierson and P. O 'Mara. 



W. W. Castle moved that to avoid 

 such parliamentary entanglements as had 

 occurred at a previous session, in future 

 all motions and resolutions be presented 

 in written form. Carried. 



W. F. Gude offered a resolution of sym- 

 pathy for Joseph Heacock, who was 

 called away on the eve of the convention 

 to search for a son who is reported lost 

 in the wilds of British Columbia. 



P. O'Mara read S. S. Skidelsky's re- 

 port for the committee on publicity. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar stated that in 

 view of the change of name which had 

 been contemplated, no action had been 

 taken by the committee on affiliation of 

 other societies. The committee was con- 

 tinued. 



F. B. Pierson and W. F. Gude, for the 

 commmittee on the tariff and the inter- 

 est of the trade in fostering home indus- 

 tries, reported that however home indus- 

 try might or might not be affected by a 

 revision of the tariff, they saw no chance 

 of any change until a new administra- 

 tion comes in. 



James Dean brought up the subject of 

 the' directors' action in authorizing the 

 secretary to destroy a part of the old, 

 valueless records of the society and said 

 he took pleasure in presenting the so- 

 ciety with a bound volume containing 

 the annual reports from the first year. He 



Harry A. Bunyard. 



(Serreant-at-arms of the Philadelphia Convention.) 



cation in Agricultural Schools," and the 

 one by J. K. M. L. Farquhar, on "Hor- 

 ticultural Education by Horticultural 

 Societies and Clubs," followed by a gen- 

 ex&l discussion. On motion the school 

 garden committee, of which E. V. Hal- 

 lock is chairman, and which had pre- 

 viously reported, was continued, with 



was given a rising vote of thanks. As 

 secretary, Mr. Stewart had searched long 

 and diligently but could never discover a 

 copy of the first report. 



The salary of the treasurer was fixed 

 at $200 for the year, but Mr. Beatty 

 gave notice he would turn it back to 

 the society as in the past. In all the 



years he has served as treasurer- he never 

 has accepted the salary of the office. 



The society voted $200 to the National 

 Council of Horticulture for its publicity 

 bure^iu, but the directors later cut it 

 down to $150. 



W. N. Rudd made a statement to the 

 effect that the adoption of a standard 

 pot a number of years ago had been a 

 grand good thing, but that now many 

 manufacturers deviated from the stand- 

 ard. He moved that the chair appoint a 

 committee to take the matter up afresh. 

 Carried. 



Trade Exiiibit. 



There were additions to the trade ex- 

 hibits, even up to the closing day. Among 

 the late arrivals were: 



Thomas Brewer, Philadelphia, a fumi- 

 gator, a machine "diffusing a * ' liquid 

 gas" so-called in the circulars, and in 

 use in the Westley Jennings greenhouses 

 in Philadelphia. 



E. A. Beaven, Evergreen, Ala., wild 

 smilax and fadeless sheet moss, the same 

 exhibit that was recognized by the judges 

 at Dayton last year. 



E. W. Holt, New York, rubber hose. 



Keystone Sheet Metal Co., Ambridge, 

 Pa., a patent metal hotbed sash. 



Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit. A model 

 of the Morehead traps was exhibited by 

 Rainear & Co., Philadelphia. 



Presentatiooi. 



At the close of the session Thursday 

 evening, August 22, J. D. Carmody de- 

 manded the floor — for the purpose of 

 presenting to President Stewart a chest 

 of silver. Mr. Stewart was visibly 

 affected by Mr. Carmody 's eloquence, 

 and especially by his reference to Mrs. 

 Stewart, who recently has been critically 

 ill and who was not yet strong enough to 

 stand the trip to Philadelphia. The 

 president 's acceptance was brief ; he said 

 he had done his best during all the years 

 of his service to the society and that his 

 interest and efforts would suffer no 

 diminution with his return to the ranks. 



David Rust pleased everyone im- 

 mensely with his management of the 

 trades display and the fat purse pre- 

 sented to him was only a fitting recogni- 

 tion of the indefatigable energy he had 

 displayed in looking after the interests 

 of all the exhibitors. The receipts for 

 space in the hall were approximately 

 $1,800. 



The ladies presented Mrs. C. H. May- 

 nard, of Detroit, with a set of silver 

 spoons, as recognition of her successful 

 efforts in the organization of the Ladies' 

 Auxiliary to the S. A. F. 



Willow Grove* 



On Thursday afternoon Charles D. 

 Ball and his committee entertained the 

 ladies who did not bowl at Willow 

 Grove. There were nearly 250 of them. 

 Willow Grove is a spot famous for its 

 beauty. Sousa's band was there and re- 

 freshments were served. The ladies were 

 delighted. 



Bayersdorfer's Lttncheon. 



Thursday afternoon H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co. served luncheon to a large num- 

 ber of visitors on the roof of their new 

 building at 1129 Arch street. The roof 

 was a veritable garden. Not only did 

 the guests enjoy the luncheon, with 

 music, but they took advantage of the 

 opportunity to inspect the stock in the 

 large and handsomely decorated store. 

 All week the firm ran a free bus from 

 Horticultural hall to the store. 



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