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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



AuousT 20, 1908. 



Mr. Kastin; Tells About the Autumn Show. 



WilB^ire, of Montreal; "Nomencla- 

 ture," by John Cavers, of Oakville, 

 and "Grapes Under Glass," by Thomas 

 Pewtress, of Pointe Claire*. There 

 also was a discussion between growers 

 and retailers, led by George M. 

 Geraghty and M. J. Lawrence. 



The convention concluded Thursday 

 night with the election of officers. On 

 Friday the Canadians were guests of 

 the Buffalo florists in company with the 

 8. A. P. 



Crusade Against Ugliness. 



The society converu'd on Wednesday 

 evening at the hall in the model factory 

 of the shredded wheat biscuit, Presi- 

 dent Traendly in the chair, and a large 

 audience present. The order of the 

 evening was the address of J. Horace 

 McFarland, on how floris'ts may aid in 

 the crusade against ugliness. It was 

 .an adaptation of a lecture Mr. McFar- 

 land has given before many audiences, 

 and only related specially to florists in 

 that they enjoy exceptional advantages 

 for furthering the work of civic im- 

 provement and have rather more to 

 gain from it than has anyone else. 

 Mr. McFarland makes his jioints by 

 contrasts, and showed a large number 

 of splendid stereopticon views illus- 

 trating' how different communities re- 

 spect or neglect the ajsthetic side of 

 civic life. Speaking of the financial 

 gain for thus<' who maintain tlie model 

 business establishments, he said every 

 florist would find it would be a money- 

 making proposition to keep neat, clean, 

 well-cared-for greenhouses and grounds 

 instead of retarding horticultural prog- 

 ress by the neglect which characterizes 

 many places where good stock is grown. 

 He urged each one to set an example 

 for his own good as well as that of his 

 commnnitv. 



Thursday Moraing. 



A cablegram was received reading: 

 Congratulations to President Traendly 

 and the S. A. F., from the Shrewsbury 

 Flower Show, C. H. Totty and William 

 Duckham, Shrewsbury, England. 



W. C. Barry, Rochester, presented a 

 paper on * ' Outdoor Koses, ' ' which was 

 received with hearty applause. Mr, 

 Barry followed his formal address by 

 an impromptu exhortation to the trade 

 to use roses more extensively in their 

 garden work. There was good discus- 

 sion. 



The recommendations of the executive 

 board as to amendments to the consti- 

 tution and by-laws were adopted. They 

 merely corrected amhiguities in phrase- 

 ology. 



J. Otto Thilow presented a ])etition 

 signed by forty-three exhibitors request- 

 ing that in future conventions the gen- 

 eral pul)lic be excluded from the trades' 

 display except on Thursday afternoon. 

 Unanimously adopted. 



A comiuunication from P. Welch, of 

 Boston, brought uj) the? complaint of a 

 shipper at Natick who alleged unwar- 

 ranted advances in rates bj' the Amer- 

 ican Kxpress Co. Referred to the legis- 

 lative committee. 



A communication from Edward Reid, 

 Philadelphia, detailed his correspondence 

 with the express companies and the in- 

 terstate commerce commission and the 

 reports of correspondence between the 

 commission and the companies with re- 

 gard to the allowance of twenty-five 

 per cent in weight of shipments for ice. 

 Referre<l to the legislative committee. 



Communications from the Stiles Co., 

 Oklahoma City, ami the Pike's Peak Klo- 

 ral Co., Colorado Springs, raised the 

 question of the lack of uniform success 

 in shipments of cut flowers into the 

 south. Mr. Reid said it raised the whole 



question of unreliable express service. 

 The secretary pointed out that the gen- 

 tleman wanted investigation of methods 

 of packing to assure that the trade is 

 not blameless before approaching other 

 phases of the matter. Referred to the 

 legislative committee. 



American Rose Society. 



The rose society held a meeting 

 Thursday morning for the formal trans- 

 fer of the presidency from Robert Simp- 

 son to August Poehlmann. The status 

 of the society's finances was considered 

 in an address by Mr. Poehlmann, who 

 urged the support of all rose growers 

 for the society and of all members for 

 the officers. The next annual meeting 

 and exhibition at Buffalo was discussed, 

 the local details being left in the hands 

 of Vice-president W. F. Kasting. 



Thursday Afternoon. 



The National Flower Show was the 

 subject for Thursday afternoon, with a 

 report of progress by W. F. Kasting, 

 chairman of the committee; a report of 

 his trips to Europe, by E. G. Hill, who 

 has recently had the opportunity of meet- 

 ing most of those from whom foreign 

 exhibits are expected, and a .statement 

 by J. C. Vaughan as to the status of 

 the local work in Chicago. There was a 

 special meeting of the American Carna- 

 tion Society, at which President M. A. 

 Patten presided and during which the 

 premium list was framed up and other 

 matters arranged for the annual conven- 

 tion at Indianapolis in January. 



There was no evening review, the time 

 being given to dancing, sight-seeing and 

 the usual annual good-fellowship gather- 

 ings. 



Friday's Session. 



The program for Friday consisted of 

 papers as follows: "School Gardens," 

 by L. C. Corbett, Washington; "State 

 Florists' Associations and the Relation 

 Thev Should Bear to the S. A. P.," bv 

 Albert T. Hey, Western Springs, 111,"; 

 "Planting for Winter Effect," by 

 George E. McClure, of Buffalo. 



There also was an informal address on 

 "What Illinois Is Doing for the Flo- 

 rist, ' ' by Herman Dorner, of Urbana. 



At the close President Traendly was 

 presented with a handsome testimonial 

 and memento of the convention. 



Entertainment Features. 



The entertainments added much to the 

 pleasures of sight-seeing. The Canadians 

 did themselves proud. Thursday morn- 

 ing the Indies' S. A. F. gave a reception 

 and were taken through the wonderful 

 shredded wheat factory. Each evening 

 there was dancing at the International 

 hotel. Friday afternoon was in the 

 hands of the Buffalo ilorists' Club, two 

 steamers being chartered, one to take 

 the main party for a ride on the river, 

 tlie otlier to take the bowlers and friends 

 to Buffalo for the national bowline con- 

 t.^t. 



The ladies' bowling contest was held 

 Friday evening, to permit the ladies to 

 enjoy the afternoon entertainment on the 

 river, where luncheon was served. 



The weather was ideal and the attend- 

 ance held up throughout, the only un- 

 l)leasant features being the lack of space 

 for trade displays and the admission of 

 the general public. 



Election of Officers. 



The election of President .1. A. Valen- 

 tine. Vice-president E, G. Gillett and 

 Treasurer H. B. Beatty was unanimous. 



For secretary, W. N, Rudd received 

 196 vf.tes- and J. F. Sullivan 76 votes. 



