July 1, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



41 



i|n ai Niagara Falls, Ont., June 22, 1909. 



always lias taken an activo ])art in the 

 affairs of the Seed Tiaile Association, 

 last year ))ein<i; lirst vice-]>resi<leiit and 

 a member of the committee on postal 

 laws. His home is farther west than that 

 of any other man who has heretofore 

 lieen called to the ]ircsidciicy of this 

 association, hut he will liriiij^ to the 

 ofHcc an energy and a view from a fresh 

 l)oint, which will go far toward niakinji; 

 the year one of the most snccessfnl in 

 the history of the association, which in 

 the last few years has {jrown to have an 

 orfjanization with which it can be a real 

 |K)wer ill inlluencing any factor bearinj^ 

 on trade matters. 



THE FIRST-VICE. 



Marshall If. Dnryea's sjiecialty is be- 

 ing vice-president. In some places a 

 vice-presitlency is an honorary ollice, but 

 the vice-presidencies Mr. Dnryea holds 

 are no sinecures. lie is vice-president 

 ami treasurer of lieiiry Nungesser iV; 

 Co., New York grass seed dealers, with 

 worldwide connections, and in li)07 he 

 was elected first vice-president of the 

 American Seed Trade Association. The 

 accom[)anying illustration is from a 

 snapshop of Mr. J)uryea taken on the 

 rodf garden of the lloiel Asttu-, New 

 York, the day of that election. It will 

 Ije noted tiiat Mr. Duryea had taken a 

 position almost directly underneath a 

 ladder, which superstition says is an un- 

 lucky thing to do; so it seemed in his 

 case, for the next year he was set back 

 a notch, to the second vice-presidency. 

 Hy dint of close a])})lication and careful 

 attention to duties, he has now been re- 

 stored to his original ])Osition — not be- 

 neath the ladder, but in the first vice- 

 presidency. Then, too, when it came to 

 the organization of the New ^Vholesale 

 (irass Seed Dealers' Association, who 

 would be just the man for vice-president; 

 why, Mr. Duryea, of cuurse — and so it 

 was. 



It was largely due to Mr. Duryea 's 

 efl'orts during the jiast business season, 

 that the seed trade in New "i'ork escapecl 

 inimical legislation at Albany. Tlie seed 

 traile in New York city and the east 

 looks to him for leadership in any mat- 

 ters concerning general trade interests. 



Marshall H. Duryea. 



(Vice-president of the American Seed Trade Association.) 



NIAGARA FALLS CONVENTION. 



(A fill! report of llio onnvcnlidii np tci tin- 

 clnsiii;; session was iiiintPd in tlie Keviow for 

 .lime I'l.] 



The Concluding Session. 



The American Seed Trade Association, 

 in twenty-seventh annual convention at 

 Niagara Falls last week, at the closing 

 session on Thursday morning heard tlie 

 brief report of the tariff committee, i»re- 

 sented by its chairman. .T. C. Vanghaii. 

 The facts had ])re\iously b«eii covereti 



in the address of President AVoodruff, 

 published last week. 



Kecognizing the eiTicient services of 

 Secretary-Treasurer Kendel and his 

 manifold duties, he was voted an in- 

 crease of salary of $100. 



Aiuumncement was made by Albert 

 Mcl'nllongii of the formation of a new 

 organization in no way antagonistic to 

 the parent organization, to include the 

 wholesale grass seed dealers. Mr. Mc- 

 Ciilhuigli wished it (dearly understood 



