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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 





July 1, 1909. 



Montimi The Kevi' w whpn poll wnrp 



that the new association would in no way 

 detract from the weight or influence of 

 the parent organization. 



Officers Elected. 



OflSeers were elected as follows: 



President — J. C. Eobinson, Waterloo, 

 Neb. 



First Vice-president — M. H. Duryea, 

 New York. 



Second Vice-president — F. W. Bol- 

 giano, Washington, D. C. 



Secretary-Treasurer — C. E. Kendel, 

 Cleveland, O. 



Assistant Secretary — Leonard H. 

 Vaughan, Chicago. 



Executive Committee — W. S. Wood- 

 ruff, Orange, Conn.; Geo. S. Green, Chi- 

 cago; Alex. Forbes, New York; C. N. 

 Page, Des Moines, Iowa; S. F. Willard, 

 Wethersfield, Conn. 



Membership Committee--Albert Mc- 

 CuUough, Cincinnati; E. L. Page, 

 Greene, N. Y.; J. C. Vaughan, Chicago. 



Place of Meetiog. 



In accordance with custom, no city 

 was voted on, but invitations were read 

 from Atlantic City, Denver, Niagara 

 'Falls, Ont., and Saratoga, as 1910 con- 

 vention cities. An informal ballot 

 showed a majority favoring Atlantic 

 City, but the matter is referred to the 

 executive committee. 



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Mr. Coy Honored. 



S. F. Willard, of Wethersfield, Conn., 

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 the Connecticut legislature, proposed, the 

 name for honorary membership of E. L. 

 Coy, of Melrose, Mass., formerly of New 

 York state, to whom he referred as a 

 veteran seed grower well known to most 

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 orable record in the seed business renders 

 him highly deserving of such an honor. 

 The nomination was seconded by F. W. 

 Bolgiano, of Washington, approved by 

 President Woodruff, as required under 

 the rules, and agreed to by a unanimous 

 vote. 



Committee on Conference. 



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National Council of Horticulture, to con- 

 tinue its work in the interests of the seed 

 trade. Secretary Kendel spoke in highly 

 complimentary terms of the work that 

 has been done by this organization. 



On motion a special vote of thanks 

 was tendered to Mr. McFarland for his 

 elaborately presented lantern slide lec- 

 ture of the preceding evening. The mo- 

 tion, proposed by W. P. Stokes and 

 seconded by F. C. Woodruff, was car- 

 ried, unanimously. 



President Woodruff called attention to 

 the presence of the following ex-presi- 

 dents in attendance at this convention: 

 J. C. Vaughan, 1892; Albert McCul- 

 lough, 1890 and 1900; S. E. Briggs, 

 1895; Jerome B. Eice, 1902; Walter P. 

 Stokes, 1903; S. F. Willard, 1904; Chas. 

 N. Page, 1905; W. H. Grenell, 1906; 

 Henry W. Wood, 1907; Geo. S. Green, 

 1908; and at his suggestion a group 

 photograph was taken of the foregoing 

 after adjournment of the convention. 



Closing Ceremonies. 



To Chas. Dickinson was accorded the 

 honor of escorting to the chair the newly- 

 elected president, J. C. Kobinson, who 

 responded in a neat speech, which evi- 

 denced his full appreciation of the re- 

 sponsibilities of the position and his own 

 willingness to do all in his power to ful- 

 fill them properly. In Mr. Eobinson the 

 association secures the services of a man 

 of excellent tact, good judgment and 

 kindly nature, who will give it strength, 

 particularly in the section from which 

 he comes. Mr. Eobinson felt that his 

 residence west of the Mississippi, though 

 not far from the center of our common 

 country, might make it difficult for him 

 to be in as close touch as he would desire 

 with the eastern membership, and he 

 therefore urged that all members advise 

 him frequently and fully as to the needs 

 of the association. Mr. Eobinson 's elec- 

 tion was unanimous. 



As a reward for his attempt to decline 

 the honor of the office of first vice-presi- 

 dent, Mr. Duryea was threatened by Mr. 

 Green with being made perpetual vice- 

 president, and Mr. McCullough told him 

 if that was not enough to make him sit 



