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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JULT 1, 1909. 



down and stop declining election they 

 would all agree to elect him to the first 

 and second vice-presidencies as long as 

 the association lamp held out to burn, 

 and then Mr. Duryea concluded to say 

 no more but accept. 



Immediately after the close of the con- 

 ▼ention everybody repaired to the ball- 

 room, where Mr. and Mrs. President 

 Woodruff were delighted by C. F. "Wood, 

 of Louisville, making presentation in his 

 graceful and happy way of solid silver 

 compotes and bon bon dishes and some 

 beautiful designs of belt buckles with 

 the maple leaves embossed thereon. Mr. 

 Woodruff responded warmly, and the con- 

 clusion of this delightful incident marked 

 the close of the convention. 



Landreth on Irrigation. 



Through inadvertence the name of the 

 chairman was omitted from the commit- 

 tee on irrigation appointed Wednesday 

 under the resolution offered by Capt. 

 Landreth at Tuesday's session. Capt. 

 Landreth was of course named by Presi- 

 dent Woodruff as chairman of the com- 

 mittee to interest the Department of 

 Agriculture in irrigation tests in the east. 



Those Present. 



In addition to the list published last 

 week, the following were among those 

 present : 



Ball, A. L., of Chilton Printing Co., Phila- 

 delphia. 



Bufflngton, John J., of J. J. Buffington & Co., 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Cameron, C. E., of Churchill Grain & Seed 

 Co., Toledo, 0., 



Hugglns, M. J., Pierrepont Manor, N. Y. 



Lamberd, S. L., of S. L. Lamberd Co., 

 Baltimore. 



Leonard, E. S., of Leonard Seed Co., Chicago. 



Keeney, C. N., of C. N. Keeney & Son, Le 

 Roy. N. Y. 



Kice, W. A., of White's Class Advertising Co., 

 Jerseyvllle, 111. 



Kogers, E. E., of White's Class Advertising 

 Co., Chicago. 



Squires, K. F., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Vlck, Chas. H., of Jas. Vick's Sons, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



Vlck, Fred W., of Vlck & Hill Co., Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



Watiinger, J., of Conrad Appel, Darmstadt, 

 Germany. 



Among those attending the Seed Trade 

 meeting at Niagara Falls, Ont., were the 

 following ladies: Miss Inez Eogers, 

 Mrs. Jerome B. Kice, Mrs. W. C. Lang- 

 bridge, Mrs. W. F. Jones, Miss Mar- 

 guerite Rice, Miss Woodruff, Miss 

 Blanche E. Goldsmith, Mesdames F. H. 

 Ebeling, H. A. Sculthorpe, L. H. Archias, 

 J. H. Ford, E. F. Dibble, S. M. Sibley, 

 A. L. Hart, L. L. May, W. T. PhilUps, 

 S. F. Willard, M. J. Huggins, W. S. 

 Woodruff, M. L. Hotchkiss, F. C. Wood- 

 ruff, F, M. Clark, F. S. Piatt, H. W. 

 Wood, A. H. Smith, Hazel A. Ross, S. A, 

 Wilson, A. H. Goldsmith, H. T. McCul- 

 lough, T. A. Barrett. 



F. C. Vaeela, the Teneriffe grower of 

 Bermuda onion seeds, reports that he 

 has found a white variety earlier than 

 any other onion. 



J. Watzinger, representing Conrad 

 Appel, Darmstadt, Germany, is visiting 

 the trade in this country and is at Chi- 

 cago this week. His firm is one of the 

 oldest and largest in Germany exporting 

 grass and tree seeds. 



The Springfield Seed Co., Springfield, 

 Mo., held its annual meeting last week, 

 reelecting its officers: President, R. E. 

 Eicketts; vice-president, L. H. Murray; 

 secretary, A. S. E. Sanders. In the sea- 

 son just closed, the concern extended its 

 territory and increased its gross sales. 

 Mr. Sanders attended the Niagara Falls 

 convention. 



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Frank J. King, Toledo, says that the 

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