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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



AVGU8T 12, 1909. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



President Valentine has appointed the 

 following committee on Discussion of the 

 President's Address: P. O'Mara, chair- 

 man; W. J. Stewart, E. G. Hill, J. G. 

 Esler, A. Gude, J. F. Ammann, J. F. Sul- 

 livan, W. N. Rudd. 



W. is. Rudd, Sec'y. 



August 9, 1909. 



THAT SECRETARYSHIP. 



li the Salary Adequate ? 



I should like to be placed on record as 

 most sincerely and emphatically indors- 

 ing the sentiment and. much of the sub- 

 stance of Mr. Rudd's statement concern- 

 ing the secretaryship of the S. A. F., 

 published in the last issue of the Review. 

 I also desire to express my appreciation 

 of Mr. Rudd's high sense of public duty, 

 and sincerely hope that all the members 

 who may be present at the coming con- 

 vention may be imbued with an equally 

 high sense of that duty, and that when 

 the time comes for maKing a choice of 

 the men for the various offices, all wiu 

 sink personal and selfish desires and con- 

 sider the welfare of the society only. 



Does not Mr. Rudd's statement, that 

 "the right man can do $1,500 worth of 

 work and then feel dissatisfied with him- 

 self that he has been unable to take up 

 many things that would undoubtedly in 

 the future advance the society's interest 

 and increase its membership," raise a 

 question as to the wisdom of the society 

 paying $1,000 only? If, as Mr. Rudd 

 states, "no man engaged in active busi- 

 ness, either as proprietor or employee, 

 can take up this work and carry it out 

 80 that the society may achieve, Uie suc- 

 cess which is within its grasp, ijnless he 

 grossly neglects his own business," the 

 only logical inference is that a man must 

 give practically his entire time to the 

 work. Now, can a man with the required 

 energy, intelligence and ability afford to 

 give his entire time to the work for the 

 sum paid! I think that this is a phase 

 of the subject that the society will do 

 well to consider. I. L. Powell. 



Approves Bunyard's Candidacy. 



I have read with regret Mr. Rudd's 

 letter, declining a renomination for secre- 

 tary of the S. A. F. The wisdom of 

 his remarks carries great weight and will 

 doubtless set members thinking. 



I note that our eastern friends have 

 advanced Harry A. Bunyard for the po- 

 sition. I have known Mr. Bunyard for 

 nearly twenty years, during which time 

 I have known him to be a man of strict 

 integrity, and a sincere and tireless 

 worker. If Mr. Rudd had him in mind 

 when writing his letter, he could not 

 have outlined work more fitted for re- 

 sponsive result than to Mr. Bunyard. He 

 meets everybody, is an all-round, prac- 

 tical horticulturist and knows how to 

 "do things." Unless there is a stronger 

 candidate put forward, I shall certainly 

 do what I can to help his candidacy. 

 Philip Breitmeyer. 



Regrets Rudd's Resolve. 



Harry -A. Bunyard, under date of Au-' 

 gust 7, sent out the following letter: 



"All members of the S. A. F. will join 

 with me in regretting the fact that Mr. 

 W. N. Rudd will not allow his name to 

 be used for reelection as secretary of our 

 ■ociety. His earnestness and s'rensrth as 

 an organizer were never better demon- 



strated than while holding this respon- 

 sible position. 



"When my friends called and asked 

 me to allow my name to be used as a 

 candidate for secretary, it was with the 

 full understanding that Mr. Rudd's de- 

 cision was final. I appreciate the respon- 

 sibility, the work and the necessary 

 qualifications to hold the position as sec- 

 retary, and have made up my mind that 

 if elected the work of the society shall 

 be done promptly and well. 



* ' I take this opportunity of sincerely 

 thanking my friends in advance for their 

 interest in my behalf. 



"Harry A. Bunyard." 



THE CINCINNATI SOUVENIR. 



The Cincinnati Florists ' Society has 

 issued a beautifully printed souvenir of 

 the city. There is an article on the his- 

 tory of the city, one on the history of the 

 S. A. F. by W. J. Stewart, one on the 

 Cincinnati Florists' Society by Henry 

 Schwartz, and then each right-hand page 

 carries a beautiful halftone picture of 



Don't Forget: — 



THE SPEQAL 



CONVENTION NUMBER 



OF THE REVIEW 



comes out August 19, with a full report c^ 

 the 25th Annual Convention of the S. A. F. 

 at Cincinnati. Advertisers should send 

 ** copy " at once if they do not want to miss 



THE BEST ISSUE OF THE SEASON 



some building or point of interest, with 

 trade advertisements on the opposite 

 page. 



The committee in charge, D. Car- 

 michael, J. W. Rodgers and Geo. S. 

 Bartlett, has done its work well. 



ROCHESTER WANTS CONVENTION 



Rochester is out after the 1910 conven- 

 tion of the Society of American Florists. 

 Buttons were distributed during the last 

 week to the delegations from New York, 

 Baltimore, Cincinnati and other cities. A 

 large delegation from Rochester promises 

 to be on the ground during the Cincinnati 

 convention. 



Rochester is trying to get a reputation 

 as a convention city. Last year a con- 

 vention hall was built that would seat 

 4,000 persons. Not satisfied with this the 

 city was importuned to build a one-hun- 

 dred-thousand-dollar addition, which gives 

 free to all conventions a combined con- 

 vention and exhibition hall approximating 

 48,000 square feet of floor space. Of this 



space 14,000 feet is for the general as- 

 sembly and 34,000 fee# for trades dis- 

 plays. 



In the circulars sent out by the Roch- ' 

 ester Chamber of Commerce these im- 

 mense halls are offered free to all visiting 

 conventions, heat and light included. ' ' \Ve 

 will get you sooner or later, so you might 

 as well make it 'next time,' " is one of 

 the terse sentences that strike the oye • 

 of the reader. 



"Rochester owes much of her prosp. r- 

 ity to the florists," writes Woodworth 

 Clum, publicity secretary of the ChamJ^er 

 of Commerce. Her fame as the Flovor 

 City has been spread broadcast and we 

 are shipping flowers, trees and plants to 

 the corners of the earth. 



' * We are especially anxious to have the 

 florists with us in 1910 and we will show 

 them the time .of their lives. We will 

 have a delegation of 'live ones' in Cin- 

 cinnati and if the convention does not 

 come to Rochester in 1910, it will not he 

 our fault." 



A WORD FROM MONTREAL. 



Montreal wants the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists' convention next year. Will 

 you please make a note of same in your 

 next issue? Our population is now one- 

 half million. Our magnificent harbor, 

 Lachine rapids. Mount Royal park on 

 Mount Royal, overlooking the city; trout 

 and salmon fishing in vicinity. Splendid 

 hotel accommodation and halls for con- 

 vention and trade exhibit easy to procure. 

 Only a night journey from New York, 

 Boston, Buffalo, etc. 



Hall & Robinson. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



The Ladies' S. A. F. will give a recep- 

 tion Wednesday evening, August 18, from 

 9:30 to 11:30 at the Sinton hotel. Re- 

 freshments will be served. 



Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, Pres. 



Mrs. Chas. H. Maynabd, Sec 'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



During the S. A. F. convention, at 

 Cincinnati, by order of President August 

 F. Poehlmann, there will be held a meet- 

 ing of the American Rose Society. All 

 members present at the convention will 

 please make it a point to attend. Vari- 

 ous matters of much importance will be 

 brought up, and every person interested 

 in any way in roses is invited to join 

 this society. The preliminary schedule 

 has been issued. 



Benjamin Hammond, Secretary. 



NOW FOR THE CONVENTION. 



Cincinnati Extends a Welcome. 



By the time that this issue of the 

 Review is in the hands of its readers, 

 many will already be packing their 

 trunks and buying their tickets to Cin- 

 cinnati. The more there are doing this, 

 the better we will like it. It is to theni 

 fspeoially that we address the following, 

 but if at the same time someone should 

 read this who has not yet been able t<' 

 make up his m,ind to come, we hope that 

 it may be likened to the straw that 

 broke the camel's back and be the onr 

 thing that will turn his mind to decide 

 to come to Cincinnati. We want to give 

 a sort of idea of what the visitor may 

 expect to see in this city and a faint 

 idea of what the entertainments will be 

 like. We hope that our little story will 

 be of such influence that all those who 



