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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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MOST SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 

 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



IHE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT ROCHESTER. 



OFFICERS FOR 1910: 

 ,«idein. F. R. PIERSON. larrylown. N. ^ . 



Vice-president, FRED W. VICK. Rochester, N. \ . 



Secretary. H. B. DORNER, Urbana, III. 



Treasurer. H. B. BEATTY. Oil C.lv. Pa. 



.\llfr an aiisciuc ol' twciits live yi'jus 

 In Society of Amcricaii I'Morisis ictiinu'd 



■ ' < inciiiiiaf i tills week t<> rclcliratc its 

 -iImt jubilee. 



Tiic society held its liist iiicetinji in 

 \iiyiist, 1SS4, in a secoiui-story room in 

 III' njtl ]M)rtion of .Music Hall, in one of 

 til- liiy newer wirijjs of which the trade's 

 li-i|)l:iy was stayed. .Not many of the 



■ Id timers who jittendeil the lirst eonven 

 ion were j»res(>iit, hut iimoii<r those who 

 \<re on hand wer(^ I']. <!. Hill, .1. 1). Car 



■Mody, .). <;. Vaujrhan. It. P. ( rit. hell. W . 



I. Stewait, liuther Armstrong, I'. 1\. I'ier 



-.11. \V. W. Cohis, .). T. Temple, .Mberl 



d' " idloiiyh, .1. ('has. .McCullonyh, ,1. A. 



I'-l. rson, .l:icoh Sclnil/., II. H. K'itter. \\'. 



'■. Matthews. I). I'.. I.onj;, (. D. I'.all. 



I''dieit Kift. .Vntoim" Wiiitzer, K. \V. 

 iiy, ,'ind a few others, 

 in view of the exce|)tionul inlerol 

 liich attached to the twenty fifth anni 

 • Tsary it was expecteil th:it :dl iccords 

 "uhl he broken. The attendance, while 

 iiyc, <lid not come (|iiite up to s:inyuine 

 Npectations, but in other resjiects nntli 

 '■'■^ whatever was left to be desired. The 



■ dl for trade exhibits was Mlmndant l\ 

 'il,'e ;nid well ventilated: the meetin;: 

 i'lii' next door, in the Odeon. w;is com 

 "dioMS ;ind eontaineij a splendid pip' 



i^an, on which .Miss Alma b'obtMl.i 

 I'l'Jiiiir, one of t,'incinn;iti 's most cli.-ii'm 



.; innl talented dau^ihters, gaxc a h:d t 

 ''ir"s com-ert before endi sessioti. 



file members of the < i?i(inn:it i Fin 

 "'--■ Society, headed l.y I'resident l'( 

 '^"11, had one .•ind all done \iiim;iii 



'\iie and the :irrany;ements were n-- 



il'ct as it is possible foi- suili tliiiie^ 



I'l'. The hospitalities were la\i-^li. 



'''■••■<ident X'alentine believes in pum- 

 '•'h'y and be<>an on time ;it each se> 

 ""• lie made an admirable (hairniaii 



'I the busiiH'Ss was put throuj^h 

 "■niptly. 



The Routine Work. 



'l is in a w;iy unfortunate ili;it ordi 



•'■'y parliainentaiy proceilurt biiuys tin 



'.itine work of the con\enti(in into th< 



"I'ial 9es.sion, at whiih the attendaiic- 



■"'i"dl\ iv );M<iest and ill which then 



should be mosi 1)1' intilesl. to liuM the 

 members, and induce them to come back 

 for later sessions. Ilowcxcr im|iortani 

 the routine reports of oHicers and com 

 niittees in;iy be, and they .'ire. of c(Mirse. 



N'ital ti> the societv. vet e\eli the most 



iiiiay iiiai i\ e ol' repoiters could not cull 

 fiiiiii tlieiii miich thai ni;ikes a ''story,'" 

 iini- ran the ineniliers find in them much 

 111 liidd llii interest on a hot afternoon, 

 li siKnild lie otherwise. In this i-espcet 

 ,111 :idiiii 111 lile depailiui' was made this 

 \ear III riiltinL; mil the .-iddresses ot' wel- 

 come and the II sjioMSi's, which per'initted 

 Lii'ttili;^ iliiWii III luisiiieN-. the moment the 

 <4a\cl fcdl ill I he ( lileipii. 



I'resiileiil \'a li'iil i lie \ ,iddre,-.>, was a 

 well coiisiclerel |iapei-. \\liicli will be 

 found ill full uii another paj^e ot' this 

 issue. What he had to say was to the 

 point ainl he was i;i\cn idose attention. 

 There was iiuich applause when he re- 

 ferred to th(> lai'i^e increase in member- 

 ship ill ( '(dor;ido this year and the fact 

 that he was escorted tn the coii\ cntioii 

 by a delegation ot' sixtei-n members. 



At Mr. Hudd 's own siiyiicstion the 

 ic'adiui; of the se'ii't.iry 's i-epoit and 

 those of the treasarer were cut down tu 

 the most essential jiarts. The reports 

 are published in this issue of the K*^; 

 \IK\\. .Mr. b'udd supplemented his report 

 as sci'ietary iiy a slatement of the work 

 id' the iiieinbers in securing new acces 

 sinus to the i;uiks. It ;ippe;ired tli.it 

 .\. A. P>eiison. \ ice president for Colo- 

 rado, had duriii<r the year y.'ithered up 

 ■•fl.'iH, re|)resentine tliirtv new members. 

 Will. -Miller, (d' Har Harbor. .Me., had re 

 initted .+ s."). for eleven new annual mem 

 bers ;ind one life member. 11. I'lieese- 

 iii:in, a traveler for \ ;iu;;han 's. had ob- 

 tained two life ineiiiliers ;it $',\0 each, 

 thereby winniiii; the second prize idVered 

 to travelers for this wmk by President 

 X'alentine; lirst was not ;i\vurdcd. I". II. 

 .Meinhardt, of St. i.niiis, secured one 

 new .•iiiiin,-il ;iiiil Iwn new life members. 



F. R. Pierson, President-elect Society of American Florists. 



