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juent of a committee of three to work 

 ,)ut a plan and report next year; the 

 suggestion with regard to applying to the 

 Secretary of Agriculture for information 

 on foreign cultural conditions that will 

 aid in establishing certain similar indus- 

 tries in this country; the suggestion with 

 regard to securing state aid in the study 

 ,,t" florists' problems; and the statements 

 i^garding sports. But the committee was 

 ■ot unanimous on the suggestion to 

 hange the by-laws so as to provide for 

 ■ he election of directors and the appoint- 

 uent of secretary and treasurer by the 

 I. oard instead of as at present. Patrick 

 I) 'Mara and W. J. Stewart presented a 

 iiinority report, failing to concur in this 

 ecommendation. 



There were straightway lively times, 

 l)ut it developed that W. F. Gudo, E. G. 

 ilill, J. F. Ammann, J. G. Esler, Mr. 

 Phillips, of Brooklyn, F. E. Pierson, 

 \V. R. Smith and others were almost 

 unanimously in favor of the change, with 

 Wm. Rudd in favor of appointing direct- 

 ors as now and also appointing tlie secre- 

 tary and treasurer by the board of direct- 

 ors. After a half hour's discussion the 

 majority report was adopted. Mr. Esler 

 then offered an amendment to the by- 

 laws, which under the rules must lay 

 over until the Rochester meeting, pro- 

 viding for the changes recommended by 

 President Valentine. There will be a 

 year for consideration; if the amend- 

 ments prevail at Rochester the convention 

 will thereafter elect a president, vice- 

 president and two directors each year, 

 but the secretary and treasurer will be 

 chosen by the board of directors. 



Meeting of Ladies' S. A. F. 



On Wednesday, at 11 a. m., the Ladies' 

 S. A. F. met at the Sinton hotel, in its 

 liandaome assembly hall on tlie ninth 

 iloor, nearly fifty being present, with 

 President Mrs. J. C. Vaughan in the 

 I'hair. The new officers for 1910 were 

 fleeted, as follows: President, Miss Ma- 

 tilda Meinhardt, of St. Louis, Mo.; first 

 vice-president, Mrs. John V. Phillips, of 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. ; second vice-president, 

 Miss Margaret Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind. ; 



secretary, Mrs. Chas. Mayuanl, Detroit, 

 Mich.; treasurer, Mrs. Albert M. Herr, 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



There were interesting discussions, with 

 a view to larger membership. Variou.s 

 changes in the by-laws were suggested, to 

 be voted on at the next meeting. The 

 meeting was very harmonious and the 

 majority of the ladies present took part 

 in ^the discussions. The meeting ad- 

 journed at noon, after the announcement 

 of the reception tendered by the society 

 to the members and to the S. A. F. in 

 the Hotel Sinton at 9:30 Wednesday 

 evening. The majority of the ladies then 

 journeyed to Heidelberg, Ky., to demon- 

 strate their bowling expertness, which 

 would have to be of a high order to com- 

 pare with the ability shown in their excel- 

 lent business capacity at their annual 

 meeting. 



Wednesday Evening's Entertainment. 



Wednesday evening O. P. Beckley took 

 the place of J. Horace McFarland at th(> 

 Odeon and delivered an instructive and 

 liighly interesting lecture on color pho 

 tography, using a specially constructed 

 stereopticon to show the colored pictures 

 on the screen. 



Following the lecture the Ladies' 

 S. A. F. gave a largely attended recep- 

 tion in the parlors of the Sinton hotel. 

 Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, Miss Meinhardt, 

 Mrs. Charles Maynard and Mrs. J. A. 

 Valentine received, assisted by the gen- 

 tlemen, reversing the positions held at 

 the S. A. F. president's reception the 

 evening before. Music and refreshments 

 added to the pleasure of the affair. 



Wednesday afternoon the ladies who 

 (lid not care for bowling were taken for 

 a street car ride, for a^ visit to the Art 

 Museum and the Rookwood pottery. To 

 those who never had visited the city, 

 street car riding is much like riding on 

 the scenic railway at amusement parks. 



During the reception at the Sinton the 

 ladies presented a handsome cut glass 

 dish to Mrs. Vaughan as a souvenir of 

 her year in the presidency of their flour- 

 ishing society, which now has over 200 

 members. 



The Suckling Pig Club. 



The Suckling Pig Club was in session 

 about the banquet board at the Gibson 

 House Wednesday night. W. N. Rudd 

 presided, with every member present ex- 

 cept Theo. Miller, of St. Louis, who is in 

 Europe. Those present were J. A. Valen- 

 tihe, W. F. Kasting, Otto Koenig, Fred 

 Meinhardt, Ed. Hauswirth, W. W, Coles, 

 Leonard Kill and George Asmus. The 

 club initiates one new member at each 

 meeting. E. F. Winterson was the can- 

 didate. 



E>r. Galloway's Paper. 



Dr. B. T. Galloway, chief of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry in the Department of 

 Agriculture, was not able to be present 

 and his paper descriptive of the work of 

 his bureau was read by Mr. Norton. The 

 paper was followed by considerable dis- 

 cussion. J. Guille described the pioneer 

 work being done by the bulb growers in 

 Virginia. F. R. Pierson said the govern- 

 ment is doing excellent work for flori- 

 culture and that the trade should make 

 greater use of the facilities provided. 

 He said Dr. Galloway's conclusion re- 

 garding the results with solid beds coin- 

 cided with his own experience and that 

 he believed solid beds will rapidly in- 

 crease in favor with carnation growers. 

 President Valentine said that he felt 

 strongly that the only fault with the 

 floricultural work of the Department of 

 Agriculture is that florists hold aloof; in- 

 dividually and as a society the trade 

 should get in close touch with the officers 

 of the department. 



Dorner is Secretary. 



At the opening session Thursday morn- 

 ing President Valentine announced the 

 appointment of George Asmus, F. H. 

 Traendly and Irwin Bertermann as tellers 

 for the election. A telegram from' Ed- 

 win Lonsdale announced that he would 

 not be a candidate for secretary. The 

 polls were open two hours. The result 

 was: Total vote cast, 295; for presi- 

 dent, F. B. Pierson, 250; for vice-presi- 

 dent, Fred W. Vick, 235; for secretary. 



Balcony in Which a Large Part of the Supply Houses had Space. 

 (H. D. Mann Co., Schloss Bros., A. Herrmann, Wertheimer Bros, and Lion & Co. are on the left, and on the right, Pennock-Meehan Co. and M. Rice& Co.) 



