AoaOBT 19, 1909. :''. 



The WccHy Florists^ Review^ 



41 



Trade PrcM. 



Thfl trade press have continued their 

 ,'ordial support of the aociety as in the 

 past. 



In closing this, the last report of this 

 kind which the writer will ever make to 



ou; I wish to tender my most heartfelt 

 tlianks to all the friends who have, by 



idvice and assistance freely given and 

 hy kind words so often spoken, lightened 



he task and made the work a constant 



ieasure. 

 I cannot make you know how much 



tijoyment there has been to me in get- 



ing back into the harness and being 



ctively identified again with aU of you 

 ^ood, kind hearts and this great organ- 

 ization of ours. It is with regret that 

 i step out. I assure you that I will set 



our house in order and will turn over to 

 ;ny successor in good and perfect condi- 

 tion all of your books and records and 

 other property now in my hands. I shall 

 aid him in the exacting task before him 

 to the best of my ability, and beg to as- 

 sure the society that I shaU always stand 

 ready to accept any tasks they may give 

 me to do and shall always remain a true 

 and loyal member, ready to support the 

 best interests of the lociety and equally 

 ready to fight against any unwise moves. 



Secretary's Financial Statement. 



For Year Ending December 31, 1908. 



Uecelpts. 



Dues $1,923.00 



New members 760.00 



Life membership fees 640.00 



F. .T. HauBwIrth estate (Includes $515.45 



contra account) 2,270.00 



Excbange .20 



1907 Trade exhibition 107.40 



1908 Trade exhibition 476.84 



Refnnd Interstate Commerce Hearing.. 50.00 



Total 16,226.94 



LeBS P. J. Hauswlrth account (1907) 

 settled by contra account on order ot 

 Board of Directors $ 515.94 



Balance $5,711.49 



Payments. 



To H. B. Beatty, treasurer $5,711.49 



The secretary also presented a carefully tabu- 

 lated comparative statement of income and ex- 

 penditures for ttie years 1907 and 1908. It 

 showed the cash on hand in the general fund 

 January 1, 1909, to be $3,813.07, against 

 $3,001.69 January 1, 1908, and $3,279.99 Janu- 

 ary 1, 1907; and In the permanent fund $6,186.93 

 January 1, 1909, $4,718.52 January 1. 1908, 

 and $4,287.70 January 1, 1907. 



January 1, 1909, to August 1, 1909. 



Reccipti General Fund. 



I>ue8 $1,407.00 



New members 355.00 



Bal. Trade Exhibition. 1908 63.86 



MiKoellaneous 1.26 



$1,826.61 

 Receipts Permanent Fund. 



'.ife memberships 426.00 



Total $2,261.61 



''aid to treasurer $2,261.01 



Considering current receipts only, the alwve 

 ^ a gain of fourteen per cent oyer the 

 'orresponding period last year. 



Note — Since the aboTe report was written — 

 >iat Is. up to and including August 11 — there 

 las been about $1,000 more collected. Including 

 -483.17, this society's share of the proceeds of 

 be national flower show. 



The secretary also gave a statement of 

 ' he warrants drawn on the treasurer, Jan- 

 iry 1 to July 31, 1909, totaling $2,401.09, 

 including $530 hall rent, and said: 



It should be noted that the item of hall 

 ent is one that has never appeared In the 

 ■reasnrer's account before. Under the new sys- 

 tem lately adopted, exhibition bills are paid 

 '>y the treasurer and receipts are turned OTer 

 o the tatietj, so that this Item will take care 

 f Itself later on. 



Deducting the hall rent makes the expenditures 

 (or the period in onestlon $1,871.08, about $60 

 <oore than the coUectlODS for that period. How- 

 ••▼er, the besr/ collections for the first few 

 'lays in Aurost will bring the balance of the 

 general txuM teeelpts much in excess of the 

 payments mate, «nd we hare to add to this 

 t>alance the collections being made here at the 

 <«OTention, which will undoubtedly fee rery 

 beaTy, and also the psoceeds from the trade ex- 



hibition, which will apparently greatly exceed 

 those of any previous exhibition by reason 

 of the large amount of space sold and the 

 economical management. It seems certain that 

 we will close the present fiscal year with 

 a substantial Increase in the amount of our 

 general fund and also a heavy increase in the 

 permanent fund. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



Treasurer H. B. Beatty made the fol- 

 lowing report of the financial transactions 

 of the S. A. F. in 1908, at the Cincinnati 

 convention : 



General Fund. 



Jan. 1, 1908, balance $3,001.69 



Receipts. 



Uecelpts from dues for the 

 year 1908. 879(a$3.00 $2,6»7.0U 



Receipts from dues and ini- 

 tiations for the year 1908, 

 346®$6.00 I,72;>.g0 



Proceeds trade exhibit, Phila- 

 delphia 107.40 



Part of proceeds trade ex- 

 hibit, Chicago 423.09 



Interest on bank balances.. 118.88 



Rebate on attorney fees.... 60.00 



Exchange on checks .20 



Total receipts Mltl.O? 



$8,062.76 

 Disbursements. 



Secretary's salary $1,281.65 



Assistant to secretary at an- 

 nual meeting 73.00 



Executive committee meettac 



expenses 443.40 



Secretary's traveling expense 28.82 



Treasurer's salary 200.00 



Stenographer's report, annu- 



nual convention 194.00 



Printing ' proceedings, annual 



convention 608.97 



Sergeant - at - arm's services, 



annual convention 50.00 



Secretary's office expense... 498.64 



President's otBce expense. . . 14.42 



Miscellaneous printing 273.64 



Miscellaneous expense 65.00 



Premiums on Fidelity bonda 48.00 



Legal expense 150.00 



Annual badges 55.75 



Sports committee expenses. . 25.00 

 Refund dues and initiations 30.00 

 Special appropriation for the 

 National Council of Horti- 

 culture 160.00 



Ufe membership fund 80.00 



Prize essays 20.00 



McFarland lecture 47.00 



Services of Judges, trade ex- 

 hibit 30.00 



Expense, flower show, Chi- 

 cago 17.60 



Medals 6.00 



Total disbursements $4,249.69 



Balance $3,818.07 



Life Membership Fund. 



Jan. 1. 1908, balance $4,718.52 



Receipts. 



February 19, W. H. Elliott. $ 26.00 

 February 19, John F. Sibson. 25.00 

 February 19, E. V. Hallock. 25.00 

 February 19. George H. Cook 25.00 

 February 19, Mrs. M a 1 1 1 e 



Schnell 26.00 



February 19, H. N. Bruns.. 25.00 

 February 19, J. F. Ammann. 25.00 

 February 19. M 1 ss Elizabeth 



Mills 25.00 



February 19, H. Kleinstarink 25.00 

 February 19, A. J. GMttman. 25.00 

 February 19, A. X. Bodding- 



ton 25.00 



February 19, R. Whlttman.. 25.00 

 February 19. W. H. Ernst... 26.00 

 February 19, E. C. Loeffler. . 25.00 



February 19. G. Asmns 26.00 



February 19, B. Corley 26.00 



February 19. A. F. P o e h 1- 



mann 26.00 



February 19, A. H. P o e h 1- 



mann K.OO 



February 19, A. A. Nlessen. 26.00 



February 19, David Rust 25.00 



February 19. Wm. L. Kroe- 



schell 26.00 



February 19, Wm. A. Manda 26.00 • 

 February 19, Samuel Murray. 28.00 

 February 10, Uarry A. Bun- 

 yard 26.00 



April 14, Transferred from 

 general fund .on 

 memliershlps ot 

 Mrs. M. Schell, 

 Miss BlluU>eth 

 Mills, H. Kleinstar- 

 ink, R. Whltt- 

 ■Hui, A. A. Mies- 

 sen and W. A. 

 Manda, $6 each. 30.00 



April 30, F. Nussbanmer $ 26.00 



April 80, Jehn Monson 26.00 



April 30, O. A. Will 25.00 



April 30, H. S. Will 30.00 



April 30, L. S. Donaldson... 30.00 



April 30, August S. Swanson 80.00 



April 30, L. L. May 30.00 



April 80, J. M. Underwood.. 30.00 



April 30, R. A. Latham 26.00 



June 15, C. B. Crltchell 26.00 



June 15, Joseph B. Cunning- 

 ham 26.00 



June 15, Wm. Nilssou 26.00 



June 15. Alois Frey 25.00 



June 15, Theodore W. Nagel 30.00 



June 15, James McManus. . . . 80.00 



July 1. Interest 104.80 



Aug. 13. A. J. Pennock 26.00 



Sept. 9, Conrad Forbach 30.00 



Sept. 9, W. Jarvis Smith... 25.00 



Sept. 9. C. C. Yost 25.00 



Sept. 9. DeForrest W. Lud- 



wlg 26.00 



Oct. 12, R. Uaentze 25.00 



Nov. 9. J. B. Deamud 26.00 



Dec. 8, Bmest C. Ludwig... 25.00 



Dec. 31. Interest 119.11 



Total receipts 



Dec. 81. BKlance on deposit 

 general fund — 

 Guarantee Title & 

 Trust Co.. checking 



accoiMt $1,124.72 



Guarslii Title * 

 Troit fl*.. savtaas 

 ac c s MBl XMi.S6 



Dec. 31, Bat— CI' on deposit 

 tJCe Membership 

 f « ■ d. Germanla 

 SavlHBv Bank 



1.468.41 

 $6,186.98 



$8,813.07 



6.186.93 

 $l*,«M.00 



NEXT NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



[The full report of the committee on second 

 national flower stiow. F. R. Pierson, chairman; 

 F. H. TrmmMij, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, W. J. 

 Stewart, IMsrtn Lonsdale, Robert Craig.] 



The committee appointed by President 

 Valentine to coauder tb« time and place 

 for holding the next national flower show 

 has canvassed the matter thoroughly. 

 The understanding of the committee was 

 that it was generally understood that the 

 next national flower show should be held 

 in the east. This being so, the commit- 

 tee assume that it was left to them to de- 

 termine in what eastern city the show 

 should be held, although it might be ques- 

 tioned whether the financial outcome from 

 such an enterprise in an eastern citj 

 would 1)0 as great as in Chicago. 



In the selection of possible cities, the 

 choice waB finally limited to New York, 

 Boston and Philadelphia. Many thought 

 that the show should be held in New 

 York, and it would have given the mem- 

 bers of the committee from New York 

 great pleasure to have selected New 

 York; but, unfortunately, the only build- 

 ing in New York large enough and suit- 

 able for the purpose, Madison Square 

 Garden, is engaged at the only time in 

 the spring when it is feasible to hold a 

 spring flower show — the end of March 

 or beginning of April — this building hav- 

 ing been engaged for years at this time 

 of the year. The committee could have 

 obtained a splendid building in New York 

 city — the Museum of Natural History — 

 in which the American Rose Society will 

 hold its next exhibition. This is one of 

 the finest buildings in the city of New 

 York, in fact, in the country, but as this 

 building belongs to the city, it would be 

 impossible to charge an admission fee, 

 and without such revenue it would be im- 

 possible to provide for a premium list or 

 to defray other expenses incident to a 

 flower show. Therefore, this building 

 could not be considered, although it was 

 available. The committee then went into 

 the question of erecting a temporary 

 building for the purpose. This was dis 

 cussed at length, but the erection of a 

 building was not thought practicable, be 

 cause it would have to be heated, at th» 

 time ©f the year when the flower show is 



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