AUQDST 19, l'J09. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



41 



Trade Press. 



The trade press liave continued their 

 idial support of the society ass in the 



iSt. 



Ill closing this, the last report of this 

 mi which the writer will ever make to 

 11, I wish to tender my most heartfelt 

 Kiiiks to all the friends wlio have, by 

 ivice and assistance freely jjiven and 

 kind words so often spoken, lightened 

 (• task and made the work -i constant 

 ■ asure. 



! cannot make you know how much 



joyment there has been to me in get- 



(1^ back into the harness and being 



tively identified again with all of you 



.0(1, kind hearts and this great organ- 



ution of ours. It is with regret that 



step out. I assure you that I will set 



mr house in order and will turn over to 



y successor in good and perfect condi- 



on all of your books and records and 



her property now in my hands. 1 shall 



.d him in the exacting task before him 



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



are the society that 1 shall always stand 



<jady to accept any tasks they may give 



ne to do and shall always remain a true 



nd loyal member, ready to support the 



iost interests of the society and equally 



• ■.'idy to fight against anj* unwise moves. 



Secretary's Financial Statement. 



For Yc.ir EndinR December 3 ! , 1908. 



iUct'lpts. 



'ues $1,923.00 



Sow rin'inlicr.s TliO.CMi 



;.if<- iiH'iiilKTShlp fees tiJO.OO 



)■. J. Ilaiiswirtli estate (iiieluiles $015.45 



oontia account) 2,270.00 



I \c-liaii>,'e .20 



',•07 Trade exUil)iti(Jii 107.40 



'!mj8 Trade exiiihition 470.34 



i'.efund Iiil<Tst:ite ('oaiiiieree IleaiiiiK-. 50.00 



Total !i;t;,22t>.!t4 



.' -s I'. J. Haiiswirth account (1907) 

 settled by contra account on order of 

 Heard of Directors $ 515.94 



llalano- .l;5,711.4!» 



!';i.viiients. 



!■• 11. 15. IJealtj. ire'isur.r $5,711.49 



riie secretary also pr'.'sented a carefully tabu- 



lied coniiiarative statement of income and ex- 



■.■iidiHircs for the years 1907 and 190S. It 



iiowed tlie cash on hand in the general fund 



' .iiuarv 1, 19U9, to be $3,813.07, against 



■ ;.ool.i;9 January 1. 190.S. and $3,279.99 Janu- 



'V 1, 1907; and in the permanent fund $0,180.93 



.unary 1. 1!)0'.), $4,718.52 Jami.iiy 1. 1908, 



•I $4,287.70 January 1, 1907. 



January 1, 1909, to August 1, 1909. 



Receipt."; General Fond. 



.. - $1,407.00 



w ine;nbers 355.00 



.1. Trade i:xhIbitiou, 1!K)S 03.30 



' i^'-ellaneous 1.25 



$1,820.01 

 Receipts Permanent Fund. 



■ 'e iiii'mlx'rsliips 425.00 



Total $2,251.01 



' Id to treasurer $2,251.01 



I iinsldering current receipts only. Ilie above 



a gain of fourteen per cent over the 

 ' responding i)eriod last year. 



Note — Since the above report was written — 

 at is, up to and Including August 11 — there 

 IS been about $1,000 more collected, including 

 '83.17, tliis society's share of the proceeds of 

 ■• national flower show. 



I'hc secretary also gave a statement of 

 '• warrants drawn on the treasurer, .lan- 

 '■y 1 to July :il, 19U!t, totaling ,$J,401.Uit, 

 'luding $530 hall rent, and said: 

 It should be noted that the item of hall 

 'it is one that has never appeared in the 

 •asiirer's account before. Under the new sys- 

 ':i lately adopted, exhibition bills are paid 

 tlie treasurer and receljits are turned over 



■ the society, so that this Item will take care 

 Itself later on. 



I>eductlng the hall rent makes the expenditures 

 r the period in question $1,871.08, about $50 

 'ire than the collections for that period. How- 

 ''or, the heavy collections for the first few 

 •'ys in August will bring the balance of the 

 -'■neral fund receipts much in excess of the 

 "lyments made, and we have to add to this 

 alance the collections being made here at the 

 "nventlon, wbich will undoubtedly be very 

 '"'•ivy. and also the proceeds from the trade ex 



hihition, wliicli will apparently greatly exceed 

 those of any luevious exiiililtion by reason 

 of the large amount of space sold and the 

 economical management. It seems certain that 

 we will close the present liscal year with 

 !i substantial increase in the amount of mir 

 general fund and also a heavy increMsc in the 

 licrmancnt fund. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



Trfusurcr II. li. lieatty made the \'n\ 

 lowing report of the tiuaucial tiaiisactioiis 

 of the S. A. F. in 1908, at the ( iiiciiin.-it i 

 convention : 



General Fund. 



Jan. 1, 19U8, balance .S.l.ool.O'.i 



Rcceipt.s. 



lieceipts Irom dues for the 

 year 1908, 879((i$3.00 .^^.iNii.uo 



Ueceipts from dues and ini- 

 tiations for the year 1908, 

 .•{45^$5.0O 1,725.00 



I'roceeds trade exhibit, I'liiiu- 

 deipliia 107.40 



I'art of proceeds trade ex- 

 hibit, Chicago 423.09 



Interest on bank balances.. 118.38 



Uebate on attorney fees . . . 50.00 



Exchange on checks .20 



Total receipts 5,tR;i(i7 



$8,002.70 

 Di.sbur.sements. 



Secretary'.-, salary :!il,l'91.05 



.\sMlstaut to secretary at an- 

 nual meeting .. 73.00 



Kxecutive coainiittee metiii;L 



expenses 443.40 



Secretary's traveling expense 28.82 



Treasurer's salary 200.00 



Sten(jgraplier's report, annu- 



nual convention 194.00 



I'riiiting proceedings, ainiual 



convention 508.97 



Sergeant - at arm's services, 



annual convention 50.00 



Secretary's otUce expense... 498.54 



I'resident's otlice expense. . . 14.42 



.Miscellaneous printing 27.'!. 04 



Miscellaneous expense 05. (X) 



Premiums on ridelity bonds 48.00 



Legal expense 150.00 



Annual badges 55.75 



Sports committee expenses. . 25.00 



Kefund dues ami initiations .';o.oO 

 .Special appropriation for the 

 National Council of Horti 



culture 150.00 



Life membership fund 30.00 



I'ri/e essays 20.00 



.McKarland lecture 47.00 



Services of judges, trade I'X- 



hil.it 30.00 



i:\pense. Mower sliow. Chi- 

 cago 17.50 



Medals 5.00 



i-oial disbiUM'inents $4,249.09 



lialaiiee $.'!, 813.07 



Life Membership Fund. 



.1:111. 1. I'.ios. 1. alance .');4.718..".2 



Receipt.s. 



I'eliniMiy 19. \V. II. Klliolt. S 2.-..0(i 

 rehruarv 19, John 1' Sihson. 25.00 

 rebruary 19, V.. V. Ilallock. 25.00 

 l-eliruary 19. (ieorge II. C.Mik 25.00 

 l-'eliruarv 19, .Mrs. M a t t i e 



Scluull 25.00 



leliruary 19. II. .N. liruns.. 25.0O 

 I'ebruary 19, J. 1'. .Vmnumn. 25.00 



IVliriiarv 19, M i ss Klizalieth 



.Mills 25.00 



I'el.ruiirv 19, II. Khinstarlnk 25. OO 

 fehniarv 19, A. .1. (.ultniiin. 25.00 



rebruary 19, A. l'. liiidiling 



t..ii 25.00 



1 el.niiirv 19, K. Wliittman. . 25.00 

 lebruary 19, W. II. Kriist... 25.00 

 leliruary 19, K. C. I.oelller. . 25.00 



February 19, (J. .\smus 25.00 



l-eliruarv 19, I'. C.rley 25.00 



February 19, A. F. I' o e li 1- 



mann 25.00 



February 19, A. 11. I' o e h 1- 



iiiann 2,-..00 



February 19, A. .\. Niessen. 25.00 

 Feliruary 19, David Knst.... 25,00 

 February 19, Vt'iu. I.. Kroe 



sihell 25.00 



February 19, 'NViii. A. Manda 25.00 

 February 19, Samuel Murray. 25.00 

 Fetiruarv 19, Harry A. Hun- 

 yard 25.00 



.\prll 14. Transferred from 



general fund on 



memberships of 



Mrs. M. Schell. 



Miss Elizabeth 



Mills, H. Kleinstar- 



ink. It. Whltt- 



man, A. A. Nies- 

 sen and W. A. 



.Mnndn. $5 each. 30.00 



April 30, F. Nussbaumer. . . $ 2.%.00 



April 30, John .Monson 25.00 



April :iU, O. .\. Will 2.").0<i 



April .'JO, II. S. Will 30.00 



.\pril .'JO, 1,. s. lionaldson. . . 30.00 



.\|iiil .'10, .\iigiist S. Swanson 30,00 



April :•,(>, I.. I.. May .'iO.OO 



Aiiril ,'i(), J. .M. I iid.rwood. . 30.(l0 



.\|.ril .'id, 1{. .v. I.alhiini. . . . 25.00 



•hine !.■,. C. F. I riteliell 25.00 



.llllle 15, Josepli K. Cllllllilig 



ham -. 25.00 



.Iiir.c 1.",, Win. -\i|ssi.ri 25.0(> 



Jmie l."i, .\lois Frcv 25.00 



June I.-,, Tlie...|..re \V. Nagel 39.00 



.Imie l.'i. ,lamis .McManus.... 30.00 



,liily 1, Interest 104. .SO 



.\iig. 13, \. .1. 1'. Nil. hU ... . 25.00 



Sept. 9. Conriid l'..rl..icli 30.00 



Sept. 9, W. .Iiiivis Smith... 25.00 



Sept. 9. C. C. V..- I 2.^.00 



Seiit. 9, DeFoirest W. I.ii.l 



wig 25.00 



Oct. 12. U. lla.iitze 2.5.00 



Nov. 9, J. v.. lieamud 25.00 



Hec. 8, EiMc.-t I', l.udwig... 25.00 



liec. 31, lull rest 119.11 



Total receipt-: 



Balance 



Hoc. '.'A, I'.alaiice on deposit 

 general fund — 

 Guarantee Title & 

 Trust Co., checking 



accoiiin $1,124.72 



CJuaraRfiM' I'ftle & 

 Trust Co.. sjvingf* 

 accot.Til i,GS8..15 



liie. .'il. Ualaue,' ..II deposit 

 Life Membership 

 fun d. (iermania 

 S;n in.cs Hank. . . . 



1,468.41 



!(;(;.18«.93 



$3.si.;.o7 



(j, im;.9;! 



!(](' (lOO.OO 



NEXT NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



ITIie full rep.i; of tlie .■omiiiil tee on second 

 national tlow.'r .s:...w. F. It. l'iers..n. chairman; 

 F. (I. Tr:ieiidly. J. W. M. L. Fanpihar, \V. J. 

 ."Stewart. l.ilM.in Lons.l.il., Kobert Craig.] 



Tlic (■(iiiiiiiif 1 (.'(• .ii.iiiiioi.'.l liv I'resident 

 \'al<'iit iiif. lo C(Hisi'|f'r ili" liiiit' and jdaci- 

 for holdiiio till' next iiMiiiiti:)! llom f sliow 

 h:is caiiNasst'd tlie iiiattiT I liurniiohl\ . 

 Tlic midcrstaiuliii^ of the coinmittic was 

 tliat it w;is ofiierally iiiiderstood tli;il the 

 next natioiiiil flower sliow should be held 

 ill the east. This hcinj^ so, the commit 

 tee :is.siiiiie that it was left to them to de 

 tcrniiiii- in wliat eastern city the show 

 shouhl lie held, althouoii it inij;ht Ix^ ques- 

 tioned wlit'thcn- the liiiaiicial oiitcoiiie from 

 such an enterprise in an eastern city 



WnliM 11.' ;is j^reat ;i> ill ( llie;|oii. 



Ill the Si'lecl iiill 111' |iiissili|t' cities, the 



1 liniie w.'is liiiailv limited to New Y'ork, 

 lliision anil I'hiladelphia. Many tiioiight 

 that the show should he held in New 

 N'mk. ;ind it would have yiven the mcm- 

 lier^ of the conmiittee from .New York 

 yreiit |ilea.-ure to have selected New 

 \'iii'k ; litit, iiiifiirtiiiiately, the only build- 

 ino- ill .New N'nrk iari^e euoiiirh and suit 

 able tor tile ]uirpose, .Madison .S()ii;ire 

 (i.'irijeii, is eiiy.'iijed at the only time in 

 the s|irin<^ when it 'S feasible to hold a 

 spriiiy Ihiwer show- the end of .March 

 or bejiiiiuiner of .\|.iil tliis biiili|ini.j ha\ 

 iiie- be.'ii eiii^aoe.l for years at this tiiii«- 

 of the \e;ir. The eoiimiittee could h;i\e 

 obt.'iiiie.l a Sjileiidid htiildin;; in New York 

 city the Miisemii i.t' Natiiriil History 

 ill which tlie .\inerie:tn Kose Society will 

 hold its next exhibition. Tliis is one of 

 the finest buildiiijis in the city of N'c\\ 

 York, in fact, in the country, but ,'is this 

 building belon<rs tn the city, it would be 

 itn|>(pssible to charire an ailmission fee. 

 and without such revenue it would be im 

 possible to provide for a preiiiium list or 

 to defray other expenses iiuddent to a 

 tlower show. Therefore, this buildino 

 could not be considered, alfhougrh it was 

 available. The committee then went into 

 the question of ert^ctin^ ;i temporary 

 building for the jmrpose. This was dis 

 cussed at length, but the erection of ;< 

 building was not tlmught practicable, be 

 cause it would have to be heated, at th<« 

 time of the vt-ar wtieii the tlower «ihow is 



