AUOD^T 20, 1911. 



The Florists^ Review 



Aquatic Display of Henry A. Dfcer, Inc., Philadelphia, io tfie G>nventloQ Garden at Boston* 



special order of business for the morn- 

 ing session of August 19. At the Min- 

 neapolis convention a plan was proposed 

 and recommended to the board of direc- 

 tors. It was based on the theory of 

 permitting members of local clubs to 

 join in a body on the payment of a re- 

 duced rate of annual dues. This the di- 

 rectors, after voluminous correspondence 

 and wide discussion, decided to be not 

 feasible. A substitute plan therefore 

 was worked out and presented in the 

 program, whi<jh jippeared in The Review 

 early in July. It proposed the amend- 

 ment of paragraph (b) of section 2 of 

 article II, to accomplish the following 

 results: 



1. That clubs, societies or kindred organim- 

 tions of profesirional florists, gardeners and horti- 

 culturists, having a paid-up membership ef 100 or 

 more members in the S. A. F., shall be entitled 

 to one representative on the board of directors 

 of the S. A. F. 



2. Such represeQtative shall- be the president 

 of sQch organization and must be a member of 

 the 8. A. F. 



3. Any elective officer or appointed director of 

 the S. A. F. shall not be eligible as a representa- 

 tive of such organization. 



4. When the president of any such organization 

 Is already a director, the vice-president shall be 

 eligible for the office. 



5. Any organization applying for representa- 

 tion shall submit to the secretary of the S. A. F. 

 a complete list of its membership. It shall be 

 the secretary's duty to confirm same and submit 

 't to the president for final confirmation. Such 

 ■> list shall be in the hands of the secretary by 

 I'ecember 1 of each year. Announcement of such 

 illrector shall be made by the president-elect on 

 January 1 of each year. 



This subproposition, differing radi- 

 cally from the one discussed last win- 

 ter by so many local florists' clubs, 

 -'eemed to have had little consideration, 

 -IS nearly an hour was spent in ques- 

 tioning George Asmus and W. F, Kast- 



Qg, members of the directors' commit- 

 tee that prepared the; plan. The opposi- 

 tion that, was apparle^t at the opening of 

 '^e debate faded away as the directors 

 '■ifide clear the meaning of the proposi- 

 tion, with the result that when Thomas 

 "oland moved that it be the sense of the 



'feting that the amendments should be 



concurred in, the motion was carried al- 

 most unanimously. The amendments 

 themselves were on the ballot for the 

 annual election, in accordance with the 

 rules. 



OoTomor Walsh Speaks. 



During the morning session, August 

 19, Patrick Welch introduced Governor 

 Walsh, who made a tremendous hit with 

 a patriotic speech that got the members 

 on their feet cheering the governor's 

 sentiments. So many wanted to shake 

 hands that the executive gave an im- 

 promptu reception, the visitors being in- 

 troduced by W. J. Kennedy, president of 

 the Boston Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club. Robert Craig spoke in response 

 to the governor. 



For the Private Oardener. 



The afternoon session of August 19 

 was held in conjunction with the meet- 

 ing of the National Gardeners' Asso- 

 ciation, the special order of business be- 

 ing a paper by Arthur E. Thatcher, on 

 "What Should the S, A. F. Do for the 

 Private Gardener?" Mr. Thatcher was 

 called away just before the meeting 

 opened, so that the paper was read by 

 Secretary Young. It was followed by 

 a discussion, which also included a gen- 

 eral consideration of the training of 

 gardeners to meet the steadily increas- 

 ing demand for first-rate young men. 



Tbe Closing Session. 



The miscellaneous busmtss was 

 cleaned up at the closing session, on 

 the afternoon of August 20, when the 

 results of the elections were announced. 

 The reports of several committees were 

 received and a paper on ' * Adaptation 

 of Plants tot.Soil" was read^y Prof. 

 George S. Stone, of Amherst, Mass. 



T^(lJ[riepdly contest between the 

 supporters of the two popular candi- 

 dates for the presidency resulted in the 



largest vote in the history of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists. The result 

 was: For president, C. H. Totty, 160; 

 P. Welch, 240. All other officers were 

 elected unanimously and the affiliation 

 amendments were carried. 



INDIES' BOWUNO. 



Two games were rolled in the annual 

 tournament of the lady bowlers August 

 19, the prizes being won in the follow 

 ing ordpr: Mrs. F, C. Bauer, Mrs. G 

 C. Shaffer, Mrs. G. W. Smith, Mrs. 

 Golsner, Mrs. Traendly, Mrs. J. Manda, 

 Miss Matilda Meinhardt, Mrs. book and 

 Mrs. C. E. Critchell. Mrs. Bauer had 

 the high game,; Mrs. Golsner the most 

 strikes and Mrs. Smith the most spares. 



In the candlepin contest the prizes 

 were won in the following order: Mrs. 

 Smith, Mrs. Shaffer, Miss B. Mein- 

 hardt, Miss L. Palmer and Mrs. George 

 Asmus. 



DIBECTOES' MEETING. 



At a meeting of the board of direct- 

 ors, August 20, the matter of the action 

 to be taken in the cases of the exhib- 

 itors who had contracted for space in 

 the trades' display and then found 

 themselves unable to use it was con- 

 sidered, It was decided to retain the 

 twenty-five per cent payment made at 

 the time of applying for space and to 

 remit the balance due. 



In the cases of individual exhibitors, 

 this meant a remission of as much as 

 $300, and to the society it meant the 

 loss of over $1,000 in revenue. The di 

 rectors also decided that it ^s uBd^atra- 

 ble to take the acnnual Lenten meeting 

 of the board tp S&n Francisco and rec- 

 ommended that the> president and sec- 

 retary only make the trip, the meeting 

 of the fun; bOaYd to be held at Chicago 

 or some other central city. 



