The Florists^ Review 



Adodst 20, 1914. 



r THE ALLIED SOCIETIES ] 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



The organization of ladies attending 

 the conventions has grown until it now 

 numbers 449 members, forty-nine of 

 whom have been added since July 1 and 

 twenty-nine of whom have joined in 

 Boston. Of the members 185 are thought 

 to have attended the 1914 convention. 

 At the annual meeting, held August 19 

 and presided over by Mrs. Charles E. 

 Critchell, of Cincinnati, a life member- 

 ship was created, the fee being $10. A 

 committee, with Mrs. W. F. Gude as 

 chairman, was instructed to look after 

 the late William E. Smith's collection 

 of Burusiana and see that it is pre- 

 served. 



The following officers were elected: 



President — Mrs. W. F. Gude, Wash- 

 ington. 



First Vice-President — Mrs. George 

 Asmus, Chicago. 



Second Vice-President — Mrs. G. L. 

 Grant, Sequel, Cal. 



Treasurer — Mrs. Albert M. Herr, Lan- 

 caster, Pa. 



Secretary — Mrs. C. H. Maynard, De- 

 troit. 



On the evening of August 19 the so- 

 ciety gave its annual reception in the 

 grand ballroom of the Copley Plaza 

 hotel, the attendance being the largest 

 in the organization's history. The af- 

 fair opened with a reception by the offi- 

 cers, after which there was dancing un- 

 til midnight, with buflfet refreshments. 



AliIEBICAN CASNATION SOCIETY. 



President S. J. Goddard occupied the 

 chair at a meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society held at Boston Au- 

 gust 20. The Iroquois hotel was select- 

 ed as the place for the annual exhibition 

 and convention at Buffalo in January, 

 the aflfair to bie conducted on the same 

 lines as the successful one at Cleveland 

 last January. The premium list was 

 adopted and the retailers' display pro- 

 vided for in the same way as at Cleve- 

 land. Secretary Baur was instructed 

 to prepare a program. 



AMERICAN SOSE SOCIETT. 



President Wallace R. Pierson present- 

 ed a detailed report of the societj-'s 

 activities at a meeting of the American 

 Rose Society, held at Boston, August 

 20, and there was a lengthy discussion 

 of the work, principally as it related 

 to the test rose gardens, in a number 

 of which the society is interested. E. 

 G. Hill gave it as his opinion that bet- 

 ter results would be obtained by center- 

 ing the society's work in the one garden 

 in which it is cooperating with the 

 government at Washington. On mo- 

 tion of Robert Pyle, it was decided that 

 a general committee of three be ap- 

 pointed to have supervision of all the 

 work of the society in the matter of 

 test rose gardens, with a local sub- 

 committee of three to assist in the work 

 in each of the gardens in which the so- 

 ciety is now or may become interested. 

 The Hubbard gold medal was presented 

 to M. H. Walsh for having raised Ex- 

 celsa, the rose said to be the most use- 

 ful variety produced in the last five 

 years. Mr. Hill made the address and 



Mr. Walsh responded briefly. A silver 

 medal was awarded to John Cook for 

 Radiance, but Mr. Cook, who is 81 years 

 old, was unable to make the trip from 

 Baltimore. The matter of the place to 

 hold the March exhibition was left in 

 the hands of the executive committee 

 W. F. Kasting invited the society to 

 Buffalo. 



FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH DELIVERY. 



The Florists' Telegraph Delivery is 

 the live organization of the day and is 

 a big factor in doing for the S. A. F. 

 what the S. A. F. has long been unable 

 to do for itself and that is, to bring in 

 the retailers. Instead of waiting for 

 the present society to make advances, 

 this purely business organization began 

 by making it a prerequisite for mem- 

 bership that the applicant should also 

 be a member of the S. A. F. President 

 Bertermann stated that this has re- 

 sulted in eighty-four retailers joining 

 the S. A. F. At the annual meeting at 

 Boston August 19, the reports of Presi- 

 dent Irwin C. Bertermann, Secretary 

 Albert Pochelon and Treasurer W. L. 

 Rock showed such excellent progress in 

 the last year that they were unani- 

 mously reelected, as was Vice-president 

 W. F. Gude. O. J. Olson, G. E. M. 

 Stumpp and Harry Papworth were 

 elected directors. The meeting was the 

 largest and most enthusiastic the or- 

 ganization has yet had. 



prospect of a highly succesisful exhibi- 

 tion, with a large attendance of the-pub- 

 lic assured. All that seems ileeded is 

 a good showing by eastern exhibitors. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica was scheduled for a mid-year meet- 

 ing at Boston this week for the purpose 

 of completing the details for the ex- 

 hibition to be held at Indianapolis in 

 November, but President Kleinheinz 

 was marooned in Europe and Secretary 

 Johnson was not present. There was a 

 conference between Vice-president Baur 

 and C. H. Totty, chairman of the ex- 

 ecutive committee, but no general meet- 

 ing was held. Mr. Baur brought word 

 from Indianapolis that there is every 



SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The American Sweet Pea Society held 

 a brief session at Boston August 19. In 

 the absence of President Morse and 

 Vice-president Kirby, Ex-presddent Sim 

 occupied the chair. Secretary Bunyard 

 stated that there was no special busi- 

 ness to come up at this time, but there 

 was informal discussion as to the place 

 for the annual exhibition of 1915, which 

 is in the hands of the executive com- 

 mittee to be decided. New York would 

 like to keep the show another year, as 

 interest has just begun to awaken in 

 the flower and a greatly improved show- 

 ing is confidently expected. Newport 

 and Bar Harbor also are candidates for 

 the 1915 meeting place. 



SOCIATION. 



ssociation held 

 tosday, August 



sing its twenty- 

 iation is in the 



FLORISTS' HAIl/ 



The Florists' Hai| 

 its annual meeting 

 20, at Boston. Af tej^ 

 seventh year the a| 

 best condition in its career. A larger 

 reserve fund, totaling $33,145.76; a cash 

 balance of $27,734.80; a larger amount 

 of risks, and a less amount paid out in 

 losses during the last year, all point to 

 a successful year just closed. The total 

 number of members is now 1,609, and 

 the total insurance covers 39,303,677 

 feet of glass. During the last year an 

 equivalent of 114,056 square feet of sin- 

 gle thick glass was broken by hail, for 

 which the association paid $5,702.80; 

 and an equivalent of 197,458 square feet 

 of double thick glass was broken, which 

 cost the association $13,822.03. Since 

 the organization of the association, in 

 1887, 2,100 losses have been adjusted, 

 involving a total expenditure of nearly 

 $300,000. 



The ofKcers of the association are: 

 President, E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind.; 

 vice-president, J. F. Ammann, of Ed- 



Heliotrope Bed of ^. W. Edgar Co. at the Boston Convention. 



