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.AoaD8T-20, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



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THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



[Oontioued fiom page 42.] 

 t.'ction of all branches of horticulture. 



Yottr board of directors recommends 

 that the S. A. F. apply for membership 

 in this organization; the expense of 

 membership at the time of consideration 

 was $10 per year, but the fee will 

 eventually be increased. The board 

 (oels that the union is worthy and en- 

 • tled to our support and that sooner 

 i later we. might derive benefit from 

 such association. Each association 

 ;i:omber of the union is entitled to be 

 (•.presented by two delegates, and it is 

 jsoposed that the S. A. F. be repre- 

 s nted by proxy or by such members of 

 (,,!!• society as may be in Europe at the 

 time the union meets in congress, which 

 would entail little expense, if any, on 

 mir society. I trust that the recom- 

 iiiondation of the board of directors will 

 meet with your approval. 



Some of the vice-presidents have 

 made use of the financial aid granted 

 them through a small appropriation to 

 defray the expenses of a campaign in 

 behalf of the society. I hope that the 

 results will prove satisfactory. 



I wish to repeat Ex-president Farqu- 

 har's excellent suggestion, that our vice- 

 presidents will be able to exercise the 

 greatest influence by calling meetings 

 iu their respective territories and by 

 addressing such gatherings in behalf of 

 our society on general topics tending 

 to advance our aims and interests. 



Financially our society is in a flour- 

 ishing condition, and under the watch- 

 ful and experienced guidance of our 

 most eflScient treasurer, William F. 

 Kasting, our treasury will grow in pro- 

 portion to our numerical strength and 

 progressive policies. We must not, how- 

 ever, let our prosperity lead us into 

 untimely or, from a financial standpoint, 

 premature undertakings which will in- 

 fringe on our capital or overtax our 

 income. We should build up our treas- 

 ury, which is our working fund, and 

 keep it intact so that eventually the 

 income from the capital will suffice to 

 finance our undertakings. 



Our first president, to whom all who 

 have known him well refer with love, 

 profound respect and admiration, was a 

 gardener, and as I am also a gardener, 

 I feel greatly honored and am exceed- 

 ingly proud of the distinction conferred 

 upon me in calling me to the same office 

 which he so ably filled for the first three 

 years of this society's existence. Since 

 you have shown me this confidence and 

 your good will and friendship in such 

 a marked degree, I am led to believe 

 that you will bear with me if I make a 

 suggestion which I fear will not meet 

 with general favor, but which I know 

 Will find a responsive echo in the minds 

 and hearts of many of our most pro- 

 gressive and liberal minded members, 

 and which I believe will sooner or later 

 be most seriously considered and finally 

 adopted. 



Agriculture, in its broad translation, 

 nieans the cultivation of the ground for 

 the purpose of raising food for man and 

 o«'ast. Horticulture stands for the cul- 

 tivation of a garden with three main 

 divisions, namely, fruit, flowers and 

 vegetables. Every florist, worthy of the 

 Jiame, is a horticulturist, but every 

 horticulturist is not a florist. 



<^onsidering the broadened interests 

 th i^i!™^ of our society of today, and 

 .10 liberal, progressive policies which it 

 of t^""*^ *° follow in the carrying out 

 ot the plans which at the present time 



Wm. R. Nicholson. 

 (Chairman of Local Sports Committee.) 



are its principal aims and tendencies, 

 I am of the opinion that the present 

 name of our society is a misnomer, be- 

 cause we really are "The American 

 Society of Professional Horticultur- 

 ists." Ex-president Stewart, in his 

 message of 1907, quoted Andrew Jack- 

 son Downing, who said, "Horticulture 

 is the refined essence of agriculture, 

 agriculture being the basis of all 

 wealth," Brothers of our noble call- 

 ing, why not make all followers of our 

 profession feel welcome to our ranks 

 and within them by calling ourselves 

 what we are, horticulturists? I hope 

 to live to see this come about. 



Wherever we go to hold our annual 

 meetings, we meet the real workers, 

 and Boston is not only no exception, 

 but a notable example of what hard 

 work and efficiency, together with har- 

 mony and unity of purpose, can accom- 

 plish. Long before we leave Boston we 

 shall all realize what our friends here 

 have done for us for a successful con- 

 vention and for our comfort and pleas- 

 ure. 



In conclusion, I wish to thank my 

 fellow officers, the board of directors 

 and the Boston workers of this conven- 

 tion, for their splendid work and co- 

 operation. The assistance given me by 

 our secretary, John Young, made my 

 labors a pleasure and not a burden, and 

 I wish to say that it would be poor busi- 

 ness policy to dispense with the services 

 of our present secretary and our treas- 

 urer as long as we can induce them to 

 accept and retain their respective 

 offices. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. E. A. Fetters. 



The numerous friends of E. A. Fet- 

 ters, the Detroit retailer, will regret to 



learn of the sudden death of his wife, 

 who was drowned off the Canadian 

 shore Sunday, August 16. Mr. Fetters 

 and his family have a summer cottage 

 on the Canadian shore, and Sunday 

 morning Mr. and Mrs. Fetters and 

 their son-in-law went out fishing 

 on Lake St. Clair. About noon a 

 squall upset their small boat, throw- 

 ing the three occupants into the water. 

 Mr. Fetters, himself a good swimmer, 

 made several attempts to save his wife, 

 but finally became exhausted and nearly 

 lost his own life. After clinging to the 

 overturned boat for three hours, both 

 he and his son-in-law were finally 

 rescued. Mrs. Fetters was 45 years of 

 age. She was charitably inclined, and 

 the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club, which was organized 

 last winter to carry on charitable work 

 and of which Mrs. Fetters was chair- 

 man, was the outcome of her efforts to 

 bring the wives and sisters of the De- 

 troit florists into closer relationship. 



H. S. 



WiUiam H. Diehl. 



William H. Diehl, for the last eleven 

 years with Penn the Florist, of Boston, 

 and a competent decorator and designer, 

 was drowned at Sebago lake. Me., August 

 13, while fishing for bass with a friend. 

 He had hooked a large bass and, in try- 

 ing to land it, fell overboard. Being a 

 competent swimmer, he started to swim 

 ashore, but was taken with cramps and 

 sank within 200 feet of land. 



The deceased was well known and re- 

 spected in florists' circles and was 45 

 years of age. He was unmarried and 

 leaves two brothers and two sisters to 

 mourn his loss. 



