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THE BALTIMORE 

 CONVENTION 



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t he rcii I work ul' I lie sin-icl^ , 

 inlcrc--t was i iicrcascil. 



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TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 

 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELdAt CHICAGO. 



OFFICERS FOR 1912: r • 



President. RICHARD VINCENT, JR., White Marsh, Md. 



Vice-president, AUGUST POEHLMANN, Chicago, III. 



Secretary, JOHN YOUNG, Bedford HiUr, N. Y. 



Treasurer, WM. F. KASTING, Buffalo, N. Y. 



I'm- I li.' I w filly >c\ cut li time 1 li(> 

 llorist- lit America lia\c yatlicicil in 

 animal 'Mhix I'litioii. mi this oicasion on 

 tlic sliiuf ul till' ( hrsaiifakc. at lialti 

 more, ini.lway lictwcrn tin- luivtli and 

 till- siMitli. rity ipf wi-altli. traijitioii ami 

 tar taiiicl lins|,itality. IvM-cpt I'or tlic 

 rx|i('(lif ion to ••tickle the an^ols' 

 I'cct.'' aiol the nicctinj; at the national 

 capital, it i- tartluT soutli than tin- 

 s(iri(*ty e\ei- lias I't'iMi ln't'ore. 'I'licrc is 

 a prcjuil ice a;^:iiiist ^oin<i sontli in .\ii 

 eiist, Inir it onylit to I c oxcrconic, to?-, 

 tJKHiyli iii;mi\ mansions in Haltiinorc 

 have till' shutters up. thi' weather is 

 not so warm as most ot' the \isitors to 

 the convention c-ify have experienced in 

 tiieii- lionii' towns within the recent 

 I'ast. tlion;ih the humiditv may lie 

 i;re:iter. There i>. ihi kick on l^alti 

 more weather it is not nearly so warm 

 as the ;^reetinji of her liti/ens. 



Tile .it tendaiii-e liroke no reiorils; in 

 tad, it IS Just a little dis.appoiiit ine 

 to the llaltiniore llorists, wlio say the\' 

 had counted on more and hoped for 

 twice ,1-^ many. Just how it compares 

 with other years is dillicull to estimate. 

 The pioiieiT^ ii^ed to gather and make 

 a ucelv of it toeciher, Imt a- the tr;idc 

 has hroadeiied this has ihanyecl. Hun 

 dri'ds come t'rom short distances; inanx- 

 tid lioine the -anie nii^ht. reihajis the\- 

 come twice, for the openine (lay ami 

 •■iizain to enjov the hospitalities ot' Tri 

 da\. \T ai:\ rate, the crow.l ne\er is 

 ;ill to:;etlifr .-it one time. The .\tlantic 

 sealioaid. troni llo'-ton to the extreme 

 south. w;i- heaxiiy re|ii-e>eiit ed this 

 xear. I.iit the western men were not 

 niuch in .■■>i.lenci'; there were full\- as 

 man\ ii i-ot more at Hostun in March, 

 which petli-ip-. acconnts for the liylit at 

 teinlanc- i lom \\e~t ot I'ittsliuro; tliis 



The .•-•, \. I'. ne\-er Ini'l so line a jdace 

 tri meet a^ the I'iftli Keyimeiit arinorv 

 ill I'aitiniore. \ot oidy is there an 

 ideal Ijooi- tor tlie ti'.-ide exhildts. Imt 

 the iiieetMi;^ hall, committee rooms and 

 :ill the la. ditie-. aie under one rocd'. 



\o 1 ( to o,, outside the luiildiiij; ex- 



lept to -leep. Th(> arraneeinonts hd't 



ahsoliitel\ iMitllini: to lie desired. Those 



Baltimore llorists certainly ha\i' prof 

 ited 1)\- the lessons ot' the past, for if 

 the\' made a siiiiile misstep it passed 

 uiinotieed in the eeneral approval of 

 t heir accomplishment. 



The convention program also was 

 shapeil U|i liy men who knew what tlu' 

 meiuliers approve. I'or the evcnine ses 

 sions were cut out and the numker of 

 learned essayists held down to a point 

 w hei-e time vviiuld l:ecome availalle t'or 



The Opening Formalities. 



> )iie of I hi' iiiosi piipu la r men i ii I he 

 I rade in I ta It i mori' is • ' ( )|(| I'.cdi ' ' 

 (Irahain, president of the ( ia rdeiiei's ' 

 :illd I'lorists' ( lull, to whom fell the 

 iliily of I'aMinii the ronvention to order, 

 whii li he ilid pi'oiiiplly :it the ajipoinli'd 

 hour ot' 1.' p. n:.. I'liesilay, Aii;:ust I .'i 

 those I !a It i niorea IIS :ire iiothiii;^ if not 

 prompt. The Inisiness si'ssions we|-e 

 held ill one of the karecr companv 

 rooms in the armory, on the same lloor 

 as the trades' display, where t here vv ere 

 seats for all in spite of the faci that 

 several of the visitoi's said thev never 

 lieldre had seen so la rye an atlendame 

 at the iieeinniny of an ^. A. I- . con 

 vent ion. 



.\lr. (iraham said ih.il the governor 

 of .Mai'vland. who had accepted an in 

 vitation to l.e present, li.-id lieen iiii 

 expectediv called away and introduced 

 as the eo\i|-nor's represent ;it i ve \. W. 

 Williams, secret.iiv ot' state for the 

 state of .Maryland. The llonoralde .Mr. 



\\'illi;inis. who prokaldv is t'ully as o I 



a talker as the j^overiioi', else he would 

 not lie sent as a snlistitiite. tidd of the 

 (devatinj^ inl1ueii<-e llowers h;i\e on 

 those who liny them; of how they ap 

 |ieal to man's liner instiinds. lie said 

 that the men who i^row llowers rellei t 

 the characfer of their product ami 

 heme attract those with whom thev 

 come in i-oiit:ict that was vvliy he took 

 honest pleasure in welcoininy this <'on 

 vention to .Maryland. 



.Mr. (Iraham introduced .Mavor .lames 

 11. I'reston to follow .Mr. Williams, lie 

 is a liooster you could telltliat just liv 

 lookiim at him. liefoj-e he said a word-- 



R. Vincent, Jr. 



I I'leKliiMiii-elcci S.iciciv ol .\incric;m I'lon^tti.) 



