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August 17, 19ll. 



Tl^e Weekly Florists' Review. 



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General View of the Plaat Exhibits at the Baltimore Convention. 



endorsed the spring meeting from the 

 standpoint of the exhibitor, stating 

 that the personal comfort of all con- 

 cerned will outweigh all other con- 

 siderations and result in a larger at- 

 tendance than can be had in mid- 

 summer. 



W. N. Eudd moved that the proposal 

 to amend the by-laws to permit of a 

 change of date be taken from the table, 

 where it was placed last year, and that 

 it be placed on the ballot for the elec- 

 tion of officers, for the deliberate ac- 

 tion of the members. Carried. 



CUcago Next. 



For the first time in history the bal- 

 loting to, select the next meeting place 

 resulted in a tie, ninety-seven votes 

 for Louisville and the same number 

 for Chicago. A second ballot was taken, 

 at which each man's right to vote was 

 authenticated from the membership 

 books, with the result that Chicago 

 polled 145 votes to 102 for Louisville. 



The tellers were H. A. Bunyard, A. 

 R. Baumer, C. C. PoUworth and S. A. 

 Anderson. 



The contest not only provoked much 

 good-natured rivalry, but was the re- 

 sult of an episode similar to the one 

 that led to the trip to Asheville. "When 

 this order of business was reached, 

 Secretary Dorner read a letter of in- 

 vitation from the Chicago Florists' 

 Club and H. A. Fhilpott, president of 

 the club, made a brief speech urging 

 that it be accepted. J. C. Vaughan 

 spoke of the advantages of Chicago as 

 a convention city, reading a formal in- 

 vitation from the Association of Com- 

 merce. Then August E. Baumer pre- 



sented lettei;3 of invitation to Louis- 

 ville from the governor of Kentucky, 

 the mayor of Louisville and half a doz- 

 en commercial bodies. He then spoke 

 for the Kentucky Society of Florists 

 and introduced one of the Louisville 

 members, Mr.' Brown, the managing 

 editor of the Louisville Times and di- 

 rector of the Louisville Convention and 

 Publicity League, to talk on Ken- 

 tucky's attractions. Mr. Brown made 

 the most entertaining speech the so- 

 ciety ever has had the pleasure of 

 listening to. Though the mint julep 

 took the place of tickling the angels' 

 feet, the trend of his discourse was 

 along the line of the talk of the Ashe- 

 ville gentlemen of vivid memory and it 

 almost had the. same effect, for he sat 

 down amid a storm of applause. Chi- 

 cago friends gave up hope, but cast 

 their ballots, and were surprised when 

 they had tied the score. On the sec- 

 ond ballot Chicago gained more votes 

 than Louisville did, and won. The 

 silver-tongued gentleman then moved 

 to make it unanimous. 



A Bid From California. 



While the session was in progress 

 the secretary received a letter from 

 (.'alifornia containing the applications 

 of twenty-two new members and the 

 suggestion that it is not too early to 

 turn thoughts westward, as 1915 is to 

 be a great year in California. The let- 

 ter contained a check for $116, dues 

 for the new members and two old ones. 

 It was from Dan MacRorie. 



Nomination of Officers. 

 Nominations for president being in 

 order, E. L. Graham nominated R. Vin- 



cent, Jr., E, C. Reineman seconding. 

 Robert Craig nominated John K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, C. H. Totty seconding. 



For vice-president, H. B. Howard 

 nominated H. E. Philpott, president of 

 the Chicago Florists' Club, after which 

 W. N. Eudd nominated August Poehl- 

 mann. E. G. Hill seconded the nomina- 

 tion of Mr. Philpott and F. H. Traend- 

 ly that of Mr. Foehlmann. 



For secretary, W. J. Stewart nomi- 

 nated John Young; seconded by W. N. 

 Eudd and W. F. Sheridan. J. Otto 

 Thilow nominated David Rust; sec- 

 onded by William Currie. 



For treasurer, Patrick Welch nom- 

 inated Wm. F. Kasting and there were 

 many seconds. 



President Asmus named Patrick 

 Welch, W. F. Sheridan and E. L. 

 Graham as tellers for the election, to 

 be held next day. 



The National Flower Show. 



F. E. Pierson presented the report 

 of the committee on the National 

 Flower Show, printed in full elsewhere 

 in this issue. It showed a net profit 

 for the society of $1,450, and Mr. Pier- 

 son recommended that this and the $483 

 profit from the Chicago show be placed 

 in the permanent fund. Adopted. 



W. N. Eudd moved that the work of 

 all members who managed the Boston 

 show was highly commendable and that 

 the thanks of the society were due. 

 Adopted. 



W. A. Manda moved that the com- 

 plete record of the show be published 

 in the annual report, to which Mr. 

 Eudd added the names of all officers 

 and committees. There were many ex- 



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