August 17, I'.m. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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General View of the Plant Exhibits at the Baltimore Convention. 



ciulorscd the sprii)<; iiicctiiijr from the 

 staiiilpoint of the exhilntor, stating 

 tli;it the personal comfort of all oon- 

 i-erne<l " will outweitih all other con- 

 siderations and result in a larj^er at- 

 tendance than can 1)C had in mid- 

 siunnier. 



W. N. Rudd moved that the proposal 

 to amend the l>_v-Ia\vs to permit of a 

 chanj^e of date be taken from the talile, 

 where it was placed last year, and that 

 it be placed on the ballot for the elec- 

 tion of officers, for the deliiterate ac- 

 tion of the members. Carried. 



Chicago Next. 



For the first time in history the lial 

 loting to select the next meotini; place 

 resulted in a tie. ninety-seven votes 

 for Louisville and the same number 

 for Chicajjo. A second ballot was taken, 

 at which each man's right to vote was 

 authenticated from the membership 

 books, with the result that <'hicago 

 polled 145 votes to 1012 for Louisville. 



The tellers were H. A. lUmyard, A. 

 K. Laumer, C. C. Pollwurth and S. A. 

 Anderson. - 



The contest not enly provokeil much 

 good-natured rivalry, Imt was the re- 

 sult of an episode similar to the one 

 that led to the trip to .\shevillc. When 

 this order of business was reached, 

 •Secretary Dorner read a letter of in- 

 vitation from the Chicago Florists' 

 <"lub and II. A. I'hiljiott, presi<lent of 

 the club, made a brief speech urging 

 that it be accefited. 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 K. I^aumer pre- 



sented letters 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 

 I'ubli^ity League, to talk on Ken- 

 tucky's attractions. Mr. IJrown made 

 the most entertaining sjH'ech the so- 

 ciety ever has had the pleasure of 

 listening to. Though the mint julep 

 took the place of tickling the angels' 

 ft!et, the trend of his discourse was 

 along the line of the talk of the Ashe- 

 \ ille gentlemen of vivid memory and it 

 almost had the same effect, for lie s:it 

 down amid a storm of applause, (hi 

 cago friends gave up hojie. but cast 

 their ballots, and were suriirise<l when 

 the\- liad tied the score. ()ii the sec- 

 ond balbd ('hicago gained more \otes 

 than Louisxillf did. and won. The 

 sil\ ertongued gi'ntl(>man tlieii moved 

 to make it unanimous. 



A Bid From California. 

 While the session was in progress 

 the secretary' r(M'ei\ed a letter from 

 ('alifornia containing the ajiplications 

 of twenty two new meiribcrs and tiie 

 suggestion tliat it is not too early to 

 turn thoughts westward, as 191." is to 

 be a great year in California. Th(> let- 

 ter contained a che(dv for .*11(), ilues 

 for the new members and two (dd ones. 

 It was from Dan MacK'oric 



Nomination of Officers. 



Xominations for jiresident being in 

 order, T{. L. Graham nominated b. Vin- 



cent, dr.. v.. ('. l\einem;in seconding. 

 Kobert Craig nominated .lohn K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, C. 11. Totty seconding. 



For vice-president. II. ]'.. Howard 

 nominated H. K. I'hilpott. president of 

 the Chicago Florists' Clul., after which 

 \V. N. Rudd nominated August I'oehl- 

 mann. ]•;. C Hill seconded tlit> nomina 

 tion of Mr. l'hili>ott and 1'. If. Traend- 

 ly that of Mr. Foidilmann. 



I'or secretary. \\". .1 , Stewart nomi- 

 nated .l(din \'oung: seconded liV W. X. 

 b'udd an<l \V. I\ Sheridan, ".f. Ofto 

 riiilow nominati'il David L'ust ; ^Ci- 

 oniied by William ( urrie. 



For treasurer, Patrick Wehh 

 i Mated \Vm. I\ Kasting ,ind tlieri 

 many seconds. 



I'residi'Mt Asmu> named i'atn<k 

 \V(d.li, W. F. Sheridan and 

 • a'aliam as tellers for the elect i 

 lie lifdd next dtiv. 



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The National Flower Show. 



I'iersoii presente 

 umittee on tin 



the report 

 National 



of the committee on the National 

 I'lowcr Siiow. printed in full elsewhere 

 in this issue. It show(>d a net profit 

 for the societ.v of si,!.")!!, and >rr. Pier- 

 >on recommei!de<l that this and the .fl^.'. 

 profit from the Chicago show be placed 

 in the permaneut fund. Adopted. 



W. .\. Rudd moved that the work of 

 :tll members who managed th(> Poston 

 show was highly commendable and that 

 the thanks of the soiiety were due. 

 Adopted. 



\V. A. Manda mc)\ed that the com- 

 plete record of the show be published 

 in the annual report, to which Mr. 

 b'udd added the n.ames of all oOioer? 

 and .ommitti'ev. Tli.Te wci'e manv e\ 



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