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AuuusT 17, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



, Florists' Supplies, Cut Flowers, Bulbs and Sundries at the Baltimore Convention. 



KnnUerd prize for Kuudurdi Glory, to William 

 nohertson. 



Kundertl prlre for twenty spikes Kunderdl 

 Glory, to Vaiigban's Seed Store. 



At a largely attended business ses- 

 sion, August 16, President Hendrick- 

 son read a carefully prepared address, 

 in which he outlined the needvrof the 

 society. The paper was referred to a 

 committee consisting of J. C. Vaughan, 

 M. Crawford and Arthur Cowee, for 

 consideration and report. The secre- 

 tary's report showed steadily increas- 

 ing membership and the treasurer re- 

 ported receipts for the year of 1911, 

 disbursements of $545, and balance of 

 $2:^0, with $345 still on the books. 



The bulletin committee reported, and 

 President Hendrickson was specially 

 thanked for his work. All delinquent 

 members were ordered drof>ped. 



Arthur Cowee Irought up the mat- 

 ter of a scale for size of bulb for mix- 

 tures and it was voted that first size 

 should consist of bulbs one and one- 

 half inches and up, with second size 

 consisting of bulbs one and one-quarter 

 inches and up. There was discussion 

 of the need of an official color chart 

 and description, but no action was 

 taken. 



The committee on presidenVs ad- 

 <lress reported concurrence in the rec- 

 ommendation that a board of registra- 

 tion he created to examine new va- 

 rieties offered for that purpose, and 

 nominated I. S. Hendrickson, Arthur 

 Cowee and Carl Cropp; also that the 

 society prepare a medal to be given 

 to other societies as awards for ex- 

 hibits of gladioli. The report was 

 adopted. 



It was voted later to prepare an offi- 

 cial color chart. 



Professor Fitzpatrick, of Cornell, de- 

 livered an address on the work done 

 on disease of the gladiolus, illustrated 

 by a large number of specimens, charts 

 and photos. 



The election;^ of officers resulted as 

 follows: President, Isaac S. Hendrick- 

 son; vice-president, E. H. Cushman; 

 corresponding secretary, L. Merton 

 Gage; financial secretary, H. Youell; 

 treasurer, William Sperling; executive 

 committee, Arthur Cowee, Arthur T. 

 Poddington and E. W. Fengar; nomen- 

 clature committee, Arthur Cowee and 

 Leonard Joerg. 



Adjournment was to meet at Chicago. 

 Hail Association. 



An amendment to the by-laws was 

 ado])ted, raising the rate of insurance 

 on single-thick glass from 8 cents to 

 10 cents. 



Officers were elected as follows: 



President, E. O. Hill; vice-president, 

 John T. Temple; secretary, J. G. Esler; 

 treasurer, Joseph Heacock; directors, 

 H. H. Bitter and J. A.. Valentine, with 

 Samuel Murrav in place of Herbert G. 

 Tull. 



The annual report of Secretary Esicr 

 showed the equivalent to an insurance 

 upon 35.663,440 square feet of glass. 

 The total receipts for the year ending 

 August 1, 1911, and including last year's 

 balance, as per treasurer 's report, liave 

 been .$53,378.87. The total expenditures, 

 as per treasurer's report, have been 

 .$43,132.08. The cash balance on hand is 

 $10,246.79, of which $8,700.60 belongs to 

 the emergency fund and $1,546.19 to the 

 reserve fund. The reserve fund now 

 amounts to .$26,046.19, of which $24,500 

 is invested in securities. One hundred 

 1 twenty-eight losses, representing a break- 



age of 219,231 square feet of single-thick 

 glass and 144,395 square feet of doiibie- 

 thick glass, have been paid during the 

 year. Since organization 1,650 losses 

 have been adjusted, involving a total ex- 

 penditure of more than $217,000. 



Treasurer Heacock 's report of the 

 year's operatiims was as follows: 



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To balance on band Aug. 1. 1010 $ 1,585.45 



To n-celpts for year ending Auk. 1. 



1911 .-.1.793.42 



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$rj3, 378.87 



By losHcs paid .\iik. 1. 1910. to An?. 1. 



1911 .«.{0,001.24 



By expenses :!,470.S4 



By investmontK :!.n00.<)f» 



Miscellaneous (notes paid) 0.000.00 



By balance on band 10.246.7!) 



«i.j3,:t78.S7 



Telegraph Delivery Association. 



In the absence of President Valen- 

 tine, Fred H. Meinhardt occupied the 

 chair at the Baltimore meeting. 



Secretary Hertermann reporteil on 

 the work done since the meeting at 

 Boston and read a list of forty-two 

 members to date. Treasurer Rock sent 

 a report showing $142 on hand. (Jeorge 

 W. Hansburger, of the Western Union 

 Telegraph Co., talked on. the subject of 

 telegraph service and offered the as- 

 sistance of the local agents of his com- 

 pany in interesting new members. It 

 is planned to begin the transaction of 

 business in the autumn. 



Meeting of Ladies' S. A. F. 



The annual meeting of the Ladies' 

 Society of American Florists was held 

 August 16, at the Hotel Belvedere, with 

 a large attendance. The president, Mrs. 

 J. V. Phillips, was in the chair. An 

 I address of welcome was given by Mrs. 



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