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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AuacsT 17, 1911. 



Vincent. The response was by Mrs. B. 

 Hammond Tracy, of Wenham, Mass. 



The report of the secretary showed 

 a membership of 273. The treasurer's 

 report showed receipts of $629.72, dis- 

 Inirsements of $341.01; balance, $288.71. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows: President, Mrs. E. V. Boone, 

 Baltimore; first vice-president, Mrs. R. 

 Wittman, West Hoboken, N. J.; sec- 

 ond vice-president. Miss Perle Fulmer, 

 Bes Moines, Iowa; treasurer, Mrs. Al- 

 bert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa.; secre- 

 tary, Mrs. Charles H. Maynard, Betroit, 

 Mich. 



The evening of Thursday was placed 

 in the hands of the ladies' society for 

 a reception and dance at the Hotel 

 Belvedere, a duplicate of the brilliant 

 affair given last year at Rochester. The 

 ladies' organization has added im- 

 mensely to the social side of the con- 

 ventions. 



Election of Officers. 



When the society convened Thurs- 

 day morning the polls were opened for 

 the el^tio^ of officers. The interest 

 was so keen that it was found impossi- 

 ble to go ahead with the other work 

 and the program for the day was put 

 over until evening. No such election 

 was ever known in the history of the 

 society. With two candidates for 

 each of the three offices, the heaviest 

 vote ever known was polled. Keen as 

 was the rivalry between the friends 

 of the candidates, nothing but the best 

 of fellowship prevailed. 



The election results were: 



Total votes cast. 385. 



For president, Richard Vincent, Jr 215 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar 170 



Total 385 



For vice-president. H. B. Philpott 167 



August Poeblmann 217 



Total 384 



For secretary, John Young 228 



David Rust 155 



Total 888 



For treasurer, William F. Kastlng 365 



In favor of amendment 161 



Against amendment 106 



Total 357 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



At the Baltimore & Ohio station on a 

 big terrace in the lawn the gardener 

 has in 6-foot letters " S. A. F. & O. H. 

 — 1911. " It is said a visitor asked 

 the station master for a translation 

 and was told that it stood for "See 

 America First — and — Oh! H — 1! I 

 d'know what the rest of it means." 



The armory is just a little out of 

 the restaurant section, so the Balti- 

 more Gardeners' Club served a free 

 luncheon every day in one of the com- 

 pany rooms upstairs. In fact, they 

 took it as a breach of courtesy for one 

 to go elsewhere for refreshment. 



Before the convention had fairly 

 opened J. G. Neidinger, of Philadelphia, 

 took out his purse, laid it down a mo- 

 ment, and when he reached for it, it 

 was gone, witt the $60 it contained. 

 The surprise was that it occurred in the 

 armory. 



Cteneva, O. — R. A. Parker and W. W. 

 Stocking have purchased the interests 

 of R. D. Woodworth in the firm of 

 Woodworth & Parker. The sale in- 

 cludes the Woodworth home and farm 

 of fifteen acres. The new firm expects 

 to increase the business and add to the 

 number of greenhouses. Mr. \vood- 

 worth has not decided on his plans for 

 the future. 



the trades' display. 



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Eclipses All Becords. 



The trades' display, to the average 

 visitor, always has been the great 

 drawing card of the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion and this year it is even larger 

 and better than ever. In the twenty- 

 six preceding annual gatherings of the 

 craft the exhibition has been staged in 

 all sorts of buildings, some well 

 adapted to the purpose, some never in- 

 tended for such a use, but it has re- 

 mained for Baltimore to place at the 

 disposal of the society, for the first 

 time, a structure that leaves nothing 

 to be desired, the great Fifth Regi- 

 ment armory. Here on one great floor, 

 designed for the drilling of a thou- 

 sand men, there is space for all. No 

 one had to go to a balcony, or a base- 

 ment; none is out of sight; there is 

 not an undesirable spot in the room, 

 and if one place is better than another 

 it is merely a matter of persdnal pref- 

 erence; the only thing for which there 

 is no room is criticism. But with its 

 acres of floor space, the building is 

 filled. The exhibitors have taken every- 

 thing but the aisles. 



Philadelphia makes a big part of the 

 show, as usual. There have been con- 

 ventions at which there was a greater 

 number of exhibitors, but there never 

 has been a convention for which so 

 much space was sold. The answer is 



that most of the exhibitors are using 

 more space than they ever before have 

 used — they are making larger and more 

 attractively arranged displays. Sev- 

 eral 'firms are each using close to 1,000 

 square feet and practically every oie 

 has given much care to the stagin^g. 

 There never was a trades' display that 

 made anywhere nearly so good a general 

 effect; but for a large part of this 

 credit must be given to that wise rule 

 that did away with the great, gaudy 

 banners with which exhibitors were 

 wont to "decorate" their stands and 

 all available space in the building. 

 Taking a leaf from the National Flow- 

 er Show, all the signs are small, nflat 

 and uniform. They are cards cut and 

 painted to represent the shell of that 

 typical Baltimore product, the oyster, 

 and the gilt lettering is limited to 

 the exhibitor's name and address. '■ 



The exhibition presents little that is 

 strikingly new. The supply houses, ; it 

 is true, have many novelties, and thefre 

 are some good new plants, but for the 

 most part the show consists of the best 

 examples of the things the trade is bi|y- 

 ing day after day, using or passing on ;to 

 the public. One commendable feature 

 was that the exhibition was practically 

 complete the day before the conven- 

 tion opened. The exhibitors were on 

 hand early; most of the exhibits ar- 

 rived in time and were quickly in 

 place, fpr that most capable superin- 

 tendent. Mack Richmond, has seen to 



George Asmut. 



(Prenidcnt Society of American Florists.) 



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