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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 17, 1911. 



N'iiicont. The response was l)y Mrs. B. 

 Ihinimniicl Tr.icy, of Woiiham, Alass. 



Tlic rc|>()i-t of tli(^ secretary sbowod 

 a ineinliersliip of 1'7.".. 'I'he treasurer's 

 report showeil rei-eipts of .+()20.72, dis- 

 Imrsenieiits of ,t;!41.(tl; lialaiice, it^l'SS.Tl. 



Tlie eli'ctioii of otiicers resulted as 

 lullows: I'resideiit. Mrs. K. \'. I'looiie, 

 r.altiniore; iirst \i(e iiresid(Mit, Mrs. \\. 

 W'ittmaii. West llolioken. \. J.; sec- 

 ond vice ]iresideiit. Miss I'erle I'-ulnier, 

 1 "es ^Moines. Iowa; treasurer, ^Irs. Al- 

 lien ^[. llerr. I.ancaster, Pa.; secre 

 tarv. ?ilr<. diaries II. .Ma\ nard, Detroit. 

 Mich. 



Tlie (^veiiiii'i- of Thursday was placed 

 in the hands of the hidits' sociidy for 

 ,■1 reception ami dance at the ITote! 

 Belvedere, a dnjdicalr of the hrilliant 

 aflfair given last year at IJochestor. The 

 ladies' organization has added ini 

 niensely to tlie social side of the con- 

 A en t ions. 



Election of Onicers. 



When tlio societ\ ronxcned Thurs- 

 da\' morning the jiolls \v(>r(» o|)ened for 

 the (dection of ofticers. The interest 

 \\;is so keen that it was fcnind inipossi- 

 lilc to go ahead with the other work 

 and llie ]irogram for the ilay was put 

 over until evening. No suidi election 

 was ever known in the history of the 

 so( iel \ . With two candidates for 

 • ■ach of the three otllces, the heaviest 

 \ <ite e\er known Avas jxdied. Keen as 

 was the rivalry between the friends 

 of the candidates, nothing Imt the best 

 of f(dlowship prevailed. 



The election results -were: 



'I'ot.il votes cast, .".8.". 



I'liv prcsiilont. Itidianl Vinrciit. .]r lil." 



^. K. .M. I-. raniulKir 170 



Totiil .".S.-. 



I'l' \ i< )■ presiiient, II. K. riiil|M>tt 1(57 



.Xiit'ust roc'lilmanii "17 



Tot.Tl r',.'*^ 



I'.ir -■■cri^tiirv, .Toliu YoiiiiL' -2S 



H.iviil I'tust l.'.."> 



Totnl 383 



I'l'i- tri a<iii('i-. William I". Kastim.' '■'>'>'< 



III r.ivcr cf amcii.lmi-iit . ic,l 



\'jniiist aiiunilinciit l!t(! 



T.'lal 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



At the Baltimore iV: Ohio station on a 

 tug terrace in the lawn the garilener 

 ha> in r, loot letters "R. A. F. 6c O. II. 

 - iMll."' It is said a visitor asked 

 the station master for a translation 

 a It. I wa^ told that it stood for "See 



A rjca First —and — (Jh! II— 1! ] 



d'ktiow what the rest of it trn\'ins.'' 



The .armory is just a little out of 

 till' Ti'stanrant section, so tin- ]5alti- 

 mort^ (iardf'iiers' Club serxcd a free 

 Inncheon e\(»ry il.ay in one of the com- 

 ji.iiiy rooms u|istairs. In fait, they 

 too! it as a lircach of courtesy for one 

 111 ^o elsewhere for refreshment. 



Ilefore the convention had fairly 

 o|.eiie.i .1. i;. Xeidiiii^cr. of I'll i lad(dph ia . 

 took out his jiur>e. l;ii,| it down ;i mo- 

 ment, and when he reached for it, it 

 w.n^ ooiic. ^vith tlii^ ^M it c-ontaineil. 



Tile -Ullill^e \\.'l»- that it oc-1-liri'ed ill the 



.arin.irx . 



THE TEADES' DISPLAY. 



Geneva. O. R. A. I'arker and \V. W. 

 Siiiid\in:^ li:i\e pure Iriseil tlie iiifiM'ests 

 ol li". I'. Woodwort h in the firm ol' 

 Wiiinlw 111 t li \ l';irKi-r. The sale in 



1 lllde~ the Wood W lift h hollie ;uii| f:irm 

 iif litteen .'nrcs. The liew linn expects 

 111 im-re.-i^e the liUsim^ss .■iinl mill to the 

 nunilier of t^reeiihoiises. Mi. \\ooi|- 

 uortli h;i- not dec-ided on lii- piaii^ for 

 1 111- Int lire. 



Eclipses All Records. 



The tr.ades' 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 

 adajited 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 d(>sired, the great Fifth b'egi- 

 nieiit armory. Hero on one great tloor, 

 designed for th(> drilling of a thou- 

 sand men, there is space for all. No 

 one had to go to a lialeony, 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 iiersonal ])ref- 

 erence; the only thing for which there 

 is no room is criticism. Hut with its 

 acres of floor space, the building is 

 filled. The exhibitors ha\e taken every 

 thing but the aisles. 



Philadelphia makes a big part of the 

 show, as usual. There have been con 

 \entions at whicdi there was a greater 

 number of exhibitors, but there never 

 has been a convention for which so 

 inindi space was sold. The answer is 



that most of the exhibitors are using 

 more s]iace than they ever before have 

 used — they are making larger and more 

 attractively arranged displays. Sev- 

 (»ral firms are each using close to l.OOtl 

 s(piare feet and jiractically every one 

 has given much care to the staging. 

 Th(>re never was a trtides' display thai 

 made anywhere nearly so good a general 

 (dfect; but for a large part of this 

 credit must be given to that wise rule 

 that did away with the great, gaudy 

 li.inners 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, neal 

 and uniform. They arc cards cut and 

 jiainted to represent the shell of that 

 ty]iical Baltimore product, the oyster, 

 and the gilt lettering is limited to 

 the exhibitor's name and address. 



The exhibition presents little that is 

 stril\ingly new. The supply houses, it 

 is true, have many novelties, and there 

 are some good new ])lants, but for the 

 most ]>art the show consists of the best 

 examples of the things the trade is buy- 

 ing day after day, using or passing on to 

 th(; imblic. One commendable feature 

 was that the exhibition was practically 

 (•omplete the day before the conven 

 tioii opeiK'd. Th(^ exhibitors were on 

 hand early; most of the exhibits ar 

 ri\-ec| ill time ami were quickly in 

 ]dace. for tli.at most capalde sn]ierin 

 teiident. Macdv l?ichmond, has seen to 



George Asmus. 



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