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The Meeting Hall at Chicago, Opening Session, With the Band of the Faithful in the Center. 



inittot' ciulorscd the suggestion that iu- 

 sulVu-iciit attontion is paid to legislative 

 mattt'is. wliich would include the par- 

 cels piivt. and rccduiniended that the 

 lie given an appropriation of 

 its work. The committee 

 the desiraljility of a perma- 

 I'or the society and a scho(d 

 t was of th(> opinion 

 is not vet ready to 



connml tee 



$5()n t'nr 



recdLiiiizfi 



nent honn 



of ll(>ricultiir(\ h 



tlial the sofiet\' 



un(h'iiaki' these projects. The commit- 

 tee appro\ed tin' recommendation for the 

 investigation of n\crhead costs and 

 recoiiiniendcd the ajiiiointment of a com- 

 mittee with an appropriation of $100 

 for it> n^e. All these were unanimously 

 adopted. 



A tint her recommendation was in 

 these wolds: '"We agree with the 

 president "s stnuig endorsement of the 

 interest in the trade exhibition, and we 

 beiie\e the rates for space should be 

 caretiill\ considered for each conven- 

 tion, to the end that the exhibitors be 

 not eniliarrassed by excessive ex- 

 peii-es. ■• \V. N. jJudd charged that this 

 appaieiitly innocent phraseology in con- 

 nection with the discussion which he 

 said was taking place elsewhere consti- 

 tuted a (lelicately put attack upon the 

 executive committee now in office. lie 

 defended the acdions of the committee 

 with icyard to the Chicago exhibition 

 and urged that it was the duty of the 

 directors to sell the society's space for 

 as mu(di as the space is worth. After 

 a ntiniiier of those jiresent had expressed 

 their approval of tlu' handling of the 

 exhibition this \(>ar, .Mr. Ku.id imm- 

 mitted the unanimous adojjtiou (d' the 



l-'aniuhar, of 

 nominated W. 

 In.!. 

 . Stewart nouL 



report, stating that his only purpose 

 had been to secur(^ such endorsement 

 from the s(ici(dy I'or the oHicjal rei-oi'ds. 



Nominations. 



As prescribed in tiie by laws, the 

 nonrination ot' ollicers orcnrred at tlie 

 morning session August L'l. 



I'or presi(|(Mif .\ugust I'. I'(jehlniann 

 nominated .1. K. M. I,. 

 JJoston. .1. .\. \'alentine 

 .1. Vesey, |-'ort W'ayiu', 



l"nr \ ice pr(^sident W. -I 

 inated Theodore AN'irth, of .M inueaiiolis, 



Kor seci'ctary (uHirge Asnins noniinat 

 ed .loiiu 'k'oung, of New York. 



I'oi' tri^asurer W. .\. b'udd nominatcil 

 \V. r. Kastiug. of Jiutfalo. 



President's Reception. 



The president's reception, which is 

 each year b(>coming a mort' important 

 f(>ature of the con\(>ntiiui because of 

 the iiu-reasing attetubnu'e of ladies, was 

 this year held In tlie .Vuditoriiim hotel. 

 In the receiving line wer(^ Kobert Craig, 

 Ifarry A. Huuyard, Mrs. Bunyard, John 

 .\. Kvans, Mrs. Kvans, President 

 Richard Vincent, ^Irs. Vincent, Vice- 

 {iresident .\ugust I'oehlmann, Mrs. 

 i'oehhnann. Secretary John Young. ^Irs. 

 I'oone, prt'sident of the Ladies' S. A. 

 I'., K. .\llan IVirce, :\[rs. J'eirce, K. C. 

 Hill, W. V. Cude and T'. J. Koh>y. presi- 

 dent of the rhiciigo Florists' Club. The 

 attendance was the largest in the 

 history of the society. Ther(> was a 

 musical ]iio'4rani, Indh xocal and instru 

 mental, followed by dancing. Punch 

 was scrveil. 



The Open Date. 



Wednesday afternoon, .\ngnst :; 1 , was 

 let't open on ihe convention |program to 

 i^ive the inemliers the opportuuitv of go- 

 ing over the trmJe's display or visiting 

 iifowers an'l other business ('st.ablish- 

 nieiits. ;i(i-ocding to indiviilual |irefer- 

 eiice. Tlie result was that most ot' the 

 men visiteij the gi'owi'is, the ladies Ih'- 

 ing on an ;i nt oinobi le tri|( at the time. 

 While pi-actically every growing estab 

 lisjinient had inoi-e or less \isitors. two 

 or tliiei' business organizations had 

 -ivcn general invitations, or liad iii- 

 \ ited special part ies. 



Tlie K. < '. .\inling < o. took a party of 

 11") to Mavvvood by railroad. .\t May- 

 wood thirty four decorated automid)iles 

 were waiting to carry the delegation to 

 the greiMihonses of the .\. 1'. .\nding 

 <'o., where lurodHMni was served. The 

 other Mavwdod growers also vvei'i' vis- 

 ited, afti'f whi(di the procession ol' cars 

 took the |iart,v- across country to Kim- 

 hurst, vvher(> the rose growing idant of 

 Wendland tV Keinud was inspecn^d and 

 another light luncheon served. Thence 

 the autiuiu)l)iles nuide their way to For- 

 est I'ark, an amusement grounds, where 

 an excellent supjier was served, bringing 

 the party back to the convention hall 

 in time for the evening session. The 

 guests gave their hosts a un;i,nimous 

 vote of a])preciation. 



.V special train of eleven cars carried 

 those who made the trip to the |ilant of 

 I'oehlmann liros. < d., at .Morton (irove. 

 Tlfre were l^n ai'oard when the spe- 

 cial pulled (lilt ot the rnioii station at 

 l'_':|o 1. III. I'loin the time the train 



