A««osT 4, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



15 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



The chairmen of all the local commit- 

 toes at Eochester met in the club rooms 

 on Tuesday evening, July 26. The work 

 of the committees was reported in detail 

 and the officers of the Eochester associ- 

 ation freely commended the work done 

 by the committees. 



C. B. Ogsten, chairman of the ladies' 

 entertainment committee, reported that 

 arrangements had been made for 

 a touring car trip on Wednes- 

 day afternoon, August 17, start- 

 ing at 2 o'clock. The trip will 

 include rides through Eochester 's most 

 beautiful residence sections, Seneca 

 park, Maplewood park, the university 

 campus, Genesee valley and Highland 

 parks, ending with a run to Cobb 's Hill 

 reservoir, where a panoramic view of 

 the entire city can be had. 



The committee on the shooting con- 

 tests reported through the chairman, E. 

 (j. Salter. These contests will be held 

 on Thursday afternoon, August 18, at 3 

 o'clock, on the grounds of the Eiverside 

 Gun Club, near Genesee Valley park. A 

 prize of $20 in gold is offered for the 

 greatest number of birds in any event. 

 Other prizes include cash, diamond 

 stickpins, gun case, fishing rods, etc. 



Chairman A. H. Vick, of the bowlers' 

 committee, reported that, after much 

 effort, he had succeeded in obtaining 

 the Brunswick-Balke-Collender gold 

 medal. This will be one of the most 

 valued prizes offered, as the winning of 

 the gold medal indicates special skill 

 on the part of the winner. Mr. Vick 

 announced that the Grand Central Al- 

 leys, where the contests will be held, 

 had offered a silver cup, and that George 

 Eastman had offered a No 3 Brownie 

 camera. Silver cups have also been 

 offered by Vaughan's Seed Store, of 

 New York and Chicago, and Henry A. 

 Dreer, of Philadelphia. Other prizes 

 are: Gem safety razor, from Weaver 

 Hardware Co.; gentleman's silk um- 

 brella, from Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co.; 

 scarfpin and buttons, from J. E. White 

 Co.; Btickpin and buttons, from Wm. 

 Kennedy; art pottery vase, from H. B. 

 Graves; ladies' gold pin, from S. D. Bur- 

 ritt; picture, from Scranton, Wetmore & 

 Co.; a case of O. F. C, f rom New York 

 and Kentucky Co.; a case of Sherwood 

 from Fee Bros. The bowling contests 

 will be held on Thursday, August 18. 



Friday, August 19, is to be the great 

 'lay of the week. The outing committee 

 has made arrangements to entertain the 

 visitors at Manitou Beach, one of the 

 most beautiful lake resorts near Eoches- 

 ter. A part of the forenoon is to be 

 devoted to inspecting the exhibits at 

 Convention hall, and about 11 o'clock 

 special cars will convey the society to 

 Ontario Beach, thence over one of the 

 most picturesque trolley routes to Mani- 

 tou. This line runs along the bluffs 

 overlooking Lake Ontario, past summer 

 homes, pleasure resorts and campers' 

 tents — altogether a trip of delight from 

 first to last. Lunch will bf served at 

 the Manitou Beach hotel, and at 4 

 o'clock J. M. Keller will announce that 

 his baseball team is prepared to meet 

 all comers. 



Among the social events of conven- 

 tion week, the president's reception on 



Tuesday evening and the ladies' recep- 

 tion on Wednesday evening are the most 

 important. Both will be held at the 

 Hotel Seneca. 



Charles H. Vick says that the trade 

 exhibit will surpass his fondest dreams. 

 Almost every inch of space is taken. 

 But Convention hall is a big place, and 

 even at the last minute Mr. Vick will 

 make a place for the late comers who 

 have something to show. Mr. Vick also 

 reports that the Souvenir Album is well 

 on toward completion, and that it is a 

 triumph of the printer's art. It will be 

 a prized souvenir of the Eochester S. A. 

 F. convention. E. F, E. 



HOTELS AT ROCHESTER. 



The hotels at Eochester are preparing 

 to accommodate all who may attend the 

 S. A. F. convention, but the wise visitor 

 will engage his room at an early date. 

 Although Eochester is well supplied 

 with first-class hotels, it is not at all 

 improbable that they will be crowded 

 during convention week. Even now 

 various clubs have booked advance 

 orders for their members. The follow- 

 ing are the leading hotels and their 

 rates; all of them are near Convention 

 hall: 



Hotel Rochester, Main street west. Earopean 

 plan. Rates, (1.50 to (2.50 without bath. $2.80 

 to $3.50 with bath. 



Powers Hotel, Main street west. European 

 plan. Rates, $1.50 to $4. 



Hotel Seneca, Clinton avenue south. European 

 plans Rates, $1.50 to $3.50, single; $3 to $5, 

 two persons. 



Osbum House, 104 South avenue. American 

 plan. Rates, $2.50 to $3.50. 



Hotel Eggleston, 159 Main street east. Earo- 

 pean plan. Rates, $1 to $2. 



Wbitcomb House, 2u9 Main street east. Bnro- 

 pean plan. Rates, $1 to $3. 



Kastern Hotel, 102 Clinton avenue sontb. 

 Men only. European plan. 



The Bristol, 25 Central arenne. European 

 plan. 



Clinton Hotel, South avenue and Court atreet. 

 American plan. Rates, $2. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



open sesame for everything at the con- 

 vention. 



Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, pub- 

 lic notice is hereby given that the regis- 

 tration of the roses, Dark Pink Killar- 

 ney and Lady Cromwell, by A. N. Fier- 

 son, Inc., of Cromwell, Conn., and the 

 rose, Purity, by Hoopes, Bro; & Thomas 

 Co., of West Chester, Pa., become com- 

 plete. 



H. B. Dorner, Sec'y. 



July 28, 1910. 



THOSE S. A. F. AMENDMENTS. 



The Convention. 



The twenty-sixth annual convention 

 promises to be the best meeting ever 

 held by the Society of American 

 Florists. Preparations for the meeting 

 and exhibition are rapidly nearing com- 

 pletion. C. H. Vick, superintendent of 

 the exhibition, reports that most of the 

 exhibition space has been taken and 

 that the large hall, with over an acre of 

 floor space, will be filled. The modifica- 

 tion of the rules applying to the signs 

 will do much to make the exhibition 

 beautiful, as well as instructive and 

 profitable. The public will be admitted 

 each evening, and on Thursday after- 

 noon. An admission fee will be charged. 



The sports committee reports that ar- 

 rangements for the bowling and shoot- 

 ing tournaments on Thursday afternoon 

 are also nearing completion. In this 

 connection attention should be called to 

 the rule that only members in good 

 standing will be allowed to participate. 



Friday is in the hands of the Eoches- 

 ter Florists' Club, and a general good 

 time is promised. To those who have 

 been at Eochester before, nothing need 

 be said about the royal welcome await- 

 ing them. All others should come and 

 see for themselves. Bring your certifi- 

 cates and pins and they will be the 



Mr. Rudd Offers Explanation. 



Notice has been sent to the members 

 of the 8. A. F. of a number of amend- 

 ments to be brought up for considera- 

 tion at the coming convention. The 

 most important of these are the series 

 intended to make the members of the 

 board of directors elective and to make 

 the ofiSces of the secretary and treas- 

 urer appointive by the board of direc- 

 tors. 



The present conditions are that the 

 board of directors consists of eleven 

 members, namely, the president, first 

 vice-president, secretary and treasurer, 

 who are of course elected each year, 

 and the junior ex-president, who was 

 elected the year before. These five 

 members can be said to be elected by 

 the direct vote of the members of the 

 society. The other six, which is a ma- 

 jority of the board, are appointed. They 

 are the personal appointees of the presi- 

 dent, each president having the privi- 

 lege of appointing two, so that the so- 

 ciety is in the somewhat anomalous po- 

 sition of having a majority of its board 

 of directors not elected by itself, but 

 the personal appointments of various 

 presidents. The amendments, if car- 

 ried, will reduce the board of directors 

 from eleven to nine and make them all 

 strictly elective. 



Theoretieally, at least, this seems 

 more in accord with the general cus- 

 toms of this country and is the practice 

 in nearly all corporations existing in 

 this country. Practically all ordinary 

 corporations are compelled to elect their 

 board of directors by the law under 

 which they exist. 



It will be noted that the amendments 

 also take away the voting power in the 

 board of directors from the secretary 

 and the treasurer. If these officers are 

 to be appointed by the board of direc- 

 tors, it would certainly be an exceed- 

 ingly bad proposition to give them a 

 vote in the deliberations of the body 

 which appoints them and which can re- 

 move them. It seems to the writer that 

 so long as the oresent close scrutiny 

 of the handling of the funds is carried 

 out, and the heavy bonds are required 

 from the treasurer, it really makes lit- 

 tle difference whether he is elected or 

 is appointed. 



The office of secretary, however, it 



would seem, could be most wisely taken 



out of politics. The secretary is the 



chief clerk of the society; he is the only 



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