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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 18, 1910. 



noon, Autrust lU, liy 1'. \V. \'i<k. jncsi- 

 dent ol' the lloclicstfr I'lorists' Clul). 

 The attoiidanee was not laij^o, alth(iuj;li 

 the liall ^vas cool and comfort nblt\ Mr. 

 Vick introduced Mayor II. II. Kdger- 

 ton. \v)i(j made a two minute talk of 

 weli'omc. TIier(» was no rhetorical llul)- 

 duli aitout it, hut its sincerity and j;'ood 

 taste were evident. Following' His 

 Honor, Mr. Vick introduced lieorgc 

 Deitrieh, president of the Chandier of 

 Commerce. He iias a thorough ac- 

 quaintance with the trade inteicsis in 

 his city, and spoke entertaiiiiiii;ly of 

 trade history. 



In his response to the <l(iulile wel- 

 come, IJohert (Jraiir made recdanltion 

 of the work of Messrs. Jiarry and KU- 

 wanifor and said thai, liiou^^h the so- 

 ciety has this week brought to lioches- 

 ter some tine examples of the plant 

 •,nowers' art, there is much in Koehes- 

 tcr to interest every man in the trade, 

 especially in spring, and he hoped to 

 see the 8. A. F. return to the city for a 

 spring meeting. 



Patrick O'Mara gained the floor to 

 l)resent to President I'ierson an ivory 

 gavel as a token of the high regard in 

 which he is held liy his fellow members 

 in the New York Florists' Club. ]\Ir. 

 Pierson evidently was taken entirely by 

 s\n'prisc, but expressed his ai)])reciation 

 in a few well-(diosen words, and then 

 proceeded to read his annual address. 



Though President Pierson h.as l)een 

 an exceedingly busy man this summer, 

 he evidently had given the future of 

 the society much serious, close consid- 

 eration. While his suggestions as to the 

 atfiliation of the sjiecial flower societies 

 presented some wholly new ideas, and 

 his thought with regard to the semi- 

 annual meetings was equally original, 

 the moii^ the mendteis midled them over 

 the better they liked them. The paper 

 is printed in full on another page. 

 Close attention was given to every 

 word, and at the close of its reading 

 thi're was an outliurst of apjilause thai 

 show(>d that the effort put into Ihe 

 prep.'iralion of the document was fully 

 ap|ireciated. 



Secretary H. H. Dorner presented a 

 report of the year's work of his otlice. 

 Tt siiowed steady progress, and is 

 printed in full in this issue. Minutes 

 of the meetings of the executive board 

 were read and approved. 



Treasurer W. V. Kasting presented 

 the year's financial record, also ])rinted 

 on a following jiage. C. Ti. Washluirn. 

 A. L. Miller and Joseph Heacock were 

 appointed as an auditing conlniittee. 



W. V,. D'u Rie, F. H. Traendly and 

 P.. Hammond were appointed to con- 

 sider the reports of the state vice- 

 presidents, wliiidi were voluminous and 

 not read to the convention. 



.r. .1. Davis ])rese!ited a lengthy re 

 |)Ort on belialf of Dr. S. .\. Forbes, the 

 olficial (Mitomologist of the society. He 

 did not read it all. as it will apjiear in 

 full in the society's annual volume. 



P. O'Mara jiresented, and read 

 sketchily, the correspondence between 

 himself and (dher members of the com- 

 mitter; on tariff and legislation, spe- 

 cially with reference to a resolution of 

 the board of directors instructing the 

 investigation of the canses of the high 

 price of glass. The correspondence was 

 voluminous, but led to the conclusion 

 that no facilities within the command 

 of the committee couhl be (effective in 

 grappling with so large a problem as 

 the glass situation presents. 



Because of increasing heat and 



diminishing attendance, there was an 

 early adjournment. 



President's Reception. 



The annual rei;eiitiou to the jiresi 

 dent, which always has been the chief 

 social e\ent of the convention, was this 

 year a notable success. Held in the 

 big ballroom of the fine new Seneca 

 hotel, there was abundant room, al- 

 though the attendance was large. The 

 ladies were excused from duty in the 

 receiving line, but in tiie extension of 

 the fraternal glad hand President Pier- 

 son liad the assistance of President 

 Vick, of the Rochester Florists' Club; 

 venerable William K. Smith, of Wash 

 iugton; jVdam (iiaham. of Cleveland; 

 Robert Craig, whose smile is perennial; 

 .T. Otto Thilow, who seems to know ;ill 

 about every man in the trade, even if 

 he never saw him before, and .lames 

 Dean, Avhose hair now is white as snow, 

 but who has lost none of his youthful 

 enjoyment of such occasions. 



Following the reception, refreshmicnts 

 were served by the skilled employees of 

 the hotel, .and a fine orchestra ma<le 

 music by which the young folks, and 

 some (d' the older ones, danced till 

 midnight. Those who thought the at- 

 tendance of ladies lighter this year 

 than some other years were surprised 

 at the attendance at the reception, al- 

 though, of course, the visiting ladies 

 were there reinforced by the ladies of 

 the Rochester members of the horti- 

 cultural trades. 



Wednesday's Session. 



Wednesday opened cool and cloudy, 

 delightful convention weather, but ;i 

 multiplicity of interests prevented a 

 large attendance at the opening of the 

 business session. Those present were 



the wheel-horses, the workers, and l o 

 work of the society was put: throii i 

 expeditiously. The attendance 

 creased as the morning passed, th> o 

 dropping in liuding their attent; a 

 closely held. 



At the opening Secretary Don r 

 made a report of the accessions to nu . 

 bership since the date of his rej)( 

 August 10, when there were 825 nn 

 bers in good standing. Since; ti .i 

 sixty-two had paid up and 180 n x 

 members had been admitted, makinj: a 

 total of 1,007 members, against a b. t 

 previous record of itiJa — for the tji t 

 time the society has over 1,000 paid p 

 members. 



Kdward D. Hover, of Northampt' ,i, 

 Pa., read a paper, "Use of Cement wlih 

 Special Reference to Greenhouse (jpii- 

 struction." Mr. Hoyer is a cement ■ \- 

 pert, but his paper was not technicil; 

 lie treated the subject from the point 

 of view of the outsider and did not 

 profess expert knowledge of greenhouse 

 j)roblenis, inviting questions from the 

 growers. 



.1. A. Peterson said he used coal a.'-h 

 screenings; coke ash screenings were 

 used for benches and gave good drain- 

 age, using one to seven. Air. IJoycr 

 said such a bench would not be pi'v- 

 manent; he wanted a more dense mix- 

 ture. Air. Peterson said a one to four 

 mixture did not give enough porosity, 

 no matter how many drainage holes 

 were left. Mr. Boyer said concrete 

 does not become completely set. like 

 stone, till seven years have passe<l. 



E. H. Cushman asked for instructions 

 on mixing. Air. Boyer said the use of 

 too much water is as bad as too little 

 He said a consistency like mortar is 

 best. In reply to a question by \V. A. 

 Christy, he recommended chicken wiie 



R. Vincent, Jr. 



< Vicc-pro-^iflent-eloct Society ol American Kloilsts. 



