AUGUST 18, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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dide, showing the splendid prospects. 

 He stated that for the trades' display, 

 which is to be held in a separate hall 

 in the same building during the na- 

 tional exhibition at Boston next March, 

 over 5,000 feet of space already is sold. 

 He recommended that a special conven- 

 tion of the S. A. F. be held in Boston, 

 oiieniug March 26, 1911, and it was so 

 v.ited, unanimously. 



Officers were elected by acclamation, 

 tiere being but one nominee for each 

 otiice. President-elect Asmus made a 

 speech pledging his efforts and asking 

 tlie cooperation of the older heads. 



The proposed amendments to the con- 

 stitution, to make the directors elective 

 and the secretary and treasurer appoin- 

 tive, were defeated. The proposition to 

 change the date of meeting regularly 

 from August to spring had been voted 

 oil by postal and showed 238 for and 

 369 against. The amendment providing 

 for the change was therefore laid on 

 the table for one year. 



The proposition to raise the life mem- 

 bership fee to $50 was defeated. 



Resolutions were adopted favoring 

 the request made by New York florists 

 for a state appropriation for green- 

 houses for experimental work at Cornell. 

 nell. 



President Pierson was presented with 

 an elegant chest of silver as the usual 

 memento of the occasion. 



Thursday Afternoon. 



W. B. Du Eie presented a report for 

 the committee on state vice-presidents' 

 thirty-one reports. They found them 

 full of interest and recommended that 

 they be ordered printed. The reports 

 of A. M. Terrill, of Calgary, Alberta, 

 and H. Papworth, New Orleans, were 

 specially mentioned as showing prog- 

 ress in the extremes of latitude. 



Prof. H. H. Whetzel, of Cornell, the 

 society's pathologist, presented a brief 

 verbal report and asked permission to 

 submit a written report for the soci- 

 ety's annual volume. He asked all 

 niembers to bring to his attention such 

 fungous diseases as cause loss, and pro- 

 posed cooperative work in which Cor- 

 nell and the florists divide the expense. 



The committee on president's ad- 

 dress — J. A. Valentine, Robert Craig, 

 E. G. Hill, W. R. Smith and J. C. 

 Vaughan — commended the document as 

 able and well considered. It endorsed 

 tlie recommendations regarding the af- 

 filiation of kindred societies, and be- 

 lieved a mid-Lent meeting would pro- 

 ■note cooperation. The committee en- 

 'I'rscd the recommendation to make the 

 'lirectors elective and the secretary ap- 

 1" intive, but did not approve the ree- 

 f'limendation to increase the life mem- 

 bership fee to $50. 



No N. C. H. Appropriation. 



•^ Otto Thilow presented a report 

 oi: the work of the National Council 

 <j^ Horticulture. He commended the 

 ^^ork in unmeasured terms and said a 

 ^vord for the services of H. C. Irish and 

 ^\- N. Rudd. P. O'Mara passed some 

 «iiticism of the work of the Council 

 ^nd stated that he opposed further ap- 

 propriations in its support. This pro- 

 Joked a warm discussion, in which E. 

 "• Hill and J. C. Vaughan commended 

 ^he work, and W. J. Stewart, W. A, 

 ^randa and J. K. M. L. Farquhar op- 

 ''f'sed the appropriation. On a motion 

 ^^ appropriate $150, as per a previous 

 •■fcommendation of the board of direc- 

 '^^'■9) a viva voce vote was declared to 



. Wm, F. Kasting. 

 (Treasurer Society of American Florists.) 



be in favor of the affirmative. On 

 call for a division, the vote stood: For 

 the appropriation, 31; against it, 44. 



Friday's Program. 



Friday the visitors are to bfe in the 

 hands of the Rochester Florists' Club. 

 They are to be taken to Manitou Beach 

 for the afternoon and to Ontario Beach 

 for the evening, both popular lake re- 

 sorts. 



Friday morning early James Vick's 

 Sons will take an excursion party by 

 special train to inspect their trial 

 grounds. 



SECTIONAL MEETINGS. 



Gladiolus Society. 



President I. S. Hendrickson occu- 

 pied the chair at a well attended meet- 

 ing of the Gladiolus Society at Roches- 

 ter, August 18. The reports of Presi- 

 dent Hendrickson and Secretary Gage 

 showed splendid progress, the society 

 having already 137 members. In Mr. 

 Hendrickson 's address he urged the im- 

 portance of the work with reference to 

 nomenclature. It was voted to hold 

 the next meeting at Boston next March. 

 The following committees were ap- 

 pointed: Exhibition. H. Youell, L. M. 

 Gage, E. H. Cushman and Arthur 



Cowee; Press, H. Youell, L. M. Gage 

 and L. B. Judson; Memberships, W. E. 

 Cahill, J. B. McArdle and E. E. Stew- 

 art. 



American Bose Society. 



President W. H. Elliott presided at 

 a largely attended meeting of the Rose 

 Society at Rochester, August 18. F. R. 

 Pierson presented the subject of the 

 rose premiums at the National Flower 

 Show, and the details were brought to 

 a satisfactory conclusion. Plans for 

 the meeting at Boston in March were 

 made. Reports of Secretary Hammond 

 were satisfactory. 



American Carnation Society. 



President Fred Burki occupied the 

 chair at two sessions of the Carnation 

 Society at Rochester during the con- 

 vention. The subject of premiums on 

 carnations at the March exhibition at 

 the National Flower Show was gone 

 over with care and closed up satisfac- 

 torily. The program for the meeting at 

 the same time was laid out, subject to 

 later arrangements by Secretary Baur, 



Betailers' Association. 



The Retail Florists' Telegraph Deliv- 

 ery Association held two sessions at 

 Rochester, August 18. President Val- 

 entine explained fully the objects of 



