ALOLST IS, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



29 



,i;i>. sliowiny tlic siiliMidid iirospccts. 

 II stated that for tlic tiadcs' display, 

 V ill is to 1)0 licid in a s('i)arat(^ liall 



ihf same hiiildin^ diiriiijj tlic iia- 

 ,; iiiil cxliiliitioii at JJostctii next Maic.li, 



r ."i.OOO t'cet of space already is sold. 

 I rfconiiiioiulod that a special coiivcu- 

 : II of iho S. A. V. be held in ]k)ston, 



iiiujj' March 2G, 1911, and it was so 

 \ ,'.i. iinaniniously. 



)|)i(ers wore elected by acclamation, 



It' l;eiiit^ but one nominee I'or eacii 

 , •('. President-elect Asmus made a 

 . I'lh pledj^in}^' his eil'orts and asking 

 1' coopcratiou of the older heads. 



riie i)roposed amendments to the con- 

 ;-' Mition, to make the directors electivt; 

 I i the secretary and treasurer appoin- 

 t (', \v(M-»! defeated. The ])roposition to 

 iiige the (late of meetin<i' regularly 

 |i iin August to spring had been voted 

 I liy ])ostal and showed 2.'?S for and 

 ;i'.' against. The amendment providing 

 i. .' the change was therefore laid on 

 '! ' table for one year. 



Tlie i)roposition to raise the life mem- 

 1 isliip fee to .$.")0 was defeated. 



Ii'esointions were adopted favoring 

 li,-' I'equest made by New York florists 

 !■ 1 A state appropriation for green- 

 I'lisis for experimental work at Cornell. 



I 'resident Pierson was presented with 

 .11 idegant (diest of silver as the usual 

 :i • iiieiito of the occasion. 



Thursday Afternoon. 



\\ . l;. ])u Rie presented a report for 

 I 111 committee on state vice presidents' 

 iliiriyonti reports. They found them 

 lull of interest and recommended that 

 'Im'\- be ordered printed. The reports 

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

 Hid II. I'apworth, New Orleans, were 

 -I'i'cially mentioned as showing prog- 

 1 --; in the extremes of latitude. 



I'rof, H. n. Whctzel, of Cornell, the 

 - 'ifty's j)athologist, presented a brief 

 Miiial report and asked permission to 

 ■lilimit a written report for the soci- 

 ' ' V "s annual volume. He asked all 

 ^"'■iniiei's to bring to his attention such 

 iiiiigous diseases as cause loss, and pro- 

 I -ed cooperative work in which Cor- 

 :i' !l and the tlorists divide the expense. 



The committee on president's ad- 



Mss — ,1. A. Valentine, Robert Crnig, 



' (i. Hill, W. K. Smith and ,1. C. 



\ ughan — commended the do<-ument as 



!e and well considered. It endorsed 

 '■' recommendations regarding the af- 

 ' :ation of kindred societies, and be- 



v(>d ;i mid-Lent meeting would pro- 



'<> '•ooi)eration. The committee en- 

 -^(mI the recommendation to make the 



I'c-tors elective and the secretary ap- 

 Mtive, but did not approve the lec- 



inend;ition to increase the life niem- 

 ' I ship loe to $.jO. 



No N. C. H. Appropriation. 



'• Otto Thilow presented a report 



the work of the National Council 



Horticulture. He commended the 



'rk in unmeasured terms and said a 



id for the services of II. C. Irish and 



' • X. Rudd. P. O'Mara passed some 



'icisni of the work of the Council 



1 stated that he opposed further ap- 



I "priations in its support. This pro- 



lied a warm discussion, in which K. 



' Hill and J. C. Vaughan commended 



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



"Ida and J. K. M. L. Farquhar op- 



■^-''d the apjiropriation. On a motion 



' appropriate $150, as per a previous 



■'■ommendation of the board of direc- 



'■'. a viva voce vote was declared to 



M- 



Wm. F. Kasting. 



'Iieamiiei' Society of Anii-riciin Florist- 



be in f.avor of the afTirinat ive. On 

 call for a division, the vote stood: Vnr 

 the appropriation. 31; against it. 44, 



Friday's Program. 



l-'riday the visitors are to be in 

 hands of the b'ocliester i'lorists' (' 

 They are to be taken to Manitou P>e 

 for the afternoon and to Ontario He 

 for the evening, both popular lake 

 sorts. 



i'riday nnu-ning early .Tames Yi( 

 Sons will take an excursion party 

 sjiecial train to inspect their t 

 i^rounds. 



the 

 lub. 

 ach 

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by 



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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 IS. 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 

 ]>ortance of the work with reference to 

 nomenclature. It was voted to hohl 

 the next m(>etiiig at Boston next Marcdi, 

 The following committees were ap- 

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

 Gage, K. H. Cushman and Arthur 



Cowee; Press. H. "S'omdl. b. M, (Jage 

 and L, P,, .Tuilson; ^Memberships. W. E, 

 Cahill, ,T, P. McArdle and K, E. Stew- 

 art. 



American Rose Society. 



President W. H. Elliott i)resided at 

 a largely attended meeting of the Rose 

 Society at K'ochester. .\ugust IS, F, R. 

 Pierson presented the subject of the 

 rose premiums at the National Flower 

 Show, and the details were brought to 

 a satisfactory concdusion, Pl.ans for 

 the meeting at Boston in :Maridi were 

 made, b'eports of Secretary Hamnumd 

 were satisfactory. 



American Carnation Society. 



President l\od Burki occupied the 

 'hair at two sessions oi' the Carnation 

 Society at Rochester «luring the con- 

 vention. The subject of j)remiumg 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. 



Retailers' Association. 



The Retail Florists' Telegraph Deliv- 

 ery Association held two sessions at 

 Rochester, August 18. President Yal- 

 • ■ntine explained fully the objects of 



