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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August IS, 1910. 



))i;ni\ |p|:'^ii|i his w liM li;i\c lurccili'il liir. 

 •■IIhI. wiillc ;i Mii-il ,|c:(| has lic.ii ;ic 

 <'(»lii|il i^lii'pi in llic |i;isi li\- tlinst' wild 

 1ki\c- I M-cii|ii('i| this iillii'c. we nil ailiiiil 

 1 li.'U \\<' 'ill iidt li;i\'' .'IN iiiiinv iiii'iii licrs 

 in oiu --iicii-ly ,-i< we -.Ininlij li;i\c. Tlici't' 

 :ir(,' in.'iny wlin iln ihi: tnlly ic:i I i/.i' \\li;il 



.•I ^'l'c:,t lull! lit I 111' Society n\' A llicrir;! Il 

 |-'l(ili>!^ ii:ill\' is. ;in(| w lint ;;(mi(| a 

 suciciN III' lariicsl unikris cau acriuii 

 |ilisli W'lli the ]iru|icr sii|i|iiiit . I Ipi'- 

 ii('\i' It i^ I III' ilnty^cif (Mciy iii.'iii in tlu' 

 jjiisiiii--^ 111 liflniii^ 1(1 (iiir national nr- 

 •j.:i ni/.a t imi. 



Life Fee and Annual Dues. 



1m n'<.iai(l to the rcconinii'iidat ion of 



ll .\fciili\i' coitiniittcc Jixiny the life 



incMilicrslii|i fee at +."')<l. I I'.xprcsscil my- 

 self at lc'n>;tli on this suli.jcct at tin- last 

 i-un\ (lit ion. 1 liclio\o that •+•')(! is none 

 loo Jinicli I'or a lite nicnilicisiiiii in our 

 national organization. Many local clubs 

 .•nul sMiallcr societies eharyc as nuicli as 

 this, or more. The right way to suc- 

 cci'il js not to cheapen tlie life inein- 

 liershi)!. hut to increase the \alue of the 

 oi'yani/.alion. so that a man will he will- 

 ing to ]iay almost any jirice for mem- 

 hcrship in 1 he society. 



I'mllicr, I hclie\(' that the annual 

 • hies tiii^hl well h(; increased I'roin $."! 

 to t-l. It seems to ma that $.") is little 

 <ii(Mi!.;h lor a iruMnhership in our so- 

 ciety. Now. every inemher atteiuiiiijr 

 .1 coii\( iition .nt'ts more than .f.") worth 

 of eiileitainment alone, 1o say nothing 

 ahout llie other henelits derived there- 

 from. .\ memher of the society who 

 jiays his annual dues of if.') for ten 

 Near- coiisecut i V(dy miyht he made a 

 lite memher, aJiowiui; the payment of 

 t'uiihei (lues to cease. I think that an 

 imlucement su'/li as this wiuild jireveiit 

 .1 yreal maii\ fium .-illowiiiL; their mem- 

 h''jshi|i III lapse, as has heel) tile case 

 lici|uenlly in the ji.-ist. 



I wouM also recommend for your con- 

 ^ii|ei;i 1 loll that ;iijy memher of the so- 

 ciety. Id he eli^'ilile to the presidency, 

 slionld liaxi lirst served on the hoard of 

 diiectdi -. My icasoii for this is that 

 ^;icli a iiiaii. if elected to the presi(lency, 

 v\diill lia\e familiari/,e(| himself with 

 the detail work of the society and 



WdllM. cdl|-e,|i|c||I ly _ ll,. iietter ('(plipped 



Id ;icl a- llie cliiet' executive djiicei' ol' 

 I lie ^IH- let \ . 



The National Flower Show. 



1 "A i^h to call the .'ittentinu of the 

 metiihcis to the most imporlant e\-ent 

 dl' the ye;i:. namely, llie orL;;! ni/;it ion 

 di' ihe .\atioiial ildwci' Show, which is 

 Id he inld in llostiin next ^-juine. A 

 ^M.aranlee fund of over .flo.uoii h;is heen 

 r.'iised: .Mecli.-iiiics Mall — the finest hall 

 jn the city o|' Huston lia^ leen leaded: 

 a ma nau'i' ami secretary lia\e heen eu- 

 ;iaged. and e\-eryt hiii;^ points u> a sue 

 cessful show. 



The lir^t national llowei' sli,,\v w.as a 

 :^reaf -uccev^. i,iit the ■-econd. wliich is 

 to he held in P)0^ten next sjiriny. is tlie 

 most .amhitions ]iroJect thai lias e\er 

 heen .-ittemiited in tlii^ country, ;ind I 

 )ielie\e that e\eiy live liorist should en- 

 de;ivoi- to attend this e.xiiihit ion, as it 

 tiiidouhtedly will ))e the finest show of 

 lloweriny plants tliat h.as ever been 

 oathered togfther in tin- I'nited States 

 ;it one time. .\o eH'ort will lie sjiared 

 to make tiiis a magnificent exiiihition. 

 rremiunis ajiji;re^at iny over .tlO.iMin 

 will he (itfered. There is no j)lace in 

 the lonntry where such a nia^nificont 

 coMectioii of jdaiits can be y.athered as 

 in the \icinitv of Boston, and T ask the 



hearty su|i]iorl of e\ery nieuiher of the 

 iialional luya ni/.at ion to make this ex- 

 hibition a red letter <lay in the annals 

 of holt icultur(> ill this couiiti'V. 



I ha\e to coueratulate the society on 

 the spleiiilid exiiihition in < 'on\ cut ion 

 hall at this time. The \'alue of these 

 1 r.ade exhihiis to the society cannot be 

 oNcrest imateil. ;is tln'y ;ire of yreat edu- 

 cational, as well as (inaiicial, benefit. ] 

 w;int to express lo the ("iiamber of 

 ('ommerce of the city of Kochester at 

 this time, on iitdiaif of the Society of 

 .\merican l""lorists, our appreciation of 

 the majiiiificenf Imildiny which has been 

 tendered to the society without cost. 

 I think y(Hi will all iiyree with nie tliat 

 we liave ne\er h;ul finer facilities at 

 any of our con \eiit ions. 



I wish, also, to congratulate the so- 

 ci(!ty on the s|dendid attendauco at 

 this convention. The vice-presidents 

 should bo coinniended for the splendid 

 work that they have done in bringing 

 here such ii large representation as we 

 see here today. 



J 11 conclusioii, let nie urge every mem- 

 her of 1 li(> society to feed tiiat our fu- 

 ture success depends, not so mncli upon 

 the officers elected from time to time, 

 as ufion tlie iiulividual effort of each 

 member. Looking back over the last 

 twenty-five years of horticulture in this 

 country, one cannot lielp luit feel proud 

 of the progress that has been made in 

 our proft'ssioii; and amid such auspi- 

 cious circumstances as we find surround- 

 ing us today, we should be inspired to 

 greater effort, tliat tiie history of the 

 next (juarter century may record even 

 greater progress. 



CANADIAN FLORISTS MEET. 



Officers Elected. 



.\t its successful thirteenth annn; 

 convention, held at St. (Jatheriiies{ (iin 

 August 10 to 12. the Canadian lloii 

 cultural Association (dected the fidlow 

 iiig officers for the ensuing year: 



President — ■,]. Coniion, lliimili.. 

 Out. 



First vice-i)resident -.Mfred ^Vilshil• 

 .Montreal, C^ne. 



Second ^■ice-|)resident — K'. L. Unin 

 St. Catiierines, Out. 



Secretarv--\V. ('. H.all, .Monti,:, 

 Que. 



Treasurer — ('. II. .lan/.eu. lierlin. nn 



l']xecuti\e conimittee — II. H. ( ciwan 

 I'eterboro; Walter .Mnstoii, Davisvilii ; 

 11. J. ]\Iepstead, Ottawa. 



^lember nomenclature commit lee 

 Win. iruiit, Ouelph. 



The Tariff. 



A large i)art of the time of the con 

 vention was taken up by the discussion 

 of tile (Canadian tariff on stock im 

 |)orted by lliu'ists, and of tlie regulations 

 regarding the iiis]i(M't ion of nurser\ 

 stock and |d:tiits. Jn the matter oi 

 rjites of duty the secretary iiad sent 

 eacdi member ii blank, asking him t' 

 write down his views covtM'ing eaci 

 artiide. With the replies as a b.asis. tin 

 committee had sought to tiverage lie 

 opinion and had jirepared ji scliednii 

 recommending that cut flowers, green- 

 (smilax ami as|)aragus), rose plant-, 

 carnations and cuttings, bedding pliini-. 

 sto\-e |)lants. ferns, caiinas ;iiid gladioli. 



F. J. KeUer. 



(Chairman ('oiiinilft<>e on D«'corallons. ■ 



