May 29. 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



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the record of all previous seasons be- 

 cause of the approaching convention. 



Theodore Wirth, vice-president of the 

 S. A. F., is busy planting the outdoor 

 exhibits adjoining the armory where 

 the convention sessions are to be held 

 and it is expected that this feature will 

 be one of the most attractive of the 

 convention. 



THE MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION. 



Preliminary Program. 



Secretary John Young announces the 

 following as the preliminary program of 

 the twenty-ninth annual meeting and 

 exhibition, to be held in the National 

 Guards' Armory, Minneapolis, Minn., 

 August 19 to 22, 1913. The program for 

 the sports is not yet complete. The list 

 of events, etc., will be included in the 

 program wjien it is mailed to the mem- 

 bers at a later date. 



It will be necessary to have the 1913 

 button for admission to the hall and 

 meetings. This button has been sent to 

 all members who are in good standing. 

 It will save time and confusion at the 

 convention and greatly facilitate the 

 work in the secretary's oflSce, if the 

 members who are in arrears will remit 

 their 1913 assessment promptly to the 

 secretary, upon receipt of which the 

 1913 button will be sent them. 



The floor plans, showing available 

 spaces in the trade exhibition, are now 

 in the hands of the printer and will be 

 mailed within a week. Inquiries are 

 arriving at the secretary's office from 

 all sections of the country, showing the 

 widespread interest that is being taken 

 in this convention, which undoubtedly 

 will be one of the most successful in 

 the history of the society. Exhibitors 

 desiring space in the outdoor planting 

 exhibition should take the matter up at 

 once and communicate with John Young, 

 who is superintendent of the trade ex- 

 hibition, or write directly to Theo. 

 Wirth, Court House, Minneapolis, Minn,, 

 the vice-president of the society, who is 

 making strenuous efforts to make this 

 outdoor planting exhibition one of the 

 great features of the convention. 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 19. 

 First Day — Opening Session. 

 2 P. M. — Opening Exercises. 

 Address of Welcome. 

 President's Address. ^ 



Reports of Officers. 

 Selection of Meeting Place for 1914. 



Evening Session. 



8 P. M. — President's Reception. 

 Balloting for Meeting Place for 1914. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. 

 Second Day — Morning Session. 



9 A. .M. — Meeting of the American Rose So- 

 ciety. 



10 A. M. — Meeting of the American Sweet Pea 

 Society. 



Morning Session of S. A. F. 



Report of Tariff and Legislative Committee. 



Discussion. 



Xominations of Officers for 1914. 



Reports of State Vice-Presidents. 



Afternoon Session. 

 .3 P. M.— Report of tlie National Flower Show 

 Committee, by Clialrman Charles H. Totty. 

 Discussion. ■* 



Report of School Garden Committee. 

 Report of Judges of Trade Exhibit, 



Evening Session. 

 S P. M.— Stereopticon Lecture by Theo. Wirth, 

 "Parks and Boulevards of Minneapolis." 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 

 Third Day — Morning Session. 



9 A. M. — .Meeting of the American Carnation 

 Society. 



10:30 A. M.— Meeting of the American Gladi- 

 olus Society. 



10 A. M. to 12 M. — Polls open for election of 

 Officers. 



Evening Session. 



8 P. M.— Reception of the Ladles' S. A. F. 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 22. 

 Fourth Day — Morning Session. 



9 A. M. — .Meeting of the American Chrysanthe- 

 •num Society. 



Session of S. A. F. 



Report of Chairman of Publicity Committee. 



"WHO'S WHO-AND WHY" 



CHABLES H. PLUMB. 



ONE of the most successful examples in the trade of the grower who knows 

 the business from the ground up, and where success is largely due to scien- 

 tific and practical training in early life, is furnished by the varied and active 

 record of Charles H. Plumb, of Detroit, Mich. He was born at Egham, Surrey, 

 England, May 18, 1866, and spent his boyhood at Cobhain. He began his horti- 

 cultural career in 1879, when he was 13 years old, working in private establish- 

 ments. After several years spent in the private gardens of Silvermere, Cobham 

 and St. George's Hall, 'Weybridge, he entered the Royal Botanic Gardens, at Kew, 

 in April, 1886. There he took the full botanical course and in September, 1889, 

 he was appointed by the British government as curator of the botanic stations 

 of St. Kitts-Nevis, West Indies. Leaving the West Indies for the United States, 

 in 1893, he entered the employ of the parks and boulevard commission of Detroit. 

 He left the city's employ in 1896 to embark in business for himself as a florist 

 at his present location, 660 Newland avenue. He now has 60,000 feet of glass, 

 devoted almost entirely to pot plants. 



Discussion and action on the following recom- 

 mendation of the board of directors: "Resolved 

 that it is the sense of the board of directors 

 that some action be taken by the society whereby 

 exhibits of artificial flowers at our trade exhibits 

 and flower shows be excluded." 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 23. 



Fifth Day. 



The delegates will be taken, as the guests of 



the Minneapolis florists, for an outing at Lake 



Mlnnetonka, where all the other sporting events 



and games will take place. 



Program of Ladies' S. A. F. 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 19. 

 First Day. 

 8 P. M. — President's Reception. Music. Danc- 

 ing and Refreshments at Hotel Radlsson. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. 

 Second Day. 

 .\nnual Meeting at the Convention H.ill. 

 Auto trip around the city of Minneapolis, with 

 luncheon at Minikahda Club. 

 Evening Open. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 



Third Day. ' 



10 A. M. — Ladies' Bowling. 

 Afternoon Open. 



Evening. 

 Reception and Dancing at Hotel Radlsson. 

 8 P. M,— Reception. 

 9:30 P. M.— Dancing. 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 22. 

 Fourth Day. 

 Visit to St. Paul as the guests of the St. Panl 

 florists. 



Evening. 

 Special Concert at Lake Harriet. 



'TWAS EVER THUS. 



"But winter lingering chills the lap 

 of May." 



— Oliver Goldsmith. 



SAVING BOTHER. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

 The Review $2, $3, or sometimes $5, in- 

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper: 



Enclosed find check for $2 worth of the best 

 reading matter that is published for florists. — 

 T. n. Kuebler, EvansvlUe, Ind., May 19, 1913. 



Just because we neglected your first notice, 

 we enclose check for |5 to pay for a few 

 numbers in advance. — Huddart Floral Co., Salt 

 Lake City, Utah, May 17, 1913. 



