Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw59amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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1176 The American Florist. June 28, tive to the complaint made by Mr. Brown that all of the errors that were made in that respect were owing to lack of ability to get the proper worlviog force into condition like we had pre- vious to the war; and I want the de- partment of agriculture to feel that when a "gentleman's agreement" is made, we are going to try and do by them as they have tried to do by us, and it is with pleasure that I asked our secretary to read the paper by Mr. Oak- ley. Leonard H. Vaughan, for the local hosts, announced the entertainment fesitures as follows: Luncheon Wed- nesday noon for the men in at- tendance at the convention at Hotel Sherman; luncheon for the ladies at the Edgewater Beach hotel, Wed- nesday, with song recital, and follow- ing, automobiles to leave with the la- dies at one o'clock at Clark street en- trance to Hotel Sherman. Banquet for all at the Chicago Athletic club, Wednesdav night, for which every preparation h;is heen made to injure its being the most complete affair that the A. S. T. A. has ever enjoyed at any of its conventions, many surprises be- ing in store for the guests. There were to be no. longwinded speeches, but entertainment of the most pleas- ing character. It was also guaranteed that the desert will not be dry, but an agreeable oasis provided. At the suggestion of Past President Watson S. Woodruff, the closing of the morning session was marked by a pleasing feature, the rctary "plan" of each man rising in his place and an- nouncing his name, business and loca- tion, in order to facilitate general ac- quaintance. President Bolgiano and Secretary Kendal modestly brought up the rear in this matter. At 32:30 the convention adjourned until 2 :00 p. m. Tuesday Afternoon's Session. ^ The convention reassembled at two o'clock, President Bolgiano in the chair. He introduced as the first speaker of the afternoon Lester S. Ivins, who de- livered his paper on "The Garden Army and its Purposes." "Anything that comes from Washington is O. K.," .said President Bolgiano, evoking laughter and applause. L. L. Olds. Madison. Wis., submitted his report as chairman of the com- mittee on experiment stations, remark- ing by wa,y of prelude that this is the sixth year that he had the privilege of presenting as chairman the report of this committee, and he was im- pressed particula'-ly with the fact that the experiment stations were deeply in- terested in all that seedsmen are doing, and desire in every way to co-operate in our AAork. 1( is certainly up to us as seedsmen to pay close attention to what they are doing, and to any ad- vice that they may have to give us, and to show our appreciation of their efforts in helping to introduce the best seeds. President Bolgiano in,vitpd the Cana- dian seed commissioner, who has here- tofore appeared before the association with valuable contributions to its lit- erature, to make a few remarks un- less he wished to take up more time, which he would be welcome to do. Commissioner George H. Clark referred to the advisability of using northern grown seeds which are well known to be of superior quality, and are avail- able in Canada, particularly seed grain and seed potatoes. In Canada, they are working away from the type sample basis of merchandising and in- stead are establishing grades of def- inite quality. Canadian seed merchants are now able with grass and clover seeds and seed grain and potatoes, to make deliveries- witlj their bills of lad- ing with weight certificates and official inspection certificates covering the grades. Large supplies of seed po- tatoes are available in the northern areas of Canada which are grown un- der such climatic conditions as insure the greatest freedom from such potato diseases as leaf curl, mosaic, and black- leg. Mr. Simmers asked the commis- sioner whether it was the intention of the Canadian government to continue
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D. I. Bushnell, St. Louis, Mo. Elected Honorary'Member of the Wholesale Grass Seed Dealers Association at the Chicago Meeting, .June 23. (Report ot the Meetin? Nest Week.) the merchandising of seed after the war, and Mr. Clark replied that he be- lie"vert that such merchandising by the government was not a proper function, except under stress of war conditions, a statement which brought forth in- stant and hearty response from the seedsmen present in a round of ap- plause, which Mr. Clark smilingly acknowledged. Carl Cropp, of Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago., read a paper which Leonard H. Vaughan asked might take the place of the one he had intended to read on "Commissions." Announcement was made by Presi- dent Bolgiano, that Wednesday after- noon would be devoted strictly to busi- ness, and an executive session would 1 e held to which only members would be admitted. He then asked E. L. Page to announce the special entertainment for the members, guests and their ladies. Mr. Page stated that a number of moving picture reels would be dis- played sliovving first, "How ;)lants are born, live and die"; how blossums open; the culture cf bulbless flowers: plants which -^at; mushroom culture a.< carried on Iri France; views cf the Morse seed farms in California, and finally pictures of seedsmen in milltar\- service during the recent great wiir. President Bolgiano called on J. L. Hunt to make a report for the war serv- ice committee, promising the audience that they were about 'to be entertained by a very eloquent speaker. Mr. Hunt responded by saying that the only re- port he had to make was that some- body had gone "over there" and stopped the war, and with the stopping of the war the work of the war service com- mittee ceased, and it was now out of business. The president said that after that report, nobody could gainsay Mr. Hunt's eloquence. Mr. Hunt re- plied that if the war had not stopped, he certainly would have had more to say! J. C. Vaughan was called on to report as chairman of the regular committee on customs and tariffs, and remarked that the committee had nothing to re- port at this time directly coming under its assignment; there has been no call for an.v hearings on matters affecting seedsmen. He understood the fertili- zer interests, especially the potash peo- ple were anticipating something com- ing up, and their interests involved something like .^.otl.OUCOOO. The gov- ernment has, in a recent appropriation, included money for potash to be used by it. So the potash producers are naturally interested in any hearing that may be called. Probably there will be general hearings before long, and our trade will be called as well as others. The last time a hearing was called affecting seed interests, we were for- tunate in having combined all organ- izations of seedsmen, florists, and nur- serymen. We secured a hearing and proper consideration that we could not otherwise have secured. The speaker was confident that favorable action might have been had on the recent em- bargo, if all interests had combined and put their whole aggregate weight of influence back of the protest; but there was a lack of uniformity of ac- tion among the nurserymen, seedsmen and florins as ?l whole. It is very im- portant that all of these great indus- tries be heard as national organizations working together as one unit when oc- casions like this arise and congress- men or government bureaus cannot and will not disregard their reasonable re- quests. J. C. Robinson, cliairman of the mem- bership committee, reported several ad- ditional applications for membership, which lilve the others reported previous- ly during the day, were posted for ac- tion under the rules. Wednesday. Mr. Robinson again requested that all mem- bers knowing anything about the qual- ifications or eligibility of applicants, mnke same known to the membership committee, whose desire it was to be fully informed before passing on any applications. The convention then adjourned until S :00 o'clock p. m.. at which time a large body of ladies and gentlemen as- sembled in the convention hall to wit- ness the moving pictures as promised by Mr. Page and which proved most entertaining, being in colors and show- ing actual plant life of weeks or months condensed into as many seconds on the screen. The experiments with the mi- mosa or sensitive plant were perhaps most interesting of all. showing how the plant instantly responds to a touch, and can be chloroformed like an ani- mal, and afterwards recover from the shock.

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