. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 250 The American Florist. Sept. 12, with pleasure and profit. Time at the convention is too valuable to be used in that way. Everybody says, and so it must be true, that the great value of our annual gathering is in the personal contact with others of our craft who are not within reach at ordinary times; to rub up against kindred spirits and saturate our- selves with an inspiration to sustain us for the ensuing year. In these inforrnal meetings it is easier to apply the suction pump, and there is no stern presidin
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 250 The American Florist. Sept. 12, with pleasure and profit. Time at the convention is too valuable to be used in that way. Everybody says, and so it must be true, that the great value of our annual gathering is in the personal contact with others of our craft who are not within reach at ordinary times; to rub up against kindred spirits and saturate our- selves with an inspiration to sustain us for the ensuing year. In these inforrnal meetings it is easier to apply the suction pump, and there is no stern presiding officer to close the debate. Of course it is necessary to have a pro- gramme embracing papers on various subjects of interest to the craft. Many of them are of great value and worthy of being preserved, as they are, in our printed volume. But what we want is something thoroughly alive and sociable and as informal as possible for our open meetings. We have wisely put upon our executive committee a great deal of the routine work of the society, which is a great relief. Would it not be possible to relieve the annual meeting a little more? Life is too short for repetition of dry details. It is results we are after. Yes There was a report on closer rela- tions with the kindred societies, appa- rently not quite satisfactory, although showing earnest endeavor on the part of the committee in charge. The doctors disagree, so I suppose the decision must be left to the laity. Possibly the kindred societies may solve the problem. Person- ally I doubt if anything satisfactory can be brought about without having all the members of the auxiliary organizations members of the S. A. P., and full members at that. Then the S. A. F. could set aside sufficient funds to take care of the affiliated bodies. There would be a gain in economy of administration and secre- tarial work, as well as in publication and other matters. The specialist in carnations, chrysanthemums or roses cannot afford to leave
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