. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. HEEE is one point of sim- ilarity in the 1915 and 1916 conventions of the Soci- ety of American Florists: Last year the same as this year the meeting was on new ground; but, whereas last year's convention was largely a pleasure ex- cursion, this year's expe- dition is one for business pure and simple. Not that the Houston gather- ing is devoid of its pleasant features, for no man can go south without en- countering the chivalrous hospitality for which that section is famous, but this is a gathering of men intent on the accomplishment of a purpose,
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. HEEE is one point of sim- ilarity in the 1915 and 1916 conventions of the Soci- ety of American Florists: Last year the same as this year the meeting was on new ground; but, whereas last year's convention was largely a pleasure ex- cursion, this year's expe- dition is one for business pure and simple. Not that the Houston gather- ing is devoid of its pleasant features, for no man can go south without en- countering the chivalrous hospitality for which that section is famous, but this is a gathering of men intent on the accomplishment of a purpose, the push- ing along of the de- velopment of , the society that has en- listed so many loyal workers or the pros- ecution of private business. Those who have come "just for the ride" are unusually few. The Attendance. It is clearly rec- ognized that of re-- cent years the at- tendance at S. A. F. conventions has been becoming more and more lo- cal; no longer do large numbers of buyers go long journeys to attend trac^e gatherings in August, which is one of the principal reasons for taking the society to thle distant parts of the country. If the mountain won't come to Mahomet, then Mahomet must go to the mountain. But the whole great state of Texas at the date of the last S. A. F. report had only eighteen members in that body—which is an- other reason why it were well the con- vention be held there, for Texas is the greatest state in the Union, with a OFFICEBS ELECTED President Itobert C. Kerr, - Houston, Tex. Vice-president A. L. Miller, - Jamaica, N. Y. Secretary John Young, - New York, N. Y. Treasurer J. J. Hess, - - Omaha, Neb. Next Meeting Places 1917 - - - New York City 1918 - - V -' St. Louis, Robert C. Kerr. (President-elect Society of American Florists.) trade interest already much larger than the membership of eighteen would indi- cate, with a purchasing power develop- ing at a rate perhaps unequaled any- where else in America. Considering the comparativ
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