. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iQog. The American Florist. 187. OFFICERS OF THE LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. Mrs. Chas H. Maynard, Secretary. Mrs J. C. Vaughan, President. Mrs. Albert M. Herr. Treasurer. President Valentine's Address. I take great pleas- ure in addressing you at this twenty-fifth meeting of the society and I am able to as- sure you that the past _^^^^L^ year has shown an in- ^^^^^V crease in membership ^•it ^F and that our financial ^*'' condition, is also stronger than a year ago. Societies, like human beings, suffer
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iQog. The American Florist. 187. OFFICERS OF THE LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. Mrs. Chas H. Maynard, Secretary. Mrs J. C. Vaughan, President. Mrs. Albert M. Herr. Treasurer. President Valentine's Address. I take great pleas- ure in addressing you at this twenty-fifth meeting of the society and I am able to as- sure you that the past _^^^^L^ year has shown an in- ^^^^^V crease in membership ^•it ^F and that our financial ^*'' condition, is also stronger than a year ago. Societies, like human beings, suffer the greatest mortality in infancy, so that on its twenty-fifth birthday this society may be congratulated on having passed its period of greatest peril and to be rea- sonably certain of reaching a good old age. THE SOCIETY'S RESPONSIBILITIES. But, fullness of years is not neces- sarily an evidence of usefulness and ?we must take care that youthful com- placency does not make us forget that we have the only charter ever 'granted to such an organization as ours by these United States and that such dis- tinction carries with it unusual re- .sponsibilities. We should, therefore, take heed to our conduct so that the work intrusted to us by congress shall be well and faithfully performed on the broad lines contemplated by our charter. The next 25 years must show a record of work accomplished upon ever broadening lines if we are to up- hold the traditions of the old guard who started this work a quarter of a century ago. I had hoped that we would at this meeting have the en- couragement and the prophetic voice of our first president but instead we are called upon to pay tribute to his memory. I shall leave to others bet- ter equipped the task of doing honor to those we have lost, but if this so- ciety can become imbued with the en- thusiasm and the optimism of John Thorpe, no work can be too great for it to undertake with reasonable hope of success. If a knowledge of the things done
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