. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1917- Th E American Florist. 271. JULES BOURDET. Vioe-President-Elect Society of American Florists, only entertainment and a good time at these conventions, but instead they want information along all lines. They want to return hoAe with new ideas that will assist them in furthering their business. I predict that the new plan will stimulate both in attendance and membership. The year following the St. Louis convention we will hold a summer convention, and this will reach the members who cannot attend the spring co
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1917- Th E American Florist. 271. JULES BOURDET. Vioe-President-Elect Society of American Florists, only entertainment and a good time at these conventions, but instead they want information along all lines. They want to return hoAe with new ideas that will assist them in furthering their business. I predict that the new plan will stimulate both in attendance and membership. The year following the St. Louis convention we will hold a summer convention, and this will reach the members who cannot attend the spring convention. To my mind, this would be a wise plan to follow in the future. I want to take this op- portunity of the chair- man of the national flower show, George Asmus, and his most efficient committee, for their most excellent service rendered to the society. Mem- bers who are not in close touch, little realize the great volume of work, and I mean volume, undertaken and car- ried out by this committee, nor of the tremendous responsibility that rests upon their shoulders. The national flower show has been the means of rap- idly increasing our finances, by putting dollars in our treasury from the Phil- adelphia show. While the finances are secondary, these shows must be made profitable if we expect to con- tinue them. The shows are of a won- derful educational value to the flow- er buying public. There is no better medium by which we can Increase the sale of flowers than by holding these shows in different sections of the country. In conclu- sion, I wish most heartily to recom- mend the holding of our national flow- er shows every two years, and that the national flower show committee carry this into effect as soon as prac- tical. SCHOOL GARDENS. I have been watching with interest the good work accomplished by the most efficient chairman of our school garden committee, Benjamin Ham- mond. He seems to be especially fitted for this work. The minds of our peo- ple are ra
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