. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ?/^-"•'Ti?'' V^ THE ^ ftcmsrs 'Miiii iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiirt£2lZ_IJS=J[Vi]]]]MiM^ >i A'^ iitlh<ii.,\<iiiUiiiiii!in<iiiiniii i F. T. D. CONVENES AT BALTIMORE For the first time it has held its annual meeting as an independents organization east of the Appalachian mountains, the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association convened this week at Baltimore, where the local florists made unstinted arrangements for the visitors' pleasure and OT only the Baltimor* trade but retail florists iu general have looked for- ward to the
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ?/^-"•'Ti?'' V^ THE ^ ftcmsrs 'Miiii iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiirt£2lZ_IJS=J[Vi]]]]MiM^ >i A'^ iitlh<ii.,\<iiiUiiiiii!in<iiiiniii i F. T. D. CONVENES AT BALTIMORE For the first time it has held its annual meeting as an independents organization east of the Appalachian mountains, the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association convened this week at Baltimore, where the local florists made unstinted arrangements for the visitors' pleasure and OT only the Baltimor* trade but retail florists iu general have looked for- ward to the meeting of the Florists' Telegraph Deliv- ery Association at Balti- more this week as an event of unusual importance. Of course, the seaboard flo- rists welcomed the associa- tion on its flrst trip east of the Ap- palachian mountains as an independent organization. Up to this year the farthest east the annual meeting of the organization had been held was Buffalo, in 1919. While the F. T. D. was an in- fant, still under the wing of the Society of American Florists and holding its meetings at the annual con- ventions of the latter, a gathering was held at Bal- timore when the national society's convention was held in that city, in 1911. But that gathering was a far different one from that which convened this week, on the morning of October 10, at the Hotel Emerson. A Contrast. At that 1911 meeting of the F. T. D., six members were present; the total num- ber of members of the asso- ciation was a few over a hundred and Treasurer "Wil- liam L. Bock reported the society's funds as totaling $1,142. After seeing the frail infant in 1911, Balti- more welcomes back the lusty young organization which now numbers more than 2,000 and has assets of nearly $50,000. But the importance of the meeting at Baltimore rests upon mem than the visit of the anniM meeting of the association to the eastern seaboard. The developments within the organization itself make the gathering one of great
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