The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . ident ofthe society, again unanimously. Heimmediately began his efforts to obtaina national charter for the society andhe labored indefatigably to accomplish that object. His acquaintance andfriendly relations with the governmentofliclals he brought to his aid and atfirst succeeded in getting the act passedonly to be vetoed by the president, butafter nine years of constant effort thecharter was obtained and to the laborsof Mr. Smith more than anyone elsethe society today owes the ability toperform its acts under a chartergranted by the na
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . ident ofthe society, again unanimously. Heimmediately began his efforts to obtaina national charter for the society andhe labored indefatigably to accomplish that object. His acquaintance andfriendly relations with the governmentofliclals he brought to his aid and atfirst succeeded in getting the act passedonly to be vetoed by the president, butafter nine years of constant effort thecharter was obtained and to the laborsof Mr. Smith more than anyone elsethe society today owes the ability toperform its acts under a chartergranted by the national government,which was signed by President McKin-ley in 1901. Of commanding presence, standingall of six feet in height, unobtrusivedignity, a most genial companion, anaccomplished story teller and full ofwit, Mr. Smith quickly ingratiatedhimself with those that he came incontact and his friends were legion,among whom were presidents, states-men and other distinguished men ofthe day. His fund of stories and an-ecdotes of prominent men were inter-. The Late William Robertson Smith. estingly told and would entertain aparty of friends by the hour. Wellversed in plant life and botany it wasa great pleasure to him to impart thatknowledge to those who sought it andmany an attendant at a flower exhibi-tion has been regaled and informedof iiower secrets by one whom theydid not know when he found themseeking information. Always regarding America as hishome and believing fully in the landof his adoption, yet he never forgotthe land of his birth, and was alwaysa friend of the Scotsman, and an ar-dent lover and admirer of the immortalRobert Burns. While a lover of goodbooks and the possessor of a largelibrary, containing professional, histor-ical and biological literature, yet as hehas said, it was especially a papermonument . to his beloved RobertBurns. It contained 600 editions ofand bearing on Burns, nearly 5,000 vol-umes. Of every book that Burnsowned (he had ninety pounds sterlin
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