. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 860 The American Florist. May The National Flower Show. TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO, NOVEMBER, 190S. A paper read by S. S. Skidelsky, of Philadelphia, at the meeting of the New York Florists' Club, May 13, 1907. It was very kind of your I club, represented by the chairman of its essay committee, Mr. Wallace', to invite me to address you on a subject that, it seems to me, is of absorbing in- terest, not only to the members of our craft, hav- the welfare of horticul- ture at heart, but to every amateiy. to every priv
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 860 The American Florist. May The National Flower Show. TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO, NOVEMBER, 190S. A paper read by S. S. Skidelsky, of Philadelphia, at the meeting of the New York Florists' Club, May 13, 1907. It was very kind of your I club, represented by the chairman of its essay committee, Mr. Wallace', to invite me to address you on a subject that, it seems to me, is of absorbing in- terest, not only to the members of our craft, hav- the welfare of horticul- ture at heart, but to every amateiy. to every private gardener and to every man and woman throughout the land, whose love for the beautiful in nature can neitlier be gainsaid nor ignored. The proposed National (or internation- al) Flower Show, to be held at Chicago during the month of November, 1908, will unquestionably prove an epoch-making event in the history of horticulture. And here the thought occurs to me that, unless we put forth our best efforts and our ut- most energies, bearing in mind that upon the success or failure of this first attempt hinges the future of our industry, involv- ing millions of dollars, unless we stand shoulder to shoulder and work for the com- mon good of all, each according to his means and might, unless we do this, I say, we shall have no right to a place in the ranks of progressive business men. It is nearly two years ago, at "Washing- ton, when E. G. Hill, the sage of Rich- mond. Ind., first broached the subject of a national flower show. His observations on the European continent, where such shows are held annually under the aus- pices of royal and national societies, as in England and France, for example, led him to believe that an en- terprise of this sort, undertaken by the Society of American Florists and given under the auspices of the American sov- ereigns, the people, could not but prove a success. And how, I will ask in passing, could it prove otherwise? As a. ma
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