. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 1061. judge somewhat of the debt of grati- tude we owe to men who have devoted such a large amount of valuable time to the work of this association. I would be dull indeed if I did not appreciate the great honor you have paid me in choosing me as your presi- dent this year when our convention is in my home city. I ~ know you will deal gently with all my shortcomings as a presiding officer and I shall be glad to be corrected when in error. And now, gentlemen, in closing, wel- come to our
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 1061. judge somewhat of the debt of grati- tude we owe to men who have devoted such a large amount of valuable time to the work of this association. I would be dull indeed if I did not appreciate the great honor you have paid me in choosing me as your presi- dent this year when our convention is in my home city. I ~ know you will deal gently with all my shortcomings as a presiding officer and I shall be glad to be corrected when in error. And now, gentlemen, in closing, wel- come to our city and may your sojourn with us rest and cheer you and may you return to your homes feeling that it was good to have come to this place. Election Of Officers. The officers nominated at the even- ing session on June 9 and elected on Thursday morning were as follows: P. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kans., president. W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo., vice- president. Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. T., secretary (re-elected). C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y., treas- urer (re-elected). This makes Mr. Seager's sixteenth term as secretary, and his re-election was very popular. Wm. Pitkin, chair- man of the legislature committee, summarized a bill that was introduced at the last session of congress, but defeated by his committee. He pointed out some of its defects and made sug- gestions .'for a new bill, saying in part: Nursery Stock Inspection Bill, "Perhaps the most important mat- ter which has come up for action by this committee was a bill introduced in the last congress providing for the inspection of foreign nursery stock at ports of entry. Contrary to a tacit understanding, which had existed for a number of years, this bill was pre- pared by Dr. Howard of the Depart- ment of Agriculture at Washington in connection with several state ento- mologists, and without consulting our association. The bill passed the house of representatives, and had been re- ported favorably'by the senate com- m
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