. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi6. The American Florist. 589. GENERAL VIEW OF THE NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. Streets, until the new hall was ready in the winter of J80(1-97. At the an- nual meeting of J895 the otiicers elect- ed were: Robert Kift, president; David Rust, vice-president; Thomas Cartledge, treasurer; D. D. L. Farson, secretary. At the May meeting of 1890 it was arranged to have a plank shad dinner during the month, but as it was found impossible to make the arrangements in May the dinner was held June 3, and it has gone down in histo
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi6. The American Florist. 589. GENERAL VIEW OF THE NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. Streets, until the new hall was ready in the winter of J80(1-97. At the an- nual meeting of J895 the otiicers elect- ed were: Robert Kift, president; David Rust, vice-president; Thomas Cartledge, treasurer; D. D. L. Farson, secretary. At the May meeting of 1890 it was arranged to have a plank shad dinner during the month, but as it was found impossible to make the arrangements in May the dinner was held June 3, and it has gone down in history as "John Wescott's May party in ; Tlie succeeding board of officers was John Burton, president; John Wescott, vice-president; secre- tary and treasurer re-elected. The matter of having associated members was submitted during this year and the necessary amendments adopted. At the annual meeting in 1897 Wil- liam K. Harris was elected president; John Westcott, vice-president; Thomas Cartledge, treasurer, and Edwin Lons- dale, secretarj'. The following Janu- ary the treasurer resigned, J. W. Col- flesh being elected. A special meeting was held May 18, 1898, to take action on the death of Thomas Cartledge, who had been trensurer for over twelve years, and at the next meet- ing President Harris read a eulogy on the life of the late treasurer. The same board of officers was re-elected in 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901. In Janu- ary, 1898, the American Carnation So- ciety was entertained. In 1902 the officers elected were John Westcott, president; David Rust, vice-president, uith no change in the secretary and treasure!', and were reelected in 19(»:} and 1904. The American Rose Society held their convention and ex- hibition in Philadelphia in March, 19t)3, and were entertained by the club, and in June the club was invited by Samuel C. Moon to visit his nur- sery at Morrisville, Pa., which was accepted. The officers elected in 1905 were Thomas B. Meehan, president;
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