. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 981 Flora's Mantle Covers Them All. Kd. American Florist: — The Ideas advanced by J. G. Esler under the above heading in your is- sue of November 13, page 820, are, in the main, excellent, and in my opinion both the compliments and the strictures passed upon the S. A. F. by Mr. Esler are deserved. But at the convention of the society last Au- gust action was talccn which tends to show that the society has, in a meas- ure, ceased to be "ultra-conseravtivi^" and wishes to enlarg
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 981 Flora's Mantle Covers Them All. Kd. American Florist: — The Ideas advanced by J. G. Esler under the above heading in your is- sue of November 13, page 820, are, in the main, excellent, and in my opinion both the compliments and the strictures passed upon the S. A. F. by Mr. Esler are deserved. But at the convention of the society last Au- gust action was talccn which tends to show that the society has, in a meas- ure, ceased to be "ultra-conseravtivi^" and wishes to enlarge its field of use- fulness. It has provided for dividing the convention worlt into sections and is ready to take up any work whicli is likely to prove of advantage or in- terest to any considerable element among the florists. Had this action been taken years ago it is very likely that there never would have arisen any question of co-operating with other organizations, because the work done by these separate societies would have been done by these different sec- tions. It is generally understood that the rose and the chrysanthemum societies have had a hard struggle to avoid financial shipwreck, and it is possible that they might welcome a merger with the S. A. F. in such a way that sections of the latter society would carry out the work for which the younger societies were organized. I believe that better results would be secured in that way than under the present plan. When we come to a consideration of the Carnation Society we are met with an entirely different situation. That society is one of the most virile and healthy horticultural organiza- tions in the country. It has a full treasury, its members take a keen pride in the work they have accom- plished, and are very apt to be re- sentful of anything that sounds like merging their identity in the identity of any other organization. If the energy and enterprise which have characterized the Carnation Society could be broug
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