. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ^ [HERE is no day in all the year that brings more ex- pectant joy to the heart of every man than the advent of a new year. The privi- lege, as president of the S. A. F., of extending to its members and to their families the sin- cere wish for a happy and prosperous New Year, gives me extreme pleasure. There is no doubt whatever in my mind but that it will be a prosperous year and, inasmuch as prosperity and happiness go hand in hand, I can read- ily assume that it will be a happy one. Trade conditions throughout the coun- try are very healthy. Wo
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ^ [HERE is no day in all the year that brings more ex- pectant joy to the heart of every man than the advent of a new year. The privi- lege, as president of the S. A. F., of extending to its members and to their families the sin- cere wish for a happy and prosperous New Year, gives me extreme pleasure. There is no doubt whatever in my mind but that it will be a prosperous year and, inasmuch as prosperity and happiness go hand in hand, I can read- ily assume that it will be a happy one. Trade conditions throughout the coun- try are very healthy. Wo have har-, vested the largest crops in our history and this is the backbone of prosperity in any country. We have more to hope for in the year 1916 than we have ever had before. Our country has been saved from the horrible calamity which has over- whelmed Europe and we are hopeful that we will be spared from such a fate, not only this year, but for all years to come. It is with great personal gratifica- tion that I can look upon the S. A. F. as more truly a national body than it has ever been. The convention held in San Francisco in 1915 was, in my opin- ion, a step forward. Its convening in Houston, Tex., in 1916 will be an- other step toward making i,t a really national organi- zation in every sense of the word. By extending our conventions to the west and south we not only benefit those sections, but the society itself gains much by securing large numbers of recruits from the new territory which has thereby become attached to it. Every sec- tion of the coufttry is ben- efited and the members are already drawn closer together than ever before, forming a universal broth- erhood for the promotion of all that is beneficial to the individual and to the society as a whole. As the president of this worthy organization I am proud to be able to send a kind greeting to all the craftsmen of the society. Our membership is in- creasing steadily and I know that it will continue to do so.
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