. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 164 The American Florist. Aug. 22. their common heritage and those of them who came to Niagara felt that they had a personal interest in it, because in this country every man who had a vote con- sidered' himself a shareholder in the prop- erty of the government. They believed it should be preserved for all time as the heritage of the people. The state and national governments and the domin- ion of Canada had been influenced by the same consideration. Mr. O'Mara then spoke of the mission of the Society of American
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 164 The American Florist. Aug. 22. their common heritage and those of them who came to Niagara felt that they had a personal interest in it, because in this country every man who had a vote con- sidered' himself a shareholder in the prop- erty of the government. They believed it should be preserved for all time as the heritage of the people. The state and national governments and the domin- ion of Canada had been influenced by the same consideration. Mr. O'Mara then spoke of the mission of the Society of American Florists in disseminating a love of the beautiful in nature. He likened the members of the profession to the advance guard of a great people who with optimistic vision looked forward to the time when the savage instinct in their natures would disappear and when the earth would be- come as it was in the beginning, a Gar- den of Eden. He said the florists were taking their part in this direction not only upon general principles, but, in spe- cific ways and were lending their aid for civic improvement. They were not particularly interested in the water power of the great cataract as a com- mercial possibility but if a common her- itage should be monopolized for the ben- efit of a locality they would be apt to go after the responsible parties with a sharp stick. Keferring to the development of school gardens. Mr. O'Mara went on to urge the importance of education in the cult- ure of the soil. He said that no people that neglected the soil on which they lived had ever been or ever would be really prosperous and happy. He as- sured the representative of the munici- pality that the florists would try to leave behind them a good impression of them- selves and that in later years, wherever they assembled, their memories would go back to the pleasure of 1908 when they met on the brink of the great cataract. President Frank H. Traendly, upon taking the chair, was cordially greeted and add
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