. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. HE latest census reports show that the city of San Antonio, Tex., has in- creased its population over sixty-seven per cent since the census of 1910. As though it desired to emulate properly the good example of this live and up-to-date city, the Texas State Florists' Association closed its seventh annual convention, held at San Antonio, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, July 12 to 14, with its mem- bership increased over forty per cent and much other good work accom- plished. At 2 0 'clock Tuesday afternoon, F. C. Suchy, of San An- tonio, called the


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. HE latest census reports show that the city of San Antonio, Tex., has in- creased its population over sixty-seven per cent since the census of 1910. As though it desired to emulate properly the good example of this live and up-to-date city, the Texas State Florists' Association closed its seventh annual convention, held at San Antonio, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, July 12 to 14, with its mem- bership increased over forty per cent and much other good work accom- plished. At 2 0 'clock Tuesday afternoon, F. C. Suchy, of San An- tonio, called the meeting to order in the ballroom of the St. Anthony hotel, in the presence of an array of artistic and fitting decora- tions of palms and flowers. After the invocation, given by the Rev. F. S. Erne, an address of wel- come was delivered by Mayor Black. He was responded to by H. O. Hannah, of Sherman, on be- half of the Texans, and by Charles Pe- terson, of Cincin- nati, on behalf of the out-of-state vis- itors. President Otto Lang, of Dallas, then delivered the president's address, in which he spoke of the rapid rise of the florists' indus- try in Texas, the increase of the ac- tual growing of flowers in Texas and the cheery pros- pects for the future of the trade in Texas. The secre- tary 's and treas- urer's reports were next given by Louis J. Tackett, of Fort Worth. These re- ports and the presi- dent 's address were turned over to an Officers Elected PRESIDENT Verner J. Davis Fort Worth VICE-PRESIDENT Harry Greve Dallas SECRETARY-TREASURER Louis J. Tackett - - Fort Worth Convention City for 1922 Dallas auditing committee and a committee for final resolutions. The next day, Wednesday, was filled. Vemcr J. Davis. (Elected Prealdent of the Texas State Florists' Asgociatlon with interesting talks and papers. Ray Lambert, commissioner of parks of San Antonio, told of the comparatively small expense of building up the public park system of San Antonio. His was an interesting subj


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