. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 286 The American Florist. Aug. »4, ington shippers had so much trouble to secure quick deliveries or forward- ing, on other than regular trains, pack- ages of flowers, etc., destined to points south, stating that on application for forwarding such shipments on other than express trains this accommoda- tion had been refused by the express companies on the ground that it was contrary to the regulations of the In- terstate Commerce Commission. He asked Mr. Gourlay if the Interstate Commerce Commission had made any su
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 286 The American Florist. Aug. »4, ington shippers had so much trouble to secure quick deliveries or forward- ing, on other than regular trains, pack- ages of flowers, etc., destined to points south, stating that on application for forwarding such shipments on other than express trains this accommoda- tion had been refused by the express companies on the ground that it was contrary to the regulations of the In- terstate Commerce Commission. He asked Mr. Gourlay if the Interstate Commerce Commission had made any such ruling. Mr. Gourlay replied that •he knew of no such regulation, and so far as he knew there is no reason why the express companies should de- cline to for%vard by baggage master on that account, that there could be ab- solutely no interference with the granting of such accommodations so far as the Interstate Commerce Com- mission was concerned. On motion of Mr. Dorner. a vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Gourlay for his talk. Pursuant to the recommen- dation of the executive committee, the reports of the botanist. Prof. A. C. Bell; the pathologist^ Prof. H. H, Whetzel, and the entomologist. Prof, Thos. B. Symons, were considered read and ordered incorporated in the pro- ceedings. The National Flower Show. Charles H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., chairman of the committee on the Na- tional Flower Show, submitted the re- port of that committee, recounting the preliminaries which led up to the in- vitation being extended by the New York Florists' Club to the S, A. F. to hold a flower show in New York City in the spring of 1913, the invita- tion being accepted and the commit- tee appointed to conduct the show be- ing W. N. Rudd, W. A. Manda, Thos. Roland, W. P. Craig and J. A. Valen- tine. This committee, after satisfying themselves of the expediency and pro- priety of so doing, had closed a con- tract with the International Exposi- tion Co. of New York City. The co- operation of
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