. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoi. The American Florist. 1757. IT was in view of the man3'attractions of Bufialo and the allurements of Niagara Falls and the Pan-American that the executive committee of the S. A. F. decided to make the seventeenth convention a five day affair. Its prede- cessors were one day shorter. In laying out a programme the many distractions of a hospitable exposi- tion city were kept constantly in mind and the result is an order of exercises affording sustainnient to interest calculated to hold the members closely. It
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoi. The American Florist. 1757. IT was in view of the man3'attractions of Bufialo and the allurements of Niagara Falls and the Pan-American that the executive committee of the S. A. F. decided to make the seventeenth convention a five day affair. Its prede- cessors were one day shorter. In laying out a programme the many distractions of a hospitable exposi- tion city were kept constantly in mind and the result is an order of exercises affording sustainnient to interest calculated to hold the members closely. It is seldom that the society has had so good a pro- gramme; it never had a better one. The real business of the convention has been divided between three morning sts- routine being disposed of immedi- ately aftertheopening oratory. In'the after- noon of Tuesday the ladies will be taken out for a drive, while the trade exhibition is closed and the judges are at work. The men are to be left to their own devices for the moment and can do no better than to do as man is popu- larly credited with always doing, and follow the ladies, for Buffalo is one of the most beautiful cities in the country. It has 223 miles of smooth paved, asphalted streets, shaded by splendid trees and bordered by prosper- ous looking houses surrounded by well kept lawns. There is no finer street in any city than Elmwood avenue, and the con- vention goer has missed half the pleas- ures of the trip should he fail to join in this ride. On Tuesday evening, following the president's reception, there is an illustrated lecture on horticulture in Japan, by J. K. M. L. Farquhar, than whom there are few more entertaining ^^^ ELECTR speakers. Refresh- ments will be served at the close of the evening. Wednesday morning will be devoted to some of the most serious business of the week, the consideration of the new con- stitution and by-laws adopted by the incorporators and published in full in this journal, issue f
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