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Synopsis
Excerpt from Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists: Held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st, 1903
Again we assemble as a Society to sum up the doings and experiences of another year, to draw conclusions therefrom and determine lines of future activity; as individuals, to meet congenial friends and renew Old friendships, to gain knowledge and enlarge our minds by contact and intercourse with the fore most representatives of our profession.
It becomes my duty to make report to you of our transactions and our progress as an organization since the hour of our adjournment one year ago, when we said good-bye to beautiful Biltmore, and voiced in vociferous chorus our gratitude to the good and faithful friends we had found in Dixie land.
The story of our Asheville Convention is told in a book of two hundred and ten pages - the largest annual volume ever issued by the Society. Its con tents established the fact that our meeting in the South compared favorably in all respects with its predecessors, that the accompanying exhibition, although of moderate size, was comprehensive and creditable, and that the customary pastimes and entertainments were fully enjoyed.
The list of the year's plant introductions in 'america as recorded in the annual report comprised 19 cannas, 17 carnations, 47 chrysanthem'ums, 10 roses, 4 geraniums and 18 miscellaneous plants doubtless a very incomplete list but the best possible with the data at hand. Unquestionably, full and authentic statistics on this line would prove of great service for future reference.
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