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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists: Held at St. Louis, Missouri, August 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th
In presenting my annual report I take opportunity to congratulate the Society and, through it, the horticultural interests of the country, on the freedom during the past year from widespread calamities, such as the coal strike and the express-rate burden, which had in the previous season threatened our prosperity. While not a phenomenal year in any respect, it would seem from the vice-presidents' reports and other sources of in formation from all sections, that a reasonably satisfactory year has been passed. The records of the Secretary's office Show that this has been the Society's experience also.
The annual printed volume of the Society's proceedings for the year 1903, a publication of 228 pages, was issued to members in due time and will suffice as a report of our last meeting and 1ts results, and of. The en joyable hours we spent as guests of our indulgent-and generous friends of Milwaukee and Chicago, who proved themselves to be masters of the science of hospitality applied with methodical lavishness unequaled in our experience. The records show that twenty-four certificates Of merit, twenty - eight honorable mentions and nine highly commended diplomas were issued by the judges in the Milwaukee exhibition, and that the gross receipts for space rented to exhibitors were It is also recorded that one hundred and fifty-nine plant introductions had been reported to the secretary's office during the year. This number included twenty-two carnations, four roses, eighty-two Chrysanthemums, six zonal geraniums, three dahlias and forty-two miscellaneous plants.
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