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ISBN: 9781332276738
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Excerpt from Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Convention of the Society of American Florist and Ornamental Horticulturists: Held at Washington, D. C., August 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th, 1905 The Society, having a charter from the Federal Government, appropriately celebrated its coming to the age of manhood by holding its Twenty-first Annual Meeting at its home, the National Capital. All sections of the country were represented in the convention, business of much importance and interest to the trade was transacted, valuable contributions were made to the literature of the society, and numerous accessions to the membership were reported. The social enjoyment feature, under the auspices of the Florists Club of Washington, was quite prominent; the afternoon of each day being reserved for sight-seeing in the most beautiful city of the country. The weather was delightfully comfortable throughout. The interior of Carroll Hall, where the sessions were held, was decorated with palms, ferns and gladioli. The national colors were conspicuous on the platform. The Trade Exhibition in the adjoining National Rifles Armory and in Masonic Temple exceeded all anticipations in volume and variety, even the overflow space being inadequate to accommodate late arrivals of exhibits. Many new and valuable devices were shown. The convention preliminaries were delayed b-the detention en route of the Chicago and other western delegations. At the opening of the first day's session, in the afternoon, the hall was crowded with representative growers and progressive plantsmen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.