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Mr. Henderson: There is one thing else that I was thinking about 

 that probably we are to talce up later on, and that is an international 

 liorists' exchange, or flower exchange between florists all over the coun- 

 try. There has been different systems suggested by florists all over 

 the country. The latest one is this one Mr. Vallentine brought up in 

 Florida. I was approached by another company in the East that was 

 trying to establish companies all over the country, and they wanted 

 someone to take hold of it in Omaha — just one man to handle that 

 trade. This man was to pay $50 to the firm and all the orders were 

 to go first to the headquarters and they will send the orders back to 

 the dealer and they are to be distributed that way. If any of you 

 fellows are posted on this subject it would not be a bad idea to take it up. 



Chairman: The system that Mr. Vallentine has organized is one of 

 a system comprising a lot of florists in all of the cities of the United 

 States. I believe it covers Europe as well. We have a list of the 

 members belonging to this society, and so, if we have an order to be 

 delivered in New York City, that order is immediately telegraphed to 

 New York City to the one we may choose out of that list, as there may 

 perhaps be a dozen members in a city the size of New York. In Omaha 

 there would probably be two. They do not cut this list down to one 

 in each city; anyone may belong who has the reputation of being a 

 reliable florist by making the payment of dues can become a member 

 and has his chances as well as his competitor in the city. 



Mr. Henderson: I think this society really ought to agree with Mr. 

 Vallentine or recommend his system. I think; it is the best system we 

 have in the country, and we ought to help it along. 



Chairman: That is the only system that is recognized by the Amer- 

 ican Florists. 



Mr. Green: While that might be and probably is all right, yet I 

 ddn't believe the florists of Nebraska are ready for anything of that kind, 

 nor will they be for the next generation. The idea of that is to deliver 

 flowers in distant cities, and perhaps Mr. Frey or Mr. Henderson would 

 have occasion to deliver flowers to someone going on board a ship, but 

 in Fremont, Beatrice or Falls City we have no trouble in getting our 

 flowers delivered. We have a directory and we can find the name of a 

 reliable florist, and I do not believe it would be wise for Nebraska 

 florists to go to the trouble of organizing anything of that kind for our 

 individual use, inasmuch as we have the American Society, as author- 

 ized association of that kind. 



Chairman: No, I think a society of that kind would be of little 

 benefit to the florists of Nebraska; in these small places he would be 

 from three to five years getting back his returns invested in an organiza- 

 tion of that kind, but in large cities it is an organization for which 

 there is need. All the orders given to these florists are guaranteed to 

 be satisfactory by the organization back of them, and there is to be a 

 uniform price charged, practically uniform price, as near as it would 



