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HORTICULTURE 



November 12. 1910 



FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH 

 DELIVERY. 



This is an auxiliary of the S. A. F. 

 & O. H. and membership is open to 

 all members of the parent Society 

 who are doing a retail business. 



It is our aim to have at least one 

 member in each city and town, 

 though membership may include as 

 many as desire to join from any one 

 city. It is not the intention to create 

 a monopoly but merely to provide a 

 complete list of reliable florists 

 throughout the country for the inter- 

 change of business. The organization 

 can not directly make a profit but 

 is established for the convenience of 

 its members and the expenses are to 

 be met by annual dues of the mem- 

 bers. 



The Association guarantees prompt 

 payment of bills due from one mem- 

 ber to another member. This is 

 made possible by requiring that each 

 member shall deposit a certain 

 amount in a trustee fund and the in- 

 terest on this fund, together with 

 membership fees, constitute a guar- 

 antee fund for the bills of all. Mem- 

 bers who do not pay their bills 

 promptly to be expelled and to lose 

 their deposit. 



The charges are based upon the 

 assumption that the total of business 

 going out from and coming into any 

 given city will be in proportion to the 

 population of that city and that the 

 total business will not be much 

 greater if there are several members 

 in that city than if there were only 

 one. 



The census returns are not yet 

 available for 1910 so the census of 

 1900 is at the present time taken as 

 a basis. As an example of how it 

 works out, let us take Indianapolis. 

 The census of 1900 showed a popula- 

 tion of 169,164. The payment to the 

 trustee fund is at the rate of 20 cents 

 for each thousand, eliminating frac- 

 tional parts of $5.00. This would fix 

 the payment at $30.00 for Indianapo- 

 lis. If Bertermanns were the first to 

 join they would remit $30.00 for the 

 trustee fund and a membership fee 

 of $5.00 (which is the same for all 

 members). The annual dues are 

 fixed at 10 per cent, of the payment 

 to the trustee fund, which in this 

 case would he $3.00 (dues in no case 

 to be less than $1.00). 



Now suppose that the Weigands 

 also concluded to come in. The trus- 

 tee deposit for the whole city having 

 been made by the first member from 

 that city, the Secretary would advise 

 the Weigands that their proportion 

 was one-half of the $30.00 which is 

 $15.00 and upon its receipt he would 

 refund that amount to the Berter- 

 manns so that each should have the 

 same amount invested and the de- 

 posit in the trustee fund from In- 

 dianapolis should always be the same. 



For town of less than 25,000 popu- 

 lation, the deposit is fixed at $5.00. 



It should be borne in mind that the 

 payment to the trustee fund and the 

 $5.00 membership fee are made only 

 once, not every year. It should be 

 further remembered that if you 

 choose to withdraw at any time you 

 are entitled to get back the money 

 you have on deposit in that fund, less 

 your percentage of any bad bills paid 

 out of that fund. 



In other words this association is 

 not for the profit of an individual, but 



each member will simply pay his 

 part of the cost of maintaining the 

 organization. 



Applications have already been re- 

 ceived from such a large number of 

 florists from all parts of the country 

 and these represent such a substan- 

 tial and prosperous class that the suc- 

 cess of the enterprise is now a cer- 

 tainty and it is up to you whether 

 you will move with the procession 

 or watch it go by. 



We have met with some objection 

 from a few florists who had already 

 established connections with other 

 florists and were afraid they might 

 be compelled to change. I wish to 

 make it clear that this organization 

 does not try to tell its members 

 where they must place their orders. 

 We think that members will be apt 

 to deal with their fellow members but 

 they are not bound to do so. 



It is our plan to carry a complete 

 list of members as a standing adver- 

 tisement, so that in this way alone, 

 each member will get back all that 

 the membership will cost him. 



It will save confusion and much 

 extra labor for the Secretary if you 

 will see your fellow retailers in your 

 town and send the list of those who 

 wish to join, to the Secretary. He 

 can then send you a statement of the 

 amount due from each. The Secre- 

 tary of the Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery is the Secretary of the S. A. 

 F. & O. H., viz.: H. B. Dorner, Ur- 

 hana. 111. Other officers elected at 

 the Rochester meeting in August 

 were Vice-President, W. J. Palmer, 

 Buffalo; Treasurer, W. L. Rock, Kan- 

 sas City. Directors: A. B. Cartledge, 

 Philadelphia; W. F. Gude, Washing- 

 ton; Fred H. Meinhardt, St. Louis; 

 Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit; Ernst 

 Wienhoeber, Chicago; Geo. Asmus, 

 Chicago; W. L. Rock, Kansas City; 

 .John Bertermann, Indianapolis, and 

 Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis. 



Do not confuse this with any other 

 organization of a similar nature. 

 This is the only one organized under 

 the auspices of the national society. 



Hurry up and get into the band 

 wagon! 



J. A. VALENTINE, President. 



Denver, Col., Oct. 20th, 1910. 



GOVERNMENT POSITIONS OPEN. 



The salary of $1,S00 a year awaits 

 some man with a knowledge of botany 

 and languages, as well as commercial 

 geography, who will pass the examina- 

 tion to be held in many cities through- 

 out the country, December 7 and 8, 

 next. The position vacant is that of 

 botanical assistant in the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry at Washington. Men 

 applying to take the examination must 

 be 20 years of age or over and the 

 languages required are Fernch, Ger- 

 man. Russian and Spanish. 



There has been great difficulty ex- 

 perienced in securing competent assis- 

 tants in the Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Especially is this the case with respect 

 to plant pathologists. Young men 

 qualified to serve in this capacity 

 would be almost certain to find good 

 openings with the Department of Agri- 

 culture, which would lead to better po- 

 sitions if they showed ability and am- 

 bition. Capable men in the Govern- 

 ment service often find a field for their 

 talents in foreign countries, which are 

 showing a disposition to come here for 

 agricultural experts and specialists. 

 F. J. DYER. 



BULB AUCTION SALES IN LON- 

 DON. 



At the present time the sales of 

 Dutch bulbs by auction are in full 

 swing at four sale rooms in London. 

 This business has now reached exten- 

 sive proportions. One firm advertises 

 to sell no less than five tons a week, 

 whilst the largest sellers get through 

 no less than 10,000 lots a week. This 

 speaks well tor the popularity of the 

 Dutch bulb in this country. A large 

 number of the buyers who frequent 

 the sale rooms are city men who take 

 a pride in their suburban garden. 

 They are attracted by the low prices. 

 It is a case of taking the bulbs on 

 trust, lor of course the best quality 

 bulbs are not sent over to these auc- 

 tion sales. The seedsman has to study 

 his reputation, and for the sake of 

 his good name will not push off infer- 

 ior bulbs to a customer. With the auc- 

 tion sales it is different. The buyer 

 looks for a bargain, and takes the 

 risk. These city auction sales must 

 make a considerable difference to the 

 retailers tor this. This business un- 

 fortunately is not confined to the bulb 

 trade, as other branches of the nursery- 

 man's business are encroached upon, 

 to the detriment of the regular traders. 



W. H. A. 



FOREIGN NOTES. 



Efforts are now being made in Lon- 

 don to organize the retail florists and 

 fruiterers for the redress of grievances 

 affecting the trade.— A Gloria Mundl 

 apple, weighing 27 ounces was lately 

 sold at Covent Garden market for 14 

 guineas. — In the recent issue of the 

 "Kew Bulletin'' there is an interesting 

 descriiition by Mr. W. J. Bean of a 

 visit to the Arnold Arboretum. U. S. 

 A. Mr. Bean points out that the most 

 noticeable difference betw-een the gen- 

 eral aspect of the vegetation of the 

 Arnold Arboretum and that of English 

 gardens is the absence of our common 

 evergreens. — Arrangements are being 

 made for a Colonial fruit show in Lon- 

 don from December 1st to the 3rd. It 

 is expected that the Dominion of Can- 

 ada will be well represented. — The 12th 

 report of the Woburn Experimental 

 Farm is chiefly devoted to the silver- 

 leaf disease of fruit trees, which has 

 made its dread presence felt in this 

 country to an increasing extent in re- 

 cent years. As regards remedial meas- 

 ures, the Woburn authorities suggest 

 a treatment with, iron sulphate, apply- 

 ing this to the surface of the soil in 

 which the roots are present. 



W. H. ADSETT. 



APPRECIATION. 



How dear to my heart 



Is tlie steady subscriber. 

 Who pays in advance 



At (he birth of the year! 

 Who lays down his money 



And does it so gladly. 

 And casts 'round our office a halo of cheer! 



He never says "Stop It — 



I cannot afford it — 

 I'm paying for more papers now than I 

 read !" 

 He always says, "Send it along — we all 

 like it— 

 In fact we all think it's the thing we all 

 need !" 



How welcome is he, when 



He steps in our s.inctum ! 

 He makes our hearts throb, Jump 



And caper and dance! 

 We bless him and his. Oh, how 



Often we've thanked 'em — 

 The folks of that fellow 



Who p.iys In advance! 



— The Fruit Maga^int, 



