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HORTICULTURE 



April 6. 1918 



THINGS TIMELY AND IMPORTANT. 



By li 11. Hrnnim. BrI.tol. Tcnn., bfforc th« 



TroD«M«« Stntr Klorl«l»" A«»ocliillon, nt 



Nnslitillr. Tcun, 



• Bulijcct Klven iiio wns "ThliiKS 

 V and Important.' Now, Bomo 

 arc RuylnK thiit the times are out of 

 Joint. onU things are all "out of 

 whack," but I determlneil thai I would 

 leave war talk and the abomlnahlo 

 weather tut of this talk entirely and 

 gav a word or two on "Cooperation 

 and Individual Concentrated Kffort." 

 To mv mind, one of the Kreatost as- 

 sets wo have today is cooperation. 

 There Is no line of business which 

 admits of a wider range of improve- 

 ment; Tiore study, or has a wider hor- 

 izon than the business represented 

 hero today, and no man can afford to 

 set at naught the opportunity of im- 

 proving his prospects by rubbing up 

 against his fellow florists and getting 

 and giving as much as possible. I 

 am happy Indeed to meet with my fel- 

 low florists and hope to get and give 

 something In the hours we spend to- 

 gether. We may cooperate in many 

 ways; some united work is already In 

 hand 



This annual convention is one of the 

 means of getting us all in touch so 

 that we can teach and learn from 

 each other to the continued better- 

 ment of the florist trade in our state. 

 We can cooperate by showing the ut- 

 most courtesy to the visits of other 

 florists to our places of business, and 

 to their inquiries tor informaticn by 

 mail. We can even offer a suggestion 

 to our neighboring florists as to tlie 

 best uiethods we have found in some 

 particular thing and we c;ui cut out 

 any pe'ty jealousy which we may have 

 imhilic J and become broadminded and 

 act broau with our fellows, fov we can 

 easily :irove that such policy will be- 

 get belter business for ouiselves, and 

 we will in return gain much more 

 than we can possibly give out. We 

 are now cooperating along the lines 

 of the F. T. D., and the move for a 

 National Advertising Campaign is ad- 

 mirable and should get the hearty 

 support of everybody. 



A better day is coming when we, 

 through our annual gatherings, can be 

 brought together for a more thorough 

 interchange of thoughts and working 

 methods than any we have yet under- 

 taken, .vhere experts will confer with 

 us on all-important subjects relating 

 to our trade. Could we have time we 

 might go into details about Improved 

 store methods, city delivery and ship- 

 ping facilities. The best credit and 

 bookkeeping plans, the best construc- 

 tion and effective shipping and work- 

 ing houses, the legal side, safe and 

 economical insurance and many other 

 things which can best be worked out 

 by the large number interested, rather 

 than the individual, and save time, 

 labor and expense, and increase the 

 efficiency of our forces immensely. 

 But the concentrated Individual ef- 

 fort is what is also necessary to in- 

 sure business. That florist who can 

 cut out war talks, be neither a pro- 

 nounced optimist nor pessimist, but 

 just plod along keeping his eyes open 

 and his mouth shut — that is, trying 

 to see everything which will make for 

 the advantage of the trade and not 



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prophesying nor complaining; he will 

 give his best to bis business and his 

 business shall literally "Blossom as 

 the Rose." If things look a little dark 

 for us we must not worry nor stop our 

 efforts. It Is well to ponder the say- 

 ing that "A good hen never stops 

 scratching because worms are scarce." 

 Now is a good time for all to pull to- 

 gether for better things and for each 

 to look carefully at his own business 

 to mark the weak spots and make 

 them strong again. 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, April 8. 



Gnrdeners' and Florists' Club of 

 B.Tltlniorc. Florists' ICxelinngc Hnll. 

 Hiiltliiiori'. M(l. 



Ni-w York Florists' Club, Grand 

 Opi>rn nniiac. New York City. 



UorlipsttT Florl.'fts' Association, 

 0.1 Main .St.. Kast ItocliPStpr. N. Y. 



Cincinnati I-'Iorists' Society, Hotel I 

 Gibson, Cincinnati. (I. 



Tuesday, April 9. 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport, R. I. 



Wednesday, April 10. 



Cincinnati Florists' .Snclety. Jabez 

 Elliott Flower Market, Cincinnati, O. 



Dntoliesa County Horticultural 

 Societv, Fallkill Hldg., I'ouglikecp- 

 sle. N. Y. 



Lenox Horticultural Society, Lenox, 

 Mass. 



Morris County Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' .Society, Madison, N. J. 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. 



Thursday, April 11. 



Menio I'ark HorU< nitnral Society, 

 Meiilo I'ark. Calif. 



New London Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. Municipal Bldg., New London, 

 Conn. 



Friday, April 12. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County nulUllnB. Hartford, Conn. 



Westchester and Falrlleld Horti- 

 cultural Society, Dorans Hall, 

 Greenwich. Conn. 



Saturday, April 13. 



Dohbs Ferry Gardeners' Assocla- 



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Obituary 



Samuel L. Allen. 

 Samuel L. Allen, founder and senior 

 ])artner of S. L. Allen & Co., manufac- 

 turers of farm and garden imple- 

 ments, died in Miami, I-Torlda, of lieart 

 trouble, in his seventy-seventh year. 

 As inventer and manufacturer of agri- 

 cultural implements he had a world- 

 wide reputation. He was a prominent 

 iiiomber of the Society of Friends, trus- 

 tee of Haverford College, one of the 

 managers of the Frankford Asylum 

 and a contributor to many charities. 

 Mr. Allen's home was In Moorestown, 

 N. J., and he is survived by a widow, 

 three daughters and a son. 



George Golding Kennedy 

 George Golden Kennedy, who of late 

 years had become widely known as a 

 New England botanist, died Surday 

 night, .March 31, at his home, lilue Hill 

 avenue, Milton, Mass., in his seventy- 

 seventh year. Mr. Kennedy was born 

 in Roxbury. For a number of years 

 he had devoted his time to botanical 

 research, being one of the founders of 

 the New England Botanical Club. He 

 was a member of the visiting commit- 

 tee of Gray's Herbarium at Harvard. 

 Last year he presented to Harvard an 

 herbarium, to the collection of which 

 he had devoted a long time. 



John Jensen, grower and retailer in 

 West Philadelphia, says he had a splen- 

 did Easter and while short of some 

 items others sold so well that there 

 was nothing left finally. The volume 

 was perhaps not as large as last year 

 liiit there was no losses. Flamingo and 

 Prosperity were two of the best sellers 

 in the tulip family. These are high 

 priced sorts but it pays to grow them. 

 Make a note of this in placing your 

 orders for next season. 



