•July 1(1, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



27 



PRESIDENT MILLER'S MESSAGE 

 He Has Something to Say About Pub- 

 licity Work at the Convention 



The principal feature of the after- 

 noon session of the second day of the 

 convention in Cleveland, August 18th, 

 will be a rally to the Publicity Cam- 

 paign. Reports from the Chairman 

 and Secretary of the Publicity Com- 

 mittee will be forthcoming, and there 

 will be occasion for congratulations 

 all around upon the great succi'ss of 

 the campaign. Major P. F. O'Kei'fe of 

 Boston will favor us with another of 

 his most eloquent addresses on the 

 subject of "Publicity for Flowers." and 

 we shall be reminded of many things 

 which in the ordinarj- course of mat- 

 ters are likely to be overlooked. 



There will be no lack of enthusiasm 

 at this meeting, and every contril)utor 

 to the fund should be present, if it is 

 at all possible. And there will be in- 

 formation and encouragement for 

 many who have not yet contributed. 

 There will be opportunity for those 

 who do not read to get oral descrip- 

 tions of this great and grand work. If 

 the Society had done nothing else but 

 launch this campaign of publicity for 

 our products. It would have done well 

 and proved the worth of the organiza- 

 tion to us all. 



Do many of you. my brother mem- 

 bers, realize fully the advantage this 

 publicity work is to you in your busi- 

 ness? Do you realize that the great 

 public is being constantly urged to 

 "Say it with Flowers." There is hardly 

 an occasion when flowers are not ap- 

 propriate for the conveyance of senti- 

 ment — a birth, a birthday anniversary, 

 a graduation, a confirmation, a wed- 

 ding, a wedding anniversary, acknowl- 

 edgment of a courtesy, congratula- 

 tions, expressions of sympathy, love, 

 honor, regard, flowers convey the 

 proper sentiment in every case. And 

 in order that occasions shall not be 

 forgotten, the Campaign reminders ap 

 pear in a number of the national maga- 

 zines. 



Are you helping to pay for this i)ub- 

 licity? If you are not. you rertainly 



should attend the convention, and 

 listen — yes. listen to the enthusiasm 

 which will be expressed in the pro- 

 ceedings of the session 1 have men- 

 tioned. It would do you good. You 

 would learn that the campaign has in- 

 creased the demand for flowers. Many 

 of your brother florists would be glad 

 to convince you that flowers are bein^ 

 used today in much greater quantity 

 than could possibly be imagined; that 

 occasions such as I have mentioned 

 are remembered by gifts of flowers as 

 they never were before. The cam- 

 paign slogan has gone home, these 

 people will tell you, the message "Say 

 it with Flowers" has had its effect. 



The committee will report at the 

 convention the status of the Campaign 

 Fund, and unless a little more Interest 

 is shown in the work, they may not he 

 able to make as good a showing as 

 they did last year at convention time 

 We certainly should not go backward, 

 nor should we stand still. There are 

 plenty of florists who have not yet sus- 

 scribed who can and might reasonably 

 be expected to chip into the fund. It's 

 their duty to do so — to put the matter 

 plainly. "Say it with Flowers" is 

 working for us all, and it should be 

 kept working to the fullest extent pos- 

 sible. Gentlemen, the determination 

 of the extent is in your hands 

 through your support and contribu- 

 tion. Will you turn in that little sub- 

 scription expected of you, or wiU you 

 risk the consequences of a curtailment 

 of the publicity which has been of so 

 much good to us all? Let us hope that 

 a cheque will be your answer — our 

 society will appreciate it. 



.-\. L. Miller. Pres. 



.Jamaica, New York. 



FOUNDER OF PANSY PARK DEAD. 



Lafayette Goodell. proprietor of the 

 famous Pansy Park estate in Dwight. 

 Mass.. and for years a prominent hor- 

 ticulturist and seedsman, was found 

 dead in his home at Pansy Park, death 

 being due to natural causes. He died 

 in the house in which he was bom and 

 had always lived. 



Mr. Goodell was the son of Asahel 



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and Charlotte Goodell. his mother be- 

 ing a descendant of Roger Williams of 

 Rhode Island. Inheriting his mother's 

 love for flowers, Mr. Goodell devoted 

 his entire life to the culture of flowers 

 and transformed his homestead into 

 Pansy Park, a beautiful flower garden 

 which for years has attracted many 

 visitors from great distances. 



His flower seeds were sold all over 

 the country and as a florist and seeds- 

 man his services and plants were in 

 great demand. He received orders for 

 years from public parks for thousands 

 (if paiisies and other plants. 



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