December 9, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



35 



PUBLICITY AND FLOWERS 



Charles Grakelow Talks to the Lan- 

 caster County Florists' Association 



The 100th regular meeting of this 

 association was celebrated by a din- 

 ner at the Penn Square Restaurant. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Reld, Mr. Charles 

 Grakelow of Philadelphia, Mr. James 

 Brown of Coatsville were visitors. 

 Our own members were President W. 

 B. Birvin, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Weaver, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Weaver, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Albert M. Herr, Mr. and Mrs. 

 B. F. Barr. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Landis, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Lemon Landis, Mr. and Mrs. 

 A. F. Strickler, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. 

 Schroyer, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Rohrer 

 Mr. and Mrs. Lehman, Mr. D. Irwin 

 Herr, Mr. Edward Rohrer, Mr. Harry 

 K. Rohrer and Mr. P. W. De Hertogh. 



Mr. Grakelow in his usual felicitous 

 and delightful style drove home a 

 number of truths connected with our 

 business that will stick in our memo- 

 ries until the 200th regular meeting of 

 the club is celebrated. 



Among other things he emphasized 

 the fact that growers today Inter- 

 change ideas for the betterment of the 

 trade and apealed to have this further 

 increased ; also the fact that good 

 flowers have a language of apeal to 

 the flower buying public that inferior 

 stock does not have; hence, the neces- 

 sity of constantly working to have 

 high grade stock. 



Publicity also received his attention 

 and it was presented with the true 

 Grakelow enthusiasm that makes con- 

 verts of all his hearers. To have 

 heard his talk was worth more than 

 twenty dinners as the hearty applause 

 that followed showed. 



Mr. Faust, of the S. S. Pennock Co., 

 made a few remarks emphasizing the 

 good points of the first speaker. 



Mr. Brown, of Coatsville, followed 

 along the same line with some per- 

 sonal points thrown in. 



Mr. Ed. Reid had a few words on the 

 conditions of trade and its application 

 to the growers. Mr. Reid also exhib- 

 ited a very handsome vase of the new 

 rose "American Legion," which was 

 much admired and highly commented 

 upon. 



The talks were so good that the 

 toastmaster lost track of the time and 

 at the last minute it was a hustle to 

 get away in time for the train that 

 was to carry our visitors back to the 

 city of Brotherly Love, and I feel sure 

 that they also carried back with them 

 a feeling that Brotherly Love was not 

 confined to the precinct of Philadel- 

 phia. Albert M. Hkrr. 



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HENRY C. WOLTEMATE 



Henry C. Woltemate, a retired flor- 

 ist, died at his home, at 335 East 

 Mount Airy avenue, Philadelphia, at 

 the age of sixty years. He is suirvived 

 by his widow, four sons and two 

 daughters. The interment took place 

 Nov. 24th, in Ivy Hill Cemetery. 



Mr. Woltemate did a general florist 

 business in a suburban community 



and on his retirement the same was 

 continued by his sons. He was a man 

 highly respected by all who knew him. 



The Mel I. Webster Co., of Waco, 

 Texas, has opened a flower store in 

 connection with its seed store. It is 

 in charge of Mrs. Hannah Wolfe Rob- 

 inson, formerly with Wolfe the Flor- 

 ist. She knows the business thor- 

 oughly and has the good wishes of her 

 many friends. 



