February 24, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



35 





VALLEY 



Probably only about one-quarter the 

 quantity of Valley of former years 

 will be forced this year, which means a short 

 supply. Qlad to say, though, weMl have a good 

 quantity, and our customers can depend on 

 having their orders filled in full; splendid quality. 



Special $5.00 per 100 



Extra 4.00 per 100 



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SUNSHINE BASKETS 



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Small Birch Bark Hats* in three sizes, for natural pots of Shamrocks, 



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Pasteboard High Hats, green, for Shamrocks, with Pipes $1,25 dozen 



Small Chip Baskets, decorated with Pipes 1.75 dozen 



Carnation Dye 25c, 50c pkg. 



Our own factory will turn out Baskets with any finish you desire. Select your color 

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will devote special supplements to the 

 show on or about the second day that 

 it is open. Charles Henry Fox an- 

 nounced that he has secured permission 

 to extend four large banners across 

 Broad, Market and Chestnut streets, 

 from March 1 for one month. Charles 

 H. Grakelow proposed as a special fea- 

 ture an art gallery, to be composed of 

 flowers in picture frames, each florist 

 to be entitled to enter and care for one 

 exliibit in this gallery and to place his 

 card on the frame. 



Wet or Dry? 



There has been a lively struggle over 

 the character of the banquet to be ten- 

 dered to the visiting florists during the 

 National Flower Show. This contest 

 narrowed down to the single question, 

 "Shall we or shall we not have wine?" 



To this was added the side issue of 

 where the banquet should be held. Those 

 favoring an Adam's ale banquet also 

 favored Horticultural hall, probably be- 

 cause of its association and freedom 

 from the suspicion of having a bar. 

 Those who fancy chickens, feathers 

 and divers other beverages were in- 

 clined to the Bellevue-Stratford, al- 

 though willing to compromise on the 

 Hotel Walton. The drys urged that the 

 profession was on parade before the 

 world; that the governor of the state, 

 the mayor of the city and other digni- 

 taries might be there; that their wives 

 and daughters and sweethearts would 

 be there, and that if one person in the 

 hundreds there assembled became, let 

 us say, noisy, the pleasure of the great 

 occasion would be marred. The wets 

 urged with equal earnestness that a 



wineless banquet was like Hamlet with 

 the Noble Dane left out; that to ask 

 a man to be your guest at a great din- 

 ner and then waterlog him was a crime; 

 that to accept hospitality everywhere 

 and restrict your own hospitality was 

 niggardly; that the speeches would lack 

 fire ami the interest would lag — in 

 short, the affair would fail. The great 

 wave of prohibition that is sweeping 

 over the country has had its effect, and 

 after the Florists' Club's entertainment 

 committee 's meeting was over it was 

 announced that the drys had won by 

 the odd vote and that the banquet 

 would be held in Horticultural hall. 



There is a curious little bit of his- 

 tory connected with this contest. When 

 the convention of the S. A. F. was held 

 here, August, 1907, the entertainment 

 committee decided to take the conven- 



