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The Florists' Review 



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THE EAST TO HOUSTON. 



John Young, 53 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, New York, has been named as 

 chairman of a committee to make plans 

 and receive reservations for those who 

 care to make the trip by water from 

 New York to New Orleans for the Hous- 

 ton convention. 



This is considered an ideal trip and 

 all those going to the convention from 

 the east should take advantage of this 

 opportunity and write Mr. Young im- 

 mediately, advising him of their inten- 

 tion of making the trip by water. 



All members will go on the same boat, 

 and it assures a most enjoyable time for 

 those who can spare the time to make 

 the trip this way. E. C. Kerr. 



A CONITBENCE SUOGESTED. 



The convention of the Associated Ad- 

 vertising Clubs of the World begins 

 Sunday, June 25, at Philadelphia. In 

 looking over the program I see no men- 

 tion of the florists having a depart- 

 mental in connection with this affair 

 and the thought occurred to me that 

 the florists' business is now on a plane 

 that entitles it to recognition among 

 the other big businesses of the country; 

 I believe that the wide-awake, up-to- 

 date florists should identify themselves 

 with this great advertising movement. 



It seems to me that you, as leader in 

 the field, should take this matter up 

 with some of the leading lights among 

 the florists of the country and organize 

 a departmental meeting this year at 

 Philadelphia. I sincerely believe that 

 a call will be quickly answered, espe- 

 cially by the eastern florists around 

 Philadelphia. 



I hope to hear some response to this 

 and to meet many florists at Phila- 

 delphia. J. F. Keller. 



Lexington, Ky. 



THE APPROAOHINO CONVENTION. 



The southern florists are alive to the 

 importance of the meeting of the con- 

 vention of the S. A. F. in the south 

 this summer. We will avail ourselves 

 of the opportunity to discuss questions 

 that will promote horticulture in gen- 

 eral. We realize the great possibilities 

 that lie before the southern horticul- 

 turists for development of our profes- 

 sion. We also realize the wonderful 

 amount of good to be derived from the 

 members of this organization in our 

 midst, which will be a wonderful stim- 

 ulant and of great help to the southern 

 florists in discussing such matters as 

 will tend to promote the cause of hor- 

 ticulture in the south. 



On the other hand, we believe that 

 the coming of the members of the 

 S. A. F. from other sections to the 

 south will be of great interest to them, 

 as they will have an insight into the 

 possibilities that lie before the southern 

 florists, and will, therefore, lay their 

 plans to cooperate with us in the de- 

 velopment of this section of the coun- 

 try. 



But why should we lay aside the im- 

 portant business of this society at the 

 Houstoh convention? We will have a 

 large delegation from other sections, 

 together with a record-breakiiig dele- 

 gation from the south, who have the 

 interest of this society at heart, are 

 thdroughly familiar with the detail 

 work of this organization, and are 

 thoroughly prepared to vote on matters 

 that are of interest to the society. 

 Time is not so short but we will be 

 able to take up these questions and 

 vote upon them intelligently. 



The membership will be a represent- 

 ative one and there is no doibt in my 

 mind but what it is only right and 

 proper that these questions should be 

 taken 'vtip at this time as they are 

 scheduied. 



There ;\vas a feeling at the time the 

 convention went to San Francisco that 

 possibly the western members would 

 take things in their own hands and 

 vote upon such matterf^ i^ would be 

 to their own interest, ««id possibly not 

 to the interest oi t^ie 8a<Slety as a whole. 

 It was demonstitited at the San Fran- 



cisco convention that the western boys 

 had the interest of the society at heart 

 and did not make any attempt at rail- 

 roading matters that were to their sel- 

 fish interest. You may expect the same 

 at the Houston convention. 



The society may expect the southern 

 members to use their best judgment and 

 all to vote in such a way as to be to the 

 interest of the society as a whole. 



I want to state here that insofar as I 

 am personally concerned, I expect to 

 work diligently to this end and I be- 

 lieve there will be no opposition from 

 the other members along these lines. 

 Any attempt to table such questions 

 as are scheduled for this meeting will 

 certainly hQ fought ito the liriiit. 



" V *^ vj E. O. Kerr. 



PJEONIA UMBELLATA ROSEA. 



It is hard to obtain' "^priies in the 

 northern states for Memorial day. 

 There may be a few hundreds for that 

 day, and two days after there may be 

 thousands. Pfleonia edulis superba is 

 often on time, but this year it was late. 

 After seven years' trial, we have found 

 that P. umbellata rosea net^er fails. 

 This season was so backward that we 

 thought the ^last-mentioned variety 

 would not be in time, but it woke up 

 and came in gloriously on the home 

 stretch. It is a beautiful, fragrant, 

 somewhat variegated pink. It is a good 

 multiplier and often doubles every year, 

 making it the most profitable of all 

 peonies. C. S. Harrison. 



SWEET PEA SHOW AT FRISCO. 



An Unprecedented Success. 



Great satisfa(ftion is expressed in the 

 San Francisco trade over the unprece- 

 dented success of the sweet pea exhi- 

 bition held under the auspices of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society in the con- 

 cert room of the Palace hotel, Friday 

 and Saturday, June 9 and 10. It easily 

 surpassed the exhibition given at the 

 Panama-Pacific International Exposi- 

 tion last year in beauty, quality of ex- 

 hibits, number of exhibitors and even in 

 attendance, and that is high praise, as 

 the event last year was no mean suc- 

 cess. The displays were limited almost 

 exclusively to sweet peas, and probably 

 never before in this part of the coun- 

 try were the wonderful possibilities of 

 that particular flower demonstrated to 

 such advantage to the public. The 

 effect will no doubt be far-reaching in 

 its bearing on the future popularity of 

 the sweet pea. 



Early on the morning of June 9 some 

 of the exhibits were in place, and the 

 news soon spread that something un- 

 usual was to be seen in the south wing 

 of the Palace. Visitors began to throng 

 the corridor long before the show was 



ready for inspection. The location was 

 ideal, the rich red and gold hangings 

 of the concert room, red carpet and spe- 

 cial lighting effect being particularly 

 well adapted to the purpose. By 11:30 all 

 the exhibits were in place and visiters 

 were requested to retire while the 

 judges determined the prize-winners. 

 The judges were Jghn McLaren, super- 

 intendent xfit Golden Gate park; E. 

 James, president of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society; E. M. Sanborn, 

 of Oakland; Miss E. McLean. 



Trade Exhibits, as Advertising. 



The trade exhibits extended along 

 the north side of the room and nearly 

 across one end, the space being about 

 equally divided among W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee & Co., of Philadelphia; C. C. Morse 

 & Co., of San Francisco; Waldo Roh- 

 nert, of Gilroy, Cal.; the L. D.. Waller 

 Seed Co., of Guadaloupe, Cal. The ex- 

 hibit of C. C. Morse & Co., directly 

 opposite the main entrance, was the 

 first to catch the eye. This company 

 featured many new seedlings of early- 

 flowering Spencer sweet peas, several 

 of which will be put on the market this 

 coming season. Standing out promi- 

 nently in this display was a large show- 

 ing of New Miriam Beaver, Illumi- 



