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AUGDST 3, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



Secretary John Young, in His New Palm Beach Suit, Inspecting the Convention Garden at Houston, Texas. 



not see much difference between the 

 two. H. J. Gorfield. 



LIKE THE WATEEMilLONS? 



Vice-president R. C. Kerr, of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists, has been 

 doing yeoman service in getting up 

 "pep" and interest in the coming con- 

 vention at Houston, and while we are 

 all sure that Houston will prove an 

 ideal host, I would like to remind 

 all florists who contemplate attending 

 the convention that Houston is in 

 Texas and not Texas in Houston, and 

 that the rest of us, located in different 

 parts of the state, would also like to 

 have a hand in entertaining you. It's 

 only a matter of 200 miles to San An- 

 tonio, with its missions, soldiers, chile 

 and hot tamales; only a short distance 

 to Austin, our state capital, and al- 

 though El Paso is not exactly in our 

 near vicinity, a trip to that thriving 

 border town would be of extreme inter- 

 est to everyone — incidentally, it would 

 be perfectly safe, although Mexico lies 

 just on the other side of the Eio 

 Grande. We believe that a general ex- 

 odus to Texas will follow the conven- 

 tion, but we don't want you to concen- 

 trate in Houston. There is plenty of 

 room for all, and the more of you who 

 come, the better we will like it. 



The cotton fields are in full bloom, 

 fruits of all kinds are here for the ask- 

 ing, the carloads of the biggest, finest, 

 most luscious watermelons that ever 

 gladdened a darky's heart are now 

 moving — and mostly toward Houston. 

 "Go thou and do likewise." 



P. W. Hensel, Jr. 



College Station, Tex. 



HOUSTON, TEX. 



We had another ideal week, with an 

 occasional shower, but mostly cool, re- 

 freshing winds, which, from all reports, 

 did not come from the northern and 

 eastern states. 



There was an enthusiastic meeting of 



the north Texas florists at Dallas July 

 17 and a meeting of the San Antonio 

 florists July 24. At these meetings those 

 present made known their intention of 

 attending the S. A. F. convention at 

 Houston this month, to greet the north- 

 ern florists and see that" the visitors en- 

 joy themselves. 



The Glenwood Florists were unusually 

 busy last week with funeral work and 

 state that business as a whole is good. 



At a meeting of the Houston florists 

 July 27 it was decided to make a dis- 



play of native Texas plants and flowers, 

 to give the northern florists some idea 

 of what grows wild in the big Lone 

 Star state. 



The Cotney Floral Co. reports consid- 

 erable funeral work and a good ceme- 

 tery trade in summer flowers. 



The Brazos Greenhouses had a good 

 business for the week, mostly at the 

 greenhouses. The downtown store has 

 been closed for the summer. 



Kerr, the Florist, had a week of good 

 funeral work. G. R. L. 



Saji Antonio, Tex. — John Young, of 

 New York, and R. C. Kerr, of Houston, 

 respectively secretary ^nd vice-presi- 

 dent of the S. A. P., were visitors to 

 the trade here recently. Nearly all the 

 florists in this section of the state will 

 attend the Houston convention. 



Alvin, Tex. — Practically all the cape 

 jasmine and Shasta daisy shippers here 

 will be at the Houston S. A. P. conven- 

 tion to make the personal acquaintance 

 of their northern customers. Carlisle & 

 Son say they hope to have many visitors 

 to the Alvin fields after the convention, 

 as the distance is only a few miles. 



Galveston, Tex. — A meeting of the 

 trade here recently was held to plan the 

 reception of the S. A. P. on the occa- 

 sion of its excursion to the gulf on the 

 closing day of the Houston convention. 

 Galveston counts this \he opportunity 

 to return many friendly welcomes given 

 Galveston florists when they have jour- 

 neyed north. 



Florence, S. C. — De Witt House, pro- 

 prietor of the Palmetto Nurseries, re- 

 cently made a unique design for the 

 funeral of the oldest engineer on the 

 A. C. L. road. He was in the service 

 half a century and a charter member of 

 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- 

 neers, a member of the Pee Dee Di- 

 vision, No. 265. The brotherhood asked 

 for one-half of a 4-foot locomotive driv- 

 ing wheel, in flowers, for the funeral 

 design, this being an emblem of his oc- 

 cupation and of his half century of 

 service. The shop mechanics made a 

 frame for the piece, as no wire design 

 would answer. The inscription on the 

 rim was "One half century service;" 

 on the base, "Pee Dee Division, No. 

 265 ; " on the left, " 1865 ; " on the right, 

 ' ' 1915. ' ' A feature that may be of in- 

 terest is that the florist, Mr. House, is 

 a member of the same division, having 

 drawn a passenger train sixteen years 

 on the same road. 



