Maiuh 1. 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



19 







CASEY'S GREEN CARNATION. 



The subjoined "poem" was penned 

 when the green carnation was more of a 

 novelty than it is now. It was published 

 in Butte, Mont., February 7, 1906. ' ' Jim- 

 my" King now is one of the officers of 

 the Butte Floral Co. Casey is a man 

 well known in Butte, as were Beudahl 

 and the author. 



Hare you ever heard the story, weird and strange 



and grewsome, too. 

 How a florist showed the people what an awful 



lot he knew? 

 Hear, then, ot the green carnation Jimmy King 



the florist grew. 



In his buttonhole he wore it, green as is the Em- 

 erald Isle, 



Green as vernal April meadows, far from city sin 

 and guile. 



"Here," said King, "for fancy blossoms— tliis 

 will hold you for awhile!" 



Casey saw it; Casey loved it; Casey bouglit the 



flower of King. 

 When at last he owned the blossom George was 



proud as anything, 

 Danced an Irish jig, a polltn and a lightsome 



Highland fling. 



Swelled his chest to fearsome compass, wore a 



high and mighty grin. 

 Swore that King had Burbanli faded, said he 



knew that King would win. 

 Then went homeward to his chamber, doused the 



glimmer and turned in. 



All night long that green carnation stood Jn water 

 fresh and cool. 



All night long did Casey murmur. "Jimmy King 

 is no one's fool — 



He's the greatest living pupil ot the Luther Bur- 

 bank school." 



In the full, fresh, fragrant morning, Casey woke 

 and looked around ^ 



Till his eyes upon the table once again tlie blos- 

 som found. 



"Then it was no drenm," said Casey, "it is 

 green and safe and sound." 



Entered presently a comrade, finding Casey all 



serene, 

 Norseman Beudahl glanced about him with a 



rather prying mien. 

 Till lie spied the green carnation, still a vivid 



vernal green. 



"Casey," said his friend, "I'm thinking this is 



paler than before. 

 Tell me, is this green carnation just the same as 



what you wore 

 When you wended through the city raising such 



an awful roar?" 



"Yes," said Casey, "that's the ticket; that's the 



blossom, ain't It great? 

 Green carnations ain't so frequent in the old 



Montana state; 

 I shall order forty dozen for St. Patrick's day and 



date." 



"Yaas, I tank it's fine," quoth Beudahl, "green 



and wonderful to see. 

 And the water it ia kept in is as green as it can 



be— 

 Green carnations be lak marvels, but dem colors 



runs, by yee!" 



Casey looked, and Casey fainted from a sad and 

 pained surprise. 



All his boasting had been wasted, Norseman Beu- 

 dahl put him wise 



That the green carnation's color was the work 

 of Diamond Dyes. 



Now you've heard the wondrous story, and it's 



absolutely true 

 How a florist bunkoed Casey with a blossom 



strange in hue. 

 Farewell to the green carnation Jimmy King the 



florist grew! 



— Berton Braley. 



ILLINOIS FLORISTS TO MEET. 



The Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion will hold its twelfth annual conven- 

 tion at the University of Illinois, 

 Urbana, 111., March 6 and 7. The pro- 

 gram is as follows: 



2 r. M., TUESDAY, MARCH 6. 



Welcome, by J. C. Blair, Head of Department 

 of Horticulture. 



President's Address, by C. W. Johnson, Mor- 

 gan Park. 



Report of Secretary, by J. F. Ammann, Bd- 

 wardsville. 



Report of Treasurer, by F. L. Washburn. 

 Bloomington. 



Report of Fertilizer Works, by F. W. Muncle, 

 T'rbana. 



Report of Pathological Work, by B. M. R. 

 T/amkey, Urbana. 



Report on Instructional Work, by H. B. Dor 

 nor, Urbana. 



General Discussion. 



Nomination and Election of Ofllcers. 



TT'S ■ 



J. F. Ammann. 



8 P. M., TUESDAY, MAKCll ti. 



"How Can We Increase Flower and Plant 

 Sales? (a) By Better Arrangements, (b) by 

 Better Salesmanship." Speakers on above topics 

 will be announced later. 



10 A. M., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7. 



Unfinished Business. 



New Business. 



After the meeting the state experiment green- 

 houses will be open for inspection. The research 

 and Instrumental staffs will be on duty and will 

 1«> pleased to answer all questions. 



Secretary Ammann gives notice that 



an amendment to the constitution, as a 



substitute for Article 4, pertaining to 



membership, will be offered to be passed 



upon at the meeting as follows: 



The membership shall consist of — associate 

 members, paying a fee of one dollar ($1); life 

 members, paying a fee of ten dollars ($iO) ; and 

 honorary members without fees. 



This amendment if adopted will do 

 away with the payment of $1 dues an- 

 nuallv. 



saw it he liked it so well he asked for 

 the privilege of showing it to the readers 

 of The Review before it was sent away. 



A NEW PORTRAIT. 



Here is a new portrait of J. F. 

 Ammann, of Edwardsville, 111., who is 

 secretary of the Illinois State Florists' 

 Association, and who presided at the 

 recent Indianapolis convention of the 

 American Carnation Society. Mr. Am- 

 mann is one of the best known members 

 of the trade, but that is not the reason 

 for printing the picture here. The rea- 

 son lies entirely in the excellence of the 

 portrait. The halftone was made for 

 the secretary of the Carnation Society, 

 to serve as a frontispiece for the forth- 

 coming annual report. "When the editor 



Cromwell, Conn.— Last week the stork 

 left a son at the home of Wallace R. 

 Pierson. 



Lexington, Ky.^W. S. Bell, who is 

 now with the H. Weber & Sons Co., Oak- 

 laud, Md., was formerly a retail florist 

 in this city, where he lived for thirty 

 years. He entered the business in 1881 

 with a store on Short street and later 

 for fifteen years was located on Main 

 street. 



Allentown, Pa. — At a banquet here 

 recently the florists of Reading and 

 Allentown discussed matters concerning 

 the good ©f the trade and suggestions 

 for harmony in business matters. The 

 men from Reading, who were guests of 

 the Allentonians, made a tour of in- 

 spection, including the establishments 

 of Horn Bros., Ernest Ashley, Andrew 

 Yeager, E. M. Kroninger, O. J. Sawyer, 

 Charles Vorkeller and Sawyer & John- 

 son. Among the visitors were F. H. 

 Lauck, .T. Stanley Giles, Alfred Lunden, 

 Harry Huesman, Frederick Frank, Wil- 

 liam Kern, J. C. Bauder, Paul Black- 

 man, Jr., John Downing, of Reading; 

 Harry F. Keck, Lee P. Arnold, Ferdi- 

 nand F. Heck, Jr., Wyomissing; 8. J. 

 Johnson, Charles Vorkeller, of South 

 Bethlehem; T. J. Nolan, of Buffalo, 

 representing the King Construction Co. 



