Dbcembeb 14, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



41 



lijlHEKE 

 ^^^ a consider- 

 able party is to sit at ta- 

 ble, the commoDest arrangement 

 is to have a long, straight board with 

 guests on each side. Then the florist merely 

 has to put on flowers in proportion to the money placed 

 at his disposal. But another iiind of arraa gemect for w hich 

 the florist's services are essential is where the tables are arranged in 

 the form of a square or a parallelogram, the guests being seated on the out- 

 side only. In such a case there are two standard treatments; the florist 

 may make his decorations on the table and festoon the unoccupied inner 

 side with smilax, wild or cultivated, or he -may fill the inner space wiih 



plants as 

 was done 

 \>y the Kay-Di- 

 mond Co., Youngs- 

 town, 0., for the dec- 

 oration shown in this 11- 

 ustration. It is not so easy 

 as it might look to make a good 

 decoration by merely packing in 

 stock in the central space. The flo- 

 rist usually impales himself on one or 

 the other of two horns of this dilemma: 

 Either he makes his group flat and bunchy or 

 else he makes ihe plants stand so high that they 

 cut ofif the vision across the table, which in latter- 

 day decorating is the unpardonable sin. This 

 picture will repay more than a passing glance; the 

 decorator who studies it willgain^some useful hints. 



seum building in Bronx park and that 

 the date will be about the same as that 

 of the convention of the Society of 

 American Florists. Secretary Youell 



hopes to issue the preliminary premium 

 list early in January, with the Largest 

 list of prizes ever offered by the so- 

 ciety. 



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s'lMlMlMl^yjIE^O 



THE GARDENERS MEET 



CONVENTION AT WASHINGTON. 



Officers Elected. 



President — Thomas W, Head, Lake 

 Forest, 111. 



Vice-president — Theodore Wirth, Min- 

 neapolis, Minn. 



Secretary — M. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J.^ 



Treasurer — James Stuayt, Mamaro- 

 neck, N. Y. 



Trustees — William Kleinheinz, John 

 F. Huss, William Turner, William Duck- 

 ham, Peter Duff. 



Place of Meeting in 1917 — Chicago. 



J. Barnet, of Sewickley, Pa., an- 

 nounced that Pittsburgh would be a can- 

 didate for the 1918 convention. 



The Business Sessions. 



The annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners was 

 held in Washington, D. C, December 5 

 and 6. The first business session was 

 called to order by William F. Gude, 

 Washington 's representative of the 

 S. A. F., who spoke as representing the 

 Washington Chamber of Commerce and 

 the florists of the city. His remarks 

 were enthusiastically received. 



President William N. Craig made a 

 brief address, striking the keynote when 

 he said: "We will make our sessions 

 as short as circumstances will permit, 

 in order that we may have more time to 

 enjoy the architectural and other fea- 

 tures of interest so abundantly spread 

 before us." 



The secretary 's report, showing an in- 

 crease in the membership of nearly 300 



and the suspension of 132 for non- pay- 

 ment of dues, was read and approved. 

 The treasurer's report, showing a bal- 

 ance in bank of $2,094, was well re- 

 ceived. Reports were submitted by the 

 national cooperative committee, W. N. 

 Craig, chairman; the committee on 

 meritorious exhibits, William Klein- 

 heinz, chairman, and the committee on 

 bird protection and propagation, L. P. 

 •Jensen, chairman, all indicating activ- 

 ity within the association. 



Secretary Ebel referred to the neces- 

 sity for suitable representation at the 

 national capital and suggested that 

 George W. Hess, superintendent of the 

 botanic gardens and a director of the 

 association, would prove a most capable 

 ropresentativo. His unanimous election 

 followed. 



W. F. Gude was elected an honorary 

 member. 



Printing the proceedings of the an- 

 nual meeting, yearly reports of commit- 

 tees, eti'., in special pamphlet form was 

 moved, but owing to the present high 

 cost of publication, it was decided to de- 

 fer action on it. 



Dr. F. L. Mulford, of the Department 

 of Agriculture, twice addressed the con- 

 vention with reference to the work the 

 department is doing that should inter- 

 est private gardeners and enlist their 

 support. 



Sight-seeing Trips. 



Automobiles conveyed the visitors 

 through Potomac park, around the Lin- 

 coln memorial, and across the river to 

 Arlington cemetery and to the old Lee 



mansion. The Arlington farm of the 

 Department of Agriculture was visited, 

 where the various matters referred to 

 by Dr. Mulford at the morning session 

 were pointed out. Fort Meyer was then 

 visited, with the return through George- 

 town and out to the Bureau of Stand- 

 ards, where a highly interesting demon- 

 stration of liquid air was witnessed. 

 The party then proceeded to Rock 

 Creek park and the National Soldiers' 

 Home, returning to the hotel at .'5 

 o'clock, where they became luncheon 

 guests of W. F. Gude. At the conclu- 

 sion of the luncheon the party reentered 

 the automobiles and visited some of the 

 large florists' establishments around 

 Washington. 



Next day the convention party visited 

 the U. S. Botanic Gardens, where they 

 were received by Supt. George W. Hess, 

 and proceeded to Mt. Vernon, where a 

 wreath was placed on Washington 'a 

 tomb, with a few fitting remarks by Ex- 

 president Kleinheinz, who officiated in 

 the absence of President Craig. The 

 home of Washington was next visited, 

 where the party was photographed. The 

 capitol was visited and the Senate, the 

 House of Representatives and the Su- 

 preme Court were seen in session. Fol 

 lowing a visit to the Congressional Li 

 brary the party proceeded to the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, where an in- 

 spection of the greenhouses and other 

 departments proved of much interest. 



The general interest in the business 

 sessions, the cordial hospitality of Wil- 

 liam F. Gude, George W. Hess, and their 

 colleagues among the florists and other 

 business men of Washington, together 

 with the ideal weather, made the 1916 

 convention of the National Association 

 of Gardeners a pronounced success. 



Chlllicothe, O.— The Chillicothe Floral 

 Co. has been reorganized with the fol- 

 lowing members: S. T. Yaple, W. F. 

 Gunther, Edward Merkle, Frank 

 Mathias, V. Manly Acton, J. P. Phillips, 

 Jr., and Fred Kramer. Mr. Kramer 

 has been made business manager of the 

 concern and Robert Rhinehart superin- 

 tendent of the range. 



