January 25, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



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while the pedestal was covered with a 

 cluster made up of six dozen Easlier 

 lilies. The whole was backed by an ar- 

 rangement of palm leaves. 



Z. D. Blackistone had quite a number 

 of exceptionally fine pieces, chief among 

 which was a 7-foot wreath made of or- 

 chids, American Beauty roses, violets 

 and white carnations, furnished for the 

 General Staflf of the United States 

 Army. A basket of Mock roses and 

 Easter lilies was made up for the General 

 Board of the Navy Department and 

 there were a number of pieces for pri- 

 vate individuals which bore the ship- 

 ping card of the Blackistone store. 



One piece from this establishment, 

 made for Paymaster General of the 

 Navy McGowan, represented the Ad- 

 miral's flag. The body of the flag was 

 made of violets. When it came time to 

 put in the four stars which are on the 

 flag, the man making up the design was 

 sort of puzzled; neither carnations nor 

 narcissi gave the desired appearance. 

 At the suggestion of the Paymaster Gen- 

 eral himself Easter lilies were used after 

 one petal was stripped from each. The 

 center of each lily was filled with a car- 

 nation. 



George H. Cooke, the Du Pont Flower 

 Shop and others of the downtown estab- 

 lishments each received a share of the 

 business. ^^_ C. L. L. 



TENNESSEE ANS TO MEET. 



The Tennessee State Florists' Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual meeting at 

 Nashville January 30, as the first of a 

 four davs' conference of the horticul- 

 tural bodies of the state. The officers 

 3.r6 ' 



President— Karl P. Baum, Knoxville. 



Vice-presidents — East Tennessee, Geo. 

 A. Kimmell, Chattanooga; Middle Ten- 

 nessee, John G. Haury, Nashville; West 

 Tennessee, Cleveland Johnson, Memphis. 



Secretary-treasurer — G. M. Bentley, 

 Knoxville. 



The program is as follows: 

 MORNING SESSION. 



Call to Order. 



Minutes of Last Meeting. 



Proposals for Membership. 



Deferred Business. 



Reports of Officers and Committees. 



New Business. 



Bills and Commimications. 



Nominations. 



Miscellaneous. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Election of Officers. 



Address of Welcome, Judge Robert Ewing. 

 Mayor of Nashville. 



President's Annual Address, Karl P. Baum, 

 Knoxville. 



"Cannas. Their Uses and Cultivation," Prof. 

 Floyd Bralliar, Madison. 



"Gladioli as Summer Cut Flowers, tlieir Culti- 

 vation in the South," Chas. L. Baum. Knoxville. 



"Bulbs, Their Selection and Care," Dale Mayo, 

 Jr., Knoxville. 



"A KnowledRe of Botany and Floriciilture 

 Necessary for tlio Florist," W. F. Haegar, Chat- 

 tanooga. 



"Cooperation of tlie Florist and Landscapist," 

 W. H. Kessler, Birmingham, Ala. 



"Store Management," G. E. Schulz, Louisville, 

 Ky. 



"Reminiscences," .T. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



NIGHT SESSION. 

 "Office Methods Which Have Helped Me," 

 " ;_ C. Johnson, Memphis. 



"Indoor and Outdoor Roses for the South," 

 t>am Crowell, Roseacres, Miss. 



Floral Accessories," Robert Sliocli, Pliiladel- 

 phia. Pa. 



"Why the Tennessee Florist Should Join the 

 S. A F.," Harold Joy, Nashville. 



. Accomplishments of the Knoxville Floral So- 

 "ety. • Alex. Dailey, Knoxville. 



A large attendance is looked for, as 

 tho interest in the societv is growing 

 steadily. " 



THREESCORE TEN AND FIVE. 



As Father Time clips off the years 

 with his speedy scythe, semicentennial 



An Anchor by Shaffer for the Hero of Manila Bay. 



anniversary celebrations on the part of 

 commercial establishments are bound to 

 become more frequent, but as yet in this 

 country seventy-fifth business birthdays 

 are almost as rare as billionaires. This 

 year, however, the diamond anniversary 

 falls to the lot of Louis Menand, Florist, 

 of Albany, N. Y., who conducts a busi- 

 ness that was established during the less 

 strenuous but healthier days when John 

 Tyler occupied the White House and 

 Abe Lincoln was yet to be heard from. 

 On this propitious occasion '' Louis 

 Menand has sent his customers a pretty 

 billet-doux, in which he thanks them 

 for tlieir patronage in the past and their 

 good will in the future. In harmony 

 with the event, the message is embel- 

 lished at the top with a colored repro- 

 duction of forget-me-nots. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Savanna, 111. — The Savanna Green- 

 house Co. has made an assignment for 

 the benefit of its creditors, C. M. Wal- 

 ter being the trustee. There arc se- 

 cured mortgage claims against the cor- 

 poration amounting to $10,000, but the 



unsecured claims are not large and nine- 

 ty per cent of them are held by local 

 creditors. Trustee Walter will continue 

 the business to see if it can be put on 

 a paying basis, of which he has con- 

 siderable confidence, but if this proves 

 not to be the case the assets will be 

 liquidated. The Savanna Greenhouse 

 Co. was incorporated in 1912 to take 

 over the business formerly conducted 

 under the name of Lambert & Dunn 

 and later by Joseph W. Dunn. The cap- 

 ital stock was $20,000 and the incor- 

 porators were J. W. Dunn, F. L. Bliss, 

 W. W. Gillespie and Chesley M. Walter. 



Rock Island, 111.— A defective boiler 

 due is believed to have caused the blaze 

 that destroyed the boiler shed and dam- 

 aged one greenhouse of the H. H. Hens- 

 ley range early on the morning of Jan- 

 uary 13. Mr. Hensley fired the boiler 

 about midnight and again at 3 o'clock, 

 hut did not notice anything wrong at 

 that time. One hour later, however, 

 the fire was well under way and the 

 smokestack had collapsed. The damage 

 amounted to about $1,200 and is a to- 

 tal loss, as Mr. Hensley carried no in- 

 surance. 



