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The Florists' Review 



January 25, 1917. 



eK)OD WORK UNDER WAY. 



Officers Elected. 



At the meeting of the Nebraska State 

 Florists' Society at Lincoln January 16 

 the following officers were elected: 



President — C. H. Frfey, of Lincoln. 



Vice-president — G. M. Johnston, of 

 Beatrice. 



Secretary-treasurer — Lewis Hender- 

 son, of Omaha. 



Directors — W. B. Yule, of Lincoln; J. 

 R. Simanton, of Fallr, City; W. E. Da- 

 vidson, of Holdrege. 



The Business Session. 



The attendance was the largest in the 

 history of the organization, there being 

 members of the trade present from four 

 states. 



Perhaps the most important feature 

 of the meeting was the action which 

 followed a discussion of credits and dis- 

 counts. A committee consisting of Roy 

 Wilcox, of Council Bluffs, la.; J. S. 

 Wilson, of Des Moines, la.; Frank X. 

 Stuppy, of St. Joseph, Mo.; C. H. Frey, 

 of Lincoln, Neb.; C. P. Mueller, of 

 Wichita, Kan., and J. J. Hess, of Omaha, 

 was appointed to educate the florists of 

 the states of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and 

 Nebraska to the fact that twenty per 

 cent discount is the limit of safety and 

 good business in any case where an 

 agent turns in orders. 



J, J. Hess, C. H. Green and Lewis 

 Henderson were appointed on a com- 

 mittee to draw up resolutions on the 

 death of H. H. Frey, one of the pioneer 

 florists of the state of Nebraska. 



A resolution was adopted expressing 

 the appreciation of the society for the 

 fact that a Nebraskan, J. J. Hess, of 

 Omaha, was regularly elected treasurer 

 of the S. A. F. at the Houston conven- 

 tion, after having been appointed by 

 the board of directors to fill an unex- 

 pired term. 



0. H. Frey read an interesting paper 

 on the history of Carnation Nebraska. 



The Banquet. 



The annual banquet was held in the 

 evening, President Ed. Williams, of 

 Grand Island, presiding. The following 

 men responded to toasts: Charles Green, 

 Fremont, State vice-president of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists, "Member- 

 ship in the National Society;" J. J. 

 Hess, Omaha, ''American Florists;" 

 Chas. Mueller, Wichita, Kan., "Produc- 

 tion;" P. J. Foley. Chicago, "The Affil- 

 iated Societv;" Rov Wilcox, Council 

 Bluffs, "Cost of Production;" J. S. 

 Wilson, Des Moines, la., "The Floral 

 Industry;" M. H. Lcvine, New York, 

 "Cooperation.' ' 



P. J. Foley, who had been elected 

 to honorary membership earlier in the 

 day, offered a prize, to be awarded at 

 the meeting next year, for the best vase 

 of Carnation Nebraska, which variety 

 was originated by C. H. Frey, of Lin- 

 coln, and which was used to decorate 

 the banquet tables. Mr. Foley was a 

 resident of Nebraska in the early 

 eighties, having had a homestead in 

 Frontier county. 



The Exhibits. 



An excellent display of cut flowers 

 was staged in the Auditorium and the 

 following prizes were awarded: 



Vase of fifty roses — Lewis Henderson, 

 Omaha, first; Simanton & Pence, Falls 

 City, second. 



Vase of fifty carnations — J. K. Hilt- 

 ner, Lincoln, first; Simanton & Pence, 

 second. 



Display of 100 sweet peas — J. K. Hilt- 

 ner, first; Simanton & Pence, second. 



Display of cut flowers — Simanton & 

 Pence, first; Lewis Henderson, second. 



The day following the meeting was- 

 devoted to local hospitalities, the vis- 

 itors inspecting the greenhouse estab- 

 lishments of Lincoln and receiving en- 

 tertainment at each. 



I^BOGNOSTICATION. 



For the benefit of the florist pessimist 

 I wish to state that this spring's retail 

 business will prove to be the best in 

 many seasons. 



The general public has now entered 

 on the more serious part of the widter, 

 during which the rollicking merriment 

 of debutante parties and holiday festivi- 

 ties are displaced by large formal din- 

 ner parties, exclusive balls and impor- 

 tant social events. With all of this, 

 many delightful affairs are being 

 planned and the call for flowers between 

 now and Lent will be the largest in the 

 trade's experience. You can take it 

 from me. Samuel Seligman. 



HYACINTHS FOR EASTER. 



What length of time do hyacinths re- 

 quire to flower and to be ready for sale 

 as plants, say as Easter plants f 



W. V. R.— Minn. 



WANT A QUARANTINE. 



According to C. L. Marlatt, chairman 

 of the Federal Horticultural Board, who 

 spoke before the American Forestry As- 

 sociation at Washington January 19, im- 

 ported tree and plant diseases destroy 

 $500,000,000 worth of property every 

 vear and the insect pests eat up another 

 $500,000,000. 



This, in the opinion of some of those 

 ])resent, was the clinching argument for 

 the enforcement of a quarantine against 

 the importation of plants and seedlings, 

 for a time at least. This question was 

 argued for and against all through the 

 sessions of the conference, but no agree- 

 ment could be reached. 



Hyacinths require six to eight weeks 

 from potting time until they have pro- 

 gressed sufficiently to house. Allow at 

 this season four weeks more until flow- 

 ering. Later in the season a shorter 

 time will flower them. Hyacinths placed 

 in pots or flats in October or November 

 can be held back until Easter if you 

 have a good cold cellar. C. W. 



SMILAX CULTURE. 



When shall I sow smilax seeds to 

 have good, strong 2-inch plants in July? 



L. C. B.— Kan. 



Fresh smilax seeds sown in March 

 will give a good 2-inch pot plant in 

 July, but it is preferable to sow seeds 

 in February and to shift the young 

 stock from 2 to .3-inch pots, thus pro- 

 viding stronger stock for planting. 



W. H. T. 



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WOULD STOP IMPORTS? 



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BOARD WANTS POWER. 



Trade Makes United Protest. 



An eftort is being made by the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board to secure the 

 enactment of an amendment to the Fed- 

 oral Horticultural Quarantine Law 

 which will give the board unlimited 

 ]io\verp. This measure is being opposed 

 by William F. Gude, national represen- 

 tative of the S. A. F., who, with Curtis 

 Xyo Smith, attorney for the American 

 Seed Trade Association and general 

 manager of the American Association 

 of Nurserymen; Wm. Pitkin, of Chase 

 Bros.; Thomas Meehan, of Dresher- 

 town, Pa., and James McHutchison, of 

 New York, has been pulling strings here, 

 there and everywhere to prevent such 

 <lrastic action being taken. 



"For the last week or ten days," said 

 Mr. Gude, "there has been considerable 

 agitation here as a result of the general 

 scare which seems to have afflicted the 

 nurserymen throughout the United 

 States, as well as all of the importers of 

 horticultural goods. The suggestion 

 from the Federal Horticultural Board 

 to the Senate Committee on Agriculture 

 and Forestry, in the form of an amend- 



ment to give to the board what seems 

 to tiie nurserymen and importers to be 

 arbitrary powers to quarantine any- 

 thing, anywhere and at any time, af- 

 fords great alarm. 



Mr. Oude Thinks Things Safe. 



' ' Tiie agricultural appropriation bill 

 went through the House of Representa- 

 tives without any such objectionable 

 feature attached to it. The question is 

 now pending before the Senate commit- 

 tee. I have had numerous conferences 

 with the secretary of the committee and 

 with Dr. Kellerman, of the Federal Hor- 

 ticultural Board, and the amendment at 

 this writing, in my opinion, is in such 

 shape that the nurserymen and import- 

 ers need not fear anything more drastic 

 than they have been facing since 1912, 

 irrespective of how drastic this meas- 

 ure may seem." 



The Proposed Amendment. 



The amendment proposed is as fol 



lows, the parts in capital letters repre 



scnting what the board is seeking to 



have enacted: 



That section 8 of an Act entitled An Act to 

 Uegulate the Importation of Nursery Stock anil 

 Other Plants and Plant Products; to Enable tin- 

 Secretary of Agriculture to BstaWish and Main 



