July 12, 1917. 



The Florists Review 



15 



EOTARY FLORISTS CONVENE. 



The question of charging for pack- 

 ing, the cost of fuel and war-time 

 prices of flowers were among the sub- 

 jects discussed by the assembled Eotary 

 florists at last month's annual conven- 

 tion of the International Association 

 of Rotary Clubs, held at Atlanta, Ga. 

 E. Irving Gresham, of the Dahl Floral 

 Co., Atlanta, was elected chairman of 

 the florists' unit in Eotary and Thomas 

 Joy, of Nashville, Tenn., wa^ reelected 

 secretary-treasurer. 



It was recommended that the adver- 

 tising in the o&cial organ of the inter- 

 national organization be continued next 

 year and that Chairman Gresham and 

 Secretary Joy endeavor to have all 

 florist Eotarians contribute toward the 

 advertising fund. The secretary was 

 authorized to prepare a roster of the 

 country's Eotary florists and to supply 

 each member with a copy, to make for 

 accuracy in the exchange of telegraph 

 and mail orders. It was proposed to 

 appoint a sub-chairman in each Eotary 

 district, whose duty it shall be to so- 

 licit the interest and financial aid of 

 all members in his territory. 



ILLINOIS FLORISTS TO MEET. 



The fell meeting of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association will be held in 

 the armory at Galesburg, 111,, November 

 6 and 7. President Pillsbury says the 

 intention is to have a big flower exhi- 

 bition as a side show for the public. 



FLORISTS AND THE DRAFT. 



The selective draft by which the 

 men who registered June 5 for service 

 in the United States army will be se- 

 lected is expected to be made soon and 

 the drafted men called to the colors 

 September 1. In the meantime Presi- 

 dent Wilson has announced the regula- 

 tions which will govern exemptions 

 from service. 



These regulations which will affect 

 the young men in the florists' trade are: 



Physical disability. 



Having a dependent wife or child; 

 being a son of a dependent widow; a 

 son of aged, dependent or infirm parent, 

 or brother of a dependent orphan child 

 under 16 years of age. 



Subjects of Germany and all other 

 aliens who have not taken out their 

 first papers. 



Being morally deficient. 



Being a member of any well-recog- 

 nized religious sect existing May 18, 

 1917, whose creed forbids participation 

 in war and whose religious conscience 

 is in accord with that creed. 



Physical disability, of course, will 

 mean the rejection of the drafted man 

 whether he wills or not. Exemption 

 under any of the other provisions must 

 be claimed and will be passed upon by 

 the local exemption board. An appeal 

 from the decision of this board may be 

 taken to the district board. 



It is certain that when President Wil- 

 son designates certain industries as nec- 

 essary to the maintenance of the mili- 

 tary organization, that of florists will 

 not be among them. Employment in 

 one of these industries, however, will 

 not be absolute ground for exemption. 

 It must be shown that the person seek- 

 ing exemption is necessary to the in- 

 dustry and cannot be replaced by an- 

 other person without detriment to that 

 industry. 



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I^IWING GRE5HAM 



WITH Sia/i^ THE fLOR] 



DOWN at Atlanta, Ga., there is a live wire florist, E. Irving Gresham, for many 

 years associated with the C. A. Dahl Co. Mr. Gresham knows nothing of sloth ; 

 he is busy every moment and he uses his head as well as his hands in his business. So 

 when the Eotarians held their annual meeting at Atlanta a few days ago it was only 

 natural that the local newspaper artist should cartoon Gresham as the symbol of the 

 Atlanta florists' welcome to the visitors. And it was much as a matter of course that 

 the florists in Eotary — 173 of them, also progressives and good fellows — should elect 

 Gresham chairman of the florists' section of the International Association of Eotary 

 Clubs. He says it will be his purpose during his term of office to get a florist into each 

 of the 127 local Eotary clubs not now so fortunate. 



By the nature of his occupation, the 

 young man in the florists' trade, espe- 

 cially the growing end, will come near 

 the physically ideal for a soldier. His 

 employment in pure air indoors and out 

 and his activity make for good health, 

 which is a prime requisite among the 

 qualities of a good fighting man. 



supply the Kinney pump. It is made 

 bv the Hose Connection Co., Kingston, 

 E. I. 



J. M. A., la. — The address is John G. 

 Esler, secretary, Florists' Hail Asso- 

 ciation, Saddle Eiver, N. J. 



BRIEF ANSWERS. 



A. A., 111. — Soil for analysis should 

 be sent to the state experiment station. 



S. D. W., Ark. — Crassula portulaca. 



G. B., Wis. — It looks like Eicard, but 

 the flowers were shriveled and one 

 could not be sure of its identity. 



W. G. K., Pa. — The seed stores can 



Columbus, O. — It was announced in 

 one of the papers the other day that 

 F. C, Krouse & Co. would give away 

 cabbage plants on a certain day, provid- 

 ing the 2,000 plants on hand had not 

 been sold by tliat date. Cabbage plants 

 are none too plentiful, and free offers 

 usually get space in the papers. Now, 

 does everybody see the point? It is 

 clever "stuff." 



