JCLY 12, 1917. 



The Florists Review 



15 



ROTARY FLORISTS CONVENE. 



The (luestion of charging for juick- 

 iiig, tlic fost (if iuel ;iiiil ^v;u•-tillle 

 pricos of llowers were among tlic sub- 

 jects discusseel by the assenible<T Kotury 

 llurists at last inoiitli's aiiuuul t'ouveii- 

 1ion of tlie luteniatioual Assoriatiou 

 (if Eotary Clul)s, held at Atlanta, (ia. 

 1{. Irving Gresham, of the Dahl Floral 

 ('()., Atlanta, was elected chairman of 

 tiie florists' unit in liotary and Thomas 

 Joy, of Nashville, Tenn., was rccdected 

 secretary-treasurer. 



It was recommended that the adver- 

 iising in the oflicial organ of the inter- 

 national organization be continued next 

 roar and that Chairman Gresham and 

 Secretary Joy endeavor to have all 

 ;lorist liotarians contribute toward the 

 .-idvertising fund. The secretary was 

 luthorized to prepare a roster of the 

 .ountry's Kotary florists and to supjdy 

 (\ach meml)er 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 liotary 

 district, whose duty it shall be to so- 

 licit the interest and financial aid of 

 all members in his territory. 



ILLINOIS FLORISTS TO MEET. 



Tlie fall meeting of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association will be held in 

 the armory at Galesburg, 111., Xovcmlier 

 and 7. President Pillsbury says the 

 intention is to have a big flower exhi- 

 bition as a side sliow for tlie public. 



FLORISTS AND THE DRAFT. 



The selective draft by which the 

 men who registered June 5 for service 

 m 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: 



Pliysical disability. 



Having a dependent wife or child; 

 being a son of a dcjiendent widow; a 

 son of aged, dependent or infirm parent, 

 or brother of a dei)endent orpliau child 

 under IG years of age. 



Subjects of Germany and all other 

 aliens wlio have not taken out their 

 first ii;i|>ers. 



Being morally deficient. 



Being a member of any well-recog- 

 nized religious sect existing May 18, 

 1917, whose creed forbids participation 

 in war and whoso religious conscience 

 is in accord witli that creed. 



Physical disaliility, of course, will 

 mean the rejection (.f the draftoil man 

 whether he wills or not. Exemjitiou 

 under any of the otlier provisions must 

 lie claimed and will be passed upon by 

 the local exemption board. An ajtjieal 

 from the deeisiim of this board may be 

 taken to the district board. 



It is certain that when President Wil- 

 son designates certain industries as v.cr- 

 essary to the m;iintenanc(^ of the mili- 

 tary organi/ati(Ui, that of florists will 

 not be among them. Employment in 

 one of these industries, however, will 

 not be absolute ground fur exemption. 

 It must be shown that the persoti seek- 

 ing (^\em|itioii is neci'ssavy tn the in- 

 dustry and c'lniiot b(> replacc^d bv an- 

 otlu>r jiei-son without detriment to that 

 iudnstrv. 



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F^OWN at Atlanta, Ga., there is a live wire llorist, 1\. Irxiiii: Gicshani, for many 

 -'--' years associated with the C. A. Dahl Co. Mr. Greshum knows nothing of sloth; 

 he is busy every monuMit and he uses his head as widl as his hands in his business. So 

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

 natural that the local newspaper artist should cartoon ( iiolnini as the symbol of the 

 Atlanta llorists' wtdcome to th(> \isitors. Ami it was much as a mutter of course that 

 the lloiists in Kotary — 173 of them, also progressives and t;iio.i fellows — should elect 

 Gresham chairman of the llorists' section of the International Association of K'otary 

 Clubs. He says it will be his purpose during his term of ollii-e to ■j.rt ;i lloiist into e;ieii 

 of the 127 local Kotary clubs not now so fortunate. 



V>y the nature of his occupation, the 

 young man in the florists' trade. e--j.e 

 cially the growing end, w'lW come near 

 the physically ideal for a soldier. Hi-- 

 em|doyment in pure air iruloor- and out 

 ;ind his acti\ity ni;ike for goocl lie;ilth, 

 which is a piiine reipii^ite among the 

 ipialities of a good fighting man. 



BRIEF ANSWERS. 



A. A., III.- Soil for analysis shoidd 

 be sent to tl^e stat'- experiment station. 



S. I). W..< Ark. -<'i;i<^ula portulaca. 



(i. P.., Wis.— It loidvs like Kicard, but 

 the llowers were shriv(ded and one 

 could not be sure of its identity. 



\V. G. K., Pa. — The seed stores can 



-iipl'l.v' the Kinney jjump. It is made 

 I'V i!ie IImv, ( '(,11 nect ion Go., i\in"-~ton, 



i:. 1, 



• I. .M. A., la.- The ;tddress is Johu G. 

 IMiT. >ecretai->-. florists' Hail Asso- 

 ciat loll, Snddle K'ixcr, X. J. 



Columbus. 0. !l \\;i> ;ilili'nilir. d in 

 "lie i'\' till' |.;iper- the nthei d;i>- til.'lt 

 1". < '. Krollse vV Co. Would gi\e .■|'\;iv 

 c;iMi;i!::c I'liints on a certain day, pro\ id- 

 iug-lhi- L'.iKM) pl;ints on hanii.4(ad not 



1 U -.mM 1i\- th.-lt dlile. <':ihbage pl;ilits 



ale iMille too jilellt iflll, aild I'ree i.ffer-, 



usiinlly get s[.;ice in th" jiaper~. \ow, 

 doe-; e\er\bodv see the point.' It is 

 I lever "stutT." 



