JULY 19, 1917. 



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1 report, after which there was a 



,thy discussion of the subject. The 

 . icie tornado insurance proposition 

 , brought up, and it was decided not 



iiffiliate with that organization. 

 ,,,]g were allowed the committee for 

 ..'Uses incurred. 

 \ proposal that members of the as- 



;ition take stock in a coal mine and 

 ■ cby get wholesale prices on fuel was 



icd down. Anders Easmussen dis- 

 .^ed the action of the coal committee 



he National Council of Defense. He 

 r'lred that he believed the prices fixed 



e too high and suggested that the 



ciation get in touch with the mem- 

 •s of the council committee in an ef- 

 : to get a further reduction. The 

 rotary was instructed to correspond 

 ii the committee with this end in 



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More Frizes at State Fair. 



\. F. J. Baur proposed that the as- 

 sociation back a flower show at the city 

 conservatory this fall. He said he be- 

 lieved that such an exhibition would be 

 good for the florists of Indianapolis and 

 tho state. He also encouraged members 

 to enter stock at the state fair. The 

 amateur classes had been eliminated, he 

 said, and the money heretofore devoted 

 to prizes in this class will now be dis- 

 tributed among the commercial growers. 

 Tho premium list this year has the fol- 

 lowing additions to the usual classes: 



Crotons In assortment, ten plants, SIC to first; 

 ^C to second; $4 to third. 



lioKonia Gloire de Lorraine, ten plants, $10 

 to first; $6 to second; $4 to third. 



Lilies, longiflorum type, twelve plants, $10 to 

 first; $6 to second; $4 to third. 



Lilies, speciosum rubrum, twelve plants, $10 

 to first; $6 to second; $4 to third. 



Hanging basket, $6 to first; $4 to second; $2 to 

 third. 



Wreath on easel, $20 to drst; $15 to second: 

 $10 to third. 



Display of zinnias, $10 to first; $6 to second; 

 $4 to third. 



Twenty-five yellow roses, $7 to first; $5 to sec- 

 ond; $3 to third. 



Twenty-five assorted roses, $7 to first; $5 to 

 second; $3 to third. 



Fifty assorted carnations, $7 to first; $5 to 

 second; $3 to third. 



The names of A. H. Nehrling, of Craw- 

 fordsville, and Leo J. Eickenbach, of In- 

 dianapolis, were proposed for member- 

 ship. Mr. Kenworthy, of Eichmond, was 

 elected a member. 



After adjournment a social hour and 

 a splendid dinner at Geiger's were en- 

 jc'jed. E. E. T. 



WHERE HOUSES AEE TOO WARM. 



i would like to know a solution of the 

 pii'blem of how to keep greenhouses cool 

 i" the summer. We of the south and 

 West can heat our houses, but when it 

 comes to keeping them cool in the sum- 

 mer we are up against it. What plan 

 of construction is best for a summer 

 li' use? I expect to build this fall and 

 I want a house that will give me a rea- 

 S""able temperature from May to Octo- 

 t>er. My present house extends east and 

 '■" -t and seems cooler than those ex- 

 ' • ding north and south. Am I correct 

 lliinking an east and west house is 

 -v cooler? C. C— Okla. 



^ fiis is a pertinent question and one 



t should receive more attention from 



thern growers. So far as I know, 



"re is not a single artificial arrange- 



■iit to keep greenhouses cool in sum- 



1' that in cost is not entirely out of 



proportion to the results obtained. 



e are thus compelled to resort to a 



;le of construction that will best meet 



's end, but, really, it is not so hard. 



course, if the outside temperature is 



VINCENT J. GORLY. 



A/'INCENT J. GOELY has not lived all his life in St. Louis. No, not yet. But 

 ▼ the forty years that he has been among the living have been spent there and 

 it is probable, judging the future by past performance, that he will continue to 

 make that city his home for the balance of his allotted time. And there are many 

 hundreds of St. Louisians, both in and out of the trade, who ardently hope so. For 

 Mr. Gorly is the president of Grimm & Gorly, and as such adds to the joys of the 

 consumers by providing the flowers that make their lives more worth the living, 

 incidentally bringing happiness to grower and wholesaler because of the quantity 

 of flowers the Grimm & Gorly customers buy. Mr. Gorly has been in the florists' 

 trade since he was 21 years old. That he has made a success is evidenced by the 

 fact that the firm employs forty persons. His brother, Frank, and sister, Jose- 

 phine, also are connected with the concern, so it is much of a family affair. 



100 degrees in the shade we cannot ex- 

 pect a temperature of 80 degrees under 

 glass. 



The best house for the south is the 

 narrow one, say twenty feet in width, 

 with almost continuous ventilation on 

 both sides of the ridge, and also side 

 ventilation. Two, or even three, such 

 houses may be joined with iron gutters, 

 but in that event the houses should not 

 run over 100 feet in length, in order to 

 get the full benefit of the open doors or 

 end sash. Two houses, each twenty feet 

 in width, joined together, may cost a 

 little more to build than one house forty 

 feet wide, but the fact that the two nar- 

 row houses will have double the amount 

 of top ventilation will more than bal- 

 ance the extra expense. Such houses will 

 grow roses splendidly, even during the 

 hottest months, if the walks are kept 



well dampened down and the plants 

 sprayed a few times each day. A light 

 shade may also be applied to the roof. 

 By all means I would advise running 

 the houses north and south, or within a 

 point or two either way. Such houses 

 are decidedly cooler and cause no great 

 amount of discomfort to the workmen. 

 I have worked in houses running east 

 and west where it was crucifying to re- 

 main more than half an hour at a time 

 during the hot months, but I have never 

 been seriously inconvenienced working 

 in such houses as I have tried to 

 describe. L. 



Cambridge, Mass.— E. F. Norberg has 

 leased the McKenzie Greenhouses and 

 will grow a general plant stock. With 

 several years' experience gained at the 

 W. W. Edgar Co. establishment, his 

 success is predicted. 



