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The Florists^ Review 



August 2, 1917. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



The New York Convention. 



The trade in New York is greatly 

 elated over convention attendance pros- 

 pects. Reports coming in from state 

 vice-presidents point to a banner dele- 

 gation from many sections, and there 

 appears to be little room for doubt that 

 the convention will be the biggest and, 

 from a business point of view, the best 

 on record. 



The -announced curtailment of the 

 customary entertainment for visitors 

 does not seem to be at all detrimental 

 to the success of the gathering; judg- 

 ing from many communications re- 

 ceived, 'the absence of anything func- 

 tional in character is a most welconie 

 feature of the program. StiH^'^s a prec- 

 edent tl«e desired policy of ;\ii'o ■ general 

 entertainment is hard ty? estafelisH 'and 

 many little surprisea.^waili'tli^'- Visitors. 

 New , York has ^Lw'a^^^een con^cupua 

 at Qpnventions thrOji^'lts l&ngj^ dwlec 

 gations, whose enjoym^iit o| tia hos- 

 pitalities extende^^y convefttiott cities 

 has been mo3t mg*ke(i,%id H goes sadly 

 againsl the grain of %ti^ NeTgf'^^otkers 

 to have to give the firail i>i^^. t<>.^the 

 new ordei: of things, ^ * "* 



Thd success of tlie trade exhibition 

 is practically assured. The display will 

 be staged On the main floior of the Grand 

 Cent^ Belace, the home 6f New York's 

 big aitAual flower show, and the meet- 

 ing quarters will be acljacent. The con- 

 vention management was most fortunate 

 in being able to house the convention 

 in this- fine building. Incoming exhibits 

 will be conveniently handled; in fact, 

 will be received practically on the flo^r 

 where they are to be staged. There is 

 an excellent cafe and restaurant in the 

 building, .and other conveniences, such 

 as telegraph, telephones and post-office 

 chutes. Adjoining the secretary's of- 

 fice will be found the bureau of infor- 

 mation, where attendants will be con- 

 stantly at the service of visitors. 



Visitors upon arrival should report 

 immediately at the secretary's office, 

 which will be found at the left of the 

 main entrance to the building. 



Fifth National Flower Show. 



Arrangements for the Fifth National 

 Flower Show, to be held in St. Louis, 

 April 6 to 15 next, are progressing 

 nicely. The second preliminary sched- 

 ule of prizes has been sent out and 

 floor plans of Moolah Temple and the 

 adjoining building, where the show is 

 to be held, are in course of preparation. 



As the S. A. F. convention is to be 

 held in conjunction with the show, 

 more than ordinary interest attaches to 

 the trade section of the show, which 

 naturally will absorb the usual conven- 

 tion trade exhibition. The advantage 

 this presents to exhibitors is being rec- 

 ognized and reservations of space for 

 extensive displays are already being 

 made. Among the concerns which have 

 booked space are Lord & Burnham Co., 

 Chicago; A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, 

 and the Fulper Pottery Co., Fleming- 

 ton, N. J. 



Copies of the second preliminary 

 schedule niav be had on application to 

 the s>»cretary, 53 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, New York. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



and by-laws will be considered at the 

 annual meeting of the Ladies' S. A. F., 

 to bo held in New York city August 22. 

 Members of the society will please take 

 notice. 



Mrs. Chas. H. Maynard, Sec'y. 



WHERE TO STOP IN NEW YORK. 



The New York Florists' Club commit- 

 tee on arrangements for the S. A. F. 

 convention in New York August 21 to 

 23 "has made a list of hotels which it 

 recommends to the delegates and their 

 families. The list of these hotels and 

 a schedule of rates at each follow: 



Hotel Algonquin, 50 West Forty-fourth street, 

 single with bath, $2.50; double with bath, $3. 



Hotel Astor, Broadway firt^ Forty-fourth street, 

 single, $2 to $3.50; wjth battt, $3 to $6; double, 

 $3 to $5; with bKth, $4^t0 $8. 



Belmont, Park avenu^ and Forty-second street, 

 single, $2.50 to !*;< doable, $5; with bath, $5 

 .to $6. •• .?^ , 



Biltmore, Madison qvenue and Forty-second 

 street, single with bath,' $8.50 to $5; double with 

 bath, $6. ;■ 1 / 



Bristol, i22- West F»rty-ninth street, single, 

 European, $1750 to $2; American, $3 to $3.50; 

 double, European, S2.5Q to $3; American, $5 to 

 $5.50, all rooms with batti. • 



Flanders, 133 West IVj/tyAeventh street, single 

 with bath, $1.50 to «2.'50; double with bath, 

 $2.50 to $3. '^ , 



Hotel Longacre, VSt West Forty-seventh street, 

 single, $1; with batb# $1.50 to $2.50. 



Manhattan, Madison avenue and Forty-second 

 street, single, $2.50; with bath, $3 to $5; double, 

 $4 to $8. 



McAlpin, Broadway ana Thirty-fodrth street, 

 single, $2 to $3; with bath, $2.50; double with 

 bath, $4 to $7. 



Somerset, 150 West Forty-seventh street, 

 single,- $1 to $1.26; with bath, $1.50 to $2; double 

 with bath, $2 to $2.50. 



Wall)iCk, Broadway and Forty-third street, 

 single, $1.50 to $2; with bath. $2 to $3; double, 

 $2.50 to $3; with bath, $4 to $6. 



Webster, 40 West Forty-fifth street, single 

 with bath, $3; double with bath, $3.50. 



Woodstock, Forty-third street near Broadway, 

 single, $2; with bath, $2.50 to $3; double, $3; 

 with bath, $3.50 to $4. 



Hotel Woodward, Broadway and Fifty-fifth 

 Street, single, $1.50 to $2; with bath, $2 to $2.50; 

 double, $2 to $2.50; with bath, $8 to $3.50. 



As some of these hotels will be busy 

 at the time of the convention, it is ur- 

 gently recommended that reservations 

 be made in advance. Write any one of 

 the hotels in the list, stating explicitly 

 what you desire in the way of accommo- 

 dations, and ask that reservations be 

 made. You will receive prompt and 

 courteous reply. 



All of the hotels listed are convenient 

 to the Grand Central Palace, the exhi- 

 bition building, in which all of the ses- 

 sions of the convention will be held and 

 where registration headquarters will be 

 located. 

 W. A. Sperling, Sec'y Hotel Committee. 



PANSIES NOT SEEDING. 



My pansies are covered with blooms, 

 but they do not bear seeds. Do you 

 think bees would help matters any, or 

 can you suggest some other remedy? 



C. W. H.— Mo. 



A deficiency of moisturie at the roots 

 and your warm climate will both be 

 against your pansies setting seeds. 

 Even with bees present, matters would 

 not be helped much. Pansies and all 

 members of the viola family are cool 

 and moisture-loving subjects and reach 

 their greatest perfection under such 

 conditions. The specialists in Great 

 Britain, France, Germany and America 

 who have extra good strains do much 

 hand pollination and take great pains 

 with their stocks. I would not advise 

 you to save seed. The resultant plants 

 would be of inferior quality. Buy seeds 

 of a good strain produced under cooler 

 conditions and you will be monev in 

 pocket. C. W. 



SHRAP 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



The adoption of a new constitution 



Rotterdam, Holland. — While no as- 

 surance can be given as to the changes 

 that may occur, there now seems to be 

 no reason for thinking the bulb exports 

 will not go to the United States us usu- 

 al this season. The Holland-America 

 line has indicated its expectation of 

 moving this class of freight with its 

 usual promptness, inquiry having been 

 made in the interest of the Dutch Bulb 

 Exporters' Association. Officers of the 

 line have stated their purpose to be to 

 afford every possible assistance for the 

 Holland bulb and nursery industry in 

 reaching the only market now available. 



Haarlem, Holland. — The temperature 

 since May has been ideal for plant 

 growth, but tlie rainfall lias been scant. 

 The month of May this year was one of 

 the warmest on record in the Nether- 

 lands. The temperature averaged 4 de- 

 grees above normal, while the rainfall 

 was fifty per cent below normal. June 

 was even warmer, drier and sunnier 

 than May. In Friesland, many thou- 

 sands of cabbage plants tliat had been 

 transferred from hothouses shriveled 

 and died under the hot sun, but irrthe 

 bulb district the conditions were favor- 

 able for the ripening, cleaning and cur- 

 ing of the crop. 



Sas van Gent, Holland. — Although it 

 is only twenty-five miles from this 

 Holland border city to Ghent, the center 

 of the former Belgian nursery industry, 

 it is impossible to keep in touch. The 

 mails cannot be depended on for any 

 purpose, least of all to convey informa- 

 tion. Whenever important military af- 

 fairs are afoot in Belgium the frontier 

 is closed and few Hollanders have cared 

 to make the effort necessary to visit the 

 Ghent and Bruges district. The grow- 

 ers of azaleas, palms and bay trees have 

 had a hard time. They are only a few 

 miles back of the battle line where it 

 runs up to the sea, and nearly three 

 years of military occuj)ation has result- 

 ed in the destruction of a large part of 

 the peace-time industries. Many of the 

 men are gone, one way and another, and 

 fuel has been difficult to obtain, but a 

 considerable number of nurseries have 

 managed to carry on. If the German, 

 British and American governments 

 agree on permission to export in Hol- 

 land this fall there will be as much 

 stock as is needed to fill orders, as 

 nearly all American and Holland deal- 

 ers seem to have given up the attempt 

 to do business with the Belgians under 

 [iresent conditions. 



