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The Florists^ Review 



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ous vcars' iccoiiis, it is Mst on isli i n^; 

 lli;it thfir .-irc imiiilici's of diir judt'cs 

 >inii who ;iif not iiiciii 1 iiTs (jT this oiLiaii 

 i/;iIioii. Aihl there is no excuse t'or 

 tliis state oi' al'tniis. 'I'here ;ii-e niaiiv' 

 iiiies ot' ;i(ti\ities in oiii' (ii'j;a n i/a t ion 

 that ha\e ioiie niuch to eh'xate our |iiii 

 le--sioii, anil all nieniliers ot' our ciat't 

 who are iieii\inj^ a iliiect iienelit I'loni 

 this wiirk, anil a le not mnt li I ni t i n^ to 

 its su|i|iolt, are ilisloyal 1o the cause, or 



I iniiilif ailil, if von |i|i>a~-e, ari' ''slack 

 els. ■ ' 



It is my intention not to iin iiecessa nly 

 criticise, Imt 1 must say that we ha\e a 

 Weak |ioin1 in oni' ori^ani/at imi. Instead 

 of ha\in^ L',iiiiii meinliers, we sIkmiIiI 

 ha\(' a national or;^a ni/.at ion in nnm 

 liers, say |ii,(i(M), t'rom e\i'i\' cornel' ot' 

 the whole I'niteil States. The ^reat 

 woi'k that is lieine ilone hy this or^an 

 i/atioii shonlij inteiest every man in 

 oni- |irot'ession, and the fact that an\' 

 are not meniliers shows oiir \\e;ik |ioiiit. 

 The ina.jority of onr state vice jiresi 

 • lents aie acti\(', and doinL; a commend 

 aide work, Imt sonu' are inactive. I 

 ha\e sent out many letters dniin^ the 

 last .vear. trying to slir ii|i intei'est, and 



a few state \ice Jireshlellt s do not e\en 

 ie|i|y; others reply, pleadin;^' that the\' 

 are too Imsy. We do h;i\c a nnmlier o!' 

 hai'd wiirkeis, wlio ^et resnits, and F 

 notice that these a ic nsnall\' the Imsiest 

 men in oiii' [iiid'ession. I>nt these con 

 ditions must lie i-emcd ied : we should 

 |iio\iile ways :iiiil means ot' rea(diinL; 

 tile noil memlicrs and |inttin^ JKd'ore 

 them the necessar.v i n t'ormal ion ;is to 

 oiir act i\ it ies. 



In ;^i>iiiy (i\cr the rejiorts ot' |iast 

 I residents, 1 note that lecomnieiida t ions 



were iii.ade to the iiieiiilicrs to ^ct acti\(' 

 indixidualh. 'I'liis, of coiirs(>, is iieccs- 

 sai.\-, Imt we are not t^fttiii^' results as 

 we should, and \\r must find cNiMi a lict- 

 ter w;iv in \\lii(di to work. Now, tiic 

 methods to use to oxcrcomc this (di- 

 stai le would he li;ird to work out with- 

 out i-oiisiiler;ilde study, and I recom- 

 mend to the society that a committee 

 lie a|i|ioiiitei| to devise ways and means 

 for a iiieiiiiiei-slii|> campai.nM that will 

 lirin<; results. 



National Flower Show. 



When tile so(Met.\' adoided, ill Ilons- 

 tim, an amendiiieiit to our liy laws to 

 place within the jiower of the e.xecii- 

 ti\e lioard the (diaii^iiiL; of the date of 

 our meetings, 1 t\-r\ that this was a 

 .ureat step forward. .More part iciilarl.\' 

 will it !^i\'e us the opport ii ii it \' to try 

 out the lioldiii^ (d' our coiix cut ion and 

 .National Idowcr Show in c(mJiiii('tion. 

 Our first coiiiliiiied coiix cut i(ui and show 

 will lie litd I ill St. Louis in tlii' spriiii^ 

 (d' litis. This will demonstrate to the 

 memliers the t'easi liility (d' the plan. 

 This plan has lieeii discussed liy our 

 most aide and cmiserx ;it i\c memliers oil 

 I lot h sides ot' t he iplest ion. 



1 preilict that this new ;i rra iiLlcmeiit 

 ill the coiiilmd of our annual mecdiiiys 

 will see ;i decided cliaiij^c ill the inter- 

 est taken ill our work. Tlu' time has 

 loii<;' |iassed when onr memliers want 

 oiil.v eiitei'tainment and a •J,l>^u\ time at 

 these con \ciit ions. Instead, the\' want 

 inforiiiat ion aloii^all lines. They want 

 to ridnrii home with new iiU'iis that 

 will assist them in I'nrt heriiiji' tlicdr 

 luisiness. 1 predict that the new plan 

 will stimulate liotli in attendance and 



C. E. Critchell. 



jlilcclnl-rlccl .ScrclcU nT AllliMC.IM I'lllli-I- 



iiiemliersliip. The year f'ollowiiii;' the 

 St. Louis coiixciit ion we will hold a 

 suinmer coiix eiit ion, and tiiis will reacdi 

 till' memliers who cannot attend the 

 spriiij; coiixciit ion. To my niiml, this 

 would lie a wise |ilan to follow in the 

 1'ut lire. 



1 want to take this (>])|iort unity of 

 comniendiii.i; the (diairman of the .Na- 

 tional riiiwer Show, (ieor<i(' .\siiiiis, and 

 his most (d'ficieiit (•(immittee, t'oi' their 

 most exctdleiit seixice rendered to tlie 

 so(didy. .Memliers who are not in (dose 

 toiudi little realize the ^reat volume ol' 

 work undertaken and cairicMJ out b.v the 

 memliers of this coininit tee, or the tre- 

 meiidons respoiisiliil it.\' that rest.s upon 

 their shoulders. 'Phe National Flower 

 Show has lieeii the means of rapidl.v in- 

 creasing- onr funds, liy putting' dollars 

 in onr treasur\' from the I'll iladelph ia 

 show. While the finances are secondary, 

 these shows must lie made indfitalde it' 

 wc ex|ie<-t to continue them. The 

 shows are of' a won lerful educational 

 value to the llower-huy iii<i peo|il(\ 

 Tliei'e is no better medium li,\' wliiidi \v<' 

 can increase the sale of flowers than liy 

 holding' these shows in different seidions 

 of the country. 



I wish most heartilv to recommend 

 the holdiiii; of our National l-'lower 

 Show e\cry two years, and that tli<' 

 National I'lower Show committee carr.v 

 this into ef'feid as soon as jiraidical. 



School Gardens. 



1 ha\c lieeii wafidiiii^ with interest 

 the j^dod work acc(un|il islied li\' the 

 most ef'fiideiit (diairman of onr sidiool 

 garden committee, lleii'iamin llamiiioii.l. 



lie seems to In' |iecnliaily lifted for this 



work. 



The minds of our people are r.apidl.v 

 fnrniiiL: in the direction of more home 

 products. It has lieeii |iro\'eii that the 

 way to reaidi the parents is throiiiili the 

 cdiildreii. If the (diildren are interested 

 ill lioral and horticultural work, the 

 parents can not Indp luit liecoine en- 

 thuse | and eiicoura<:;e the work. .\side 

 from lieaiit if \ino the home, it t'orins 

 lialdts ot' training ami uplift that have 

 no parallid in the slia]iiiiy of the (diar- 

 acter of the children. .My only ri'^ret 

 is that this woik is not taken up in 



e\cry school in these I'liiteil States. 



1 trust that wc will lend e\cr\- eii- 

 cour.'io'enieiit to t'uither the work aloii^- 

 t liis line. 



Convention Gardens. 



hue to the holding' of' the convention 

 and National Mowcr Show at the same 

 time in St. Louis in the spring of litis, 

 it will lie necessary to dis|ieiise with 

 the ciinxeiitiim "ardeii for that year. 

 I'liil 1 am coiilideiit that this will add 

 more inteiest in the garden the i-ominii 

 year. llaxiiiL:' these gardens e\crv two 

 years will ei\(. more time to the prep;i- 

 ration and wc can lia\e i-\en a lntter 

 displa.N- than lieretot'ore. 



It is hardly proliaMe that we can iin 

 prove in all respects on previous gar- 

 dens, or on the one we h.'ive the pleas 

 uri' ot' viewiiie this year in New ^'ork, 



lillt as time ^oes iiii ;|Md We profit each 

 time liV past experiences, wr sh;ill lie 



eiicoii raL;e I, and this will lie one of' the 

 leading; fCatiires at our summer con- 

 ventions. 



Legislation. 



It is stranec fo s;iy, Imt is neverthe- 

 less line, that unless wc are continuall.v 

 on till' alert, la w s a i e I ikely t o he jiassed 

 that will he ot' serious detriment to our 



