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The Florists' Review 



August 23, 1917. 



which we liope te secure and receive 

 rental from. 



Tlie committee has arranged to have 

 several leads of water pipe run through 

 the grounds, with three or four outlets. 

 This will enable us to thoroughly water 

 without any damage, and also to keep 

 all dust and dirt off the exhibits. It is 

 the intention of the committee to design 

 this in a beautiful vista effect with 

 rose gardens and groupings of foliage 

 and flowering plants, and with the help 

 and support of the florists' trade this 

 ought to be, indeed, a wonderful spec- 

 tacle to view. 



In a short time the committee 

 will gather in St. Louis to appoint the 

 working committees, and open the oflSce 

 and start the publicity campaign in 

 earnest. 



The second preliminary schedule has 

 been sent out by Secretary John Young, 

 and it is hoped that this will receive 

 the consideration of the growers 

 throughout the country. I wish, once 

 more, to impress upon the trade the Im- 

 portance of supporting your committee 

 in doing the work. 



Conflicting Dates. 



Just a word to the promoters of flower 

 shows throughout the country. There is 

 a likelihood in the near future of a 

 clashing of dates of large shows in this 



country. It would be better for all con- 

 cerned if exhibitions could be ar- 

 ranged as the automobile trade does 

 now, by allotment of dates. It brings 

 a liardship upon the exhibitors, both in 

 the trade and in the premium classes, 

 when the shows conflict. Also, where 

 an out-of-town attendance is looked for, 

 it would avoid having a number of 

 prominent exhibitors and trades' people 

 absent by attending a show in another 

 locality. 



At the present time, the only large 

 spring exhibition that we know of next 

 year is in New York, and as the dates 

 are fixed from March 14 to 21, just 

 prior to Easter, it will be seen that there 

 will be no conflict there. Thus it can be 

 seen by arrangement there need be no 

 conflict of the dates of exhibitions. 



Several times in the past, an instance 

 being last spring when St. Louis and 

 New York exhibitions were being held 

 at about the same dates, a number of 

 people in the trade informed me that 

 they were sorry, as they wished to at- 

 tend both shows. This also was tru^ 

 in the case of the last big fall show in 

 Cleveland and Chicago, whose dates 

 were identical. 



I also wish to call attention to the 

 society's medals which are available as 

 prizes. We are only too glad to offer 

 them where demand is made upon us. 



s^ THE JARVIS FUND s^ 



nPHE following are the subscriptions 

 A to the so-called Mothers' day fund, 

 paid over to Miss Anna Jarvis, as given 

 in the report of Secretary John Young 

 presented at the New York convention 

 of the S. A. F.: 



Amount. 



. .$ 2.00 



. . 10.00 



5.00 



2.00 



2.50 



.00 



Name. 



H. W. Libby 



Lion & ("o 



M. Uicf Co 



C. S. Stroiit 



Byron Thomas 



Tliomas Koland __ 



Daillpdouzc Hros lo!66 



W. R. Nicliol.son 10.00 



J. Walter H<'im(>ls ,").00 



A. Harvey & Sons 5.00 



Betty K. Farr 2.00 



W. T. .Symonds & Sons 2!oO 



A. Wnslil)iirn & Sons .fi.OO 



Edward Reid 3.00 



.T. <;. Heinl & Son .'i!<)0 



Arcliias Floral Co 2.00 



Fred (I. (Jeltz 5.00 



Leo N'iessen Co 2."). 00 



Valentin Hiirsevin .3.00 



Boston Cut Flower Kxolian^e 25.00 



Emil Biiettner 25.00 



Oustav A. I'olil 5.00 



.Toy Floral Co 10.00 



Mrs. F. McHenry 5.00 



Henry (J. HerniiiK 10.00 



Henry Smitli 5.00 



D. C. HorKun 5.00 



CoKKan. the Florist 2.00 



.Tolin Si-ott 1.(10 



Charles .T. I'eters 2.00 



Stiipny Floral Co 10.00 



Roseniont (ranlens lo.oo 



W. H. Sievers 5.00 



Herman Konntscli 5.00 



Simon Ci>lit7, 1.00 



F. K. Cremer 2.50 



Chas. F. Faweett 1.00 



Harland H. RoKers 2.0<» 



Frank Fincer 2.00 



S. G. Barnes 5.00 



Albany Florists' Club 10.00 



C. E. Critchell 10.00 



Josejili lliiiisi'r 1.00 



Avenue Floral Co 2.00 



W. F. Kastinc Co 15.00 



O. B. Stevens 2.00 



L. Anderson 15. oo 



E. IL Blanieusor 2.oo 



KrinE Bros 2.00 



Alfred Burton 10.00 



Henry Ehrh.Tnlt I.oo 



ilax .«!eMinf; 25.00 



Total .?.-)71.00 



At the Houston convontion a year 

 ago sul)S('ri))tions amounting to $634 

 wore roi)orto(l, making a total of $1,20;'5 

 the trade lias contributed to Miss Jarvis. 

 The second instalbnent no doubt would 

 lia\o boon larger lind not the following 

 letter l)een j^i\cn nut for ]iublication in 



a trade paper while the S. A. F. com- 

 mittee was soliciting contributions: 



We wish to call the attention of the trade, and 

 all other persons using or eontemplating using 

 Motliers' day for commercial purposes, that the 

 name and emblem of Mothers' day cannot be 

 used on any printed matter or articles for sale. 

 These have been copyrighted and trademarked 

 to protect the Mothers' day movement from 

 commercialism, which is breaking it down on 

 its established lines. 



Florists have reaped a rich harvest through the 

 sale of Mothers' day flowers (while we have been 

 lamentably handicapped for real necessities with 

 which to carry on our work), and we must enter 

 our serious objections to their invading the 

 printing field, and infringing upon the legal 

 rights which are used generally for protection 

 of printed matter. 



Annually we issue an official poster, leaflets. 

 Sunday school programs for the Mothers' day 

 celebration, and it is expected our friends will 

 use them, or none. We must have some way of 

 existing and meeting the constantly increasing 

 expenses of our work. 



We feel if florists understood Mothers' day 

 better they would gladly cooperate with those 

 responsible for the development and perpetua- 

 tion of the celebration, and we trust in the near 

 future there will be a friendly understanding 

 to this end. In the meantime, we must ask that 

 the trade not only withdraw their printed mat- 

 ter for sale from the market, but be good enough 

 friends to see that any other infringers do the 

 same. 



This was over the signature of the 

 Mothers' Day ^International Associa- 

 tion, of which Miss Jarvis is supposed 

 to be founder and head. 



OBITUARY. 



J. W. Goree. 



J. W. Goree, owner of a greenhouse 

 range at Paris, Tex., died at his home 

 in that city August 13 from a stroke of 

 apoplexy. Mr. Goree was taken sud- 

 denly ill August 11 and did not regain 

 consciousness. He is survived by his 

 wife, one son, John, and four daughters, 

 Euth, Pearl, Mabel and Sarah. The 

 funeral services were held August 15. 

 The burial was in Evergreen cemetery. 



Mr. Goree was born in Georgia and 

 was 55 years of age. Since his boy- 

 hood he had lived in Texas. He started 

 his career as a grower a number of 

 years ago at Whitewright, Tex., and 

 nine years ago moved to Paris, where 

 he erected a greenhouse range. Addi- 

 tions to his establishment were under 

 construction at the time of his death. 

 He recently had visited Chicago and 

 had purchased a large stock of plants 

 for the new greenhouses. 



JACOBSEN DISAPPEARS— REPORT. 



Chicago detectives are attempting to 

 clear up the mysterious disappearance 

 of John E. Jacobsen, of Muncie, Ind., 

 according to the newspapers. 



Mr. Jacobsen came to Chicago about 

 two weeks ago to purchase supplies, 

 and August 10 telegraphed his wife to 

 expect him home the next day. Since 

 then, the papers sav, she has heard 

 nothing from him and fears he has met 

 with foul play. 



Atlantic City, N. J. — J. A. Peterson, 

 of Cincinnati, with Mrs. Peterson and 

 their daughter, spent liere tlie week 

 preceding the S. A. F. convention. 



Cuyahoga Falls, O. — A newcomer to 

 the trade hereabouts is F. C. Wilson, 

 who will grow cut stock for wholesale 

 and retail sales under the name of 

 Stowe Tavern Greenhouses. 



Butler, Pa. — Prosperity has found 

 lodgment in Butler, for a time at least, 

 and as a result William Portmas finds 

 himself so cram])od for growing space 

 that the erection of another house is 

 contemplated. 



