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The Florists^ Review 



February 13, 1919. 



any time for the interests affected to 

 make any suggestion -of modification 

 which may appeal to such interests as 

 being warranted to meet essential needs 

 and which can be granted without open- 

 ing up dangers which Quarantine No. 37 

 is designed to guard against. Corre- 

 spondingly, should it develop that the 

 entry of any of the plants or classes of 

 plants now permitted should be accom- 

 panied with dangers which cannot be 

 otherwise safeguarded, on such showing 

 the restrictions must necessarily be ex- 

 tended to cover such plants. 



"In this connection the department 

 now has prepared an amendment to 

 Eegulation 3 permitting the use of sand, 

 soil or earth in packing the bulbs speci- 

 fied in Item No. 1 of that regulation 

 when such sand, soil or earth has been 

 previously sterilized in accordance with 

 methods prescribed by the Federal Hor- 

 ticultural Board." 



S. A. F. FILES PROTEST. 



All Day Conference with Board. 



Secretary John Young and F. E. Pier- 

 son went to Washington February 6 

 in response to a telegraphic summons 



from W. F. Gude, chairman of the S. 

 A. F. committee on tariff and legisla- 

 tion, to present the brief of protest 

 which has been in preparation for some 

 weeks, against the embargo on plant 

 importations, established by the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board. The Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture declining to receive 

 the protest, the delegation was referred 

 to the board, with whom it was in ses- 

 sion from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. February 

 7. Dr. Marlatt was present, also Dr. 

 Kellerman. J. D. Eisele, of Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, and C. B. 

 Knickman, of McHutchison & Co., also 

 were of the delegation. 



Mr. Pierson acted as spokesman and 

 the conference was of the "heart to 

 heart" kind, with an absence of any 

 ill feeling. There seemed to be a dis- 

 position on the part of some members 

 of the board to favor a closer coopera- 

 tion with the trade interests. 



Brief Is Discussed, at Length. 



The brief as a whole was not pre- 

 sented, but certain parts of it were dis- 

 cussed at length and the document was 

 carefully examined. It was particu- 

 larly noted that it was signed by the 

 entire directorate of the S. A, F. and 

 its committee, showing that it covered 



a wide range of territory, thus creat- 

 ing an impression which boded for 

 good. Dr. Marlatt had several direct 

 questions put to him, which, of course, 

 lie answered diplomatically, but, never- 

 theless, must have convinced him that 

 the delegation had strong grounds for 

 argument. J. H. P. 



CHIOAOO MAKES A STABT. 



The first cooperative advertisement 

 ever published by the trade in Chicago 

 appeared in the leading morning paper 

 February 10. It is reproduced in some- 

 what reduced size on page 19 of this 

 issue of The Eeview. 



It is easier, apparently, to organize 

 such cooperative efforts in the smaller . 

 cities; neither New York nor Chicago 

 heretofore has succeeded in getting to- 

 gether for this work. Wherever tried, 

 cooperative advertising for special 

 flower days has been successful. The 

 individual expense is small, but the 

 general benefit is large. There sre 

 nearly 500 florists in Chicago and only 

 about one out of ten has contributed in 

 any way to the fund for the St. Valen- 

 tine's day advertising, but each and 

 every one of the total number will re- 

 ceive a benefit. 



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NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A Big February Meeting. 



A regular meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club was held in the club's 

 rooms. Grand Opera House building, 

 February 10, with an attendance of 

 about 175, which included a few vis- 

 itors, among whom were George L. 

 Stillman, Westerly, E. I.; Mr. Libby, of 

 Strout's, Biddeford, Me., and Eichard 

 Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, Md. 



Walter F. Sheridan, for the commit- 

 tee appointed for the purpose, presented 

 a resolution of sympathy with J. K. 

 Allen in the death of his son, George. 

 Charles Schenck presented a resolution 

 of condolence with the family of the 

 late Mrs. Patrick McGovern. 



Mr. Schenck, as chairman of the din- 

 ner committee, announced that the 

 club 's annual dinner will be held at the 

 Hotel Biltmore, Saturday evening, 

 March 15, and that the price of the 

 tickets will be $5. 



Protests on Quarantine. 



Secretary Young told of the visit 

 made by him and Frank E. Pierson to 

 Washington, February 6. It was pleas- 

 ing to learn, Mr. Young said, that con- 

 gressmen were taking an interest in 

 the situation, among them James E. 

 Mann, of Chicago, and it was hoped that 

 pressure would be brought to bear on 

 the authorities sufficient to at least 

 obtain some important modifications in 

 the board's order. He, further, read 

 resolutions passed by the New England 

 Nurserymen 's Association and for- 

 warded to the board and stated that 

 a large number of protests from vari- 

 ous horticultural bodies had been pre- 

 sented, all of which appeared to have 

 some weight. 



Maurice Fuld said that practically 



all of the garden clubs he knew of 

 had sent protests, clubs composed large- 

 ly of the wives of men prominent in 

 society and public affairs. 



Eichard Vincent, Jr., said that the 

 Baltimore Florists' Club was having 

 a big meeting that evening, when the 

 subject was to be discussed, and that 

 several congressmen had promised to 

 be present at the meeting. 



New Members. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: Hans Schwarz, Eiverdale, 

 N. Y.; James Moraio, Eye, N. Y.; An- 

 thony Moraio, Eye, N. Y.; Eobert H. 

 Lickman, East Islip, N. Y.; Joseph 

 Lee, Islip, N. Y.; Frank Laban, Mat- 

 thew Sampson, Jr., Max Lehman, Eob- 

 ert La Bau and Wm. Doyle, New York 

 city, and Isaac Abrams, Brooklyn. 



The following were nominated for 

 election at the next meeting: Wm. W. 

 Matthews, Great Neck, N. Y.; John 

 Joyce, Congers, N. Y.; Joseph Schneider, 

 Congers, N. Y.; John Noe, Congers, N. 

 Y.; J. P. Klausner, Wm. T. Her, E. A. 

 Hartland and Chas. Futterman, New 

 York city; Aug. M. Danernheim, Brook- 

 lyn; George Schafer, Maspeth, N. Y.; 

 John M. Niemever, Whitestone, N. Y., 

 and E. Fardel, Great Neck, N. Y. The 

 following were announced as having 

 taken out life memberships: George 

 Cotsonas, Costos Sakelos, Marius Math- 

 cron, Aubrey S. Nash, Henry Hentz, Jr., 

 and George Asmus. 



Eesignations were accepted from Sun 

 Fukura, who has moved away, and from 

 A. Dressel, who has embarked in the 

 shipbuilding business. 



A. H. Lickman, Jos. Lee, Max Leh- 

 man and Clarence E. Ankers, new mem- 

 bers, were introduced by the chair, and 

 made graceful acknowledgment of the 

 courtesy. 



Publication of the club's annual, 

 with the membership list, was, on mo- 

 tion of W. H. Siebrecht, Sr., ordered 

 to be dispensed with this year. 



Miscellaneous Matters. 



Secretary Young announced the death 

 of Mrs. Elizabeth Fenrich, mother of 

 Jos. S. Fenrich, and the president ap- 

 pointed a committee, W. H. Duckham, 

 C. H. Totty and John Young, to pre- 

 pare a resolution of sympathy. 



President Kessler, C. H. Totty, J. A. 

 Manda and Secretary Young made ref- 

 erence to the hearty manner in which 

 they were entertained by Philip Breit- 

 meyer and the Detroit Florists' Club 

 during the recent meeting of the S. A. 

 F. executive board in Detroit, and, on 

 motion, the secretary was directed to 

 communicate the thanks of the club 

 to Mr. Breitmeyer and the Detroit club 

 for the hospitality extended the New 

 York members of the board. Mr. Kess- 

 ler intimated that the Detroit boys had 

 resolved to resume the bowling and 

 sports features at the Detroit conven- 

 tion next August, on an elaborate scale, 

 and that he personally had donated $25 

 to the prize list. He said he would 

 later appoint a club committee to take 

 up the matter of organizing a team to 

 take part in the bowling contest. 



Local Publicity Planned. 



C. H. Totty spoke at some length on 

 the publicity campaign and the deter- 

 mination of all concerned to raise a 

 publicity fund of $100,000 this year. 

 Secretary Young also spoke on the sub- 

 ject. Mr. Totty told of the plan of 

 raising money adopted by the Milwau- 

 kee florists, under which they arranged 

 to tax all sales on a basis of one per 

 cent on wholesale prices and one-half 

 of one per cent on returns to growers. 



