Febbuaby 13, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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"Why could this not be done in New 

 York?" he said, seventy-five per cent 

 of -the collection to bje expended for 

 local advertisiilg and the remainder 

 turned in to the S. A. F. publicity fund. 



The idea seemed to meet the approval 

 of the meeting and, on motion of Mr. 

 Totty, it was resolved that the publicity 

 committee of the club be added to by 

 the appointment of two retailers, two 

 wholesalers and two growers, that it 

 reorganize and formulate a plan where- 

 by a fund for publicity work could be 

 raised on lines similar to those de- 

 scribed. ' ' 



Wallace B. Pierson, as a member of 

 the publicity finance committee, spoke 

 of the work at the joint meeting held 

 recently in Cleveland. He pointed out 

 the enormous benefit to be obtained 

 through a vigorous campaign continued 

 on the lines already laid down. This 

 publicity is bringing those engaged in 

 the florists' industry into "the prom- 

 ised land," he said. 



, ^ Exhibits. 



Several creditable exhibits were 

 staged before the club and the commit- 

 tee on awards reported on them as fol- 

 lows: 



Vase of Carnation Lucy, by Floral 

 Gardens, Chatham, N. Y., vote of 

 thanks. 



Vases of Carnations Donald, Ward 

 Improved and Sunshine, by Strout's, 

 Biddeford, Me., vote of thanks. 



Plant of new bougainvillea, by Emil 

 Savoy, Secaucus, N. J., vote of thanks. 



Vase of Carnation Laddie, by S. J. 

 Goddard, Framingham, Mass., vote of 

 thanks. 



Three vases of orchid-flowered sweet 

 peas, by John Weston, Valley Stream, 

 L. I., vote of thanks. 



Vase of Chrysanthemum Hamburg 

 Late Pink, by C. H. Guenther, Ham- 

 burg, N. Y., honorable mention. 



Vase of Carnation Laddie, by B. 

 Hughes, Flushing, L. I., vote of thanks. 



J. H. P. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Holds Novelty Night Display. 



The first business meeting of the year 

 was held by the Chicago Florists' Club 

 at the Hotel Bandolph, February 6. 

 There was a large attendance. It was 

 called "Novelty night" and some ex- 

 cellent displays were made. The judges 

 were: For carnations, C. W. Johnson, 

 Harry Blewitt, P. W. Peterson; for roses, 

 N. J. Wietor, W. J. Keimel, W. G. Earl; 

 miscellaneous, Albert Erickson, George 

 Ball, George Asmus. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. staged a large 

 table of novelties for the coming flower 

 holidays. There were valentine bou- 

 quets of various kinds, including some 

 heart-shaped boxes of silk with hand- 

 painted tops and hand-painted colonial 

 corsage shields; Washington birthday 

 novelties and a number of specialties 

 for St. Patrick's day and Easter. The 

 judges gave the exhibit honorable men- 

 tion. 



T. E. Waters designed a table with 

 four empty chairs. There was a center- 

 piece of orchids. On the table were four 

 gold magnolia wreaths, bearing black- 

 edged cards for the four members of the 

 club who have died this year, W. H. 

 Amling, Conrad Frauenfelder, Thomas 

 McAllister and Nicholas Karthauser. 

 The wreaths were tied with golden 



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brown ribbon and later were placed on 

 the graves. 



Another table by Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 contained a large funeral piece made of 

 wheat sheaves tied with ribbon, with 

 calla lilies in the center. It was trimmed 

 on the bottom with silver green ruscus 

 and cycas leaves. The table received 

 honorable mention. Another table to re- 

 ceive honorable mention also was by 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., containing vases 

 of Cattleya Trianse and pink and white 

 phalsenopsis. 



Honorable mention was given to a 

 vase of Columbia roses exhibited by the 

 Albert F. Amling Co., Maywood, 111. 



Peter Pearson staged a vase of jon- 



quils. Sir Watkin and Emperor, also a 

 pot of Proserpine tulips, forced bulbs 

 grown at Jefferson Park. Both Mr. 

 Pearson's exhibits received honorable 

 mention. 



Three vases of freesia were staged by 

 Alois Frey, of Crown Point, Ind., a yel- 

 low named Yellow Prince, a pink named 

 General Pershing, and a lavender named 

 Viola. He was awarded a certificate of 

 merit for each. 



The Joseph H. Hill Co., of Richmond, 

 Ind., displayed a vase of Carnation 

 Laddie, which took the A. C. S. medal at 

 Cleveland. It scored 89 points. 



A vase of a stiff-stemmed sport of 

 Good Cheer carnation from E. H. Bla- 



