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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbruart 13, 1919. 



meuser, of Niles Center, was highly com- 

 mended by the judges. He also staged 

 a vase of Carnation No. 9, which scored 

 79 points, and a vase of No. 27, which 

 scored 82 points. 



Baur & Steinkamp, of Indianapolis, 

 exhibited a large vase of their new 

 carnation, Buth Baur, which received 

 the Dorner memorial medal at Cleve- 

 land. This scored 89 points. 



George Ball received an honorable 

 mention for a vase of calendulas. 



A Busy Business Session. 



The officers for 1919 had been in- 

 stalled at the club's January banquet, 

 with the exception of Walter Amling, 

 vice-president, who received his recogni- 

 tion in February. New committees 

 were appointed as follows: Good-of- 

 the club, T. E. Waters, chairman; pub- 

 licity, August Lange, chairman; garden, 

 J. C. Vaughan, chairman; advertising, 

 Fred Lautenschlager, chairman; coal, 

 C. L. Washburn, chairman; transporta- 

 tion, M. Barker. A posters committee 

 of one was appointed, Sam Seligman. No 

 assistants were appointed to help the 

 chairmen, it being up to each chairman 

 to appoint his own committee. Each 

 ne^ chairman was called upon for a few 

 remarks. T. E. Waters said he would 

 place every member of the club on his 

 committee, which went well with those 

 present. In the absence of August 

 Lange, George Asmus told of the coop- 

 erative advertising plan of the Betail 

 Florists' Association and the Wholesale 

 Cut Flower Association. Arrangements 

 had been made to run a good-sized ad 

 on St. Valentine's day in the Chicago 

 Tribune February 11 and February 13. 

 Mr. Asmus had with him the drawings, 

 made by a Tribune artist. They looked 

 good and the reading matter was pull- 

 ing. It is a try-out. He also had with 

 him window posters and signs for St. 

 Valentine's day, which now are being 

 used on wagons, etc., all over the city. 

 All bore the S. A, F, slogan, "Say It 

 with Flowers," which, Mr. Asmus says, 

 is approved by the biggest advertising 

 executives of the country as one of the 

 best they ever have seen. He also made 

 some remarks on the S. A. F. national 

 advertising. 



A motion to donate $200 to the local 

 advertising fund was carried. Fred 

 Lautenschlager, of the advertising com- 

 mittee, stated that the club has dis- 

 posed of all Valentine stickers and post- 

 ers and has made arrangements for the 

 disposal of all of those for Mothers ' day, 

 netting the club a good profit. Mr. 

 Lautenschlager made a motion to donate 

 $500 of this to the S. A. F. national fund. 

 His motion was quickly seconded by 

 Paul R. Klingsporn, vice-president of 

 the S. A. F. for northern Illinois, aiid 

 unanimously adopted. The president 

 called on Mr. Klingsporn for a few 

 S. A. F. remarks. A Miss Stewart, 

 speaking for the Arcadia highway 

 movement, asked for a donation of $200 

 toward the fund to start the new high- 

 way from Great Lakes to Chicago. No 

 action was taken. A committee con- 

 sisting of George Asmus, C. W. John- 

 son and Fred Lautenschlager was ap- 

 pointed to take charge of the arrange- 

 ments for the American Carnation 

 Society meeting in Chicago in 1920. It 

 was decided to have the meeting at the 

 La Salle hotel and the society will be 

 asked to hold its meeting here the third 

 week in January, instead of the fourth 

 week, as the latter is the automobile 



show week and all hotels are taxed to 

 the limit. 



E. H. Mazey, of Minneapolis, made a 

 few interesting remarks, as did George 

 Blackman, of Evansville, Ind. 



President L. R. Bohannon, of the Re- 

 tail Florists' Association, told of the 

 work of the new organization. A. F. J. 

 Baur, who was present, donated his 

 large vase of Ruth Baur carnations to 

 the club for the purpose of sending them 

 to George A. Kuhl, of Pekin, 111., who 

 is again ill in the Presbyterian hospital. 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. did likewise with 

 its vases of orchids. 



Applications for membership were re- 

 ceived from the following: William 

 Wichtendahl, John G. Poehlmann, Nick 

 Lemperis, Ove Gnatt, D. J. O'Keefe, 

 Frank McCabe, Thomas Wilson and 

 Fred E. Mattie. Rules were set aside 

 and one ballot was cast for the appli- 

 cants, making them all active members. 

 Applications received at the previous 

 meeting also were balloted on at the 

 same time and the applicants elected. 

 They were, Leopold Romansky, L. R. 

 Bohannon, George Goebel, George J. 

 Walther. 



INDIANA FLORISTS GATHER. 



State Convention Interesting. 



A meeting of the State Florists' As- 

 sociation of Indiana was held February 

 2 in the store of the Smith & Young Co., 

 Indianapolis. President Anders Bas- 

 mussen, of Albany, was in the chair. 

 After routine business, several new 

 names were proposed for membership: 



L. H. Heney, of Greenfield; L. E. Hitz, 

 of Madison; Messrs. David and Kelley, 

 of Franklin. Martin Nelson, of Indi- 

 anapolis, was elected to membership. 



Appoint Show Committee. 



The committee to have charge of the 

 fall chrysanthemum show was named as 

 follows: John E. Hartje, A. F. J. Baur, 

 Joseph H. Hill, Herman Piel and Prof. 

 Lummell. With such an able commit- 

 tee, it is agreed that the exhibition will 

 be a success. 



Mr. Moore, of Chicago, gave an inter- 

 esting talk explaining the Skinner sys- 

 tem of irrigation. 



Oscar Carlsteadt, one of the members 

 recently returned from overseas, told 

 of his experiences ' ' over there. ' ' Some 

 thrilling stories from the front were re- 

 lated and a summary of the general 

 conditions existing in France was given. 



Discuss Insurance. 



Florists' hail and wind storm insur- 

 ance was a subject brought up for dis- 

 cussion and it was deemed wise to 

 change the plans in this connection. The 

 project is still a "live" one, however, 

 and will be carried out. 



After adjournment, a social hour fol- 

 lowed. Smith & Young, as hosts, served 

 a tasty buffet luncheon. 



A friendly but spirited discussion of 

 prices was entered into by the whole- 

 salers and retailers. Various members 

 on both sides were "bawleii out," but 

 all in good faith. The retailers received 

 the worst end of the argument, but botli 

 sides were benefited by the presentation 

 of views. E. E. T. 



OPEN LETTEl^y^ DEADER^ 



A PLANT GBOWBBS' SOCIETY. 



The offspring of the good old S. A. F. 

 are numerous now and include the Rose 

 Society, the Carnation Society and the 

 Chrysanthemum Society, besides a cou- 

 ple of stepchildren, the Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety and the Peony Society. All of 

 these organizations have been wonder- 

 fully beneficial to the trade in many 

 ways. Old varieties of flowers have 

 been improved upon and many new ones 

 introduced through the medium of these 

 organizations and the meetings and con- 

 ventions which have been the means of 

 stimulating interest. 



There is now a field for a plant grow- 

 ers ' association. With an embargo to 

 be j)laced on practically everything in 

 the plant line from abroad on which we 

 depend to such an extent, we must look 

 to our own resources for our supplies. 

 Therefore, a plant growers' association, 

 to encourage the production of Ameri- 

 can-grown plants for the American 

 trade, would doubtless be of great bene- 

 fit to all concerned. 



A meeting of such an organization, 

 with an exhibition of plants at a season- 

 able time, to show the great variety and 

 number of plants developed by the trade 

 at home, would be a welcome addition to 

 the other trade organizations. Who 

 will second the motion? 



C. C. Pollworth. 



ANOTHER REMEDY FOR SOOT. 



In The Review of January 2 there 

 was an article entitled "How to Re- 

 move Soot," in which salt was recom- 

 mended for this purpose. Salt is a good 

 remedy, of which I learned fifty years 

 ago, but zinc is a better one. A scrap 

 of zinc half the size of a man's hand 

 thrown on the fire will clean the pipes 

 and the chimney and prevent the soot 

 from collecting again for some time. 

 It may be thrown on the ordinary fire 

 and it will not deaden the fire. 



John I. Whiting. 



CONSIDER CAREFULLY. 



The article entitled, "A Bit About 

 This and That," by Robert S. Edgar, 

 in The Review of January 9, is good 

 and expresses my views exactly as re- 

 gards the plant embargo. I also read 

 the disclaimer on the editorial page of 

 the same issue and fully appreciate the 

 position of The Review in regard to 

 opinions expressed by correspondents. 

 I know The Review always has been on 

 the right side, has helped the cause of 

 the working florist and stood for better 

 wages and working conditions. As Mr. 

 Edgar said, we are in a period of auto- 

 matic reconstruction. Labor is playing 

 an important part today and the busi- 

 ness man should appreciate its value. 

 Harrv A. Dubuis. 



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