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The Rofists^ Review 



Dbcimbib 26, 1918. 



Mentton The H»Ti»w when yon write. 



The president appointed Messrs. D. Pin- 

 layson, James Warr, W. C. Bust, J. B. 

 Ness and P. J. Turley as tellers to dis- 

 tribute, sort and count ballots for the an- 

 nual election. These officers were 

 elected: President, A. K. Rogers; vice- 

 president, Carl P. Sweetser; secretary, 

 W. N. Craig; treasurer, H. J. Goddard; 

 executive committee, James Methven, 

 James Wheeler, H. H. Bartsch, W. H. 

 Judd and Walter H. Golby. Messrs. 

 Wheeler, Bartsch and Golby are now 

 members. 



It was voted to have a ladies' night 

 at the January meeting, when officers 

 are to be installed. It was also voted, 

 after remarks by F. E. Palmer, Henry 

 Penn and H. H. Bartsch, to hold a Vic- 

 tory banquet in February. Exhibits in- 

 cluded two large vases of handsome 

 poinsettias from the W. W. Edgar Co., 

 which were awarded a vote of thanks. 

 Chrysanthemum Mistletoe, from Jani- 

 ten & WoUrath Co., was given honor- 

 able mention. Walter H. Golby re- 

 ceived a cultural report of merit for a 

 pair of grandly flowered Cattleya Per- 

 civaliana. He also showed Chinese arti- 

 chokes. L. D. Towle had a handsome, 

 pure white cattleya, Lady Veitch, 

 awarded honorable mention. W. N. 

 Craig received a similar award for a 

 tall-growing Stevia serrata. He also 

 showed the dwarf variety, but considers 

 the taller much the better variety for 

 country florists to grow. 



H. A. Stevens received honorable men- 

 tion for his new cerise-pink carnation, 

 of which the committee thought most 

 favorably. 



For the good of the order, there were 

 many valuable suggestions, and floral 

 art, the packing of plants, proper ac- 

 counting and other interesting subjects 

 were suggested for future lectures and 

 discussions. 



Herman H. Bartsch spoke on "Grow- 

 ing Plants for the Christmas Trade." 

 He said in substance: "Azaleas have 

 been, in my estimation, the queen of 

 Christmas flowers for years, especially 

 the variety Mme. Petrick, which flow- 

 ers easily for the holidays. Now, with 

 the elimination of azaleas, the leading 

 plants are cyclamens, sometimes easy 

 to do, but there are many 'ifs,' 

 'buts' and 'whys' in their culture. 

 At times they are the most satisfactory 

 plant for both seller and buyer, are 

 easily packed and delivered in excellent 

 condition and there is no trouble in sell- 

 ing every presentable plant each year. 

 Next in popularity come begonias, the 

 Lorraine begonia, first grown commer- 

 cially by W. W. Edgar Co., who pro- 

 cured 750 plants from H. B. May, of 

 Edmonton, London, probably bringing 

 more Christmas money to gfrowers tBan 

 any other plant. It has been out- 



What are they? 



They are 4-inch reproductions of Fraternal Emblems embossed in cold and the 

 colors demanded by each Fraternal Order 



How Mr* th«y used? 



They are attached to the ribbon or chiffon of any floral offering. 



Why arc they of such help to the Florist? 



They save flowers, as the colors demanded by each Order are embossed on the Frat-M, 

 They save wfare desi^n^ for instance, any plain spray with a Frat-M attached 

 becomes a fraternal piece. Think of what this means, with a shortage of wire and 

 flowers as scarce and high as theyare everywhere this winter. They save lettering. 

 Think of that. If attached to door badges alone, they are worth many times their cosl. 



What do they cost? 



They cost 20c each, or $2.00 a dozen cash, and should retail for 50c e&ch, or $6.00 per 

 dozen. An order of two dozen ($4.00 cash) gets the exclusive use of Frat-M's for one 

 year in cities of 25,000 or less. They can be bought from your wholesale supply 

 house, or the 



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MwttOB The BwTlfcw w»« torn wrlf. 



classed of late years by Glory of Cin- 

 cinnati, which in turn is being grad- 

 ually displaced by Melior, the latter be- 

 ing of a better color, without the ob- 

 jectionable magenta of Cincinnati. It 

 shows up better also under artificial 

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