January 16, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



INDIANA FLORISTS MEET. 



Officers Elected. 



At the largest meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association, held at the 

 Claypool hotel, Indianapolis, January 14, 

 the following officers were elected for 

 1919: 



President — Anders Basmussen, New 

 Albany. 



First vice-president — Herman J. 

 Young, Indianapolis. 



Second vice-president — Edwin E. Tem- 

 perley, Indianapolis. 



Secretary — O. E. Steinkamp, Indian- 

 apolis. 



Treasurer — Charles Pahud, Indian- 

 apolis. 



A Busy Session. 



The meeting was opened by President 

 Bertermann, who extended a welcome to 

 everyone present. J. F. Ammann gave a 

 short talk on business in general, wind- 

 ing up with an appeal for members for 

 the F. T. D. Professor Lummell, of Pur- 

 due University, was elected to member- 

 ship and when called on for a speech 

 extended an invitation to visit his in- 

 stitution at Lafayette. Martin Nelson 

 was proposed for membership. 



There was a discussion of affiliation 

 with the S. A. F. E. G. Hill took the 

 matter up where President Ammann left 

 off. A. F. J. Baur told of the percent- 

 age of the Carnation Society members 

 belonging to the S. A. F., which was 

 two-thirds of the membership. Mr. Am- 

 mann spoke of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club having 116 members, 100 of whom 

 are members of the S. A. F. He said he 

 can see no good reason why the Indiana 

 State Florists ' Association should not be 

 represented on the S. A. F. board when 

 it has a state membership of almost 200. 

 President Bertermann appointed the fol- 

 lowing committee to stage a campaign in 

 the association for new S. A. F. mem- 

 bers: Joseph Hill, Henry Eieman and 

 W. W. Coles. 



The treasurer's report was given, sec- 

 retary's annual paper read and the au- 

 diting committee's papers of approval 

 turned in. The state fair committee, 

 consisting of O. E. Steinkamp, J. D. 

 Connor, Charles Pahud and Harry B. 

 White, gave a report. Mr. Stein- 

 kamp, being the spokesman of this com- 

 mittee, made an appeal for more entries 

 for the coming year, and explained that 

 the premiums awarded are more gener- 

 ous than tnose awarded at a great num- 

 ber of flower shows. The Purdue Uni- 

 versity committee, consisting of John 

 Hartje, F. E. Dorner, A. F. J. Baur, 

 Anders Basmussen and Joseph Helm, 

 gave its report. 



The raising of dues was brought be- 

 fore the house. A heated discussion fol- 

 lowed, closed by voting to add $1 for the 

 year of 1919, merely for a, trial. The fall 

 jubilee for the homecoming of our boys 

 in service will be a chrysanthemum show, 

 to be held in November, at the Claypool 

 hotel, Indianapolis. Dillon A. Myers 

 was heard from on his patriotic war 

 garden idea that he so successfully car- 

 ried out last season. It was deemed 



wise that this garden proposition be car- 

 ried on again for the coming spring. 



The Plant Quarantine. 



E. G. Hill was heard from on the new 

 plant quarantine. Mr. Hill stated that 

 there are three classes of florists con- 

 cerned in this: Those 'v^ho are bitterly 

 opposed to it, those who greatly favor 

 it and 'a great majority who seem to be 

 indifferent. He stated that a great deal 

 can be said for the quarantine order, but 

 from a florist's standpoint a great deal 

 more can be said against it. He said 

 many of these things. 



State Entomologist Wallace was heard 

 from. He told of the enormity of the 

 damage done by the pests mentioned by 

 Mr. Hill, and also added the cricket mole, 

 which has done untold damage in New 

 Jersey. Mr. Wallace says that the time 

 has passed for the florists to write let- 

 ters to their senators to get rid of this 

 quarantine, as the evidence warrants it, 

 but letters to the board asking it to 

 lighten the severity of its orders might 

 be justifiable. 



William Walker, of Louisville, was 

 called on for a few words. Mr. Long, of 

 Chicago, also spoke. 



Then the meeting adjourned to the 

 banquet hall, where a social evening 

 was spent in listening to Mr. Ammann, 

 the silver-tongued orator of the S. A. F., 

 and such men as President-elect Bas- 

 mussen, E. G. Hill and A. F. J. Baur. 



Judges' Report. 



The judges, Joseph Hill, F. L. Morse 

 and Bobert Ellis, reported as follows: 

 Hartje & Elder, silver cup trophy on 

 carnations. Baur & Steinkamp, cer- 

 tificate of merit on Carnation Ruth 

 Baur, scoring 88 points. Frank & Sons, 

 silver cup rose trophy. Temperleys' 

 Florists, honorable mention on their new 

 red Chatelaine begonia, Christmas Gift, 

 also on cyclamen and obconica primula. 

 Bertermann Bros. Co., honorable men- 

 tion on cyclamen and Primula obconica. 

 Roepke Floral Co., honorable mention on 

 Primula nialacoides and Chatelaine be- 

 gonias. 



The Joseph H. Hill Co., Richmond, re- 

 ceived honorable mention for a vase of 

 Rose Premier and for another of Carna- 

 tion Laddie. 



Those Present. 



All members of the association were 

 entertained at the Baur & Steinkamp 

 establishment, where the carnation was 

 viewed in all its glory, Ruth Baur be- 

 ing the queen of varieties. The visitors 

 were entertained at luncheon at the 

 Commercial Club by this firm. 



The members present were: H. W. 

 Rieman, William F. Roepke, Walter 

 Lewis, Dillon A. Myers, Len Elder, John 

 Bertermann, John Grandy, R. E. Jones, 

 Maurice Marer, J. A. Grande, A. F. J. 

 Baur, Joseph H. Hill, S. T. Hitz, George 

 Fuller, John Grande, Sr., E. A. Nelson, 

 A. B. Cunningham, George R. Goss, 

 Herman Q. Piel, Robert A. Ellis, Charles 

 L. Frank, Lawrence Green, Williani 

 Lummell, Clarence R. Green, Charles A, 

 Rieman, George Blackman, A. Rasmus- 

 sen, A. D. Warrum, William G. Miller, 



L. A. Coles, Emil Carboz, F. S. Morris, 

 John Eitel, W. W. Coles, E. G. Hill, Rob- 

 ert M. Henley, William Kluse, B. F. 

 Hensley, T. D. Hepler, Edwin Morner, 

 Fred H. Keil, Charles S. Barnaby, Lynn 

 Barnaby, Thomas Woodard, M. A. Bar- 

 rick, Carl Sunenschmidt, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Warren Huckleberry, Paul Janisch, Al- 

 bert Kempe, Charles Pahud, Herman 

 Young, Irwin Bertermann, E. E. Tem- 

 perley, O. E. Steinkamp. Guests in- 

 cluded William Walker, Edith V. Walker 

 and L. S. Walker, of Louisville; J. F. 

 Ammann, Edwardsville, 111., and Mr. 

 Long, of Chicago. ^. E. T. 



VICTORY NIGHT AT OHIOAGO. 



Florists' Olub Celebrates. 



An excellent repast was served at the 

 Chicago Florists' Club's Victory dinner 

 January 9, and between the courses 

 there was dancing, with plenty of it 

 after the tables were cleared, to the 

 strains of Herbert Mintz's Jazz band. 

 During the dinner Miss Edna Frauen- 

 felder entertained with a vocal selection. 



Jolly Fhil Foley acted as toastmaster 

 and called on several for remarks, the 

 first being a visitor, A. F. J. Baur, of 

 Indianapolis, secretary of the American 

 Carnation Society. Mr. Baur spoke on 

 carnations and urged all present to at- 

 tend the American Carnation Society 

 meeting, to be held at Cleveland Janu- 

 ary 29. He thanked the club for its in- 

 vitation, extended to the society earlier 

 in the evening, to hold its meeting in 

 Chicago in 1920. A few remarks were 

 heard from C. C. PoUworth, of Milwau- 

 kee, and C. Frauenfelder. Paul Kling- 

 sporn spoke on the S. A. F,, of which he 

 is vice-president for northern Illinois. 

 William J. Keimel extended a special 

 invitation to Chicagoans to attend the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association meet- 

 ing in March. George Asmus confined 

 his few remarks to advertising, as did 

 H. A. Woolf, of The Review. Henry M, 

 Robinson spoke in behalf of Boston and 

 New York, in which cities he is a whole- 

 saler. Last, but not least, a few words 

 were heard from T. E. Waters, who had 

 so successfully made the evening a pleas- 

 ant one. 



Officers were installed as follows: 

 President, A. J. Zech; secretary, A. T. 

 Pyfer; treasurer. Otto H. Amling; trus- 

 tee, Fred Lautenschlager. Pledges wene 

 given by all the incoming officers. Ottc 

 H. Amling presented the treasurer's an- 

 nual report. 



Visitors seen around the tables, be- 

 sides those already mentioned, were 

 Fred and Henry Henoch and George 

 Husmann, all of the Ove Gnatt Co., La 

 Porte, Ind. 



Want Another Soon. 



The next few days a number of those 

 present were asked how they had en- 

 joyed the affair. The answer was unani- 

 mous, "The best time we ever had at the 

 club and really the nicest affair we ever 

 had." One leading retailer said that 

 those who did not attend were the losers. 

 In fact, the evening was such a big suc- 

 cess that before it was over there was 



