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The Florists^ Review 



Jandabt 30, 1919. 



audited by a public accountant and 

 found correct. 



Cooperation with S. A. F. 



A complete list of our members was 

 submitted to the S. A. P., which re- 

 ported that 223 of our members are also 

 members of that society, entitling us to 

 representation on its executive board. 

 President Strout has been appointed to 

 represent our society on that board dur- 

 ing the year 1919, A change was made 

 in the conditions for filling this office, 

 enabling the vice-president to serve in 

 case the president is unable to serve. 



The National Flower Show, which was 

 to have been held in St. Louis, Mo., last 

 spring, was postponed indefinitely. The 

 preliminary expenses incurred on ac- 

 count of this proposed exhibition, less 

 the profits from the convention held 

 there in August, were $5,984.95. Ten 

 per cent of this amount is charged up 

 against our society and remains a lia- 

 bility until the Fifth National Flower 

 Show is held, after which a final ac- 

 counting is to be made. The S. A. F. 

 has agreed to carry this liability until 

 that time. 



Difficulties of the Directors. 



The summer meeting of the board of 

 directors was postponed till November, 

 in order to gauge better the conditions 

 that would likely prevail at the time 

 of this convention. The influenza epi- 

 demic prevented a meeting at that time 

 and the meeting was finally dispensed 

 with altogether, the arrangements for 

 this convention being made by mail. 



On account of the unsatisfactory ex- 

 press service and the scarcity of stock, 

 the board deemed it inadvisable to at- 

 tempt an exhibition of the same magni- 

 tude as in former years. The premium 

 schedule was modified in such a man- 

 ner as to encourage the staging of the 

 new varieties, with a few classes for 

 the standard sorts. This list was later 

 augmented by a number of open classes, 

 for which the Cleveland Florists' Club 

 agreed to stand sponsor. This change 

 is intended only for this year's exhi- 

 bition, in the hope that a return may 

 be made to normal conditions during the 

 present year. 



Celebration of Peace. 



Our convention being the first meet- 

 ing of national scope since the signing 

 of the armistice, the board invited the 

 S. A. F. to join us in a peace celebra- 

 tion at our banquet. This invitation 

 was accepted and arrangements have 

 been made to carry out the idea. This 

 society may take just pride in the fact 

 that a number of our members went into 

 the military service and we should give 

 thanks to a Divine Providence for their 

 safe return. No casualties among our 

 members have been reported up to this 

 time. 



There were submitted during the last 

 year, for registration, three seedlings 

 and one sport. No registrations were 

 sent over from Europe. 



To the trade press is due our thanks 

 for the publication of all matter sent 

 to them. They have been of material 

 assist^nc^to the society during the last 

 year.i 



Dalton, 0.-^-^48 a side line to his mar- 

 ket gardening business, W. A. Mumaw 

 grows asters and sweet peas outdoors. 

 He markets the flowers in Massillon and 

 Canton, O. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



[The following is a summary of the report of 

 F. B. Domer, treasurer of the American Oama- 

 tion Society, presented at the Cleveland conven- 

 tion, January 29, 1919.] 



The society had transactions in con- 

 nection with three funds, as foHows: 



GENBRAIi FUND, 



Receipts. 



Balance Jan. 18, 1918 $ 466.28 



Cash from Sec'y A. F. J. Baur. .$874.22 

 Interest from Permanent Fund. 106.04 

 Interest from Memorial Fund., 40.60 1,020.76 



Total $1,487.04 



Disbursements. 

 Orders paid, Nos. 714 to 738, inclusive, . ,$ 874.62 

 Balance cash in bank 612.42 



Total $1,487.04 



. PERMANENT FUND. 



Receipts. 



Balance Jan. 18, 1918 $2,625.31 



Interest Jan. 1, 1919 106.04 



Total $2,731.35 



Disbursements. 

 Interest transferred to General Fund...$ 106.04 

 Balance Jan. 18, 1919 2,625.31 



Total $2,731.35 



DORNBR MEMORIAL FUND. 



Receipts. 



Balance Jan. 18, 1918 $1,002.97 



Interest Jan. 1, 1919 40.60 



Total $1,043.47 



Disbursements. 

 Interest transferred to General Fund for 



medal $ 40.50 



Balance Jan. 18, 1919 1,002.97 



Total $1,043.47 



Total Cash on Hand Jan. 18, 1919, de- 

 posited as follows: 



First Merchants' National Bank, Gen- 

 eral Fund $ 612.42 



Lafayette Loan & Trust Co., Per- 

 manent Fund 2,626.31 



Lafayette Loan & Trust Co., Domer 

 Memorial Fund 1,002.97 



Total $4,240.70 



TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION. 



Midwinter Meeting. 



The fourteenth annual convention of 

 the Tennessee State Florists' Associa- 

 tion at tlie Hotel Hermitage, Nashville, 

 Tenn., January 28, provided a program 

 replete with interesting and valuable 

 features. 



The address of Karl P, Baum, on 

 "Why All Retail Florists Should Be- 

 come Members of the F. T. D.," should 

 result in increased interest in this or- 

 ganization on the part of southern flo- 

 rists. 



Eobert C. Kerr's paper, read at the 

 evening session, on ' ' The South and the 

 Part She Will Play in the Future Flower 

 Market," included a discussion of the 

 subject of credits and collections. 



The program of the convention fol- 

 lows: 



MORNING SESSION, 10:00 O'CLOCK. 



Call to order by President Oscar Geny, Nash- 

 ville. 



Invocation, Rev. T. C. Ragsdale, Nashville. 



Minutes of the last meeting, G. M. Bentley, 

 secretary-treasurer. Knoxville. 



Proposals of membership. 



Deferred business. 



Report of committees. 



New business. 



Bills and communications. 



Addresses of welcome, Hon. William Gupton, 

 mayor of Nashville; A. J. Dyer, president Com- 

 mercial Club, Nashville. 



President's annual address, Oscar Geny, Nash- 

 ville. 



"Can We Assist Each Other in the Matter of 

 Securing and Holding Expert Help — Orowers, 

 Helpers and Firemen?" H. G. Bramm, Bristol. 



"How I Produced Seedling Carnations," Rolfe 

 F. Smith, Nashville. 



"How Can We Develop Landscape Work 

 Throughout the Smaller Cities and Towns?" Open 

 discussion. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, 2:00 O'CLOCK. 



Election of officers. 



"Growing Plants," C. H. Tritschler, Sylvan 

 Park, Nashville. 



"Mums," Charles H. Totty. Madison, N. J. 

 "Why All Retail Florists Should Become Mem- 



bers of F. T. D.," Karl P. Baum, Knoxville. 



"Can We in Combination Arrange to Purchase 

 a Satisfactory Line of Pots and Save Money?" 

 T, H. Joy, Nashville. 



"Making Our Home Surroundings Beautiful." 

 Open discussion. 



BVElJiNG SESSION, 7:30 O'CLOCK. 



"The South and the Part She Will Play in 

 the Future Flower Market," R. C. Kerr, Hous- 

 ton, Tex. 



Round table in charge of members. 



Exhibits and Demonstrations. 



Decorations for the convention were 

 in the hands of the Nashville florists and 

 consisted of cut flowers and potted 

 plants. Several of the largest concerns 

 in the country were scheduled to ex- 

 hibit. The demonstrations and displays 

 featured devices for spraying, insecti- 

 cides and other equipment. 



THE PROSPECT FOR STOCK. 



A central western grower interested 

 in the special items mentioned sizes up 

 the situation as follows: 



Cannas. — Stocks are scarce and will 

 be a short item early in the season. 



Carnation cuttings. — These will be 

 the shortest item on the whole list. 



Geraniums. — A short crop, but many 

 growers secured, out of the gardens, 

 ample supplies for their home needs; 

 still the market will consume every 

 available cutting or plant. , 



Gladioli. — Never has the demand 

 been so heavy so early; many are being 

 forced. The demand will be far greater 

 than the possible supply. Prices may 

 advance sharply. 



Peonies. — Next fall will see a veri- 

 table boom. The short crops will give 

 the peony a big demand and price next 

 June and a big demand for roots will 

 result. 



Almost every item is in under supply. 

 The heavy demand at present prices 

 will serve to stimulate the whole field. 



CLUB ROOT ON SNAPDRAGONS. 



I am sending a root of a snapdragon 

 plant and hope you can tell me what the 

 trouble is. My plants appear healthy, 

 but occasionally one wilts and then dies. 

 The lumps on the roots are all I can see 

 wrong with the plants. Do you think 

 the trouble is in the soil! It is the same- 

 soil which I have used for chrysanthe- 

 mums. S. M. — Kan, 



The contorted roots of the snapdragon 

 plant show that it is infected with the 

 disease commonly called club root, a dis- 

 ease which often attacks members of the 

 cabbage family, turnips, wild hedge 

 mustard and some other vegetables and 

 flowering plants. Too much acid in the 

 soil is usually the cause of this trouble, 

 for which no cure is known. Affected 

 plants will continue to wilt and die and 

 I would advise pulling up and burning 

 your snapdragons and planting some 

 other crop in its stead. Before doing 

 so, give the beds or benches a liberal 

 dressing of air-slaked lime and fork it 

 in well. This will help to sweeten the 

 soil. If you leave diseased roots in your 

 soil, the disease will make trouble an- 

 other year. C. W. 



Shamokin, Pa. — Joseph Harris & Bro., 

 whose greenhouses are at Springfield, 

 have more than a local reputation for 

 the window displays at their store, 112 

 East Independence street. Traveling 

 salesmen tell them they are the finest 

 decorations seen in any flower store in 

 the United States. 



