Mat 22, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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"There will be a directors' meeting 

 early in June, after the Decoration day 

 rush is over, and I will see that this 

 matter is taken up and if there is any 

 redress for the brother florists out- 

 side the state of Indiana you may rest 

 assured that we will do it. But we 

 cannot continue to carry these risks, 

 as the law will not allow it and we 

 cannot do otherwise, 



"In regard to the assessments col- 

 lected, I think their books will show 

 that this money was used to meet losses 

 outside the state, or in their class, and 

 they were not collected in advance. Of 

 course they could not have been col- 

 lected, as they were not legal, and 

 the insurance so carried was absolutely 

 no good. This is talking plain, but I 

 believe such is the case and it looks 

 as though the old management were 

 not as careful as they should have been 

 and there may be a chance for legal 

 proceedings. If so you may rest as- 

 sured the present management will not 

 shield anyone." 



This was signed, "Dillon Myers, 

 President. ' ' 



The Present Management. 



The five florists who took over the 

 management of the company as direc- 

 tors are William Bettmann, New Al- 

 bany, Ind.; W. H. PoUett, Terre Haute, 

 Ind.; Charles Hafer, Indianapolis, Ind.; 

 Adolph Schilling, of Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 and Mr. Myers. They retained, as secre- 

 tary, treasurer and office manager, 

 James F. Hildebrand, who held the 

 same positions as a part of the former 

 management and who, President Myers 

 says in his statement, received twenty- 

 three per cent of the membership fees 

 paid in by florists, the president re- 

 ceiving only four per cent and the vice- 

 president only three per cent. 



Secretary Hildebrand seems to be a 

 man of wide experience in the business. 

 Under date of August 6, 1918, he sent 

 The Eeview "a complete list of all the 

 losses that have been received and ap- 

 proved" by the American Mutual 

 Cyclone & Hail Insurance Co. "since 

 January, 1918. We trust this may be 

 a matter of news for your publication, * ' 

 (It was not printed because The Review 

 feared some of its readers might not 

 make the distinction between "ap- 

 proved" and "paid.") September 24, 

 1918, The Review received a letter 

 from Mr. Hildebrand at Toledo. He 

 signed as secretary for the Florists' & 

 Gardeners' Insurance Co., which had 

 just been organized. The next heard 

 of him was when, back at Muncie, he 

 called in the local florist members to 

 take up a proposition which evidently 

 had grown too warm for those who had 

 been handling it. 



NOTHING MATTER WITH KANSAS. 



An unusual and attractive establish- 

 ment is that of H. L. Hunt, of Concor- 

 dia, Kan., known as the Concordia 

 Greenhouses. The proprietor held an 

 opening during the week before Easter 

 and during three days the place was 

 crowded with visitors. The buildings 

 were completed only recently. 



Mr. Hunt's office, salesroom and dis- 

 play room are located in the front por- 

 tion of the building, which is built to 

 resemble a cottage. Concrete blocks re- 

 sembling rough stone are the material 

 used for the walls of the building, while 

 casement windows fitted with small 

 panes of glass add to the appearance of 



New Store of H. L. Hunt, Coacordia> Kan. 



the structure. There is a window box 

 filled with flowers. From outside ap- 

 pearances, it would be supposed that 

 the office building is a dwelling. 



Access to the greenhouse, which joins 

 on the rear of the cottage-like building, 

 is easy, there being a door opening into 

 the greenhouse a few feet from one in 

 the office building. The greenhouse is 

 modern in its appointments. 



The interior of the store building is 

 thoroughly up-to-date, as may be seen 

 by the accompanying illustration. A 

 cash register and a large refrigerator 

 are the only things that indicate the 

 commercial nature of the salesroom. 

 Mr. Hunt keeps an attractive display 

 of cut flowers and plants in view at all 

 times. 



Refreshments were served at the 

 opening of the establishment by Mrs. 

 Hunt, between the hours of 3 and 5 p. m. 



that has become affected with some dis- 

 ease. As yet, it is on only a few plants 

 and I would like to know what can be 

 done for them and what the trouble is. 



J. N. W.— Mass. 



The leaves submitted are badly in- 

 fested with midge. If all the stock is 

 as bad as that, I would suggest that J. 

 N. W. get rid of the entire stock and 

 start in with new plants that he is 

 sure are clean. Before planting the 

 new stock, the house should be thor- 

 oughly fumigated and new soil brought 

 in, so the stock can be started entirely 

 clean. Then the plants should be 

 closely watched for a few weeks to a- 1 

 that midge does not develop again. 



C. H. T. 



ADVISES FRESH START. 



I am sending you a piece of a 

 chrysanthemum cuttiag. pink pompon, 



Odell, Neb. — M. Hohmann, who has 

 grown flowers as a side line for several 

 years in connection with his poultry 

 farm here, has erected a new green- 

 house and expects to devote his entire 

 time to flowers. 



Office, Sales and Display Building of H. L. Hunt> Concordiai Kan. 



