JuNB 12, 1919. 



The Florists' Review 





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Co-operating with a Local Department Store, Dicks' Flower Shop Staged a Striking Wedding Window* 



1919. Will you be among the M-E-N 

 to help put it over, so that we may have 

 our appropriation early enough to place 

 the advertisements in the mediums most 

 desired? Help make our campaign big 

 enough to put our business on the plane 

 to which it is justly entitled and then 

 the dignity which we shall create will 

 be reflected on all those who partic- 

 ipated in the work. It is one of the 

 most important steps ever undertaken 

 by florists and its success insures your 

 own. Keep it going; don't stop! "Say 

 It with Ilowers" is getting to be a 

 household word and you helped do it 



Henry Penn, 

 Chairman National Publicity Campaign. 



RANGE TO STAGE— AND BACK! 



The career of George Bye, of Fort 

 Smith, Ark., is unique, to say the least. 

 When 15 he began to learn the flo- 

 rists' business, under A. A. Pantet. 

 After two years he tired of it and went 

 on the vaudeville stage. Whether Mr. 

 Eye got lonesome for flowers in general 

 and bouquets in particular, or whether 

 the bouquets came so fast as to make 

 him long again for the greenhouse range, 

 is not known; at any rate, he decided 

 that the florists ' profession was the bet- 

 ter, and after seven years on the stage 

 returned to Fort Smith and worked at 

 the Electric Park Greenhouses. 



Mr. Rye could not rest satisfied until 

 he had a business of his own, and 

 October 28, 1912, he opened a store in 

 the downtown district. His capital on 

 opening was practically nil, as he had 

 spent all his money in stocking up his 

 store. But Mr. Rye realized the value 

 of advertising. He chose his slogan, 

 "Some Florist," and used the display 

 columns of the local paper strongly. 

 During the first five years he spent all 

 his profit in* advertising, and, although 

 at times it looked discouraging, the re- 

 turns from his advertising eventually 

 brought him his thriving business. 



Mr. Bye attributes a generous share 

 in his success to his wife, whose good 

 taste and business ability have helped 

 him considerably. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



Detroit Exhibition. 



The seventeenth annual meeting and 

 exhibition «f the American Peony So- 

 ciety, which will take place in the hall 

 of the Board of Commerce, Lafayette 



avenue and Wayne street, Detroit, June 

 17 and 18, already gives indications of 

 being the best in the history of the so- 

 ciety. The date fixed for the event this 

 year is over a week later than that of 

 the exhibition at Cleveland a year ago. 

 Many growers who wished to make 

 exhibits in the different classes then 

 were unable to do so owing to the date, 

 which was found too early for the great 

 number of growers adjacent to the lake 

 region. The cold weather that has pre- 

 vailed so far this season has been most 

 favorable to the growers in the north 



George Rye. 



central states, and many of them will 

 take advantage of these exceptional 

 conditions and make extensive exhibits. 

 This year no charge will be made for 

 admission to the exhibition, and the 

 greatest efforts will be made to have a 

 big attendance of the flower-loving pub- 

 lic, which will further popularize the 

 peony, to the end tliat everyone with 

 even a small plot of ground will here- 

 after grow some peonies. 



Detroit Florists Cooperate. 



The Detroit Florists' Club is cooper- 

 ating in this event with the American 

 Peony Society, and will have full fcharge 



of the exhibition, and peony growers 

 everywhere are urged to do their utmost 

 to make exhibits. Those who are unable 

 to bring their flowers may safely ad- 

 dress them to the Michigan Cut Flower 

 Exchange, 264 Randolph street, Detroit, 

 with charges prepaid, and marked, * * For 

 the peony exhibition." 



These will be given special care and 

 properly staged in the exhibition hall. 

 All entries for competition and corre- 

 spondence in connection with the same 

 may be addressed to J. F. Sullivan, 361 

 Woodward avenue, Detroit. 



The Premium List. 



Following is a list of the classes open 

 to professional peony growers: 



CoUection of not more than 100 named va- 

 rieties, one bloom each, American Peony So- 

 ciety's Gold Medal. 



Vase or basket of peonies, not less than 100 

 blooms, arranged for effect. 



Collection of twenty-five varieties, double, 

 three blooms of each. 



Collection of single varieties, one bloom of 

 each. 



Collection of Japanese varieties, one bloom 

 of each. 



Twenty-five blooms, white or cream, double, 

 one variety. 



Twenty-five blooms, light pink, or pink and 

 cream, double, one variety. 



Twenty-five blooms, dark pink, double, one 

 variety. 



Twenty-five blooms, red or crimson, double, one 

 variety. 



Six specimen blooms, double, any variety. 



One specimen bloom, double, any variety. 



Collection of new varieties, double. Introduced 

 since 1900, one bloom of each. 



Specimen bloom, new seedling of American 

 origin, not yet in commerce. 



On recommendation of the judges to the direc- 

 tors of tlie American Peony Society, any new 

 seedling staged at the society's exhibition may 

 he awarded a certificate of honorable mention, 

 a first-class certificate, a silver medal or a gold 

 medal. It should be understood that these 

 marks of distinction will only be given to new 

 varieties of exceptional merit, the award of the 

 Kold medal being the hieliest honor within the 

 power of the society to be.stow. 



The Harrison memorial prize of $100 for a 

 new yellow peony. Founded by L. R. Bonnewltz. 



Most artistic arrangement of not more than 

 twenty-five peonies in vase, bowl or basket. 



Ten prizes of $2 each are offered for the best 

 vases of not more tlian three blooms of each of 

 tlie following American varieties: Milton Hill, 

 Orandlflora, Walter Faxon. Standard Bearer, 

 Karl Rosenfield, Martha Bulloch, Longfellow, 

 I'leas' Jubilee, Georgiana Shaylor, Cherry Hill. 



TOLEDO, 0. 



Retail Florists Organize. 



At an enthusiastic and well attended 

 meeting of local florists, held in the 

 flower store of S. N. Peck, June 3, a reso- 

 lution to close all flower shops and 

 greenhouses on all Sundays throughout 

 the year was unanimously adopted. The 

 only exceptions are those Sundays which 

 are celebrated as flower days, such as 

 Mothers' day or Easter. Frank M. 



