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The Florists^ Review 



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MY report to the convention will 

 consist in a brief summary of the 

 situation pertaining to the future shows 

 as it appeai||s-to the exeprienced mem- 

 bers of our committee. 



First it is., per haps well to explain to 

 the convention what the committee finds 

 are the necessary principal adjun(jts to 

 make a successful exhibition that is in 

 keeping with what would be expected 

 of a show that stands for all that the 

 society represents, which means the last 

 word in floriculture. 



There is no question in the commit- 

 tee's mind that as far as the prosperity 

 of the country is concerned, and this 

 has to be taken into consideration be- 

 cause of the necessary gate receipts that 

 help so materially to finance the project, 

 •onditions like the present are ideal. 



There are several cities that are de- 

 sirous of securing this exhibition, some 

 of which have erected or are erecting 

 buildings suitable for our purpose. 

 four committee feels that almost any 

 city in the Union with a population 

 of 600,000 or more people is capable of 

 supporting our exhibition. 



Shortage of Exhibits. 



The perplexing question before our 

 committee is the one pertaining to the 

 exhibits. I have been in touch with 

 the largest growing establishments in 

 the United States and a number of peo- 

 ple who have been exhibitors in the 

 past national shows, and on whom we 

 could depend for support, and I find 

 that there is a great shortage of the 

 large-sized plants that go to make up 

 our exhibitions. Then, too, the extreme 

 scarcity the last twelve months of 

 plants of all descriptions, and the prices 

 obtained for this stock, have led the 

 committee to believe that it would be 

 difScnlt to stage our exhibition until 

 this condition changes. 



There are some large growers who 

 told me that the passing of Quarantine 

 No. 37, prohibiting imports of a great 

 number of plants that were grown for 

 the past exhibitions, would also be a 

 factor we must consider in the future. 

 Your commiMee feels that it will be 

 but a matter of a year or two when we 

 shall be better able to know what effect 

 the quarantine act will have on our ex- 

 hibitions. 



Then, too, another one of our strong 

 supports in the past at the exhibitions 

 has been the support we received from 

 the private gardeners, who, having in 

 charge the large private conservatories 

 in connection with the large estates, 

 were producers of not only many of our 

 novelties, but well grown plants of all 

 kinds. The war caused the closing of a 

 greater portion of these private con- 

 servatories as a fuel-saving act. These 

 CQnservatories are being restocked, but 

 in most instances it will be some time 

 before we can depend upon their ex- 

 hibits. 



It is true that the feature of the last 

 few big exhibitions has not been so 



The report of Georpe Astniis, chnirman of the 

 ■ationa] flower show committee, presented at the 

 Detroit conTention AuRust 19. 



much the wonderful specimen plants as 

 it was the wonderful garden effects, 

 not only roses, but of bulbous plants. 

 These)^ with the rock gardens and the 

 wonderful exhibitions made by the or- 

 chid growers, have been some of the im- 

 portant features. 



We Still can do all of these nicely and 

 perhaps we shall soon learn to adjust 

 ourselves to the absence of plants such 

 as the azaleas, etc., except what are here 

 now or can be grown in this country. 



Must Be Supported. 



Now, until our committee can safely 

 rely on the growing interest of this 

 country in supporting the exhibition as 

 it has in the past, we cannot in any 

 degree of confidence start the wheels 

 that are necessary for the launching of 

 one of these magnificent undertakings 

 which have meant so much for the bene- 

 fit of the trade. It would be an ideal 

 time, when we are rocking the country 

 from coast to coast with our wonderful 

 publicity campaign, "Say It with Flow- 

 ers," to have this exhibition blossom 

 out in connection with it every two 

 years in one of the leading cities of this 

 country. It is too bad to waste this 

 wonderful opportunity that could be 

 gained by this additional publicity. 



In making the above statement I am 

 quoting to you the opinions as expressed 

 to me by the various members of the 

 national flower show committee at my 

 solicitation. Therefore it is important 

 that this convention go into discussion 

 so that the committee may be somewhat 

 enlightened from the suggestions that 

 will come from the foremost men who 

 are present. 



Your chairman believes that the 

 spring of 1921 would be the ideal time 

 for the staging of the next national 

 flower show. 



THE W. B. SMITH MEMORIAIj. 



[Report of William F. Glide as chairman of 

 the committee on memorial to the late William 

 R. Smith.] 



The amount on hand at our last re- 

 port was $1,894.10. The interest, $40.59, 

 makes the amount $1,934.69, of which 

 we have deemed it best to invest $1,000 

 in Liberty bonds and $842 in war sav- 

 ings stamps, leaving a balance of $92.69 

 in the bank. There have been no col- 

 lections or donations during the last 

 year. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market continues dull, with little, 

 if any, change in the general demand. 

 With one or two exceptions, there is 

 plenty of stock available, far more than 

 the market can absorb. Gladioli and 

 asters present clearance problems which 

 at times are bothersome. While, per- 

 haps, the quantities arriving are no 

 larger than in previous years, they cer- 

 tainly are no smaller, and the usual diffi- 

 culty in moving arrivals is experienced. 

 Some of the gladioli are fine, flowers 

 well set on long stalks, exhibition flow- 

 ers without question. Montbretia is ar- 



riving in quantities and sells fairly well 

 at 30 to 50 cents per bunch of one dozen 

 stalks. 



Boses are not so plentiful and prices 

 are, consequently, a little stiffer on some 

 varieties. ' American Beauty particu 

 larly is light in supply and specials ad 

 vanced to 40 cents minimum. 



Lilies are not in supply, except in the 

 auratum and rubrum varieties, which 

 are attractive only for funeral work, 

 Lily of the valley is scarce, and brings 

 as high as 12 cents when good. The 

 weather has been conducive to a fairly 

 good flower trade, but something more 

 than weather is wanted to stimulate the 

 existing demand. 



Various Notes. 



Among the new corporations listed 

 last week were C. Orifice, Inc., 201 East 

 Thirty-first street, general florist deal- 

 ers, with a capital of $25,000; Guide, 

 Inc., New York, horticulture, $5,000; 

 Geo. M. Plumis Co., fruits, candies and 

 flowers, $25,000. 



Alexander Warendorff, 325 Fifth ave- 

 nue, was a member of the grand jury, 

 special term, and was engaged in de- 

 liberations last week on anarchical 

 charges. 



The Detroit convention has been an 

 all-absorbing topic of conversation for 

 many days and much speculation ex- 

 isted as to the probable size of the 

 New York party. When the party as- 

 sembled on Sunday evening at the Ho- 

 boken depot of the D., L. & W. a count- 

 ing of noses showed sixty or more ready 

 for the trip to Detroit. Their names 

 appear, with those who went in advance, 

 in the general list of attendance at the 

 convention. A special train of three 

 Pullmans, a club car, and a baggage car, 

 comfortably accommodated the delega- 

 tion. P. W. Popp was to have been of 

 the party, but his taxi collided with the 

 Sixth avenue elevated structure and he 

 missed connections, but joined the party 

 in Buffalo. Mr. Snyder, the violet 

 grower of Rhinebeck; the Boston delega- 

 tion, including Allan Peirce, Wm. Sim, 

 Joe Fuller and L. J. Beuter; the Phila- 

 delphia party, including C. H. Grakelow 

 and Harry Betz; Mr. and Mrs. Vincent, 

 of White Marsh, Md., and others swelled 

 the party at Buffalo. In transit to Buf- 

 falo a reception was tendered, in the 

 club car, to President Phil Kessler and 

 a short program of speeches was in- 

 dulged in, enlivened by the serving of 

 light refreshments. After a substantial 

 party breakfast at the depot in Buffalo, 

 the party, now quite large, boarded 

 three special cars for a trip to Niagara 

 Falls and to Lewiston over the Gorge 

 route. On the return, all sat down to 

 lunch sl\ the Imperial hotel in Niagara 

 Falls. Buffalo was reached in ample 

 time for the boat to Detroit, and all got 

 safely aboard. At 9:30, with the regu- 

 lar boat dinner finished, the party took 

 possession of the spacious dining room 

 on the steamer and all florists on board 

 were the guests of the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club. Speeches and songs were 

 the order of the evening, with light re- 

 freshments. Charles H. Grakelow, of 

 Philadelphia, delivered one of his strik- 

 ing addresses of the after-dinner va- 

 riety, which was greatly enjoyed. Presi- 

 dent Phil F. Kessler acted as toastmas- 

 ter and Chairman A. L. Miller was re- 

 sponsible for all arrangements. The 

 party reached Detroit at 8 o'clock Tues- 

 day morning. J. H. P. 



