Aueusv 21, 1819. 



The Florists' Review 



37 



CANADIAN OONyENTION CLOSES. 



Officers Elected. 



The officers of the Canadian Horti- 

 cultural Association elected August 14 

 at the conrention at Toronto are as 

 follows: 



Presideat: Emery B. Hamilton, Lon- 

 don. 



First vice-president: E. W. Groves, 

 Hamilton. 



Second vice-president: C. J. Hay, 

 Brockville. 



Secretary-treasurer: Herbert J. Eddy, 

 Westmount. 



Directors (three years) : William 

 Hall, Montreal; S. Jordan, Peterboro; 

 Silas A. McFadden, Toronto; (2 years), 

 H. J. Moore, Niagara Falls; (one year), 

 Victor McAlpin, Sudbury. 



Betailers Organize. 



The organization of retail florists was 

 effected under the name of the Canadian 

 Betail Florists' Association. Officers 

 were elected for the ensuing year as 

 follows: 



President: George M. Geraghty, To- 

 ronto. 



Vice-president: Victor McAlpin, 

 Sudbury. 



Secretary: Silas A. McFadden, To- 

 ronto. 



Treasurer: Mrs. Percy Waters. 



The executive committee is composed 

 of Frank McKenna, George Dicks, 

 Frank Smith, J. Hill and H. G. Dille- 

 muth. 



It is proposed to affiliate with the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association. 



Entertainment. 



The picnic to which the visitors were 

 invited by the Retail Florists' Club of 

 Toronto, held at Long Branch, Wednes- 

 day afternoon, August 13, was a suc- 

 cess that surpassed all the high expecta- 

 tions of the local enthusiasts who 

 planned it. Over 550 were present. 



The outing on Lake Ontario Friday, 

 August 15, brought to an end what was 

 unanimously agreed to have been the 

 most successful convention in the twen- 

 ty-two years of the history of the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association. 



The Exhibits. 



The ejfhibits, even those somewhat de- 

 layed in the customs, were set up in 

 good time to get much attention from 

 the visitors. 



Displays of florists' supplies were 

 staged by Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chi- 

 cago; A. L. Randall Co., Chicasro; M. 

 Rice Co., Philadelphia; J. A. Simmers, 

 Toronto, and George B. Hart, Rochester. 



Plant exhibits were shown by Henry 

 A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia; W. A. 

 Manda, South Orange, N. J.; Roman J. 

 Irwin, New York, who showed the new 

 begonia, Mrs. M. A. Patten; Wm. Jay 

 & Son, Toronto, and Arthur Gilchrist, 

 North Toronto, who showed some excel- 

 lent gladioli, among them a seedling, 

 primulinus x America, a soft shade of 

 pink and an early bloomer, which prom- 

 ises to be a good variety for forcing. 



Plck-Ups. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 were represented by Stephen Green, on 

 his way to the 8. A. F. convention. 



W. A. Mnnda left in a hurry with 

 Adam Jennings to purchase a carload 

 of decorative plants for Toronto. 



Tha talk on publicity produced re- 



Emery B. Hamilton. 



Prosldeiit Canadian Hoittcultntal AHSoelatlon.> 



suits. Wm. Gauimage, of London, 

 started the ball rolling by pledging up 

 to $250. 



A. Gilchrist is aiming at varieties of 

 gla.l?oli that will bloom around the 

 stem and be suitable for basket work, 

 and seems to be succeeding in his aim. 



W. E. Groves' paper on "Coopera- 

 tion" was considered the gem of the 

 convention. 



The Prince of Wales did not arrive in 

 Toronto in time to attend the conven- 

 tion, but that prince of good fellows. 

 Secretary John Young, of the S. A. F., 

 made a flying visit with President Am- 

 mann, Philip Breitmcyer and Albert 

 Pochelon, from Detroit. 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



The Market. 



While assortment has been lacking in 

 the cut flower trade here during the last 

 ten or twelve days, there has been a 

 noticeable improvement in the quality 

 of the goods coming from the outside. 

 The demand, generally, has been of a 

 midsummer character; hand-to-mouth, 

 as it were, but to be expected at this 

 season of the year, when a large part of 

 the clientele of the florist is vegetating 

 or recuperating at points "far from the 

 madding crowd." Some rather classy 

 asters have come in from California dur- 

 ing the last week and have helped to eke 

 out supplies, but outside of a few par- 

 cels of tuberoses and gentians from 

 Texas, the trade has had to rely mainly 

 on outdoor grown stock to fill in gaps. 

 This latter has been mainly in the way 



of roses — White Killamey, Cochet and 

 Radiance — which have compared with 

 the best coming in from the greenhouses 

 of the middle west. The aster crop here 

 has been practically a failure. Root 

 aphids, coupled with adverse weather 

 conditions, have been the main factors 

 and only here and there have the gar- 

 dens produced anything approaching de- 

 sirable trade stock. Sentiment seems to 

 be swinging towards the dahlia and 

 home-grown pompons have met ready 

 sale. The supply, as yet, is narrow. 



Field Work. 



Weather conditions have been unfa- 

 vorable of late for any material field 

 work. Labor conditions have also ham- 

 pered work considerably and many of 

 the nurseries are grassy and unkempt. 

 Heavy thundershowers are of daily oc- 

 currence, making it almost impossible to 

 work the beds in anything like a satis- 

 factory manner, and hence overhead ex- 

 penses are naturally increased. At pres- 

 ent $3 per day is in many instances be- 

 ing paid and labor is scarce at that. 



Interest has again centered mainly in 

 the chrysanthemum crop. While the 

 plants show good growth, here and there, 

 owing to excessive precipitation, the 

 beds show deterioration. The white ant, 

 one of the most destructive pests the 

 grower has to contend with at this stage 

 of the crop, has done only minor damage 

 thus far, and the same may be said of 

 the lace-winged bug and black aphis. 

 High cost of living will be a material 

 factor in crop returns, as many rely on 

 temporary cloth-covered structures for 



