AuttUST 21, 191<J. 



The Florists^ Review 



37 



JANADIAN CONVENTION CLOSES. 



Officers Elected. 



The ofiicers of tho Canadian llorti 

 iiltural Association elected August 14 

 t the convention at Toronto are as 

 ■oUows: 



President: Emery B. Hamilton, Lon 

 ion. 



First vice-president: E. W. (Jroves, 

 laniiiton. 



Second vice-president: C. J. Hay, 

 {rockville. 



Secretary-treasurer: Herbert J. Eddy, 

 A'cstmount. 



J)iro('tors (throe years): William 

 I all, Montreal; S. Jordan, Petcrboro; 

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

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

 . ictor McAlpin, Sudbury. 



Retailers Organize. 



The organization of retail florists was 



(Toctod under the name of the Canadian 



ifotail Florists' Association. Officers 



were elected for the ensuing year as 



tollows: 



I'resident: 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, .1. Hill and H. G. Dille- 

 muf h. 



It is pr()|)osod to affiliate with the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association. 



Entertainment. 



The picnic to which the visitors were 

 invited by the Retail Florists' Club of 

 I'oronto, held at Long Branch, Wednes- 

 'lay afternoon, August 13, was a suc- 

 cess that surpassed all the high expecta- 

 tions of the local enthusiasts who 

 jilauned it. 0\'er o.lO were jiresent. 



T|y> outing on Lake Ontario Friday, 

 August 1"), brought to an end what was 

 unanimously agree*! to have been tho 

 most successful convention in the twen- 

 ty-fwo years of the history of the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association. 



The Exhibits. 



The exhibits, 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 Poeliimnnn Bros. Co., Clii- 

 I'ago; A. L. Hanilall Co., Chica<:o; M. 

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

 Toronto, and George B. Hart, Roclit^ster. 



PInnt exhibits were shown by Henry 

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

 Manda, South Orange, X. .1.; Roman J. 

 Irwin, New York, who showed the new 

 I'cgonia, Mrs. M. A. Patten; Wm. Jay 

 «.V Son, Toronto, and Arthur Gilchrist, 

 North Toronto, who showed some excel- 

 lent gindioli, among them a seedling, 

 primulinus x America, a soft shade of 

 I'ink and an early bloomer, which prom- 

 ises to be a good variety for forcing. 



PIck-Ups. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 were rej)resented by Stephen Green, on 

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



W. A. Manda left in a hurry with 

 Adam Jennings to purchase a carload 

 of decorative plants for Toronto. 



Tke talk on publicity produced re- 



Emery B. Hamilton. 



I'lisldcnl ( aiiiiilliin ll<iiticiilliii:il .\~-(nMiitic 



suits. Wm. (ianmia^i'. (it London, 

 started the ball rolling hv pleilging u\) 

 to .$L'.".(t. 



.\. ililclirist is iiiniing at wirieties ot' 

 gla.'r'nii tliat will lildimi amund the 

 stem ;nhl lie suitable t'ni' b.-iski't xsdi'k, 

 and seems to be succeeding in his aim. 



W. K. (iroves' juiper on "Coilpera 

 tion" w;is considered the gem of the 

 convent ion. 



■ The Prince of Wales did not arrive in 

 Toronto in time to attend the conven- 

 tion, but that |irince of good fellows. 

 Secretary .lolm Voung, ot' the S. A. F., 

 made ;i dying \ isit with I'resijieni Am 

 mann, I'iiilip Lreitim^yer .•ind Albert 

 Pochelon, from Detroit. 



NEW ORLEANS. LA. 



The Market. 



While .'issortment has bei'ii lacking in 

 the cut rtow(>r trad" liere during the last 

 ten or twelve days, there has been a 

 noticeable improvement in the quality 

 of the goods coining from the outside. 

 The demand, generally, has been of a 

 midsumrner character; hand-to mouth, 

 as it were, but to be expected at this 

 season of the year, when .a large jiart of 

 the cli-^ntele of the florist is vegetatirij: 

 or recuperating at points "far from the 

 madding crowd." Some rather classy 

 asters have come in from ralifornia dur- 

 ing the last week and have helped to eke 

 out sup])Iies, 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 rost's — White Killarney, Coihet and 

 Kadiaiice -which have compared witli 

 the li'st coming in from the greenhouses 

 of the middle west. The aster cro[t here 

 has been pr.act ically a failure. Root 

 aphids. c(]iii)lei| with adxcrse w^atlier 

 conditions, ha\c been the in.'iin factors 

 and only here ;ind t liere ha\'e the gar- 

 dens produce(| anything approaidiing de- 

 siralde trade stock. Sentiment seems to 

 be swingiui; towards the dahlia aiul 

 home grown |ioni|ions ]\:t\c met reatly 

 sail'. The supply, as yit, is narrow. 



Field Work. 



Weatiiei- conditions Iia\e been unfa 

 \(ir;il>ie of late for any mat rial field 

 U(irk. Labor ccuulitions have also ham- 

 pered work considerably .and many of 

 the nurseries are grttssy and unkempt, 

 lleaxy thundersliowers are of daily oc- 

 cnrrenct , making it almost impossible to 

 work the beds in anything like a satis- 

 fact(n-y manner, and hence overheail ex- 

 penses are naturally increase.!. At pres- 

 ent $'A jier day is in many instances be- 

 ing jiaid and labor is scarce at that. 



Interest has again centered mainly in 

 the chrysanthemum crop. Whil'^ the 

 plants show good growth, here and there, 

 owing to excessive precipitation, the 

 beds show deterioration. Tlu- white ant, 

 one of the most destructive ])ests the 

 grower has to contend with at this stage 

 <if the crop, has done only minor damage 

 thus far, and the same may be said of 

 the lace-winged bug and black aydiis. 

 High cost of living will be a material 

 factor in crop returns, as many r.dy on 

 temporary cloth-covered structures for 



