ArcusT 28, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Arcadia Auditorium* Detroit* on the Afternoon of the Opening Day of the Convention. 



Iionorable mention for the display of Tarrytown 

 fern and moss fern. 



Max Scbling, of New York, a certificate of 

 merit for three most beautiful, artistic steamer 

 baskets. 



Greening Nursery Co., Monroe, Micli., liiglily 

 commended for display of evergreens. 



Kobeflt Craig Co., PliUadelphia, honorable 

 mpntion for a beautiful display of foliage plants. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., honor- 

 able mention on lilacs. 



John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld. X. Y.. an hon- 

 orable mention for the new gladioliiis. White 

 America. 



Additional Exhibits. 



In addition to the exhil>its described 

 in last week's issue of The Review were 

 the following, staged after the opening 

 day: 



Laurel festooning, cut ferns and holly 

 were shown by the Crowl Fern Co., of 

 Millington, Mass., with Manager E. W. 

 Vineca in charge. 



J. E. Matthewson, of Sheboygan, Wis., 

 had a collection of cyclamens and be- 

 gonias. 



Walter Mott outdistanced the bill of 

 lading on the insecticides from Beacon, 

 X. Y., and so all he had to show were 

 the two famous exposition diplomas of 

 Benjamin Hammond. 



W. J. Boas, of Philadelpliia, had a rep- 

 resentative present, but made no ex- 

 hibits of boxes. 



The Kanawha Mfg. Co., Chicago, did 

 not put up a Bernhard boiler, but had 

 ])lenty of literature on its table. 



Evertite glazing cement and the Oh 

 Boy glazing gun were displayed by the 

 Excello Mfg. Co., Cleveland, O. 



On the Stage. 



On the stage of the auditorium were 

 the offices of the F. T. D., where M. Bloy 

 presided and proved a most efficient aid 

 to the visitors in general, aside from do- 

 ing effective campaigning for the or- 

 ganization, and also of the publicity 

 campaign fund, where John 11. Pepper 

 took orders for signs, slides and adver- 

 tising helps, as well as contributions. 



LOCAL PEEPABATIONS. 



The Detroit florists justified their 

 reputation as excellent advertisers in 

 their work in behalf of the convention. 

 The newspapers all had notices of the 

 meeting, some of them quite elaborate. 

 Some of the dailies published editorials 

 welcoming the florists. On the morning 

 of August 18 a page in colors in the De 

 troit Free Press told about the meeting 

 and exhibition of the American Gla- 

 diolus Society and the growth in popu- 

 larity of the flower. Ella Grant Wilson, 

 of Cleveland, was author of the article. 

 Banners bearing announcements of the 

 convention hung at the entrance of the 

 Hotel Statler and of the Arcadia audi- 



torium and across the street where the 

 street cars stopped for the latter place. 

 The souvenir album was an elaborate 

 piece of work, not so large as that at the 

 Chicago convention, but still a mark of 

 Detroit enterprise. 



The local florists had coined a slogan 

 in their publicity concerning the conven- 

 tion, "By their flowers ye shall know 

 them; Say It with Flowers," and to that 

 end distributed gladiolus sprays and 

 asters, for the ladies to carry and the 

 men to put in their buttonholes, respect- 

 ively. 



In entertainment the hospitality of 

 Detroit was bounded only by the time 

 limit. Wednesday afternoon was a 

 theater party for the ladies at the Tem- 

 ple theater, and Thursday afternoon an 

 automobile ride was arranged for them. 

 For Wednesday night a moonlight ex- 

 cursion on the steamer Britannia was 

 provided, with music, dancing and buffet 

 supper aboard. The bowling contest was 

 rolled Thursday evening. These defi- 

 nitely programmed events were not 

 enough for Detroit. Invitations for any 

 where one wanted to go on Friday were 

 offered, to the Ford plant, to the Hudson 

 plant, or anywhere else. 



To the energetic president of the De- 

 troit Florists' Club, J. F. Sullivan, much 

 i-rcdit is due for thorough arrangements. 

 The vigilant care of the ex-mayor, Philip 

 Breitmeyer, sliould al.so receive its due. 

 The cliairmen of tlie committees were as 

 follows : 



Finance — E. A. Fetters. 



Subscriptions— C. H. I'lumb. 



Hotels and Keceptioii K. A. Fetters. 



Decoration- -Henry Knrster. 



r.adjres and l'ul>lklfy--AVayne Mcl-autrlilin. 



I'ress — M. Uloy. 



Automobiles - A. I'fK-helon. 



Refreshments I'hilip Itreitmeycr. 



lUAvliiipr — Josojih Streit. 



Music and Entertainments Walter Taepke. 



BOWLING AT DETROIT. 



The alleys in the Recreation building 

 — there were twenty-two on one floor — 

 furnished the best facilities for the con- 

 vention bowling contests that the S. A. 

 V. has over hatl. All twenty-two were 

 going full blast Thursday evening, and 

 spectators packed the space behind the 

 bowlors. 



The S. A. V. clinnipionship prize was 

 won by Herman Knoble, of Cleveland, 

 with a score of 200. 



The teams placed in the following or- 

 der, with their total scores: 



riiicago 2.56.S 



t'leveland 2,481 



Detroit .'2!391 



New York 21351 



Iluflfalo !2!lll 



Milwaukee * . .2!o2C 



In the singles the winners ranked in 

 the following order: 



r. I.. Seyliolil. Wilkes Uuriv. fa. 



J. J. Keneke. St. liouls. 



Stephen Jones, Norwulk, O. 



I). K. Weeks. As)ital>ula. (>. 



F. Holznagle, Detroit. 



J. L. Abele. St. Ix)uis. 



Victor Bergman. Chicago. 



P. Papes, Detroit. 



A. Deschley. 



C. M. Balluff, Toledo, O. 



High men on each of the six teains 

 whieli competed were H. P. Knoble, 

 Cleveland; C. C. Kirkpatrick, Detroit; 

 A. Zech, Chicago; Chaa. Sandiford, 

 Buffalo; Arthur Buchholz, New York; 

 James Matthewson, Milwaukee. 



The highest number of pina for three 

 games was scored by the following in 

 order: A. Zech, Chicago; H. P. Knoble, 

 Cleveland; C. C. Kirkpatrick, Detroit; 

 Walter Amliiig, Chicago. 



Highest average on the Detroit team 

 was secured in order by C. C. Kirkpat- 

 rick, Louis Charvet and Joseph Streit. 



For the greatest number of strikes 

 C. C. Kirkpatrick, Detroit, and H. P. 

 Knoble, Cleveland, were tied with four 

 teen apiece. Peter A. Olsem, Chicago, 

 led ill number of spares. 



1h the singles, F. Holznagle, Detroit, 

 led in number of strikes, and E. A. Fet- 

 ters, Detroit, in spares. 



In tlie ex-presidents' contest the or- 

 der ran: I'liilip Breitmeyer, George As- 

 mus, F. H. Tiaendlv, A. L. Miller and 

 K. G. Hill. 



The pri/c wiiiiu'rs in tlie ladies' con- 

 test ranked in the following order: 



Mrs. H. p. Knoble Cleveland. 



Mrs. A. INx'lieloii. Detroit. 



Mrs. «;e<i. I{. Ilofinling. Detroit. 



Mrs. F. H. 'Inieiidly, New York. 



Mrs. A. F. J. IJiuir. Indiana poll*. 



Mrs. Friedley. 



Mrs. Wra. Warnke. Cleveland. 

 Mrs. John H. Kiung, Detroit 



•Mrs. tJeo. L. Ileichert. Buffal* 



Mrs. M. Bloy, Detroit. 



Mrs. Doemling obtained the most 

 strikes and Mrs. Pochelon led on spares. 



THOSE PRESENT. 



Tlie attendance at the Detroit con- 

 vention is thought to have surpassed 

 that at any i)revious convention. Exact 

 comparison cannot be made, for a great 

 many did not register. How many 

 failed to do so one can only guess, but 

 the figure would be large. Additional 

 attendance noted after the list in last 

 week's issue of The Review was com- 

 pleted comprised the following: 



Abele. J. I,.. St. r>i.ui8. llo. 



Armstrong. Hugh, Kitchener. Out. 



Acklin, D. S.. Toledo. O. 



Aswith, J. H.. Cedar Falls, la. 



Baker, J. P., ZanesviUe, O. 



Ballas, Mrs. Bessie, r.«nglng, MIcfc. 



Balluff. C. M., and wife, Toledo. •. 



Barrow, John, Toledo, O. 



Bate, Herbert. Newton Falls, 0. 



Bertoli, H. A., Chicago. lU. 



Bissinger. J. A., and wife. IjimIvs, Mich 



Blind. E. H.. Pittsburgh. Pa. 



