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The Florists^ Review 



Auccrr 28, 1919. 



BUnn. MiRs K., Toledo, O. 



Boerner, E. S., UallaH, Tex. 



Bridge, I'. H., Troy, O. 



Brown, Thomas V., Oreenfield, Mich. 



Brown, M. K., Montreal. Que. 



Burt, H. M., Jackson, Mich. 



Crissman, Elizabeth, I'unxsutawney, I'a. 



OriBsman, Edith, Punxwutawney, Pa. 



Davis, Ward B., Oshkosh, Wis. 



Davis, Thomas G., Brampton, Ont. 



Dieckroann, John, Elm Grove, W. \ii. 



Forbaeh, Conrad, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Goldman, Jos. R., Middletown, 0. 



Gravett, Mrs. W. E., Lancaster, O. 



GruUemans, J. J., Cleveland, O. 



Hahn, Paul C., Cleveland, O. 



Hay, C. H., Montreal, Que. 



Heelas, Geo. A., Jamestown, N. \. 



HeinI, Harry, Toledo, O. 



Herron. Dana II., Olean, N. l. 



Kennedy, C. W., Oil City, Pa. 



Kinder, F. V., Charleroi, Pa. 



Klunder, Henry E., Toledo, O. 



Klrchner, W. A., Cleveland, O. 



Kruse, W. H., St. Ix>uls, Mo. 



ije Due, B. J., Danville, Pa. 



I»renz, F. G., IndianaiMJlis. Ind. 



Magee, Tliomas, Toledo, O. 



McClements, John, PittsburKh. Pa. 



McGovern, Maude J., Winnipeg, Can. 



Metz, Earl W., Toledo, O. 



Nielsen, Jacob Kier, Oak Park, 111. 



Pearce, Mrs. K. M., Pottstown, Pa. 



Pruner. E. C, Cliicago, III. 



PulOB, P., Montreal. Que. 



Keinemeyer. A. T., Toledo. O. 



Uoepke, William, Indianapolis. Iiul. 



Koethke, Carl L., Saginaw, Mlcli. 



Rose, G., Toledo, O. 



Ruff, Charles W., St. Clair, Mich. 



Schramm, Frank, and wife. Toledo, 0. 



SelkrepR, James Ij.. Nortli East. Pu. 



Shachelford, William. Wilklnsbnrg, Pn. 



Shaw, I>!Roy E., PittNflpld, Mass. 



Smith, D. P., Flint, Mich. 



Smith, W. J., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Stoll, O. A., and wife, Hillsdale, Mich. 



Street, F. F., Carey, O. 



Suder, Mrs. B., Toledo, O. 



Temblett, W. H., and wife. Cleveland. O. 



Timm. Paul A., Toledo, O. 



Tuthill, L. W. C, New York. 



Van Bochove, John K., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



Vanhaverbeke, L., Eureka, Kan. 



Vogt, A. H.. Coldwater, Mich. 



Vogt, D., Coldwater, Mich. 



Vogt, John A., Sturgis, Mich. 



Wagner, Edmund J., Tiffin, O. 



Ward, Ralph, Cameron, Mo. 



White, R. R., Troy, O. 



Whiting, James, Amlierst, Mass. 



BOSE SOCIETY MEETS. 



On the morning of August 21 a meet- 

 ing was called of the American Rose 

 Society in Arcadia hall, Detroit. Presi- 

 dent Ben.iamin Hammond presided at a 

 small gathering. The chief subject of 

 discussion was the dissemination of Dr. 

 Van Fleet's seedling roses at the test 

 gardens at Arlington Farm, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Since the work is being 

 carried on under the government, it is 

 felt that the distribution of such new 

 varieties as Dr. Van Fleet perfects 

 should be through such channels as will 

 make the benefit general. The executive 

 committee of the society was instructed 

 to confer with the officials of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture in regard to 

 the matter. 



COLLEGE S. A. F. MEETS. 



The college section of the S. A. V. 

 met Thursday morning, August 21. Five 

 were present. Prof. H. B. Dorner, of 

 the T'niversity of Illinois, was elected 

 president and Prof. Alfred Hottes, of 

 Ohio State University, .secretary. Plans 

 were discussed how best to undertake 

 work that would be of practical as- 

 sistance to florists. 



MICHIGAN MEETING PLANNED. 



Wednesday afternoon, August 20, 

 Michigan florists gathered in Arcadia 

 hall after the S. A. F. session to or- 

 ganize a Michigan state association. 

 Henry (ioetz, of J. B. Goetz Sons, Sagi- 

 naw, Mich., was elected chairman to 

 effect preparations for a state conven- 

 tion at (Jrand Rapids in November. 



One would almost say more florists 

 came from Chicago by automobile than 



by train. 



• • * • 



The souvenir album followed the ex- 

 ample of The Review and made its re- 

 tailers ' advertising pages a Pink Sec- 

 tion. 



• * * • 



The only casualty of the convention 

 occurred to J. C. Steinhauser, of Pitts- 

 burg, Kan., who slipped and fell in his 

 bathroom, cutting his head severely, 

 taking his joy out of the convention for 



a day or so. 



• * • • 



The stage of the Arcadia auditorium 

 contained an exhibit for the F. T. D., 

 showing progress ** Through the Door of 

 the F. T. D. and Electricity," and the 

 oflSec of Secretary Albert Pochelon and 



his assistant, M. Bloy. 



• * • * 



A page in colors in the Detroit Free 

 Press for August 18 told about the 

 American Gladiolus Society and the 

 growth in popularity of the flower. Mrs. 

 Ella Grant Wilson, of Cleveland, wrote 

 the article. Breitmeyer's announced a 

 store display of gladioli in an ad across 



the bottom of the page. 



• • • • 



Professor F. L. Mulford brought from 

 Washington, D. C, some Harrisii bulbs 

 grown at the experimental farm at Ar- 

 lington. They ranged in size from 5-inch 

 to 10-inch. The larger ones were from 

 seed sown August, 1916, and had been 

 forced in 1917 and 1918 and grown out- 

 doors the following year, being dug 



August 18. 



• • • • 



Someone })icked up four rings in the 

 ladies' wash room at Arcadia auditorium 

 Thursday afternoon, August 21, three of 

 them solitaire diamonds. They were the 

 property of Mrs. Marks, wife of Joseph 

 Marks, the popular traveler for A. Hen- 

 derson & Co., 166 North Wabash avenue, 

 Chicago, who says she never again will 

 be so careless with her valuables if this 



])aragraph results in their return. 



• • • • 



The Skinner system on the lawn in 

 front of Arcadia hall was auctioned off 

 at the closing session by Philip Breit- 

 meyer for the benefit of the publicity 

 fund. When the bidding reached $50 

 the Skinner Irrigation Co. offered to 

 add an additional fifty feet if anyone 

 bid $100. J. J. Hess raised his figure 

 immediately and the hammer fell. The 

 amount is credited to the F. T. D. in 



the publicity subscriptions. 



• • • • 



After looking over the field, growers 

 were of the opinion that the vicinity of 

 Detroit offers an exceptional opportu- 

 nity for someone to start another large 

 cut flower range. Inspection of the lead- 

 ing greenhouse establishments in com- 

 ])arison with the retail stores and the 

 population lead to the belief that Detroit 

 must produce a smaller i)ercentage ot 

 the flowers used there than does any 

 other large city in the country. They 

 claim a million people. 



Walter Mott received a telegram on 

 the opening day of the convention in- 

 forming him he was a grandfather. 



• • • • 



An established precedent was fol- 

 lowed in making John G. Esler judge 

 of election. Mr. Esler openly admits 73 

 years. He and Dr. Osier are not rela- 

 tions, not even friends. 



• • * * 



The members of the Ladies' S. A. F. 

 presented Mrs. J. A. Peterson, the re- 

 tiring president, with a handsome silver 

 nut set in appreciation of her services 



during the year. 



• * * * 



The 15,000-pound Kroeschell boiler ex- 

 hibited on the convention floor was sold 

 to the Cedarlane Farms, at Wooster, 

 0. On the same flat car came another 

 of the same size for Wm. C. Engel, De- 

 troit. 



• * * * 



Detroit knew there was a florists' con- 

 vention. Banners bearing the announce- 

 ment hung in front of the Hotel Statler, 

 across Woodward avenue at Arcadia 

 auditorium and on the front of the con- 

 vention hall. 



• • • * 



The boat trip Wednesday night on 

 the Detroit river and Lake St. Clair was 

 further proof of the Detroit florists' 

 ability to provide excellent entertain- 

 ment. The boat was filled with florists 

 from stem to stern and keel to top deck, 

 and all enjoyed the music, dancing and 



refreshments heartily. 



• * • • 



Mrs. R. E. Darbee, of San Francisco, 

 decorated the president's table with 

 America gladioli and Goldefn Glow 

 mums, shipped from the coast. She 

 likes to make such demonstrations of 

 the traveling qualities of flowers and 

 has by this means done a great deal to 

 build up the shipping trade at San Fran- 

 cisco, which has assumed large propor- 

 tions. 



• • • • 



For the F. T. D. the convention re- 

 sulted in converting George Wienhoeber, 

 of Chicago. Mr. Wienhoeber is one of 

 the retailers who has done a big busi- 

 ness along F. T. D. lines without mem- 

 bership in that organization and the an- 

 nouncement that he had joined was 

 greeted with cheers. Max Schling is 

 credited with Mr. Wienhoeber 's conver- 

 sion, which promises benefits for all con 



cerned. 



• • • * 



In connection with his publicity 

 finance report, George Asmus told of 

 the billboards for which orders are be 

 ing taken. These are of sheet steel, 

 7%x20 feet, shipped ready to put up, 

 weighing 250 to 300 pounds, and will 

 emblazon the gold, green and blue sign 

 "Say It with Flowers" for 200 florists 

 who have already ordered them. The 

 cost is $50 f. o. b. Chicago. Names of 

 individual florists may be put just be 

 low the sign. Mr. Asmus expects a 

 great demand for them, as the cost is 

 about half of an ordinary billboard, 

 owing to the contract rate in quantity. 



