SEl'TKMBKU 18, 1919. 



The Florists' Review 



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WISCONSIN STATE CONVENTION 



WISCONSIN FLORISTS MEET. 



First Annual Meeting at Milwaukee. 



Friday, September 12, at 2 p. m., 

 ilie Wisconsin State Florists' Associa- 

 tion convened at the Blatz hotel, Mil- 

 waukee, to celebrate its first birthday. 



President C. C. PoUworth presided. 

 After the opening address, the roll call 

 was taken and the minutes of the pre- 

 vious meeting, at Fond du Lac, read by 

 the secretary, H. J. Seel, and approved. 

 Tlie secretary and the treasurer, Gust 

 J?usch, read their reports and both were 

 ;ij)proved. 



The meeting then came to unfinished 

 business, which brought Richard 

 Heintze, of Fond du Lac, to his feet. 

 Mr. Heintze, who is a champion of law 

 and order in all things, spoke for the 

 adoption of a ruling by the association 

 whereby the discounts and commissions 

 jjivcn to agents and undertakers through- 

 out the state should become standard- 

 ized and suggested twenty per cent as 

 .1 l';iir and equitable amount. 



Twenty Per Cent Adopted. 



All animated discussion ensued, and 

 till" question was threshed out from 

 tvory angle. A motion was made and 

 seconded that the association take some 

 action on this question at once and not 

 lav it over for another meeting. The 

 vote showed but one dissenting voice, 

 surely from a brave heart, and it was 

 written on the records that the Wiscon- 

 sin State Florists' Association adopts 

 the rate of twenty per cent as the stand- 

 ard discount or commission allowed to 

 dealers and agents outside the trade. 



The matter of arranging a telegraph 

 i-odc for the use of association members, 

 with the ultimate view of having it 

 ii'lojited by the F. T. D. and S. A. F. 

 for universal use among florists, was re- 

 ferred back to the committee reporting 

 on it for the purpose of drawing up 

 such a code. 



Secretary Seel spoke about the avail- 

 ability of advertising car cards to mem- 

 bers of the association outside^ of Mil- 

 waukee. 



Election of Officers. 



When J. E. Matthewson was nom- 

 iiiatpd for president he declined, but 

 ;it length yielded when the members 

 would put up no one to compete for the 

 "iHce. The other oflBcers were filled also 

 ''v unanimous vote. Those elected were 

 <'is follows: 



President — J. E. Matthewson. She- 

 boyan. 



Vice-president — Rieharcl Heintze. 

 I'ond du Lac. 



Secretary — H. J. Seel, Milwaukee. 



Treasurer — Gust J. Rusch, Milwaukee. 



Director, three vears — John Rind- 

 Heisch, Beloit; two years, J. E. T. Tay- 

 lor, Oshkosh. 



Sheboyan was selected for the next 

 I'lace of meeting. The date will be an- 

 nounced later, probably being in July. 



The Banquet. 



At the banquet given in the Blatz 



J'otel at 6:30 p. m., C. C. Pollworth acted 



=1^ toastmaster. The example of brevity 



^«* by the president-elect, J. E. Matthew- 



son, was followed by those who were 

 called upon to speak, including the out- 

 of-state visitors and the leading figures 

 of the local trade. 



The Wisconsin State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation has a membership of 1.35, of 

 whom twenty are S. A. F. members. 

 During the coming year the association 

 hopes to double its number and secure 

 enough S. A. F. memberships to entitle 

 it to a director on the board of the 

 national society. 



The Visitors. 



A large number of Milwaukee florists 

 attended the meeting and banquet of 

 the association, so that the room pro- 

 vided was filled to its capacity. The out- 

 of-town visitors were as follows: 



Huormaiin, (ius.. North Milwaukee. 

 Hloruley, (1. ()., New I^oiulon. 

 Boelter, J. H., Appletoii. 

 Brueggemann, A. R., North Milwaukee. 

 Brux, Rudolph, Racine. 

 Buchholz, Wm., OshkoRh. 

 Kennedy, W. A., Wauwatosa. 

 Kllner, F. R., Chicago, 111. 

 Lassen, M. B., Racine. 

 Levenhagen, H. A., Manitowoc. 

 Longren, A. F., Chicago, 111. 

 Marks, Joseph, Chicago, 111. 

 Martin, A., I^ake Geneva. 

 Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan. 

 Nelson, J. V., Oshkosh. 

 Oehlenschlager, Chas.. Oconomowoc. 

 Pampin, R. E., Oshkosh. 

 Phillip, M., Wausau. 

 Relnhardt, A., North Milwaukee. 

 Rindfleisch, John, Beloit. 

 Rugowskl, John K., Manitowoc. 

 Schucht, W. G.. Chilton. 



Staeps, H., Elm Grove. 

 Taylor, J. E., Oshkosh. 

 Vatter, George, Marinette. 

 Zech, AUie, Chicago, III. 



WISCONSIN STATE FAIR. 



Throngs View Flower Display. 



Saturday, September 13, saw the clos- 

 ing of the largest and most successful 

 state fair Wisconsin ever had. From 

 every point of view it excelled the pre- 

 vious fairs. The exhibits wore larger 

 and more numerous, the j)rogram offered 

 more attractions and the attendance 

 was phenomenal. 



The Horticultural building, as usual, 

 proved to be the most popular with the 

 patrons, and, though it is a mammoth 

 structure, the crowds it was called upon 

 to handle, together with the numerous 

 exhibits, kept it jammed throughout 

 each day. It is estimated that 250,000 

 people passed through its aisles. 



The Awards. 



The prize-winners in the trade were 

 as follows: 



Collection of greenhouse plants, twenty-flve 

 varieties, covering at least fifty square feet — 

 Hoi ton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, first; C. C. 

 Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, second; A. F. Kellner 

 Co., Milwaukee, third; Edw. J. Hamme, Wauwa- 

 tosa, fourtli. 



Display of palms, covering at least fifty square 

 feet — A. F. Kellner Co., first; Holton & Hunkel 

 Co., second; C. C. Pollworth Co.. third. 



James E. Matthewson. 



(Presidentelect Wisconsin State Florista' Association.) 



