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The Florists' Review 



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CUSTOMS TROUBLE OVER. 



The embargo on the exportation of 

 greens to the United States from Can- 

 ada stopped many orders for Christmas 

 goods. Eed tape galore added to the 

 trouble. However, I am glad to say that 

 one day's delay, at Victoria, B. C, is 

 now the only difficulty. All tests are 

 made there, with no added expense to 

 buyer or seller. The congestion of the 

 American Railway Express Co. will, I 

 trust, soon be a thing of the past and 

 the flow of traffic resumed as of yore. 



W, H. Marcon. 



WHY DO PLANTS GROW? 



How will one explain the "energy" 

 which forces plants to grow? 



If it were heat, then plants outdoors 

 would grow better during July and Au- 

 gust than in the spring season. Grow- 

 ers know that healthy plants with the 

 best care in every respect frequently 

 will not grow in the proper temperature 

 in greenhouses and this because there is 

 no growing force to push them up. 



I am convinced that the temperature 

 is not always a growing one, and that 

 the energy or the force is adjusted to 

 the temperature. 



Is there anyone of the readers of The 

 Eeview who can throw more light on 

 this subject, so as to find a way to meas- 

 ure the force of growth independently 

 of the temperature? 



Theodore Herr. 



WORK CURE FOR THE H. C. OF L. 



What is the cause of the present 

 scarcity of stock that is making some 

 florists ask unheard-of prices and is put- 

 ting flowers out of reach of some cus- 

 tomers? 



The infallible law of supply and de- 

 mand justifies the present scale of 

 prices, but we are losing some custom- 

 ers who are not able to meet these 

 prices, customers who were at one time 

 good buyers. What are we going to do 

 for them? Are we doing right by let- 

 ting them alone until they earn enough 

 to pay the high prices? Maybe at some 

 future time the prices will get back to 

 a level where they can buy. But how? 

 The tendency is upward, with nothing 

 but talk of how to bring it down. 



Supply, or, better still, lack of sup- 

 ply, is really the cause of the h. c. of 1. 

 (The "1" is for either living or luxury. 

 Take your choice.) The florists should 

 make a resolve this year to produce 

 everything possible. Have nothing 

 around the place idle. Keep glass, land 

 and workers going at full speed ahead, 

 with a maximum production as the goal. 

 We should produce everything that we 

 need and forget that we ever bought 

 stock from Holland, Germany and 

 France. Those plants were mighty easy 

 to handle, as they came to us ready for 

 the sales counter and we only had to 

 act as salesmen. The prohibition of im- 

 portation of this stock makes a big hole 

 in our floral menu, but if we have the 

 proper spirit and disposition to work, 



we can produce that or other stock, 

 which will not only serve as well, but 

 will bring greater final returns from the 

 sale, as all of the money will stay in 

 this country. 



What we need is producers. Produc- 

 tion is the crux of the h. c. of 1. ques- 

 tion. Wallace Paterson. 



GULLETT'S NEW YEAR'S PARTY. 



The employees of Gullett & Sons, Lin- 

 coln, 111., held their New Year party, 

 planned first for the night of December 

 31, Saturday, January 3. The party was 

 put on as a masquerade. Of the crowd 

 of 150 who attended, about half were 

 costumed and masked. The photograph 

 reproduced on page 25 was made imme- 

 diately after the dancers unmasked. 



Much interest centered in the stunt 

 program arranged for the entertainment 

 of the crowd. Following the grand 

 march, led with great skill by the Mor- 

 row twins, noted acrobats for several 

 years before being employed by Gullett 

 & Sons, a program of six numbers was 

 put on, interspersed with dance num- 

 bers. Ike E. Oakman was the first per- 



former, cleverly putting on a black- 

 face sketch and a clog dance, the former 

 entitled "A Little Bit of Chicken." 

 Don Lucas followed with a blufE trom- 

 bone solo, "II Trovatore," and had all 

 his fellow workmen jumping hurdles un- 

 til his confederate walked out from be- 

 hind the scenes. George Duttlinger, 

 announced as "Dickey Nightingale," 

 sang two beautiful numbers and showed 

 much promise as a singer. A great deal 

 of merriment resulted from the appear- 

 ance of Signer Caruso and his troupe of 

 performing monkeys. This act, pre- 

 pared by Wilbur Gullett, of the firm, 

 introduced a realistic Italian organ 

 grinder with two of the smallest boys 

 costumed as monkeys. 



A fanfare played by the Morrow 

 twins wound up the stunt fest. Vin- 

 cent Jones, with an excellent tenor 

 voice, which has been heard in the 

 American camps and overseas, sang 

 popular songs at intervals through the 

 evening. Supper was served at mid- 

 night. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



The following appointments to the 

 board of directors of the Ladies' S. A. F. 

 have been made by the president, Mrs. 

 B. Hammond Tracy: For three years — 

 Mrs. R. C. Kerr, Houston, Tex.; Mrs. 

 W. W. Edgar, Waverley^ Mass., and 

 Mrs. F. H. Traendly, New York. For 

 one year — Mrs. Philip Foley, Chicago, 

 to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. J. F. 

 Ammann. 



Mrs. Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. 



NEW YORK LADIES' NIGHT I 



NEW YORK CLUB MEETING. 



Installation of Officers. 



The New York Florists' Club met 

 Monday evening, January 12, at the En- 

 gineering Societies building, with a 

 good attendance. Installation of officers 

 was the first business of the meeting. 

 President P. F. Kessler made a short 

 address, thanking his brother officers 

 and the members for the support given 

 him during his administration, after 

 which he introduced President-elect A. 

 M. Hcnshaw, and presented him with a 

 handsome gavel for use during his term 

 of office. Mr. Henshaw made a short 

 address, in which he urged effort to in- 

 crease the membership, pointing out the 

 desirability of life membership. He 

 also suggested the fostering of a greater 

 interest in the national publicity cam- 

 paign. 



Vice-president C. W. Knight, Secre- 

 tary Young and Treasurer W. C. Rick- 

 ards, Jr., also made short addresses. 

 The new trustees, Arthur Herrington, 

 Max Schling and Emil Schloss, were 

 also introduced and spoke briefly. 



C. H. Totty, for the flower show com- 

 mittee, reported that a meeting of the 

 committee had been held that afternoon, 

 at which the poster design had been se- 

 lected. It had been decided that the 

 price of admission tickets be 75 cents, 

 including war tax, and that trade tick- 

 ets be supplied at 40 cents each, tax 

 free, with the privilege of redemption 

 of unused tickets after the show. A 



good deal of routine work had been dis- 

 posed of and advertising contracts had 

 been arranged. Until the show, he said, 

 the committee would meet every 'fort- 

 night. 



Committees Appointed. 



President Henshaw announced the 

 appointment of standing committees as 

 follows: 



Legislation — W. H. Siebreclit, Jr., Frank K. 

 PierBon and Patrick O'Mara. 



Dinner — Roman J. Irwin, Clias. Schenck, P. 

 F. Kessler, L. E. Dupuy and A. L. Buchholz. 



Publicity— J. H. Pepper, A. T. De La Mare 

 and G. E. M. Stumpp. 



Exhibition — Harry 0. May, Paul RIro. Aubrey 

 S. Nash, Percy B. Rigby and A. Kottmiller. 



Awards — Wallace R. Pierson, .Joseph A. 

 Manda, P. W. Popp, Max Schling, W. H. Dnck- 

 ham, F. H. Traendly and C. H. Totty. 



Transportation — T. B. DeForest, Edward A. 

 Manda and Clifford Lowthor. 



Essay and lecture — Arthur Herrington, A. T. 

 De I^a Mare and J. H. Pepper. 



Delegates to New York Federation of Horti- 

 cultural Clubs and Societies — Anton Schultheis 

 and C. B. Weathered. 



House and entertainment— Peter Gerlaird, 

 chairman. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership in the club: Robert Johnston, 

 Ardsley, N. Y. ; Samuel Seligman, 239 

 Fourth avenue. New York; Edw. J. 

 Brenner, 103 West Twenty-eighth street. 

 New York; A. I. Underhill, Babylon, 

 N. Y.; David Bielefeld, 11 East One 

 Hundred and First street, New York. 



Nominations for election at the next 

 meeting were as follows: 



Earl S. Shaw, Riverdale, N. Y.; 

 Philip Hass, College Point, N. Y.; Fred 

 W. Payne, Grand Central Palace, New 

 York; W. C. Duckham (life), Madison, 

 N. J.; Lincoln Pierson (life), Madison, 



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