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JANCAEY 22, 1920. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



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r. T. D. TO START "WEEDINa. 



Will Susi>end Delinquents. 



Having pushed its membership list up 

 to 1,300, the Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery Association has decided that 

 quality is now more important than 

 quantity and its secretary w\Jl begin to 

 wield the authority provided by the 

 constitution and by-laws in regard to 

 delinquent members. 



Hitherto the clearing house has acted 

 in the capacity of collection agency for 

 members of the association, but no sus- 

 pension has been inflicted on F. T. D. 

 florists who failed to pay up within the 

 time specified by the constitution and 

 by-laws, which states (article 11, sec- 

 tions 9 and 10): "If any member fails 

 to remit to the secretary, as provided 

 above, within ten days after the mail- 

 ing of such notice by the secretary, 

 the account presented shall be paid by 

 tlic association out of the guarantee 

 fund. The delinquent debtor shall be 

 notified of the payment of his debt 

 by the association and that if he does 

 not reimburse the association for the 

 amount paid within ten days his mem- 

 bership in the association shall cease." 



Secretary Pochelon's Notice. 



The secretary of the association has 

 sent out notices of the proposed action 

 of the association, which reads as fol- 

 lows: 



A resolution adopted by the board of dl- 

 roctors authorizing tlie secretary to pay all 

 iiorounts that are sent to the clearing house 

 took effopt .January 1, 1920. 



Apoordinjrly. all accounts sent to the clear- 

 inc house for collection will be paid promptly, 

 nftpr this office lias been assured that said 

 account is due and no adjustments are neces- 

 sary. A check for tlie amount less twenty 

 per cent will be sent to the creditor. The 

 florist owing the account automatically becomes 

 <lohtor to the F. T. D. for the full amount. 

 AH checks are to be issued against the guar- 

 nntco fund of the association. When the ac- 

 counts are paid they will be credited to the 

 guarantee fund less twenty per cent. Any 

 surplus arising (after expenses are deducted 

 for collection) from tliis procedure will be 

 turned into the general fund of the associjt^- 

 tion. 



The penalty for failure to pay the accounts 

 williin ten days after due notice from the 

 secretary will be suspension and tlie delin- 

 quent's name will be withdrawn from the list, 

 in accordance with article 11, section 10, of 

 the constitution and by-laws. Any balance 

 due a suspended member of his guarantee fund 

 iifter all accounts are paid will lie remitted 

 after a lapse of the authorized time: see article 

 1, section 6. constitution and by-laws. 



The secretary has l>een called to account 

 nian.v times by members of tlie F. T. D. for 

 not using his official right in issuing checks 

 to cover accounts due. To avoid further criti- 

 cism, the above action was declared timely. 



• ' FLOWERINQ LAMP-POSTS. ' ' 



In the January issue of Popular 

 Science Monthly the efforts at floral 

 beautification of the downtown streets 

 of Allentown, Pa., are illustrated and 

 described as follows: 



"Turning the street lamp-posts into 

 things of beauty is the object of the 

 nnthorities of Allentown, Pa. 



"In that city every lamp-post wears 

 a hanuiiifi-rrarden effect from spring un- 

 til Inte .Tutumn. The flowers and deco- 

 rative leaf-bearing plants are planted 

 in urn-shaped globes which encircl? the 

 lamp-posts some distance below the 

 light. 



"The city fathers who thought of and 

 adopted the flowering lamp-post idea 



made a thorough job of beautifying the 

 town by removing all of the overhead 

 telephone and telegraph wires — at least 

 in the principal streets. ' ' 



THOSE PBEBENT AT CHICAGO. 



i<(Oonclnded from pagre 16.] 

 Blind, Edward H., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Bourdet, L. Jules, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Brooks, Chas. S., Memphis, Tenn. 

 Brown, F. C. W., Cleveland, 0. 

 Buxton, 6. E., Nashua, N. H. 

 Campbell, A. M., Strafford, Pa. 

 Coggan, S. W., Battle Creek, Mich. 

 Critchell, C. E., Cincinnati, 0. 

 Denmead, Jas. L., Marsballtown, la. 

 Dillemuth, H. O., Toronto, Ont. 

 Dorner, H. B., Urbana, 111. 

 Dorner, Theodore, and wife. La Fayette, Ind. 

 Dunlop, Frank W., Toronto, Ont. 

 Dunlop, John H., Toronto, Ont. 

 Elder, L. S., Indianapolis, Ind, 

 Engelmann, Carl, Saffron Walden, England. 

 Evans, John A., Richmond, Ind. 

 Frank, Chas. L., Portland, Ind. 

 Frey, Irwin, Lincoln, Neb. 

 Frey. K. J.. Lincoln, Neb. 

 Gammage, W. W., London, Ont. 

 Geddis, D. S., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Geraghty, G. M., Toronto, Ont. 

 Goddard, S. J,, Framingbam, Mass, 

 Goebel, Philip, Webster Groves, Mo, 

 Gorly, Vincent J,. St. Louis, Mo. 

 Grillwortzer, D, G,, Washington, D, C. 

 Gruliemans, J, J,, Avon, O, 

 Gude, W, F,, Washington, D. C, ^ 



Gude, Amelia, Washington, D. C. %^ 

 Hagenburger, Carl, and wife. Mentor, O. 

 Henshaw, A. M,, New Tork. 

 Howard, W. D., Milford, Mass. 



Hunkel, Herman. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Jones, R. E,, Richmond, Ind. 



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



Kennedy, W. A., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Kerr, R. C, Houston, Tex. 



Kirscht, P. N., Morton Grove, III. 



Knoble, Herman, Cleveland, O. 



Kuhl, Geo. A., Pekln, ,111. 



Lenk, W. B., Arliugton, Mass, 



Lindberg, N, P., Rugby, N. D. 



MacLaugblin, Jas., Cleveland, O. 



McCallum, Edward J., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Manke, W. C, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mann, Earl, Richmond, Ind. 



Marshall. W. E,, New York. 



Matthewson, Ed., Shelwygan, Wis, 



Matthewson, J, E,, Shelwygan, Wis. 



May, Oscar, and wife, Sappington, Mo. 



Maynard, Charles, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Miller, Mrs, A. C, EvansvlUe, Ind. 



Miller, A. L., Jamaica, N. Y. 



Mott, Walter, Beacon, N. Y. 



Murphy, W. Ray, Cincinnati, O. 



O'Keefe, P. F., Boston, Mass. 



Oppeneer. H. H., Lancaster, O. 



Pegler, Thomas, Lewiston, Me. 



Penn, Henry, Boston, Mass. 



Peterson, J. A., Cincinnati, 0. 



Peterson, Clarence H,, Cincinnati, 0. 



Peterson, P. W., Jollet, 111. 



Peirce, E. Allan, Walfnam, Mass. 



Pierson, W. B., Cromwell, Conn. 



Pillsbury, I. L., Galesburg, 111. 



PoUworth, C. C Milwaukee, Wis. 



Pohl, Gustav, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Psenicka, Jas,, Gross Point, 111. 



Rasmussen, Anders, and wife, New Albany, 



Ind. 

 Renter, L. J., Boston, Mass. 

 Roepke, Wm. F., Milwaukee, Wis. 

 Rowe, JW. A., and wife, Kirkwood, Mo. 

 Rusch, ' Gust., Milwaukee, Wis. 

 Saunders. Ernest, Lfewiston, Me. 

 Schroeder, Wm, R., Milwaukee, Wis. 

 Schwake, Chas,, New York, 

 Sheppard, H. W., Cincinnati, 0. 

 Strout, C. S., and wife, Blddeford, Me. 

 Vesey. David S., Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 Walley, John C Zelienople, Pa. 

 Washburn. Frank L,, Bloomington, III. 

 Wilcox, Roy F,. Des Moines, la, 

 Williams, Mrs, Fred H., LaFayette, Ind. 

 Wilson, J. A,, Des Moines, la. 

 Wisely, Claude. Murphysboro, 111. 

 Young, John, New York. 



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The greenhouses of W. J. & >f. S. 

 "Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind., are strong on 

 Cattleya Schroedera; and Vanda ca?rulea, 

 having an especially fine strain of the 

 latter. C. Maynard, the grower, is work- 

 ing up the stock, but says it is slow 

 work, and the rumor that an exception 

 in quarantine regulations is to be made 

 in favor of admitting orchids will be 

 greeted with pleasure by all orchid 

 growers, particularly at this time of 

 good prices. A choice strain of Cypripe- 

 deum Leeanum was also noted. More 

 houses will be devoted to growing 

 orchids. In the meantime several that 

 have been used for lettuce will be 

 turned back to carnations and roses. 

 Shawyer will be reduced and Premier 

 increased. This is the most satisfac- 

 tory rose on the place. If left on the 

 plant, it grows as large as Beauty, 

 brings as good a price and is a freer 

 profluccr. A seedling from Carnation 

 Enchantres? is being carefully watched. 

 Judge Vcsiey, / accompanied by Mrs. 

 Vesey, was leaving for a short sojourn 

 at Palm Beach, the judge observing that 

 "there had been three strikes in which 

 he was legally interested and he was 

 batted out for the winter." 

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Gu«tav Schneider, of Springfield, O., 

 was dipping for goldfish and observed, 

 as the little fellows jumped out of the 

 net, that being in ever fresh, cold 

 water made them frisky and healthy. 

 A fine fountain-aquarium fills the 

 greater part of tlie window on the right 

 side, the whole of the left being used 

 for plants. The finish is in white enamel 



a^d tiling. A high curved ceiling, fin- 

 ished with latticework in green, will 

 be covered with vines. A new icebox 

 stands across the store and cuts off the 

 view to the rear. When completed, the 

 store will compare favorably with the 

 best and will be cared for by Mr. 

 Schneider himself, who has been for- 

 bidden to take an active part in the 

 work in the greenhouses, as he had al- 

 ways done hitherto. A recent opera- 

 tion has weakened him, but it is hoped 

 a rest will pull him around. He sees an 

 increase in business during the brief 

 time he has been in the store and says 

 it is a man's job, while giving full 

 credit to the fair ones who have kept 



the business together. 



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The Geo. H. Mellen Co., Springfield, 

 O., is receiving early orders from its 

 regular patrons. There are a host of 

 inquiries, which with this company us- 

 ually mean orders eventually, owing to 

 the clever manner of handling the in- 

 quiries. "When one has the goods to 

 back up a statement, one may go the 

 limit and then some," observed Mr. 



Mellen. 



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Manager Everett K. Sparrow, of 

 Schmidt & Botley, Springfield, O., point- 

 ing to a set of pigeonholes, observed 

 that with the present condition of help, 

 one has to be super-careful to prevent 

 errors in labeling and selecting. The 

 arrangement, alphabetically, is tiptop. 

 The houses are well filled, including the 

 three recently completed, to be used 

 cliiefly for bedding plants. W. M. 



