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The Florists^ Review 



January 22, 1920. 



age attendance at meetings last year 

 was 10^. Awards made to exhibits 

 were: One report of highest merit, 

 three reports of superior merit, nine 

 reports of merit, seven reports of cul- 

 tural merit, twenty-one honorable men- 

 tions and seventeen votes of thanks. 



President Bartsch announced the ap- 

 pointment of the following committees 

 for this year: 



Bxbiblts — W. H. Judd, chairman; Kenneth 

 FinlayBon, William Downs, George B. Bond, R. 

 J. Daly, F. B. Palmer, S. J. Goddard, Harold A. 

 Ryan, W. H. Golby, Robert Cameron and Don- 

 ald McKenzle. 



Entertainment — George W. Hamer, chairman; 

 P. J, Turley, Duncan Flnlayson, Donald Suther- 

 land, J. T. Slayter, T. J. Murphy and B. Stanley 

 Dufflll. 



Membership and welcome — James Methven, 

 chairman; John F. Brlry, Arthur Brown, Thomas 

 Milne and J. P. A, Guerineau. 



After the transaction of the regular 

 club business, a collation was served, 

 after which nearly all present joined in 

 dancing to the music of McHugh 's Jazz 

 Band until nearly midnight. 



Various Notes. 



The series of union horticultural and 

 agricultural meetings which opened in 

 Horticultural hall January 20 are at- 

 tracting large crowds of visitors. Ex- 

 hibits are many and varied. The Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club has a fine 

 display of foliage and flowering plants, 

 well arranged, while the Florists' Asso- 

 ciation contributes baskets and other 

 displays from retailers. The lectures 

 January 21 of Arthur Herrington, Madi- 

 son, N. J., on "Flowering Trees and 

 Shrubs," and of E. F. Coe, New Haven, 

 Conn., on "Japanese Gardening, Gar- 

 dons and Gardeners," both proved popu- 

 lar. 



Instead of having lectures on a va- 

 riety of topics for the annual winter 

 courfee in Horticultural hall, the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society will this 

 year make a decided change and has 

 secured the services of Prof. W. T. V. 

 Osterhout, of Harvard University, for a 

 cour.sc of six lectures, commencing 

 February 28, on "Germination and Root 

 Development. The requirements for 

 successful germination; the forces 

 which direct the roots in their search 

 for food and water." It will be inter- 

 esting to note how far the public is at- 

 tracted by lectures of a botanical na- 

 ture. 



Boston sent a large party to the Chi- 

 cago carnation convention. The weather 

 of January 19, when the party left, was 

 severely cold and the high market value 

 of flowers reduced the size of exhibits 

 taken along. Included in the official 

 party were S. J. Goddard, Henry Penn, 

 Thomas Pegler, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. 

 Strout and W. D. Howard. E. A. Peirce 

 and L. J. Router went on another train. 

 The total number from Boston was 

 fifteen. 



Thomas Roland is cutting a fine lot of 

 Acacia Bailoyana and Cattloya Triana;. 

 His rose houses at Revere are a little 

 off crop at present. 



J. T. Butterworth lias a fine lot of 

 cymbidiums in bud or l)loom. He has 

 over twenty varieties, including some 

 particularly choice liybrids. C. insigne 

 Sandera> is especially fine and grows 

 like a weed at Framingham. 



The W. W. Edgar Co. has a fine batch 

 of colored frcesias this season. This 

 company has a large amount of bulbous 

 stock already in bloom. Lilies for 

 Easter look extremely promising. 



Recent visitors included Carl Engel- 

 mann, Saffron Walden, England; S. S. 

 Skidelsky, New York; R. W. Peterson, 



Cincinnati, O., and a goodly number of 

 Dutch bulb salesmen. 



A. C. Burrage will make an exhibit 

 of 100 orchid plants in bloom at Hor- 

 ticultural hall January 31, 



W. N. C. 



BALTIMORE. 



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The Market. 



The market last week was about the 

 same as it has been since the Christmas 

 holidays. All lines of stock were short 

 and prices held about the same, with not 

 much of a reduction on holiday prices. 

 The reason for this is, of course, the 

 short supply, which by no means meets 

 the demand. 



Roses, while in short supply, are of ex- 

 cellent quality, and there seems to be no 

 trouble in getting the advanced prices. 

 Carnations, which are still quite scarce, 

 are cleaned up each day at $10 and $12 

 per hundred. Sweet peas are the only 

 item of stock not on the short list, as 

 they are becoming more plentiful each 

 day, and, owing to the shortage of other 

 lines of stock, they sell well. All miscel- 

 laneous stock continues scarce; in fact, 

 nothing has fully recovered from the 

 hard forcing received for the holidays. 

 There are some fine primulas and cycla- 

 mens to be had. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held in the Royal Arcanum 

 building January 12, Every florist. of 

 note in and about Baltimore was pres- 

 ent and had with him either his wife, 

 sister or sweetheart. 



At this meeting twenty-five new mem- 

 bers were elected to the club. Af te- a spir- 

 ited business meeting, the social part of 

 the evening commenced. Though we arc 

 located just 100 miles from Philadelphia, 

 the home of that brilliant young man we 

 have heard so much of from Detroit, 

 Washington and Buffalo, many of us had 

 never had the pleasure of meeting C. 

 H. Grakelow. At this meeting, how- 

 ever, we had that pleasure, and it was 

 the opinion of everyone that reports had 

 not been exaggerated. Mr. Grakelow 

 delivered one of his heart-to-heart lec- 

 tures. There was one thing he laid 

 special emphasis on, and that was that 

 during these times of high prices the 

 retail florist has no business to meet 

 his customers with a funereal counte- 

 nance and sympathize with them on the 

 high cost of flowers. His argument 

 was that when a man has to make apol- 

 ogies for the prices of the goods he is 

 selling he ought to get out of business. 

 Tell customers, "Yes, flowers are high, 

 but thoy are really worth more than we 

 are asking. ' ' 



The next speaker was his honor, 

 Mayor Broening, the first man in public 

 life to use "Say It with Flowers" offi- 

 cially. The mayor delivered one of his 

 happy addresses and promised to do 

 anj'thing he could for the club in the 

 future. There is no doubt that we shall 

 need him, for our president, "William 

 F. Ek.Ts, is going to the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion next summer with one object in 

 view, to bring the 1921 convention to 

 Baltimore. 



The Rev. Franklin Hoiick, of the Epis- 

 copal church, was the next si)oaker. He 

 likened flowers to the sacraments and 

 gave the Episcopal definition of the 

 sacraments to prove his point. After a 

 most fileasant evening we were dis- 

 missed with the benediction bv Mr. 

 Houck. Tate. 



CONVENTION PLANS. 



At Hamilton in August. 



Plans are well under way for the big 

 conventioi^ of the Canadian Horticul 

 tural Association, to be held in Hamil- 

 ton August 10 to 13, and, even at this 

 early date, much enthusiasm is being 

 shown. 



The work being done this year by 

 Canada's national society is the most 

 important and progressive in the history 

 of the country. Rapid developments by 

 the plant registration committee are 

 evident and the formation of a national 

 council of horticulture to improve edu- 

 cational facilities seems assured. 



These two items, together with many 

 others of hardly less value, and a great- 

 ly enlarged membership list will cul- 

 minate in the biggest and most impress- 

 ive convention in the history of the 

 association. 



Invitation to American Brothers. 



Ample provision has been made for 

 the entertainment of a large attendance 

 of delegates and special attention is 

 being given to looking after many of 

 our friends from the United States, who 

 will doubtless be present. 



Headquarters will be at the Royal 

 Connaught hotel, which assures the best 

 accommodation, both for the comfort of 

 guests and for the holding of meetings. 

 The big banquet hall will prove a splen- 

 did meeting room, with plenty of space 

 for a large array of trade exhibits. 



It is scarcely necessary to repeat that 

 a hearty welcome awaits all our Amer- 

 ican brothers. Hamilton will entertain 

 you and endeavor to make you take 

 home an even better opinion of Canada 

 than you already hold. 



Remember — Hamilton, August 10 to 

 13. H. E. G. 



USINGER'S UTTERANCES. 



A fire at an early hour, January 2, 

 caused considerable damage to the home 

 of A. S. Horn, Fremont, O. Though the 

 greenhouse connects with the house 

 and a leanto is on one side, not a glass 

 was broken, and no damage occurred to 

 the greenhouse stock. 



The Posy Shop^ Fremont, O., finds the 

 scarcity of stock trying at times. The 

 demand for flowers is greater than the 

 available supply. 



Ward, Florists, of Akron, O., in less 

 than a year after opening for business, 

 have increased their store space 100 per 

 cent. 



The North Hill Greenhouses, of 

 Akron, O., will have 2,200 hydrangeas 

 this year. This is a far greater quantity 

 than the firm has ever grown before, 

 l)ut Mr. Schwcrdtfeger feels confident 

 of selling them, as they are of excellent 

 quality. 



.T. Lcsneysnski, Akron, 0., reports a 

 good trade. This is his first winter in 

 business. W. T. U. 



Lambeth, Ont.^W. E. Swift, after 

 more than forty years' experience as a 

 grower of mums, fruit and vegetables 

 under glass in England, is growing 

 flowers, fruit and plants for the market 

 here. 



