JANDABY 22, 1920. 



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INDIANA FLdRISTS MEET. 



Display, Do Business and Dinq. 



The January meeting of the Indiana 

 •si ate Florists' Association was held 

 luesday, January 13, at the ludepend- 

 , lit Athletic Club, Indianapolis. 



The display this year was not so 

 :,irge as had been expected, but the 

 Mock exhibited was excellent. W. Frank 

 ,- Sons, of Portland, were the only com- 

 iiotitors for the rose trophy; their 

 ! -looms were well worthy of the prize. 

 \V. Frank & Sons and Hartje & Elder 

 iioth displayed carnations and the 

 irophy was awarded the latter firm. 

 Honorable mention was granted to a 

 v.'ise of Euth Baur carnations exhibited 

 hy Baur & Steinkamp. Honorable men- 

 tion was also given A. Wiegand's Sons 

 Co. for some specimen cyclamens and 

 some Adiantum gloriosum. Honorable 

 inontion was made of some well grown 

 tyclamens and types of Gloire de Chate- 

 laine begonias and Primula obconica 

 grown by E. E. Temperley, who ex- 

 liibited his new red dissemination, 

 Christmas Gift, and a sport of Chate- 

 laine which has a large, deeper pink 

 flower. In this collection were also 

 some new seedling begonias from Gloire 

 de Chatelaine. 



The meeting was well attended by 

 members from all over the state. Presi- 

 dent Anders Easmussen presided and 

 gave a short talk, summarizing the 

 work and accomplishments of the asso- 

 ciation last year. 



Three names were proposed for mem- 

 bership: William Julius, of Jefferson- 

 ville; Clarence R. Hirth, Indianapolis, 

 and Adam Scheidler, Muncie. 



Secretary Steinkamp was instructed 

 to send an expression of sympathy to 

 the bereaved relatives of Robert Mc- 

 Keand, who was for many years secre- 

 tary of the association and whose re- 

 cent death was recorded in the obituary 

 column of The Review. 



Experiments and Insurance. 



All annual statements and reports 

 were read and approved. A. F. J. Baur, 

 reporting for the committee on experi- 

 ments, stated that it had met several 

 times with the professors at Purdue 

 TTniversity and had decided to take up 

 tirst the disastrous bud-dropping of 

 sweet peas, to see if this could not be 

 remedied, also the aster blight that has 

 caused so much trouble in this region. 

 Although the committee had spent much 

 time on the first, the latter had just 

 been touched upon and the committee 

 f olt that as yet no report of its achieve- 

 ments could be made. The aster 

 blight will probably be taken up next 

 summer, when the chances to study it 

 will be much better. Harry B. "White, of 

 Xorth Manchester, was added to this 

 committee. 



The insurance question was discussed 

 !tt great length. Dillon A. Myers, of 

 TJluffton, a member of the association 

 •'»nd also president of the American 

 Mutual Cyclone & Hail Insurance Co., 

 explained the steps taken by this com- 

 Jiany to include the new insurance and 

 urged the members of the state asso- 



ciation to indorse this company. The 

 matter was turned over tc^he insurance 

 committee, consisting of Herman Junge, 

 Charles Pahud, Oliver Stieinkamp, Len- 

 nis Elder and Anders Rasmussen. 



Cooperative Exhibits. 



A letter was read from the Indiana 

 Horticultural Society soliciting the co- 

 operation of the association and re- 

 questing that flower shows be given in 

 conjunction with the society's fruit 

 shows. This met the approval of all 

 the members present, as the society h'as 

 the cooperation and backing of the 

 state. This matter was left open, how- 

 ever, in order that the secretary might 

 obtain more information. 



A. F. J. Baur called attention to the 

 fact that the F. T. D. would meet in 

 Indianapolis next October and that it 

 was up to the Indiana association to act 

 as hosts at this time. Irwin Berter- 

 mann, a charter member of the F. T. D., 

 told what to expect at this time. The 

 matter was left open until the next 

 meeting. 



Mention was made of the American 

 Carnation Society meeting in Chicago 

 January 21 and 22 and all were urged 

 to attend, since this was expected to 

 be one of the best meetings ever held. 



Officers Reelected. 



The election of officers for 1920 re- 

 sulted in unanimous reelections, as fol- 

 lows: President, Anders Rasmussen, 



New Albany; first vice-pfesidont, W. W. 

 Coles, Kokomo; second vice-president, 

 L. E. Hitz, Madison; secretary, O. E. 

 Steinkamp, Indianapolis, and treasurer, 

 Charles Pahud, Indianapolis. 



The meeting adjchirned while the 

 judges made their decisions for the 

 trophies. Otto H. Nehrling, Crawfords- 

 ville; Lincoln Coles, Kokomo, and Carl 

 Sonnenschmidt, of Indianapolis, actedjf 

 as judges. During this interval a so- 

 cial hour and a buffet luncheon was en- 

 joyed. When the meeting had again 

 come to order, the decisions of the 

 judges were heard. The motion was 

 made by John Hartje that, if a cup be 

 won by a member of the association 

 three times in succession, the winner 

 then be entitled to the cup as his perma- 

 nent property. This was heartily sec- 

 onded and lacked only one vote of being 

 unanimously passed. The rose trophy, 

 having been won six times in succession 

 by W. Frank & Sons, was presented to 

 that firm. 



L. E. Hitz, of Madison, extended an 

 invitation to the association to meet 

 with him sometime next summer for 

 a 2-day meeting. The invitation was 

 heartily accepted. 



Banquet and Talk on Panama Zone. 



The meeting again adjourned and 

 various games were played in the social 

 room until 6:30 p. m., when a splendid 

 banquet was enjoye^. At this time 

 Harry Dietz, a government official who 

 has spent a great deal of time in the 

 Panama canal zone, gave an interesting 

 account of the plant and insect life_ 

 found there and elaborated upon the 

 wonderful orchids, which grow wild, 

 but which were almost impossible to 

 procure because of the swamps. Other 

 short speeches were given by various 

 members. E. E. T. 



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LADIES' S. A. F. 



President's Message. 



To the members of the Ladies' So- 

 ciety of American Florists: 



The gavel, your president's symbol of 

 power, came to me today reposing on a 

 bed of roses, all bound round with rose- 

 pink ribbon and tagged with a little silk 

 wild rose. Your gracious retiring presi- 

 dent, a loyal florist's wife and ever 

 mindful of the fitness of things, paid 

 you her tribute and said it with roses. 

 The message was so significant that I am 

 passing it on to each and every member. 



The garden gate of the new year has 

 been opened for us, upon a rose-strewn 

 path, and it must be not only our pleas- 

 ure but our duty to keep it rosy. 



The president of the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists remembered us with cour- 

 tesy in his message, and it is my great 

 privilege to extend to him our greetings 

 and our hearty congratulations on his 

 message and the efficient manner in 

 which he has undertaken his duties. 



I am indeed proud to hold the hon- 

 ored position of your president and 

 anxious to prove myself worthy of your 

 trust. My success will but reflect your 

 cooperation, without which no president 

 can be a success. I bespeak for your 



officers, for your board of directors and 

 for your committees your loyal support 

 and your absolute confidence. 



Throughout the year there is little of 

 purely society matters to engage our 

 attention. For this reason I would 

 greatly appreciate any items of interest 

 from or about our members, news from 

 the clubs which have been formed in 

 several cities, news from widely sepa- 

 rated localities. The United States 

 needs to hear from Canada, the north 

 from tlie south, the east from the west. 

 Send any news to your secretary, so that 

 others may profit and membership in 

 the Ladies' S. A. F. may mean more 

 than a few days ' association in the sum- 

 mer. 



Individual effort, if focused on the 

 single idea, to make the Ladies' Society 

 of American Florists a force in florists' 

 activities, must surely produce results. 

 To this end, let every member consider 

 herself a self-appointed committee of 

 one, to work for the betterment of the 

 society. 



I shall be in New York during the 

 flower show in March and shall be glad 

 to meet any members who may attend, 

 to give and receive any information 

 helpful to the members and to the so- 

 ciety in general. 



kathryn Beach Tracy, President. 



