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The Florists^ Review 



Januabt 29, 1920 



Banquet of American Carnation Society and Illinois State Florists' Association at ChicagOt January 22. 



John H. Dunlop and Ernest Saunders 

 were elected to succeed the former and 

 W. B. Nicholson, of Framingham, Mass., 

 as judges. 



A paper by Mrs. Ella Grant Wilson, of 

 Cleveland, on a patent for plants was 

 presented in curtailed form, as the hour 

 was late. 



Late Arrivals. 



President Theodore Dorner wished he 

 hadn't put the sentence in his address 

 about the express service improving 

 when the carnations shipped from F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co., at La Fayette, Ind., 

 Tuesday failed to appear until Thurs- 

 day morning, a day too late for the com- 

 petition. His disappointment was 

 shared by others when they were able 

 to admire the splendid Laddie and the 

 seedlings which he planned to enter in 

 the classes for 100 white and 100 red. 

 In addition there was a collection of in- 



dividual blooms of seedlings whose va- 

 riety of colors elicited mucn praise. 



On the second day the Wonder Plant 

 Irrigator Co., Chicago, displayed dif- 

 ferent sizes of its Little Wonder plant 

 irrigator and hanging baskets equipped 

 with it. 



Deferred Judges' Report. 



The Eobert C. Kerr special prize of 

 $25 was announced after the convention. 

 The chief consideration was keeping 

 quality. The award went to Charles S. 

 Strout, on Maine Sunshine, which 

 scored: Quality, 84; transit, 93; condi- 

 tion at end of exhibition, 90; total 

 points, 267. 



A vote of thanks was given to F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind., for 

 six vases of new varieties of carnations 

 and a vase of mixed seedlings, which ar- 

 rived too late for competition. 



To A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, was 



also given a vote of thanks for the ex- 

 hibits of freesias, Viola and General 

 Pershing. 



Ammann's Summons. 



At the close of the opening session, 

 January 21, J. F. Ammann presented a 

 most stirring appeed to the growers to 

 form a national organization, a meeting 

 for which was called at the conclusion 

 of the meeting of the Illinois State Flo- 

 rists' Association on the afternoon of 

 January 22. 



In outlining his ideas he stated that 

 there were 150 cities in the United 

 States which had a population of more 

 than 40,000. In each of these a growers' 

 organization, a 'Hocal," so to speak, 

 could be formed, having at least twenty- 

 five members. If such'local bodies were 

 formed in only two-thirds of these 

 cities, he stated, the combined organiza- 

 tion would number 2,500, a powerful 

 body if acting in unison. 



Mr. Ammann stirred his audience and 

 brought forth approving remarks from 

 Philip Breitmeyer, Joseph Kohout, F. C. 

 W. Brown, W. N. Eudd and Carl Hagen- 

 burger. 



HOW OUR SLOGAN SPREADS. 



"Please Omit Flowers." 



In South Dakota presidential candi- 

 dates are expected to say it in eight 

 words, being thus denied permission to 

 say it with rhetorical flowers. — Chicago 

 News. 



Good Advice. 



Yes, Algernon, take the florist's ad- 

 vice and ' ' Say It with Flowers ' ' — then 

 it can 't be held against you in a breach 

 of promise suit. — Clipping. 



Prize-winner. 



The winner in the contest for a suit- 

 able slogan for the American Associa- 

 tion of Wood Alcohol Drinkers is Doc 

 Pill. His offering is: "Say It with 

 Flowers. ' ' — Chicago Tribune. 



Carl Hageoburger's New Cherry, Holly Berry, Exhibited at Chicago. 



Beacon, N. Y. — The Beacon Daily 

 Herald quoted a Mount Kisco paper re- 

 cently regarding the growth of Benja- 

 min Hammond 's paint and insecticide 

 business, which, now over 40 years 

 old, is housed in buildings covering one 

 and one-half acres of ground. 



