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FORT WORTH FLORISTS PLAN. 



Arrangements Well Advanced. 



The sixth annual convention of the 

 Texas State Florists' Association, to be 

 held at Fort Worth July 20 to 22, is 

 attracting much interest and promises 

 to be the best yet held. The local flo- 

 rists are exceedingly busy with prepara- 

 tions. 



The Fort Worth florists last year, at 

 the convention held at Austin, invited 

 the association to meet at Fort Worth 

 this year. About three months ago a 

 meeting was called, at which was or- 

 ganized the Fort Worth Florists' Club. 

 The members have held meetings every 

 two weeks since and at each meeting the 

 attendance has increased and the en- 

 thusiasm grown. Now almost all the 

 florists of Fort Worth are enrolled in 

 the club. Numerous committees are 

 working with the executive committee 

 and are accomplishing wonderful re- 

 sults for the convention. 



The officers of the club are: Presi- 

 dent, V. J. Davis, of the Greenwood 

 Floral Co.; vice-president, Leo Bales, of 

 the Drumm Seed & Floral Co. ; secretary 

 and treasurer, Elmer Eastwood, of the 

 Baker Bros. Floral Co. 



Convention Plans. *- . 



The convention will be held in the 

 auditorium of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, which is a beautiful auditorium, 

 being large and spacious, with a fine 

 stage and a balcony running around 

 three sides of the auditorium, under 

 which the trade exhibits will be dis- 

 played, the center part being reserved 

 for the meetings. On the evening of 

 the first day this space will be cleared 

 and the reception to the president will 

 be held. There will be many fine enter- 

 tainment features about the president's 

 reception, which will end with an in- 

 formal dance. 



The evening of the second day the 

 visitors will be entertained by the 

 Greenwood Floral Co. at the range near 

 the city. 



At the close of the convention the 

 visitors will be taken to Lake Worth, 

 which is nine miles from Fort Worth, 

 where a basket picnic will be held. 

 Lake Worth is a beautiful lake recently 

 constructed by the city and is part of 

 the park department of the city. Beau- 

 tiful boulevards are being built entirely 

 around the lake. There is a fine bath- 

 ing beach. 



There will be no charge for space in 

 the trade exhibition. Eeservations 

 should be sent to the secretary, Louis 

 J. Tackett, at Fort Worth, for such 

 space and also for hotel accommodations. 



The Program. 



The program prepared of the sessions 

 of the convention is as follows: 



JULY 20, 2:30 P. M. 



Meeting called to order by V. J. Davis, Tice- 

 president Texas State Florists' Association, and 

 president Fort Worth Florists' Olnb. 



InTocatlon, by Rev. L. D. Anderson, Fort 

 Worth. 



Address of welcome, by Mayor W. D. Davis, 

 Fort Worth. 



Response, by Karl P. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn. 



President's annual address, by H. C. Hannah, 

 Sherman, Tex. 



Annuul report of secretary-treasurer, by Louia 

 .7. Tuckett, Fort Worth. 



Appointment of committees. 



JULY 20. 8:00 P. M. 

 President's reception, informal get-together 

 meeting at convention hall, given by the Fort 

 Worth Florists' Club. 



JULY 21, 2:30 P. M. 



Reports of standing committees. 



"Can the Florists' Business Be Operated Suc- 

 cessfully on the Profit-Sharing Plan?" by Robert 

 C. Kerr, Houston, Tex. 



"The Wholesale Growers' Association," by 

 Otto Lang, Dallas, Tex. 



"Effective Advertising," by E. W. Eichllng, 

 Houston, Tex. 



"Florists' Telegraph Delivery and the Fu- 

 ture It Holds for the Retail Florists," by 

 Charles S. Heacock, Austin, Tex. 



JULY 21, 2:30 P. M. 



"The Outlook for Next Season's Business," 

 by H. G. Berning, St. Louis, Mo. 



"The National Publicity Fund," by James W. 

 Begbie, Shreveport, La. 



"How Can We Best Increase Our Membership 

 in the Texas State Florists' Association," by 

 Henry Greve, Dallas, Tex. 



Round-table discussion on miscellaneous topics, 

 led by the president. 



JULY 22, 9:30 A. M. 



Reading of communications. 



Selecting of place for 1921 convention. 



"Some Sidelights on Rose Growing after Two 

 Years' Experience in Texas," by V. J. Davis, 

 Fort Worth, Tex. 



"Can the Retail Florists' Business Be Op- 

 erated Successfully from the Greenhouse?" by 

 Wise Adkisson, Greenville, Tex. 



JULY 22, 2:00 P. M. 

 Unfinished business. 

 Election of officers. 



Basket picnic given by Fort Worth Florists* 

 Club at Lake Worth. 



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Here is the letter: 



From the little ad I ran in The Review M, y 

 13 for a position, I received offers from eigM 

 different states. It certainly pays to advertise 

 in The Review.— C. R. Walter, Shenandoah, In. 

 June 13, 1920. 



There are five pages of wants aisd 



offers in the Want Ad department of 



this issue of The Review. 



DENVER, COLO. 



YOU TELL THE WORLD. 



Whether you are looking for work or 

 for a worker, looking for a buyer or 

 for a seller, you want to get the best 

 there is — anywhere. You want to get 

 hold of the person or the opportunity 



The Market. 



There has been little change in the 

 market in the last three weeks. Busi- 

 ness has been quiet, but not unseason- 

 ably so. Among the outdoor stock, corn- 

 flowers and Canterbury bells are the 

 leaders. The first outdoor sweet peas 

 are arriving now. 



Various Notes. 



The coal situation promises to be 

 worse than ever this year. Dealers re- 

 fuse to quote any prices for winter de- 

 livery and decline contracts or options. 



Herbert Clausen, of the American 

 Flower Shop, returned recently from a 

 week's fishing trip on the South Platte. 



Emil Glauber, who recently sold his 

 greenhouse establishment in Aurora, 

 Mo., to Fred Meyers, is now represemt- 

 ing Charles Schwake & Co., of New 

 York, in this city. This company deals 

 in imported stock, bulbs and seeds. 



Mr. Nieman, of the Park Floral Co., 

 is enjoying a short stay at Decker 

 Springs, on the South Platte. K. E. H. 



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NEXT MEMORIAL DAY 



PROPAGATION OF VINCA MINOR. 



This year's Memorial day business 

 has revealed a tremendous demand for 

 Vinca minor, myrtle or periwinkle, as 

 it is variously called. Never having 

 grovni it, I should like to know when 

 and how it should be started and how 

 to handle it to get the best stock. 



F. G.— m. 



it can be lined out in the field for a 

 season or even given a shift into 3%- 

 inch or 4-inch pots to sell the same sea- 

 son and plant out any left over^ 



C. W. 



This useful plant, Vinca minor, can 

 be increased either by division of the 

 roots or by cuttings. The latter method 

 is the one more generally adopted. 

 Make cuttings four to five inches long, 

 using matured wood and stripping off 

 the lower leaves. A good time to put 

 in a liberal batch is late fall, say No- 

 vember. Use a cutting bench in a cool 

 house, kept at 40 to 45 degrees at night, 

 where a little bottom heat may be had 

 below the sand to keep up a tempera- 

 ture of 55 to 60 degrees. Keep these 

 cuttings well watered and, when root- 

 ed, pot off in 2^-inch or 2J^-inch pots. 

 These will make nice stock for spring 

 sales and, where larger stock is wanted, 



PROPAGATION OF FEVERFEW. 



Memorial day business this year 

 showed a large demand for 4-inch fever 

 few. Since I have never grown it, I 

 should like to know when and how it 

 should be started and how to handle It 

 in order to get good stock. 



F. G.— 111. 



Cuttings of double feverfew taken 

 from plants which have been carried 

 over in a cool house, preferably a vio- 

 let temperature and in a raised beno'i 

 rather than a solid bed, should be taken 

 in January or February, potted into 

 small pots as soon as they are rooted 

 and shifted later into 4-inch pots. This 

 is for stock to sell for benching for 

 Memorial day cuttings. If wanted for 

 bedding purposes, later cuttings must 

 be taken. C. W. 



