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Jdlt~29. 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



vention; far from it. Our personal prob- 

 lems are matters for discussion with our 

 brother florists, whom we meet at this 

 annual gathering and who are ever 

 ready to detail their experiences, good 

 or bad, along particular lines. A plant- 

 ing may have gone wrong; there may 

 be a doubt as to the advisability of 

 growing a certain product; a difficulty 

 may exist in the way of a profitable 

 marketing; perhaps a heating system is 

 not working well; a method of propa- 

 gation may be faulty; insect troubles, 

 disease, fertilizers, plant varieties; all 

 may entail problems on which enlight- 

 enment is sought. The numerous little 

 bands always at our convention will 

 be found ready and anxious to help with 

 such questions and we most assuredly 

 will get what we seek. At the conven- 

 tion we become one great family, each 

 member striving to help the other when 

 help is needed, and this good fellowship 

 is one of the greatest charms of the 

 gathering. 



It may be that many florists who have 

 not yet joined our society do not look 

 upon our organization from this point 

 of view. To all such I emphasize the 

 fact that we are a brotherhood, as well 

 as a business organization, and they 

 •can ill afford to hold aloof. 



A. L. Miller, Pres. 



GKOWEBS, ATTENTION. 



Call to Cleveland. 



Last call for delegates to come to 

 Cleveland August 19 and help to or- 

 ganize a National FloWftr Growers' As- 

 sociation, 't^ 



It is not necessary 1^ be a regularly 

 appointed delegate to attend this or- 

 ganization meeting. All growers are 

 perfectly welcome and their presence is 

 much desired. 



The many reasons why such an or- 

 ganization should be formed have been 

 fully set forth in the various addresses 

 and letters published in the trade press 

 since this movement was first launched, 

 at the American Carnation Society's 

 meeting in Chicago last January. It is 

 not necessary for one to be in favor of 

 this organization to attend, because if 

 there is any reason why we should not 

 organize, the best time to find this out 

 is before we start. Many times opposi- 

 tion is the greatest asset towards final 

 success; so we want all who are in any 

 way interested, for or against this move- 

 ment, to come and voice their senti- 

 ments. 



We will have forms of prospective 

 constitutions and by-laws for local dis- 

 tricts at this meeting for distribution. 

 Also, much information can be gathered 

 from growers present who have local 

 organizations already working, and so 

 it will surely be worth the while for 

 every grower to attend this meeting. 



We, the committee to whom the mat- 

 ter of drafting a constitution and by- 

 laws and the working up of interest for 

 this organization meeting were referred, 

 liave tried to get a few powers chosen 

 from every community in the country 

 to act as representatives or delegates 

 for all the growers of such community. 



The Delegates. 



The following is a list of delegates 

 <^hosen to represent their various dis- 

 tricts at the organization meeting of 

 the National Flower Growers' Associa- 

 'ion to be held in Cleveland, August 19: 



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WHO'S WHO 'Al^l AND WHY 



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T. J. NOLL. 



WHEN the florists of Kansas City, Mo., formed the Kansas City Florists' Club 

 July 5 and looked over their members for a president to guide their club 

 through its period of organization, they unanimously chose T. J. Noll, president of 

 the T. J. Noll Floral Co., 1117-19 McGee street. Until recently, when he sold 

 his interest to A. L. Randall and Frank Johnson, of Chicago, Mr. Noll was head 

 of T. J. Noll & Co., 1108-10 Grand avenue, which is now being operated as the 

 Kansas City Wholesale Cut Flower Co., with L. R. Bohannon as manager. Mr. 

 Noll has grown up in the trade. At the age of 19 he was a rose grower in green- 

 houses in the east. He was in the retail florists' business for thirteen years and 

 seven years ago started in the wholesale business in Kansas City. 



CHICAGO— W. J. Keimol. Petor Pearson, Pnul 

 E. Weiss. Georpe Hall nnd .Toscph Koliout. 



ST. LOTIS— W. A. Rowe, W. .T. Pildirr. 

 George F. Deutsclimann, Jules Roiirdet and Wil- 

 liam Winter. 



BOSTON — Oeorife Elliott. Alfred Potts. 

 Thomas Roland. Herman Bartsch and S. J. God- 

 dard. 



PHILADELPHIA— K. A. Harvey. II. J. Faust. 

 R. A. Craig, J. T. Thompson and James He,i- 

 coek. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL.— E. C. Giillett, W. J 

 Hembrelker, F. L. Washburn. Philip J. Daut 

 and James Cole. 



CLEVELAND— Carl Hagenburger. Ed. George, 

 S. C. Templin, George Rate and H. P. Knoble. 



NEW YORK— A. L. Miller. James Mnnda, W. 

 R. Plerson, A. M. Henshaw and Robert Simpson. 



WESTERN NEW YORK GROWERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION- -C F. Trichler. Conrad Galley, C. T. 

 Gunther, B, S. Meyers and H. B. Brookins. 



I.NDIANAPOLIS, IND.— E. H. Mann, A. Ras- 

 miissen, A. F. J. Baur, L. E. Hitz and Joseph 

 Hill. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GARDEN- 

 ERS' CLUB— Edward Blind, Benjamin L. El- 

 liott and J. C. Walley. 



KANSAS CITY— Frank Stuppy and P. A. Man- 

 son. 



In addition to the above regularly 

 chosen delegates we have the promise 



of representatives to attend from Bal- 

 timore, Md.; Washington, D. C; Albany, 

 N. Y.; Rochester, N. Y.; Detroit, Mich.; 

 Lancaster, Pa.; Milwaukee, Wis.; New 

 Jersey, Texas and Oklahoma. 



J. Fred Ammann, Sec 'y. 



CINCINNATI, O. 



The Market. 



The market last week experienced a 

 decrease in business from the previous 

 week. In general, business has taken 

 a decided drop. There is an abundance 

 of stock, but no demand. Gladioli make 

 up the largest glut, there being so many 

 that they can be bought at one's own 

 price. Lilies are still holding their own, 

 owing to the fact that there are few ar- 

 riving. Asters are becoming more 

 plentiful as the season goes on and they 

 are in good condition. Garden flowers 



