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The. Florists^ Rcvfew 



August 12, 1920 



sized the need for trained men in green- 

 houses. A keen discussion followed. 

 It was pointed out that inadequate 

 wages in greenhouses resulted in many 

 expert growers seeking employment 

 elsewhere. Efforts to remedy this will 

 be made. 



C. J. Hay presented the new consti- 

 tution, but it was decided to hold this 

 over until next year, when it will be 

 taken up with the incorporation of the 

 association. 



Excellent Addresses. 



The delegates were entertained at tea 

 by the local committee, after which a 

 special session was held to hear Albert 

 Pochelon, of Detroit, and Wm. F. Gude, 

 of Washington, who spoke on the ad- 

 vantages of the F. T. D. and the manner 

 in which this organization is working 

 up a great business. 



W. J. Potter gave the opening paper 

 at the evening session and outlined the 

 past, present and future of Canadian 

 horticulture. He gave a history of 

 horticulture in the Dominion and 

 showed its growth in the last sixty-five 

 years. At present there are about 70,- 

 000,000 feet of glass in Canada, or ap- 

 proximately 155 acres. Amateurs, he 

 said, are doing a great deal of hybrid- 

 izing and are grasping the laurels from 

 the professional florist, who should be 

 friendly with the amateur. Stock should 

 be selected and grown suitable to our 

 climate. Experimental stations could 

 assist in this. We need to develop our 

 seed and bulb business. Research may 

 find that we can grow bulbs somewhere 

 in Canada. Landscape gardening is de- 

 veloping in Canada, but this art re- 

 quires more attention. He concluded 

 with a statement of the need of prac- 



tical &d4i€atieiL, of Canadian youths in 

 horticulture and floriculture. 



W. E. Groves concluded the session 

 with a paper on cooperation. He re- 

 lated the development in relationship 

 between employer and employee and 

 suggested closer cooperation between 

 grower and retailer and also among re- 

 tailers. Growth of the F. T. D. is 

 needed, he said, until every town and 

 city in Canada has members in it. Our 

 colleges and experimental stations 

 should be closer to the trade, he as- 

 serted. 



Addresses scheduled for presentation 

 at later sessions of the convention were, 

 for Wednesday, August 11, "The Retail 

 Florists' Business," by S. McFadden, 

 of Toronto, and "Insect Methods," by 

 Arthur Gibson, chief of the division of 

 field crop and garden insects, at Ottawa, 

 and, on Thursday, August 12, "Foreign 

 Importations," by W. H. Gray, of Dun- 

 das; "Foreign Importations, with Spe- 

 cial Relation to Retail Florists," by W. 

 W. Gammage, of London, and "Private 

 Gardening," by F. D. Clark, Toronto. 



Wlio's Who for the Good Times. 



The social side of the convention has 

 been by no means overlooked by the 

 local convention committee, which has 

 for its officers, in addition to W. E. 

 Groves, the president, the following: 

 Treasurer, Major John Connon; chair- 

 man of entertainment committee, F. R. 

 Brotherton; chairman of trade exhibits 

 committee, W. H. Gray; chairman of 

 publicity and program committee, Harry 

 E. Groves, and secretary, J. E. O 'Sul- 

 livan. 



After the discussion of the revision 

 committee's report Tuesday afternoon, 

 the association 's officers and the local 



committee held a "friend-making re- 

 ception," to which nobody was invited 

 — because everybody was supposed to 

 come without an invitation. The fol- 

 lowing afternoon the convention picnic 

 was held and the delegates and their 

 friends were the guests of M. Ofield & 

 Sons, Grimsby. Then the association 

 banquet has been planned for Thurs- 

 day evening and Friday the Thirteenth 

 will be given over to an afternoon drive 

 to points of local interest, including 

 Hamilton beach, and a theater party in 

 the evening. 



The annual meeting of the Canadian 

 Retail Florists' Association is an addi- 

 tional feature of Thursday morning, 

 August 12. At that same time a ladies' 

 shopping excursion has been planned. 

 Whether or not the ladies take action in 

 accordance with a suggestion in Presi- 

 dent namilton's address that they form 

 a ladies' auxiliary of the association 

 similar to the Ladies' S. A. F., their 

 importance at conventions \»iil continue 

 to be recognized. 



KAKSAS FLORISTS ORGANIZE. 



W. E. Groves. 



(President of the Hiiniiltori tdiiveiitlon ('(uuniittee.) 



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State Association Bom at Wichita. 



Upon the invitation of Harris S. 

 Mueller, vice-president of the S. A. F. 

 for Kansas, thirty-six members of the 

 trade, representing all parts of that 

 state, met at Wichita August 5. As a 

 result the Kansas State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation was organized. 



The morning was devoted to registra- 

 tion and to visiting the local green- 

 houses and stores and inspecting the 

 damage wrought by the recent disas- 

 trous hail storm. The Johnson Green- 

 houses and the ranges of Chas. P. 

 Mueller and W. H. Culp & Co. were 

 among those visited. At noon a lunch- 

 eon was served at the Innes tea room, 

 with table decorations by W. H. Culp 

 & Co. 



At 2 o'clock the real business of the 

 day began with the business meeting in 

 the assembly room of the Board of Com- 

 merce, where the registration had taken 

 place. When the session had been called 

 to order, the question of a state organ- 

 ization was opened for discussion. The 

 sentiment of the meeting was unani- 

 mously in favor of a state association, 

 so that immediate steps were taken to 

 bring it about. While the constitu- 

 tional and nominating committees were 

 preparing their reports, various phases 

 of the business were discussed in- 

 formally. 



Officers Elected. 



The constitution submitted by the 

 committee appointed to draft it was 

 adopted. The nominating committee 

 also reported and the following officers 

 were elected: 



President — C. E. Hubbard, Topeka. 



Vice-president for the western section 

 — Mrs. M. E. Andress, Lamed. 



Vice-president for the eastern section 

 — R. W. Ward, Lawrence. 



Secretary-treasurer — Lloyd C. Bunch, 

 Fredonia. 



Directors — Chas. P. Mueller, Wichita; 

 Charles Humfeld, Concordia, and L. E. 

 Flindt, Arkansas City. 



At 6:30 a dinner was served at the 

 Hotel Lassen, with decorations by Chas. 

 P. Mueller. Forty-eight local and visit- 

 ing florists were present. During the 

 dinner lists were circulated, as a result 

 of which the new association started off 



