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The Florists^ Review 



Ar<;isT lli. 1i)2(i 



sizi'd llic iicod i'(ir tiaiiKMl hkmi in }j;roeii- 

 I'linsi'S. A liccii iliscussidii t'ollowfd. 

 It \\;is jioiiitcil nut 1li;i1 iii;ii'l('(|uate 

 \\;iyfs ill <;i(M'iili(iiis(fs fcsiilti'ii in niiiny 

 (•x|icrl j^rowcrs seeking iMn|iloyin('iit 

 cIm-w Iicic. |-]f'rnrls t<i rcnic ly iliis will 

 lir nirult'. 



< '. .). Iliiy iiicscntctl till' iim cunsti- 

 tiitidU, hnt it %v;is docidiil to li(dd this 

 (i\'r until next yoiiJ', when it \vill lie 

 tiikcH ii{> with tlic incorimrnt idii nt' the 

 .'iss(ii-i;i t ion. 



Excellent Addresses. 



'i'hi' c|('1('l;.'iI cs wi'li' ('111 ri't .'I inrd .'it tell 

 !i\ till- liii-;il ((iininit t (•(', ;il'lrr wliirli ,'i 

 s|'cc-i,'il si'vsiun \\;is liclil til lirjr .Nllici't 

 riM-hclon, (if l)r1iiiit, ;ini| Win. !■'. (Iiidc, 

 "I' Wnsliin^tiin. wlm s|i(ik(' on tiio ad- 

 \aiit.'i;4('s (if the I". 'J\ D. and the inanuci' 

 ill \\hi(di * t his (irf.janizatiiin is udrkinL;' 

 lip a i^rcat liiisiiicss. 



W. .1. I'ntti'i' ^a\i' the ii]iciiin^ jiajuT 

 at the t'Ncniii}; session and (Uitlincd the 

 last, incscnt and fiitnn^ of ranaditm 

 holt icult inc. He ^a\i' a liistory ot' 

 holt iciilt iir(^ in the Doiiiiiiioii and 

 -howi'd its growth in the last sixty-tixc 

 .\('ars. At incscnt there arc aliont T'l,- 

 i.tiD.ditO feet of j,'lass in Canada, or ap- 

 pniximat(l\' l.").' acres. Amateurs, ]\o 

 -aid. arc iloin^ .-i ^nat deal of liylirid 

 i/.iiiU and arc yr;is|iin^ tlic laurels from 

 the jirofcssional tlorist. wlio should 1m' 

 lri<'nd]\- with the ainatenr. Stock should 

 lie selectei] and grown suita]d(> to our 

 climate. I'^xperimeiital stations could 

 assist in this. We need to de\('lo|i (iiir 

 see(l and hull) Imsiness. l\esearch may 

 lind th.'it we can grow Imlbs somewluM'e 

 in Canada. Landscape ^ardeniiii^ is de 

 \('liipin<i in <'anada, Init this art re 

 (|uires more attention. He concluded 

 \\itli a stateilifllt ot' the need o t' |irac- 



tical education of (Canadian youths in 

 liort icult lire and lloricn It ure. 



W. K. (iroNcs concliiiled the session 

 \\ith a paper on coiiperation. He re- 

 lated the de\('lo|tment in relationship 

 lietwecn employer and employee and 

 suggested closer coilpera t i(m lietween 

 grower and ictailer and also among re- 

 tailers, (irowth of the F. T. D. is 

 needeil, lie said, until excry town and 

 cil\- ill ('an.'ida lias meniliers in it. Our 

 colleges and experimental stations 

 sliollld lie closer to the trade, he as 

 sert ed. 



.\ddress('s scheduled t'or presentation 

 at later sessions of the coincntion were, 

 for Wednesday, August 11, "The Retail 

 I'lorists' I'.usiness, ' " by S. Mc l'\'i(l(len, 

 of 'roiduto, and ''Insect Methods,'' ]>y 

 Arthur (iilison, chief of llie dixisioii of 

 lield crop and garden insects, at Ottawa, 

 and, on Tiinrsday, August ^'2, " l'V)reign 

 Importations.'' Iiy W. II. (nay. of l,)nn- 

 (las; ''I''oreigii lm|iortat ions, with Spe- 

 cial Kel.'ition to Ketail Florists," by W. 

 W. ( l.ainmage. of London, and ''I'rivate 

 < lardeiiing. ■ " by l-\ I>. Clark, 'roronto. 



Wlio's Who for the Good Times. 



The soc-ial side of the convention lias 

 been by no means oxiMdofdied by the 

 local convention committee, which has 

 for its oflicers, in .addition to W. K. 

 Croves, tlio jiresident. the following: 

 Treasurer, Ma.ior Jolm Connon; cli.air- 

 man of enterlainnient committee, F. li. 

 ]-$r()tliorton; chairman of trade exhibits 

 committee, W. II. (>ray; chairman of 

 jiubjicity and program committee, H.arry 

 v.. Groves, and secretary, J. K. O'Sul- 

 li\ ;in. 



After tlie discussion of the revision 

 committee's report Tuesday afternoon, 

 tile association's oflicers ;ind the local 



committee held a ' ' friend-m;\king re 

 ception," to whi(di nobody w;is invited 

 — l)ecause everyljody was supposed to 

 come witliout an invitation. Tlie fol- 

 lowing afternoon the convention picnic 

 was lield and the dcdegjites and their 

 friends were the guests of M. Ofield & 

 Sons, Grimsby, Then the association 

 bancpiet has been i)]anne(l for Thurs- 

 day evening and Friday the Thirteenth 

 will be given over to an aft(^rnoon diive 

 to points of local inter(>st, including 

 Hamilton beach, and a theater jiarty in 

 the evening. 



The annual meeting of tiie CaJiadian 

 Ret.ail Florists' Association is an addi- 

 tional feature of Thursday morning, 

 .\ugust ll'. At that same time ;i ladies' 

 shopping excursion has been jdanned. 

 Whether or not the ladies Lake action in 

 accordance with a suggestion in Presi- 

 dent Hamilton's address that they fori.i 

 ;j ladies' auxiliary of tlie as^^'ociation 

 similar io t!ie Ladies' S. A. F., their 

 impert.ance at con\eiil ions wii! continue 

 to be I'ecognized. 



KANSAS FLORISTS ORGANIZE. 



W. E. Groves- 



Prc-iiliiil 111 till- Iliiiiiill. .11 ( ' iiiv iiilimi ( i.iiiMiillii'. 1 



State Association Bom at Wichita. 



Uyion the imitation of Harris S. 

 ^lueller, vice-president of the S. A. F. 

 for Kansas, thirty-six members of the 

 trade, re]iresenting all ])arts of that 

 state, met at Wichita August ;j. As a 

 result the Kansas State Florists' Asso- 

 ci.ation was organized. 



The morning was devoted to registra- 

 tion and to visiting the local green- 

 houses and stores and ins|)ecting the 

 dam.age wrouglit by th(> recent disas- 

 trous h.ail storm. Tlie Johnsim dreen- 

 honses and the ranges of Chas. P. 

 Mueller and W. II. Culp & Co. were 

 among those visited. At noon a lunch- 

 eon w.as served at the Lines tea room, 

 with t.'ible decorations bv W. H. f'ulp 

 .S: Co. 



At 2 o'clock the real business of the 

 day liegan with the business meeting in 

 the assembly room of the Board of Com- 

 merce, where the registration had taken 

 |dace. 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- 

 imnisly in favor of a state association, 

 so that immediate steps were taken to 

 bring it about. While the constitu- 

 tional and nominating committc^es were 

 ]ireparing their reports, various jdiases 

 of tlie business were dis(;ussed in- 

 formally. 



Officers Elected. 



The constitution submitted by the 

 committee apjiointed to draft it was 

 adojited. The Tiominatiiig committee 

 also reported .and tln^ following otiicers 

 were elect cd : 



I'resideiit— C. K. Hubbard, Topeka. 



\'ice president for the western section 

 ~-.\Irs. .\1. K. Andress, Lamed. 



Nice-president for the eastern section 

 ' U. W. Ward, Lawrence. 



Secretary-treasur(>r — Lloyd C. Punch, 

 i''r('(lonia. 



Directors — Chas. P. Mueller. Wiidiita; 

 I'h.-irles Humf(d(|, Concordi.'i, and L. K. 

 I'lindt, Arkansas City. 



At <i::;(l ;i dinner was served ;it the 

 Hotel L.'issen, with decorjit ions by Chas. 

 I'. Mueller. Forty eight local and visit- 

 ing tlorists were present. J)uring the 

 dinner lists were circul.'ited, as a result 

 of wliiidi the new association started off 



