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The Florists^ Review 



August 12, 1920 



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up three 36x100 pipe-frame houses and 

 one 25x75 curved-eave show house, with 

 complete heating system and benches. 



J. E. K. 



ON TO CLEVELAND. 



Many of our members at the close of 

 this week will be on the eve of starting 

 for the convention city of Cleveland. 

 Several, no doubt, are already on the 

 way. Judging from the reports received, 

 there is every reason to believe that the 

 attendance at the convention will be 

 especially, large. ' 



The matter of hotel reservations has 

 had splendid attention from the local 

 committee and everybody will be com- 

 fortably housed. 



I wish personally to thank all who 

 have arranged to honor the convention 

 through their presence and it is my 

 fervent hope that they will enjoy their 

 visit and return home the better for 

 having taken the journey. Our Cleve- 

 land brethren are sparing no eflfort to 

 make our stay in their city most pleas- 

 urable and, without doubt, all of us can 

 make it profitable through what we shall 

 see and learn of interest to us in our 

 respective lines of business. 



The Fifth City assures us a most 

 hearty welcome; let us in return give 

 our brethren there the biggest conven- 

 tion of our society on record. 



A. L. Miller, Pres. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



At the Thursday morning session of 

 the S. A. F. convention, August 19, 

 James H. Herron, a noted engineer and 

 expert in boiler plant efficiency, will 

 give a talk on "Boiler Plant Efficiency 

 and How to Effect Fuel Economies." 

 This subject is one of great importance 

 to all florists operating greenhouses, as 

 the fuel problem is one occasioning 

 much worry at the present time. 



Visitors to the convention who make 

 the journey in their own cars mav keep 

 their cars in the garage building, on 

 the ground floor, where there will be 

 plenty of accommodation. 



All exhibitors should have their copy 

 for signs in the liands of the secretary 

 without delay, so that the signs will be 

 m readiness when the exhibition opens. 



Orders for exhibitors' tables should 

 also be sent in ahead of the time re- 

 quired. The tables are ten, twelve, 

 fourteen and sixteen feet long, and the 

 rental is $1.50 each. 



John Young, Sec 'y. 



GAEDENEES TO MEET. 



Program at St. Louis. 



Judging from the interesting subjects 

 proposed for discussion in the program, 

 the annual convention of the National 

 Association of Gardeners at the Mar- 

 quette hotel, St. Louis, Mo., September 

 14 to 16 will have some live sessions. 

 For several months past the St. Louis 

 Association of Gardeners has been look- 

 ing forward to this event and preparing 

 for it; the convention's success will owe 

 much to the industry of the local com- 

 mittees. The effectiveness of the meet- 

 ings will be increased if those members 

 of the association who cannot attend and 

 who have ideas or suggestions to be 

 brought before the convention will com- 

 municate with M. C. Ebel, the secretarv. 



at his New York office before Septem- 

 ber 1. 



Members who expect to attend the 

 convention should communicate with 

 George H. Pring, Missouri Botanical 

 Garden, St. Louis, for hotel accommo- 

 dation without delay. 



The Program. 



The program in full is as follows: 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 10 A. M. 



Executive meeting of the trustees and direc- 

 tors. 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2 P. M. 



Convention convenes. 



Address of welcome, by Dr. Oeorge T. Moore, 

 director of the Missouri Botanical Oarden. 



President's address, by L. J. Jensen. 



Secretary's report, by M. C. Ebel. 



Treasurer's report, by T. W. Head. 



Reports of committees on service bureau pub- 

 licity funds; on Quarantine No. 37; on school 

 gardens; on interesting young men in the garden- 

 ing profession and on cooperation with federal 

 vocational board. 



Communications and resolutions. 



Consideration of the next meeting place. 



General discussion. 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 8 P. M. 



Illustrated lecture on "Rock Gardens," by 

 Montague Free, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 10 A. M. 



Unfinished business. 



Nomination of offlcers. 



Subjects for discussion: 



Examination for and Classification of Garden- 

 ers. 



Inducements for Young Men to Take up the 

 Gardening Profession. 



WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 2 P. M. 



Subjects for discussion: 



The Threatened Food Crisis; How Can the 

 Gardeners and Their Association Assist in Re- 

 lieving It? 



Will Farmerettes Solve the Problem of Help 

 Shortage on Country Estates? 



The Signboard Nuisance Defacing Our High- 

 ways; How Can It Be Combated Effectively? 



General discussion. 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 8 P. M. 

 Shaw banquet. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 9-9:30 A. M. 

 Polls open for election of ofilcers. 

 Unfinished business. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 10 A. M. 

 Adjournment for inspection of the St. Louis 

 park system and visits to Missouri Botanical 

 Garden and country estates. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 8 P. M. 

 Annual banquet. 



Springfield, O. — Plans to effect a per- 

 manent organization of florists of 

 Springfield and vicinity were made at 

 a meeting held Tuesday morning, July 

 27, at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. 

 J. C. Netts was selected as temporary 

 chairman and Leo L. Eidge was selected 

 as temporary secretary. Present at the 

 meeting were August Schneider, B. C. 

 Blake, Harold McGregor, James C. 

 Netts, Joseph Fritz, Fred Binning, 

 Louis Niles and Leo L. Eidge. 



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AFTER THE STORM 



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HAIL LOSS AT WICHITA. 



Stones Nut to Egg Size. 



Charles P. Mueller, in commenting 

 on the hail storm which visited Wichita, 

 Kan., between 5 and 6 o'clock Satur- 

 day afternoon, July 31, and of which 

 a brief, telegraphic report appeared in 

 The Eeview last week, says that it 

 "was undoubtedly the worst hail storm 

 ever experienced by this city." The 

 federal weather bureau officially re- 

 corded some hailstones which measured 

 nine and one-half inches in circumfer- 

 ence and Mr. Mueller saw some which 

 he believed to be larger than that, but 

 says that they were, on the average, 

 about the size of English walnuts. He 

 found several holes in the ground, where 

 hailstones had embedded themselves; 

 these holes were two and one-half 

 inches in diameter and two to three 

 inches deep, showing the force with 

 which the stones fell. Automobile 

 tops, awnings, skylights and even wire- 

 glass were pierced by these stones as 

 easily as single-strength glass. The 

 damage to the young rose, carnation and 

 mum plants, however, was not so great 

 as might have been expected, consider- 

 ing the Size of the hailstones. 



According to Mr. Mueller's estimate, 

 between ninety-eight and ninety-nine 

 per cent of the roof glass of his range 

 was broken. The northern slopes suf- 

 fered less than the southern slopes. 

 He noted a large number of jagged 

 pieces of glass still remaining on the 

 sashbars and attributed that tc the es- 

 pecial strength of the glass cement. 



Insurance Eates Too Low. 



After the disaster, Mr. Mueller tried 

 at once to get glass for replacements, 

 but was successful in obtaining only a 

 small part of his requirements for im- 

 mediate shipment; the earliest dates 



he could get for the remainder were 

 September 1 and October 1. 



The need of increasing the hail in- 

 surance rates was, to Mr. Mueller's 

 mind, forcibly illustrated by the com- 

 parison between the damage done and 

 the present rates. He carries double 

 insurance, which pays at the rate of 14 

 cents per square foot of glass broken, 

 while the glass alone will cost from 

 15 to 17 cents f. o. b. the factory. The 

 insurance will be of great assistance in 

 replacing the glass, but will not touch 

 the expense of the freight and putting 

 on of the glass and the damage to the 

 plants. 



CULP CLEANING UP. 



W. H. Gulp, of Wichita, Kan., states 

 that, following the hail storm of July 

 .31, most of the glass that can be picked 

 up has been cleared out and the work of 

 cleaning the bars started. 



Glass for replacement will be made 

 at the factory in the neighboring city 

 of Augusta, only twenty miles away. 

 Mr. Gulp is promised that it will be 

 ready by September 1. The factory 

 had not planned to start operations un- 

 til September 1, but will run out the 

 special order ahead of time. 



WANT HIGHEE HAIL INSUEANCE. 



Protests are being made by green- 

 house owners, both florists and vege- 

 table growers, and local civic boards in 

 Kansas against the low valuation paid 

 for hail insurance. Glass now costs 

 from $7 to $10 per box; yet hail in- 

 surance is based on prices of $4 per box 

 or less. Greenhouse proprietors are 

 seeking some remedy for what they 

 consider an injustice. Many are pro- 

 testing against the prevailing practice 

 and hope that their efforts will cause a 

 chanf^e. J. A. L. 



