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sion toward securing importation of 

 plants now barred by Quarantine No. 

 37. No response, however, was received 

 from the Belgian mission. Again in 

 April Mr. Gude attended the annual 

 meeting of the United States Chamber 

 of Commerce, representing the S. A. F. 

 In this connection Mr. Gude said: 



"Since there is so much to be gained 

 by associating with these big interests 

 of all the businesses of the United 

 States of America, florists should be rep- 

 resented. I therefore recommend that 

 the Society of American Florists become 

 an annual member of this great organi- 

 zation. This would give us standing 

 and voting powers at once, by which 

 we could take an active part in all their 

 deliberations and which would be help- 

 ful in securing necessary legislation at 

 Washington, D. C, in ease it might be 

 necessary. The influence of the United 

 States Chamber of Commerce is power- 

 ful indeed and reflects the public senti- 

 ment in a most emphatic way, molding 

 congressional action in numberless in- 

 stances." 



Copyriglitdng the Slogan. 



Since there has been at times talk of 

 copyrighting the florists' slogan, Mr. 

 Gude's investigation regarding this 

 matter is of much interest. Concerning 

 it he said: 



' ' November 25, 1919, I received a let- 

 ter from our secretary, asking me to as- 

 certain from the proper authority 

 whether our slogan, 'Say It with Flow- 

 ers,' could not be copyrighted. I im- 



mediately took up the matter with the 

 Patent office and was told positively 

 that 'Say It with Flowers' could not 

 be copyrighted and that anyone could 

 use that slogan, as it was not a subject 

 for copyright. Anyone could write a 

 piece of music or poetry and have it 

 copyrighted, but not the slogan." 



The publicity concerning the high 

 prices charged at Mothers' day was re- 

 viewed by Mr. Gude, who quoted the 

 dispatches of the Associated Press, 

 which were given in The Review at the 

 time. Mr. Gude was responsible for a 

 statement counteracting Miss Jarvis's 

 charges, which he obtained by calling 

 on the president and manager of the 

 Associated Press. Mr. Gude remarked, 

 "While we were unfortunately classed 

 as profiteers, this publicity on Mothers' 

 day seemed to have the effect of largely 

 increasing the sale of flowers through- 

 out the length and breadth of the 

 land." 



Concluding his report, Mr. Gude com- 

 mented on the prospects before the 

 trade in an optimistic tone, saying: 



"Generally speaking, the outlook for 

 the florists' business at the nation's 

 capital is all that can be expected. All 

 florists, both large and small, are be- 

 ginning to realize that to be a florist is 

 not to be a slave, but that you can work 

 eight or nine hours and call it a day as 

 well as people in other businesses can. 

 During the past season the Sunday clos- 

 ing of most stores has gone into effect 

 and so far has worked out quite well. 

 So, in general, we believe the florists ' 

 business is on the upward trend and 

 particularly in Washington." . 



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DURING the last year the committee 

 on tariff and legislation had before 

 it Quarantine No. 37, which excludes 

 almost everything from the TfTnited 

 States in the plant, bulb, root and flower 

 line. There were many meetings held by 

 the Federal Horticultural Board on the 

 different subjects. All meetings were 

 largely attended and in most cases dele- 

 gates at these hearings seemed to be in 

 favor of the quarantine. 



Nearly a dozen meetings were held by 

 the Federal Horticultural Board directly 

 affecting in one way or another floricul- 

 ture and horticulture. Timely notice 

 was given for all of these meetings and 

 they were all largely attended. In 

 some instances where a special quaran- 

 tine affected a special locality they were 

 more largely attended than others. 



S. A. F. Attitude. 



Thursday, March 25, a meeting was 

 called of the tariff and legislation com- 

 mittee at the home office of the S. A. F., 

 in New York city. At this meeting the 

 subject of what to do in reference to 

 Quarantine No. 37 was thoroughly gone 

 into from every angle and it was the 

 consensus that, in view of the fact 

 that so many organizations and individ- 

 uals were in favor of Quarantine No. 37, 

 for the present there was nothing that 

 we could do to alleviate the seeming 

 hardship caused by this regulation. 



During the hearings of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board a JirfM^er of the 



members of our committee and other 

 florists made the trip to Washington 

 to be present at these hearings to look 

 after the matters in which they were 

 particularly interested. I personally 

 attended many of these meetings and 

 hearings and took part in the discussion 

 whenever it seemed necessary as chair- 

 man of the committee on tariff and leg- 

 islation. 



Meeting of Protest. 



A conference^ was held of delegates 

 from fifty or more associations inter- 

 ested in or connected with horticulture 

 at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York city, June 15, 1920. 

 F. R. Pierson was delegated by the S. 

 A. F. to attend the conference. 



The call for the meeting was sent 

 out by the presidents of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York and the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, for 

 the purpose of considering Quarantine 

 No. 37. 



This was a most representative gather- 

 ing. Most of those present were not 

 men in the trade and had no selfish 

 reasons, but were interested in the ad- 

 vancement of horticulture. So it could 

 not be claimed by anyone that it was 

 propaganda or originating from selfish 

 or interest motives. 



The general feeling of the meeting 

 was that while those present believed 

 in plant inspection, and even in plant 



quarantine if necessary, they were op- 

 posed to plant exclusion; that the pres- 

 ent regulations of the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board are so stringent and ex- 

 acting that they amount to an embargo 

 on the introduction of new plants; and 

 that all unfavorable and unjust condi- 

 tions could be obviated by reasonable 

 changes in the regulations of the Feder- 

 al Horticultural Board and by the es- 

 tablishment of ports of entry. 



Points of Opposition. 



A formal statement was presented by 

 John C. Wister, on behalf of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society, which 

 presented in brief five particular grounds 

 on which that organization found the 

 present condition undesirable and that 

 particularly represented the opinion of 

 the conference. The five points were: 

 First, it can find no proof of the nec- 

 essity for a general quarantine; second, 

 it resents the assumption that plant pests 

 ate brought in only on plants; third, 

 it objects to the arbitrary and incon- 

 sistent rulings of the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board in carrying out the regula- 

 tions of Quarantine No. 37; fourth, it 

 favors an inspection service at ports of 

 entry as more logical and effective and 

 more desirable than the present arrange- 

 ment; fifth, it objects to the attitude 

 and action of the Federal Horticultural 

 Board in assuming the tasks not only 

 of the prosecuting attorney against 

 plants and introducers of plants, but 

 also of the judge and jury as well. 



It was the unanimous opinion of the 

 meeting that a man versed in plants 

 and their cultivation should be added 

 to the Federal Horticultural Board. 



Practical Suggestion. 



One suggestion of great practical im- 

 portance was that the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board on the treatment of all 

 quarantine matters should call a con- 

 ference of all state commissioners of 

 agriculture, so that there would be cer- 

 tain unity of action between the Federal 

 Horticultural Board and the state com- 

 missioners of agriculture, who are pri- 

 marily charged with the state regula- 

 tions. It was suggested that a confer- 

 ence of state conunissioners of agricul- 

 ture and the Federal Horticultural 

 Board would probably result in a more 

 safe and sane application of the law. 



As the result of the general discus- 

 sion a permanent committee was ap- 

 |)ointed consisting of the persons rep- 

 resenting different organizations at the 

 meeting. An executive committee was 

 appointed as follows: J. Horace Mc- 

 Farland, chairman; William P. Rich, 

 secretary; A. C. Burrage, Massachu- 

 setts; E. C. Vick, New York; John C. 

 Wister, Pennsylvania; Frederick C. 

 Cranefield, Wisconsin; Mrs. Francis 

 King, Michigan. The committee will 

 have power to plan further work and 

 to report back to the general com- 

 mittee. 



Columbus, O. — C. Franklin Block, 31 

 Sixteenth avenue, is contemplating 

 opening a flower store in the university 

 district. 



Erie, Pa. — Fred C. Ewer, who has one 

 greenhouse, 12x28 feet, is planning the 

 construction of another, 20x60 feet, with 

 a store 12x12 feet. 



Jeffersonvllle, Ind. — James W. Stick- 

 ler & Son recently purchased the green- 

 houses of J. D. Bettman, which contain 

 38,000 square feet of glass. 



