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The Florists^ Review 



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Sw^eet Peas Composed AH the Bouquets of this Bride and Her Seven Bridesmaids. 



from cue point to another far distant 

 and of efficiency of operating forces. 



The week ended August 14, to cite a 

 period covered by statistics of car load- 

 ings, saw an increase of more than fif- 

 teen per cent, compared with the same 

 week of 1919, and a material gain over 

 results in the corresponding week of 

 1918, when war demands were quicken- 

 ing railroad transportation. Comment 

 in railroad operating quarters discloses 

 a more confident attitude in regard to 

 freight movement of the future than 

 was evident at midsummer. 



FEATURES OF F. T. D. BIEETINa. 



School Otaildren's Contest. 



One of the interesting features of the 

 F. T. D. convention at fiidianapolis next 

 week will be the results of a contest 

 that has been carried on in the public 

 schools there. The three high schools 

 and the two highest grades in the grade 

 schools are competing for a $25 prize 

 for each department for the best poster 

 featuring the national slogan, "Say It 

 with"*Plowers," and the F. T. D. 



Enthusiasm has run high. The chil- 

 dren are engrossed in the work and the 

 teachers are pleased with such an in- 

 centive. Needless to say, there is no end 

 to the advertising derived from this 

 offer. Teachers and school children 

 alike are visiting the flower stores to 

 get ideas and suggestions and to have 

 the F. T. D. more fully explained. Al- 

 though explanations have been made 

 fully and explicitly, they wish more de- 

 tails. £. E. Temperley is much pleased 

 with the results so far and has been as- 

 sured by the heads of the various depart- 

 melUis that there would be some admir- 



able and meritorious posters from which 

 to choose. 



Entertainment Program. 



The Indianapolis florists have made 

 ample provision for the entertainment of 

 visitors at the F. T. D. convention. The 

 tentative program of the events pro- 

 vided is as follows: 



MONDAY, OCTOBER 11. 

 Noon — Luncheon at Claypool liotel for the di- 

 rectors. 



Evening — Dinner at Columbia club for direc- 

 tors. 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 

 Noon — Luncheon for everyone at Claypool ho- 

 tel. 



WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 

 Noon — Luncheon for everyone at AthentBum. 



THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14. 



Those staying over have been invited to the 

 Cumberland range of Bertermann Bros. Co. 



An invitation to Richmond. Ind., has also 

 been . extended for guests remaining. 



The program arranged for the ladies 

 is as follows: 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 

 Noon — Luncheon at Claypool hotel. 

 Evening — Theater party. 



WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 

 Noon — Luncheon at Athenseum. 

 6 p. m. — Automobile ride about city. 

 6 p. m. — Dinner at Claypool hotel. 



Tickets for the Circle theater for 

 either afternoon will be given the ladies. 



E. E. T. 



FLOWER QBOWERS' ASSOCIATION. 



There will be a board of directors* 

 meeting of the National Flower Grow- 

 ers' Association October 12 at the Clay- 

 pool hotel, Indianapolis. 



The principal matters to act upon are 

 as follows: Revising sections 1 and 3 

 of articles 8 and 10 of the by-laws, se- 

 lecting a meeting place and date for 

 the next annual meeting,' and consider- 

 ing plans for the organizing of local dis- 

 tricts. 



Secretary J. F. Ammann, after this 

 meeting, will take a trip east at the re- 

 quest of several locals, who ask for as- 

 sistance. The following schedule of 

 meetings has been arranged: Balti- 

 more, October 15; New York, October 

 18; Buffalo, October 19; Cleveland, Oc- 

 tober 20; Detroit, October 21, with a 

 possible stop-over en route at Pittsburgh 

 and Philadelphia. 



SWEET PEA WEDDINQ. 



No flower is so generally popular for 

 corsage work, it would seem, as is the 

 sweet pea, and as florists become more 

 ingenious and more skillful in their use 

 of it, the public's appreciation seems 

 bound to grow further. In Duluth, 

 Minn., use of the sweet pea for wedding 

 bouquets has been so successfully made 

 by the Duluth Floral Co. that the firm 's 

 patrons have indicated their approba- 

 tion by wanting mere sweet pea bou- 

 quets. In the early part of last month, 

 for the Marr wedding, an important 

 society event ill Duluth, the bride was 

 provided with a bouquet of white sweet 

 peas, while the bridesmaids carried va- 

 rious shades of pink. A little later, the 

 Bagley wedding was likewise a sweet 

 pea occasion. The bouquets, designed 

 by J. E. Stapleton, of the Duluth Floral 

 Co., are shown in the hands of the bear- 

 ers in the illustration on this page. 



Stamford, Conn. — The preliminary 

 schedule has been issued for the fourth 

 autumn exhibition of the Stamford Hor- 

 ticultural Societv, to be held in New 

 Horticultural hall November 5 to 7. En- 

 tries should reach Alex Geddes, chair- 

 man, or George B. Cannon, manager, 43 

 Atlantic street, before noon Tuesday, 

 November 2. 



