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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBB 14, 1920 



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TBEASUBEB'S BEFOBT. 



The following is the report of Treas- 

 urer William L. Kock, of the Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery Association, for the 

 year beginning October 1, 1919, and end- 

 ing September 30, 1920, as presented at 

 the Indianapolis convention, October 12: 



KECEIPTS. 



Guaranty fund: 



Members' deposits $ 7,337.00 



Annual dues fund: 



Annual dues 21,172.50 



. Collection fees .30 



Exchange 7.57 



Interest received 316.85 



Membership initiation fees 2,615.00 



Sale of binders, order sheets, etc. . . 204.20 



Sale of electrotypes 55.50 



Sale of F. T. D. folders 1,000.00 



Total, annual dues fund $25,371.92 



Collection fund: 

 Collections from members $ l.SO 



Total receipts, all funds $32,710.42 



DISBURSEMENTS. 

 Guaranty fund: 



Deposits returned $ 140.00 



Annual dues fund: 



Exchange 37.85 



Auditing 32.50 



Addressograph expense... 12.28 



Advertising 627.00 



Binders purchased 99.25 



Convention expense 1,025.29 



Directors' meeting ex- 

 pense 594.55 



Publicity 2,000.00 



Printing: 



Printing bonds $ 132..'>.'. 



Electrotypes rJ3.60 



List of names 170.75 



Folders 197.51 



Directory 165.00 



F. T. D. posters 1,251.26 



Stationery, cards and 



circulars 1,956.45 3,929.12 



Secretary's expenses: 



Office salaries $ 6,062.50 



Office supplies 170.68 



Postage 522.00 



Telegrams 16.49 



Rent 78a0» 



Miscellaneous 392.17 7,913.84 



Treasurer's expenses: 



Salaries 375.00 



Postage 24.76 



Telegrams .70 



Printing financial state- 

 ments 63.95 



Treasurer's bond 14.00 



Boolis and forms 165.65 644.06 



Expenses of L. F. Darnell: 



Salary , .$ 1,450.00 



Expenses '. 1,563.25 3,013.25 



Total disbursements 



from annual dues.. $19,928.99 



Collection fund : 



Remittances to members $ 1.50 



Total disbursements $20,070.49 



Net receipts for period $12,639.93 



Balance on hand September 30, 1919. 19,945.08 



Balance, September 30, 1920 $32,585.01 



The balance is represented by the following 

 assets: 



General mortgage bonds of Atchison, 

 Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. (par value, 

 $3,500.00) $ 3,310.00 



Imperial Russian government bonds (par 



value, $2,000.00) 1,895.92 



Kansas City Kan., internal Improve- 

 ment bonds (par value, $500.00) 513.44 



D. S. Liberty Loan bonds: 



First issue $ 1,000.00 



Second issue 500.00 



Fourth issue 1,500.00 



Victory notes 700.00 



Total Liberty Loan bonds 3.70O.0O 



Demand notes 2,000.00 



Secretary's petty cash fund ."iio.ll 



Secretary's Canadian exchange fund.. 4,523.10 

 Cash on deposit with Continental Na- 

 tional Bank of Kansas City 16,102.44 



Total balance $32,588.01 



There was a cash balance In bank September 

 80, 1920. of $16,102.44. which was verified with 

 the statement received from the bank. This 

 balance Is divided as follows: 



Annual dues fund $ 5,716.86 



Guaranty fund 10,385.58 



Collection fund None 



Total $16,102.44 



The balances to the credit of the various funds 

 September 30, 1920, were as follows: 



Annnal dues fund $10,780.07 



Ouararity fund 21,804.94 



Collection fund None 



Total $32..'>85,01 



The balance to the credit of the annual dues 

 fund is represented by $5,716.86 cash on- deposit 

 in bank, secretary's petty cash, $540.11, and 

 secretary's Canadian exchange fund, $4,523.10. 



The balance to the credit of the guaranty fund 

 is represented by $10,385.58 cash on detMsit in 

 bank, and securities, $11,419.36. 



i7G!® t:3 o 



A "Say It with Flowers" sign sur- 

 mounted a shingle bearing the name 

 "Mrs. J. B. Freeman, Toledo, O.," over 

 the hood of the automobile that carried 

 her to the convention. It drew much 

 notice on the streets of Indianapolis. 



• • * • 



It was rather surprising at first to see 

 the Western Union Telegraph Co. and 

 other stores decorated in honor of flo- 

 rists. That was the clever idea of the 

 Indiana State Florists' Association, and 

 drew much public notice to florists. 



• • • • 



Since the Cleveland convention Wil- 

 liam F. Thomas had traveled 2,000 miles 

 in his Dodge truck showing the baskets 

 of the Burlington Willow Ware Shops. 

 Aside from avoiding the excessive fares, 

 this method of transportation, in his 

 estimation, beat railroad travel "all 

 hollow. " • » » » 



Three weeks ' stop in Chicago to wel- 

 come a ten and three-quarter pounds 

 boy preceded A. N. Humason's visit to 



the convention. 



• • • « 



On the chairs of the convention hall 

 at the opening session were tabs of 

 paper to "jot it down," on the wise as- 

 sumption that there was too much good 

 stuff to be remembered easily at the 

 F. T. D. sessions. Copies of Treasurer 

 Bock's report were also distributed for 



members' study. 



• * • • 



In the Indianapolis Star Tuesday 

 morning, October 12, the local members 

 of the trade used a half-page advertise- 

 ment to express their welcome to the 

 F. T. D, and tell the public about their 

 service. Those participating in this ad- 

 vertisement were Baur & Steinkamp, 

 Bertermann Bros. Co., Circle Flower 

 Store, Claypool Hotel Florist, Florists' 

 Supply House, John Grande & Sons, 

 Greene's Flower Shop, Hartje & Elder, 

 John Heidenreich, Tom Hepling, Arno 

 Nehrling, Pahud Floral Co., Anders Bas- 

 mussen, John Eieman, H. W. Rieman's 

 Sons, Smith & Young Co., E. E. Tem- 

 perley, Warren Seed Co. and A. Wie- 



gand's Sons Co. 



• • • • 



Mimeographed copies of the enter- 

 tainment program were distributed by 

 the Smith & Young Co. to F. T. D. visi- 

 tors. • • » • 



Representatives of other trade organi- 

 zations and of the trade papers were 

 provided special chairs and tables in 

 the front of the hall, a courtesy of the 

 F. T. D. that was greatly appreciated. 



• • • • 



At the opening session, upon the sug 

 gestion of President Breitmeyer and 

 the motion of Ex-presidcnt Gude, a 

 basket of flowers was ordered sent to 

 Washington to President Wilson and a 



wreath sent to Denver to be placed on 

 the grave of J. A. Valentine, first presi- 

 dent of the F. T. D, 



• • • • 



Yellow-feathered pens, reminiscent of 

 old-fashioned quills, were handed out by 

 S. R. Lundy, of the Boldt-Lundy Flow- 

 er Sh,op, Denver, Colo. 



• • • • 



At each place at the luncheon in the 

 Biley room of the Claypool hotel Tues- 

 day noon were two cigars wrapped in 

 foil bearing a card of welcome from A. 

 Wiegand's Sons Co. Rubber balloons 

 ready to be blown up by playful guests 

 advertised Canadian members' ambition, 

 "Toronto in 1921." 



« • • • 



A splendid basket of red dahlias was 

 the gift to the F. T. D. at the afternoon 

 session October 12 from the Jacob 

 Schulz Co., Louisville, Ky. Both the 

 quality of the stock and the artistic ar- 

 rangement received merited comment. 



• • • • 



Of the songs that the community serv- 

 ice director, George Eckert, so ably led 

 t!he florists in singing, "Flowers T. D.," 

 to the tune of "Smiles," was the hit. 

 It ran as follows: 



There are flowers that make us happy, 



There are flowers that make us blue. 

 There are flowers that steal away the tear drops, 



As the sunbeams steal away the dew. 

 There are flowers that have a tender meaning, 



That the eyes of love may see. 

 But the flowers that fill my heart with sunshine 



Are the flowers you send T. D. 



• • * • 



O. E. Steinkamp, secretary of the In- 

 diana State , Florists ' Association, was 

 in constant attendance to care for visi- 

 tors' wishes. His handling of that dif- 

 ficult job, hotel reservations, was a cred- 

 itable piece of work under the circum- 

 stances. 



DESTBOTINa MILLEB MOTHS. 



Please advise us as to what kind of 

 lamp and where to obtain one for use 

 in destroying millers in the greenhouses. 

 Any information you can give us in this 

 matter will be much appreciated. 



E. & S.— O. 



To destroy moths in greenhouses you 

 can use hydrocyanic acid gas. A light 

 doae will clean out all your millers. Ex- 

 treme care must be taken in applying 

 it, as it is a deadly gas. It is least 

 liable to do injury to plants at a tem- 

 perature below 60 degrees. Directions 

 for the use of this gas have frequently 

 appeared in The Review. 



A simple remedy and one which I 

 have found quite effective is to give a 

 rather heavy fumigation with one of 

 the tobacco papers, repeating a few 

 evenings later if necessary. As many 

 as possible of these moths should be 

 caught and killed. This is most easily 

 (lone early in the morning, before the 

 sun has warmed up the houses. C. W. 



