aCTOBKB.28, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



fnth the management of the Metropoli- 

 tan Opera House! 



A meeting of the executive commit- 

 tee of the American Dahlia Society is 

 to be held at the Hotel Pennsylvania on 

 Thursday, November 4, at noon. 



Bassi Freres, 202 Main street, New 

 Bochelle, formally opened their new 

 flower store last week. 



Harry Charles, formerly associated 

 with S. C. Gilbert, has gone into the 

 wholesale business for himself at 112 

 West Twenty-eighth street. J. H. P. 



WHY I WENT TO INDIANAPOLIS. 



Mrs. Fox and I were members of a 

 party of eight who went to the Great 

 Lakes this summer. While on the trip 

 I wanted to show my friends how tbe 

 F. T. D. idea worked. From Palmer 

 I ordered flowers placed in the ladies' 

 staterooms at Buffalo. When we 

 reached Detroit I called on Pochelon 

 and had a nice talk with him. When 

 leaving, I asked him to have corsage 

 bouquets meet the ladies at the boat 

 on our return. Although the boat was 

 an hour and a half late, there was Mr. 

 Pochelon himself, waiting for us with 

 the boxes of flowers. They were most 

 beautiful. One corsage was of oncidi- 

 ams and buddleias, the butterfly flower, 

 with exquisite ribbon. The other was 

 of large cattleyas, the smaller Harri- 

 soniana and Sunburst, also tied with a 

 bow of just the right ribbon. I only 

 ordered $5 each! Here was several 

 times the value and each bouquet had a 

 box of sugarplums attached! I was 

 overcome. 



"What can I do to show my appre- 

 ciation, Pochelont" I said. 



"Come to Indianapolis," was his an- 

 ■wer, and I went. 



Boys, I want to tell you right now 

 you missed something by not being at 

 that F. T. D. business meeting. That's 

 what it was — forty-eight hours of con- 

 centrated effort to better your business 

 and make more money for you. I hope 

 to see you all at Toronto next year. 



I am going to work night and day to 

 perfect that insurance plan for financ- 

 ing our publicity fund. We want to 

 get started by January 1. Write to 

 Mr. Pochelon, our national secretary, 

 for full data and information on it. 

 Charles Henry Fox. 



O. S. A. FLANS CONVENTION. 



The annual convention of the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America and the 

 chrysanthemum show under the auspices 

 of the florists of Washington, D. C, will 

 take place November 10 to 14. Growers 

 are invited to make preparations imme- 

 diately for the space which they will 

 need at this exhibition. 



Plans are being made for the biggest 

 convention in the history of the C. S. A. 

 Numerous growers are reporting that 

 their stock will be in the best condition 

 at that time. The florists of Washing- 

 ton are doing all in their power to make 

 the event a success. 



The show will be held in the olri 

 Masonic temple and will open at 2 

 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Novem- 

 ber 10, continuing until Sunday, inclu- 

 sive. At 8 o'clock Wednesday night 

 the show will be formally opened by tbe 

 Secretary of Agriculture. Those desir- 

 ing plates at the banquet will notify 

 George C. Shaffer. No difficulty in get- 

 ting hotel accommodations is antici- 

 pated. 



Charles Henry Fox. 



PENNSYLVANIA MUM SHOW. 



The annual exhibition and chrysan- 

 themum show of the Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Society will be held in the 

 First Regiment armory at Philadelphia, 

 November 9 to 12. 



Generous prizes are being offered to 

 commercial growers as rewards to the 

 winners of the contests. The contests 

 will be conducted so that there will be 

 a prize for the winning flower submitted 

 in each class, the classes being certain 

 types of the standard flowers. Roses 

 will be divided into eight classes, chrys- 

 anthemums into five and sweet peas and 

 carnations into two each. 



Contests for superiority in designing 

 will be held Thursday, November 11. 

 Prizes will be offered for basket, win- 

 dow box and table decorations. Those 

 interested in the exhibitions may obtain 

 a schedule of the events by writing to 

 the office of the society, 608 Finance 

 building, Philadelphia, Pa. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



P. A. Manson, manager of the Pine- 

 hurst Floral Co., at Pleasant Hill, Mo., 

 is recovering from an attack of tonsil- 

 litis. 



Mr. and Mrs. John Stevens are pre- 

 paring for a motor trip to California. 

 They will spend several months on the 

 coast and will return next spring, when 

 Mr. Stevens will look up a location for 

 a new range. 



Herbert Clausen, of the American 

 Flower Shop, Denver, and Samuel 

 Lundy, of Boldt-Lundy, Denver, were 

 in the city on their return from the 

 Indianapolis convention. 



Tucker Smith, president of the Pine- 

 hurst Floral Co., was in the city October 

 21 and 22. 



Miss Elizabeth Hayden has returned 

 from a visit in Wisconsin. 



Miss Naomi Schrader, a graduate of 

 Missouri University and a landscape 

 architect, is now a member of the force 

 of the Muehlebach Flower Shop. Miss 

 Schrader has given lectures on land- 

 scape gardening through Missouri and 

 Illinois for Stark Bros. Nurseries. She 

 will give particular attention to land- 

 scape gardening in her new position and 

 will also specialize in decorations. 



J. E. K. 



Dajrtona, Fla. — L. F. Darnell, last 

 season the traveling representative of 

 the F. T. D., will open a flower store 

 here November 20. The store is in- 

 tended to take care of the tourist busi- 

 ness here and so will run for six months 

 only. The Triple Cities Floral Co. closed 

 its business last spring here and Mr. 

 Darnell proposes to adopt the name of 

 this company for his new store. 



Van Wert, O. — Fire, starting from an 

 unknown source on the morning of Oc- 

 tober 12, destroyed the boiler house, 

 barn, coal shed, potting shed and one 

 house of Chadwick mums belonging to 

 Scharff Bros. The total loss is esti- 

 mated at $7,500, of which insurance 

 covers only $1,250. Six thousand chrys- 

 anthemum blooms were in the section 

 destroyed, but it is hoped that some 

 of the stock may be saved. The house 

 has been rebuilt and reglazed, and will 

 be planted to sweet peas and bedding 

 plants. 



