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I'he Florists' Review 



NOVKMBKR 13, 1919. 



Henry C. Phipps were the principal 

 winners; in the carnation classes, Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney, Percy Chubb and Wil- 

 liam E. Coe. 



The judges for the show were Howard 



Nichols, Yonkers, N. Y.; Peter Dufif, 

 Oranfje, N. J.; John McQueen, Bernards- 

 ville, N. J.; Ernest Robinson, Westbury; 

 John r. Johnston, Glen Cove, and Wil- 

 liam Carter, Brookville. 



SIGHT-SEEING 



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HOOSIEES VISIT RICHMOND. 



Indiana Florists See Boses. 



As usual, the Richmond meeting of the 

 Indiana State Florists' Association, 

 November 3, was one of the largest and 

 most enjoyable of the year. Sixty mem- 

 bers were present. The florists arrived 

 early and had the entire day in which 

 to revel in the floral accomplishments 

 and liberal hospitality of the hosts. 

 " The E. G. Hill Co. was the first stop- 

 ping place. Here the new rose, Madame 

 Butterfly, was seen in all its glory. This 

 new rose is a sport of Ophelia and has 

 all of the good qualities of the latter 

 and, added to these, a more decided 

 colon The new rose is pink, of a quite 

 pleasing shade. At this range Premier 

 and Columbia were also seen in fine 

 shape. The roses are spoken of first be- 

 cause one never thinks of Richmond 

 without also thinking of roses, they are 

 so closely associated. But chrysanthe- 

 mums were also there in great number. 

 The large exhibition blooms had been 

 mostly cut out, as they were unusually 

 early. There were, however, a great 

 many wonderful pompons and some large 

 blooms of later varieties, such as Chad- 

 wick, Eaton and Improved Eaton. 

 There were a few seedlings, but not so 

 many as usual. 



At Joseph Hill's. 



Leaving here, the party next visited 

 the Joseph H. Hill Co., just across the 

 street. Propacating roses is the chief 

 work here. The benches of Columbia 

 were a mass of bloom, a regular show 

 garden, as those have been left stand- 

 ing for wood. There were numerous 

 benehos of cuttings in the sand, includ- 

 ing Columbia, Premier and Madame 

 Butterfly. 



Pompon chrysanthemums in various 

 standard varieties wore just coming into 

 bloom here, n week or ton days earlier 

 than at other places in the state. The 

 blooms wore fine. Another interesting 

 feature here was a red sport of Colum- 

 bia, the bloom soniowliat resembling 

 Hadley. Just one plant of this, however, 

 wfis all they had. 



The former Knoiif range, now owned 

 and run by Joseph Hill, was another 

 place of interest. This would hardly be 

 recognized as tlie same place. Many 

 modern improvements have been made, 

 including a vacuum heating system. 

 These houses were filled mostly with 

 chrysanthemums and carnntions. Pom- 

 pons and some elegant William Turner 

 were especially prominent. 



After Luncheon the Retailers. 



Along six miles of paved road, the 

 visitors were next motored to Conter- 

 ville, where a wonderfully a])petizing 

 chicken dinner awaited them. IVeedless 

 to say, justice was done this meal and 

 all ate ravenously in spite of the fact 



that they had partaken plentifully of 

 roast beef sandwiches and dry beer at 

 the establishment of the Joseph H. Hill 

 Co. * 



The George Gause retail establish- 

 ment was next visited. Here there was 

 a collection of plants, carnations and 

 chrysanthemums in assortment to please 

 the retail trade. 



The salient feature at the range of 

 Fred H. Lemon & Co. was his white rose, 

 a seedling of Ophelia. This bids fair to 

 become a splendid commercial variety. 



Richmond boasts two good flower 

 shops, the Wayne Flower Shop, owned 

 by C. C. Clark, formerly of Muncie, and 

 the shop of Fred H. Lemon & Co. Choice 

 stock was displayed in both stores. 



Business Meeting. 



The flower show, so near at hand, was, 

 of course, the most important subject of 

 the meeting. After routine business had 

 been attended to, the various commit- 

 tees made their reports on the progress 

 of the show. Things were going splen- 

 didly. The financial committee gave a 

 favorable report, giving assurance of 

 great success in that line. 



There was a question raised about ex- 

 hibiting blooms of large type where ar- 

 tificial supports were necessary. A gen- 

 eral discussion followed and it was de- 

 cided to abide by the rules of the na- 

 tional societies in regard to the various 

 exhibits of this show. 



After an absence of several meetings. 

 President Rasmussen again presided and 

 invited the association to New Albany 

 for the December meeting. The invi- 

 tation was heartily accepted. 



A committee of five was appointed to 



solicit the members of the state asso- 

 ciation to become members of the S. 

 A. F., so that Indiana may have repre- 

 sentation on the board of directors. For 

 the president of the Indiana State Flo- 

 rists' Association to become a member 

 of the board of directors of the S. A. F. 

 it is necessary for the association to 

 have seventy-five members in the S. 

 A. F.; Indiana had fifty-two. There is 

 no doubt, however, that the drive 

 will be a success, and this state repre- 

 sented. A. F. J. Baur, Joseph Hill, John 

 A. Evans, Fred H. Lemon and Albin 

 Schreiber were appointed on this com- 

 mittee. Eleven new names were pro- 

 posed for membership: J. S. Tweedie, 

 of Richmond; Wm. Fox, of the Smith & 

 Young Co., Indianapolis; Charles Ben- 

 der, of Bertermann Bros. Co., Indianap- 

 olis; John Rasmussen, New Albany; P. 

 J. Foley, Jr., Chicago, as associate mem- 

 ber; Edwin Nelson, Indianapolis; E. A. 

 Neuman, Richmond; Claude C. Clark, 

 Richmond; Otto Krecey, of the Indian- 

 apolis Flower & Plant Co., Indianapolis; 

 E. C. Ruch, Richmond, and Guy M. Re- 

 burn, Chicago. 



At the close of the meeting a vote of 

 thanks was extended to the Hills, the 

 Lemons and the other Richmond florists 

 for their courteous hospitality and also 

 for their efforts to further the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association flower show. 



Those Present. 



Among those present were: 



A. F. J. Baur, 

 Kdward Larsen, 

 Ijawrerice Lahman, 

 I'eter Blel. 



E. J. Martin, 

 AiidPFB Rasmusson, 

 O. K. Steinkamp, 

 Robert L. Catron, 

 Harry H. Wooley, 

 Robert Poterfield, 

 Emlle Carboz, 

 n. R. O'Mara, 

 O. F. McKee, 

 Ren SchroediT. 

 Frank Anderson, 

 Simon Humfeld, 

 Carl Sonnonscliniidt. 

 Eric Buchbolz, 

 Ella Wilson. 



B. F. Hensley, 

 Alice Hensley. 

 (Ilara Edwards, 

 Clem Gaar, 



E. C. Riich, 

 O. R. Gause, 

 A. J. I>"0, 

 J. S. Tweedie, 



Oscar Carlsteadt, 

 ,T. E. Jones, 

 Irwin Bertermann, 

 Edward Neuman, 

 I*. .S. Porter, 

 W. W. Coles, 

 Charles H. Bender, 

 Robert M. Henley, 

 Robert Ellis, 

 Albin Schreiber, 

 Albert Kempe, 

 .Tohn Hartje, 

 Edwin M. Nelson, 

 Martin Nelson, 

 M. A. Barrick, 

 Mrs. M. A. Barrick, 

 C. A. Rieman, 

 Mrs. C. A. Rieman, 

 Frank Rieman, 

 Mrs. Frank Rieman 

 Minnie Rieman, 

 E. H. Mann, 

 E. G. Hill, 

 .Toseph Hill, 

 Fred Lemon, 

 C. C. Clark, 

 P. J. Foley, Jr. 



a>CN LETTCft^y^ DEADER^ 



BXTFFAIiO MAKING IT PLAIN. 



I read with much interest your article 

 regarding the F. T. I)., "Making It 

 Plain to the Public." I have been of 

 this opinion ever since the slogan was 

 adopted. In our advertisements ap- 

 peared these few letters and, as you 

 say, it meant nothing to the public. 



When the prize was offered to Buf- 

 falo florists for the best F. T. D. window 

 I felt that this was a chance to explain 

 the true meaning of the letters. The 

 window received third prize. It was so 

 simple that it looked as though we got 

 something easy. But it was just what 

 the society wanted; that is, something 

 to educate the public. Henry Penn, who 

 was one of the judges, thought so much 

 of the idea that he bought the exhibit 

 for his own window. I copied the main 



idea from the United States Rubber Co., 

 as it impressed me last summer when 

 I was on my way down to Cooperstown 

 for a vacation of golf. 



Robert Scott. 



HAS A BLOOMINQ MONSTERA. 



In The Review for October 30 it was 

 asked who had a blooming monstera or 

 philodendron in bloom. I have two 

 plants that are 8 years old. They had 

 four blooms on each last year and now 

 have three blooms on one and two on 

 the other. These plants are planted in 

 the bench and not in tubs, as M. Froeh- 

 lich's are in Chicago, which accounts 

 for their doing so well. Soren Olson, 

 gardener of the cemetery greenhouses 

 here in Racine, Wis., says the core of the 

 bloom is the finest kind of eating, tast- 



