November 20, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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INDIANA FLORISTS' FALL SHOW. 



Joint Meeting Draws Many. 



November 13 and 14 was held the first 

 big exhibition and social event that the 

 Indiana State Florists' Association has 

 undertaken since the beginning of the 

 recent war. Ideal weather helped 

 toward the great success of the show. 



The Indiana association had for its 

 special guests the members of the Ken- 

 tucky State Florists' Association and 

 also the members of the association who 

 are returned soldiers. In the exhibition 

 room at the Claypool hotel, Indianapo- 

 lis, floated the service flag with its 

 eleven stars, representing Carl Hack, 

 C. C. Griffith, Morris Marer, Ernest L. 

 Lytz, V. A. Blubaugh, C. B. Sayre, Oscar 

 Carlstedt, E. E. Jones, Frank Luebking, 

 8. H. Young and Edwin M. Nelson. 



The representation from the Kentucky 

 association, which has in its enrollment 

 many New Albany and Evansville peo- 

 ple, was fairly large, but not so great as 

 had been anticipated. 



The morning of November 13 was left 

 open for the staging of the various dis- 

 plays and the judging began about 3 

 o'clock in the afternoon. George 

 Schulz, of Louisville, Ky., George As- 

 mus, of Chicago, and H. B. Corner, of 

 Urbana, 111., were the judges. As the 

 judging took considerable time, during 

 which the doors were locked and all ex- 

 cluded from the hall, the majority took 

 advantage of the theater party which 

 was held at the Circle. There were, 

 however, those who preferred to re- 

 main at the hotel and renew old ac- 

 quaintances and make new ones while 

 awaiting the decision of the judges. 



Entertainment. 



In the evening a theater party was 

 held at Keith's. About 175 were pres- 

 ent. The entertainment committee, of 

 which E. E. Temperley was chairman, 

 had taken for its slogan, "It pays to 



advertise," and had decorated the thea- 

 ter for the occasion. Large baskets of 

 exhibition chrysanthemums, roses and 

 carnations were on either side of the 

 stage, under which were large placards 

 bearing the inscription, "Joint meeting 

 Indiana-Kentucky State Florists' Asso- 

 ciations, Claypool hotel, November 13- 

 14." Each act was presented with an 

 elaborate bouquet of cut blooms and 

 during the entertainment jokes, bring- 

 ing in the names of well-known florists, 

 were made. 



Friday morning, November 14, was 

 left open for visiting the various stores 

 and establishments in the city. Friday 

 afternoon a bowling contest was held 

 at the Marion Club, in which both the 

 ladies and the men participated. The 

 highest ladies won silver vanity cases, 

 while the men won pearl-handled knives. 



Banquet. 



Friday evening a banquet was held 

 in the Chateau room of the Claypool 

 hotel, at which 171 were seated. Presi- 

 dent Anders Rasmussen gave the wel- 

 coming address, which was responded to 

 by August Baumer, of Louisville. Be- 

 tween courses various entertainments 

 were given and following the banquet 

 addresses were made by Irwin Berter- 

 mann, E. G. Hill, Professor H. B. Dorner 

 and Mrs. Nanz, of Owensboro, Ky. Mr. 

 Hill told of his interesting trip out west 

 and of various personal experiences. 

 His praise for the roses in the west, par- 

 ticularly at Portland, was generous. The 

 growing and climatic conditions there 

 are so far superior to those in the mid- 

 dle-west and east that he did not rec- 

 ognize one of his own seedlings and 

 made inquiry as to the variety. 



Professor Dorner told of the growth 

 of the floricultural department at the 

 University of Illinois and urged all the 

 members of the Indiana association to 

 petition the state legislature for finan- 

 cial aid for development of the course 

 at Purdue University. 



Mrs. Nan:: rjave a short but interest- 

 ing talk ill beualf of the ladies, in re- 

 sponse to Irwin Bertermann's and Pres- 

 ident Rasmussen 's complimentary re- 

 marks upon the ladies present. 



After the banquet a dance was held 

 in the Riley room, with the entire exhi- 

 bition as decorations. Tables and cards 

 were in readiness for those preferring 

 to play. 



One of the numbers of the evening 

 was the song, "Say It with Flowers," 

 the words of which appeared in a recent 

 issue of The Review. 



The ExMbition. 



The Riley room of the Claypool hotel, 

 Indianapolis, was filled with an unusu- 

 ally good collection of plants and blooms 

 for the Indiana State Florists' Associa- 

 tion's flower show November 13 and 14. 

 Excellent roses, carnations and chrysan- 

 themums were staged near floor mirrors, 

 in which they were reflected. Huge cro- 

 tons, which stood eight feet high, with 

 palms, boxwoods and bay trees, formed 

 a background. White pergolas with vin- 

 ing ivy and variegated-leaved plants 

 helped complete the scene. 



Naturally, chrysanthemums predomi- 

 nated. From the smallest to the larg- 

 est, singles, pompons, anemones and 

 seedlings, all were there. The Univer- 

 sity of Illinois had an unusually attrac- 

 tive display of seedlings, some of which 

 were excellent. A small round pink 

 pompon and one similar in yellow were 

 meritorious. The Mount Greenwood 

 Cemetery Association, Chicago, exhib- 

 ited some splendid seedlings of the large 

 type. Baur & Steinkamp's 100 sprays 

 of pompons created a great deal of fa- 

 vorable comment from the public; these 

 were in all colors and shades and ex- 

 ceedingly attractive. The Joseph Hill 

 Co. and E. G. Hill Co., of Richmond, and 

 Hartje & Elder, of Indianapolis, had 

 Turner in fine form. There were not, how- 

 ever, as many large single-stem blooms 

 displayed as were expected. The plants 



Exhibition of laiiana State Florists' Astociation at the Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis, Novembrr 13 and 14. 



