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December 18, 1919. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



A letter was read from President J. F. 

 Ammann, of the S. A. F., regretting his 

 inability to be present at this important 

 meeting, as he was addressing the grow- 

 ers ' association in Chicago the same 

 (lay, and saying that George Asmus, of 

 Chicago, would address the St. Louis 

 meeting on publicity work from the re- 

 tailer's standpoint. 



There were forty-three applications 

 for membership ready for ballot, being 

 read for the second time. On report of 

 a committee of five that they were not 

 ready to report on the applicants, and on 

 motion, all were laid over for the next 

 meeting of the club. 



The chair then called upon George 

 Asmus, president of the Chicago Eetail 

 Florists* Association, for a talk on pub- 

 licity. Mr, Asmus responded in his 

 usual happy manner and told the re- 

 tailers what good the publicity commit- 

 tee is doing them in helping them to 

 advance in business and how they 

 should get in line with this work. Mr. 

 Asmus consumed almost an hour in one 

 of the best talks the members have 

 ever listened to, and the local com- 

 mittee will greatly benefit from Mr. 

 Asmus ' talk. At its conclusion a rising 

 vote of thanks was given Mr. Asmus. 



The new state vice-president, W. J. 

 Pilcher, was present, and reminded the 

 members that this month was their last 

 chance to become life members of the 

 S. A. F. for $25, and that beginning 

 January 1, 1920, the life membership 

 will cost them $50 — ^just double. 



Treasurer Smith's report was pleasing, 

 as it showed a healthy balance on hand. 



The meeting then adjourned and the 

 trustees announced that lunch would be 

 served; it was much enjoyed by all 

 present. 



State Horticultural Society. 



The Missouri State Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual meeting at Spring- 

 field, Mo., December 9 to 11 in the 

 Chamber of Commerce building. Prof. 

 H. C. Irish, of St. Louis, attended the 

 meeting and reported that it was one 

 of the most interesting and well at- 

 tended meetings of the society and that 

 the feature of the meeting was a talk 

 on "The Farmer's Wheel of Progress," 

 by Dr. Harry R. McKeen, of the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce of St. Louis. 



At the banquet, held Thursday, De- 

 cember 11, Mr. Irish acted as toast- 

 master. The election of officers resulted 

 as follows: President, L. T. Connett, of 

 St. Joseph; vice-president, H. C. Irish, 

 of St. Louis; second vice-president, F. 

 B. Mumford, of Columbia; third vice- 

 president, E. L. Beal, of Republic; hon- 

 orary vice-president, C. H. Durcher, of 

 Warrenaburg; treasurer, D. Lowmiller, 

 of Parkville, and secretary, H. S. Way- 

 man, of Princeton. 



All apples on exhibition that were 

 found worthy will be sent to Columbia 

 to be exhibited at the Farmers' week 

 apple show, January 19 to 23, 1920. 



Various Notes. 



December 11 Chairman Bourdet, of 

 the local branch of the national flower 

 show committee, held a meeting with 

 George Asmus, chairman of the na- 

 tional flower show committee, at a din- 

 ner at the Planters' hotel to talk over 

 prospects of holding the show in St. 

 Louis in 1921. St. Louis can have the 

 show, said Mr. Asmus, but we must pro- 

 vide a hall containing at least 180,000 

 square feet of space. There were pres- 

 ent, besides the guest of honor, Jules 



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J. D. OABMODY. 



INVENTIVENESS, in both wit and mechanics, has characterized the long career 

 of J. D. Carmod.v, or Colonel Carmody, now 84 years old, whose bright speeches 

 at S. A. F. conventions are perhaps as well known as the Carmody hot water boiler 

 and the Carmody ventilating machine. Colonel Carmody was born May 31, 1835, 

 at Utica, N. Y. His parents died during his early childhood. He served during 

 the Civil war and was discharged from the army at Fortress Monroe; there he met 

 Miss Connor, whom he married. They moved to Evansville, Ind., where they estab- 

 lished a millinery store; that proved successful and Mr. Carmody started in the 

 florists' business on Water street, later moving to Hull's Hill. About 1890 he 

 sold his business to Julius Niednagel and William Halbrooks. His inventions, 

 made at this time, were developed by men whose ability lay more in the business 

 field than did his. He was a charter member of the S. A. F. and the first president 

 of the Indiana State Florists' Association. His wife died twenty years ago and 

 his adopted daughter, Miss Bessie Long, lias been in recent years his constant aid. 

 The trade lately received with welcome the news that Mr. Carmody was again in 

 health after having been critically ill for some time in the liospital. 



Bourdet, A. H. Hummert, A. S. Cernv, 

 Oscar Ruff, L. P. Jensen, W. C. Smith, 

 W. J. Pilcher and J. J. Beneke. Dur- 

 ing the evening the prospects of holding 

 the show in St. Louis in 1921 were fully 

 discussed, and it will be up to the S. 

 A. F. executive committee at its next 

 meeting to decide. 



Mr. and Mrs. Guy Reburn, of Chi- 

 cago, were guests at a birthday party 

 given by Mrs. F. W. Bruenig December 

 5, at her home on Gravois avenue. Out- 

 side of the two guests it was a family 

 affair. 



L. P. Jensen, president of the St. 

 Louis Gardeners' Association, says the 

 membership of the society now numbers 



12."). He reports that he is now con- 

 nected with the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den and divides his time between the 

 botanical garden and the Busch estatOj 

 of which he is head gardener. 



The Siebel Floral Co., on Labadie ave- 

 nue, has branched out and has opened 

 a retail store at 1508 Cass avenue un- 

 der the name of Driemeyer & Siebel. 

 Many years back this same store was 

 run by Grimm & Gorly. 



Most of the members of the publicity 

 committee failed to report at the meet- 

 ing held December 9, owing to zero 

 weather; only five out of seventeen 

 members braved the cold night and 

 transacted such business as came be- 



