January 27, 1921 



The Rorists' Review 



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S. A. F. AT WASHINGTON. 



Many Committee Meetings Held. 



The officers and committees of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists have been 

 active this- week. The meeting of the 

 American Carnation Society and the 

 National Association of Growers at 

 Washington, the next S. A. F. conven- 

 tion city, created a favorable moment 

 for getting the workers together and. 

 In addition to the annual meeting of the 

 llirectors, several committees met. 

 Their sessions occupied the two days, 

 January 24 and 25, preceding the car- 

 nation growers ' convention. 



Board of Directors. 



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

 was in session almost continuously 

 January 24 and 25, transacting much 

 business and covering many important 

 matters. Of those entitled to seats, all 

 but four were present, as follows: 



OFFICEKS. 



President — Tlioiiias Holiiud, Nnhaiit, SInss. 



Vice-president — Adolphus Gude, Waslilngtoii. 

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.Secretary- -Jolin Young, 43 West Eigliteenlli 

 street. New York. 



Treasurer — J. J. HesB, Omnlia, Neb. 



BOARD OF DIBECTORS. 



Josepli II. Hill. UiclinKiiid. Ind. 

 ('. C. Polhvortli. Milwaukee, Wis. 

 Herman I'. Knoble, Cleveland, O. 

 Paul I(. Klingsporn. Chicago. 

 Thomas H. .Toy. Nashville, Tenn. 

 Carl Hagenbuijier. West Mentor. (>. 



Ex-offlcio, 

 A. I.. Miller. Jamaica. N. Y. 



Washington Representative. 

 W. K. Guile. WashingluM, I). C. 

 Chairman National Flower Show Committee. 

 • ieorge Asnius. Chicajio. 



Chairman Publicity Committee. 

 Henry I'enii. Itustuu, Mass. 



Directors Under Affiliation. 



Itohert I'yic. West Gruve, Pa., president Aiuii-- 

 lean Uose Sciciety. 



Cliarles W. .I(dinson, Rockford, 111., president 

 Amcricaii ('arnation Society. 



.7. F. Auimanu, Edwardsville, 111., president 

 Florists' Hail Association. 



I. S. Hendrickson, Flowerfleld, N. Y., president 

 New York Florists' Club. 



Alfred M. Campbell, Philadelphia, Pa., presi 

 dent Florists' Clnb of Pliiladelphia. 



Joseph Koliout, Liberlyville, 111., presideui 

 Chicago Florists' Club. 



W. A, Itowe. Kirkuood, Mo., president SI. 

 Lf>iii3 Florists' Club. 



A. Uasmussen. New Albany, Ind., president 

 State Florists' Association of Indiana. 



Iiol)ert L. Graham. Jr., Haltimore, Md., presi 

 dent Florists' Club of Haltimore. 



AV. H. Englehart. Memphis, Tenn., president 

 Tennessee State Florists' Society. 



The absentees were Philip Breit- 

 moycr, director representing the F. T. 

 D.; W. E. Cook, director representing 

 the Cleveland Florists' Club; L. P. 

 Jensen, director representing the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners, and 

 W. J. Hembreiker, representing tlie 

 Illinois State Florists' Association. 



After inspection of the facilities 

 available, Convention hall was selected 

 as the meeting place and exhibition hall 

 for the August convention. 



It was understood that the society's 

 Journal will be succeeded by a return 

 to the old Year Book on a smaller scale. 

 in conformity to the recommendation 

 of the new committee on audit and 

 finance. 



Publicity Meeting. 



Monday evening, January 24, a meet- 

 ing on publicity was held, with an es- 

 peciallv enthusiastic and interested 



gathering. The publicity committee, all 

 members of which were in attendance, 

 presented a plan which was reconi- 

 . mended by the Vjoard of directors for 

 adoption at the annual convention next 

 August. It calls for allied florists' as- 

 sociations in all large flower centers 

 and similar percentages levied on scat- 

 tered florists. Seventy-five per cent of 

 the collections, as in Chicago, will be 

 spent in local advertising and twenty- 

 five per cent in national advertising. 



National Flower Show. 



The national flower show committee 

 met Wednesday morning, January 26, 

 with a full attendance of members. 

 Prej)arati()ns for the show in the spring 

 of 1922 i\Te well under way. Mr. Knoble 

 stated that the big hall in Cleveland 

 will be reiidy for a flower show next 

 October, 



Tariff and Lsgislation. 



Three representatives of the S. A. F., 

 W. F. Gude, George Asmus and J. F. 

 Ammann, appeared before the ways 

 and means committee of the House of 

 Representatives, now holding tariff 

 hearings, and expressed the trade's 

 view that the present rates are satis- 

 factory. 



Hospitalities. 



The board of directors and visitors 

 were entertained at luncheon January 

 24 by the Chnmber of Commerce at the 

 New Willard hotel and January 25 by 

 the florists of Washington. Tuesday 

 evening the members of the board were 

 entertained at supper bv Mr. and Mrs. 

 William F. Gude. 



SOIL STERILIZATION. 



[A paper by \\ . 1>. Howard, of Milfoid. ilass., 

 read before ihe Auii'rican Carnation Soiiet.v lit 

 Its convention at Washni^tun, I). C, January 

 L'(>, Jtt:;i.i 



There is a new subject brought before' 

 the florists' eyes today; that is, the sub- 

 ject of soil sterilization. The principal 

 points to be brought out are its bene- 

 ficial efl'ects, its labor and money-saving 

 advantages. We have tried ])lanting 

 carnations in the same soil, three or 

 four times in succession, and we are 

 well ])leascd with tlie results. In some 

 instances the soil has not been changed 

 in the bench for as long as tour years, 

 being left in the V)enches and sterilized 

 there by means of a sitn])le and inexpen- 

 sive apparatus. The niethf(d employed 

 does not re(|uire much labor or time. 



First of all, the soil must be in the 

 right condition, containing about the 

 same moisture as out- would like to 

 plant in. This means, have it in a good, 

 mellow condition clear through to the 

 bottom of the liencli. We use four gal- 

 vanized iron pans, which are twelve feet 

 long, eight inches deep .-lud two iuches 

 narrower than the width of tiie bench. 

 These jians also litne two strap-iron 



David G. GriUbortzcr. 



I Kiiergctlc ViccPiesiclciit Wiio Diicclii! Arratitri'iiniits (nv AiiuTi<-aii Cainatiiui S.iclcty's ('..iiviiition. 



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