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The Florists' Review 



January 27, 1921 



lie Jitiitcd, t(i (itho/- items ot' purchaso 

 .•IS Avoll, ;ui(l he a big saving in tlic 

 cost of jtrodiiction. 



Secretary J. .1. Jieueke tlieii iiiade 

 l)is rf-port as follows: "yim-c Novem- 

 ber l(i, 1920, when the St. Louis dis- 

 triet wa.s organized, tlio nicmbershii) to 

 date has reached thirty-eight. Of 

 these, twenty-six were present at the 

 meeting November l(i and signed the 

 list as charter members. All but three 

 liavc sent in their ai)i)lications for mem- 

 bership and since then twelve more 

 have made application for inember- 

 shij), making the total mentione<l, thir- 

 ty-eight. Of these, thirty have jiaid 

 their first quarter's dues, totaling 

 $397.66, which has been turned over to 

 the treasurer. 



"Disbursements amount to $48, which 

 sum was allowed at the executive meet- 

 ing held December ]4 and vouc^iers 

 drawn on the treasurer for the amount, 

 ■whidi leaves a balance in our treasury 

 of $349.66." 



After the treasurer's report, which 

 confirmed the balance referred to by 

 Secretary Beneke, Chairman Bourdct, of 

 the nominating committee, reported that 

 the committee recommended the reelec- 

 tion of all oflicers with the exception 

 tif himself as vice-jiresident, as he 

 did not wish to hold ollice. At the 

 afternoon session, when the election of 

 otficers was schedule<l, the rejiort of the 

 iiominating committee was acted on iind 

 the following oflicers (dected for the 

 year 1921: President, Walter Amling; 

 vice presidents, W. ,f. I'ilcher and Henry 

 Hlixen; secretary, .1. .J. Beneke, and 

 treasurer, W. A. Rowe. The board of 

 directors is comjiosed of the following 

 nieml)ers: A. ('. Brown, W. .1. Boss, 

 T.udwig Staitp, W. A. Kowe, .Joseph 

 ])eutschmann and ('. K. DeWever. 

 • K. 0. Hill, of Ki(dimond, Ind., ga\'e 

 an illustrated address on " Ilybriili/.a- 

 tiou," which [)ro\ed extremely inter- 

 esting. It was voted thrrf the next 

 meeting of St. Louis district brancli of 

 the National Flower (Jrowers' Associa- 

 tion be held at Sjiringficld, III., Ajiril 19 

 at 10 a. 111. 



CHICAGO GROWERS GATHER. 



Carnation Night. 



Thursdiiy evening, .Tanuiii-y 2ii, was 

 carnation night at tlH> monthly meeting 

 of the Coiniiierci;il Flower (irowi^rs of 

 Chicago, held at the Hotel Kandolph, 

 and several exhibits of carnations, as 

 well as sweet jieas, were staged. Bn>ir 

 & Steinkamj), of Indianapolis, Ind.. 

 Avere aw;irded !».■) jioints on Carnation 

 Edna, the well known seedling that is 

 to be dissemiiiateil this year. On spe- 

 cial vote of the iiicmbers, this exhibit 

 was aw.'irded a certificate of merit. 

 Oliver Steinkniiiji, who was present at 

 the meeting, in thanking the associa- 

 tion for this recognition, gave a brief 

 story of how this roil of Nic Zweifel's 

 came into being. 



Paul Xanzig, Gross Point, III., had n 

 vase each of White Knchiiiitress, En- 

 chantress SujircTne and Matchless, and 

 was awarded honor;ible mention for 

 each vase. 



A vase of Heralil wns highly roconi- 

 mcnded. It w;is exhibited by William 

 Wichtenil,'ihl, of Mnywood, Jll. 



The exhibits of sweet ]iens, were not 

 awarded jioints, but Hans .Tejison's 

 three vases of Hose Queen, Columbia 

 :ind Mrs. E. Burk,e were commended ;is 

 m.'iking ;i sjileiiilid showing. 



A vase of Illuminator from Gus Swen- 

 son, of Elmhucst, 111., was praised for 

 its exceptionally large flowers. The 

 judges, appointed by President Kohout, 

 were Irwiij/C. Bertermann, Indianapolis, 

 Ind.; J; 

 mann. 



s Psenicka and Henry Wehr- 



Psenicka Gives Paper. 



Mr. Psenicka read a short paper on 

 carnations, which was greatly appre- 

 ciated, not so much for any helpful 

 cultural suggestions, but as a brief and 

 accurate indication of the growth of 

 the culture of this bloom since 1888, 

 when he first entered the growing field. 

 It was a history of his thirty-three 

 years of personal experience in the 

 game. A humorous nuecdote he related 

 jirofessed to account for the first dis- 

 liudded carnation blooms on the Chica- 

 go market. Mr. Psenicka was tendered 

 a vote of thanks for his address. 



Irwin C. Bertermann was called upon 

 and he spoke in an interesting manner 

 of the prospects of a boom in 1921. Mr. 

 Bertermann is an optimist and looks 

 forward to greater business than ever 

 before. 



President Kohout then brought up the 

 subject of St. Valentine's day. It was 

 the intention of the board of directors 

 to push this day, he stated, and it was 

 hoped that it might in time become one 

 of the best flower days in the year. 



Wants Peas Pushed. 



Hans Jcpson then took the floor and 

 asked that the board of directors of 

 the Allied Florists' Association push 

 sweet peas in their advertising. When- 

 ever a few thousand sweet peas went 

 on the market, ho said, the pr4ce 

 dropped. Secretary Amling replied that 

 St. Valentine's day was .npproaching 

 and that this would boom sweet peas. 

 Three billboard sjiaces had been ar- 

 ranged for by the board, he stated, and 

 a ]ioster, the main features of which 

 were to bo a large red heart, a corsage 

 of Jieas and violets and an ojien box, 

 would be used in each space. 



After much discussion, pro and con, 

 the secretary was instructed to write 

 a letter to the Allied Florists' Asso- 

 ciation, asking that sweet pe;is be fea- 

 tured in the advertisements while the 

 lireseiit state of plenty exists. The ■ 

 tlir(M> members from the ai(]wers' asso- 

 ciation were instriu-ti'd to suppdrt this 

 letter at the next meeting of the Ixiard 

 of directors. 



Those Artificial Flowers. 



\'ice-]iresideiit Peter Pearson then 

 brought up again the inatler of the ex- 

 hibit of artificial flowers nt the S. A. F. 

 convention. This entailed much dis- 

 cussion and Mr. Iierterin;iiiii was asked 

 to give the retailers' \ i(>w of the mat- 

 ter. He re]ilir(l that Ilie artificial 

 flower, in his o]iiiiion, ((nild never su]v 

 plant the real. "The use of artificial 

 blooms," he said, "hel]is to ad\-ertise 

 and sell th(^ natural flower. Artificial 

 fliiwers have their jilace. " 



Mr. TN'arsoii replied that although 

 artificial flower-: inidoubtedly had their 

 ]ilace, that place was not the exhibition 

 floor of the Society of American Flo- 

 rists. On vote of the meeting, the sec- 

 retary was instructed to write the sec- 

 retary of the S. A. F. protesting against 

 this exhibition, and the re]ir(>sentatives 

 of the .associat ion at tl'e meeting ot' the 

 Xational Flower (irowers' Association 

 lit Washington were instructed f:< bring 

 the iii;itter up before that organization. 



It was decided that the next meeting, 

 February 17, should be rose night, but 

 a motion was passed that at any meet- 

 ing of tlie association exhibits of any 

 variety will be welcome. Three new 

 members were elected. They were An- 

 toine Batek, Shermerville, 111.; Bauscher 

 Bros., Freeport, 111., and Ludwig 

 Ehrhardt, of Park Ridge, 111. 



DENVER, COL. 



The Market. 



• 



Local business was fairly good during 

 the week ending January 22. Most cut 

 stock is still scarce, roses particularly. 

 Carnations are arriving in good quan- 

 tity, but the demand is such as to keep 

 them a little scarce. Sweet peas are 

 the most "plentiful. Prices on all cut 

 stock hold about the same. But little 

 bulbous stock is to be had yet, and pot 

 stock of the better (dass is scarce. 

 There are still a few cyclamens. Good 

 cinerarias and Primula obconica make 

 up the cheaper plants. 



Violets are fine ,in quality now. Mig- 

 nonette, calendulas, Easter and calla 

 lilies complete the list. 



Various Notes. 



Each year the business in rooted cut- 

 tings of carnations assumes more and 

 more importance, as southern and 

 eastern growers come to realize that 

 Denver, favored by ideal climatic con- 

 ditions, produces some of the finest car- 

 nations in the country, and that cut- 

 tings from such stock would be natur- 

 ally thrifty and free from disease. 



The America Flower Shop has an at- 

 tractive display of pussy willows and 

 ferns. Walter Barth is cutting quanti- 

 ties of sweet pe.as friim twn of his 

 houses. 



Henry W'eiland is bringing in a fine 

 quality of violets, some mignonette and 

 calendulas. 



The Roberts Rose Co." is building a 

 new greenhouse u6x2r)(i feet, which 

 is Hearing comjiletiou. The house is of 

 .\gmco construction. 



A. C. Engle is building a conserva- 

 tory for F. F. Kistler, 19il High street, 

 (if the curvilinear ty[ie, Lorcl & Burn- 

 ham construction. 



In the high wind last week two-thirds 

 of the chimney at Trimmer & Son's 

 was blown off. There was no damage 

 to the stock. They were able to keep 

 the temiierature up with the remaining 

 stack. The elder Mr. Trimmer recently 

 returned from the cast. 



Mr. and Mrs. Reimcr, of Rapid City. 

 S. 1)., were visitors last week. 



Many have enjoyed the weekly bowl- 

 ing meet at the Denver bowling iilleys. 

 The eats and ^nokes and social gather- 

 ing have been as enjoyabh' as the game 

 itself. As no teams have been formed, 

 scores arc not available. Invitations 

 are extended to all. greetings are 

 every Wednesday. R. K. H. 



CINCINNATI, 0. 



The Market. 



The close of last week tdund condi- 

 tions unchanged from the previous one, 

 with the exception of sweet peas. These 

 were in better supply and are now ar- 

 riving in better quality. The best 

 bring $2 and $3 per humlred. Roses 

 are still scarce and high; so much so 

 that the wholesalers revert to the use 



