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The Florists' Review 



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CHICAGO NOVELTY NIGHT. 



Committee's Beport on Union. 



Thursday, February 3, was novelty 

 and ladies' night with the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club. The meeting was held at 

 the Hotel Randolph. The reading of 

 minutes and formalities were dispensed 

 with at a short business meeting pre- 

 ceding the entrance of the ladies on the 

 scene. Two new members were elected 

 to membership, A. F. Thai and F. E. 

 Kilner, Chicago. 



James Morton, chairman of the gar- 

 den committee, reported that, in view of 

 the fact that the work was now being 

 carried on by the national garden bu- 

 reau, there appeared to be no need of 

 the committee. The garden coniniittec 

 was discontinued by the vote of the 

 members. 



M. C. Wright, chairman of the com-^ 

 mittee to consider President Kohout's 

 inaugural address, reported as follows: 



"This committee approves President 

 Kohout's desire to bring tlie local trade 

 organizations closer together, so that 

 they may accomplish their various ob- 

 jects with greater harmony and econ- 

 omy. The committee reeoniinends that 

 the trustees of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club be requested to confer witli the 

 executives of the other trade bodies 

 and outline a plan of reorganization, 

 such plan then to be submitted to the 

 members of the Chicago Florists' Club 

 for their approval." 



John Michelson entertained the mem- 

 bers at the meeting with a report cover- 

 ing his recent Californian trip. The 

 judges for the exhibits were appointed 

 as follows: J. S. Wilson, Albert Erickson 

 and James Morton. George Asmus and 

 Michael Fink were selected to judge the 

 novelties on display. 



The Exhibits. 



There being no further business, the 

 members joined the ladies iij the ball- 

 room, wliere over 200 florists and ladies 

 were enjoying themselves, with an ex- 

 cellent dance orchestra in attendance. 



The novelties on display were Easter 

 and St. Valentine's day arrangements 

 by Poehlmann Bros. Co. and some 

 Valentine items from A. L. Randall & 

 Co. These were mainly artificial novel- 

 ties. Poehlmann Bros. Co. also featured 

 a green, dyed carnation and the usual 

 green harp for St. Patrick's day. 



The exhibits were quite extensive and 

 included 100 blooms of Cattleya Trianff 

 in thirty different shades of color, by 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. One plant seedling 

 was 6 years old and another 6 weeks old, 

 so small that it could barely be seen. 

 Other exhibits by this firm included ex- 

 ceptionally fine vases of C. W. Ward. 

 Matchless' and Nebraska carnations and 

 a vase of lily of the valley. 



The Richmond Greenhouse Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., showed a vase of Laddie 

 carnation, a vase of a yellow seedling 

 carnation and a vase of a crimson car- 

 nation, known as Topsy. 



Eitel & Son, Greencastle. Ind., sent 

 in a vase of Leona, salmon sport of En- 

 chantress Supreme, but the flowers were 

 in such condition that thcv t-onld not be 



judged. It was mentioned in the 

 judges' report as promising. 



Joys' seedling, shown by Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., scaled eighty-nine points and 

 was highly recommended. 



Seedling carnation No. 16, sent by 

 Hartje & Elder, Indianapolis, Ind., 

 scaled ninety-one points and the judges 

 recommended that it be awarded a club 

 certificate. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. exhibited some 

 well grown sprays of white buddleia, 

 grown by R. J. Windier, Chicago. They 

 were awarded honorable mention. 



During the evening Hartje & Elder 

 announced that they desired their new 



carnation to be distributed to the ladies. 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. distributed a num- 

 ber of carnations and orchid blooms, 

 also, and B. J. Windier distributed a 

 number of corsage bouquets which were 

 made up with his buddleia and sweet 

 peas. Nearly every gentleman wore a 

 boutonniere and some fine corsage bou- 

 quets were worn by the ladies. 



The visitors at the club's gala eve- 

 ning included Mr. and Mrs. Frank 

 Kuehne, of Lake Forest, 111.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. William Blackman, of Evansville, 

 Ind., and Len Elder and John Rieman, 

 Jr., of Indianapolis, Ind. 



Altoona, Pa. — C. W. Eifler is think- 

 ing of starting in business again this 

 coming season, after being out of it for 

 the last three years on account of the 

 war, high-priced fuel and labor condi- 

 tions. This makes Mr. Eifler 's twenty- 

 third year in the greenhouse business 

 here. 



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INDIANA STATE ASSOCIATION. 



The February meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association was held at 

 the Circle Flower Store Tuesday eve- 

 ning, Fel)ruary 1. In attendance, this" 

 was one of the banner meetings, having 

 more members present than at the an- 

 nual meeting, which is usually the 

 largest session of the year. 



Christopher Eisner and Marion Elder 

 were elected to membership, and the 

 name of Mr. Warner, of Noblesville, 

 was presented. 



Irwin Bertermann gave a rejjort of 

 the committee that is furthering the 

 effort of the florist to obtain a flo- 

 ricultural course at Purdue University. 

 Tlic bill has been submitted to the 

 House but as yet no action lias been 

 taken. I'rofcssor Brown, of the univer- 

 sity, tohl how glad he would be if tlieir 

 endeavor proved successful. "The time 

 is close at hand," he said, "for intro- 

 ducing the bill, as it is to be soon con- 

 sidered." 



It was regretted that the present leg- 

 islature had seen fit to reduce the an- 

 nual apj)ropriation to the horticulturists 

 for their apple show. It had been the 

 hope of the florists to have an appro- 

 priation also made for them, so that 

 the flower exhibition could be held in 

 conjunction with the ai)ple show. Pro- 

 fessors Brown and Green regretted that 

 this could not be done, and that a closer 

 cooperation between the horticulturists 

 and floriculturists had not been effected. 

 They desired the secretaries of the two 

 associations to communicate, to see 

 what could be done. 



Anders Rasmussen gave an interest- 

 ing talk abo\it the S. A. V. meeting at 

 Washington, which he, representing the 

 Indiana State Florists' Association, at- 

 tended as one of the directors. John 

 Hartje made ' a few remarks regarding 

 the carnation show, telling about the 

 lovely blooms, and of his feeling of 

 pride that Laddie, an Indiana product, 

 carried away the honors. A. F. .7. Baur 

 urged a larger display by middle-west 

 florists at the next carnation show. 



President Hetz appointed the follow- 



ing committee for the state fair: 

 Charles Pahud, Homer Wiegand, Fred 

 H. Lemon and 0. E. Steinkamp. 



A letter was read from the son-in-law 

 of M. A. Barick, of Seymour, Ind., 

 thanking the association for the basket 

 of fruit and the kindly remembrances. 

 Mr. Barick died Friday, January 28, 

 and the secretary was instructed to send 

 a letter of condolence to his bereaved 

 relatives. 



Communications were read from those 

 who received flowers from the annual 

 display. Among the letters received 

 was a note of thanks from the governor 

 stating his appreciation of the elegant 

 roses. 



Secretary Carlstedt read a clipping 

 from The Review, which told of the 

 advertising slides offered by Penn the 

 Florist, which would be sent free of 

 charge to any club or association wish- 

 ing them. It was unanimously agreed 

 to send for the slides and show them 

 at the next meeting. 



The matter of Representative Hen- 

 ley's bill, to change the Indiana state 

 flower from the carnation to the wild 

 tulip, was discussed. Irwin Berter- 

 mann felt that it was absurd to change 

 from a flower that was available nine 

 months of the year to one that could 

 be obtained only a few weeks in the 

 year. There was considerable discus- 

 sion of the matter, pro and con. Mr. 

 Rasniussen felt that the choosing should 

 be left more to the people in general, 

 and that the florists should not try to 

 dictate, as it might appear to be a com- 

 mercial instead of a patriotic stand- 

 point. However, the majority felt that 

 since the carnation was perfected in 

 Indiana, it should remain the state 

 flower, so the secretary was instructed 

 to communicate v^dth Representative 

 Henley and ask him to withdraw the 

 bill. 



An invitation was extended to the 

 association by W. Frank & Sons, of 

 Portland, Ind., to hold the March meet- 

 ing at their store. This was unani- 

 mously accepted. Following the ad- 

 journment, a social hour was enjoyed. 



E. E. T. 



