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S. A. F. NEWS 



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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Membership Statistics. 



i'resident Boland is of tlie opinion 

 that the society should be in possession 

 of statistics covering the business of 

 each and all of our members, for pub- 

 lication in the HOt-iety's annual report. 

 Such information would be of great 

 value when the society is called upon 

 to make trade representations before 

 legislative bodies. In addition to stat- 

 ing our membership, figures could be 

 given covering what our membership 

 represented in the way of glass oper- 

 ated, invested interests and so forth. 

 With the idea of collecting this infor- 

 mation, the secretary will prepare and 

 shortly mail to each member a question- 

 naire, which should be completed and 

 returned for the compilation process. 

 It will be interesting to our members 

 to know how many retail florists, grow- 

 ers, private growers and gardeners and 

 others representing branches of allied 

 trades are comprised in our member- 

 ship, and how many grow the whole or 

 part of the products which they sell. 

 It is not thought that even a guess 

 could be hazarded as to the number of 

 square feet of glass operated by S. A. F. 

 members. 



It would also, in the opinion of our 

 'president, be desirable to publish in the 

 annual report all statistical informa- 

 tion it is possible to secure in the direc- 

 tion of horticultural industry and prac- 

 tice in this country. Many data of this 

 kind are olitainable through the depart- 

 int'iital rcscarcli of the government 

 burcau.s at Wasliiiigtoii and the secre- 

 tary will endeavor to asscinlilc all the 

 inforinatioii availalilc at tlic jtroper 

 tini(>. 



National Publicity Campaign. 



Each week of late, the trade j)apers 

 have been kind enougli to pul)lish for 

 us the names of tliose in tlie trade who 

 have paid their 1921 sul^scriptions to 

 the campaign fund. Our committee has 

 made urgent api)eals for the s])eedy 

 jiayment of the subscriptions for the 

 current year and, so far, the res])onse 

 lias been most satisfactory. There are 

 still, however, numbers of guarantors 

 who have not yet made remittances. If 

 the reader of this article sliould lia])j)en 

 to lie one of them, he can materi.-illy 

 assist the committee in their earnest 

 effort to resume n.ational advertising 

 now when the trade needs it, by send- 

 ing a check at once to the secretary, 

 wlio will publish the subscrijition in ac- 

 cordance with the new custom. If the 

 reader has not yet subscribed to the 

 fund, he is reminded that his assist- 

 ance would be thankfully acknowledged 

 in the same way. 



The benefit received through the cam- 

 paign has been so largo that it is far 

 from the committee's intentions to 

 cease effort; indeed, the campaign is to 

 be prosecuted with greater vigor than 

 ever and indefinitely, but they look for 

 the support of the trade in this work 

 and .all who contribute are most as- 

 suredly helping themselves and the 



whole trade in the direction of bigger 

 and better business. None should wait 

 to receive a subscription blank; a sub- 

 scription can be sent in just as well 

 without. 



The following subscriptions were paid 

 in last week: 



A. Alenino, Amurillo. 'lex $ 5.00 



•loy Floral Co., Nasliville, Tcnn 50.00 



W. A. Harkett, Dubuque. In 5.00 



George H. AnKermiieller Co., St. IjOiiis, 



Mo 10.00 



Oeorge A. Kuhl, Pekin, HI 10.00 



\V. C. Campbell, I^wrence, Mass 10.00 



Solimidt's (ireenliouses, WiiiHeld, Kan. 5.00 



«. M. Thost, De Soto, Mo 10.00 



.Tohn Plodzien, Chicago. Ill ... t' 10.00 



A. C. Reicher, Mlcliigan City, liul 10.00 



Helmar Flower Shoi). Toledo, :i0.00 



Redondo Floral Co., Uih AngeleH, Cal. 50.00 



Augusta Flower Sliop. Augusta, Me.. 5.00 

 Herman Mamitscli, Rockville Center, 



N. Y 10.00 



John M. Mitchell, Pittsburgh. Pa 10.00 



Jas. D. Hooper, Richmond, \'a 10.00 



Robt. li. Dunn, St. Catharines, Ont... 10.00 



D. A. Pugh, Mishawiika, Ind 15.00 



Hromley & Son, Cleveland, 10.00 



Truett Floral & Nursery Co., Franklin, 



Tenn l,->.00 



Detroit Greenhouse Co.. Redford, Midi. 5.00 



('. P. Dieterich, MaysviUe, Ky 10.00 



Jos. P. Brooks, Morton Grove, III 10.00 



fJeo. M. Conklln, Allegan, Mich 5.00 



Selah Van Riper, E, Paterson. N. J.. 10.00 



Mrs. R. 0. Henderson, Pana, 111 5.00 



George F. Forber, Davenport, la 5.00 



George J. Jurgens, Northport, .N. Y... 10.00 



Fifth Ave. Florists, Wilmington, N. C. 5.00 



The Miles Co., Oshkosh, Wis 10.00 



Stevenson & Mctirail, Uniontown. I'a.. 10.00 



Mclntyre Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.. 25.00 



Adgate & Son, Warren, 10.00 



Acme Floral Co., Tacoma, Wash 5.00 



Asman & Dunn, Detroit. Mich 25.00 



John H. Klang, Detroit, Miili 25.00 



John Wolf, Savanna!), (ia 10.00 



DeWitt House, Florence. S. C 5.00 



Carl Hagenburger. West Mentor, O.... 25.00 



R. T. Rroderiek. Yonkers. .N. Y 10.00 



Helen F. Patten, 'loleilo. () 25.00 



Wm. Schray & .Sons, St. Ixuis, Mo..., 25.00 



Swan & Berndtson, IjawiVnce, Mass.. 10.00 



II. Johann & Son, Colllnsville, 111 10.00 



II. t^ Vansant, Newport News, Va.... 10.00 



W. J. Newton, Norfolk, Va 25.00 



Kast Side Floral Co., .Milwaukee, Wis. 5.00 

 lioldt-Lundy House of Flowers, Den 



ver, Colo 10.00 



The John Kiel Co., East I.iverpixil. <). 10.00 



J. E. Jackson, Gainesville. Ga 5.00 



Hornaday Greenhouses. Ijiwton. (tkla . , 5.00 



John A. Nelson, Franiin^'liani, .Mass.,, 10.00 

 Silvieus & Silviens Floral Co.. Ashta 



bula, 10.00 



Fetters' Flowers, Detroit, .Mich 75.00 



Princt''8 Flower Shop, Iowa Cil.v. Ia,, 5.00 



Young & I,,ester, Walla Walla, Wash. 10.00 



Previously reported 23,168.60 



Total $23,923.60 



National Flower Show. 



Prints of the Hoor j)laii, showing the 

 areas available in , the big Municipal 

 building in ("leveland for trjide exliibits 

 at the forthcoming national flower 

 sliow, will be ready for ^lOHiling shortly. 

 l'r()s])ective exhiliitors, are advised to 

 give early consideratidn^ to the matter 

 of making their e.\hiT)its, so' as to be 

 in readiness to make reservations on 

 receijit of jilans, for only by acting 

 ]ir()ni]itly can tlie best locations be as- 

 sured. 



Full details coiiceriiiiig the grand 

 capital prize of $.'),nO(i, offered for the 

 best developnient of a garden, will be 

 forthcoming in a short while. Even 

 with an indefinite knowledge of con- 

 ditions, great interest is already being 

 taken in this feature of the show, 

 which will be the most iinport.ant and 

 gr.'indest ever jittempted at an exhibi- 

 tion in this country, or, indeed, any- 

 where. Never before was so large a 

 prize offered. Several other large 

 ])rizes offered should be equally attrac- 



tive to those able to compete for them. 

 George Bate, of 227 High avenue, 

 Cleveland, is chairman of the commit- 

 tee appointed to secure out-of-town 

 exhibits and is particularly anxious to 

 get into communication with any 

 grower who can exhibit either in the 

 private or commercial classes. It is 

 not at all too early to commence prepa- 

 rations for exhibits in many of the 

 classes; in fact, they should be com- 

 menced now. As S. A. F. President 

 Eoland stated at a recent meeting in 

 Cleveland, no private estate or grow- 

 ing establishment is too small to under- 

 take some kind of exhibit and small, 

 as well as large, exhibits are cordially 

 welcomed. If a large number of these 

 small exhibits are forthcoming, there 

 can be no question as to the success of 

 the show. Bear this in mind, Mr. 

 Grower, and do what you can to swell 

 the list of exhibits. 



The Washington Convention. 



Additional exhibitors ia the trade 

 exhibition are the Every-Eeady Flower 

 Pot Cover Co., Buffalo, N. Y.; L. C. 

 Stroh & Sons, Batavia, N. Y., and 

 Macaw Bros., Norwood, Pa. 



The president and secretary of the 

 society will be in Washington June 2 

 and will have a meeting with Adolph 

 Gude, Z. D. Blackistone and David 

 Grillbortzer, the local advisory com- 

 mittee, at which will be discussed the 

 arrangements now being made for the 

 trade exhibition, which at this time 

 bids fair to break all previous exhibi- 

 tion records in point of size and com- 

 prehensiveness. If any pros])ective ex- 

 hibitor desires any further or special 

 information in regard to the exhibition, 

 he should communicate with the se<'re 

 tary at once, so that, if necessary, the 

 matter may he taken up at the meeting 

 mentioned. Johj/Yoiing. Sec 'y. 



S. A. F. MEMBEBSHIP DZtlVE. 



State Vice-Presidents' Week. 



Since state vice-presidents' week be 

 gins May 22, in the S. A. F. drive for 

 new members, the following letter has 

 gone out to every state vice-president: 

 -"At the suggestion of President Ro 

 land, with a liberal contribution from 

 an enthusiastic member to cover the ex 

 pense of a membership drive in the S. A. 

 F., a resolution was passed at a recent 

 meeting of the board of directors in 

 Washington to have a committee ap- 

 pointed to launch this movement and the 

 undersigned committee is the result. 



"Our goal is 'to double the member 

 ship of the S. A. F. in ninety days,' and 

 our slogan is 'Every member get a mem 

 ber. ' This campaign opened May 1:" 

 and closes at convention time. 



"It has heretofore been an unwritten 

 rule that a part of every state vice- 

 president 's duty was to secure new 

 members. In rare instances this was 

 adhered to, but in most cases it ■was-'-en- 

 tirely overlooked. Now, let us in this 

 drive hope for big things from the state 

 vice-presidents." 



This is a fine chance for state vice- 



