May 19, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



33 



If You Don't Know All the Faces in this Group of Celebritiest You Should Consult the Guide List Below. 



presidents to prove that they are useful 

 as well as ornamental, and we believe 

 they will. 



Membership committee: 



J. F. Ammann, 



S. S. Pennock, 



A. L. Miller, 



Paul E. Klingsporn, 



Joseph H. Hill. 



A GROUP OF CELEBRITIES. 



Pretty nearly every individual in the 

 group pictured on this page is widely 

 known aside from his connection with 

 the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso- 

 ciation. "Pretty nearly" is prefixed 

 l)ecause the ofiBcial stenographer 's face 

 is not familiar to many florists and 

 some of the Detroit office force of the 

 organization are compelled to stick so 

 close to their work that they are not 

 on public view more than once a year, 

 at convention time. 



This group was photographed, with 

 one exception, at the meeting of the 

 board of directors of the F. T. D. at 

 headquarters, in Detroit, April 11 and 

 12. The exception was Treasurer Wil- 

 liam L. Rock, the only absentee on that 

 occasion. But the other officers and 

 the directors missed Mr. Rock so much 

 that they had him put in the picture. 

 So there he is, natural as if he'd been 

 at tlie meeting. 



The news of the meeting was given 

 in The Review the week following its 

 being held. Here is a list of those in 

 the illustration, in case any need iden- 

 tification: 



Seated, from left to right: William 

 J. Smyth, Chicago; Max Schling, New 



York; Charles H. Grakelow, Philadel- 

 phia; H. G. Dillemuth, Toronto, Ont. ; 

 Edward Sceery, Paterson, N. J.; Irwin 

 Bertermann, Indianapolis, Ind.; Presi- 

 dent Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit; Wil- 

 liam F. Gude, Washington, D. C; W. W. 

 (Tammage, London, Ont.; A. F. Borden, 

 Los Angeles, Cal.; W. J. Palmer, Buf- 

 falo, N. ¥.; H. P. Knoble, Cleveland; 

 Karl P. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn. 



Standing, from left to right: M. 

 Bloy, Detroit; Secretary Albert Poche- 

 lon, Detroit; George M. Geraghty, 

 representing Toronto Retail Florists ' 

 Association; Hilmer V. Swenson, Chi- 

 cago; Miss Helen Wick, assistant secre- 

 tary F. T. D., Detroit; Treasurer Wil- 

 liam L. Rock, Kansas City, Mo.; Arthur 

 J. Monro, official stenographer, Buffalo, 

 X. V. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Peonies are in full swing now, anil 

 sales are good. Roses in general are 

 plentiful. C'arnations and sweet peas 

 are scarce, owing to the great amount 

 of cloudy weather. 



The Florists' Club met Monday, May 

 16, in special session. The committees 

 wore appointed and general plans made 

 for the entertainment of the visitors 

 for the convention in August. It is now 

 expected that the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture will be present to address the mem 

 hers at the opening session of the S. A. 

 F. On the whole, everything is moving 

 along smoothly. 



Adolph Gude, vice-president of the 

 S. A. F., last week was unanimously 

 elected grand commander of the Grand 

 Commandery Knight Templars of the 



District of Columbia. He is already 

 past commander; past high priest, past 

 grand high priest, past patron «f the 

 Eastern Star, past grand patron of the 

 Eastern Star and past potentate of 

 Almas Temple. 



William F. Gude, Washington repre- 

 sentative of the S. A. F., has been ap- 

 pointed by the President of the United 

 States a member of the rent commis- 

 sion. 



Gude Bros. Co. decorated the float 

 on which President Harding's dog. Lad- 

 die Boy, led the animal parade. May 

 13. The float was drawn by six horses. 

 It was thirty feet long, eight feet wide 

 and had a pergola erected on top, cov- 

 ered with climbing roses, American 

 Beauties and palms. It created much 

 favorable comment throughout the en- 

 tire parade. This i)arade was held by 

 the Humane Society to educate the peo- 

 jile to 1)0 kind to animals. 



SPOTTED ECHEVERIAS. 



T am sending a leaf of eclieveria 

 which is l)a<Uy spotted. I had my 

 echevcrins in the greenhouse and then 

 I shifted them to a flat. They did all 

 right last year with well rotted cow 

 manure, sand and dirt, but this year 

 spots are showing. Will you tell" me 

 what is the matter with them and sug- 

 gest a remedy.' H. L. — HI. 



Keep the plants drier at the roots 

 and be careful to wet the leaves as lit 

 tie as possible in cold, dark weather. 

 Some powdered sulphur blown over the 

 affected plants will assist in checking 

 the trouble. C. W. 



