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The Florists^ Review 



Jdnb 16, 1821 



the surplus of flowers which is often on 

 hand. Twenty-six "Say It with 

 Flowers" billboards have been placed 

 at prominent points in and around Den- 

 ver. 



The majority of the Denver florists 

 and growers believe that the advertis- 

 ing has brought results. In the near 

 future the committee expects to en- 

 tertain J. F. Ammann and H. V. Swen- 

 son at a mass meeting of the florists. 

 The hope is that their talks will be the 

 means of uniting Denver florists into 

 a more solid organization. 



TOLEDO, O. 



The Market. 



Last week's business was decidedly 

 off color. Were it not for tlie funeral 

 work, the slump would have reached 

 midsummer proportions. June wed- 

 dings are plentiful, but run to inexpen- 

 sive work, with occasional exceptions. 

 Eoses, in general, are fair. Sunburst is 

 of excellent color, having a big call. 

 Indoor peas are done. Outdoor stock 

 will be ready in about ten days. 



Prices, as a consequence of poor busi- 

 ness conditions, are at rock bottom. 



Another week may find conditions 

 better. 



Various Notes. 



Two events of the week brought a 

 little extra work to a few of the stores. 

 One was the consecration of Bishop 

 Schwertner, calling for an unusually 

 large number of flowers. The other 

 event was of a more serious character. 

 Two policepien were killed trying to 

 dislodge a maniac from the attic of a 

 house. The funerals of the unfortunate 

 officers called for much floral work. 



Schramm Bros, are rapidly catching 

 up in their planting work. Orders for 

 June weddings are fully up to last year. 



Metz & Bateman had a large share 

 of the funeral work last week. 



The Helmer Flower Shop turns out 

 work of a high order, which is appre- 

 ciated by the many customers, as is evi- 

 denced by the way business keeps up. 



The Century Flower Shoppe is using 

 a large-sized fountain and bridal set- 

 tings in their display window. 



Several florists wired orders to Cin- 

 cinnati for the funeral of Fred Gal- 

 braith, legionary commander. 



Hall's Flower Shop, formerly oper- 

 ated as the Navarre, adds new life to 

 the trade. H. E. K. 



CmCAOO CLUB CLOSES SEASON. 



Will Resume in October. 



The Chicago Florists' Club met at the 

 Randolph hotel Thursday evening, June 

 9. Owing to the fact that President 

 Kohout was unable to be present on 

 account of graduation exercises at 

 Libertyville, Vice-President A. T. Pyfer 

 presided at this meeting. Secretary 

 Lautenschlager was in his accustomed 

 place. 



The application for membership of 

 Irving Stein, in the florists' supplies 

 business at 161 North Waba,sh avenue, 

 was presented. Nominations from the 

 preceding meeting included the follow- 

 ing growers: Gust a f Bloom, 11936 

 Eggleston avenue; Antony Batek, 

 Shermerville, and E. J. Delaney, Holly- 

 wood, Cal. On motion of T. E. Waters, 

 it was decided to include the applica- 

 tion of Irving Stein for election at this 

 meeting, and the secretary was in- 

 structed to cast one ballot electing to 

 membership all of the candidates men- 

 tioned. 



T. E. Waters, chairman of the good 

 of the club committee, presented a 

 report covering the May party, theatri- 

 cal performance and dance. Upon mo- 

 tion of Mr. Waters, the secretary was 

 instructed to send a letter of thanks 

 to Professor Blair, Professor Dorner and 

 the students of the Floricultural Club 

 of the University of Illinois for the ex- 

 cellent performance of the plav, "The 

 Florist Shop." 



Plans for Washington. 



Considerable discussion ensued con- 

 cerning the Chicago Florists' Club 

 bowling team at the S. A. F. convention 

 at Washington. Mr. Waters, chjiirm.'in 

 of the good of the cIuIj jitkI the .-sports 



committees, was instructed to get up a 

 team for this contest. 



Michael Barker presented the report 

 on transportation from Chicago to 

 Washington, which appears on another 

 page of this issue. Mr. Barker was 

 given authority to select the route and 

 official train for this trip. 



It was unanimously decided to dis- 

 pense with the meetings during July, 

 August and September. On motion of 

 T. E. Waters, it was voted to open the 

 fall season with an entertainment, 

 which will be a stag affair for gentle- 

 men only. Tickets will be $1 each and 

 the sale will be limited to 300. 



NEW YORK CLUB MEETING, 



Last Till September. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New York Florists' Club was held Mon- 

 day evening, June 13, in the club's 

 quarters in the Engineering Societies' 

 l>uilding. President I. S. Hendrickson 

 occupied the chair. The attendance 

 was fair, with representatives of grow- 

 ers' interests predominating on account 

 of the lecture scheduled for the eve- 

 ning. 



The secretary read resolutions, pre- 

 pared by a committee appointed for the 

 jiurpose, on the death of Alfred De- 

 meusy, of Brooklyn, a member of long 

 standing, and they were adopted. Reso- 

 lutions of symp.athy addressed to Alfred 

 IT. Langjahr and Percy B. Rigby on the 

 demise of their wives were also adopted. 



Committee Reports. 



In the report of a special committee 

 on the standardization of flowers for 

 the various months, it was recom- 

 mended that the matter be laid on the 

 table, aud the recommendation was 



adopted. The committee believed, after 

 due consideration, that it was inadvis- 

 able, without a wider understanding of 

 the project and the working of the plan, 

 to come to any conclusion at the present 

 time. * 



C. Lowther, for the transportation 

 conmiittee, detailed the arrangements 

 made for the travel of visitors to the 

 S, A. F. convention, and explained that 

 all going by rail should first get iden- 

 tification certificates from Secretary 

 Young, in order to obtain the reduced 

 rate offered by the railroad. 



F. H. Traeiidly, for the committee on 

 the membership drive for the S. A. F., 

 reported progress. 



A. T. De La Mare, for the new com- 

 mittee on good of the club, urged all 

 members to respond as early as possible 

 to the. questionnaire which had been 

 sent out. In a short discussion which 

 followed, one or two points in the ques- 

 tionnaire were shown to be questions 

 Avorthy of the immediate attention of 

 members. 



C. H. Totty, for the flower show com- 

 mittee, announced that the matter of 

 continuing the flower shows was still en- 

 gaging the attention of the committee, 

 and a meeting of the interested commit- 

 tees would take place shortly. 



President Hendrickson announced 

 that in accordance with the by-laws he 

 would shortly appoint a committee on 

 nomination of officers for 1922. 



John Maresca, 450 Amsterdam ave- 

 nue, New York, was nominated for 

 membership in the club, and as there is 

 to be no meeting of the club until Sep- 

 tember, the club's rules were, on motion, 

 suspended and the nominee duly elected. 

 Some discussion took place in regard 

 to emergency drafts on the funds of the 

 club. A motion by C. B. Weathered 

 that a committee of five be appointed to 

 consider amendments to the by-laws to 

 cover such conditions resulted in the 

 matter being left to the committee on 

 good of the club for action. 



It was announced that the next meet- 

 ing, September 12, would be Long 

 Island night, and members were urged 

 to get out a good representation of 

 Long Island florists. 



Lecture on Insects. 



Tho feature of the evening was a lec- 

 ture bj' Dr. W. E. Britton, state and 

 station entomologist, Connecticut Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, New 

 Haven, Conn., on "Insect Pests and 

 Their Methods of Operation." The 

 doctor was most cordially received and 

 gave an interesting lecture, illustrated 

 by lantern slides, showing a large num- 

 ber of insect pests destructive to plants 

 ;ind flowers, and their depredations. 

 While most of these pests were familiar 

 to those present, the doctor's comments 

 upon them were highly interesting, and 

 at the close he was awarded a hearty 

 vote of thanks, all present rising when 

 it Avas tendered. 



Exhibits. 



\ vase of delphinium hyorids shown 

 l>y the Springfield Floral Co., Spring- 

 field, X. J., was awarded a cultural cer- 

 tificate. ^'ases of Liliuni elegans, in 

 six distinct varieties, Liliuni Hansonii, 

 I>ilium tenuifolium, .Tapancse iris seed- 

 lings, Calla Elliottiana and several va- 

 rieties of peonies, shown by John Lewis 

 Childs, Flowcrfield, N. Y., were awarded 

 a vote of thanks. .1. H. P. 



