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JONH 80, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



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/iiiv W. French, Chicago, 111. 



Y\;. OMte, Fargo. N. D. 



iiiiia N. Humaaon, Chicago, III. 



Mui Kaiser, St. Paul, Minn. 



BiiiriU Keith, Fargo, N. D. 



He'iry Krug. Valley City. N. D. 



PficT Llndberg, Rugby, N. D. 



Kiir St Lueth, Fargo, N. D. 



n \V. Lumby, Bismarck, N. D. 



1'' 1!. McBlroy, Grand Forks, N. D. 



Gvorge Mohn, Chicago, 111. 



\l-it. Schllz, liaporte, Ind. 



W B. Shotwell, Fargo, N. D. 



]t ' F. Blebrecht, Aberdeen, S. D. 



W-ulam Tobln, Fargo, N. D. 



II Osen, Wahpeton, N. D. 



A. N. H. 



NCF.TH CAROLINIANS ORGANIZE. 



S veral florists of North Carolina met 

 at Greensboro June 21 and formed the 

 Ni'rth Carolina State Florists' Associa- 

 tioT!, and elected the following officers: 



J'resident — George J. Starr, of Starr, 

 tho Florist, Wilson, N, C. 



Vice-president — W. Morgenroth, of 

 M'^rgenroth, the Florist, Winston-Salem, 



N. C. 



Secretary-treasurer — L. B. Clemmons, 

 of the Van Lindley Co., Greensboro. 



There was a good attendance and 

 everyone was enthusiastic about the 

 now association. 



WHAT TEXAS PLANS. 



Program of Meeting. 



.July 12 to 14 the Texas State Flo- 

 rists' Association will assemble at San 

 Antonio for its seventh annual conven- 

 tion and every indication points to a 

 large and successful meeting. A mo- 

 ment's study of the program planned 

 is an assurance of a live-wire session. 

 For things are going to start moving 

 right from the start. Directly fol- 

 lowing the call to order by F. C. Suchy, 

 of San Antonio, at 2 p. m., July 12, 

 and the invocation by the Reverend 

 F. S. Erne of the same city, the Honor- 

 able 0. B. Black, mayor of San Antonio, 

 will express the city's welcome. Then 

 H. 0. Hannah, of Sherman, Tex., will 

 respond for those in the state and 

 J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, O., will de- 

 liver the response for out-of-state mem- 

 bers. The president's annual address, 

 by Otto Lang, of Dallas, will follow. 

 And after his address will come the re- 

 port of Secretary and Treasurer Louis 

 J. Tackett, of Fort Worth; the report 

 of committees; the appointment of com- 

 mittees; announcements, and then an 

 address, "An International Holiday," 

 by Mrs. Simeon Shaw, Canyon, Tex. 



At 8 o'clock that evening there will 

 be a reception for the president and a 

 general "get together" that promises 

 a lively time. 



Iilany Interesting Addresses. 



The program for the remaining days 

 of the convention follows: 



WBDNBSDAY MORNING, JDLY 13. 



"My Bxperience with a Fungous Disease Af- 

 fecting Carnations," by J. W. Furrow, Guthrie, 

 Okla. 



"Outlook for the Florists' Business for Next 

 Season," by T. J. Noll, Kansas City, Mo. 



"A Better Understanding in Pricing Flowers 

 for F. T. D. Orders," round table discussion. 



"Shall We Make Norember 11 a Flpwer Day?" 

 by Jas. W. Regbie, Shreveport, La. 



"Profitable Flowers for Summer," round table 

 discussion. 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13. 



"Progress of the Florists' Business East of the 

 Mississippi," by W. H. Englehart, Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



"Salesmanship in the Flower Shop," by R. 0. 

 Kerr, Houston, Tex. 



"How the Flower Growers' Association Will 

 Help the Florists of the South," by J. F. Am- 

 mann, Edwardaville, 111. 



"Every Texas Florist a Member of the S. A. 

 F.," by W. J. Baker, Fort Worth, Tex. 



"Parks and Landscape Work," by Ray Lam- 

 bert, commissioner of parks, San Antonio, Tex. 



At 4 p. m. all visitors will be taken for a 

 tallyho ride over the city. On this ride, the fol- 

 lowing places will be visited : Alamo, Old Mis- 

 sions, Horn Palace Inn and Hot Wells. At the 

 last-named place a watermelon feast will be 

 served. 



THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 14. 



"Future of the Florists' Business in Texas," 

 by v. J. Davis, Fort Worth, Tex. 



"What Oklahoma Can Do to Help Supply the 

 Texas Florists," by A. F. Koehle, Mangum, 

 Okla. 



"How a Woman Can Successfully Conduct a 

 Flower Store," by Miss Martha 0. Wood, HUls- 

 boro, Tex. 



"Is Doubling Prices for Christmas, Easter and 

 Mothers' Day Practical for the Florists' Trade?" 

 round table discussion, led by Mrs. B. O. Wel- 

 singer, Beaumont, Tex. 



Thursday afternoon, July 14, will be 

 held the election of officers. After- 

 wards, at 4 p. m., all visitors will be 

 taken for an automobile ride through 

 Breckenridge park and the zoo and will 

 visit the lily pond. A Mexican dinner 

 will be served in the Mexican Village, 

 at which time a 40-piece band, called 

 La Bonda Juvenil Mexicana, of Mexi- 

 can boys will furnish the music. The 

 musicians, with other Mexican enter- 

 tainers, will be dressed in native cos- 

 tumes. 



Exhibitors. 



Among those who have promised to 



exhibit are: 



Lord & Bumham Co., Irvington, N. Y. 

 Ove Gnatt Co., Laporte. Ind. 

 T. J. Nolan, Scranton, Pa., representing King 

 Construction Co. 



Pittsburg Clay Products Co., Pittsburg, Kan. 

 McCallum Co., Pittsburgh. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. 



J. W. Davis Co., Terre Haute, Ind. 



Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Pittsburgh. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago. 



Pinehurst Floral Co., Pleasant Hill, Mo. 



A. L. Randall Co., Chicago. 



American Greenhouse Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



Burlington Willow Ware Shops, Burlington, la, 



Athens Pottery Co., Fort Worth, Tex. 



SOIL FOR PANSY SEEDS. 



The preparation of soil for pansy seed 

 should be given care. E. J. Steele, of 

 the Portland firm whose pansies are 

 so well known to the trade, gives the 

 following summary of the important 

 points in soil preparation and the sow- 

 ing of pansy seed: 



1. Have your soil perfectly clean, 

 free of weeds and trash and pulverized 

 to a depth of six or more inches. 



2. On the level surface spread 

 evenly a layer of pulverized manure, 

 barnyard scrapings preferred, to a 

 depth of at least one inch. 



3. Overlay manure with one-half 

 inch of the best soil you have, thor- 

 oughly pulverized. 



4. EoU or rake down and tramp sur- 

 face true and smooth. 



5. Use the hose freely and soak 

 down the bed several inches. 



6. Sow your seed in drills or broad- 

 cast. 



7. Cover as lightly as possible with 

 your best soil or sand. Sand is better. 



8. Use spray of water to moisten 

 surface. 



9. Allowing plenty of ventilation, 

 keep your beds moist, quite moist, but 

 not soaking wet, until plants come up. 



Unbleached sheeting of the cheapest 

 grade is good to retain moisture. As 

 soon as the plants begin to come through 

 freely the sheeting should be removed 

 permanently, and on the tops of the 

 beds may be sifted a thin layer of barn- 

 yard scrapings. Never allow the beds 

 to become dry. Any dryness after the 

 seeds sprout is absolutely fatal. These 

 directions are for sowing in the open 

 field, but will apply to flats or cold- 

 frames. An ounce of seed is sufficient 

 for sixty to seventy-five square feet. 



Iowa City, la. — A. G. Prince, who de- 

 serves to be classed among the veterans 

 in the trade, has been having a rather 

 serious time with an infection in his 

 hand. He has been confined to the 

 house for the greater part of the last 

 two months, but is again able to attend 

 to business. 



Mexican Terrace Garden, a Sight at San Antonio for Visitors to the Texas Convention. 



