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The Florists* Review 



Jiiv 21. 1021 



rijutical 1(1 r tho Florists' Trado," 

 \vas jircstiilrd hy Mrs. E. O. \Voisin;;('r, 

 <i(' rxauiiKiiit , Tex., and brounlit alioiit 

 i|Milt' a s|iirit((| (lisiiissidii. Mrs. Wcis- 

 Jii};<'r ail\(ii-at cd a ^ooil, sulistaiil ial 

 ))rolit diiriii;: tin' Iwidvo iiioiitlis in tliv 

 year, with im increases in jirice at lioli- 

 liay time. ( t| lurs jiresent s]i()ke of the 

 I'isk iiiviiUiil ill tlie ;;r()\vinji of llowers 

 for sjiecial il;iys and told of tlic facts 

 tliat seejii Id ni:il\e it lU'cessarv Idr 

 fiTOwers, wholesalers' and retailers to 

 increase jirices ;i1 these special days. 



Miss Martha C. \V((od, of Ilillshoro, 

 'J"ex., ]iresented. the siiliject, "How a 

 Woiii.-iii < '.111 .Successfully Conduct a 

 I'lower Store."' Siie iiointed out ni;iny 

 iioticealde differences in t)ie selling 

 niefliods oi Mieii and >vonicn. 



"Uh.il (ikl.ihoiiia ("an Do to Thdp the 

 1'exas florists'' was the subject suc- 

 cessfully handled by A. F. Koehlc, of 

 Miuij^um, OUia., in a jiajier read for 

 liini, .as he w.as unable to be present. He 

 advocaled coojier.ation between the flo- 

 rists of till' two states and proposed a 

 plan of a central supply .and coininis- 

 sion hfiiise for the two states, by means 

 of which the florists could easily, 

 quickly ami with lower cxjjense carry 

 on their lousiness. 



Florists' Future. 



V. .1. D.avis, of Fort Worth, talked of 

 "The Future of the Florists' Business 

 in TeN.iv.'' He stated that no lon>jer 

 wa^ the ^tati' of Texas wholly depend- 

 ent on outside sources for llower su])- 

 ply. II.' staled th;it the state could 

 grow its own llowers, .and w;is .already 



doing s(i to .all .1 |ipreci;ilde extent, but 



nothing as compared with what could 

 be done. 



Other inti'rest iiig talks were deliv- 

 ereil by .). W. l-'urrow, of Guthrie, Okla., 

 on "My i'lxperieiue with a Fungous 

 Disease .Mfecting Carii.at ions, ' ' and 

 by W. H. Fiijibdi.art, of Memphis, Teiin., 

 oil "Progress of the i'"lorists' liusincss 

 Fast of the Mississijipi. " 



Telegr.-ims from ,]. !■'. Anmi.'inn, who 

 was to ha\-e ijidivered a talk; William 

 F. (iiide, and Annie Wolfe Hrigaiice 

 ;\( le read ,aiid all expressed regret at 

 tlndr bi'iiig unable to .-itteiid the coiiven- 

 t ion. 



Matters of imjiortancc which were 

 iliscussed and acted upon were numer- 

 ous. The matter of the most profitable 

 llowers to grow in the sumnier brought 

 out suggestions from the members from 

 various districts, (>aidi suggesting a dif- 

 ferent llower, depending on the section 

 of the country from whicdi the memlier 

 came. 



The subject of uniform pricing of 

 t(degr:ipli orders for .all cities was fully 

 discussed, with no imjiortant results. 



Express Rates. 



A rescdution was passed jiroNiding for 

 ;in a]>iH';il to the Interstate Commerce 

 ('omniission, asking for ;i reiliiction of 

 the ex]iress charges on flowers by re- 

 turning this class of express to its for 

 nier secoiid-id.ass basis, whi(di would 

 make the rate .about twenty per cent 

 cheaper. 



At the Last session of tli(> convention 

 the officers were elected as follows: 

 I 'resident, Verner J. Davis, of Fort 

 Worth; vice ]iresident, Henry (ireve, of 



Dallas; secretary and treasurer, Lcuiis 

 J. Tackett, of Fort Worth. A board of 

 directors was elected as follows: Thom- 

 as Wolfe, of Waco; B. B. Webb, of 

 Wichita Falls, and Paul Carroll, of 

 Houston. II. Kadeii, of Greenville; J. 

 W. Begbie, of Whrevejiort, La., and W. 

 J. Baker, of Fort Worth, were ap- 

 jKiinted on the welfare committee. 



Dalliis was chosen as the convention 

 city for 1922. 



Entertainment. 



During the off-hours of the conven- 

 tion there was much enjoyable pastim- 

 ing jirovided for by the entertainment 

 committee. The president's reception 

 Tuesday night was well attended. The 

 second day held great interest in the 

 form of a tallyho ride through the 

 city to the places of historic interest. 

 The third day an automobile ride to 

 points of present-day interest was fol- 

 lowed by a Mexican dinner, at which 

 there were jiresent about 200 nierry- 

 ni.akers, including members, tlieir fam- 

 ilies and visitors. 



Trade Exhibits, 



The trade exhibits numbered more 

 than twenty and filled two of the larg- 

 est special rooms in the hotel. The 

 tapestry room was filled with three at- 

 tractive exhibits, staged by II. Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co., Philadelidii'a; the Bur- 

 lington Willow Ware Shops, Burlington, 

 la., and the A. L. Randall Co., Chicago. 



,The grand ballroom, adjoining the 

 tapestry room, was filled with the other 



.exhibits. The firms represented in- 

 cluded the following: 



I.oril & r.urnliam Co., IrvinKton, N. Y. 

 Ove (iiiiitt Co.. Uiportc. Iiid. 

 T. J. .\(ilnn, Soriiutnn. I':)., reiirpsentinc KitiK 

 ("onstriirtion Co. 



rittshiir); t'l:i.v I'icwiiicts Co., I'ittsburg, Kan. 

 XIcC.Mlliiin Co.. ritlshiir,i:li. 

 J. W. Davis Co., Tcrrc llmiti', Inrt. 

 Pitt8l)iiri,'li Cut FloHcr Co., I'ittBlmrRli. 

 J. A. rctcrsoii, CiMciiin:iti. 

 roclilin.iiin I!ros. Co., Cliicat'o. 

 I'iiichiirst Klonil Co., IMcasant Ilill. Mo. 

 .Vnn'ricnii (Jrcciilionsc Mfj:. Co.. Cliirago. 

 .\lliitis Pottery Co., Fort Worth, Tex. 



OKLAHOMANS ELECT. 



The otlicers elect eel .at the meeting of 

 the Oklahoma State Florists' Associa- 

 tion at Okl.ahoma City were: Presi- 

 dent, A. y. Gray, Chickasha; vice- 

 jiresident, O. O. Boston. Tulsa; secre- 

 tary-treasurer, Lon Foster, Oklahoma 

 City. 



.lolin Furrow, of (iuthrie, made an 

 extremely interesting t.alk on carnation 

 fungus. In .additioTi to the discussions 

 and .addresses, noted in Last wecdx 's re- 

 port, an automol)ile riile through the 

 city and .a ball game between Furrow's 

 all-star team, of (hifhrie, and a team 

 of florists from various parts of the 

 state made the convention an interest- 

 ing one. 



i-.'xhibits wa're made by A. Ij. Kandall 

 <'(>., Poehlmann Bros. Co.. American 

 Bulb Co. .and V.aughan 's Seed Store, 

 Chicago; Ove Gnatt Co., Baporte, Ind.; 

 Burlington Willow Ware Shops, Bur- 

 lington, la.; St. Louis Wholesale Cut 

 Flower Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Pittsburg 

 <'lay Products Co., Pittsburg, Kan.; 

 .1. W. Davis Co., Terre Haute. In<l.; 

 Pinehurst Floral Co., Pleasant Hill, 

 Mo.; Kansas City Wholes.ale Cut Flower 

 Co., K.ansas Citv. Mo.; M. 11, Levine 

 fo. and A. T. De La Mare Co., New 

 York. 



Otto Lang. 



i.Kctli-liii.' I'ri-slileiil ■.(' tin- Trxas .state Florists' .\HBOclalIoii.) 



Hou.ston, Tex.— The name of the firm 

 of H. J. T?eiss has been recently changed 

 to the Reiss Flor.al Co. 



