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The Florists' Review 



July 28. 1921 



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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Fifth National Flower Show. 



Althoiiuli tlu' rioor iilans for the tr:i(l(! 

 section of the tortlu'oiiiiiif;- luitioual 

 riower sliow liavc been issued but a few- 

 days, there has been a remarkable re- 

 sponse, and al)Out $2,00(1 worth of floor 

 space has l)een reserved, thus sliowing 

 the {jreat interest attaehinn to tliis de- 

 j)artinent of the hi}; exhibition. Anion}; 

 those reserviii}; sjiaee are the follow- 

 ing: 



I'itlsl)\llKll *'»' KlnW.'l- C'l., I'ltlsllMl-t-'il. lil. 



llciislinw Kloiiil »'•>.. Ni'W York. 

 ,\. N. I'icisiin. Inc.. Ciiiinwi'll. ('(inn. 

 Sfliloss Urns. ltil>lKins, Inc. Nt'w Vmk. 

 Meuil-Sii.vdiini Co., NfWiirk, N. .1. 

 .Vmcriian Kull) ('<>., CliiriiKO. 111. 

 Walter K. Cipok, Inc.. Clcvcliind, (». 

 M. Li'Vinc t'li., -New Ymk. 



The secretary is continuously in re 

 ceipt of coinnuinications in re}?ard to 

 matters concerning the competitive ex- 

 hibits, showing the interest growers 

 throughout the country :ire taking in 

 the project. 



Prospective exhibitors in the trade 

 section who may be present at the 

 Washington couvention are advised to 

 get in touch with the secretary while 

 there, who will be glad to furnish any 

 information desired and to make 

 reservations of space. While all loca- 

 tions as planned are good, many, of 

 course, are to be preferred; therefore 

 early reservations are advantageous. 

 Anyone who has not yet received a copy 

 of the floor i)lan should write to the 

 secretary's office for one. 



National Publicity Campaign. 



As will have been noticed, the after- 

 noon session of the second day of the 

 Washington convention is to be de- 

 voted to the publicity campaign. Full 

 discussion of any and all details of the 

 campaign will l)e invited, and the mat- 

 ter of an immediate resumption of 

 magazine advertising will be taken uj). 



The following subscriptions are an- 

 nounced in addition to those previously 

 reported: • 



Wm. 11. Knull. Tiiuipn, Kl" * l*^-^\ 



Thos. F. Calvin. Inc. Uiwton. Miiss... .>0.tj> 



Ixjiiis .\. Kintzcle, D.miv.t. Colo _A ^*^ 



.luliiis Itacr. Cincinn:!!!. (> i;>.U0 



Honry IVnn. sccnnd .inarltTl.v pa.vmcnt, ,,,„ _ 



Boston. Mass 100.00 



Kent\irk.v .s.iciet.v of Klorisls. l>iiii-< 



villp, Kv •''*'"' 



Wm. .M. Kercusoii. riilliKlclpliiii . I'a . . . 10 IKl 



Morenn IMant Co.. Freehold. N. .1 '''"JJ 



(Jnrdiner Floral Co., Council r,liitT~. lii. lO.lM) 

 The Flower Shop. Middlenionnt Niirs 



eries, Asherille, N . C 



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Trevionsl.v n porled 

 Total 



$ 3'J3.IM) 

 . 'SUTtHW 



.$-JS.080.r.S 



The Washington Convention. 



The oflicial i>rogram for the Wash- 

 ington cdiiventiou has been mailed to 

 all memlxTs. In addition to the pro- 

 gram as ]published in the trade papers, 

 there will be an address at the after- 

 noon session of the third day. by 

 Joseph Kohout, Libertyville, 111., on 

 "Standardization of Grading of Cut 

 Flowers. ' ' 



The following additional exhibitors 

 in the trade exhibition are reported: 



H C. Doescher, New Orleans. IjSI. 

 Diamond Basket Co.. PittshnrKli. I'a. 



Members who jdan to be present at 



the convention and wlio have not ap- 

 plied to the secretary for tin identifica- 

 tion certificate are urged to do so at 

 once if they wish to take advantage 

 of the reduced rates for travel. 



The secretary has established cpiar- 

 ters at the New Wasliington hotel, in 

 Washington, and may be addressed 

 there until after the convention on all 

 matters requiring liis personal atten- 

 tion. Communications regarding ordi- 

 nary business slioidd be addressed to 

 the New York ofWce as usual. 



Some com])laints are being received 

 from new members that they are not of 

 record at our administration office, con- 

 sequently cannot obtain identification 

 certificates. This is possibly due to the 

 fact that such memberships were ob- 

 tained tlirough the membership drive 

 now in ])rogress and that they are in 

 the hands of those obtaining them to 

 be presented at the convention. Any- 



one holding such applications for mem- 

 bership should send a list of them to 

 the secretary immediately, so that 

 those having made them can be recog- 

 nized as members when they make ap- 

 ])lication for certificates. Certificates 

 are issued to members of record only, 

 so it is most important that the secre- 

 tary be advised as to all applications 

 in liand. John Young, Sec'y. 



CLUB ROOT ON CUCITMBERS. 



What is the proper thing to do for 

 clul) root on cucumbers f Will it come 

 back again next year if it goes away 

 this year. Will it affect tomatoes if 

 they are put in the same house? Will 

 it bother lettuce during the winterf 

 Will formaldehyde do any good, and 

 how is it applied? What is the best 

 method of sterilizing? H. H. — O. 



Formaldehyde will help, but steam 

 sterilization is preferable as a cure. 

 Club root will attack tomatoes. If you 

 sterilize before planting, you not only 

 ])revent this and other sundry diseases, 

 but you kill all weed seeds. Practically 

 all successful tflifiato, lettuce and cu- 

 cumber growers sterilize their soil an- 

 nuallv. C. W. 



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TARIFF HEARINGS 



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TO HEAR TARIFF COMPLAINTS. 



Tlie Senate finance committee is un- 

 dertaking hearings on the tariff bill 

 as it recently passed the House of Rep- 

 resentatives and an opportunity will 

 be given to representatives of the flo- 

 rists' industry to state their views, it 

 liaving been declared that the bill con- 

 tains many incongruities that should 

 be straightened out. 



The first four days of the ])reseiit 

 week were laid aside for the considera- 

 tion of the Americiin valuation plan, 

 which is to rejilace tlie existing plan for 

 the assessment of import duties, now 

 on the basis of invoice values. This 

 is to be followed by arguments for and 

 against an embargo on dyestuffs. after 

 which the various schedules of the bill 

 will iu' taken up in order. 



It is understood that representatives 

 of the florists have sought opportunities 

 to place their views before the commit- 

 tee. Chairman Penrose, in a notice 

 received by the Washington corre- 

 spondent of The Review, states notices 

 will be sent to all applicants for hear- 

 ings as early as possible, advising them 

 when they can be heard. 



''In order to avoid duplication of 

 arguments and suggestions," Mr. Pen-» 

 rose says, "persons desiring to yjresent 

 information relative to the same item 

 of the tariff should agree upon one re]i- 

 resentative to ])res(Mit their views. 



''The hearings will be conducted in 

 room 312 of the Senate office building. 

 Sessions will be held each dav from 

 10:30 a. m. to 12 noon, and from 2:30 

 ]). m. to 5 p. m. It is desired that wit- 

 nesses endeavor to prepare their state- 

 ments in such form that their presenta- 

 tion will not require more than thirty 

 minutes. 



"Persons wishing to be heard should. 



if possible, apply to the clerk of the 

 finance committee prior to the date set 

 for the hearing for an assignment of 

 time. In making such application the 

 following information should be given: 

 Name, business address, temporary ad- 

 dress in Washington, business or occu- 

 jiation, the person, firm, corporation, or 

 association represented, and the item 

 of tlie tariff bill concerning which tes- 

 timony will be given." 



Kvery opportunity will be given to 

 all persons in the florists', seed and 

 nursery trades interested in the tariff 

 to file briefs setting forth their conten- 

 tions. All such briefs and other papers 

 filed with the committee should have 

 endorsed on them the name and address 

 of the ])er.son submitting them, his busi- 

 ness or occupation, and the name of the 

 person, firm, cor])oration or association 

 that he rejiresents. 



Practically the only change made in 

 the })rovisions of interest to the trade 

 is contained in paragraph 1419, dealing 

 with millinery articles, including feath- 

 ers, aigrettes, artificial and ornamental 

 fruits, vegetables, grasses, etc. In this 

 ])aragraph has been inserted "natural 

 leaves, jjlants. shrubs, herbs, trees, anfl 

 parts thereof, chemically treated, col- 

 ored, dyed, or painted, not specially 

 jirovided for, forty-five per cent ad 

 valorem. ' ' 



Under this provision will come cycas 

 leaves, oiik leaves, ruscus. etc. It had 

 been thought that these materials 

 would be taken care of under the mil- 

 linery j)ro visions, but it was declared 

 that controversy might arise and, there- 

 fore, a sei)arate classification should be 

 provided. Had this not occurred, it is 

 quite likely a rate of twenty-five per 

 cent ad valorem would have attached 

 instead of fortv-five per cent. 



T. N. S. 



