Jul.v 28, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



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GROWERS AT CENTRALIA, ILL. 



Hold Live-Wire Meeting. 



The third <iuarterly mooting of the 

 St. Louis district branch of the Na- 

 tional Slower Growers' Association 

 was hehl at C'entralia, 111., July 19. It 

 was one of tlio most larj^ely attended 

 meetings the district lias yet held. The 

 largest number came from St. Louis, 

 some arriving at 8:1.") p. m., July 18, 

 via the Wouthern. Others made the 

 trip in automobiles. Central, western 

 and southern Illinois was not so well 

 represented as was expected. The St. 

 Louis party was met at the depot by 

 J. W. Ross and A. Webster, the enter- 

 tainment committee, and was escorted 

 to the Pittenger hotel. 



The Hower show and trade display 

 held at the automobile show rooms was 

 a big success. Among those who staged 

 exhibits was the W. A. Rowe Co., Kirk- 

 wood, Mo., which had an excellent dis- 

 j)lay of cut gladiolus spikes. J. W. 

 Ross, of Centralia, also showed many 

 varieties of gladioli. Tlie American 

 Bulb Co., Chicago, exhibited some new 

 varieties, among tlieni Purple Glory, 

 Anna Elberius and White America, 

 which greatly interested the growers. 

 The comjjany showed tine s])ikes of 

 America, Francis King and Schwaben. 

 A. B. ('. Miller and Ouy French were 

 there to explain the merits of the dis- 

 play. 



W. A. Amling and A. N. Xeilson, of 

 Pana, showed several vases of excellent 

 roses. Premier and Columbia. A. Web- 

 ster, of Centralia, showed a fine group 

 of palms and a table of mixed cut 

 flowers. Others showing in the trade 

 exhibit were William M. Schill, repre- 

 senting the Ove Gnatt Co., of La- 

 porte, Ind.; the Nicotine Mfg. Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo., in charge of J. S. Carter, 

 Jr., and R. R. White, representing the 

 Skinner Irrigation Co., of Troy, O. The 

 show was open to the ])ublic, free of 

 charge, and the attendance throughout 

 tlie day and evening was large. 



Committee Meetings. 



At 9 a. m., Tuesday. July 19. the 

 executive committe(> held its meeting 

 in the city hall. I'rcsident Amling pre- 

 sided over the meeting. Those ])resent 



were W. C. Hembreiker, A. C. Brown, 

 of Springtield, 111.; W. A. Rowe, Kirk- 

 wood; W. J. Pilcher, Kirkwood; Jo- 

 seph Deutschmann, Webster Groves, 

 Mo.; J. W. Ross, Centralia; J. N. Cole, 

 Peoria, 111.; C. K. Do Wever, Olivette, 

 Mo., and H. Blixen, Edwardsville. The 

 only absentee was Ludwig Stapp, of 

 Rock Island, 111. The minutes of the 

 executive committee meeting, held at 

 Kdwardsville, 111., were apjiroved. All 

 bills were ordered paid and communica- 

 tions ordered filed for further causider- 

 ation. The purchasing committee re- 

 ported through Chairman Rowe that the 

 committee had held .several meetings 

 and had ready for distribution a price 

 list, from which all members could pur- 

 chase. The list explains all the details 

 and will be mailed to all members by 

 the secretary. The committee on pot- 

 jilant growers had no report to offer, 

 as it had held no meetings. A ncvw 

 committee was appointed, as follows: 

 C. E. De Wever, chairman; L. J. 

 Bourdet and A. Senger, this committee 

 to have a report at the next meeting. 

 The retail growers' committee, of which 

 Frank Washburn, of Bloomington, III., 

 is chairman, had no rejwrt to offer. The 

 auditing committee, of which James 

 N. Cole, of Pearia, III., is chairman, re- 

 ported that it had audited the re])orts 

 of the secretary and treasurer and had 

 found them correct. The next meet 

 ing of the executive committee will 

 be held in St. Louis the third Tuesday 

 in September. The next meeting place 

 of the district was next discussed and 

 left open for selection at the main 

 session. The executive committee then 

 adjourned and the regular meeting of 

 the district opened for business. 



The Main Session. 



At 10 a. m. this meeting was ])resided 

 over by President Amling, who followed 

 the program as arranged by the enter- 

 tainment committee. The chair intro- 

 <iuced Mayor Lender, of Centralia, who 

 welcomed the visitors in a vivacious 

 talk and, instead of giving us tlie keys 

 of the city, he concluded his remarks 

 thus: "Go ahead and take the city; 

 it's yours during your stay." In re- 

 sponse to the mayor, W. A. Rowe, jtresi 

 dent of the St. Louis Florists' Club 

 and treasurer of the district, sjioki' in 



a most elotjuent manner and drew iiuuli 

 ajiplause. 



President Amling then reatl his (piar- 

 terly address, which was an able one 

 and full of good advice to all jiresent. 

 especially concerning the coal situation 

 for the coming fall and winter. 



Secretary's Report. 



The secretary's re])ort showed that 

 the organization had to date sixty-one 

 members, who will pay yearly dues 

 amounting to $1,932. ;■)(). Of "this amount 

 the national association is to receive 

 fifty per cent, .$9G().l."), leaving the same 

 amount in the treasury for the district. 

 Sixteen members have paid a full 

 year's dues. Collections since Januarv 

 1, 192J, are $1,291. .19. Disbursements 

 have been $518.19, leaving u balance 

 in the hands of the treasurer of $773.40. 

 The treasurer reported the same bal- 

 ance on hand as stated in the secre- 

 tary 's report. 



The purchasing committee, the mem- 

 bership committee and the j)ot i)lant 

 growers' committee then reported and 

 stated the workings of their committees 

 to the members. Frank Washburn, 

 chairman of the comniittee of retail 

 growers, wanted threshed out the jier- 

 centage allowed other retailers and 

 held that twenty per cent should be a 

 standard scale. He stated that some 

 members were allowing more than that 

 to outsiders and only twenty i)er cent 

 to F. T. D. members. This brought out 

 an interesting discussion, in which all 

 took part and which ended in a motion 

 that this question he referred back to 

 this committee for recoinniendation and 

 that the comniittee be prepared for a 

 final report at the next meeting. 



The auditing committee rept)rted 

 through James Cole, chairman, that the 

 l)Ooks of the st>cretary and treasurer 

 were found correct and that all bills 

 had been ajiproved by this committee. 

 The secretary then read his report of 

 the executive committee's meeting, 

 which was fully ajiproved by the mem- 

 bers. 



.1. .\. Cole, of Peoria, c.'ime forward 

 with an invitation to hold the next 

 (|iiarter]y meeting at Peoria, 111. On 

 motion of W. J. Pih-her, the invitation 

 was-acceided. The date of this meeting 

 was named for October 18. 



Illinois and Missouri Growers Vho Gathered for Quarterly Meeting at Centralia Last Week. 



