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The Rorists' Review 



Dkcbmbbb 16, 1921 



M. Moore; secretary, Albert M. Herr; 

 treasurer, Lemon S. Lajidis. Teh new 

 members were added to the club. .The 

 meeting then adjourned, after which 

 there was dancing, bowling and cards. 



During the dancing a handsome floor 

 lamp was presented to Albert M. Herr 

 in recognition of his activity in found- 

 ing the association. B. F. Barr was 

 presented with a gold stickpin from the 

 flower show committee, of which Jie 

 was the active chairman, and the retir- 

 ing president, Willis B. Girvin, was pre- 

 sented with a box of cigars. 



Prizes at cards were won by Carrie 

 Steckman, Cora F. Weaver, Mrs. W. E. 

 Marklcy, Mrs. Lemon S. Landis, Edgar 

 n. Herr, L. S. Landis, H. K. Rohrer, Ira 

 H. Landis. Plants and flowers were 

 won by Mrs. J. A. Sales, Mrs. John H. 

 Schoenberger, Cora F. Weaver, Agnes 

 Goldhach, Mrs. Elizabeth Spera, Mrs. 

 A. F. Strickler, Mrs. Clara J. Tucker, 

 Mrs. John F. Moore, Mrs. Albert M. 

 Herr and Mrs. B. Nagcl.A Through the 

 kindness of the S. S. Pennock Co. the 

 club was fortunate to have a handsome 

 vase of the new E. G. Hill Co. rose, 

 America, and also a vase of Priscilla, 

 the beautiful variety from "down 

 cast." 



The committee on arrangements con- 

 sisted of the following: Mrs. B. F. Barr, 

 Mrs. H. K. Eohrer, A. F. Strickler, 

 Charles B. Herr, John F. Moore, W. R. 

 Markley and Albert M. Herr. 



Various Notes. 



Elmer J. Weaver and his son, Llovd 

 Weaver, W. B. Girvin, John Schoen- 

 berger and H. K. Rohrer motored to 

 Philadelphia December 6, and visited 

 the establishments of Alfred Brinton, 

 Hatboro, Pa., and Stephen Mortensen, 

 John Brinton, H. M. Weiss & Sons Co., 

 Southampton, Pa. In the evening they 

 attended the Philadelphia Florists' Club 

 banquet, held in honor of E. G. Hill, 

 Richmond, Ind. 



P. S. Hostctter, Manheini, Pa., while 

 on a hunting expedition with some 

 friends, sliot a good-sized deer. 



Earl C. Tipton, of the McCallum Co., 

 Pittsburgh, called on a number of the 

 growers last week. H. K. R. 



HOOSIERS HOLD MEETING. 



Planning Ahead. 



The December meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association was held 

 Tuesday evening, December 6, at the 

 Smith & Young commission house, In- 

 dianapolis. 



The chief topic of the evening was 

 the planning of the Januarv meeting, at 

 which tliere are always a floral display 

 and the annual election of officers. At 

 this meeting the carnation and rose 

 trophies are awarded for the year. It 

 was decided to offer other prizes for 

 special entries, to stimulate interest in 

 the exhibit. For the first time this dis- 

 I>lay will be open to the jiublic. 



Tlie claim of the Tennessee Florists' 

 Association that flieir organization was 

 the largest and strongest state associa- 

 tion l)r(Might a protest from the Indiana 

 association at this time. It was con- 

 ceded that Tennessee's membersliip may 

 be larger, but Indiana runs a close sec- 

 ond. But where Tennessee meets only 

 twice a year, Indiana meets every 

 month; thus a closer and stronger or- 

 ganization has been formed. 



The signboard committee reported 



that three signs had been distributed — 

 two to Anders Rasmussen, at New Al- 

 bany, and one to Henley Bros.,. at Terre 

 Haute. There are two signs yet to be 

 dispcised of. 



A new drive for membership will be 

 made before the next meeting. All In- 

 diana florists, not affiliated with the as- 

 sociation, will be written to and urged 

 to- join. 



A. N. Grant, .representing the Inter- 

 national Order of Odd Fellows, gave a 

 short talk telling of the plan they were 

 fostering for a floral parade, -which will 

 be held at Indianapolis, October 7, 1922. 

 This will be similar to the floral parades 

 held in other cities, such as Pasadena, 

 Cal., Portland, Ore., and various cities in 

 Florida. The organization was seeking 

 the endorsement of the Indiana State 

 Florists' Association for this project 

 and to make this a yearly event. The 

 association gave it unanimous support. 



The following auditing committee was 

 appointed to look over the year's books: 

 O. E. Steinkamp, Frank Rieman and E. 

 E. Temperley. 



The January meeting was left to the 

 following committee: Morris Marer, 

 Len Elder and Charles Randall. Lincoln 

 Coles moved that a suitable sum be set 

 aside for the committee to use as it saw 



fit as premiums for various exhibits at 

 this next meeting. This was carried. , 



Discussions. 



Professdf Reece, of Purdue Univer- 

 sity, gave a^ short address on the experi- 

 mental work being done at this institu- 

 tion and asked the members to bring 

 their t)roblems to him. The cyclamen 

 diseases and pests were called to his at- 

 tention arid the professor said that he 

 would make it a point to get a specimen 

 to work upon before returning. An in- 

 vitation was extended to all the mem- 

 bers to visit the university. 



The subject of publicity was brought 

 up, and it was decided to make the asso- 

 ciation better known. E. E. Temperley 

 was appointed publicity agent for the 

 local papers. John Hartje was ap- 

 pointed as judge for the special exhibits 

 in January. 



The meeting, which was unusually 

 well attended by out-of-town members, 

 was presided over by President Hitz. 

 Walter Burkoff was mentioned for mem- 

 bership. Forest Meeks, Herbert Tonus, 

 Joseph E. Little and Denton Rawley, all 

 of Indianapolis, were elected to mem- 

 bership. 



Following the meeting a social hour 

 was enjoyed. Refreshments were served 

 by the hosts. E. E. T. 



(Xm U^Xm^y^ PEADEEid 



GLASS CLOTH. 



The glass cloth mentioned on page 47 

 of The Review last week came from 

 Turner Bros., Bladen, Neb. 



We built the house in question last 

 summer. It is 25x50 feet and is used 

 to grow foliage plants. The glass cloth 

 gives good light and seems to provide 

 the amount of shade that is necessary 

 in our climate here, at Ormond Beach. 

 It keeps out perfectly wind and rain. 

 As to lasting qualities, of course, I can- 

 not advise at this date. 



The above-mentioned firm is sending 

 out samples, three yards for $1, and in 

 this way interested people can form a 

 better idea of the material. 



George Wittlinger, 

 Head gardener for John D. Rockefeller. 



tainly adds to the reputation of Mr. 

 Martin as an expert rose grower. The 

 Crusader roses in the center indicated 

 that this new rose has not been over- 

 rated in the announcement of its intro- 

 ducers and the vase of May Martin 

 roses, strictly an Oregon product, pro- 

 duced by Mr. Martin, shows why this 

 rose is in such demand by the growers of 

 this country." 



The article in The Review failed to 

 mention this most remarkable display, 

 and I cannot understand how it could 

 have been overlooked by such a thorough 

 paper as yours is. I think that credit 

 slipuld bo given Mr. Martin for making 

 the display that he did and if you will 

 publi.sh this letter it will be greatly ap- 

 jireciated by Jesse A. Currey. 



WE DO IT GLADLY. 



I have just seen a copy of The Review 

 of December ], in which there was a re- 

 port of the flower show given by the 

 Portland Florists' Club recently at the 

 Chamber of Commerce. The report was 

 most excellent except in one respect 

 and I write to ask if you will not please 

 correct tliis. 



As the Pacific coast director of the 

 American Rose Society, I was asked by 

 the board of directors of tiie Chamber 

 of Commerce to review the show and 

 make a report. My mention of the 

 exhibit of roses and- orchids by Martin 

 & Forbes was in some way omitted from 

 the account in The Review. My report 

 to the Chamber of Commerce in regard 

 to this exlii))it read as follows: 



"The centerpiece of the show, ;i large 

 table of roses and orchids by Martin & 

 Forbes, could not be excelled and cer- 



FURNITURE SQUAWKS HORRIBLY. 



In The Review for December 8 I read 

 with much interest the letter of Carl H. 

 Gantner on the "Say It with Furniture 

 —Flowers Die ' ' parody. While I agree 

 with Mr. Gantner that it is distasteful 

 to use such a slogan, I do not tliink that 

 it can hurt our slogan, "Say It with 

 Flowers," as this is an exji'ression of 

 idealism and appeals to a high standard 

 of mind. 



Flowers speak a language of their own 

 and this language is as old as the human 

 race; flowers convey nothing but love 

 with their fragrance. The voices of 

 flowers express thoughts that we our- 

 selves cannot express. One cannot say 

 anything with a piece of furniture. And 

 no other object, including jewels, has a 

 voice of pure love, as have flowers. Our 

 slogan cannot be hurt by any ridiculous 

 advertisements, such as the one dis- 

 cussed, y Albert J. Mueller. 



