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The Florists^ Review 



January 19. 1922 



trophy was presented to the Joseph H. 

 Hill Co. The latter firm displayed a 

 jar of mixed roses and a jar of Premier. 



Other roses were exhibited by Fred 

 Lemon and Anders Easmussen. The 

 former showed his new white Angelas 

 and a new yellow, Amelia Gude. 



Edwin Mourner, Shelbyville, exhib- 

 ited novelty baskets, a nosegay and 

 basket of gladioli and pussy willows. 



Morris Marer, Indianapolis, had 

 sweet peas, calendulas and violets. 



Charles [Randall, Indianapolis, showed 

 two new seedling mums, white and 

 yellow. 



Charles Eieman, Connersville, had 

 Begonia incarnata, which is about 50 

 years old; it was originated by his 

 uncle. 



John Eitel, Greencastle, exhibited 

 a sport of Enchantress Supreme, of sal- 

 mon pink color. 



Special premiums were awarded to 

 John Eieman, A. Wiegand's Sons Co., 

 Bertermann Bros. Co., C. H. Schwo- 

 meyer Co., Temperley's, C. A. Eieman, 

 Eoepke Floral Co., Smith & Young, 

 Hartje & Elder, A. Easmussen, Morris 

 Marer, Joseph H. Hill Co., Baur & 

 Steinkamp, Fred Lemon and Edwin 

 Mourner. 



The Business Meeting. 



One of the largest and best meet- 

 ings held in its thirty-five years of 

 existence was that of the Indiana State 

 Florists' Association, at this time. Fol- 

 lowing the regular order of business, the 

 auditing committee gave its verification 

 of the treasurer's report. The reports 

 from the various standing committees 



wore lu'iird. Oscar Curlstedt, of the 

 Indiana state fair committee, read a 

 letter from the fair board thank- 

 ing the florists for their exhibit at 

 the last fair and assuring the asso- 

 ciation of the committee 's hearty co- 

 operation for the coming year. The 

 committee expressed its desire for a 

 larger floral display next season. It 

 was deemed a wise plan to meet with 

 the state board to plan for more entries 

 and a larger premium list. 



In the absence of Fred Dorner, chair- 

 man of the Purdue University experi- 

 ment committee, and Joseph H. Hill, 

 Anders Easmussen acted as spokesman 

 for this committee, giving a brief out- 

 line of what had been done. Mr. Hill 

 automatically became chairman to suc- 

 ceed Mr. Dorner. The latter was re- 

 appointed to the committee. 



E. E. Temperley, publicity man for 

 the association, gave a report on local 

 publicity. The meetings and the ex- 

 hibition were written up by all the local 

 papers. Photographs of the exhibition 

 were also printed. 



The membership committee reported 

 that invitations had been sent out to 

 the various unaffiliated florists, asking 

 them to join the association. Mr. Eoepke 

 reported the following requests for mem- 

 bership: S. V. Williams, Bedford, Ind. ; 

 Benjamin Schrader, Eichmond; J. D. 

 Conner, Wabash; Eobert Katron, Eich- 

 mond; George Easmussen, New Albany, 

 and Watson Hasselman and L. F. Ben- 

 son, Indianapolis. 



O. E. Steinkamp, of the S. A. F. com- 

 mittee, told of the work done and of 

 the large field yet open. He urged the 



affiliation of every florist with this 

 mother organization, as the big things 

 for the entire trade were done by them. 

 In the absence of A. F. J. Baur, little 

 was heard from the program committee, 

 but it was evident that it had been at 

 work. 



Mr. Grant, of the Independent Order 

 of Odd Fellows' Floral Festival Parade 

 committee, had a considerable delega- 

 tion to push the project. Mr. Grant 

 was assured of the association's hearty 

 cooperation for the parade, October 7. 

 Mr. Shaw, speaker for the Allied 

 Motor Commerce, Inc., gave an excel- 

 lent talk on motor truck legislation and 

 extended an invitation to the associa- 

 tion to become affiliated with the motor 

 organization. E. E. Temperley, Oscar 

 Carlstedt and Albin Schreiber, of the 

 former motor truck committee, were re- 

 appointed to investigate this. 



After finishing the year's business, 

 the officers for the new year were 

 elected. On motion of A. Nelson, the 

 entire slate was reelected: President, 

 L. E. Hitz; vice-president, E. E. Tem- 

 perley; second vice-president, L. A. 

 Coles; treasurer, Arthur Heidenreich, 

 and secretary, Oscar Carlstedt. 



Anders Easmussen invited the asso- 

 ciation to hold its June meeting at New 

 Albany. L. E. Hitz asked for the July 

 meeting to be held at Madison, and 

 Professor Eeece, of Purdue, asked for 

 a meeting early in the spring, to be 

 held at Lafayette. 



It was suggested that the retailers get 

 more consideration from the associa- 

 tion and that the programs be made to 

 interest them. It was decided to 

 buy 50,000 valentine stickers and sell 

 to the members at the low cost price 

 available with this quantity. 



The S. A. F. delegate for the coming 

 year being the president, L. E. Hitz was 

 appointed to attend the convention. 



After adjournment the members, with 

 their wives, enjoyed a banquet at the 

 Hoosier Athletic Club. This was fol- 

 lowed by a theater party at Keith's. 

 The theater was decorated with large 

 vases of roses on either side of the 

 stage. On the stage were placards with 

 the inscription, "Annual Party of In- 

 diana State Florists' Association." 



E. E. T. 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



Lewis Edward Hitz. 



(Re-elected President of tbe Indiana State Florists" AMoclatloD.) 



The Market. 



Stock is scarce and the florists have 

 difficulty in obtaining enough to fill 

 their orders. Plants of cyclamens, nar- 

 cissi, primroses and Eoman hyacinths 

 are in good supply and are being used 

 in place of cut flowers for a great many 

 puri)oses. Trade has been good. 



Various Notes. 



E. Wenninghoff has a fine lot of Eom- 

 an hyacinths and narcissi, which help 

 out during the shortage of roses and 

 carnations. 



The Doswell Floral Co. is now plant- 

 ing one of its new rose houses with 

 Premier, Columbia and Angelus. 



The Flick Floral Co. staff was kept 

 busy with many party orders and had 

 a large number of orders for the silver 

 wedding of Mr. and Mrs. E. Clark. 



Among the trade visitors was a repre- 

 sentative of the Eaedlein Basket Co., 

 Chicago; Mr. Huddleson, of the Ove 

 Gnatt Co., La Porte, Ind., and H. F. 

 Hacker, of the Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, 

 Mich. g_ N. 



