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he Florists^ Review 



August 4, 1921 



ing alleys, where teams of women will 

 compete in an open bowling tourna- 

 ment. In the evening the male teams 

 will fight for the championship of the 

 florists ' league. Captain William H. 

 Ernest will look after these events and 

 in selecting the alleys in question he 

 has obtained the best there are. 



Thursday morning, August 18, will be 

 given over to the golfers and arrange- 

 ments have been made by Z. D. Black- 

 istone for a tournament to be staged 

 in Potomac park, where there is a fine 

 municipal course. 



In the afternoon there will be a shoot- 

 ing match on the Virginia side of the 

 Highway Bridge. 



Friday, August 19, there will be a 

 boat ride down the Potomac river and 

 a visit to Mount Vernon, the home and 

 last resting place of the first president 

 of the United States and Martha Wash- 

 ington. The florists will place a wreath 

 on the tomb. Refreshments will be 

 served on the boat. T. N. S. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Washington Convention. 



The secretary is comfortably settled 

 in his quarters at the New Washington 

 hotel in Washington and is able to re- 

 port that preparations for the trade 

 exhibition and convention are up-to-the- 

 minute. He is well pleased with the 

 facilities afforded by Convention hall 

 and the Armory adjoining, in which the 

 business sessions will be held. The 

 local florists are working hard to make 

 the gathering a most notable one, and if 

 their plans are carried out, the conven- 

 tion will prove to be one of the most 

 enjoyable in the history of the so- 

 ciety. 



It may be mentioned that it has been 

 arranged that the president's reception 

 shall be held in the United States 

 - Botanic Gardens, instead of the New 

 Washington hotel as originally planned, 

 and in this connection "something dif- 

 ferent" from the ordinary is promised. 

 Not satisfied even with this innovation, 

 efforts are now being made to have the 

 United States Marine Band in attend- 

 ance. This is, without doubt, the 

 finest military band in the country, and 

 opportunities to enjoj- its music are 

 somewhat rare. 



A delightful automobile ride and a 

 luncheon are to be tendered the lady 

 visitors and it is i)ossible that a trip to 

 the home of George Washington, at 

 Mount Vernon, on the historic Potomac, 

 will be arranged. Almost everybody 

 will want to visit this charming estab- 

 lishment, and the boat ride on the river 

 will add materially to the pleasure of 

 • the trip. 



In addition, there will be bowling, 

 golf and shooting tournuments. All in 

 all, it seems that there will be no lack 

 of entertainment. 



Travel. 



A large number of applications for 

 identification certificates have been re- 

 ceived at the secretary's oflfiee in New 

 York, and such certificates have been 

 promptly forwarded. Judging from cor- 

 respondence, it seems that the restric- 

 tions of the railroads governing these 

 certificates are not fully understood. 

 They can be issued only to members 

 and their families, one certificate only 

 being necessary in each case. Nonmem- 

 bers cannot receive them. And let it 

 again be stated, that to secure reduced 



fares over the roads controlled by the 

 passenger associations they must be 

 presented at the time tickets are pur- 

 chased; therefore, anyone who intends 

 to make the trip and has not yet se- 

 cured a certificate should write to the 

 secretary for one without delay. The 

 matter of stopovers should also be ar- 

 ranged at the time of purchasing 

 tickets. 



Tra^e Exhibition. 



Special shippring tags for exhibition 

 material have been mailed to all ex- 

 hibitors in the trade exhibition. If the 

 supply received by any exhibited is in- 

 sufficient, a further supply will be 

 mailed on application to the administra- 

 tion office of the society, 43 West 

 Eighteenth street. New York. 



Additional exhibitors in the trade ex- 

 hibition are: 



J. W. Davis Co., Terre Haute, Ind. 



Wm. Rehder, WllmlnKton, N. C. 



Electric Hose & Rubber Co., Wilmington, Del. 



Publicity Campaign. 



Following the report 6t the chairman 

 of the publicity committee, Henry Penn, 



Stephen A. Kost. 



to be presented at the Washington con- 

 vention, a report on the status of the 

 publicity campaign from a financial 

 point of view will be made by George 

 Asmus, which will undoubtedly prove 

 of great interest to subscribers to the 

 campaign. It is understood that this 

 report will also touch upon the plans 

 for a continuance of national advertis- 

 ing in the near future. 



National Flower Show. 



The various arrangements for the 

 forthcoming national flower show are 

 developing in a most satisfactory man- 

 ner. James McLaughlin, chairman of 

 the committee on special premiums, re- 

 ports that his committee is making 

 good headway in its work. The first 

 premium received was one from H. G. 

 Berning, of St. Louis, $100, to be used 

 in the discretion of the national flower 

 show committee. The M. Rice Co., of 

 Philadelphia, offers a store display piece 



of the wholesale value of $50, and Max 

 Schling, New York, offers a series of 

 gold, silver and bronze medals. 



In addition to the exhibitors already 

 reported as having reserved space i« 

 the trade section are the following: 



Zane Pottery Co., South Zanesvllle. 0. 

 Ideal Power I.4iwn Mower Co., Lansing, Mich. 

 VauKlian'H Seed Store, New York and Gbicaco 

 H. Hayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Bayersdorfer reservation covers 



a most liberal space, so the firni may be 



expected to stage a most comprehensive 



exhibit. John Young, Sec'y. 



INDIES' S. A. F. 



The annual meeting of the Ladies" 

 Society of American Florists will be 

 held at the Hotel Washington, Wash 

 ington, D. C, Wednesday morning, Au 

 gust 17, at 10:30 o'clock. 



A meeting of the directors has been 

 called for the same place and same date 

 at 9:30 a. m. 



Through the courtesy of the S. A, F., 

 a neat folder has been sent to all mem- 

 bers of that organization, setting forth 

 the many advantages accruing from 

 membership in the ladies' society, espe- 

 cially during the time of the conven 

 tion. 



The initial fee of $3, sent to the secre- 

 tary, entitles you to enrollment in the 

 society and a recognition pin. 



We are hoping for many new mem- 

 bers from this splendid cooperation on 

 the part of the S. A. F., and ask that 

 you make every effort to come to Wash 

 ington and enjoy the hospitality and 

 good fellowship as a member of the 

 L. S. A. F. 



Mrs. Geo. F. Asmus, Pres. 

 Mrs. Albert M. Herr, Sec'y, 



Cedar Crest Greenhouses, 

 R. F. D. 8, Lancaster, Pa. 



A FLORIST-INVENTOR. 



Mark Twain once said that if a Yan 

 kee were given five hours to do a job, 

 he would spend four hours thinking up 

 some ingenious way to do it in the re 

 maining one hour. Though Stephen A. 

 Kost was not a Yankee by birth, he is 

 an American by adoption, and the many 

 years he spent as a grower set him to 

 thinking how he could do some of their 

 long and laborious tasks in fewer hours. 

 Mr. Kost was born in Posen, Poland, of 

 Polish parents, in 1878. At the age of 

 2 years he came to this country. At the 

 age of 12 he started to work for the 

 famous firm of Pitcher & Manda, at 

 Short Hills, N. J., in the greenhouses. 

 Having been a grower all his life thus 

 far, Mr. Kost hopes, he says, to continue 

 one as long as he lives. "The time he 

 has not spent in greenhouses he has de 

 voted to perfecting such devices as his 

 glazing filler and his soil grinder. Noth- 

 ing gives him so much enjoyment as 

 trying to solve the hard problems with 

 which growers have to contend. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Belvldere, 111. — Being unable to meet 

 the pay roll, J. P. Herzog disbanded the 

 help at the greenhouse, which, since the 

 terms of the contract were no longer ful- 

 filled, reverted to the Eldredge estate. 

 Business is now confined to the Herzog 

 Flower Shop, at 515 South State street. 

 A list of liabilities reveals a total of 

 more than $9,000. Assets consist of the 

 store fixtures. Several Chicago supply 

 houses are among the heaviest creditors. 



