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The Florists^ Review 



August 11, 1921 



blc cU'taiiiiMl him mid his address was 

 lu'ld for a lator si'ssioii. 



The Tuesday iiioriiiiiK session, at 9:30 

 o'clock, was taken up l>y tliree ad- 

 dresses of yreat interest and practical 

 value to the nienil)ers. Tlie subject, 

 "Jjandscajx' (iardeninj^;," was discussed 

 by .1. 1'. McKoss, of Toronto. W. C. 

 llali interest iufjly ]iresented the sub- 

 jects "('hristnias'Plants. " An instruc- 

 tive talk was given l)y H. G. Crawford 

 in place of his diief, A. Gibson, the 

 Dominion entomologist, of Ottawa, wlio 

 was in Nova Kcotia and not able to at- 

 tend the meeting. 



At 1 p. m. Tuesday the convention 

 visitors sought pleasure. A boat was 

 taken, leading over the famous Lift 

 lock and down the Otonabeo river to 

 Kice lake. The annual banquet was 

 held Tuesday evening at the Empress 

 hotel and was well attended and thor- 

 oughly enjoyed, as usual. 



The retailers were especially inter- 

 ested in the session of Wednesday morn- 

 ing. A. T. Terrill, of Calgary, gave an 



exceedingly able paper on the important 

 details of properly managing a retail 

 store. It appears in full on another 

 page of this issue. Another talk of 

 interest to the retailers and from which 

 they were able to glean some new and 

 usable ideas was that of S. A. Frost, 

 of Toronto, on "Art in Floral Arrange- 

 ments." 



The final resolutions on the sugges- 

 tions contained in the president's ad- 

 dress were passed and as the meeting 

 place for the convention next year Mon- 

 treal was chosen. 



Trade Exhibitors. 



A number of exhibits were staged by 

 supply houses and plantsmen of the 

 United States and Canada, including 

 the following: 



Wcrllieiiiicr IJro.t,, New York. 

 Dull' Kstiilc, Itniiiipton, Out. 

 W. A. Manda, South Oranco, N. J. 

 Miller & Son, Toronto. Ont. 

 Curl (irolilia, Miinico, Ont. 

 Scrim's, Ottawa, Ont, 

 Campliell Hros., Sinicoc, Ont. 

 .lolin Connon (;o., Hamilton, Ont, 

 liureh Heed, Toronto, Ont. 



PRESIDENT GROVES' ADDRESS. 



Discusses Things To Be Done. 



In the opening paragraphs of his able 

 address before the twenty-fourth annual 

 convention of the Canadian Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Association, held at 

 Peterboro, Ont., August 8 to 10, Presi- 

 dent "W. E. Groves, of Hamilton, Ont., 

 told of the work of the various commit- 

 tees and commended them for their en- 

 thusiasm and accomplishments. After 

 mentioning the deaths of Charles Scrim 

 and William Hunt, prominent in Cana- 

 dian trade circles, Mr. Groves discussed 

 some ways of advancing the trade's in- 

 terests in the Dominion. In this con- 

 nection he said: 



"Just a few words as to the outlook. 

 It is imj)ossible to put in a year in an 

 important office without realizing that 

 there are still numberless opportunities 

 for service, one or two of -which I should 

 like to indicate. 



"From observation and a by no 

 means limited correspondence, the con- 

 clusion is forced uj)on me that the time 

 is ripe as never before for an increased 

 membership campaign. A combination 

 of circumstances has made it possible 

 for much advisory help to be given to 

 a number of fellow florists in all parts 

 of the country. These and many others 

 are now looking this way for a lead. 

 Many are never able to attend a con- 

 vention, but they are doing their full 

 share in the building up of the indus- 

 try and, if I read the signs aright, the 

 harvest is there for the gathering. It 

 is, of course, essential to show that the 

 organization is broad, that the gospel 

 it is trying to spread is 'each for all 

 and ail for each,' and to prove 

 the truth of this in every one of 

 its ramifications. Whether a member- 

 ship committee with a real live wire at 

 its head would be a good move, or 

 whether your new ])resi(lent could con- 

 trol such an ell'ort as I suggest, is a mat- 

 ter of detail, but I insist on the im- 

 portance of a forward movement in this 



direction. We want to think big, in 

 terms of not less than double our pres- 

 ent roll, and then we want to make our 

 effort measure up to our thinking. 



The S. A. F. and the F. T. D. 



"The kindred Society of American 

 Florists is becoming so linked up with 

 Canada and Canadian florists that some 

 official linking up with each other might 

 bear serious consideration. I find that 

 there are about thirty-five annual mem- 

 bers of the S. A. F. in Canada, fifty per 

 cent of these being members of this so- 

 ciety. There are sixteen Canadian life 

 members, all of these, with one excep- 

 tion, being members of the C. F. G. A. 

 We are fortunate in having as members 

 with us about thirty friends from across 

 the border, probably all of them being 

 members of the larger organization. 

 These figures prove that there is already 

 a real fellowship of service, and it 

 surely is not far to some method of 

 affiliation or representation that would 

 make the cooperation even more useful, 

 without endangering in the smallest de- 

 gree the present jdeasant relationship. 



"The same thing might be said with 

 increased emphasis of the F. T. D. As- 

 sociation. The present official connec- 

 tion is, to say the least of it, anything 

 but satisfactory. It is well known to 

 those who have given the matter any 

 attention that the interpretations of the 

 aims and methods of this great enter- 

 prise, as well as its operation in some 

 districts of Canada, are not what they 

 should be, and under the present ar- 

 rangements the ordinary Canadian F. 

 T. D. member has no chance in the 

 world of making himself felt in any 

 effort to alter these unsatisfactory con- 

 ditions. I readily acknowledge that we 

 are honored in some of the Canadian 

 officials, but for future growth we need 

 more than anything else a much 

 stronger lead than at present. There 

 are nearly eighty members in Canada, 

 over fifty per cent of whom are mem- 

 bers of this association, and I seriously 

 suggest that some method might easily 



be found whereby we could have some- 

 thing to say about the appointment of 

 the representatives on this side of thfe 

 border. I will go further and say that 

 I think this national association de- 

 serves the right to have for itself at 

 least one official place on the roster of 

 those who are supposed to lead. These 

 suggestions may be debatable, but I 

 defy contradiction when I say that the 

 F. T. D. movement, the fundamental 

 princii)les of which touch the highest 

 point of business ethics, will never come 

 into its own in this great Dominion un- 

 til all of us, those who are supposed 

 to lead as well as those who follow, 

 catch a clearer vision of the possibilities 

 and spread ourselves for the common 

 good. It is a source of much satisfac- 

 tion to know that in October next the 

 great association, for the first time in 

 its history, comes to Canada for its con- 

 vention. We place ourselves on record 

 as rejoicing in the fact and I suggest 

 the appointment of a delegation to rep- 

 resent this association at the conven- 

 tion, and to carry a greeting on our be- 

 half. 



Cooperation Necessary. 



"It will be noted that this brief 

 resume of the past happenings and the 

 future prospects emphasizes the grow- 

 ing need for united effort. The broad 

 principles on which the C. F. G. A. and 

 the other societies named stand are mu- 

 tual respect and mutual service. We 

 might, perhaps, go further and make 

 high business ethics one of the rock- 

 bottom principles. ' To realize that I 

 am a business man and ambitious to 

 succeed, but that I am an ethical man 

 and wish no success that is not founded 

 on the highest justice and morality. To 

 use my best endeavors to elevate the 

 standards of the vocation in which I am 

 engaged.' These are just two clauses 

 from a code of ethics of one kindred or- 

 ganization of which I know. I do not 

 labor the point, as I wislj in a conclud- 

 ing word to make a frank appeal for 

 fuller recognition of the great principle 

 of cooperation, which even yet we do 

 not properly appreciate. 



"There is no need to epitomize the 

 directions in which the principle might 

 be applied, but I plead for the coopera- 

 tive spirit. In common with other great 

 industries, we are passing through a 

 period which should be a challenge to 

 every worth-while business man. Much 

 more than some of the country's indus- 

 tries, we are building for a glorious fu- 

 ture, or letting it slip away, by our at- 

 titude today and I insist that from no 

 higher viewpoint than this we need to 

 learn, and preach, and practice the gos- 

 pel of the other fellow. Listen to 

 words that quite recently have fallen 

 from the lips of the President of that 

 great republic to the south of us: 'The 

 business skies are clearing, but if we 

 long for speedy sunshine, we must make 

 up our minds to push tlie clouds away 

 for ourselves. All must cooperate. ' 



"And, if in the march of time this 

 association wins for itself and main- 

 tains a worthy place in the commercial 

 life of this continent, it will only be 

 because all along the line it has stood 

 for equity and justice, for fellowship in 

 service and community of interest, be- 

 cause in its onward march it stretched 

 out to gather in the weak with the 

 strong, building up as it traveled on the 

 simple old-time faith, 'Whatsoever ye 

 would that men should do to you, do ye 

 even so to them.' " 



