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•rMiiJikREVIEW>?flliill^y§^LT, 



WARM WELCOME 



AT WASHINGTON 



After sixteen years ihe Society of American Florists ayain convened 

 in. the national capital this week, drawiny to Washinyton a heavy attendance 

 of florists on the Atlantic seaboard, not present in larye nionhers at tin 

 three precediny conventions in westerly cities. 



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ELUOMKD back to the 

 east after thrct' yi-ars' 

 sojourn in western parts, 

 the Society of American 

 Florists drew to Washing- 

 ton this week an attend- 

 anee quite in )»roportion 

 fi^ to the density of tlie tlori- 

 cultural ])opnIation on the 

 Atlantic seal)oard. .Never 

 liefore h;m the society sjjent more than 

 two years west of Niagara Falls or the 

 meridian on which it lies. But after 

 till- New York convention, the S. \. F. 

 took a trip to the Mississippi river and 

 returned from !St. Louis liy easy stages, 

 stoi)ping for its convention in 1919 iit 

 Detroit and in 1920 

 at Cleveland. 

 Thouffli the meetinp 

 jilact's of the soci- 

 ety in thirty-seven 

 years liave been al- 

 most equally appor- 

 tioned to the terri- 

 t o r i e s on either 

 side of the above 

 mentioned m e r i d- 

 ian, never till tlie 

 last three years 

 have more than two 

 in succession been 

 to the west of it. 



Glad It's Back. 



T li e jjreetinji to 

 the society upon its 

 return tii the Atlan- 

 tic coast is the 

 w a r \n e t for tlie 

 l'Mi;;er a b s e n c e. 

 .New England, not 

 strongly represent 

 ed at th(! western 

 gatherings, h a s a 

 good representation 

 ill Washington, and 

 f r o m Now York, 

 Pennsylvania, New 

 .lersey. Maryland, 

 ^'irginia and Ohio - 

 a 1 I strongholds of 

 the trade and all 

 within easy motor- 

 ing distance — have 

 come g r e .-i t nuni- 

 '•ers. TIk middle 

 w est, particularly 

 the (^hicago and St. 

 Louis districts, is 

 well rcijjresented. 

 but froTti b ey o n ■! 

 the Mississippi ri\ 

 er to Washington 

 seems to be t o " 

 long ;md expensive 



Officers Elected 



I'RKSIHKNT 



S. S. Pennoek - - Philadclpliia 



VICE- E'RES[ DENT 



Saniiicl .\Iurra.v - - Kansas C'it.v 



sFCKITAin 



John Young - - New York 



TKKASl UKl; 



.1. J. Hess 



Omaha 



Meeting Place in 1922 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



Samuel S. Pennoek. 



Bdiii; absent in tTcrinany on ii relief niiHSion for the Fri<'inl8. Mr, FVnnock 

 ti-stinionial in niiHiilmous election to tlie Presidency of the SiK-lcty of 



a joiiriK'V fur inaii> t^ori^l,s to make. 

 The sights of the national capital ami 

 tlie splendid automobile roads in this 

 part of the country proved irrcsistibii- 

 attractions for the many who choose 

 the convention as the objective of a 

 vacation trip. The last three years 

 have been good ones for florists aii<l 

 tiiere ,ire few who cannot boast a gaso- 

 iineprojiellcd vehicle, though it be liiit 

 a henry. A census would find that 

 Kockefeller's famous essence brought 

 as many and perhaps more persons to 

 this convention than did steam. 



Those who came on business l)ciit 

 found ample reward for their ioiirney 

 to the convention, for the old eastern 

 friends are iiresent 

 in full force and the 

 exhibits of the big 

 -tiupply houses and 

 plan t factories — 

 they deserve that 

 title today - are 

 worthy of c a r e f u 1 

 study. Several ex- 

 ceptionally nierito- 

 ■ rious exhibits have 

 lieen staged and 

 they receive the at- 

 tention that is their 

 due. The o t li e r 

 displays, as well, 

 .afford V isi t o r> ;i 

 chance to sec tlic 

 newest things in tln' 

 trade - - and when 

 our industry is ad- 

 \:incing as rapidly 

 as it is tod.-iy, new 

 things are niore 

 frofinent a n <1 nu 

 merous than e v e r^ 

 before. 



Royal Reception. 



If you are among 

 the folks who value 

 the warmth ol' the 

 glad han<l and the 

 cheery smile as 

 much as the more 

 material considera- 

 tions of such a gath- 

 ering, W.ashington 's 

 welcome would be 

 appreciated. Tnhrib 

 i t a n t s of the na- 

 tional capital, it 

 111 a y be explained, 

 are used to greeting 

 \isitors --- most of 

 the people in town 

 are visitors. So they 

 are expert at it. 

 .\nd, in addition. 



received nn unuHiiiil 

 .\nierican rioiist-^. 



