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The Floasts* Review 



August 2.5, 1921 



Wlit'ii the excursion sl(>;iiiu'r liail .'ir- 

 lived at Mt. NCriioii l''ri(l;ty alU'riioon. 

 with several luiiuired tlorists aboard, 

 tlie sjileiidid settiiifif was employed by 

 William V. Gude for the presentation to 

 1 'resident Tliomas lioland of a ehest of 

 silver. At the same time Mrs. (Jnde 

 ]iresent<'d to Airs. Asmus, retirinfi presi 

 .lent of the Ladies' S. A. K., a beautiful 

 rinf;. A wreath was l;iid on the toiiili 

 of (Jeorjje Washinf^ton .-it Ml. N'ernoii. 



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S.aturd.'iy morning;, Aujjusf '2(1, .a small 

 j^rouj> of florists eallecl on President and 

 Mrs. Ilardinjif at the White House. 

 Miss M. ('. (Junterberg, newly (deeted 

 jiresident of the ]..adies' S. A. F., ])re 

 sented the president with a bunch of 

 white {gladioli. At the s.ame time Mis. 

 I'Hla (i. Wilson invited President an<l 

 Mrs. Il.ardiiif; to •■ittend the natioii.il 

 tlower show at (Jleveljind next March, 

 •and received the assurance that they 

 would if it were jiossilile. .V b.asket of 

 roses .and (lel])hiniunis were ]iresented to 



Mrs. Harding. 



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Only the inability of the exhibition 

 tloor to support it jirevented the displ.-iy 

 of the usn.'tl Kroes(diell Indler. Frt'cl 

 Ijauteiiscdilager tfxik oiu' to Washing 

 ton, where it was installed in the De 

 partiiienl of Agriculture greenhouses. 



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.loseph Manda held the oflice of .iiidge 

 of el(!ction. The president ajipointed 

 .■IS tellers f()r the jiroeeedings C. (I. .\ii 

 derson, Arno H. N.dirling, S. ]{. l^uiidy. 

 W.alter Iv (duk, .l.imes Wilson, .liiinev 

 McLaufihlin, Freil Ij;nitens(dil;iger. .lo 

 ■■e])h Kcdiout, Carl H;igenburger, l';ii 

 ricl< Wel(h, J. C. Ksler, .). A. Peterson, 

 r. P. Mueller, K. H. M.ann, A. 1.. Milbr. 

 W. .1. Keiniel, Hobert I'lum]), Kobert L. 



• ir.ihaiii, ]. S. Hendricksoii, F. II. 

 Tr.-iendly, .1. (1. L;ni(>, C C. I'ollwortli. 

 P.-Hil Kliiigsporn. .1. II. Pc |p(ici- iiiid .\. I-'. 



• I. P.:ii:i. Since some were not ;ilile to 

 tie iii\>eMt for duty, their pla<-es wnr 



t;il,iii by volunteers. 



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.\ ]iaster mi the proj^r.i m of tin- open- 



ing session substituting the name of 

 Charles Jl. (Jrakelow, of Philadelphia, 

 for that of .1. K. M. L. Farquhar, of Bos 

 ton, ;is responder to the acblrcsscs of 

 welcome, recalled ])oign:intly to liis 

 iii.iny friends the recent demise of the 

 P)OstoM leader. 



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Kesponding heartily to tli(> gift of the 

 \U2-2 convention, the' Kansas City Flo 

 rists' Club, through T. .). Noll, its presi- 

 dent, and Willi.am Wade, its secretary, 

 wired enthusiastically regarding next 

 year 's meet ing. 



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Since jiractically all o1' the conven- 

 tion si'ssions were rejiorled by telegr.ajih 

 in last week's issue of The Heview, the 

 tinding of but one error in the printed 

 account rexcals improNcd service over 

 the wires. It was unfortunate that 

 William I'', dude was said to have read 

 Henry I'enii's report, for lie had enough 

 to do on the jirograiii without that. 

 Secretary ^'oung. ot' course, was writ- 

 ten. 



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(ireetiiigs from .1. Austin Shaw, now 

 invalicled in California, were ]tresented 

 by Mrs. Klla (>. Wilson, who urged his 

 (dd friends to send him occasion;i! en 

 cour.aging word. 



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\o item on the ]Udgr.ain aroused so 

 much discussion as did th<» rei>ort of the 

 membershi|i committee jiresented by .1. 

 F. Atnmaun, whi(di ajipeais on another 

 page of this issue. The opinion aii 

 jie.ared ])revaleut that the society could 

 profit.ably use :i greater revenue if it 

 coulcl be (dd.ainecl. l)ut the means of 

 raising it juojiosed were u iilely diverse. 

 That till' society lai-ks funds tod.-iy ua^ 

 strenuously denied: conservative ex 

 ]ienditure has kept the linances in as 

 sound ;i st.'ite .as could be desired. 



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l';x piesiileiil Theodore Wirth, -upi r 

 iiiteiideiit of parks of M inneaiiol i>, tele 

 ur.iplieij lii> reuiets at being ju-evcnted 

 from attending the Washington conven 

 tioii by the ;^;it lierin;: of the .Xmerican 



Association of Park Superintendents at 



Detroit this week. 



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As the only greenhouse structure on 

 the tloor, the section showing the new 

 steed-bar construction of the American 

 (ireenhouse Mfg. Co. secured many 

 growers ' attention. The structure 

 afterwards was taken to New York, to 

 be erected on the mezzanine floor of the 

 Fighteenth street flower market, where 

 the comjiany will have its oflice after 

 tlie first of next mouth, next to that of 



the S, A. F. * 



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Herman P. Knoble and Mrs. Ella G. 

 Wilson, while in Washington, secured 

 the promise of Senator Theodore E, 

 Hurton to open the national flower show 

 at Cleveland next March. Perhaps it 

 will be possible to have President Hard- 

 ing push a Initton in Washington for 



the event. 



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The three surviving members of the 

 one-time B.altiniore ladies' bowling 

 team, Mrs. Fred Bauer, Mrs. Harrv 

 Klein and Mrs. James W. Boone, brought 

 flowers to decorate the grave of Mrs. 

 George C. Sh.aft'er, so active .as a hostess 

 in the days when Baltimore W.ashington 

 matches were frequent. 



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After declaring the convention open, 

 Otto Bauer, president of the Florists ' 

 Club of Washington, turned over the 

 gavel to the Washingtonian best fitted 

 to wield it, William F. Gude, who pre- 

 sided during the welcoming speeches in 

 his inimitable manner ere turning the 

 symbol of authority over to Pr(>sident 



Holand. 



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The ladies, at the meeting of their so- 

 ciety, listened to an interesting address 

 on (lisarm.'iment by Mrs. Clara Sears 

 Taylor. The .address of President Mrs. 

 fieorge Asmus, containing sever.al help- 

 ful recommendations, w;is thought most 



stimul.at ing. 



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Voting on the directors Thursday 

 morning resulted in the following 

 count: Wallace R. Pier.son, 100; Fred 

 \j. Atkins, ill'; William F. Ekas, T."?. 

 Messrs. T'ierson .and .\tkins were de- 

 clared directors for the ensuing three 

 ye.ars at the fidlowing session. 

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Approjiriately. the A. E. K.andall Co.. 

 Chicago, passed out fans of the board 

 of which the firm's new green cloud cut 

 tlower boxes .are made. 



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Never has tjie society held so notable 

 a presicleiit 's reception as that in the 

 I'nited Stittes Bot.anic.'il (iardens, under 



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Part of the Visitors at the Convention of the Society of American Florists at Washington Last Week 



