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The Florists^ Review 



September 1, 1921 



•yvhen the customers see the different 

 sizes, we generally sell one of the larger. 

 September is the month when people 

 are back from their vacations and are, 

 usually, in need of some house plants 

 and are only waiting for someone to 

 tell them that they should buy this 

 month. This year we are going to make 

 extra efforts along this line and we are 

 confident that the month will be bigger 

 than ever before. 



"This year all of us are going to have 

 to fight in order to keep up with the last 

 two years and we firmly believe that it 

 can be done if we keep pushing. Under- 

 stand this does not mean that we can 

 get a good start and then quit for the 

 rest of the year, but it does mean to 

 keep at it all through the season. Let us 

 all work hard and make the flower busi- 

 ness the best in our history." 



FROST'S FLOWER CAR. 



The new delivery automobile ot S. A. 

 Frost, Toronto, Ont., is one most appro- 

 priate in design for a florist and calcu- 

 lated to advertise its owner as it goes 

 through the streets of this year's F. T. 

 D. convention city. The body is pearl 

 gray and is of long, rectangular shape. 

 Scroll work beneath the window of the 

 driver's door and that beside his seat, 

 where the small name plate is, consti- 

 tutes the sole ornament. All but a few 

 inches, at the bottom, of the sides and 

 rear doors is glass. In the center of the 

 glass on the sides is the inscription, 

 "The Flower Car." With solid wheels, 

 the car presents a most stylish appear- 

 ance. 



WIN FIRST GOLF TOURNEY. 



The Washington convention was 

 marked by an innovation in the sports 

 events. This was a golf tournament, 

 arranged through the efforts of Z. D. 

 Blackistone, himself an ardent and pro- 

 ficient follower of the Scottish game. 

 Though Mr. Blackistone is a bowler as 

 well, he believes in variety in sports 

 and therefore endeavored to inject a 

 novelty into the contests at Washing- 

 ton. Two factors diminished the regis- 

 tration of a large number of entrants: 

 First, the aovelty of the tournament 

 itself, for a good many florists were un- 

 willing to admit they were golfers, 

 though they play a good game at their 

 local country clubs, because they feared 

 that bane of the golf aspirant, a gallery; 

 second, the competitors were obliged to 

 .rise extremely early, for they played off 

 shortly after 7 a. m. But those who en- 

 gaged in the tournament arranged by 



Leaders in S. A. F. Golf Tourney. 



Mr, Blackistone enjoyed heartily their 

 round over the course frequently used 

 by President Harding, the Potomac 

 public course, and they felt a larger 

 number of entrants would appear next 

 time. 



The winners in the competition at 

 Washington were, strangely enough, 

 from the same city and the same firm. 

 Walter E. Cook, head of the seed com- 

 pany bearing his name in Cleveland, 

 and his partner, James Fisher, captured 

 the silver cups, the former the one for 

 the low net score, the latter that for 

 low medal score. Mr, Blackistone, man- 

 ager of the tournament, followed so 

 close on their heels that one wonders 

 how well he would have done if he had 

 not been promoter of the tournament. 

 The three leaders in this pioneer S. A. F. 

 golf tournament appear in the illustra- 

 tion on this page, Mr. Cook at the left, 

 Mr. Fisher in the center and Mr. Blacki- 

 stone at the right. 



FLORISTS MEET PRESIDENT. 



Last week's issue of The Review, 

 carrying the conclusion of the Washing- 

 ton convention report, told of the post- 

 convention visit of a number of florists 

 to the White House. After the presi- 

 dent had received the bouquet of white 

 gladioli and Mrs. Harding had been 

 presented with the basket of roses and 

 delphiniums, President Harding listened 



to an invitation to attend the national 

 flower show at Cleveland next spring 

 and gave assurance of his presence if 

 possible at that time. Then he shook 

 hands with the visiting florists and 

 posed with them for the photograph re- 

 produced on this page. William F. 

 Gude, who headed the florists' party, 

 stands in the foreground, close to the 

 president. 



HONOR HILL'S SERVICES. 



When E. G. Hill announced his inten- 

 tion of retiring from the position of 

 president and director of the Florists' 

 Hail Association of America at the 

 annual meeting at Cleveland a year 

 ago, the members and fellow oflScers of 

 the organization listened with regret. 

 For more than twenty-five years Mr. 

 Hill had served as president of the or- 

 ganization, grown in the meantime from 

 an infant association trying to find its 

 feet to a solidly entrenched enterprise. 

 The members at the annual meeting of 

 the Florists' Hail Association at Cleve- 

 land appointed a committee, composed 

 of Charles P. Mueller, of Wichita, Kan., 

 and James S. Wilson, of Des Moines, to 

 express their appreciation of Mr. Hill's 

 long and valued serviceu The report 

 of this committee, prepared for pres- 

 entation at the Washington meeting, 

 reads as follows: 



We, your committee on resoluttons In respect 

 of Mr. B. O. Hill's services to this association, 

 appointed at the Cleveland meeting, offer here- 

 with the following: 



Whereas: Mr. E. O. Hill has for over a quar- 

 ter of a century faithfully served this associa- 

 tion as its president and is now voluntarily re- 

 tiring. 



Therefore, be It resolved: That the officers, 

 directors and members of the Florists' Hail As- 

 sociation of Americo, now in session at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, herewith express our heartfelt ap- 

 preciation and gratitude to Mr. Hill for his serv- 

 ices these many years and for his untiring and 

 successful efforts on behalf of this association. 



And be it further resolved: That while we 

 most sincerely regret Mr. Hill's decision in not 

 again accepting the presidency of this associa- 

 tion, we do out of respect for his long services 

 hesitate to further urge this duty upon him, and 

 therefore wish for him with his retirement Al- 

 mighty Ood's richest blessings for his future 

 good health and happiness. 



A GRENADINE CARNATION. 



Will you give us the correct name of 

 the enclosed garden pink? It is a most 

 prolific bloomer in this climate, but it 

 seems impossible to obtain any plants 

 of this red color. E. N. C— Fla. 



This appears to be a variety of 

 Dianthus Caryophyllus, or Grenadine 

 carnation, sold under the name of Em- 

 peror Napoleon and occasionally of- 

 fered in the American trade. C. W. 



Florists Present Gifts of Their Products to President Harding at Conclusioq of S. A. F. Convention. 



