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The Rorists^ Review 



Skitkmiii.ii 1. l!)2l 



F. T. D. MEETING 



iltoii tlorists ri'fontly in the iritorest-s 

 of tlie F. T. D. convention. J. J. II. 



THE TORONTO CONVENTION. 



F. T. D. Meeting in October. 



I'hr iii\:i-iipii (pI < "aiiail.-i will take 

 jil.irc Tutvdav, ( )it(ilicr 11. when the 

 :; ilay lonviiition of the 1'. T. I), will 

 o|>iii at Toronto. Out., at the KiiiK 

 Iviwarij liotil. The liot(>l coininittee 

 li.as iiiaili- ari aiit;ements for resi/rviiio 

 llilee tlooi~. llo rooms, .-ill with b.-ith 

 .•iinl in -iii;;lr, iliiulile .•iii(l three-rooiii 

 suites, ill tlii^ l.iaiitifiil liotel. The old 

 rule of ''lir^t I fiiii'\ tirst served" will 

 loilij (III ilifv). suites and reserv.ations for 

 Ihoin iii;iy I.e made to II. ('.. Dillemiitli. 

 the chainii.-in of Die hotel eommittee. ;it 

 lit Wesi Adclaid.' vtn-et. Toronto. 



Toronto inlialiit .ints and some of its 

 t'oriiier \isitor~ .-laiiii that it is tlie per 

 I'l'rt eit\ t(pr a ioti\ eiit ion, espeeiallv in 

 till' f;ill oi tlir yi^.ar. The \-arious local 

 coimiiittees in cliarj.'e of the eonvention 

 arc \\drkin<: dilijrently in order to m.ake 

 their brothers irom the states realize 

 tiiat the <';niadian-. are a liv(>-wire f;roii|p 

 of work.r-. Thi' ph.airmcn of these 

 v.-irions crpintiiit tcr- are .as follow.s: Kx- 

 iMiiii\i coiiimit tee, general chairm.aii. 

 11. <.. liillrmuth: Canada at large, W. 

 W. Ciii,ni,i;.'( ; \ iiichairinnn. S. A. Me- 

 F.-olden: ^'ciicral seeretary. If. W. 

 James, and t r.-.asurer, L. H. Walters; 

 inildicity i-oinmitt ee. ,1. J. Ilifii^ins; 

 linance riPiiimitti'. , Lfii Waters; ladies' 

 eommitt((. Mr^. Moore and Mrs. Wat 

 ers; entertainment eommittee, Ernest 

 S. Simmon-: ncejition eommittee, J. A. 

 N'eal: h(ptrl .iPiiniiitt ee, II G. Dillemuth, 

 and tr.idc- rxhil.it committee, H. W. 

 .lames. 



There ar.' two thinj^s that the com 

 mittees .-ind .Ml. err I'ochelon, the secre- 

 tary, w.int th.' F. T. 1). members to 

 know: I'ir-t. tliai the directors of the 

 .•iss(i(i;it ion at their annual meetinj: 

 dccreiil th.it tiori wer(> to be no eollec 

 tions or unexpected calls for funds of 

 .■my kind at the convention. The sec 

 ond comes in the form of this aiinoiiiu'i' 

 ment from The -eoretary's ofIic(.: 



Reduced Rates. 



•'Th. F. T. r». has been f,'ranted .i 

 ri'.lii.-c.l ralr <.n all trunk lines to those 

 .•itt.Miilini; th.' .•iiniual meeting;. October 

 '1 'o i:;, :,i Toronto, Out. This is 

 "(kmI new- to our members and visitors 

 who are nor members who wish to .'it 

 tend tlii< live wire meetin<j. 



"The cii titi.ate |.l,iti arraufjement 

 will be jpla.-e.i in . ffect for this eon 

 vi-niioii uiobr tlie f(dlowing repula 



tioll-; I»elee;,tev i,y\]\ purcliase Olle 



way ticket- at tlo iejrnl;,i- one-way fare. 

 The agent >ellin<: the ticket will', ujion 

 re(iiiest, is-ue a certiti.-ate of standard 

 form with each ticket jnirchased. The 

 fare for tlie return trip will be one 

 half of tlie adult one-way fare a|)plying 

 from place of meeting to the origin.-il 

 st.irtiiig point, by the route usimI in the 

 going trip, as shown on this certificate, 

 provided that the certificate ])resenteil 

 has been }.r(pi.erlv validatt^l bv the 

 agent aj.pointed for that iiurj)ose at the 

 meeting. The reduction returning will 

 .-ipjdy j.rovided there are not less th.an 



;!.'>(l members in attendance .at the meet- 

 ing, including dependent niember.s of 

 their families holding certificates or 

 regul.ir round trip tickets sold at not 

 less than the regular one-way fare." 



TORONTO PREPARATIONS. 



II. <i. Dillemuth entertained the chair- 

 men ot' the various committees for the 

 I". T. I), eonvention at a dinner August 

 L'.'l. After dinner the ])rogram w;is gone 

 over and several details discussed. The 

 program will be issued early in Se])tein- 

 ber and those desiring advertising space 

 ill it should send copy at once. 



Permanent offices have l)een opened 

 ;it the club rooms of the Toronto Retail 

 I'lorists' Club, IL' Adcdaide street west, 

 Toronto, with a staff in charge. Infor- 

 mation regarding program, exhibition, 

 hotel reservations, etc., may be had by 

 writing to this address. 



The whole mezzanine floor at the 

 King Ivlward hotel has been reserved, 

 iiK'luding twenty rooms, rest rooms, 

 convention hall, ladies' parlor, etc. The 

 luncheons ;ind banquet will be held in 

 the beautiful new banquet hall. 



Messrs. James, Dillemuth and Hig- 

 gins were in Brampton recently in the' 

 interests of the F. T. D. Mrs. Moore 

 and Messrs. (Jeraghty, Waters, .Tames, 

 F. Duiilop and Iliggins visited the Ilam- 



LAMBERT'S REWARD. 



The accompanying illustration is 

 from the photograph taken of one J. A. 

 Lambert, representative of the Ove 

 (Jnatt Co., Laportc, Ind., when he blush- 

 ingly received this most elaborate 

 shower bouquet, arranged by an artist 

 of the C. E. Hubbard flower shop, at 

 Topeka. This bouquet, composed of sev- 

 eral varieties of vegetables, was pre- 

 sented Mr. Lambert at the banquet 

 of the Kansas State Florists' Associa- 

 tion, reported in last week's issue of 

 The Review, in recognition of his un- 

 tiring efforts in boosting the annual 

 meeting and for having been made the 

 goat. Topeka Florists' Club. 



A CORRECTION. 



For the information of the trade at 

 large, I wish to rectify the statement of 

 I'rofessor H. B. Dorner in his article on 

 schooling for florists, appearing in the 

 August 18 issue, in which he state's that 

 only six state institutions in the United 

 States are giving commercial courses in 

 floriculture. That number should be in- 

 creased to seven, for the I'ennsylvania 

 State College does offer a commercial 

 course in floriculture, covering a period 

 of two full years, or four semesters. In 

 these courses, the same fundamentals 

 are given as at any other institution 

 which offers a course in floriculture. 



E. I. Wilde. 



A MORAL TALE. 



"Flowers — in and out of Season" 

 strikes the Donora Floral Co., Donor.a, 

 J'a., as an appropriate heading for the 

 following clipping, which carries a 

 moral many florists would like to im- 

 jiress on the public: 



I attended a funeral one day. The onsket 

 was expensive and was covered willi $,")0 worth 

 of cut flowers. Tlie burial rol)e was pure white 

 satin. The srief stricken hnshanil spent money 

 like water on tlie last sa<l rites. 'I'hat was al! 

 rifiht, but 1 happened to know that he never 

 spent money that way while his wife was livinK. 

 He never before had taken a single cut Mower 

 to her. lie had never told her that she coiihl 

 wear a white satin dress and hiiy any of the 

 e.xpensive things he could well afford. He had 

 allowed her to toil day after day. while he 

 piled tip money in the bank. She kept denying 

 iierself in order tiiat he miirht aoeumiiiate. 

 Had that man spent as much on his wife the 

 last ten years of her life as he spent on her 

 funeral, she micht have been alive today. At 

 least she would have been far happier. The 

 scales dropped from his eyes when the under- 

 taker came, .lust ns tliey will drop from your 

 eyes if yon wait to put your flowers on" the 

 bier. — The OslHirne VillaKe Deacon. 



TOO MUCH FERTILIZER. 



Please advise me what to do with 

 potted ferns from which the fronds 

 are droiijiing, some turning brown. We 

 have no greenhouse, but have kept ferns 

 successfully in our store through the 

 winter and spring. These ferns are 

 new, with many young slioots. The 

 trouble seems to be with the older and 

 outside fronds. E. H. P.^Ind. 



Lambert and His Corsage. 



Without seeing the ferns in question, 

 it is rather difficult to say ,iust what is 

 the cause of this trouble, although it is 

 possible that they have been given too 

 much fertilizer, either in the soil or 

 in liquid form. If you have a f.'iirlv 

 well shaded location outdoors, the ferns 

 may be plunged in the ground nearly to 

 the tops of the pots and, with regular 

 watering, they will, probably. re<'over 

 in a few week". W. H. T. 



