NOVEMBEE 24, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



lOWANS' ANNUAL MEETING 



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IOWA FLORISTS BEORGANIZE. 



Cooperative Plan Adopted. 



Tlio best and most intiTt'st iiijj meet- 

 ing of tlie Society ol' Iowa Florists was 

 held at Ottuniwa, I\'ovcnil)i'r it. Nearly 

 100 st;ite and visiting florists were iu 

 atten(lanc(\ 



The meeting of tli(> society was calleil 

 to order l)y J'resident P.l.'iino 0. Wilcox, 

 of Council ]}luli's, who presented the 

 plans as outlined by the executive board 

 .■IS follows: Tiie establishing of .a bu- 

 reau to handle an exchange list of 

 ]dants, the us(^ of an exchange list of 

 growers, showing the amount or nuni- 

 her of certain jilants for each florist 

 to carry during the growing season, the 

 coiijierat ive buying of llorists' su]>j)lies, 

 educational features and legislative 

 matters. 



Tlie aflTili.'ition of the Society of Iowa 

 Florists with the Iowa State Horticul- 

 tural Society is, in the opinion of th(> 

 ofliccrs, one of the greatest steps toward 

 success that have ever been t.aken by 

 this .socict.y. The low.a State Horticul- 

 tural Society consists of an ■•iffiliation of 

 six different societies, with the main 

 office and secretary at Dcs Moines, the 

 st.ate capit.'il, where all the business 

 aff.airs of the different societies arc 

 handled. This luis much to do with 

 strengthening horticulture as a whole by 

 unifying its various branches. 



Executive Board's Explanation. 



The est;iblisliing of a bure;iu to h;indlc 

 the exchange list of jtbants is to be ;ic- 

 complished thus: Every week or so the 

 llorists are to send to the secretary a 

 list of plants which they have at their 

 ranges and the secretary will then com- 

 pile a list incorpor.'iting all lists sub- 

 mitted and mail to each florist, whole- 

 sale and retail, :i comjilete list of all the 

 ]ilants av.ailable. This will enable Iowa 

 florists to buy the plants they need from 

 the florists within the state, thereby 

 cutting down express or freight bills, 

 and also enabliTig the growers to (lis|M)se 

 of their stock within the state. The use 

 of an exch.'uige list of growers, showing 

 the amount or number of ceitain jilants 

 e.ach expects to carry during the growing 

 season, will ludp to stabilize the market 

 within the state, and also aiil in .avoid- 

 ing an oversnp])ly of stock. In this 

 way the growers will be able to grow 

 stock which other florists within the 

 state liave not on liand. Tli<> coliper- 

 ative buying of certiiin tlorists' supplies, 

 such as spray and fumigating m.ateri.als, 

 will be ii great s.aving to the Iow;i flor- 

 ists, as the society is able to buy these 

 niateri.-ils in large quantities and dispose 

 of them to the aftili.ated societies :\t a 

 much che.'ipiT r.ite. The society's work 

 on educational features and h^gislat ivc 

 matters will enable the llorists to k(M>p 

 1 liemsehi'-i inf(irme<l r(>garding them 

 and particularly on laws of the state i.f 

 Iowa concerning the growing ,nnd sell- 

 ing of jil.ants and flowers. 



Tlu^se ].l;ins were thoroughly ex- 

 juained to th(> miMubers ])res(mt and, 

 after a ](>ngthy discussion, nil of the 

 recommend.ations by the executive com- 

 mittee were unanimously accepted. 



The convention was addressed by .1. F. 

 I>eopold, secretary of tlu; Iowa State 

 Ch.amber of Commerce, on the subject of 

 "The Value of Organization." This 

 address was one of the finest talks evi'r 

 given to florists and every fhu'ist ])res- 

 ent derived many helpful jioinls from 

 Mr. Leopold's address. 



I'rofessor F. C. Volz, of the State Col- 

 lege, spoke on the subject of what the 

 Soci(>ty of Iowa Florists can do by coo]i- 

 erating .at the Iowa State (Jollege. lie 

 said that florists coidd liave any assist- 

 ance which the State College is capable 

 of rendering in hel])ing them grow bet- 

 ter stock in their greenhouses. 



Election of Officers. 



]-"ollowiiig these discussions the con- 

 stitution and by-laws of the society 

 were changed so that it would be able to 

 aflili;it(! with the horticultural society 

 ;ind thus permit K. S. llerrick to act ;is 

 their secretarj'. After the constitution 

 .ami by-laws were amended the <d(H'tion 

 of ofliccrs f(dlowed. Those elected were: 

 President, Blaine C. Wilcox, (Jouncil 

 Ulutfs, la., rei'lected; vice-]>resi(lent , 

 l{oy Kimli.all, Ottuniwa, la.; secret.ary, 

 K. S. Hei-rick, l)es ]M(dnes, Ijl; treas- 

 urer, James Denmead, Marshalltowii, 

 la. The directors were: .Vrthur Smith. 

 Hoone, la.; (). H. Ste\cns, Shenandoah, 

 la.; Homer Ki(diey. .Mbia. la.; H. .J. 

 Watson, IJeinbeek, l.i. 



'J'lie meeting was ;iclJoiirned .alter the 

 election until (i;i;o ]>. m., J'or the l)an- 



()Uet. 



The ban([Uet. free to all florists, was 

 held at the Ottumw.a hotel liy the Iowa 

 State Floral Society, ,at which time 

 m.iny new members were si'ciireil and 

 se\-e.r<al talks by leading florists were 

 lie;inl. ' 



A. H. Miller, of Washington, la., gave 

 .an interesting .address. Music was fur- 

 nished by an orch(\stra and sin;;ing by 

 the (piartet from Ottuniwa. -Ml of these 

 entertainments were furnished at the 

 exi)ense of the Iowa florists, which goes 

 to show lh;it the low.a florists are strong 

 tinanci.ally and that, within .another 

 \-ear, they Imjie to have one (.f the best 

 :ind largest organizations. 



Fvery florist left the b.anquet promis- 

 ing to attend the next meeting and to 

 bring with him any florist in his locality 

 who did not .attend this meeting. 



Exhibitors at the Show. 

 A flower show w.is also held in con- 

 Tiection with the meeting of th(> low:i 

 florists. Nearly I'ln vases of dift'erent 

 flowers Were exliibited by the following: 

 J. F. Wilcox i: Sons, Council Bluffs, la., 

 dis|il.iyei| difTei-i'nt varieties of roses, 

 \ iolets. lilies of tln^ valley, (dirysanthe- 

 muiiis and carnations; ,J . S. Wilson, Des 

 Moines, la., ni;iiiy \;irieties ot' ]iom])ons 

 ;ind Large ehr\ santln'mums; the Kemble 



Blaine C. Wilcox. 



(l!e-ole<'tc(l I'lcsi.lcni d tin- ^,.,•tc■ly m Icuvii Flori^ls. 



