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The Rorists^ Review 



NOTEMBEB 24, 1921 



Floral Co., Ottumwa, la., chrysanthe- 

 mums and carnatiojiH. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, 

 "Wis., several new carnations, chrysan- 

 theniuni^ and hybrid gladioli. 



Tlie Burlington Willow Ware Shops, 

 Burlington, la., a large display of bas- 

 kets, many of which are used by differ- 

 ent florists to display their flowers; the 

 Stuppy Floral Co., St. Joseph, Mo., 

 roses, with several new varieties; O. B. 

 Stevens, Shenandoah, chrysanthemums; 

 the Greeve Floral Co., Oskaloosa, la., a 

 large display of fancy cyclamens; Wil- 

 liam Laisle & Son, Keokuk, la., chrysan- 

 themums and carnations; Smouse Bros., 

 Mount Pleasant, chrysanthemums; L. E. 

 Friedrichsen, Wilton Junction, la., dis- 

 play of cyclamens; Zaiser Sisters, Bur- 

 lington, la., display of chrysanthemums. 



Iowa State College, an artistic display 

 of chrysanthemums and plants. Many 

 large specimens were seen in this dis- 

 play. 



The flower show was really one of the 

 interesting parts of the meeting and was 

 attended by several hundred people from 

 the city of Ottumwa, la. After the show 

 was over the flowers were distributed to 

 hospitals, orphanages and needy fami- 

 lies of Ottumwa. 



Next year we are going to have just 

 twice as large an organization as we 

 have now. So if these otter societies 

 want to keep ahead of us they will have 

 to get busy. 



Those present at the banquet were the 

 following: 



Alspaoh, II. A., Ottnmwa, la. 

 Asli, J. W., Des Moines. la. 

 Bakke, B., Chicago. 



Uaker, L. II. and Mrs., Ottumwa, la. 



Kt'liring, W. F., Newtou, la. 



r.ruwii, Hazel V., Ottumwa, la. 



(!ro8tliwait, V. A., au(i Mrs., Clnrinda, la. 



Dcnmo.'id, James L., Marshalltowu, lu. 



Kkwall, Frances, Ottumwa, la. 



Forber, Mortler, Davenport, la. 



Friederlchsen, Leonard, Wilton, la. 



Fulmer, J. T., Des Moines, la. 



Fulmer, Perle B., Des Moiues, la. 



Gehrecke, Carl, Creston, la. 



Greeve, Henry, Oskaloosa, la. 



Herrick, K. 8., Des Moines, la. 



Hinman, Mrs. C. E., Council Bluffs. la. 



Kemble, Mrs. Koy, Ottumwa, la. 



Kemble, Roy, Ottumwa, la. 



Kemble, W. E., Oskaloosa, la. 



Kemble, W. K., Oskaloosa, la. 



Kranz, Eletha, Ottumwa, la. 



Kranz, Euiil and Mrs., Muscatine, la. 



Kranz, Fred, Muscatine, la. 



Krebs, H. E., Cedar Kapids, la. 



Laisle, Mrs. William, Keokuk, la. 



I^jzier, H. E., Des Moines, la. 



Miller, A. R., Washington, la. 



Montgomery, E. H. and Mrs., Fairfield, la. 



New, Hiram J., Manchester, la. 



Newcomb, Robert, Uurllngton, la. 



I'ollworth, L. R., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Prather, Pearl, Ottumwa, la. 



Richey, Mrs. Homer, Albia, la. 



Richey, Mrs. W. T., Albia, la. 



Richey, W. T., Albia, la. 



Rothacker, Ralph B., Amea, la. 



Rynveld, H., New York. 



Smouse, Earl L,, Mount Pleasant, la. 



Smouse, Vernal L., Mount Pleasant, la. 



Spurgln, A, C, Oskaloosa, la. 



Stevens, O. B., Shenandoah, la. 



Stevens, Mrs. O. B., Shenandoah, la. 



Smith, Arthur H., Boone. la. 



Spurgin, Mrs. A. C, Oskaloosa, la. 



Stonebrook, A. E., Hampton, la. 



Stuppy, Frank, St. Joe, Mo. 



Tucker, Sophie, Keokuk, la. 



Van Zonneveld, William, Sassenh.'im, Holland. 



Voltz, B. C, Ames, la. 



Vossler. B. D., Ottumwa, la. 



Wakellng, C. C, Ottumwa, la. 



Wakeling. L. A.. Ottumwa. la. 



Watson, H. J., Reinbeck, la. 



Wickhara. Conna, Keokuk, la. 



Wilcox, Blaine C, Council Bluffs, la. 



Wilcox, Glenn M., Council Bluffs, la. 



Wilson, J. S., Des Moines, la. 



Woemer, N. H., Omaha, Neb. 



Zaiser, Elerha E., Burlington, la. 



Zaiser, Magdalenu M., Burlington, la. 



WILL DENY SPECIAL DELIVERY. 



Post OfQ^ce Plans. Restriction. 



When Congress reconvenes for its 

 regular session, December 5, an effort 

 will be made by the House committee on 

 post office and post roads to have the 

 House of Representatives act favorably 

 on a bill which it has just reported out 

 under the terms of which special deliv- 

 ery service will be denied to all but 

 first-class mail. 



"This legislation," says William F. 

 Gude, Washington representative of the 

 S. A .F., "will hamper the florists' busi- 

 ness to a considerable extent. Flowers 

 are perishable and when consigned to 

 the mails need expeditious service. The 

 proposed legislation is advocated by the 

 Post Office department itself. Second 

 Assistant Postmaster-General E. H. 

 Shaughnessy appeared before the con- 

 gressional committee and asked that the 

 bill be passed promptly. 



"Colonel Shaughnessy told the rep- 

 resentatives that the situation with re- 

 spect to special delivery service for par- 

 ♦"el post packngos had become such that 

 the Post Oftico dejiartinent was not in 

 jiosition to rendiT that service and was 

 put in the position of accepting the 10- 

 cent fee without being able to earn it. 

 He stated that it is the large mail order 

 houses wliich are burdening the si)ec'ial 

 delivery mails, because of juittiiig spc- 

 ci.'il delivery stamps or their eqnivalont 



on practically every package they send 

 out. 



" 'In most cases they are not given 

 special delivery service because it 

 -is an impossible proposition as we are 

 now organized,' Colonel Shaughnessy 

 added. *It is impracticable to try to 

 organize to take care of it at this time, 

 and unless some restriction is put on we 

 shall soon be in a position where the 

 bulk of our parcel post business will 

 carry special stamps and should be 

 given special treatment. We find that 

 our special delivery service on first-class 

 matter is being disorganized and ham- 

 pered to a considerable extent by at- 

 tempts of postmasters to take care of 

 parcel post matter in a special way.' 



Regulation Suggested. 



"He was asked if it would not be 

 practicable to omit the use of special 

 delivery stamps on all parcel post mat- 

 ter except perishable articles that might 

 require speedy handling and provide a 

 special way in which tliat could be put 

 on farm products and things like that. 

 In such a case flowers and plants would 

 bo included. 



" 'We have this situation confronting 

 us now,' he replied. 'We have perish- 

 able matter presented to us in carload 

 quantities with special delivery stamps 

 on; special delivery stamps on eggs, as- 

 paragus ,and a great many farm prod- 

 ucts. Tlipy arc not full carloads in all 

 cases. Tlie special delivery stamp does 

 not iiie:iii ,iii\t liiiiy' on tlijit class of mat- 



ter coming into the market. It is 

 handled as rapidly as it can be anyway. 

 It has to be handled promptly. We can- 

 not handle it any faster than we are 

 doing it. We back a truck up to a car- 

 load and unload it and take it direct 

 to the commission merchant and the 

 stamp does not mean anything. We are 

 collecting that fee under a misapprehen- 

 sion. We would not be able to expedite 

 the handling of perishable matter any 

 more than we do at this time. What we 

 are anxious to do is to make the special 

 delivery service a real special delivery 

 service and confine it to first-class 

 mail." 



Florists Should Act. 



"Flowers are an entirely different 

 proposition," asserts Mr. Gude. "They 

 do not go out 'in carloads' and assur- 

 ances should be given that when the re- 

 tailer sends out a box of cut flowers the 

 flowers will be expedited and given spe- 

 cial service on the other end necessary 

 to insure their delivery to the recipient 

 in good shape. 



"The bill in question leaves it to the 

 discretion of the postmaster-general to 

 restrict the service to first-class matter. 

 The department states that it does not 

 desire that some classes in the parcel 

 post service should be permitted special 

 delivery and others denied. Florists 

 throughout the country should bring to 

 the attention of their representatives in 

 Congress their needs in the matter, and 

 it is suggested that during the vacation 

 of Congress these men be personally in- 

 formed of the situation wherever possi- 

 ble. 



"As the Washington representative 

 of the S. A. F., I propose to keep in touch 

 with this legislation, but the florists 

 everywhere should be alive to the situa- 

 tion." ' 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



A slight improvement was noted in 

 the condition of the cut flower market 

 last week, but the demand for flowers 

 is still strangely small. Eetailers say 

 they are not doing nA.rly so much busi- 

 ness as in previous years at this time 

 and can give no reason for it except that 

 the public has no money to spare for 

 flowers. On two days, Friday and Sat- 

 urday, of last week there was a decided 

 summer temperature, the thermometer 

 registering 71 and 73 degrees in the 

 shade, record-breakers. All flowers 

 seemed to feel the change, the large 

 chrysanthemums particularly. 



Chrysanthemums are in heavy supply 

 and there is a congestion of arrivals of 

 the big fellows every day, which is hard 

 to remove. The late varieties are well 

 in and, being earlier than usual, have 

 crowded the midseason varieties. Pom- 

 pons and singles are abundant, and ap- 

 pear to meet a better demand than the 

 single-stemmed stock. The range of 

 prices is wide. There was a little flurry 

 in crimsons November 19 to meet re- 

 quirements for the Harvard-Yale foot- 

 ball game, bjjt the supply was more than 

 adequate. 



Roses are plentiful and the quality 

 generally is good. Am^iean Beauty is 

 in fair sujiply, with Irttle or no change 

 in prices. The demand for it, how- 

 ever, is rather slow, but clearances are 

 made within the price range. In hybrid 

 teas, Premier is approaching Christmas 

 quality, aiul Columbia is not far be- 



