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The Florists* Review 



Pebruarv 2. 1922 



district, altogotlier comprising 153 mem- 

 bers. Some progress lias already been 

 made toward cooperative purchasing, a 

 series of heating articles has been pre- 

 pared by an expert for the benefit of 

 members, and local meetings and shows 

 have been staged, which have done a 

 great deal for the local trade. 



In behalf of the Commercial Flower 

 Growers of Chicago, Peter Pearson, their 

 president, stated that the growers in 

 Chicago had decided to take over the 

 local cooperative advertising campaign, 

 for which $35,000 was raised last year, 

 $24,000 having been paid in by the 

 growers. The raising of the growers' 

 contribution from one-half of one per 

 cent to one per cent will, it seems likely, 

 make the fund to be spent the coming 

 year in the neighborhood of $50,000, 

 judging from these figures. Of the 

 money collected in Chicago, fifteen per 

 cent goes to the national publicity fund. 



For the St. Louis district, J. F. Am- 

 mann reported that the growers there 

 had already taken over the local coop- 

 erative campaign, putting into effect 

 the same increase in percentage as will 

 be done in Chicago. A large proportion 

 of the growers which supply the St. 

 Louis market are already within the or- 

 ganization and it is hoped to bring in 

 the others before long. 



A letter was read from C. H. Plumb, 

 of Detroit, in which he stated his hope 

 of action there before long. Wallace 

 Eiss, of Buffalo, related some of the ob- 

 stacles which had to be overcome in 

 order to obtain unity of action in his 

 section. W. A. Clarke, treasurer of the 

 Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., stated that 

 the retailers of Pittsburgh were con- 

 tributing one-half of one per cent oi 

 their purchases to the publicity cam- 

 paign, while the growers were paying 

 $2 per thousand feet of glass as their 

 share. Since the company of which 

 he is an officer has a range of 500,000 

 feet of glass, it is to be seen that the 

 fund will be a considerable one in 

 Pittsburgh, although there are few other 

 growers there. 



Amendments. 



Article 3 of the constitution was 

 amended to conform with the new sys- 

 tem of organization, by which the board 

 •f directors will consist of the president 

 and vice-president of the association 

 and a member elected by each district 

 growers' organization. Article 4 of the 

 by-laws was amended so as to define the 

 board of directors in accordance with 

 the new system of organization. Sev- 

 eral other minor amendments in the by- 

 laws were made, as well as an important 

 one, which changed article 8 so that the 

 revised sections now read as follows: 



Section 1. Grnwcrs owiiiiiK or opprititiR 

 Rreonlioiises for the Blowing of flmviTS or flnvv- 

 erinK iinrt ornamont:iI i>liinls for comnicrrial piir- 

 liiises niiiy Ixronie jictive members of tlie Nn- 

 titnnl Flower Growers' Assorintiou 'i'iiore sliall 

 lie two cliisBes of miinliirs, iis follows: 



Section 2. Class .\. Dislrict Memliers. Grow- 

 ers wlio are members of a district Rrowers' or- 

 ganization and for wliom said organization pays 

 into tlie treasnry of this association as annual 

 dnes the sum of $2 for each member. 



Section .3. Class It. Individual Meml)er8. 

 Growers who have no nearby district orfianization 

 may become Individual members of this associa- 

 tion by payinK as annual dues the sum of $10 

 into the treasury of the association. 



Section 4. All dues shall be payable annually, 

 in advance, lieginning witli the calendar year. 

 Anyone wisliins to .loin this association shall pay 

 one full year witli the application for member- 

 ship, as an initiation fee, and the same shall 

 also be applied as dues for that ealemlar year. 



Section 5. Any member becomins in arrears 

 for dues for one year shall be automatically 

 dropped for nonpayment of dues. 



Sketches of emblems prepared by the 



New York district were insjiected, but 



choice of one for the nntion.'il liody was 



deferred. The president appointed a 

 committee, consisting of II. B. Brookins, 

 E. A. PeircC and Carl Hagenburger, to 

 bring in a report on this subject at the 

 next meeting. This will be at Cleveland, 

 during the period of the national flower 

 sliow, when a special meeting will be 

 called. 



BANQUET AT HARTFORD. 



The banquet held at Hartford last 

 week, in honor of the American Carna- 

 tion Society and its exhibition in con- 

 junction with the American Eose So- 

 ciety, was one of the most successful 

 which members of the trade have at- 

 tended in recent years. Wednesday eve- 

 ning, January 25, the great ballroom 

 of the Hotel Bond was filled to the cor- 

 ners, and the space reserved for dancing 

 was reduced to a small square in front of 

 the speakers' table. About SSC^ere 

 present. 



At the table reserved for speakers 

 were the following: W. D. Howard, 

 president of the American Carnation 

 Society; C. E. Osborn, vice-president of 

 the American Carnation Society; Eoman 

 J. Irwin, president of the New York Flo- 

 rists ' Club; J. F. Ammann, secretary 

 of the Nation.il Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation; S. S. Pennock, president of the 

 S. A. F. ; Wallace E. Picrson, head of 

 the Hartford Florists' Club's committee 

 of arrangements; Thomas Eoland, ex- 

 president of the S. A. F.; John Young, 

 secretary of the S. A. F.; Henry Penn, 

 chairman of the national publicity com- 

 mittee; George Asmus, chairman of the 

 national flower show committee; W. W. 

 Thomson, president of the Hartford Flo- 



rists ' Club; Major P. F. O'Keefe, S. A. 

 Anderson, of Buffalo; Everett J. Lake, 

 governor ot^Eonnecticut, and E. K. Hub- 

 bard, Jr., president of the Connecticut 

 Manufacturers ' Association. 



Between courses the visitors, or at 

 least some of them, danced in the space 

 reserved before the speakers' table. At 

 intervals singers and dancers provided 

 by the Hartford Florists' Club per- 

 formed. Miss Louise McManus, daugh- 

 ter of the junior member of the firm of 

 Spear & McManus, performed a solo 

 dance. 



Wallace E. Pierson acted as toastmas- 

 ter and wittily introduced the speakers 

 of the evening. Governor Lake related a 

 few humorous anecdotes and ended in a 

 serious vein. E. K. Hubbard, Jr., con- 

 gratulated the florists upon their zeal 

 and enthusiasm, and asked that tribute 

 be paid to five florists at a table who 

 had each put in more tlian half a cen- 

 tury of service in the tr.ide. They were 

 Messrs. Pierson, Coombs, Spear, March- 

 ant and McClunie. S. S. Pennock re- 

 sponded for the Society of American 

 Florists, and Secretary Young added 

 some remarks concerning the organiza- 

 tion. W. W. Thomson spoke in behalf of 

 the 'Hartford Florists' Club. W. D. 

 Howard declined to make a few remarks 

 when privately asked by the chairman 

 if he would do so. Major O'Keefe spoke 

 of the origin of the florists' slogan and 

 ended by presenting Mrs. Lake, wife of 

 the governor, a huge bouquet of roses, 

 .md Miss Lake a corsage. The tables 

 were decorated with carnations and 

 ferns, and a carnation boutonniere was 

 at each plate. 



This is the fifth consecutive year that 

 Laddie has won the gold medal of the 

 American Carnation Society. Four of 

 the five years S. J. Goddard's blooms 

 took the prize, as this year. In 1919, 

 at Cleveland, the Joseph Hill Co. took 

 the gold medal and Mr. Goddard the 

 silver medal, both on Laddie. 



Few flower shows have been staged 

 with the skill and the eye for detail that 

 the exhibition at Hartford revealed. 

 The tables were just the height to al- 

 low a view over the liloonis. The green 

 covering set off the flowers to excellent 

 advantage. The drapes ;iiid festooning 

 ]irovided a finish to the effect. Visitors 

 complimented the Hartford florists high- 

 ly on their splendid arrangements. 



William Sim took 2,500 carnations to 

 Hartford. It was 2 a. m. Wednesday 

 morning when he and his .assistants fin- 

 ished ]iuttiiig them in water. So he de- 

 cided to sit up the rest of the night with 

 them. When the judges began their 

 work, Mr. Sim went to bed. 



W. C. Kust went down from Boston 

 and "just took along" two dozen carna- 

 tions. One dozen took the $2.") prize for 

 a vase of a dojjen I..addie. The other 

 dozen won .$25 in the class for "best 

 twelve lilooms, one or more varieties." 

 His return was something better thiiii 

 $2 a flower. 



The publicity committee, headed by 

 George F. Lane, performed wonderful 

 work in advertising the show. iThe 

 Hartford Courant, January 22, devoted 

 .•I full jiage in its rotogravure section 

 to portraits of officers of the Aiueriean 

 Carnation Society and of tlie chairmen 

 of local committees and to ;i number of 

 views of previous exhibitions, from 

 photograjihs loaned for the purpose from 

 the files of The Keview. Snch a page 

 would have cost $S75 to buy. The day 

 preceding the ojieniiig of the show an 

 extensive account of its various ]liases 

 was given in the Hartlord Times, and 

 during the week full stories were given 

 of each day's jiroccedings. 



About thirty-five ladies received bene- 

 fit of the Hartford hospitality J:uiunrv 

 26, when a luncheon was held at the Ho- 

 tel Hueblin, followed by a theater partv 

 at the Capitol theater. The Hartford 

 women active in preparing for this en- 

 joyable event were Mrs. Joseph Mc- 

 Manus, Mrs. Ellen Welch, Mrs. J. A. 

 Brodrib, Mrs. Charles Coite and Mrs. 

 Wallace E. Pierson. 



The Hartford public crowded the ex- 

 hibition hall every evening. So thor- 

 oughly had the show been advertised 

 that throngs came despite the zero 

 weather. Music added to visitors' en- 

 .oyiiu'Ut (if the Ilcnvers. 



