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The Florists^ Review 



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CLUB MEETINGS 



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CHICAGO FLORISTS EXHIBIT. 



Unusual Entertainment Enjoyed. 



The club rooms of the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club were beautifully decorated 

 with carnations, roses, sweet peas, pot 

 plants and novelties at the meeting held 

 February 9, at the Eandolph hotel. The 

 regular business was transacted with 

 more than the usual speed, because it 

 was desired to give as much time as 

 possible to the travelogue, motion pic- 

 tures and lecture scheduled for the en- 

 tertainment of the evening. The secre- 

 tary's report was read, after which the 

 applications for membership received 

 at the last meeting were balloted upon, 

 resulting in the following members be- 

 ing elected to membership: Louis 

 Moteflf, 34 West Eandolph street, Chi- 

 cago; A. F. Wienold, Oak Park, and 

 August G. Urbanski, Chicago. Several 

 new applications were received, and it 

 was voted to allow these to take the 

 regular course. 



There was more than the usual amount 

 of exuberance and an expression of re- 

 lief and general good feeling when T. E. 

 Waters, chairman of the good of the 

 club committee, announced that the $100 

 which he had collected for a ladies' 

 night and dance was still in the safety 

 deposit vault. Mr. Waters stated that 

 he had found the sum insufiicient to put 

 on anything worth while in the way of 

 a program and, therefore, wished to take 

 the matter of the dance up with the 

 members at a later time. 



Indianapolis Show Discussed. 



George Asmus expressed a desire to 

 say a few words to the members and, 

 having been given the floor, he ac- 

 quainted all present with the change in 

 the plans for the national flower show, 

 which is to be held at Indianapolis in- 

 stead of Cleveland, as had been orig- 

 inally arranged. Mr. Asmus explained 

 that a larger building with more avail- 

 able floor space has been secured in In- 

 dianapolis than would have been possi- 

 ble at Cleveland. He gave assurance 

 that the Indianapolis Florists' Club and 

 the chamber of commerce of that city 

 were sparing nothing in the way of labor 

 and expense to insure a successful stag- 

 ing of the show and it was also learned 

 that the interurban railways for 100 

 miles around Indianapolis have already 

 agreed to reduce the price of transpor- 

 tation to and from the building in which 

 the show will be staged. The automobile 

 roads and trails from all directions lead- 

 ing to Indianapolis are in excellent con- 

 dition and all florists who desire to use 

 this means of transportation can do so 

 with comfort. It was held by the flower 

 show committee that Indianapolis was 

 a more advantageous location than 

 Cleveland for the show. 



A motion was passed, on the recom- 

 mendation of Mr. Asmus, that a Chicago 

 day be set aside. All Chicagoans con- 

 templating attending the show, and 

 others who find it necessary to pass 

 through Chicago on their way to In- 

 dianapolis, should go down en masse and 

 thereby save at least twenty-five per 



cent on railroad fare. Some means will 

 be found to notify these transients at 

 what time the train will leave Chicago, 

 and all those wishing to take advantage 

 of the reduction from Chicago are per- 

 fectly welcome to join the party. 



President Kohout also expressed a de- 

 sire to see everyone present with a good 

 display, stating that he was sure that a 

 few flowers would never be missed, and 

 that Chicago florists should blossom 

 forth with a display that could not be 

 surpassed by any other city. This, he 

 said, will require hard work, because 

 New York, Washington, Boston and 

 Philadelphia, to say nothing of cities 

 in the west and south, will surely be 

 there with their "big Berthas." 



Among Those Present. 



Mrs. Ella Grant Wilson was called 

 upon for a short talk and responded 

 with her usual alacrity. She told about 



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an idea she had for getting flower vases 

 for the hospitals, saying that there was 

 a great need for these, as it had been 

 her experience that few if any of the 

 hospitals were adequately equipped 

 with vases to take care of flowers sent 

 to patients. Mrs. Wilson also related 

 some of her experiences with the editors 

 of the various newspapers in Chicago. 

 She told of finding it necessary to in- 

 terview twelve editors of the Tribune 

 before she could get one of them to ac- 

 cept one of her St. Valentine's day 

 stories. On the other hand, however, 

 the Journal of Commerce was more 

 obliging and promised to run two or 

 three of these stories. 



D. S. Geddis, of St. Louis, was also 

 a visitor. He said that he could re- 

 member the time when the eastern 

 growers were shipping flowers to Chi- 

 cago, but that Chicago had turned the 

 tables and was now shipping flowers 

 east, thus complimenting the Chicago 

 growers. He also stated that he hoped 

 the show at Indianapolis would be as 

 big a success as the one to be held at 

 St. Louis in the fall will be. 



An instructive film was presented by 

 B. J. Schilling, passenger agent of the 

 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. 

 It depicted the electrification on rail- 

 roads in the mountainous regions of the 

 country. Portions of trips over the 

 great continental divide, through the 

 Bitter Boot mountains in western Mon- 

 tana and Idaho, and through the Rocky 

 mountains of Montana and the Cascade 

 range of Washington were shown. 



An illustrated lecture on asters was 

 presented by J. K. Rugowski, of Mani- 

 towoc, Wis. It gave an excellent idea 

 of the methods of growing asters in the 

 fields of Mr. Rugowski and also showed 

 the plants in bloom. 



Awards. 



Following the lecture by Mr. Rugow- 

 ski, judges were appointed to pass upon 

 the exhibits of cut flowers, plants and 

 supplies. The awards for plants, judged 

 by F. R. Kuehne, Charles Elliott and 

 John Dutys, were as follows: 



PetPr Pearson — Darwin tulips, certificate of 

 merit; basket of tulips and hyacinths, honorable 

 mention. 



A. H. Schneider, Oak Park— Primula obconica 

 in pans, certificate of merit; Primuiii obconica 

 and mnlacoides, honorable mention; cinerarias 

 honorable mention. 



R. J. Windier — Well grown plant of large- 

 flowering white freesias. 



The awards on cut flowers, judged by 

 Richard Salm, William Collatz and Al- 

 bert Erickson, were as follows: 



Wendlond & Kelmel Co., Elmhurst— Vase of 

 Crusader, certificate of mtTit. 



Wehrraann & Wehrmann— Vase of Sunburst, 

 honorable mention. 



Premier Rose Gardens, Mavwood — Vase of 

 Golden Ophelia, honorable mention. 



Henry D. Neve, Des Plaines— Vase enrh of 

 sweet peas, Columbia, Rose Queen, Improved 

 Snowstorm and Mrs. Charles Zvolanek. honorable 

 mention. 



Poelilmann Bros'. Co.. Morton Grove — One vase 

 each of carnations. Red Matchless, Laddie, 0. W. 

 Ward, Helle Washburn and Thomas C. Joy, spe- 

 cial mention. 



Sykora Greenhouse Co.. B.TtavIa— Vase of Car- 

 nation Red Superb, two vases Superb, honorable 

 mention. 



Hans Jepsen, Maywood — Vase Iris tingitana, 

 honorable mention. 



George J. Ball, Glenn Ellyn— Vase of calen- 

 dula, honorable mention. 



E. C. Aniling Co, — Kour vases .\lois Frey's 

 Rainbow freesias, honorable mention. 



The awards on supplies, judged by 



George Asmus and T. E. Waters, were 



as follows: 



Irving Stein Co.. Chicago— Galvanized basket 

 and boxes, honorable mention. 



.M. Grotb Envelope Co., Chicago— E.xhibit of 

 novelties, honorable mention. 



NEW YORK CLUB MEETS, 



Evening Devoted to Business. 



The regular monthlv meeting of the 

 Xew York Florists' Ch'ib was held in the 

 club rooms at the Engineering Societies' 

 building, Monday evening, February 13, 

 with a large attendance of members. 

 President Roman J. Irwin presided. 



After the reading of the minutes of 

 the last meeting, the chair announced 

 tlie appointment of the following as the 

 committee on good of the club; A. T. 

 De La Mare, F. H. Traendly, C. B. 

 Weathered and Charles H. Brown. 



Arthur Herrington, for the flower 

 show commitee, reported that details in 

 regard to the flower show to open in the 

 Grand Central Palace, March 13, wero 

 practically complete. There were to be 



