FUKKUAnT 23, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



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Banquet of the Commercial Flower Growers of Chicago^ at the Hotel Randolph, February lb. 



'ial fjrowors, which are kept in separate 

 classes, excejit in the orchid section, 

 where special classes liave been pro- 

 vided "to meet an express condition." 

 Plenty of prizes are listed, including the 

 coveted R. A. F. silver mid bronze 

 medals, which will be awarded to any 

 new plants and flowers which the na- 

 tional llovvcr show committee may <leem 

 worthy. 



Committees. 



If tlie quality of the committees' jier- 

 ^onnel can j^uarantee the success of a 

 show, this exhibition is already a suc- 

 • ess, with T. A. Havemcyer .'is chairman 

 iif the flower show committee; John 

 'S'ounfj as secretary; Frederick ]{. Ncw- 

 bold, treasurer, and F. R. Picrson, James 

 Stuart, Joseph Manda, .Tohn Caiini!ifr, 

 R ]j. Atkins, John G. Scheepers, V. W. 

 I'avne, ('. II. Tottv, Frank 11. Traendlv, 

 W. H. I'ierson, Max Rchlinff, A. L. 

 Mill.r. W. H. Duckham, I. S. llendrick- 

 ^ou and Arthur ]Ierrinj,rton coiHi>osiii}^ 

 file rest of the committee. C. 11. Totty 

 is chairman of the schedule committee, 

 ^vhich is composed of F. K. I'ierson, F. L. 

 Atkins, \\\ R. Pierson, John Canninsr, 

 P. 11. Traendly, James Stuart, Joseph 

 Manda, Max JSchlinp, W. II. Duckham. 

 ■\. L. Miller, John G. Scheepers and 

 \ithur Ilcrrington. 



CHICAGO GROWERS SAY AYE. 



To Shouldering Publicity. 



At a banquet and meeting of ;;r(iwi'rs, 

 '\liolesalers and other'j, given by the 

 ' 'oinincrcial Flower (Jrowers' Associa- 

 tion of Chicago at the Randolph hotel 

 I'liursday evening, February 1(>, ajiprox- 

 iiiiately fifty growers by simultaneous 

 '■'•sponse to a rising vote expressed thcm- 

 ^' Ives unanimously in favor of shoul- 

 dering the publicity load and support- 

 i>ig if Ijy tlif. contriliution of one per 

 '■''Ut of their profits, in jireference to 

 ♦he one-half per cent now being cnn- 

 'ributcd. Immediately following this 

 ivowal, .Joseph Kohout moved that the 

 '■xecutivc committee of the organiza- 

 tion confer with the board of directors 

 '|f the Allied llorists' Association to 

 'ormulate the necessary changes, addi- 

 tions, etc., in the constitution and by- 

 laws, to be offered for the approval of 

 the members at the next meeting. 



The meeting started with a banquet 

 and entertainment and T. l-L Waters 

 succeeded in [lutting an acute accent on 

 the entertainment features, which in- 

 cluded some singers and dancers of 

 .-ibility engaged for the occasion. With 

 the eating of the first oyster out of its 

 h.'ilfshell the fun started and when the 

 last member had drunk the final cup of 

 coffee the business of the meeting was 

 ui)on the gathering. 



Peter Pearson, president, rapjied for 

 ord(>r and the secretary re.'id the roll 

 of ofiicers and introduced the first busi- 

 ness, lie stated that the name of 

 Charles McCauley, of Riverbank Gar- 

 d(^ns, Geneva, 111., had been reported 

 favorably for membershij); he was ac- 

 cepted as a member. Then those present 

 expressed themselves in accord with 

 suj)porting the West Town Kxjiosition 

 with a flower show. Paul E. Weiss was 

 made chairman of ,a committee, which 

 is to be appointed later, to cooperate 

 with the west siders. Another order 

 of business was the election of a director 

 from this organization to be a ri>j>re- 

 sentative on the tioard of the national 

 association. Peter Pearson was maile 

 director by motion and Secretary Otto 

 Amling was elected alternate. 



Ammann Speaks to Convince. 



At this ]i()int the meeting was ready 

 to launch into the business of the even- 

 ing, '"Publicity," and the president ex- 

 I'laiiied the situation, stating that the 

 purpose of the meeting was to get an 

 expression from the growers on the one 

 per cent basis of contribution to a pub- 

 licity fund and the taking over of the 

 publicity burden. He expl.-iined that by 

 the one ])er cent basis $48,000 jier year 

 could be collected, in contrast to the 

 .*3 t,00n now contributed under the pres- 

 ent one-half per ci^it basis, with the 

 addition of retailers' contributions. 



Here nothing could have been more 

 .ipiiropriate than a talk on the subject 

 by .1. F. Ammann, of Edw;irdsville, 111. 

 Within a minute and one-half after 

 President Pearson's introduction, Mr. 

 Ammann had hit the keynote of the 

 publicity ide.a, had yiresented some 

 straightfrom-the - shoulder arguments 

 and was producing figures to show that 

 the grower, as the producer, »nust wake 

 up to his advertising responsibility, just 



as the producer in any other line has 

 his. Mr. Ammann gave proof to back 

 most of his points and at the end of 

 his talk everyone there had a good idea 

 as to why the "dog must begin to wag 

 the tail and not vice versa." 



Following Mr. Ammann 's talk came 

 an animated discussion in which many 

 took jiart. ;imong them being George 

 Ilarrar, W. J. Keimel, Mr. Aspinwall, 

 A. H. Schneider and W. H. Amling. 

 J'rom these talks two salient points 

 were brought out: First, the necessity 

 of employing a good field man or secre- 

 tary, and, second, the inijjortance of 

 keej)iiig accurate record in some way of 

 the consumption and supi)ly on the daily 

 Chicago market. It was the consensus 

 th.'it tlie one per cent plan would provide 

 re;ison;ible and profitable advertising. 



W. ,J. Keimel moved, and it was sec- 

 onded and passed, that the executive 

 committee be on the look-out for a good 

 secret.'iry and field man. 



A general discussion on various topics, 

 mostly touching on advertising, followed 

 and several of the members had new 

 ideas to offer. After a report on the 

 Hartford show, the meeting was ad- 

 journed. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Club Meeting. 



The Lancaster County Florists' Asso- 

 ciation held its monthly meeting on 

 the evening of February 16, with a din- 

 ner at the Hotel Hrunswick at fi p. m. 

 Xe.'irly fifty members were j)resent. The 

 t;ibles were beautifully decorated with 

 {lotted {irimulas. 



Re\-. Henry Ulricli, of the liethany 

 Presbyterian church, addressed the 

 jneeting .and pave a d(dightful talk on 

 the florists' profession and what it 

 riii'ans to the work-a day worM in gen- 

 eral. Mr. Dechanf , f>f I'ranklin and Mar- 

 shall College, gave several splendid read- 

 iiifrs from Italian dialect ])oems, and 

 Miss Normal Lenman, jiiano soloist, 

 gave some charming renditions. 



The singing by the club, under the 

 direction of B. F. Rarr, of popular songs 

 was .'I much enjoyed feature. I. Ros- 

 nosky. of the American Piilb Co., Chi- 

 cago, was present and addressed the 

 meeting, ^liss Mary 1. Rohrer was 

 electted to membership. Rudoljdi Nagel 



