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TAKE OFF YOUR HAT 



TO THE HOOSIERS 



TIk jiflli national jluivtr show, in profjrcss at Indianapolis this ircek, 

 is a notable success — the more notable because less than s( v( n /rr^/r.s (/(/(t thi 

 l)la<( of exhibition was am xpeetedhj shifted to th( lloosiir tapitid from 

 Cleveland. All visitors praise thi r( niarkable work of tht Indiana /lorisls. 



S Olio ciitors th<! liJill where- 

 ill tlic iijitioiial liower show 

 is staged, at Indianapolis 

 this week, one sees first of 

 all a jiicce of statuary — a 

 figure, whose sex, aj;;e and 

 race are indeterminable, 

 tuf^s with one hand at a 

 rope fastened about the 

 horns of a stocky ram and 

 with the otiier eoaxinyly extends an ear 

 of corn toward the aiiiiiial. Xo explana- 

 tion of its symbolism is ofl'ered and no 

 title is given the jiiece. Various sug- 

 gestions are offered. One is that it de- 

 picts Indianapolis getting Cleveland's 

 goat, but if anyone got the (Heveland 

 florists' goat, it was the mayor of their 

 city and no other, .\nother suggestion 

 is that it represents an attempt to get 

 the goat of the Indianapolis florists. 

 That would be more logical; to be asked 

 to i)repare for and to stage a national 

 llower show in tlic short space of six 

 weeks might be thought eiiougli to get 

 anybody's goat. 



Not the Hoosiers'! 



But not the Hoosiers 'I The exhibition 

 at Indianapolis this week would be 



creditable in tlie biggest city in the 

 laiul, and from every point of view its 

 opening days point to success. I'nder 

 any circumstances it would be a notable 

 exhibition; under the circumstances 

 which surrounded this show, it is noth 

 iiig less than remarkable. 



The trade awaited a surjiassing show 

 this year. The last one, at I'hiladel- 

 phiu in liMti, was a huge success, net 

 ting a good sized profit and outshining 

 nil its ]iredecessors. When the exhibi- 

 tion planned for 8t. Louis was called off 

 because of the handicap of war condi- 

 tions, florists' appetites were whetted. 

 ("le\elaiid |)romised a wonderful audi- 

 torium to house the dis])lay this yt^ar, 

 and every tlorist in the Fifth City 

 worked to set a record in national 

 shows. Then the blow fell — the mayor 

 of Cleveland gave his decision to allow 

 no exiiibitioiis in the new auditorium 

 until it was absolutely com]deted. And 

 the unsuspecting florists of Indiana[iolis 

 were suddenly candidates for the Clove 

 landers' job. To a man they accepted 

 and since have worked with such zest 

 and coiiperation that success could not 

 but be theirs. If there is a secret in its 

 success, it lies in the organization here. 



Irwin Itiiterniaiiii ilisclaiuis any great 

 amount <>1' labor. ' ' Tlie boys did it!" 

 lie savs. Kach did his job and did it 

 well. Oiitsiile agencies assisted gener- 

 ously. Througiiout the state the orgaiii- 

 /.ifioM spread. It is not ;iii Indianapolis 

 -hdw litis ,111 Indiana show . 



Everybody Helped. 



.\ ]ipirciatiiig the ftTorts of the 

 lloosicr florists, the florists elsewhere 

 were ready with fxliiliits. Tli.it seemed 

 for ;i time the ciucial test. (Quarantine 

 17 ami the war had liaiidicap|)ed the 

 tr.'idr. It w;is thought the <ristaiice to 

 the .\tl;iiitic I'oast would be too great to 

 I'xpec-t iiiucli aiil from that section. On 

 the contr.'iry, New Kngl;ind li.'is a strong 

 represent .■ition. ('leveland did not quit, 

 though sorely ilisappoinf ed ; some fine 

 exhibits from Oiiio are to be seen. In- 

 deed, one cannot do better than repeat 

 the message of >Samiiel i'-^. Pennock, 

 president of the Society of American 

 Florists, ;iiii| of Ceorge Asmus, chair- 

 man of the iiation.'il flower show com- 

 mittee, who came to the writer to say: 

 ''T<dl the florists, whi'ii you write of 

 the show, that we, as re|)resenting the 

 management, appreciate highly and are 



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Thomas Roland's Acacias, Which Formed the Central Group at the Indianapolis Show, with the Randall Fountain in Center. 



