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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 30. 1922 



merce, Washington, 1). C, will b<! 

 for the purpose of working out Mr. 

 Hoover's plan, adopted after its legal- 

 ity had been passed upon by Attorney- 

 General Daugherty, whereby trade 

 a.ssociations would cooperate with the 

 Department of Commoree in the gather- 

 ing and publication of trade .statistics 

 to further the needs of trade and com- 

 merce. 



The immediate purpose of the con- 

 ference will be to obtain a list of trade 

 associations that voluntarily will fur- 

 nish to the department the statistical 

 information which the attorney-gen- 

 eral and Secretary Hoover have found 

 «ould be used legally. The discussion 

 will also embrace consideration of 

 means of collecting the information, 

 including the forms of reports which 

 would be most suitable for the asso- 

 ciations agreeing to furnish it, and the 

 manner of distributing the statistical 

 information obtained to the members 

 of the associations and the public. 



The attorney-general at the request 

 of Secretary Hoover last month went 

 over the entire matter of the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce working with the 

 trade associations and the latter 's ac- 

 tivities and held that such activities 

 would not contravene the Sherman anti- 

 trust law unless in actual practice 

 higher prices evolved from them or 

 they stifled competition or curtailed 

 production. 



The status of eleven specific activi- 

 ties of trade associations were asked 

 for by Mr. Hoover: Whether an asso- 

 ciation could provide a standard sys- 

 tem of cost accounting for its members 

 provided the figures arrived at were 

 not distributed; if unift)rmity in the 

 use of trade names and phrases could 

 be provided; if the grades, quality and 

 processes of production could be stand- 

 ardized; if information as to financial 

 responsibility could be furnished; if in- 

 surance could be handled; if cooper- 

 ative advertising could be engaged in; 

 if the associations could handle legisla- 

 tive questions affecting a particular 

 industry, and if statistics of produc- 

 tion, distribution, wages, etc., could be 

 collected from its members and com- 

 piled for the information of the Sec- 

 retary of Commerce. 



STUDENTS HANDICAPPED? 



Having read the article on the future 

 of the college student which appeared 

 in The Review of March 16, I should 

 like to present my case, as an additional 

 ■contribution to the subject. Why is a 

 student? 



A young man works in a greenhouse 

 for a year or two; he notices the prob- 

 lems of growing and is thirsty for 

 knowledge to solve them, so decides to 

 get a scientific training. After his 

 training he talks about clilorophyll, car- 

 bon dioxide, jjliotosynthesis, mesophytes, 

 xerophytos and other ' ' phytes. ' ' He sees 

 the foreman use lime, bone meal and 

 basic slag in the same bench of soil. 

 That looks queer to him and he wonders 

 Avhetlier the lioss would add superphos- 

 jihate and gypsum if he had them. He 

 tries to point out what the fertilizers 

 are composed of and shows the foreman 

 what tricalcium phosphate looks like 

 "written in chemical symbols. 



By this time the foromaji sees his 

 finish and makes things so hot that the 

 student quits, liut the next thing is 

 finding another job; the student is re- 



ferred to as a "know-it-all." He must 

 then either take the best job he can get, 

 or get a place of his own, if he has the 

 money, or quit the greenhouse alto- 

 gether. 



If he again works under a like fore- 

 man, he must do things contrary to his 

 training and say nothing. He is not ex- 

 pected to know what, when and why, 

 but just how to do things. He has to 

 fit himself to the job as others would, 

 and not the job to himself. 



It is true that he learns different 

 methods and ideas, and other things. 

 Methods must differ in every section, 

 but science is the same the world over. 

 He does not expect a job as foreman — 

 he has never been one — yet he sees the 

 foreman solve step by step problems 

 which he could have proved beforehand. 

 He gets discouraged, because, after all 

 his study, he must get behind and fol- 

 low the crowd. 



Now, where is the chance for the stu- 

 dent if he has to work for such an em- 

 ployer? If the employer or foreman 

 iiad scientific training, the student 

 would benefit by this, but, as it is, the 

 student must work with a bad heart, 

 conscious of the knowledge he cannot 

 use, but more so of his ignorance. 



J. M. Brown. 



on top of the baaic earth. Is this bed 

 suitable for growing 4-inch geraniums 

 for Memorial dayf I have heard that 

 coal ashes, which we are now using, 

 create £in injurious gas, which has a 

 bad effect upon the foliage. Would 

 these same beds be suitable for grow- 

 ing chrysanthemums in fall if eight or 

 ten inches of the cinders were removed 

 and the beds were filled in with good 

 soil? R. W. U.— Mich. 



Some kinds of coal are believed to 

 produce ashes which are injurious to 

 plant life. In our own case such in- 

 jury has never arisen, but the elements 

 in various coals differ and, while many 

 are beneficial or neutral, others have 

 been found distinctly harmful. A coat- 

 ing of coarse sand is suggested over 

 the ashes to prevent any possible in- 

 jury. Such a bed should prove suitable 

 for growing geranium stock and, if dug 

 out, the beds should prove splendid for 

 chrysanthemum culture. C. W. 



NAMTNO PLANT FROM LEAVES. 



We have sent some dried leaves of a 

 certain plant. Will you tell, from the 

 leaves, what the name of the plant is? 

 O. H. W. & C— N. D. 



COAL ASHES IN BEDS. 



I have a concrete bed twenty inches 

 above the ground and solid. This bed 

 consists of cinders about one foot deep 



The flower heads were badly dried 

 and broken, but they seem to resemble 

 most closely one of the annual scabi- 

 osas. ' C. W. 



HONOR ROLL 



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WHO MADE THE SHOW? 



The success of the fifth national 

 flower show is the result of hard work 

 on tlie part of a great many members 

 of the trade. Those who have made the 

 show what it is are entitled to a great 

 deal of credit and it is freely given 

 them. 



The national flower show committee, 

 of course, did the ])reliminary planning, 

 and the members' work has been spread 

 over years. George Asmus, Chicago, is 

 chairman; John Young, New York, sec- 

 retary, and J. J. Hess, Omaha, treasurer. 

 The other members are Herman P. 

 Knoble, who devoted himself strenu- 

 ouslj' to the project while it was 

 jilanned for Cleveland ."iiid after; Wal- 

 lace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; Wil- 

 liam H. Duckham, Madison, N. J.; Jo- 

 seph H. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; Frank H. 

 Tr.'iendly, New York, and Thomas Ro- 

 land, Nahant, Mass., (>x-ofTicio. 



The officers of the -Xmerican Rose So- 

 ciety, of the American Carnation Soci- 

 ety and of the State Florists' Associa- 

 tion of Indiana have greatly assisted 

 the undertaking. 



In charge of the local arrangements 

 is Irwin Bertermaiin, who cannot be 

 given too much recognition for his un- 

 tiling efforts. The members of the com- 

 mittees who assisted him so ably arc as 

 follows: 



Artnilasinn — Clinrles G. I'liliiiil, clmirmnn: .Tolin 

 Hcrtcrmnnn, A. I). Wnrrcii, Jack Miircr, Frank 

 E. Rieman. Wallace O. I^oc. Robert J. }iran- 

 ham. Sol Schloss. 



Information — Oscar O. Carlstedt, chairman: E. 

 G. Hill, Arthur Heldenreicli, J. U (irande, Wil- 

 liam F. Roepke, John Kilcoyne. Herbert Tons. 



Robert Klefer, William G. Fox, John Helden- 

 reieh, Joseph Moch. 



Concessions — Lennis S. Elder, chairman; Brandt 

 C. Downey, B. A. Nelson, Robert Ellis, E. A. 

 McKernan. 



Exterior decorations — Walter Bertermann, 

 chairman; Herman Junge, John Bieman, Arch. 

 V. Grossman. 



Interior decorations — H. L. Wiegand. chair- 

 man; C. M. Italliiff, W. W. Coles, Theo. A. 

 Dorner, C. S. Barnaby. 



Lectures and schools — B. E. Temperley, chair- 

 man; BenJ. J. Bnrris, Mrs. E. C. Rumpler, E. V. 

 Graff. Dan Dash. Miss Elsa Huebner, Mrs. John 

 Downing Johnson, J. Edgar Stuart. 



Local exhibits — Henry Rieman, chairman; 

 Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank, John Grande. Sr., 

 Charles A. Bookwalter, Bert C. Hlti, John Hartje, 

 Frank C. Jordan. 



Music — L. E. Hitz, chairman; Dr. Harvey G. 

 Hill. Mrs. George B. Wiegand, Mrs. Lafayette 

 Page, Mrs. A. F. J. Baur, Anders Rasraussen. 



Nurserymen— Harry Hobhs, chairman; Ed. 

 George, Prof. Lawrence Greene, Houston Tall, 

 James H. Ix)wry. Prof. B. H. Uies. 



Out-of-town exhibits — K. H. Mann, chairman; 

 Joseph Kohout, A. M. Canipliell. Roman J. Irwin. 

 W. A. Rowe. 



Printing— O. E. Steinkamp, chairman; G. R. 

 Gause, C. H. Schwomeyer, Harry Pahud, Carl 

 Sonnenschmidt. 



Retail exhibits — Edwin Morner, chairman; Fred 

 B. Dorner, David Kelly. Morris Marer, C. L. 

 Niednagel. Otto I.,aurenz, Charles L. Frank, Wil- 

 liam H. Blackman. 



Special premiums — Fred H. I..emon, chairman; 

 Alfred Poclielon, James A. McLaughlin. David 

 (Jeddls, David Vesey, Fred I.jiutenschlager. Fred 

 G. Heinl. 



Special features — Clarence R. Green, chair- 

 man; Roltare C. Eggleaton, Colonel John li. Rey- 

 nidds. Governor Warren T. McCray, Mrs. Hugh 

 McK. Lendon, W. J. Hasselman. 



Staging committee — George B. Wiegand, chair- 

 man; George Asmus, Artliur Herrington. 



State conservation — Richard Lieber, chairman; 

 W. A. Guthrie. Harry F. Diotz, John W. Holtz- 

 man. Dr. Frank B. Wynn, Frank N. Wallace, 

 Miss Ida Anderson, George N. Mannfeld, Miss 

 Lucy Campbell, George Berg, Miss Mary Phin- 

 ney. 



Transportnti(m — Joseph A. McGowan. chair- 

 man; J. W. (Jardener. Charles Zoller, F. B. 

 Humston, F. V. Martin, Bert Weedon, .N. L. 

 Bassett, John S. Naughlon, Edgar Harrison, 

 L. B. Jay, Thomas Gore. R. C. Fiscus, John W. 

 Quill, J. M. Morissev, W. J. Smith. 



