Apbil 21, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



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S. A. F. NEWS 



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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Washington Convention. 



The mailing of prints of the floor 

 plan of the convention hall in Wash- 

 ington has just been completed. The 

 plan covers the whole of the second 

 floor of the building, which is most ad- 

 mirably adapted for the trade exhibi- 

 tion. As will be seen on reference to 

 the plan, there is not a column, pillar 

 or other obstruction on the floor to in- 

 terfere with the arrangement of the ex- 

 hibits. Applications already received 

 for space would seem to indicate that 

 the trade displays will be even larger 

 than those at the Cleveland convention, 

 at which all records were broken. 



The space rental remains the same as 

 in previous years, 60 cents per square 

 foot. The cost of the official sign, in- 

 cluding the rental of an upright, or 

 stand, is $3. Eule XXV of the rules 

 relating to the management of the 

 trade exhibition, reading, "The selling 

 of goods by persons or firms not hav- 

 ing engaged space will be prohibited, 

 unless such person or firm shall have 

 secured a permit or license from the 

 secretary, the same to cost not less 

 than $35," will be strictly enforced, so 

 that none other than exhibitors will be 

 permitted to transact business on the 

 floor until the license or permit men- 

 tioned has been obtained from the sec- 

 retary. 



Orders for signs should be sent to the 

 secretary with the application for reser- 

 vation of space. The rules require that 

 twenty-five per cent of the total 

 amount payable for space shall be paid 

 upon the signing of the contract and 

 the balance before the exhibitor takes 

 possession. 



Additional copies of the floor plan 

 may be had upon application to the 

 secretary. 



Membership cards will shortly be is- 

 sued to all members in good standing, 

 and surh members will be required to 



present their cards at the entrance to 

 the hall. The work of the secretary's 

 office will be greatly facilitated if mem- 

 bers who have not paid their dues will 

 make remittance now. It might be 

 again mentioned that, at the annual 

 meeting of the executive board held in 

 Washington last January, a resolution 

 was passed authorizing the dropping of 

 the name of any member from the mem- 

 bership roll for nonpayment of dues 

 after one year. 



The Membership Drive. 



The drive for increased membership, 

 directed and supported by the execu- 

 tive board, is about to commence. Com- 

 plying with the board's resolution, 

 President Eoland has appointed the fol- 

 lowing committee to take charge of the 

 drive: J. F. Ammann, chairman, Ed- 

 wardsville, 111.; Joseph H. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; S. S. Pennock, Philadel- 

 phia; A. L. Miller, Jamaica, N. Y., and 

 Paul Klingsporn, Chicago. 



It will be the purpose and object of 

 this committee to double the member- 

 ship in the society before the date of 

 the coming convention, and they will 

 commence a vigorous campaign al)Out 

 May 15. Many novel plans and fea- 

 tures to bring the desired results have 

 been in process of working out. The 

 different florists' clubs of the country 

 have been called upon to cooperate, and 

 they will appoint local committees to 

 assist in the drive. 



The drive slogan is, "Every member 

 get a member," and if this idea ma- 

 terializes, the society's present mem- 

 bership certainly ought to be doubled. 

 The membership roll now contains 

 about 3,500 names, and it is the earnest 

 wish of the officers and directors to see 

 this number increased to 7,000, which 

 is but a nominal number when it is con- 

 sidered that there are upward of -0,000 

 florists in the country. Our society 

 bears the brunt of battle against all 

 movements detrimental to tlie interests 



it represents, and, accordingly, must 

 have strength of support to back it up. 

 The following have each guaranteed 

 to secure the number of members stated 

 with their names: Tliomas Roland, 

 Poston, 10; John Young, New York, 10; 

 J. J. Hess, Omaha, 10; Joseph H. Hill, 

 Richmond, Ind., 10; C. C. Pollworth, 

 Milwaukee, 10; Herman P. Knoble, 

 Cleveland, 11; Paul R. Kling- 

 sporn, Chicago, 10; J. F. Am- 

 mann, Edwardsville, 111., 10; Henry 

 Penn, Boston, 10; George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago, 10; A. Rasmussen, New Albany, 

 Ind., 10; W. A. Rowe, Kirkwood, Mo., 

 10; Robert L. Graham, Jr., Baltimore, 

 10; I. S. Ilendrickson, Flowerfield, 

 N. Y., 10; Wallace R. Pierson, Crom- 

 well, Conn., 10; Frank H. Tracndly, 

 New York, 10; Thos. H. Joy, Nashville, 

 Tenn., 10; Alfred M. Campbell, Phila- 

 delphia, 10; W. H. Englehart, Memphis, 

 Tenn., 10; W. P. Gude, Washington, 

 D. C, 10; A. Gude, Washington, D. C, 

 10; Joseph Kohout, Liberty ville, 111., 

 12; Carl Hagenburger, West Mentor, O., 

 10; John Canning, Ardslev, N. Y., 5 

 life. 



National Publicity Campaign. 



The secretary has been instructed to 

 send out another appeal to guarantors 

 who are delinquent in the payment of 

 sums guaranteed to the campaign fund. 

 The publicity committee is anxious to 

 resume the national advertising at the 

 earliest possible date and is greatly 

 handicapped in making contracts when 

 there are insufficient funds in hand to 

 cover obligations. 



Department of Plant Registration 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Henry J. Doll. Wankuck Greenhouses, 

 Providence, R. I., submits for registra- 

 tion the new plant here mentioned: 



Geranium Mrs. Hattie A. Doll: Sopdling, pa- 

 ri'iitaci' iinkiiowii: iiliint !i stroiiR prower. and 

 free and early liloomer: zone in leaf very dis- 

 tinct; heiplit. eisliteen inelies; color, Rlowing 

 scarlet; llowers sinsle. thirty to thirty-flvc to a 

 large duster; sinele florets two inclies in diam- 

 eter, with live Inrire petals. 



Any person ohjectiiij;- to tliis regis- 



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Floor Plan of S. A. F. Convention Trade Display at Washington Next August. 



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