April 28, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



39 



GROWERS AT SPRINGFIELD 



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ST. LOXnS GROWERS MEET. 



Good Attendance at Springfield. 



The meeting of the St. Louis branch 

 of the National Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation was held at Springfield, 111., 

 April 19, and was one of the best and 

 most largely attended meetings of the 

 branch since it was organized. 



The St. Louis party, twenty-three 

 strong, arrived at 11:25 a. m. via the 

 Chicago & Alton, while the growers 

 from the various towns in central, 

 western and southern Illinois were not 

 so many as was expected. The dele- 

 gates were met by the entertainment 

 committee, composed of W. J. Hem- 

 breiker, A. C. Brown and V. J. Cole, of 

 Springfield, and were escorted to the 

 St. Nicholas hotel, where the meeting 

 was held. 



Lunch was served at 12:15 p. m., in 

 the meeting room. At luncheon, Presi- 

 dent Walter A. Amling introduced 

 Oliver F. Davenport, of the Springfield 

 Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Davenport 

 welcomed the delegates and his remarks 

 drew much applause. 



J. F. Ammann, secretary of the na- 

 tional body, responded to Mr. Daven- 

 port's address in his usual eloquent 

 manner. 



Executive Committee Meeting. 



After lunch, the executive committee 

 held its meeting in an ad.ioining room, 

 while Vice-president W. J. Pilcher, of 

 St. Louis, presided over the main body. 



President Amling presided at the 

 executive meeting. Present were A. 

 C. Brown. Springfield; J. W. Eoss, Cen- 

 tralia; W. A. Kowe, Joseph Deutsch- 

 niann and C. E. DeWever, St. Louis; J. 

 A. Cole, Peoria, 111., and H. Blixen, of 

 Edwardsville. 111. 



After the minutes of the last meet- 

 ing, held at Pana. 111., were approved, 

 communications read and bills ordered 

 paid, the cjuestion of coilperative buy- 

 ing came up for discussion. This ended 

 in .1 motion that a committee, consist- 

 ing of W. A. Rowe, C. E. DeWever and 

 Secretary Beneke, be appointed to have 

 charge of all the buying for the mem- 

 1)ers who make orders from the ques- 

 tionnaires that have been mailed out 

 by the secretary. 



The pot plant men 's affairs will be 

 looked after by a committee, consisting 

 of L. J. Bourdet. C. E. DeWever and 

 Albert Senger, all of St. Louis, Mo. 



Also a committee, consisting of Frank 

 Washburn. Bloomington, 111., and H. 

 Blixen, of Edwardsville, 111., these to 

 select the third member, was formed to 

 look after the affairs of the retail 

 growers. 



The chair appointed as auditing com- 

 mittee, .1. W. Ross. H. Blixen and .1. A. 

 Cole. All committees appointed are to 

 report at the next board meeting. This 

 meeting will be held at Edwardsville, 

 May 17, on invitation of H. Blixen. 



Next came the question as to the 

 next regular meeting place of the or- 

 ganization. J. W. Ross extended an 

 invitation to meet at Centralia, 111., 

 July 19, and. on motion, the invitation 



was accepted. The executive commit- 

 tee meeting then adjourned and the 

 regular meeting of the body opened for 

 business. 



Main Session. 



This was presided over by Walter 

 Amling, who, following the program as 

 arranged by the entertainment com- 

 mittee, called upon J. F. Ammann, 

 the national secretary, for the opening 

 address. Mr. Ammann spoke in a most 

 interesting manner. He told the mem- 

 bers what the organization has accom- 

 plished so far and pointed out the bene- 

 fits the members would derive from it. 

 His remarks were received enthusias- 

 tically and he was tendered a rising 

 vote of thanks at their conclusion. 



The secretary's report showed that 

 the organizat>ion now has fifty-eight 

 members, all of whom had paid their 

 first quarter's dues and fourteen of 

 whom had paid one year's dues in ad- 

 vance. Twenty-eight had responded 

 to the call for the second quarter's 

 dues. The total amount collected to 

 date amounted to $856.67; total dis- 

 bursements to date were $397.84, leav- 

 ing a balance in the treasury of 

 $458.83. 



Treasurer Rowe showed in his report 

 that he had a balance of $458.83. This 



report was also accepted, with the ap- 

 proval of the auditing committee. 



The membership committee, through 

 Chairman Joseph Deutschniann, re- 

 ported ten new members. The com- 

 mittee was urged to keep on working. 

 The Illinois committee on membership, 

 through W. J. Hembreiker, reported 

 progress and was urged to work harder. 



Steidle Shows Carnation. 



John Steidle, Olivette, Mo., staged 

 the seedling pink carnation known as 

 Edna, and the 100 blooms made a fine 

 appearance. The committee to judge 

 them, Messrs. Fillmore, Washburn and 

 Baer, made the following report, judg- 

 ing by points: For color, 22; size, 

 16; calyx, 3; stem, 18; substance, 16; 

 form, 9, and fragrance, 3; total, 86. 

 The report was accepted, on motion, 

 and a certificate of merit from the as- 

 sociation was awarded. 



Then came a general discussion of in- 

 terest to growers, in which all members 

 took part. Many good points were 

 brought out. Before adjournment the 

 members gave a rising vote of thanks 

 to the entertainment committee, as well 

 as to the management of the St. Nich- 

 olas hotel, for the day's entertainment. 

 Hembreiker & Cole, who furnished the 



W. J. Hembreiker. 



(Ho;ul of Committee Wlilcli Kiifi'italiUHl MIssduiI ami Illinois (Irowers at Spriiiiifield.) 



