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1921 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



SOCIETY OF AMEBIOAN FLORISTS. 



The Washington Convention. 



It is only about two weeks since the 

 copies of the floor plan of the hall in 

 which the trade exhibition at the S. A. 

 F. convention is to be staged were 

 mailed, yet requests for space reserva- 

 tions are coming in steadily and the 

 bookings so f&x are more than satisfac- 

 tory. Without' any doubt, every foot of 

 available space will be closed out long 

 before the opening day of the conven- 

 tion. Intending exhibitors should lose 

 no time in getting their applications for 

 space to the secretary's office, as choice 

 of location necessarily will narrow down 

 during the present month. Those who 

 have engaged space since publication of 

 the last list are: 



Jackson & Perkins Co.. Newark. N. Y. 

 Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa. 

 Orchard Paper Co., St. Louis, Mo. 

 B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass. 

 S. Hanflins Co., New York. 

 W. A. Manda, Inc., S. Orange, N. J. 

 F. R. Plerson, Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 Hammond's Paint & Slug Shot Works, 

 Beacon, N. Y. 

 John Lewis Ohilds, Inc., Flowerfleld, N. T. 

 Zane Pottery Co., South Zanesvllle, O. 

 M. H. Levine Co., New York. 

 Seligrman & Stein, New York. 

 Georg-e B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J. 

 Ove Gnatt Co., Laporte, Ind. 



Reports received at the administration 

 offices of the society indicate an un- 

 usually large attendance at this conven- 

 tion. The convention city itself is 

 always an attraction, and previous con- 

 ventions held there have evidenced the 

 fact that visitors will be well cared for. 

 The officials of the Ladies' S. A. F. 

 are devoting much time to plans cover- 

 ing the part they will take in the enter- 

 tainment proceedings, and especially as 

 regards tJiking care of the visiting ladies 

 while those of the sterner sex are in at- 

 tendance at the different sessions. At 

 an early date they will send out a little 

 folder describing trips to some interest- 

 ing places worth visiting while going or 

 returning from Washington ; this folder 

 will also contain much other information 

 of value. 



Application has been made to the 

 Trunk Line Association for a railroad 

 rate of a fare and one-half for the 

 round trip to Washington, on the certif- 

 icate plan in force some years ago. and 

 tliere is every probability that the re- 

 quest will be granted. As soon a.^; 

 assurance is received that this rate will 

 be allowed, official notice will be given. 



Cleveland Flower Show. 



The secretary had expected last week 

 to be in a position to send out copies of 

 the floor plan covering the space avail- 

 able for trade exhibits at the Cleveland 

 show in ]&22, but at the last moment it 

 was deemed advisable hv the chairman 

 of the national flower show committee 

 to hold the issue back until it could oe 

 announced definitely just what accom- 

 modations would be includc-d in the space 

 rental charge of $1.75 per square foot. 

 Some prospective exhibitors, however, 

 have not waited for the plan, several 

 having filed applications for space, and 

 expressed a readiness to complete con- 



tracts as soon as tliey can denote a loca- 

 tion on the ])lan. 



Additional subscriptions to the guar- 

 antee fund have been received, as fol- 

 lows: 



Randall's Flwr. Shp., Worcester, Mass. $ 50.00 



Strout's, Inc., Biddeford. Me 200.00 



Espelin Floral Co., Ft. Collins. Colo... 26.09 



Robert Craigr Co., Norwood, Pa 250.00 



Minge Floral Co., Mobile, Ala 100.00 



H. B. Dorner, Urbana, 111 25.00 



)650.00 

 Previously reported $19,062.00 



Total $19,712.00 



Further evidence of the wide interest 

 taken in the class covering exhibits in 

 competition for the grand capital prize 

 of $5,000 came to hand last week, and 

 the committee believes that the stagings 

 in this class will result in the finest dis- 

 play ever seen under one roof at any 



EVERY now and then a 

 well pleased reader speaks 

 the word which is the means 

 of bringing a new advertiser to 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS* PUBLISHING CO. 

 500-60 Caxton BIdg. Chicago 



horticultural exposition in the world. 

 Already positive assurance of three en- 

 tries has been given, and the entries 

 will be made official as soon as the coni- 

 niitteo can decide upon the dimensions 

 of the spaces to be scheduled as available 

 in the general layout of the exhibition. 

 This class will be the feature class of 

 the show, and exhibitors will require a 

 considerable length of time to get their 

 material together, so the committee is 

 endeavoring to arrive at a decision at 

 the earliest possible moment. 



Chamber of Commerce Meeting. 



President uoland appointed Wni. F, 

 Gude, Washington, D. C. ; S. S. Pen- 

 nock, Philadelphia; Charles H. Grakelow, 

 Philadelphia, and F. R. Plerson. Tarry- 

 town, N. Y., the society 's delegates to 

 attend the annual meeting of the United 

 States Chamber of Commerce, held at 

 Atlantic City last week. While the so- 

 ciety has applied for meml)ership in the 

 Chamber, no word in regard to favorable 

 action having been taken on the applica- 

 tion has yet been received. Doubtless 

 our delegates found plenty to occupy 



their attention at the ditterent sessions 

 of the meeting. 



National Publicity Campaign. 



A most encouraging response has beeu 

 forthcoming from the request for prompt 

 payment of subscriptions to the cam- 

 paign fund in accordance with the guar- 

 antees of the subscribers. The following 

 subscriptions have been added to the list 

 puDlished in The Review last week: 



National Flower Growers Assn., Ed- 



wardsville. 111 $163. OS 



Alexander Dallas, Inc., Waterbury, 



Conn 25.00 



Pulverized Manure Co., Chica,go 60.00 



William Walker Co., Louisville, Ky.. . 6.00 



John Lange, Englewood, N. J 6.00' 



E. Wienhoeber Co., Chicago 50.00 



Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J 25.00 



Dantl & Gozzi, Mt. Vernon, N. Y 6.00 



Edw. F. Norberg, N. Cambridge, Mass. 10.00 

 Geduldig's Greenhouses, Norwich, 



Conn 10.00 



W. & H. F. Evans, Philadelphia 26.00 



Fred. J. Baker, Moosup, Conn 2.00 



Arthur Heidenreich, Indianapolis..... 5.00 



L. G. Barbier. Dunkirk, Ind. 6.00 



Junction City Floral Co., Junction 



City, Kan 5.00 



Fred C. Becker, Cambridge, Mass..... 26.00 



Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tean 60.00 



Randolph & McClements, Pittsburgh. 100.00 



E. N. Kroninger, Ailentown, Pa 26.00 



A. F. Peterson, Wheaton, 111 2.60 



Harry Heini, Toledo, 26.00 



Bettendorf Greenhouse, Bettendorf, la. 5.00 



J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J 25.00 



A. M. Aibrecht, Cleveland 26.00 



L. Turner Sons, Kenosha, Wis 26.00 



Martin Kelt, Bay City, Mich 16.00 



Wm. Voorneveld, Nantucket, Mass.... 1.00 



Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J. . . 260.00 



Wm. Murphy Co., Cincinnati 20.00 



Montgomery Co., Hadley, Mass 60.00 



John Kuhn, Philadelphia 20.00 



E. N. Platter, Carbondale, 111 1.00 



Total $22,680.60 



All who have received statements of 

 subscriptions now due are urgently re- 

 quested to make remittances covering 

 them at once. 



A first installment on account of ,the 

 subscription to be forthcoming from the 

 National Flower Growers' Association 

 has been received, amounting to $163.08. 

 The association is still in process of for- 

 mation and extension, and after a while 

 it is expected that its contribution of a 

 percentage of its funds toward the fund 

 of the national publicity campaign will 

 assume large proportions. 



Henry Penn, chairman of the publicity 

 committee, is sending in another appeal 

 for personal subscriptions to keep the 

 campaign going, as it will be some time 

 before the growers' and allied associa- 

 tions are in sufficiently good working 

 order to make the collective plan now 

 being worked out effective enough to sup- 

 port the publicity movement. 



.Tohn Young, Sec'y. 



ABRAMS* ADVANCE. 



F. B. Abrams, Blue Point, N. Y., one 

 of the largest and most successful grow- 

 ers of carnations in the country, has just 

 l)laced an order for a greenhouse 

 G9i'2x400 feet. This house will make the 

 second unit in a separate range which 

 Mr. Abrams started a few years ago. 

 The contract for the new house has oeeu 

 given to the Lord & Burnham Co.. 

 which has built all of Mr. Abrams ' 

 houses. It will be one of the company 'a 

 full-span standard houses, steel frame, 

 rafters twelve and one-half feet apart, 

 sides of house seven feet high, ridje 



