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ADGUST 21, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



37 



Gladiolus Peace, Shown io the Minaeapolis Garden Exhibits by Arthur G>wec« Berlin* N. Y. 



much too low for the interests repre- 

 sented in the society. 



Secretary L. Merton Ga^e had pre- 

 pared the following report: "There is 

 almost always a critical period in every 

 society's life that affects its future ex- 

 istence. I will not say that we have 

 arrived at that period, but the germ is 

 working, so we must be alert to destroy 

 it before it gets established beyond 

 control. The first indication of this 

 germ's presence is the waning interest 

 of the majority of our members in con- 

 tributing material for our bulletin. If 

 we do not get this material, our bulletin 

 will not continue to be a factor in hold- 

 ing our membership, especially our ama- 

 teur members. I want to say this much , 

 that the amateurs must do their share 

 in keeping up the interest and standard 

 of the bulletin by contributing to its 

 pages, 



"It is about time that something more 

 than mere pen-slinging was done con- 

 cerning the renaming of varieties and 

 the naming of other growers' seedlings 

 without consent of the originator. At 

 a recent exhibition of gladioli in Bos- 

 ton I had the pleasure, or rather dis- 

 pleasure, of seeing two of Groff's varie- 

 ties exhibited as seedlings, and one of 

 these has already been named by Mr. 

 Groff. If this sort of oiracv is allowed 

 to continue, what protection can the 

 American Gladiolus Societv hold out to 

 the honest producer of new varieties? 



* ' Concerning the matter of newspaper 

 publicity, I wish to especially commend 

 the articles published through the cour- 

 tesy of M. S. Morton, of the Portland 

 Evening Express, and J. M. Adams, of 

 the Hartford Times. 



"Our membership has increased to 

 the number of twenty-three, but it could 

 easily haye been raised to double that 

 number with verv little effort on the 

 part of our members. 



"At the International Flower Show 

 in New York last spring our societv 

 offered an attractive prize schedule, but 

 it seems that the time is not vet ripe to 

 bring out a good exhibition of forced 

 gladioli, for the only exhibitors at New 

 York were John Lewis Childs and Cham- 

 berlain & Gage. 



"At the meeting of the society which 

 was held in New York it was voted, 

 upon the recommendation of the color 

 chart committee, to adopt the "Reper- 

 toire des Couleurs" published by the 

 French Chrysanthemum Society. 



"By direction of the executive com- 

 mittee the society 's medals were sent to 

 the Central New York Horticultural So- 

 ciety and the El Paso County Horticul- 

 tural Society, Colorado Springs, Colo." 



FLOSISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



The Florists' Hail Association held its 

 annual meeting at Minneapolis this 

 week. The number of members now is 

 1,613, more than the paid-up membership 

 of the S. A. F. itself. E. G. Hill is 

 president, Joseph Heacock treasurer and 

 J. G. Esler secretary. The yearly re- 

 ports showed: 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance $ 4.375.81 



Twenty-fourth assessment 2.3,384.19 



Twenty-fifth assessment 24.281.15 



Membership fees 1,360.13 



Interest 1,518.40 



Investment matured 1,000.00 



Miscellaneous 2,335.65 



Tota,! $58,255.33 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Losses paid .»; .'riV; ... .116,482.69 



Expenses '• .!.t'..ii '■'■ 3,678.43 



Investments ^-^-^ 



Payment of notes 15,000.00 



Balance August 1, 1913 18,»Q1.WI 



Total $58.265.3.3 



Of the cash balance $483.03 belongs 



to the reserve fund, in which there also 



is $30,000 invested in high grade bonds. 



The association now insures 38,500.538 



square feet of glass for its members. 



The losses for the year were 118.745 

 square feet of single-thick glass and 

 85,136 square feet of double-thick glass. 

 Since the organization of the association 

 in 1887 1,960 losses have been adjusted 

 at a total of over $278,000. 



FLORISTS' TELEQBAPH DELlVtSST. 



The retailers' association had the best 

 meeting in its history at Minneapolis 

 this week. The attendance was larger 

 than ever before and the free exchange 

 of ideas showed how great has been the 

 increase in interest in the business of 

 delivering flowers at distant points. 



The reports of President Bertermann 

 and Secretary Pochelon showed the work 

 that had been done and the plans for 

 the future. The report of Treasurer 

 Rock showed a bank balance of $2,253.14. 



Officers were enthusiastically re- 

 elected, as follows: 



President — I. C. Bertermann, of In- 

 dianapolis. 



Vice-president — W. F. Gude, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Treasurer — W. L. Rock, Kansas City, 

 Mo. 



Secretary — Albert Pochelon, Detroit, 

 Mich. 



Directors for three years — I. C. Ber- 

 termann, John Bertermann, W. L. Rock. 



The holdover directors are A. B. Cart- 

 ledge, W. F. Gude, F. H. Meinhardt, 

 Philip Breitmeyer, E. Wienhoeber and 

 George Asmtis. 



W. L. Rock read a paper in which he 

 made comparisons of various ways of 

 getting business, the showing being de- 

 cidedly in favor of the F. T. D. Albert 

 Pochelon read a paper on the history 

 of the F. T. D., including experiences of 

 the officers in the exploitation work, 

 with suggestions for the extension of 

 the association 's influence and useful- 

 ness. There was an animated general 

 discussion of the work, P. Breitmeyer,. 



