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The Florists' Review 



August 28, 1913. 



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FLOWER BOXES 



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the S, A. F., to reject or recommend as 

 best suited for this purpose. The 

 florists' clubs arete pay for each mem- 

 ber from $1.50 to $2 into the treasury 

 of the S. A. F. These members of the 

 florists' clubs become automatical]}' 

 members of the S. A. F. by paying this 

 extra fee. Anyone not a member of a 

 florists' club is to pay the dues which 

 now prevail. As this would bring quite 

 a large sum of money into the treasury 

 of the S. A. F., it would be able then to 

 start that so much needed press bureau, 

 which is to advertise nation-wide, or 

 rather, to educate the public through 

 magazines and newspapers. To protect 

 ourselves from excessive freight and ex- 

 press rates; to keep in touch with legis- 

 lation regarding duties on plants, seeds, 

 bulbs, and whatever pertains to our 

 business; to keep in touch with experi- 

 ment stations and schools for garden- 

 ing; to obtain recognition by the gov- 

 ernment in its mail departments, the 

 parcel post, and the census, and to 

 prove to them that we are worth look- 

 ing after; these are some of the most 

 important issues and enough to show 

 anyone that aflSliation is needed. Of 

 course, all this takes money, and only 

 a large membership can bring about 

 this change. 



Work to Be Accomplished. 



Our national society would not have 

 to change its by-laws to any great ex- 

 tent, unless to accept the florists' clubs 

 as part of the S. A. F. for mutual help 

 and advancement. Of course, the dues 

 would have to be regulated to suit the 

 occasion, and the florists' clubs main 

 change would be in the yearly dues as 

 well. To show the working of my sug- 

 gestions in this merging of the two so- 

 cieties, I will suggest some of its ad- 

 vantages. The secretary of the florists' 

 club is informed of all matters pertain- 

 ing to the interest of our national so- 

 ciety affairs, giving us all chances to 

 keep in close touch with such matters. 

 The florists' club acts as agent for the 

 members in case of trouble; for in- 

 stance, an article appeared in one of the 

 Philadelphia papers, stating how costly 

 flowers were to be at Easter, and that 

 the rose growers had formed a trust 

 and were to boost the prices for Easter. 

 Such foolish statements should be 

 turned over to the secretary of the 

 florists' club, by members of the club 

 who read the article, the secretary of 

 the club in turn giving it to the secre- 

 tary of the national society, who would 

 turn it over to the press bureau to cor- 



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rect with the proper article in these 

 papers, to counteract the damage done. 

 For another suggestion take an over- 

 charge on expressage that I experience. 

 I pay approximately from $75 to $100 

 per year more expressage than the com- 

 pany has any right to ask for, as the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission regu- 

 lated these rates for us five or six years 

 ago. But what can I, or one or two 

 others in my locality, do to prevent this 

 extortion by the express company? 

 Nothing. 



A strong national society could take 

 this matter up and get us redress in 

 short order. Is not that worth $2 a 

 year to anyone? How much harm was 

 done to the trade through such an ar- 

 ticle as I have just mentioned? It is 

 beyond estimation. Truly, it is worth 

 it to the Philadelphia florists to pay $2 

 extra per year, to have this protection 



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from our national society. Of cour3i». 

 these are personal suggestions, and it 

 is up to the committee on affiliation 

 to work up proper rules and have them 



