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The Florists' Review 



JtJLY 16, 1914, 



BEADING, PA. 



At the last meeting of the Reading 

 Florists' Association one of the prin- 

 cipal subjects under consideration was 

 the observance of the Friday half holi- 

 day during the summer months. After 

 an animated discussion, the eighteen 

 members present voled unanimously in 

 favor of the movement. Until the clos- 

 ing week of September, therefore, all 

 members of the club will close their 

 stores on Friday afternoons. This will 

 mean that few flowers or plants will 

 be purchased or received into the city 

 on that day, as the members of the or- 

 ganization operate most of the large 

 florists' establishments in this city and 

 the suburbs. Both employer and em- 

 ployee welcome this change of work- 

 ing schedule. 



As already reported in The Review, 

 the club also decided to hold a chrysan- 

 themum show in Rajah Temple, Novem- 

 ber 11 to 13, with .1. Stanley Giles as 

 secretary of the show and F. H. Lauck 

 as its treasurer. It is many years since 

 Reading has had a public flower show 

 and, from the plans which have already 

 been considered for the holding of 

 such an exhibition, the affair promises 

 to be so successful as to compare fav- 

 orably with similar exhibitions in larg- 

 er cities. 



Besides the club picnic, to be held 

 at Heller's farm July 24, other social 

 affairs will be arranged in the near 

 future, in order to promote a feeling 

 of good will and fellowship among 

 the local trade. The picnic will be 

 the first one of its kind ever held by 

 the florists of Reading. 



The club meets on the first and 

 fourth Thursdays of each month, in 

 the Moore building, at Fifth and Penn 

 streets. 



MOLINE, ILL. 



Probably the most successful and 

 best attended picnic ever held by the 

 Tri-City Florists' Club was held at the 

 summer residence of the Knees boys, 

 on the Rock river. An ideal summer 

 day, a 25-passenger motorboat hired 

 for the day at the expense of President 

 John Staack for the use of the club 

 members and their friends wishing to 

 take a trip on the Rock river, and 

 music furnished at the expense of Vice- 

 president Ludwig Stapp, of Rock 

 Island, with dancing, racing and games, 

 made up a combination that all enjoyed. 

 The regular meeting of the club was 

 held on the grounds in the afternoon. 

 One new member was admitted and 

 two names proposed for membership. 

 The next regular meeting will be held 

 at the residence and greenhouses of 

 Henry Gaethje, Rock Island, Thursday, 

 August 13. W. G. 



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