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The Florists^ Review 



March 4, 19-15. 



Charles Ory, P. A. Chopin, Charles 

 Eble, R. Eii'hling, H. Papworth and U. 

 J. Virgin. 



It was the consensus of opinion that 

 the time is not ripe for action, but that 

 the i)robabilitiea are that conditions 

 will change within the next year so that 

 affiliation will be possible. 



At Memphis the florists went one 

 step farther. There was an enthusi- 

 astic meeting and a start was made 

 toward the organization of the Memphis 

 Florists' Club. W. Englehart was 

 chosen temporary chairman and Albert 

 Haisch as temporary secretary. Others 

 present were: C. H. Hune, O. Benham, 

 A. Benham, O. Johnson, Miss Fraley, 

 Miss Turbeville, J. W. Moore. 



Here, too, the opinion was that the 

 time is not quite ripe for an organiza- 

 tion of the trade in the south, but that 

 it should be undertaken at a little 

 later date. 



Mr. Kerr presented the matter to 

 the S. A. F. directors March 1 and was 

 advised that if the existing southern 

 societies cannot obtain enough mem- 

 bers for the affiliation of the present 

 organizations, a federation would be 

 an expedient for carrying on the work 

 in the south through afiiliation with 

 the national society. 



F. T. D. Directors' Meeting. 



Those present at the board meeting 

 of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery, 

 March 3, at Hotel La Salle were: 

 Irwin Bertermann, W. F. Gude, Albert 

 Pochelon, Philip Breitmeyer, Ernst 

 Wienhoeber, George Asmus, John Ber- 

 termann, G. E. M. Stumpp and Au- 

 gust Lange. 



The board appointed George Asmus, 

 Philip Breitmeyer and W. F. Gude to 

 constitute a committee to revise the 

 by-laws with a view to permitting 

 more elasticity in the matter of cred- 

 its. Moreover, it relieved the secre- 

 tary of personal responsibility in 

 credit adjustments and placed this 

 matter in the hands of a committee. 

 It also appointed John Young, secre- 

 tary of the S. A. F., to act as the 

 special representative of the F. T. I), 

 at the San Francisco exposition. Wil- 

 liam L. Rock, treasurer of the F. T. D., 

 was instructed to place .$4,000 in a 

 sinking fund to guarantee deposits 

 made in the future. 



Chicago Club Entertains. 



Both guests and members agreed that 

 the special meeting of the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club at the Bismarck hotel, 

 March 1, was an unqualified success. 

 For three hours and a half there was 

 an unbroken flow of merriment, persi- 

 flage and story telling. 



As soon as the business of the meet- 

 ing was disposed of. Vice-president 

 James Morton, who occujtied the chair 

 in the absence of President Keimel, 

 iugoniouslv managed to slip the gavel 

 to K. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., the 

 third president of the S. A. F., who 

 held the chair for the ' remainder of 

 the evening to the pleasure and satis- 

 faction of all present. Mr. Ilill spoke 

 briefly, of a new outlook on things, and 

 urged the necessity of ])rogres8ivene98 

 on the part of all florists,' from grower 

 to retailer. He especially called the 

 attention of the younger men to the 

 great possibilities of hybridizing and 

 cross fertilizing. 



Mr. Hill first called on John Young, 

 secretary of the S. A. F., who referred 

 to the great work that has been done 



by the national organization and urged 

 the cooperation of all in the yet greater 

 work of the future. Patrick Welch, of 

 Boston, president oi the S. A. F., called 

 attention to the fact that the first na- 

 tional flower show was held in Chicago, 

 and to the further fact that a great 

 part of the work for the advancement 

 of the florists' trade had had its incep- 

 tion or consummation in that city. 

 Adolph Farenvvald, ex-president of the 

 American Rose Society, after indulging, 

 in a little good natured banter, made 

 a few encomiastic remarks about the 

 rose. 



Alois Frey, of Crown Point, Ind., at 

 the request of the chairman, gave a 

 brief sketch of the hybridizing of 

 freesias. Mr. Frey said that he started 

 the interesting work six years ago with 

 200 bulbs, and is bending all his efforts 

 to produce what he denominated the 

 tender shades. 



William F. Kasting, of Buffalo, treas- 

 urer of the S. A. F., is a finished persi- 

 fleur and was impartial in the distri- 

 bution of his favors. 



Other speakers of the evening were: 

 Irwin Bertermann, of Indianapolis; 

 Thomas Roland, of Nabant, Mass.; 

 William R. Nicholson, of Framingham, 

 Mass.; Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis; 

 August Poehlmann and Adolph Poehl- 

 mann, both of Morton Grove, 111.; R. C. 

 Kerr, of Houston, Tex.; Charles Crit- 

 chell, of Cincinnati; George Burton and 

 William Craig, both of Philadelphia; 

 J. J. Hess, of Omaha; H. H. Bartsch, of 

 Boston, and George Asmus, of Chicago. 

 Several others were called on but con- 

 tented themselves with a word of 

 thanks. 



Four varieties of sweet peas. Pink 

 and White, President Wilson, Rose- 

 Pink and Orange Orchid, were exhib- 

 ited bv Poehlmann Bros. Co. Alois 

 Frey, Crown I*oint, Ind., staged two 

 large vases of his colored hybrid 

 freesias. 



The evening was well rounded out 

 with a substantial luncheon and a plen- 

 tiful supiily of smokes. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership in the Chicago Florists' Club: 

 Howard R. Votaw, with Darling & Co., 

 and Ernest Knecht, with John T. Muir, 

 both of Chicago; Rudolph Ellsworth, 



of Downers Grove; Edward Meuret 

 and Fred Schramm, both of Park 

 Ridge; Milton Alexander and Charles 

 8c h wake, both of New York. 



In his report, .^^bairman French, of 

 the committee on transportation, rec- 

 ommended the Northwestern to Denver 

 via Omaha and the Denver & Rio 

 Grande to San Francisco via Colorado 

 Springs, Salt Lake City and Ogden, as 

 the most desirable route for the S. A. 

 F. delegation to the August convention. 



Farewell Ijuncheon. 



A luncheon in honor of the direc- 

 tors of the S. A. F. and the F. T. D. 

 and the National Flower Show Com- 

 mittee, to which forty sat down at the 

 Hotel La Salle, March 3, was the oc- 

 casion of many speeches of felicita- 

 tion on the open-handed way in which 

 the Chicagoans entertained their 

 guests. 



The speakers were: Philip Breit- 

 meyer, Detroit, Mich.; Albert Pochelon, 

 Detroit, Mich.; G. E. M. Stumpp, New 

 York; Patrick Welch, Boston, Mass.; 

 .lohn Young, New York; W. F. Kast- 

 ing, Buffalo, N. Y.; W. F. Gude, 

 Washington, D. C; Charles Henry 

 Fox, Philadelphia, Pa.; Thomas 

 Roland, Nahant, Mass.; Theodore 

 Wirth, Minneapolis, Minn.; J. J. Hess, 

 Omaha, Neb.; H. H. Bartsch, Boston, 

 Mass.; George Burton, Philadelphia, 

 Pa.; Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis, 

 Ind.; Adolph Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa.; 

 and J. C. Vaughan, C. L. Washburn, 

 August Poehlmann, William L. Kroes- 

 chell, George Sykes, L. D. McNeff, 

 W. W. Barnard, Ernst Wienhoeber, A. 

 Henderson, all of Chicago. 



C. L. Washburn took the opportu- 

 nity to speak of the advisability of 

 taking steps' toward the formation of 

 a credit adjustment bureau in connec- 

 tion with the various local organiza- 

 tions and also as a distinct department 

 of the S. A. F. This seemed t6 strike 

 a responsive chord in every breast and 

 President Patrick Welch said that he 

 would take the matter under careful 

 consideration. 



The tables were, of course, taste- 

 fully decorated with flowers. The 

 V)outonnieres were Belle Washburn car- 

 nations. 



Roses on Concrete Benches, Establishment of Mclntyre Floral G>.t Nashville, Tenn. 



