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The Florists^ Review 



M.viiiii 4. r.»i; 



Clijiilcs Ory. I'. A. ('li(i|iiM. ('Ii;iil.'s 

 I';!p|(', U. Ki.hliiii;. II. I'ii|. worth mikI I'. 

 .1. \'ir^iii. 



It \v;is the luiisciisus of o|>iiiioii tliilt 

 tlic litrif In not ii|i(' for ;ictioii, Imt tliiit 

 the |iiMli;iliilit it's me tliat i-oiic|it ion-- 

 will cli.-iniic within the next year so that 

 atliliation will lie |possililt'. 



At .M('ni|phis the llorists went one 

 st('|i farthfi'. ThtMc was an cnthusi- 

 astii- nir('tin<; aiiil a start was niailc 

 toward till' or<;ani/ation of the M('in|>his 

 Florists' Clnl). W. Fnolchart was 

 chosen temporary cliairinaM and Albert 

 llaisi h as ten:|iorary secretary. Others 

 liresent weie: ( '. II. Ilune, (). Henhain, 

 .\. Henliaui, (). .lohnsoii. .Miss Fraley, 

 .Miss Tuiliex ille, .1. W. Mooie. 



Ilei'e. too. the opinion was tiiat the 

 time is not (piite ii|ie for an ori^ani/.a 

 tion ot' the trade in the sonth, Imt tiiat 

 it shonid lie undertaken at a little 

 later date. 



Mr. Ken presented the niattei- to 

 the S. .\. 1'. (lirectors March 1 and was 

 ad\ iseil that it the existinj^ southern 

 societit's cannot olitain enonyli mem 

 lier^ for the atliliation of the jnesent 

 o?L;an i /at ions, a fefjeration would lie 

 .in expedient for carryin;^' on the worU 

 in the sonth through atliliation with 

 the n;itional society. 



F. T. D. Directors' Meeting. 



'Those present at the Ixiard meeting 

 of the I'lorists " Teley^'iaph |)eli\er\, 

 .March :;. at Hotel La Salle were: 

 Irwin Heitei inann, W. F. (iude. .\lliert 

 l'o(hel(>n, Philip I'.reit m(\\'er. Kriist 

 W'ienhoelier, (omiil;!' Asmus, John Her- 

 teiinann, (i. \'.. \] . Stiimpp and .\ii- 

 ;;nst l.anj;e. 



The iioaid ap|iointed (ieor<i<' -\snins. 

 I'hiiip Hreitmeyer and W. F. (Iude to 

 constitute a committee to revise the 

 liylaws with a \ iew to permitting: 

 more ida-tiiity in the matter of cred 

 it.-. Moreoxer. it relieved the sccre- 

 tar\ III' peisonal responsihi i i ty in 

 i-reiiil .•.djii^t ment s and placecl thi-- 

 malier in the hand'- of a cimiM.it tee. 

 It :ti-.' ;i|ipoi lit I'd .l(ii;n ^'olln'^. sccre 

 taiy of the S. A. F., to .-nt as the 

 spe iaJ I epreseii tat i \ <■ ol' tlie I'". T. I', 

 at the S;iii Fraiu-iscn exposition. Wil- 

 liam I.. K'ock. 1 ;. a-;;'ii of the F. T. I>.. 

 \va- ii-trmteil tn pl:ice .■^l.no'i i;i a 

 Ninl^ill^ \'\\ti'\ tij ;. !i;i I a nt re cicpii-.it- 

 lliade ill the t'ntllle. 



Chicago Club Entertains. 



I'.iitli L'lii -t> .'iiid iiie:ii!ie!- a;^i<''d that 

 tjie -picial meetii;' nt' the <'llic;i^o Flo- 

 I l-t- ' < Idi .-ii the l;i-mai cl^ hetel. 

 Mli'ch i. was .-il: iiii'|ii:i I itied ^n.-e-s. 

 Fill 1 till I hour- .-ilid ;i half tlieii was 

 ;i I, n 1, 1 1! (d^il, till", lit' liiel I i liieli' , pel -i - 

 ll:ii;c ;■ 11. i -t in \ t li lil.;^. 



.\- -iM.n a- till iiii-iiic-- iif the liieet- 

 I hi: ^\ :i- d i- pii-i I iif. \ ici president 

 .'.•IIIM- .Mn'tiill. wl.'i iirciipied the i iiail' 

 I II 1 lie a li-i lice lit I'l i'-ii!"llt Kel iliel. 



i n:^cii iii'i - h. ina'a'jid to s|,j \\.^^ ■_;i\i I 

 til I-;. (1. liill. Ill' 1,'iclimiiiid. Ind.. the 



1 hi' d pi e-ldi II! Ill' t lie S. A. I- .. W llii 

 hell t I'c ''i;; i y I'n! tie i i ma i le lei ot' 

 1 he i'\ mill- to t In pli'ii-Mic a hd -;it is 

 1 act lull ci' all pi cM'iit. .M r. Hill -plli^|' 

 j.ricll; , <r' ;, new i.ut Imik 111; t hiliL;-. aiel 

 Iii'_;e.| tlie lieee-~ity 1 1 1' p ;i ,l; I e-s i > i iiess 

 Mil the p::i; nt' :iil liolislv. from ^^rnwel' 

 t (I ret a liel . I I e e^peciii ||y i .'i l|e(| t II" 



;i t lent i'll 111' the \'ii:iim'r men tn the 

 :^real l m-- : l.i I; l ie- nt' hy I > i i.li/i i:;; alid 



crii>s !'■. i I iii/iiii:. 



M I . Mill 111 -1 c;i lied nil .lolili ^ oilli;^. 

 secletarv lit' the S. A. v.. who lel'elied 



to the ^re;i1 \\iiil^ th.at li.a-- liei n dmie 



l(\' the national oryani/at ion and urycd 

 the coiiperat ion id' all in the yet jireater 

 W(irk of the future. I'atri(d< \\'(d(di, of 

 Hoston, jiresiilent of the S. A. F., called 

 attention to the fact that the first na 

 tional llowcr show was ludd in ('hicaj^o, 

 and to the further fact that a <;reat 

 part of the work t'or the adxancement 

 of the florists' trade had had its incep- 

 tion Ol consuinmation in that city. 

 .Vdolpli Farenwald, ex-president of the 

 American K'ose Soci<>ty. after indnlyiny 

 in a little jiood iiatured hantei-, niade 

 a few encomiastic reniniks aliout the 

 rose. 



.\lois Frey, (d' ('rowii Foiiit. Ind., at 

 the itMpiest of the chairman, "^axc a 

 liriid' sketch of the hyluidi/iny of 

 fi-eesias. Mr. Frey said that he started 

 the interestin«i work six \-ears ayo with 

 L'(ll» Imllis. and is hendiny all his effoits 

 to produce what lie denominated the 

 tender' shades. 



William F. Kastiny. of Hutl'alo, treas 

 iirer of the S. .\. F., is a (iiiished persi- 

 lleui- ami was imjiartial in the distri- 

 Initiori (d' his favors. 



• Itliei- speakers of the evcninj: were: 

 Irwin Merteirnann, of Indianapolis; 

 Thomas K'oland. of Nahaiit, .Mass.; 

 William I>. Nicholson, of Fiamiujiham. 

 .Mass.; Theodore Wiith, .Minneapolis; 

 .\u;^nst I'oehlrnann and .\ilolph I'oehl- 

 rnanri, liotli of .Morton (ir-oxe. III.; H. < '. 

 Kerr-, of Houston. Tex.; Charles (lit 

 chell. of ( 'incinnati ; (ieoi-yt> IJuiton and 

 William ('rai»i, liotli of I'hilaihdphia ; 

 .1. .1. Hess, of Omaha; II. H. I'.artschj (d' 

 Boston, and (Jeorye .\smi)s, of Chicago. 

 Several others wer-e called on hut ceii 

 tented thems(d\es with a word of 

 thanks. 



Foni \aiieties of sweet peas, I'ink 

 and White, I'lesident Wilson, Rose 

 I'ink ;ini| Orange Orchid, wer'c exhili- 

 ited liv I'oehlmann Hi'os. Co. .Mois 

 l-'iey, ( lew'i I'oirit. Ind.. staged two 

 lar'i^e \ .ase- ot' his colored hylirid 

 f ieesi;|s. 



The exeniriu was well rounded ont 

 with a "ulistantial lirncheon and a jden 

 tilnl supply of smokes. 



The follnwiriL;' were (dected In mem 

 lieiship in the Cliica;:o Florists' Ciiili: 

 llow;iid K'. \otaw. with harlin;^ \ ( 'o.. 

 and I'^r iie-t Kneidit, with .lohn T, .Mirir. 

 Imth of Chicaiiii; l.'ndolnh llllswoith. 



of Dowrreis (Ir'oxe; Fdward .Meirr'ct 

 and Fr'ed Sclira mm, liotli of Park 

 K'idj^c; .Milton .Alexander' and ('harles 

 Schwake, both of .\ew ^'()I•k. 



In his r'cpoit, Chairrirari Fi'ench, ot' 

 the committee on tr'arrspor'tat ion, r-ec 

 ornrnended the .Xoit h westerir to l)eri\er 

 via Omaha and tlu' Derrxer' & |{io 

 (irande to San l'"rarrcisco \ia Colorado 

 Spiinys, Salt Lake ('ity and Oyden, as 

 the most desiralde rorrte for- the S. .\. 

 !•'. ileleyatiorr to tin' Aii<;iist conxention. 



Farewell Luncheon. 



.\ luncheon in honor' of the dii'ec- 

 tors of the S. A. F. and the F. T. I >. 

 ami the .\ational FlowtM' Show Com 

 rriittee, to which forty sat down at the 

 Ilottd La Salle, .Mar'di .'!, was the oc 

 casion (»f many speeidies of felicita 

 tion on the open harrded way irr which 

 the Chicayoarrs entertained their- 

 Hirests. 



The sjieakers wer-e: Philip Hr'eit- 

 meyei', Detr'oit, .Mi(di.; Alher't Po(drelori, 

 Detroit, Mich.; (i. F. M. Sturnpp, New 

 \'or'k; Patrick Wehdi, Hostorr, .Mass.; 

 .lohn ^'orrll;^, .\'ev\ \"(irk; W. F. Kast 

 irre, HutValo, .\. \.\ W. F. (Jude. 

 Wirshinyton, D. ('.; Cli:riles Henry 

 Fox, Phihadtdphia. Pa.; Thomas 



h'oland, .Xahant, .Mass.; Theodor'e 

 Wirth, .M inneapidis, .Mirrri.; .1. .1. Hess, 

 Orrrah.'i, Xtdi.; II. II. Haitsdi, Hostmi, 

 .Mass.; (i<'or'ye Hirrton. Philaihdphia. 

 Pa.; Irwin Merteirnann, I ndiinrapolis. 

 Ind.; Adolph Far'eriwald, K'oslyn, Pa.; 

 ami .1. C. \'auj;han, ( '. I,. Washhrrrri, 

 .Vuyrrst Potdilrrrair n, William L. Kr'oes- 

 ch(dl, (ieor';;f Sykes. P. I ). .McXetV, 

 W. W. Harnard, ' I'lrnst Wienheelier, .\. 

 Ilerrderson, all of ('hic.-iyo. 



( '. L. Washlirirri took the opportu- 

 nity to speak of till' ai|\ isaliility ot' 

 taking ste|is ' tow ard the forrirat iorr of 

 a cr'cdit adjustrirent lorreau in conrrec- 

 tion with the \arious local oryani/a 

 lions and aNo as a distinct deiiartirrent 

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

 a r'esponsixe chord in every lir'east and 

 President Patrick Welch said th.at he 

 wcmld take the matter' under' caret'iil 

 considei'.'it ion. 



The tallies wer'c. <il' coirrse, taste 

 fnlly decorated with llowers. The 

 liout onnier'cs were Helle Washliiirri car 

 nat iorrs. 



Roses on Concrete Benches, Establishment of Mclntyre Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn. 



