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,The Florists^ Review 



May 13. 1915. 



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possibly, under the provisional clause 

 of section 14 granting a license to 

 those who, at the time of the bill's 

 passage, have been employed as steam 

 or operating engineers for the last three 

 or more years. But this license allows 

 them only to hold their present jobs, 

 and if an employee who has been gprant- 

 ed such a license should seek another 

 position, he would then have to pass 

 the examination. The provision that 

 licenses shall be granted those who al- 

 ready hold municipal licenses will not 

 likely help many. 



Greenhousemen will find nothing fa- 

 vorable for them in this law, and the 

 best action is prompt action toward its 

 defeat. Each one should at least write 

 his representative at Springfield of his 

 opposition to the bill and his objections 

 to it. Here is the opportunity for 

 action on the part of our state vice- 

 presidents of the S. A. r., the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association and florists' 

 clubs throughout the state. Strong ac- 

 tion, taken immediately, is needed. It 

 may already be too late to affect . the 

 action of the lower house, but the bill 

 will then go to the state senate, where 

 the interests affected should have a 

 chance to be heard. Write today. In- 

 sist on delay until the trade can be 

 heard. 



CHICAGK) CI.XTB li£E£TINa. 



, Beaewed Interest Manifest. 



It is quite probable that the mem- 

 bers of the Chicago Horists ' Club have 

 never spent an evening with more 

 profit to themselves and the concerns 

 they represent than that of May 6. 

 The interest of the meeting centered 

 in a talk by H. L. Fogleman, of the 

 Sheldon School, on "Business Building 

 and Salesmanship." In rapid succes- 

 sion the speaker touched upon those 

 things that are e^ntial to business 

 building, such as right quality, right 

 quantity, right price and right man- 

 -^ ner of conduct. Under the last divi- 

 sion, he spoke strongly of the value 

 of courtesy and the absolute necessity 

 of keeping your head, as applied to 

 every employee, from the president of 

 •the concern down to the delivery boy. 

 After a number of cogent illustra- 

 tions, Mr. Fogleman proceeded to 

 handle the subject of salesmanship in 

 a manner that will no doubt be re- 

 flected in the florists' trade to a 

 greater or lesser degree, as there was 

 not a moment from the beginning to 

 the end of the lecture that attention 

 / flagged. Following the talk, there 

 were many and earnest expressions of 

 a desire to study more closely those 

 things that make for greater efficiency, 

 to the end that the trade as a whole 

 may be better able to cope with the 

 problems which confront it. 



Following remarks by several mem- 

 bers relative to the recent loss the 

 trade has sustained, President Keimel 

 appointed a committee, consisting of 

 H. N. Bruns, Michael Barker and A. 

 T. Fyfer, to draw up resolutions ex- 

 pressing the regret and sorrow of the 

 club in the death of John Zech, 

 April 29. 



Pursuant to the announcement sent 

 out. President Keimel appointed Wil- 

 liam Lorman, chairman; R. E. Moore, 

 Otto Goerisch and Peter Olsem to con- 

 stitute a committee on sports. During 

 (,.the evening the following were elected 

 "to membership: P. M. Palez, Little 

 Rock, Ark.; Philip J. Foley, Jr., Thirty- 



first street and Spaulding avenue; C. 

 J. Michelsen, 174 North Wabash ave- 

 nue; F. S. Webb, 30 East Randolph 

 street; H. O. S. Nichols, 508 South 

 Dearborn street. 



The following schedule, proposed by 

 the S. A. F., of the special train to the 

 convention at San Francisco, was sub- 

 fnitted by the transportation commit- 

 tee and approved: 



Leave Chicago August 12th, 10:00 P. M. 



Arrive Omaha August 13th, 11:30 A. M. 



Leave Omaha August 13th, 11:4S A. M. 



Arrive Denver August 14th, 3:00 A. M. 



Leave Denver August 14tb, 3:30 A. M. 



Arrive Colorado Springs August 14th, 6:00 

 A. M. (Early morning Crystal Park auto tour.) 



Leave Colorado Springs August 14th, 10:30 

 A M 



Arrive Salt Lake City August 15th, 12:25 

 P. M. (Organ concert or Salt Air Beach.) 



Leave Salt Lake City August 15th, 5:00 P. M. 



Arrive Ogden August 15th, 6:00 P. M. (M. T.) 



Leave Ogden August 15th, 5:30 P. M. (P. T.) 



Arrive San Francisco August 16th, 9:00 P. M. 



The information was also given that 

 the lower berth rate from Chicago to 



San Francisco in connection with this 

 trip is $13. 



The advisability of having a flower 

 show next autumn 'W&s discusstfd by 

 Carl Cropp and Nicholas Miller, but 

 no definite action was taken in the 

 matter. The following applications 

 will be balloted upon at the next meet- 

 ing: H. H. Wilkerson, 56 East Ran- 

 dolph street; Oscar Leistner, 323 West 

 Randolph street; Theodore Kirschner, 

 323 West Randolph street; Charles O. 

 Youngstrand, Morton Grove, 111. 



After an enjoyable luncheon and a 

 period of get-together, the meeting was 

 adjourned at a late hour and the mem- 

 bers and guests departed, congratulat- 

 ing one another and themselves on 

 their good fortune in being present. 

 The attendance rarely has been larger, 

 there having been seventy-five mem- 

 bers there. 



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HOOSIEB BEAUT7 GETS MEDAL. 



A gold medal was awarded Rose 

 Hoosier Beauty at the April show in 

 London of the National Rose Society. 

 It was exhibited by Beckwith & Son, 

 Hoddesdon, England, and one of the 

 British trade papers, in reporting the 

 event, says of it: 



"This fine red, raised from Chateau 

 de Clos Vougeot and Richmond by Dor- 

 ner & Sons Co., the famous American 

 carnation raisers, is all that has been 

 said of it. Perfume galore, and pure 

 rose scent, too, form of both parents, 

 the flowers being large, and petals 

 curving back, with a frilled edge. A 

 glorious rose, and if it does well out 

 of doors here we shall find the perfect 

 red, for unlike Richmond it has more 

 petals, and does not blow to pieces in 

 the summer. ' ' ^ 



Frau Karl Druschki, Magna Cnarta, ] 

 Ulrieh Brunner, Mme. Gabriel Luizet 

 and Baron de Bonstetten. These latter . 

 are hardier than the hybrid teas, but ' 

 are not so persistent in bldoming. You 

 will, of course, have to guard against 

 mildew. These roses would flower in 

 advance of those grown in the open. 

 . C. W. 



POTTED FOROZNG BOSES. 



I should like to pot up some roses 

 next fall aAd bring them into a house, 

 run at 50 degrees at night, about Jan- 

 uary 1. Please tell me whether this 

 can be done; also state the proper 

 method to pursue and what varieties 

 to use. A. R. M. — Wash. 



BOSES IN UNHEATED HOUSE. 



I have a small greenhouse which is 

 without heat, and which I use only in 

 the late summer and early fall. Woui^ 

 it pay to plant it with dormant roses 

 in the fall and would these come into 

 bloom early in the summer without 

 other heat than that of the sunt What 

 varieties would be most suitable? 

 A. R. M.— Wash. 



You could grow either hybrid teas 

 or hybrid perpetuals in the house men- 

 tioned. Or the former, such varieties 

 as Richmond, all the Killarney fSltoily, 

 Sunburst, Ward, Prince d'Arenberg 

 and Ophelia would be suitable. Of the 

 hybrid perpetuals a few good sorts are: 



Pot them up about the end of Oc- 

 tober and keep them outdoors as late 

 as possible. Protect the pots from 

 sharp frosts. Good varieties to force 

 are: Among ramblers — Dorothy Per- 

 kins, R. excelsa, or Red Dorothy Per- 

 kins, Hiawatha and Tausendschon. 

 Among polyanthas — Mrs. Cutbush, 

 Catherine Zeimet, Orleans and Mme. 

 Norbert Levavasseur. The hybrid per- 

 petuals also make good pot plants, par- 

 ticularly Druschki, Magna Charta and 

 Brunner. C. W. 



BONE MEAI. FOB BOSES. 



Please inform me whether bone meal 

 should be added to rose soil at plant- 

 ing time, when good cow manure has 

 been used. The soil contains about 

 one-fifth cow manure and was piled last 

 fall. Or, is it better to add the bone 

 latert In either case, how much bone 



is required? 



J. C. 



It is usually considered the best 

 course to add bone meal to the soil at 

 the time of filling the benches with 



