ocTOBEii 28, i;*!.";. 



The Florists' Review 



17 



it ;i. m., at the Hotel Ilollcnden, Cleve- 

 liitiii, O.. instoad of ;it tlio Ilotol Statler, 

 I- I statoil in my |)i'cvioiis notice. 



Albert Poclielon, See 'y. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



Committee Meeting at Philadelphia. 



Tlie work of ])re|iiiiation for the 



I'diirth National Flower Show, to be 



[,,.M at Pliiladelphia, IMarcli 2;"i to April 



1 !•](), received a j,neat impetus 



hroujili the three days' visit of the Na- 

 Mimai Flower Show conunittce, October 

 l> to -H. With the exception of W. ^'. 

 !;udd. of Morgan J'ark, 111., the whole 



,r tiie committee, with President Pat- 



i< l\ Welch of the S. A. F., were present, 

 rrcsident S. >S. Pennock, of the Ameri- 



.111 Ifose Society, was ])r('seiit also, 

 l-iarly the first niornin<;- the meinlxMs 

 lit the coiiiniittee were <;reeted l)y C!hair- 



iiaii George Asnuis, of Chicago, at the 

 I'.ellevue-Stratford liotel, and the sub- 

 . oriimittee on scdiedule, with <'hairmaii 

 Asimis, C. 11. Totty, Thomas Roland, 



\dolph Faren%vald and Secretary John 

 Vmmg, adjourned at once to Parlor 215, 

 where the preparation of the second 

 preliminary schedule was commenced. 



Secretary Young pros(>nted a list of 

 special prizes off(»red for \arious ex- 

 hibits, and the disposition of them 

 through the schedule occupied consider- 

 able time. In tlie section for private 

 u'rowers, a class was added coxering a 

 Ll'roup of flowering ;uul foliage jdants, 

 .trranged for eiVeet, to occupy twenty- 

 five square feet, the stock shown to he 

 produced from 2,")n0 square feet of 

 iriass, or less, the exhibitors to be mem- 

 bers of the Florists' Club of Philadel- 

 phia. This class will be appreciated by 

 private gardeners who are limited to a 

 ^mall area of glass for their products. 

 In the commercial section a class was 

 added for a group of crotons, arranged 

 tor ellVct. to co\'er 100 square feet, witli 

 prizes of $]'){) and $100. The premium 

 list for tln> carnation S(^ctioii was ap- 

 pni\ed and many other matteis si'ttl(^<l. 



Sub-Committees Report. 



The subcommittee on schedule was 

 ag.'iin in session in the afternoon, and at 

 1lii-< meeting theic were present many 

 of the <li;uriTien of the local commit 

 te(w, .-111,1 the g.-itheiiiig excntually 

 inergeil into a ineetiiig ot' the loc:il e\ 

 e<'Uti\e committee. W. I', ('i-nig. .\ r 

 Ihiii' \iessen, secretary and treasurer of 

 the local executi\ e committee; K'obeit 

 "laig. K. .T. Fancourt. W. \\ •rherkiid 

 -on. Frederick Cowi'erthwaite. I'liarle- 

 '•lakelow. S. S. Pennoek, .lohii P. Ha- 

 '■ermehl. Louis P.urk, William Klein- 

 'oil!/. C. II. Fox. .1. Otto Thilow and 

 '■''■■•inklin Parrett all made ii')Hirl< t'or 

 'heir i'es])ecti\e c(nnmittees. which 

 -howe(l the Work was p|-OL;i-e--si iil; in a 

 u\n<\ >;iti-«faetory manner. 



Mr. Theikildson. (diaiiiiian ol the 

 ' oiritiiitti't> on iiublicity. presented sam 

 I'll'- of adN'erti-iing stic-Uers l'<u u<e on 

 ~t;it ioiiei y, paid^agt's, .and in other ways, 

 -"id.diiii iif whi(di ha\e b(>en ordered and 

 ni.ay be obtained bv .anyone who can 

 'ise them to advantagt\ He also dis- 

 I'layeil s;nnples of largi> posters ;ind two 

 -izes of e;ird posters, all of which were 

 approveil by the committee and adopted. 

 ^Ir. Therkildson 's report was interest- 

 ing and fovered in d(d;iil the work and 

 plans of his committee. Tii idosing, he 

 •'[ipcaled to all who can do so to furnish 

 liim with articles and phidographs cov- 

 '■ring floricnltural subjects a<lapted for 

 'i'^*' in liis campaign of p\ddi< ity. 



Here's the Latest Corsage Position, on the Stole of Fur. 



Mr. Thilow. for tlie rommittee on lec- 

 tures, repotted that his prograiri was 

 pi ai't lea 11\ i-omplete; it pro\ ide> t'or 

 moving jdctures ea<di .il'ti'i noon and 

 illustrated lectures ea,|i evenini;. -Mr. 

 < ir.akelow , t"or the eoniniittee dti spe(Mal 

 features, oiitlitied what lii^ <-ommittee 



.limed 1u ;iidlie\-e, and ^niiie iio\el --hoW 

 I'eatUI'es .'He now e\pe.te,| to e\iil\e 

 troill the .oniniittee. Ml. 1 '..ai ret t . to' 

 the c-(iin in i 1 1 ee oi; a' ( ii.a t I u ni^. pronii-.'.t 

 an <'\teii--i\e liiH' ul' I'vhibil^ in t In- 

 ai|ii;i limn -erl inn. 



General Session. 



.\ inll niceting oi' the National I'lowci 

 Show iiitniiiittei' wa~ ln'ld tlrtober II" at 

 the I'.ellex lie St rat t'oi d. there beitig pre-, 

 eiit ('hairni.an .\-tnn~. Se.iel.aty ^■(lllllL,^ 

 ■freasiit CI \\ . I". Ka^tinu ami Me^vt-. 

 I'.areiiw aid. Tott\. b'ol.and. Craii;. and 

 I'residenl W'el.di. Local l!\ecnti\e S. c 

 tetatx \ie-<en wa^ ."ll-o |iresent. Ser 

 retai\ Vmin;^ reported that the gnar.an- 

 lee t'lind \\as joact ic.ally romplete, th.at 

 -paie aggregating o\"er :^<),(i(i(t had been 

 icsei\t'd .-ilreacly in the trade seetion. 

 anil tli.at .advertising eontrai-ts amount 

 iiig to over .$1,200 hiid been booked fot 

 tlie official sou\-enir pi-ogiatn. In all 

 |irobability, he s.aid, every available foot 

 oi' s|iaie for tr.ade exhibits would be 

 s(dd. The committee \ iited that a <all 

 b(^ made for fifty per cent of the 

 .amounts subscribed to the ;^uaiantee 

 fund. I'ebru.ary 1. llHi"). 



The recfiinniiMidat ion> ui' the various 



comniittees made at the tiieeting of tlie 

 local executive coinmittee were cutisiii- 

 ereil, .-itiil a ppropri;i t iotis made to c(i\er 

 the reipii retiieiit s dt' >indi committee's. 

 I'lie loc.al executive cimitriittee was iii 

 thoti/ed lo >;ecure an olhce in .a centr.al 

 loi-atiiMl .and to emp|(i\ the necess;ii\ 

 cletical help tor the Cdtlltnitt'-es. 'The 

 price r<,i trad)' tickets was tixcd at "J."! 

 '■eiils ,.ach. nut less t h.a n 1 went \ li\ e 

 tickets to |.c sill, I 1,, ;,n\i,ne ;it this 

 price. ( ■. II. Tott \ . (It \!;idis(,il. N. .1.. 



was a|ipoiiited , hairinaii .'t' the Im.ar i ni' 

 lurors. ami Willi.ani ••rah.atn, of I'hila 

 de||.|iia, was ap|poiiiti'd m ,a ii.a l;i-i dl' the 

 sjiuw . 



I II I he a ftia noon t he cduunit tee. w it li 

 the ch.airtnen (if sc\er,al cil' Tlie hic.al 

 committees. \ islte.l ( 'o ti \ e n t i. i n h.all .and 

 inspecte.i it tliorou-hl\. With the in 

 lorm.ation new ;i\:iil.able .as to re(|uii'e 



nients ,il til,, cninpetit i V e exhibits ill 



|iidiit of sp.ace, it w,as uli\ inn-; that iiinre 

 room vvoiihl be reipiiia'd than w.as 

 ;itfordei| by the present l.avanit. sc, jt 

 W.as deci(lei| to move the tr.ade exhibits 

 a little dist.aiice from the marked cen- 

 tr.al ;irea ot' the hall, to increase tlie 

 room t'oi the competitive exhibits. The 

 secref.arv w.as instrui ted to notify anv 

 exhildtoi liobling a reserv ati(Ui. w hos*' 

 plans: might be .atVei-ted by the cliant:e, 

 that the reiirrangement was ma'le 

 necessary by the gre.at number of com- 

 petitive exhibits promise, I. ;\n<\ the 

 elabor.ate scale ni; whii h nianv of them 



