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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



AUQDST 18. 1904, 



General View of the Plant Display. 



tilized over 1,500 Brides and Maids and 

 in spite of every care nearly all the 

 hips rotted. The plants have to be kept 

 on the dry side, very carefully syringed 

 and free of red spider. One year 8,000 

 seeds germinated, almost all; the next 

 year, with equal care only one- 

 fourth germinated. E. D. Smith, Wm. 

 Scott and several others spoke and Mr. 

 Hill was given a hearty vote of thanks. 



George Klehm's paper on bulb grow- 

 ing in IllinoiB was read by the secretary 

 and briefly discussed, after which J. C. 

 Vaughan was introduced to read a paper 

 on "The Ideal Employe.". He began 

 by quoting from Hubbard's "letter to 

 Garcia" and closed by quoting his later 

 article to employes, "Get Out or Get in 

 Line." The rest of the address was 

 on that order, the speaker holding that 

 "Do it now" is a truly talismanic motto 

 for those who wish to achieve success. 

 Industry, loyalty and discretion were dis- 

 cussed as essential attributes of the idetil 

 employe, the speaker illustrating, as he 

 said, from his own experience. 



The address provoked a very lively 

 and interesting discussion. Benj. Ham- 

 mond and several others commended it 

 in highest terms and endorsed the theo- 

 ries advanced, but J. A. Valentine took 

 issue with the statement of the essayist 

 that it is the duty of employes to report 

 errors of fellow employes; he said that 

 is "knocking," and all the world hates 

 a "knocker." But Patrick O'Mara 

 brought out the laugh when he said 

 that according to the ideas of Mr. Hub- 

 bard, Mr. Vaughan and others, the ideal 

 employe would be deaf, couldn't hear 

 the whistle blow to quit work, and 

 dumb, so he couldn't talk of the busi- 

 ness on the outside. He told a story to 

 illustrate the diflferonce in what employ- 

 ers expect from a man, and said that 

 ' * Like master, like man ' ' applies in this 

 case; where you find the ideal employe, 

 not far do you have to search for the 

 ideal employer. He advised the com- 

 plainants of the Elbert Hubbard school 



to put that in their pipes and smoke it. 

 Carmody called for an essay, "The 

 Ideal Employer," at the next conven- 

 tion. Mr. Vaughan was given a hearty 

 vote of thanks. 



The visit to the brewery was set for 

 Thursday afternoon. 



The matter of procedure in case of 

 no election by the first ballot on Thurs- 

 day was brought up by W. F. Gude, 

 who had been reading the constitution 

 and found it silent on that point. It 

 provoked a very lively debate, with the 

 consensus of opinion that, should an 

 event ever arise, it would he proper to 

 proceed to a second ballot. 



Wm. Scott nominated Lewis Ullrich 

 for president; seconded by F. H. Kra- 

 mer. Kobert Craig nominated J. C. 

 Vaughan, with several seconds. 



W. F. Kasting nominated J. K. Free- 

 man, of Washington, for vice president; 

 seconded by G. H. Cook. W. R. Smith 

 nominated J. K. Small, Jr., but it devel- 

 oped that he is not a member of the 

 Washington Florists' Club and was not 

 last year a member of the S. A. F. 



J. G. Esler nominated J. F. Sullivan 

 for secretary; seconded by E. G. Hill. 

 Edwin Lonsdale nominated W. J. Stew- 

 art; seconded by Mr. Manda. 



H. B. Beatty was the only nominee 

 for treasurer. 



On roll call the following state vice- 

 presidents were named: California, H. 

 Plath; Colorado, J. A. Valentine; Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, Peter Bissett; North- 

 ern Illinois, P. J. Hauswirth; Indiana, 

 Irwin Bertermann; Iowa, Theo. Ewald; 

 Louisiana, H. Papworth; Maryland, TJ. 

 Vincent, Jr.; Eastern Massachusetts, W. 

 W. Edgar; Western Michigan, Henry 

 Smith; Northern Michigan, Wm. Weber; 

 Missouri, F. J. Fillmore; Western New 

 York, Geo. McClure; Eastern New York, 

 F. H. Traendly; North Carolina, J. M. 

 Lamb; Northern Ohio, Jas. Eadie; 

 Southern Ohio, H. M. Altick; Pennsyl- 

 vania, AV. T. Bell; Wisconsin, W. A. 

 Kennedy. 



Ladies' Day. 



Wednesday was ladies' day and a 

 very large number enjoyed the hospital- 

 ities provided. In the morning two 

 games were bowled at the Palace alleys, 

 with so many competitors that it 

 was 1:30 before the final pin fell, 

 with Chicago at the head, represented by 

 Mrs. Hauswirth and Mrs. Kreitling. 

 Lunch was served at the alleys. In the 

 afternoon five special cars, decorated, 

 took the ladies and many gentlemen to 

 O 'Fallen park, where another luncheon 

 was served, the party returning to town 

 at seven o'clock. Before leaving the 

 park three cheers were given for the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club and three more for 

 the ladies of the club, for every one was 

 delighted at their hospitality. The 

 cheers were proposed by President Breit- 

 meyer and the ladies then gave three 

 cheers for him. 



Thursday's Proceedinsfs. 



There was a lar^ attendance, the 

 first business being the appointment of 

 Messrs. Elser, Aitick and Anunann to 

 conduct the election. The Australian 

 ballot system was used, the polls open 

 two hours. 



Secretary Stewart then read J. A. Pet- 

 tigrew's paper on "The Improvement of 

 Public and Private Grounds." This was 

 warmly received and was endorsed and 

 supplemented by Messrs. W. R. Smith, 

 Scott, Vaughan, Fulmer, and D. D. 

 England of Winnipeg. 



The committee on standard sizes of 

 bulbs and cut flowers presented a re- 

 port signed by E. H. Cushman, F. J. 

 Michell and John Nugent, Jr. In it 

 was incorporated Mr. Nugent 's scale for 

 roses presented on Tuesday and referred 

 back to the committee. In addition, the 

 committee reported that the sizes of im- 

 ported bulbs are too well known to re- 

 quire change. The grading of canna 

 and dahlia roots was deemed imprac- 

 ticable. Grades for gladioli were recom- 

 mended as follows: Five to seven in- 



