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The Horists' Review 



OCTOBBtt 13, 1921 



S. A. Frost. 



n\ dill iH-it;lil"ir.s t(. till' iinrth. It !>; 

 Ilicy who liavc h;i(l tli.> Imiilcii of (Hi'im- 

 riitioii for tliis inccl iiit;. 'I'lic tliousaiiil 

 aiiii Olio t lioiifjlits. 1)I:mis ;iiiil stops iicc-os 

 s;iry to |iio\i(lr for our roiiifoit .-mil a 

 \vcil-l)rc|iaiocl si'lliiii; for our Imsiiicss 

 riHH'tiiiji lia\<' bi'iMi tlicirs to >^ivo. 



Wo !•'. T. I>. moiiiliors of Amoriia i-aii 

 ^;iy alro.'uly that it alTords us ^r.'at 

 jih'asuro toiiioot lioro witli you aii'l tliat 

 \vc oxtoii'l thaiilis foj- your lioaity wonl- 

 of woh'oiiii'. 



I do not ('OHIO hrro as an individual. 

 I'iiat is oiitircly lost si^ht of. Tlo' ^n-oa1 

 iiuinlior of oo-vvorkors just to tlio south 

 of you lia\o t;ivon nio tho hifiior and 

 jdoasuro, as wtdl as iho duty, of tolliiij,' 

 you liow imioli tlioy i)rizo your frioiid 

 sliii>, b(diovo ill your coiljiorrit ion and 

 valiio vonr .associat ion with us. My 

 words, "liowox or, will iiovor roiivoy to 

 voii liow iiiiich thoy l.oliovo in you and 

 what is tho o.xtont of tlioir innorinost 

 fooliiiRs. Wo must loavo our oro,.tiiifzs 

 to tlio j;onuino <xr\]> of tlio liaiid, for tlios. 

 of lis who aro so fortiinato as to ho lioro. 

 and tosinooro ii|ipro<i;it ion for thoso wiio 

 wero t'orcod to romaiii at home. Hathii. 

 I would say, mnoh like tho oxamplo of 

 tho tliinkor on tho front cover of our 

 F. T. D. ina<xn/.ine tliis month, wlio, say 

 ini; not a word, jiroaclios an eloquent 

 sorinon. 



In mooting; here, lot lis bear in mind 

 that tlio 1". T. T). idea knows notliinj.' of 

 hoiindary lines. Vor tho first time in 

 our hi.story our mooting place is situated 

 in what s/mie of us, at first thought, may 

 call another eountry. Our maps, our 

 geoprajiliies, our rustoms officials tell us 

 That this is true, but. fellow members, 



-|io:ikiii<4 ill tho laii;^ua;;i' of tiio ;;ioat 

 I'. T. ]>., boundary linos fa<lo awiiy and 

 :i now ]iioturo unfolds boforc us. Yo;;tor- 

 ■ lay wi' wore (,'anailiaiis and Americans. 

 'i'oday. toiiioriow and the next day wo 

 liirotiio i-iti/i'iis of tho world. 



NATIONAL FLOWER WEEK. 



I l!i-|i.iri Ml' ■■■•miMittor. roinpusiMl of /,. I), 

 I'.liK Ki-'loiii'. i'li:ilriii.iii: li'iliiTl I. (ir^ili^nn :oi'l 

 I liirl'-^ II. (;r:iki'l"u. Ill <M>n-;iiU'r ITc^iili'iii 

 Hroiiiiicycr's ri-cdinmpncliilion for a nalic.iril 

 ili.wir ui-i-W, iMi-.-i'iiii'.! Ml llic K. T. I) MiiMtiiif 

 .It I iiniiilo, o.t.ilnT 11.1 



III .loi-ordanoe with tiio roconinionda 

 rinii of I'li^idi'iit I'liilip Breitnieyor in 

 111.-. ;iliiiii;il .addrrss bol'oro tlio |-"lorists' 

 'l"cli'L,'rapli I>oli\oiy .V-^soi-iat ion la-:t 

 \(;ir. It was rooomnionded that .a com 

 iiiittcc In- apiioiiitoil on "Say It with 

 I'lowcis'' and F. T. I', week oombinofl. 



In accordance thcrowith, this coiiiinit 

 tiT heartily rocojnmonds that the dif- 

 fi'iont coninuiiiitics tliroiii;liout the coun- 

 try ;;ot 1o<jotlior to (-arry out this rocoin 

 iiioiidation. Tlio time suj^jjosfod in tlo 

 prosidont's address is the early part of 

 Oi-lolior. This, iiiiwevor, is not arbitrary 

 and tlie (-oinmittoe roconimends that the 

 local conditions be considered in docid- 

 iiiLT u]ion tho date of this movement. 

 They .strongly recoininoiid tliat .-i coni- 

 niitteo in each community .assume the 

 rospoiisibilitios of a concerted effort in 

 this direction. 



Lot us all stop. and consider the coni- 

 pridionsivonoss of the slogan, "Say It 

 with Flowers." Further, let us deliber- 

 .ato ujioii the wonderful effect of the 

 F. T. I), movement, anil its uplifting 

 benefits to society. 



Ontlo.-nen, if you stop and ponder 



on these things, I am sure you will sec 

 a deeper meaning in them than you have 

 heretofore. If you aro a true and loyal 

 florist, jtou ought to feel some obliga- 

 tion to do your part towards carrying 

 out this work. 



In largo cities, through concerted ef- 

 fort, a great deal can be accomplished., . 

 In the small cities and even in com- 

 iiuiiiities where only ono florist is doing 

 business, publicity can bo carried on 

 anil developed along these lines which 

 in the aggregate will form a groat move- 

 ment. 



The committee strongly recommends 

 that this splendid recommendation of 

 President IBreitmeyer bo given the 

 hearty and undivided support which it 

 deserves. The members of the comniit- 

 tcc will be glad to help with sugges- 

 tions or in any way possible if called 

 upon. 



CONVENTION SNAPSHOTS. 



The .St. Louis delegation distributed 

 Inittons [iroclaiming that "St. Louis ox 

 (ends the glad liands^" describing that 

 place .as "tho city surrounded by the 

 I'liited States."' lialt inioro 's small baud 

 were busy jiinning on buttons that bore 

 streamers that proclaimed "Baltimore — 

 F. T. 1). 1!)1-*1'. " The Baltimore florists 

 [U'osoiited ;i tine basket of mums and 

 dahlias that stoml b(>fore tho speakers' 

 |datf'orm. 



Otto Buseck, manager of Middlemouiit 

 .Viirsories, Ashovillo, N. C, passed out 

 •■Sa>- It with Flowers" buttons to vis- 

 itors. He showed tin oxam]ilo ot' thrift\' 

 ingenuity iii the shape of ;i holder for 

 wired toothpicks made from a lO-cont 

 spring rat trap. 



On the platform at the ojioning ses- 

 sion were all the oliicers and directors 

 sa\c one. A. F. kordeii was not able to 

 make the trip fwiiii the Pacific coast on 

 .-iccount of the severe illness of his sister. 

 At the opening session Presitleilt. 

 P.reitmeyor re.ad a cablegram from 

 Luxembourg, from the president-elect of 

 the S. .\. F., Samuel S. Pennock, read- 

 ing, "Host wishes, sticcessl'ul nieoting 

 and continued jirogressive uplift to our 

 business." Other telegrams, of regret 

 at non-attendance, were read fron\ 

 Henry A. Siobreclil, Jr., Pasadena, Cal.; 

 .\. F. Hordeii, Los Angeles, Cal., and 

 .r. Seulbergor, Oakland, Cal. A. W. 

 Mo(jre, liead of Hollywood Gardens, 

 ^e.itlle, Wash., sent a m.agnificont boii- 

 '|iiet (d" American 15(>auties, which stood 

 before the speakers' platform. Henry 

 I'ciin. del.'iycd in Boston, telegraphed he 

 "Oil 1,1 arrive Thursday. 



IMw.iid Sceery moved at the opening 

 session that President ILirding be sent 

 Iii^ annii.'il basket of flowers through 

 liiide Bros. Co., Washington, D. C, a 

 -iiggostion heartily coiK'urrod in. Max 

 ."-^'•li ling proposed that a basket of flow 

 cr-i be laid on ox-Prosidont .1. A. Valen- 

 tine 's gr.ave, while Irwin Bertcrniann 

 suggested that S. S. Pennock 's cable- 

 gram bo .answered with flowers. Miss 

 Hester .\. (Jot/ thought it ajipropriate 

 to send flowers to tho goxornor genera) 

 of Canada, a suggestion capped by Max 

 Schling's suggestion Ihat a basket be 

 cabled to the king of England. 



.\ splendid basket of dahlias cut Octo- 

 Ikt 10 was displayed before the speak- 

 ers' table to refute the name of "cold 

 Canada." They were grown by A. 

 Pearson, London, Out., and arranged by 

 Dicks' Flower Shop, also of TiOndon, 

 Ont. 



