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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBKE 20, 1921 



that city. Mr. Dillemuth, however, said 

 Toronto florists were thankful for the 

 support of those other Canadians, which 

 had been generous. President Breit- 

 meyer closed the gathering with appro- 

 priate remarks and singing vented tbe 

 feelings of all present. 



The big banquet was held Wednesday 

 evening, when the Crystal room of the 

 King Edward hotel was crowded. The 

 Toronto florists had arranged several 

 numbers of musical character, in some 

 of which they were themselves rep- 

 resented. Singing was much indulged 

 in and a song of H. G. Dillemuth 's au- 

 thorship proved popular. It ran to the 

 tune of " K-K-K-Katy, " and was 

 worded as follows: 



"Say It with Flowers," beautiful flowers. 



All the ladies like a bouquet, large or small; 

 No matter the distiince, F. T. D. will get there. 



So "Say It with Flowers" and you're bound to 

 beat them all. 



The speech-making of the evening 



was opened by President Breitmeyer 



with a short expression of the visitors' 



appreciation of what their hosts had 



done and planned to do further for 



them. He then presented the silver 



cups for the best three window displays, 



and the recipients, J. S. Simmons, Mrs. 



Percy Waters and J. J. Higgins, made 



short responses. Then Mr. Breitmeyer 



turned over the gavel to Charles H. 



Grakelow as toastmaster of the evening, 



since he himself, having come to the 



meeting not in the best of health and 



with the intention of remaining only to 



open the sessions, found it necessary to 



husband his strength to preside over 



them after he had yielded to the power- 

 ful urgings to do so. 



In his happiest manner Mr. Grakelow 

 introduced the various speakers of the 

 evening. Representing the city of To- 

 ronto and its interests, there were the 

 following: W. H. Alderson, president of 

 the Board of Trade and a former presi- 

 dent of the Rotary Club; Mr. Maguire, 

 chairman of the board of controllers; 

 Park Commissioner Chambers, and F. P. 

 Higgins, president of the Kiwanis Club. 



John H. Dunlop spoke of two previous 

 conventions of United States florists 

 which he had been instrumental in 

 bringing to Toronto, that of the S. A. F. 

 in 1891 and that of the American Car- 

 nation Society in 1907. 



J. F. Ammann responded briefly for 

 the National Flower Growers' Associa- 

 tion. Secretary John Young did like- 

 wise for the Society of American Flo- 

 rists. William F. Gude spoke too mod- 

 estly for the toastmaster 's satisfaction, 

 and the latter therefore related an inci- 

 dent of Mr. Gude 's service to florists. 



E. G. Hill, in a short, vigorous talk, 

 proved his words true that he is still a 

 young man and will remain so. Vincent 

 Gorly presented a bouquet of vegetables 

 to the toastmaster. After acknowledg- 

 ing it, Mr. Grakelow spoke of the vis- 

 itors' gratitude to their Toronto hosts. 

 Mr. Dillemuth, in turn, expressed the 

 Canadians' gratification in having the 

 many visitors from the United States. 

 Musical entertainment and singing con- 

 cluded the evening, one of much enjoy- 

 ment. 



' Thomas Roland, president of the S. A. 

 F., was in attendance the first two days, 

 but, becoming ill, returned home 

 Wedn^Sflay. The F. T. D. expressed its 

 sympathy by means of a basket of flow- 

 ers telegraphed to his home at Nahant, 



Mass. 



* • • • 



The Toronto florists drew many com- 

 pliments on the publicity achieved by 

 the spruce trees along King street and 

 the two slogan boards on tlie city hall 

 lawn. Permission to erect the latter 

 was specially granted by the mayor in 

 recognition of the Toronto florists' nota- 

 ble civic service during the war. 



* • • * 



The Canadian Passenger Association 

 decreed that 3.50 railroad certificates 

 were necessary to obtain reduced fare 

 to the meeting from the United States 

 and 150 in Canada. Neither figure could 

 he met. Only 250 presented railroad 

 certificates; so all had to pay their full 



faro home. 



• • • * 



A new brand of cigarettes was smoked 

 at the Toronto meeting, the "Say It 

 with Flowers." S. A. Anderson, of 



Buffalo, was the distributor. 



• • * * 



A telegraphic response from President 

 Harding thanked the association for the 

 flowers sent to him the opening day. A 

 cable from Wells & Sogar, London, an- 

 nounced the prompt delivery of a sim- 



ilar token to King George and later a 

 cablegram from the master of the royal 

 household expressed his majesty's 

 thanks. Some of the mayors to whom 

 various florists had sent flowers, repeat- 

 ing the idea of last year, responded ere 

 the meeting was over. A bouquet sent 

 by the Detroit florists to the initial 

 meeting of Detroit ladies of the trade 



brought a cordial telegraphic reply. 



• * • • 



A pocket form of the game of put- 

 and-take found favor with the specula- 

 tively inclined florists. It was distrib- 

 uted with the respects of Felton's 



Flower Shop, of Buffalo. 



• • • • 



At the banquet Wednesday evening 

 each of the ladies found at her place an 

 ivory container with the coat of arms 

 thereon of Dunlop 's, Ltd., an exquisite 

 piece for the dresser at home. 



• • • • 



Tliough President Breitmeyer said his 

 address needed no other consideration 

 than that of discussion from the floor of 

 various items on the printed program, 

 H. P. Knoble insisted its merit de- 

 manded the special attention of a com- 

 mittee. On it were appointed Mr. 

 Knoble, Charles Henry Fox, W. J. Pal- 

 mer, Charles H. Grakelow and W. W. 



Ganimage. 



• * * • 



Such excellent work was done in the 

 last year by Karl P. Bauin in getting in 



touch with retailers of the southeast 

 that he was given a meeting of the dis- 

 trict representatives of the F. T. D. to 

 show them how to get similar results. 



• * • • 



Those who heard the welcoming ad- 

 dress of Mayor Church at Toronto will 

 appreciate the following paragraph from 

 the Star of Thursday, October 13: "No 

 sooner did Mayor Church announce his 

 candidature in North Toronto than two 

 huge signs appeared on the city hall 

 lawn, with the legend, 'Say It with 

 Flowers. ' It sounds altogether too much 

 like a political demise. His worship 

 would much prefer that people should 

 'Say It with Votes.' " 



• * * * 



Not only Canadians assisted in the 

 success of the meeting. Some of the 

 flowers which decorated the tables were 

 the gift of the E. C. Amling Co., Chi- 

 cago, U. S. A. 



• • * « 



Pencils were plentiful. First mention 

 should be of the metal ones of the Ever- 

 sharp type, distributed by Dunlop 's, 

 Ltd., and bearing that firm's name and 

 address stamped thereon. A. T. Pyfer 

 & Co., Chicago, gave holders of a con- 

 venient size. Water's, of Toronto, and 

 Reck & Son, of Bridgeport, Conn., gave 

 the garden species of wooden pencil, 

 though those of the latter firm were of 



mammoth variety. 



• * • • 



Discussion of whether or not exhibits 

 should be encouraged at the F. T. D. 

 meetings led to the first appearance of 

 B. Eschner, president of the M. Rice Co., 

 Philadelphia, before the association in 

 the hope of a definite statemeat of the 

 organization regarding the matter. 

 Opinion seemed markedly divided, so 

 the question was referred to the board 



of directors. 



• • • * 



A wooden paper cutter and ruler com- 

 bined was the token presented visitors 

 by J. J. Higgins, whose two stores, at 

 273 Yonge street and 1450 Queens street, 

 west, were inspected by many of the 



visitors. 



• • • * 



More than a score of florists, members 

 of the Kiwanis Club in their respective 

 home towns, were to be entertained at 

 the Toronto club's luncheon Wednesday, 

 October 12, by invitation of J. S. Sim- 

 mons, but report has it the florists did 



the entertaining. 



• * * • 



Upon the arrival of Henry Penn and 

 Major P. F. O'Keefe fromBoston Thurs- 

 day, October 13, a meeting was held of* 

 the national publicity committee, one 

 of the most successfi^ of that body. Ad- 

 vertising is being resumed in magazines 

 this month, in the Christian Herald, the 

 Argosy and some other periodicals. 



• * • • 



"A little reminder from S. A. Frost, 

 Toronto," which guests found at their 

 luncheon places Thursday noon, was a 

 bit of red pasteboard with our slogan on 

 one side and Mr. Frost 's address on the 



other. 



• • * • 



A glimpse was liad of the celebrated 

 car of Felton's Flower Shop, Buffalo, 

 which is covered with gold leaf. Over 

 2,000 pieces were used to cover it, ac- 

 cording to report, at a cost of $600. No 

 one can fail to notice that flower car. 



• • • • 



No previous F. T. D. meeting has been 

 attended by so many ladies. All were 

 glad they came, for the Toronto ladies 

 were lavish in their consideration of the 

 visitors' comfort. The gratitude all 



