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The Florists^ Review 



O.rouKii 20. 11>'J1 



tli;il rlty. Mr. Dillfimilh, liowcviM-, sjiiil 

 'l'or(iiili) llorists wi'ic tliaykt'iil for tlic 

 sii[i|((irt (if tliosc otlit-r CiuiMdiiiiis, which 

 li.iil hfcn ^fiieroiis. President Hreit 

 iiicycr t'lost'd the >;;it licrinj;; with iijipro- 

 |)riii1t' rt'inarks and .sint^iiij^ vented tlie 

 feelintjs of all ]ireseiit. 



The liifi liaiHiiiet was licdd Wednesday 

 • xfniii;;, wiieri tlie ('rystal room of the 

 Kin<^ lOdward iiotel was crowded. Tlie 

 Toronto florists had arranjjed several 

 nuiuhers (tf musical (diaracter, in some 

 of which they were themselves rej)- 

 lesetited. Sin<jin}r was inindi indulj^ed 

 in and a son<; of H. (i. Dilleiniit h 's au- 

 tliorshij) ])ro\<'(l ]ioiiwlar. It ran to the 

 tune of ''KK-K Katv,"' and was 

 worded as follows: 



"S;iy It Willi Kliiwi'i's," )>i'aiil ifiil linwcrs. 



All the liiilics ,likc It lintiijiicl. liir^c or siiiiill: 

 \<i iii.ittir llic (listMiicc, K. '1'. I), will ki-i tlicrc. 



tSo "."^ii.v It Willi KlowiTs" and .vdu'rc lioiiiid to 

 bent tlicni all. 



The speech-makinfj of the evening 



was opened by President Jireitmeyer 



with a short t'xpressioii of the visitois' 



ajipreciat ion of what their hosts had 



done and planned to do fnrtln'r for 



them. He then presented the silvi'r 



cups for the best three win<low displays, 



and the recipients, .1. S. Simmons, Mrs. 



Percy Waters and .1. .1, Hij;<>ins, made 



short res]ioiises. Then .Mr. Hreitmeyer 



turned ovei the <4a\td to f'harles Jl. 



(Jrakelow as toastmaster of the eveiiinir, 



since he himstdf. liaviiiii come to the 



meetinji not in the best of health and 



with the intention of remaininjf oidy to 



<)]ien the sessions, found it necessary to 



hiisbaiui his strenjith to jireside over 



them after he had yitlded to the jiower- 

 ful urfjinj^s to do so. 



Jn his hapjiiest manner Mr. (Irakcdow 

 introduced the various speakers of the 

 eveniiifT. Ke|iresen1 ini,^ the city of To 

 I'onto and its interests, there were the 

 followinjj: W. II. Alderson, president of 

 the Hoard of Trade and a fornu-r jiresi- 

 dent of the Hotary Club; Mr. Maf;\iire, 

 chairman of the boanl of controllers; 

 Park Commissioner Chainbers, and F. J'. 

 Ilijrjriiis, president of the Kiwanis Club. 



John n. Dunloj) sjiidu^ of two jirevious 

 conventions of United States ihyists 

 which he had lieen instrumental in 

 brinirinjT to Toronto, that of the S. A. V. 

 in 1S91 and that of the American Car 

 nation Society in 1907. 



J. F. Aminann resjionded brifdly for 

 the National Flower (Jrowers' Associa- 

 tion. Secretary John Youiif!; did like 

 wise for the Society of American Flo- 

 rists. William F. Gude spoke too mod 

 estly for the toastm.aster 's satisfaction, 

 and the latter therefore related an inci- 

 dent of Mr. (iiiile's .service to llorists. 



E. a. Hill, in a short, vifiorous talk, 

 proved his wor<ls true that he is still a 

 young man and will remain so. Vincent 

 (iorly jiresented a bou(iiu>t of vegi-tuldes 

 to the toastmaster. After acknowledj; 

 in<j it, ^Ir. (irak(dow spoke of the \is 

 itbrs' gratitude to their Toronto hosts. 

 Mr. Dillemuth, in turn, ex|iressed the 

 ('anadians' gratification in ha\ing the 

 rtiany visitors from the I'nited States. 

 .Musical entertainment ,iiid singing con 

 eluded the excning. one of much eiij<iy- 

 ment. 



Thomas ]{oland, j>resi<h'nt of thc> S. A. 

 v., was in attendance the first two days, 

 but, becoming ill, returned home 

 Wednesday. The F. T. J), cxjiressed its 

 sympathy by means of a basket of flow 

 ers telegraphed to liis home .vt Nahant, 



Mass. 



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The Toronto florists drew m;iiiy com 

 jilinients on the jiublicity achieved by 

 the spruce trees along King street and 

 the two slog.-tn boards on the city hall 

 lawn. I'eriiiissioii to erect the latter 

 w.is s]iecially gi anted by the mayor in 

 recognition of the Toronto florists' nota- 

 ble ci\ic service during the war. 



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Tin' Can.adian P:issenger .\ssociat ion 



decreeil that M">(l railroad certificates 



were necessary to obt.ain reclucecl fare 



to the meeting from the I'liileil States 



;ind IfiO in Canada. Neither figure could 



be !net. Only l.'."'! jiresentecl railro.-id 



cert ideates; so all had to p.iy their full 



fare home. 



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.V new br.tnd of cigaretti's was smoked 



.'it till' Toronto meeting, the "Say Tt 



with Plowers. ■ ■ S. .\. .\ iidi i-~iiii. ol 



HiilTalo. was the distributor. 



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.\ ttdegraphic response from Pi ■e-.iijeiit 

 ll;irding th.'inkerl t In- associat ion tor the 

 flowers sent to him tlie o]iening d.i\. .\ 

 c:ible troiii Will-. \ Sig;ir. Liuidon. ;iii 

 iiiiimci'd till- proiiipf dcii\ir\' ot .'i ^iin 



jlar token to King (leorge and later a 

 cablegram from the master of the royal 

 household expressed his m.'ijesty's 

 thanks. Some of the maytirs to whom 

 various florists had sent flowers, re]ieat 

 ing th(> idea of last year, responded ere 

 the meeting w.as over. .\ bou(|Uet sent 

 by the Detroit llorists to the initial 

 meeting of Detroit l.adies of the trade 

 brought a cordial telegraphic rejily. 



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.\ [locket form of the game of put 

 .iiid-t.ake found f.ivor with the specula 

 tiv(d\- iiK lined florists. It was distrib 

 iited with the respect^ ol l\dt(in 's 



I'lowcr Shop, of' HufValo. 



* * * * 



At the liMilipiet Wednesd;iy evening 

 e;ii h of the ladies t'oiind at her place all 

 i\(iry cont.'iiiier with the loat ol' ••irms 

 thereon of |)unliip'>, Ltd., an eN(|uisite 



piece t'or the dle-vrr .'it liollle. 



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ThiiUgh I're^idelit P.reitlneyer s;ii(| hi> 

 address needed no other consideration 

 than that of discussion trom the floor of 

 various items on the printed jirograiii, 

 II. P. Knoble insisted its merit de 

 mailded the speci;il .-itteiition of a com- 

 mittee. On it Were apjiointed Mr. 

 Knoble. Ch.irles Henry I'ox, \V. .1. P;il 

 iner. Charles II. Ci.-ikelow .iiid \V. \V. 



< ; a n 1 1 1 1 a g e . 



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Siieh e\i-elletit work v\;is ilime in the 

 last vear bv Karl P. P..'iiiin in L;etliiiL; in 



touch with retailers of the southeast 

 that he was given a meeting of the dis- 

 trict rei)resentatives of the F. T. D. to 

 show them how to get similar rtisults. 



* • • * 



Those who hoard the welcoming ad- 

 dress of Mayor C'luirch at Toronto will 

 ajijjreciate the following ])aragrapli from 

 the Star of Thursday, October Ui: "No 

 sooner did M.ayor Churcli announce his 

 candid.aturt! in North Toronto th.an two 

 huge signs iip])eared on the city hall 

 lawn, with the legend, 'Say It with 

 Flow'ers. ' Tt sounds altogether too much 

 like a ])olitical demise. His worshi]) 

 would much prefer that people should 



•S;iy Jt with Votes.' " 



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Not only Canadians assisted in the 

 success of the meeting. Some of the 

 llowers which decorated the table's were- 

 the gift of the K. C. Aniling Co., Chi- 

 cago, V. S. A. 



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Pencils were plentiful. First mention 

 should be of the metal ones of the Kvcr- 

 shar]) tyjie, distributed by Dunlop's, 

 Ltd., and bearing that tirm's name and 

 .address stampeil thereon. A. T. Pyfer 

 & Co., Chicago, gav(> hold«>rs of a con 

 venient size. Water's, of Toronto, and 

 Keck & Son, of Hridgeport, Conn., ga\e 

 the garden sjiecies of wooden jiencil, 

 though those of the hitter firm were ot' 



m.ammoth variety. 



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Discussion of whether or not exhibits 

 should be encouraged at the F. T. D. 

 meetings led to the first apjiearaiu'c ot' 

 H. Fsclmer, president of the M. Hice Co., 

 Pliil;id(d]ihi:i, Ixd'ore the association in 

 the hope of ;i definite statement of the 

 org;ini/at ion regarding the matter. 

 Opinion s(>eined markedly divided, so 

 the (piestion was referred to the board 



of directors. 



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.\ wooden paper cutter and ruler eoni- 

 bineil was the token [iresented visitors 

 by .1. .1. Higgins, whose two stores, at 

 iJT.'i \'onge street and I b'O Queens street, 

 west, were insjiected by many of the 



V isitors. 



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More than a score of florists, members 

 of till' Kiwanis Club in their r(>s]iectrve 

 home towns, were to be entertained .at 

 the Toronto (dub's luiudieon Wednesday. 

 October PJ, by invitation of .1. S. Sim 

 mons, but rejiort has it the florists did 



the eiif ert.aining. 



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rpoii the arrival of Henry Petin ami 

 Major P. F. O'Keefe from Hoston Thurs 

 d;iy, October PI, a meeting was held of 

 the natioii.al ]itiblicity committee, one 

 of the most successful of that body. Ad- 

 vertising is being resiimeil in magazines 

 this iiioiith, in the Christi.an Her.ald, the 

 Argosy and soiin' other jieriod icals. 



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•'.V little reminder from S. .\. Krost , 



Toronto,'* whiidi guests found at their 



lumdieon jdaces Thursday noon, was :> 



bit of red pastebo.ird with our slogan on 



one side and .\I r. I'rost "s a'ldress on the 



ot her. 



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.\ glim|is(> was li.ad of the celebrated 

 i-.ir of I'llton's Flower Shop, HufTalo, 

 wliiidi is covered with gold leaf. Over 

 L',lilMI ]ii(''ces were used to cover it, ai- 

 cording to report, .at a cost of i^Jridii. No 

 one c;in f.iil to notice th.at flower car. 

 t • • * 



No previous F. T. I), meeting has been 

 •attended by so many ladies. .Ml wore 

 glad they came, for the Toronto ladies 

 were l.ivish in their consideration of the 

 visitors' comt'ort. The i^r.-ititmle .all 



