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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBR 27, 1921 



panying illustration shows only a small 

 part of the flowers sent to this firm by 

 the many friends of its members. On 

 account of the size of the store it was 

 impossible to take a picture showing 

 all the floral offerings. Among the 

 flowers sent from the Alpha Floral Co. 

 were two baskets which were voted the 

 handsomest there and excited much ad- 

 miration. One contained a magnificent 

 array of Premier roses and was the gift 

 of Ihe employees of the store. The 

 other one was a lovely basket of yellow 

 chrysanthemums. 



DON'T CASH THESE CHECKS. 



There have been stolen out of the 

 office of the Rockmont for Flowers, Den- 

 ver, Colo., a number of the firm's checks 

 by a salesman representing the Perfec- 

 tion Rubber Co., of Cleveland, selling a 

 novelty line of balloons to the florists' 

 trade. This person calls himself Allen 

 S. or A. S. Curlett. We have discovered 

 he has cashed two checks so far, making 

 these payable to himself and signing 

 them John Ericson, or John p]nricson. 



No doubt he will try to cash these 

 checks principally with florists, as he 

 had one cashed in Oklahoma City by a 

 florist. We give this warning, as we 

 do not want to see any more brother flo- 

 rists caught by this man. 



All checks signed by "Tlie Rockmont, 

 Inc., for Flowers," are signed only V)y 

 Herbert A. Clausen and C. L. Gross. 

 . . C. L. Gross. 



MR. MITTING AGAIN. 



We wish to warn the readers of The 

 Review of a young fellow nanuMl Ernest 

 Mitting, who is probably now going 

 around defrauding nurserymen and otli- 

 ers. He came to us in August more than 

 a year ago, offering to quote us prices 

 for bulbs, berries and roses. We gave 

 him a list of our wants, but we have not 

 heard from him since. We also gave 

 him the address of a person in Honolulu 

 ■who had asked us for a quotation for 

 2,000 American roses, 2 years old. He 

 quoted a price and requested this jtarty 

 to remit the amount in full for the roses. 

 We have just received a letter from the 



Honolulu man, who says he sent the 

 money and never received a reply. 



As this is deliberate fraud and we feel 

 ourselves morally responsible for this 

 transaction, we should be glad to swear 

 out a warrant for Mitting 's arrest if 

 any subscriber to The Review would find 

 out where he is. He operated at Oak- 

 land, Cal., as a representative of "Ber- 

 rydale Gardens, 1431 Fifteenth street, 

 San Francisco, Cal." He is five feet 

 seven inches in height and weighs 

 about 140 pounds. He is slim, has dark 

 brown eyes, black hair and a weak chin, 

 and is a good talker. His handwriting 

 is poor, but he uses good stationery. 

 Charles Nelson. 



[Similar reports regarding this same 

 young man, under name of E. De Roo 

 Mitting, have been previously received 

 and published. Members of the trade 

 sliould beware of him. — Ed.] 



THOSE CIGARETTES. 



Credit was not given where credit was 

 due for one of the most successful ad- 

 vertising ideas that a florist has used, 

 namely, the "Say It with Flowers" 

 cigarettes distributed at flic Toronto 

 meeting of the Florists' Tclt'grapli De- 

 livery Association. .1. C. Anderson, of 

 the Anderson Floral ('o., liel)anon, 

 Tcnii., was the distributor of this brand 

 of "smokes" at the convention, not the 

 gentleman of the same surnamt^ from 

 Buffalo. 



MUM SHOW AT CHICAGO. 



November 1(5 to 17 occurs the annual 

 convention and exhibition of the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America, at the 

 Auditorium hotel, Chicago. Competi- 

 tion in this exhibition will be open only 

 to members of the society, but tluise 

 intending to exhibit may become mem- 

 i)ers on payment of the annual dues of 

 $2 to the secretary, Charles W. Johnson, 

 141 Summit street, Rockford, 111. Ex 

 liibits sliould be addressed to the flower 

 show, Auditorium hotel, Chicago. Those 

 must be prepaid to destination. .Ml en- 

 tries should be in the secretary's liamls 

 bv Saturdav. Noveniber 12. 



The list of premiums offered appeared 

 in The Review of September 29. In ad- 

 dition to the premiums offered by the 

 society, there will be a special prize of- 

 fered by the Commercial Flower Grow- 

 ei's of Chicago. This is for the best 

 vase of large chrysanthemums, not less 

 than fifty blooms and of any color or 

 variety, the first prize of $25 being of- 

 fered by the Commercial Flower Grow- 

 ers of Chicago. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



The secretary will, in a few days, 

 start on the trip recommended by the 

 Washington convention, at which the 

 society authorized him to so arrange his 

 affairs in the administration offices that 

 about three months in each year could 

 be devoted to field work. 



President Roland has made the fol- 

 lowing appointments: 



Committee on Eduoation — Fred A. Wilson. Na 

 liant, Mass.; II. B. Uorner, Tirliaua, 111.: A. H. 

 .NehrlinfT. Illiaca, N. Y.; Wallace 1{. I'iorson, 

 Cronnvcll, (."onn. ; .lolin II. Small III, Washing 

 ton, I). {'.: Leonard Harron, Garden City, L. I.; 

 W. N. rrai>;, Hrooklino, Mass. 



("omniittce on Annnal Keport — Chas. Totty, 

 Madison, .N'. J.; Alex. Henderson, ChicnRo. HI.; 

 Rtdicrt Pyle. West Grove, Pa.; I. S. Ilendrick- 

 soTi. Flowertield, Ij. I. 



.National Coniiiilor T'. S. Chamber of Commerce 

 — J. C. VaiiKlian, Chicago, III. 



.\ddition to conimiltee to consider the situation 

 in the 1'. .S. as relating to the dnmpinK of sur- 

 plus stock of l)nll)s on tlio market -James Mc- 

 llntcliison. New York. 



Committee on the Uevision of By-laws — Thomas 

 Roland, Nnliant, Mass.; F. U. I'ierson, Tarry- 

 town, .\. Y.; Geo. .\smiis. ChicaRo, 111. 



Committee on Standardization of Grading of 

 (ill Flowers — Henry I'enn, Boston, Mass.; .las. 

 W. Ileacock, Wyncote, I'a.; H. 1!. Kennicott, 

 Chii'afio. 111. 



.\ddition to Committee on Tariff and Ijegisla- 

 lion .\. I.,. Miller, .Jamaica, N. Y. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Correction of Correction. 



Sejiteiiiber 8, 1921, was published reg- 

 istration of the rose, William Wright 

 Walcott. The rose was described as a 

 sport of Riciimond and Ophelia. Last 

 week a correction was made, describing 

 it as "an unnamed sjiort of Richmond x 

 0]ihelia." It should have been prop- 

 erly descrilied as .a seedling of an un- 

 nanieil sport of Richmond x Ophelia, 

 .lohn C. Wister, Sec'y. 



Baskets Ordered for the Openingjof this Pueblo Store Made a Veritable Flower Show. 



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