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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 18, 1910. 



the association and it was unanimously 

 decided to go ahead on the lines 

 planneji. A Mr. Eldredge was present, 

 representing a concern in which he is 

 financiially interested, which seeks to 

 perfect a system for the transfer of 

 retail orders, and" proposing cooperation 

 with tjie retailers' organization, but it 

 was decided too late to consider such 

 a proposition. At the second session 

 Mr. Valentine described the system of 

 bookkeeping in use in his store, and 

 there was a discussion of the question 

 whether it pays retail florists also to 

 be growers. 



Hail Association. 



The ■ Florists ' Hail Association held 

 its annual meeting at Eochester, August 

 18, during the interval provided for the 

 meetings of the several sectional and 

 special societies. E. G. Hill is presi- 

 dent. Secretary Esler's report showed 

 "1,66Q carrying insurance on the equiv- 

 alent qf 34,636,555 feet of glass. Losses 

 representing a breakage of 222,413 

 square feet of single thick glass and 

 82,757 square feet of double thick glass, 

 have been paid during the year, amount- 

 ing to $27,378.46; 1,520 losses have been 

 adjusted since the organization of the 

 F. H. A., involving a total expenditure 

 of more than $188,000.00. The emer- 

 gency fund is exhausted, and $3,301.20 

 has been borrowed from the reserve 

 fund, of which $1,585.45 in cash re- 

 mains on hand. After paying out over 

 $82,000 in the last three years, an extra 

 assessment is necessary, for the first 

 time since the organization of the asso- 

 ciation, to restore funds b6rrowed of 

 the reserve fund, and put the F. H. A. 

 upon a strong cash basis. The time of 

 levy will be fixed by the directors, and 

 the officials have not a shadow of a 

 doubt but that it will be promptly 

 paid. ' ' 



Treaisurer Heacock's report of the 

 year's financial operations summarizes 

 as follows: 



Dr. General Fund — 



Balance August 1, 1000 | 7,114.68 



Receipts for year ending August 1, 1910 32,094.38 



140,109.06 

 Cr. General Fund — 

 Losses paid Aug. 1, 1909, to Aug. 1, 



1930 $27,378.46 



By expenses 3,301.86 



By Investments 7,842.03 



Miscellaneous 1.76 



By balance on band 1,585.45 



140,100.06 



The reserve fund investments total 

 $22,000 in bonds and last year brought 

 an interest return of $970. 



H. H. Eitter and J. C. Vaughan were 

 elected directors. At a meeting of the 

 directors, officers were elected as fol- 

 lows: President, E. G. Hill; vice-presi- 

 dent, J. T. Temple; treasurer, Josoph 

 Heacock; secretary, J. G. Esler. An 

 extra assessment was ordered. 



THE TRADES' DISPLAY. 



BOWLING. 



Thursday was bowling day and it is 

 apparent that interest in the sport is 

 reviving. Forty-five ladies participated 

 in the morning games and there were 

 eleven cities represented by five-men 

 teams for the big inter-city contest of 

 the afternoon, which was so long drawn 

 out that it was not finished until late 

 in the evening. 



On "Wednesday evening C. L. Seybold 

 and A. F. Vick bowled for a champion- 

 ship cup, the former winning six out 

 of eleven games. 



A Veritable Exposition. 



The trades' display is the feature of 

 predominating interest and importance 

 at the S. A. F. conventions, and it 

 grows apace. If the society only could 

 make equal progress in its other de- 

 partments all would be "Aierry as a 

 marriage bell." The exhibition not 

 only increases in size, but it improves 

 in quality. Better stock is shown and 

 it is staged more attractively, for ex- 

 hibitors find they must bring nothing 

 second class and that the more thought 

 they put on display and arrangement 

 the more attention they get. The sup- 

 ply people especially appreciate this. 



The showing at Eochester this year 

 again eclipsed all records. The plants- 

 men came up as strongly as usual, the 

 supply houses represented were more 

 numerous than ever, and the displays 

 better in every way. The material 

 men occupied increased space, and the 

 cooperation of the Gladiolus Society re- 

 sulted in a larger showing of cut 

 blooms. Two large halls and a balcony 

 were crowded to the limit, and two of 

 the largest exhibits, those of Lord & 

 Burnharii Co. and Hitchings & Co., were 

 forced into the basement, where, if 

 somewhat out of the way, they had at 

 least plenty of room and a degree of 

 privacy that caused many growers to 

 give a more careful inspection than 

 otherwise would have been the case. 



Chas. H. Vick made an ideal superin- 

 tendent. All the arrangements were 

 well thought out in advance, and the 

 many carloads of material were installed 

 proriiptly and with little confusion; but 

 new exhibits were added every day. 



Notes of the exhibits: 



Blbbons and Supplies. 



M. Eice & Co., Philadelphia, elimi 

 nated the staples from their display 

 and concentrated on the novelties anJ 

 specialties, making a feature of nat 

 ural effects. Perhaps the most attrac 

 tive of the new things were the butter 

 flies, humming-birds, canaries and 8mal> 

 doves, the spun silk butterflies beinp 

 especially good. A line of twig bas 

 kets covered with natural moss fungut^ 

 was pointed out as particularly popular, 

 A German umber parchment paper was 

 featured, for lining high-class boxes. 

 Eeal Panama hats were shown in 4-incli 

 and 8-inch sizes. There was a large 

 line of lace holders for the old-fashioned 

 brides' bouquets, and an equally large 

 assortment of scarfs for the modern 

 bouquets. Corsage shields for violets 

 also were shown in variety. A pre- 

 pared cycas leaf was like fresh cut. 

 Waterproof crepe paper was featured 

 and an artificial poinsettia with foliage 

 was put to the front. These are, of 

 course, only a few of the lines shown. 

 B. Eschner was in charge, as usual, 

 with several salesmen. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 occupied more square feet of space than 

 any other exhibitor, and Sidney Bayers- 

 dorfer said it took twenty-six big bas- 

 ket cases to contain the line. Among 

 the novelties he pointed out were: Im 

 ported gold and silver baskets for table 

 favors and gifts; prepared ferns in 

 variety in a wide range of new colors; 

 artificial orchids, the cattleyas espe- 

 cially like those of nature; waltz 

 krantz, or wood wreaths, natural mate 

 rials perpetuated; a wire clip for dis- 

 play cards or price tickets; two-tone 



Herman B. Domer. 



(Secretary Society of American Florists.) 



