August 18, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



45 



liardy perennials and flower pots, pay 

 a duty of twenty per cent; that laurel, 

 magnolia, salix, palms, rhrododendrons, 

 .izaleas, box, bays, aquatics, cacti, bulbs, 

 J)utch and French; tuberous begonias, 

 liliums and orchids be admitted free of 

 .luty. 



The report provoked a long discus- 

 sion, in which the usual divergent ideas 

 were expressed. On coming to a vote, 

 a motion to put cut flowers on the free 

 ]ist was lost, all the growers voting 

 against it. The committee's schedule 

 was then taken up item by item. Greens 

 were put at seventeen and one-half per 

 cent. The only change made was to 

 put hardy perennials on the free list. 

 The vote on palms was twenty-four to 

 two in favor of admitting them free. 



The report as amended was adopted, 

 and James McKenna, T. Manton, T. "W. 

 Duggan and Arthur Armandale were 

 deputed to place the matter before the 

 minister of customs, with a view to hav- 

 ing the tariff amended accordingly. 

 H. J. Mepstead was named as convenor 

 of the committee. 



As to the regulations surrounding the 

 importation and inspection of nursery 

 stock and plants, many instances of the 

 liardships resulting were mentioned, and 

 an extra session was held, at which Dr. 

 Hewitt, the ofiicer in charge, was pres- 

 tMit and a better understanding was ar- 

 rived at. 



A resolution was adopted that the 

 convention is of opinion that all green- 

 house plants and bulbs should be ex- 

 empt from the Inspection and Fumiga- 

 tion Act, and should be allowed to 

 come in at any season of the year; and 

 that Montreal should be a port of en- 

 try; and that the minister of agricul- 

 ture be approached on the subject. 



Papers Read. 



The following papers or discussions 

 were features of the meeting: 



"Carnations," by C. H. Janzen. 



"Values and Future of Cut Flowers 

 and Plants at Holiday Time." E. J. 

 Alcpstead made out a case for cut flow- 

 ers, after which G. A. Robinson pre- 

 sented the claims for first place for 

 plants. 



"Civic Improvement," by Prof. W. 

 L. Hutt. 



"The Retail Trade," by Miss Scrim, 

 lead by Mr. Mepstead. 



Banquet. 



At the conclusion of the annual ban- 

 •I'let, H. E. Philpott proposed the toast 

 ti) the king. Jas. McKenna proposed 

 tlio toast to Canada. "Our Trade" 

 ^vas responded to by President-elect 

 « onnon, and was followed by G. A. 

 Ifobinson and T. Manton. W. W. Gam- 

 "liigo, E. J. Mepstead, W. B. Burgoyne, 

 < 111. Carlisle, S. R. Lundy, W. H. Bunt- 

 "itj, W. Fendley and others spoke. 



President Philpott and Treasurer Sim- 

 'iiers, who retired, were each presented 

 with gold-headed umbrellas and re- 

 '^ponded fittingly. 



Exhibits. 

 ^ Exhibits were made by the following: 

 1^'- H. Ellis, Leamington; R. L. Dunn 

 •■'»d W. W. Walker, St. Catherines; 

 I'hos. Manton, Toronto; Connon Floral 

 'o-, Hamilton; Steele-Briggs Seed Co. 

 •■•nd J. A. Simmons, Toronto; H. L. Jan- 

 ^'n, Berlin; Foster Pottery Co. 



Those Present. 



Abbs, J. A., St. Catherines, Ont. 

 Adams, Fred W., Toronto. Ont. 

 Brooks, Robert, Fergus, Ont. 

 ««nting, W. H., St. Catherines. Ont. 

 Burgo.yne, W. B., St. Catherine*, Ont. 



Albert F. Vick. 



(Chairman Committee on Sports.) 



Campbell, J. A., Slmcoe, Ont. 

 Clare, I. S., Toronto, Ont. 

 Connon, J., Hamilton, Ont. 

 Cowan, H. B., Peterboro, Ont. 

 Dicks, F.. London, Ont. 

 Dobble, John, Niagara Falls, Ont. 

 Downing, William, Georgetown, Ont. 

 Dunn, R. L., St. Catherines, Ont. 

 Ellis, R. H., Leamington, Ont. 

 Emmett, C, Lacblne, Que. 

 Ewlng, A. H., Woodstock, Ont. 

 Fendley, W., Brampton, Ont. 

 Fendley, Mrs., Brampton. Ont. 

 Ferguson, Arch.. Montreal. Que. 

 Foster, S. C, Hamilton, Ont. 

 Eraser, James, Prescott, Ont. 

 Gammage, W. W., London, Ont. 

 HaU, W. C, Montreal. Que. 

 Hesson, C. A., St. Catherines, Ont. 

 Hopton, Cecil, Montreal, Que. 

 Hopton, George, Montreal, Que. 

 Hunt, W., Guelph, Ont. 

 Inkstater, S. J.. St. Catherines, Ont. 

 Janzen, C. H., Berlin, Ont. 

 Klmberley, G. F., St. Catherines, Ont. 

 King, Robert W., Toronto, Ont. 

 Lawrence, W. J., Toronto, Ont. 

 Legg, Frank, St. Catherines, Ont. 

 Lindsay, W. L.. TUlsonburg, Ont. 

 Lundy, S. B., San Francisco. 

 McKenna. James, Montreal, Que. 

 Manton, T., Egllnton, Ont. 

 Mepstead, E., Ottawa, Ont. 

 Miller, F. H., Toronto, Ont. 

 Mullins, H. G., Brampton, Ont. 

 Muston, Walter, Davlsvlile, Ont. 

 Philpott, H. E., Winnipeg. Man. 

 Robinson, G. A., Montreal. Que. 

 Saunders, F., Toronto, Ont. 

 Simmers, H., Toronto, Ont. 

 Stirling, W. R., Ridgetown, Ont. 

 Wood, W. W., Gananoque, Ont. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business is still in the grasp of sum- 

 mer dullness and is expected to remain 

 so for a few more weeks. There is lit- 

 tle change from the reports of last week 

 as to stock. 



Field-grown carnations are beginning 

 to come in. but only in limited quanti- 

 ties. Roses are about as they have 

 been^a few good Beauties, Kaiserin and 

 Killarney coming in. Gladioli are not 

 as fancy as they were and not at all 

 overstocked. The everblooming single 



tuberose stalks are now beginning to 

 come from the Kirkwood growers. The 

 market opened on them at $5 per hun- 

 dred, but they are now down to $4. All 

 are well supplied with giganteum lilies, 

 which sell well at $10 per hundred. 



Extra good asters are scarce, but the 

 market is crowded with poor stock in 

 white, pink and purple, which rarely 

 brings over $1 per hundred. At the 

 leading retail establishments they say 

 things have been mighty dull all sum- 

 mer, and that funeral work alone kept 

 them going, but we are looking forward 

 to a busy fall and winter season. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club was held in the Odd Fel- 

 lows' building, Thursday, August 11. 

 with a fair attendance. The principal 

 interest attached to the election of 

 officers, which resulted as follows: 

 President, John Connon; vice-president, 

 Frank H. Weber; secretary, .T. .1. 

 Beneke; treasurer, William C. Smith; 

 3-year term trustee, E. W. Guy. 



The trustees reported that the recent 

 picnic was a complete success, inasmuch 

 as all the bills had been paid without 

 exceeding the appropriation made by 

 the club for that purpose. The secre- 

 tary stated that the invitation to the 

 S. A. F. to meet in St. Louis in 1911 

 had been forwarded to Secretary Dor- 

 ner. Edward Kelley, of the Kelley 

 noral Co., was elected to membership. 



An invitation was received, and ac- 

 cepted, from Frank H. Weber to hold 

 the next meeting at the home of the 

 H. J. Weber & Sons Nursery Co., Thurs- 

 day, September 8. The ladies were also 

 asked to come. 



Various Notes. 

 Werner & Bro., of Clayton, are cut- 



