Ja.nuakv 11, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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his kiiowlcilgo wlu'u some ol' our tiiiiid 

 fellow nitMuhers :isk cjucst ions, lor \vi; 

 do not all have the nerve to stand ii|> 

 in au open meeting to debate ami (|ues- 

 tioii. So, fellow members, give freely 

 where it is asked for. No man is so 

 wise but that he ne(>(ls ad\ice somu'- 

 tinie or other. 



A Question of Progress. 



I think our profession has kejit 

 abreast of the times in every way. Tlu- 

 increase in glass put u[) must have 

 been enormous, though 1 ha\e no fig- 

 ures to give. It was greatly stimu- 

 lated by the low prices of building ma- 

 terial. Cultural methods and econo 

 mies are continuously being improved 

 upon. The grower of cut roses lias not 

 been falling behind, I am sure. Neither 

 has the wholesaler or retailer, or else 

 the output of cut roses could not have 

 been handled so profitably for all. Only 

 wide-awake men can go into it and 

 survive. 



While our busin(>ss has jirospered all 

 over the country, I can not give quit(( 

 such a rosy view of our society. We 

 have gotten some new members, to be 

 sure — some annual and some new life 

 members. But what does that signify, 

 when we take into consideration the 

 thousands of men who are making a 

 competency by growing roses, and the 

 men who handle the product, either 

 wholesale or retail.' livery one of 

 our members should be an ajiostle in 

 his particular s[)here of interest at 

 home, to advance the cause of the 

 American Eose Society. Our people, 

 always so willing to ujihold a good 

 cause, seem to be singularly lacking in 

 interest, and that where it affects the 

 most vital parts of their business; 

 namely, the upholding and advancement 



A. Farenwald. 



' I'n'sidciit Aiiit'iican Itosi- Socii'tv. 



Fred E. Dorner. 



■Pn-asiii-.T AniiTlcan Carnation Socii ly.) 



of the rose, either as cut llowers or 

 plants. The English b'ose Society last 

 year increased its nuMnbership by sev- 

 eral thousands. .\re men and women 

 in our profession here less Iveen in their 

 a[ijireciation of a strong rose society? 

 Tt seems so. But why.' Possibly be- 

 cause they thiniv their places as growers 

 or storekeepers are so small that they 

 do not count. Surely they are badly 

 mistaken. We need every one. largo 

 and small. Their successes and their 

 failures will tit in where mo'-t needed, 

 either to inspirt^ the alreadv suci-e-.<t'ul 

 lines to still greater achie\ cinent^, or 

 to put lU'W lite and ener;^\- into tliose 

 men whom the gods have i;i\nred less. 



As to Joint Conventions. 



After many fniitle<~ :ittcm|it~ •'< hold 

 a joint- con\enti<-m ot' the Ani.M'ican 

 ('nrnation Society .nid oiii- societx. they 

 ha\e at last joined hands to ImM their 

 convention anil exlubitiun tn^rthi-r iiere 

 in Detroit, in tlie -^ame hall. Hoth 

 societies had tn cdiange their ]ilan3 

 somewhat. Whether this joint meeting 

 will |)ro\e suc<-rsst'ul. I ani at the pres- 

 <'nt timc^ imt .able to saN'. J'ut T do hope 

 for the best, as ther(> \\er(> many points 

 in favor of doing so. The ollicers of 

 the Rose Soci(dy and it> e\(Mutive 

 board were unanimous in this move. 

 I know many members are dissatisfied 

 with such an e;irly dat(\ but let us 

 withhold our criticism until at'ter the 

 nu^eting. AN'ithout ;;iving it a trial, 

 we were not able to sjieak iiositively 

 either for or against the Detroit meet- 

 ing. T hope that this exhibition is all 

 it should be — an educator to us and the 

 public. 



