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March 18, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



11 



week or two, the trouble Hhould gradu- 

 ally dipai>pear, cHpecially if the atmos- 

 rkhere of the house is not kept moist and 

 stuffy. C. W. 



THE CROSS OF ROSES. 



The cross of roses shown in the accoiu 

 panying illustration is noteworthy for the 

 way its symmetry is preserved, the trio 

 of eycas leaves placed at one side bal- 

 ancing the ribbon on the other. This is 

 one of the series of designs by Charles 

 Henry Fox, at the Sign of the Rose, 

 Philadelphia, wlio devotes especial atten- 

 tion to making the lettering, when de- 

 manded, as graceful as possible. His 

 method in the present instance is an ex- 

 ample. The color idea of this cross is 

 white, Bride roses, lily of the valley, gar- 

 denias and Piaster lilies being the princi- 

 pal flowers used. Phil. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Executive Board Meets. 



The first member of the S. A. F. ex- 

 ecutive board to arrive in Cincinnati for 

 the annual meeting March 13 was Presi- 

 dent J. A. Valentine, of Denver. He was 

 closelv followed by Secretary W. N. 

 Rudd", of Chicago; W. J, Vesey, of Ft. 

 Wayne, and George Asmus, also of Chi- 

 cago. These, with E. G. Gillett, vice- 

 president and local member of the com- 

 mittee, failed to constitute a quorum and 

 no meeting could be held on Saturday. 

 Ill the evening Mr. Gillett escorted the 

 gentlemen to a meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society. They arrived 

 about lU p. m., in time for the social 

 part of the meeting, iiach was called 

 upon for a few words. President Valen- 

 tine advised the local society not to try 

 to do too much in the way of entertain- 

 ment, as he was afraid that this rivalry 

 among the various cities in the way of 

 entertainment, and the great cost that it 

 involves will, in time, be a detriment and 

 keep many cities from extending invita- 

 tions to the S. A. F. A general goofl 

 time was had and the meeting adjourned 

 very near the midnight hour. 



Sunday marked the arrival of Eugene 

 Daille.louze. of Flatbush. h. I., and F. 

 H. Traendly, of New York city. The 

 balance of the committee, including 

 Treasurer H, B. Beatty, Pittsburg; 

 Samuel Murray, Kansas City; J. K. M. 

 L. Far(iuhar, Boston, and John Young, 

 New York city, were unable to be pres- 

 ent. 



At thf invitation of President J. A. 

 Peterson, of the Cincinnati Florists' So- 

 ciety, the committee took Sunday dinner 

 at his residence in Westwood and in the 

 afternoon insj)ected his greenhouse plant. 



Monday morning the real business wsis 

 taken up. There Avere four meetings in 

 all, held in the committee room at the 

 Hotel Sinton. There was a great deal 

 of work for the committee. A i)rogram 

 which is said to be one of unusual inter- 

 est was mapped out for the August con- 

 vention. The report of tlieso meetings 

 will Ije announced in due time by Secre- 

 tary Rudd. 



Wm. Murphy, who was nominated by 

 the Cincinnati Florists' Club, was ap- 

 pointed to the important office of man- 

 ager of the trade exliibiiion. 



A part of Monday morning was con- 

 sumed by the committee in viewing the 

 locations chosen by the local society for 

 the trade exhibition and in which to" hold 

 the convention meetings. The members 

 of the committee were well ]>IcaHcd with 

 the facilities which the loci.l society is 

 providing. The exhibition iiail is a large 



Cross of Roses. 



building and was built for the ^)urpose 

 of holding just such exhibitions. There 

 will be ample space for everyone. Ad- 

 joining this building is the Odeon, in 

 which the business meetings of the con- 

 vention will be held. This is a small 

 opera house, seating (iOO persons. There 

 is a good stage and comfortable opera 

 ••hairs. This jdace was considered ideal 

 tor the meetings. 



Monday evening a banquet at the Sin- 

 ton hotel was tendered the committee by 

 the Cincinnati Florists' Society. Alto- 

 gether there were twenty-five persons 

 l)resent, including E. G. Hill, of Rich- 

 mond, Ind., members of the Cincinnati 

 I'lorists' Society and Wm. Finch, who 

 was present as a representative of the 

 <'incinnati Industrial League. After the 

 lepast E. G. Gillett introduced Albert 

 •McCuUough as toastmaster for the even- 

 ing. Toasts were responded to by all the 

 members of the committee and also by 

 Wm. Finch, .1. W. Rodgers, J. A. Peter- 

 son and R. Witterstaelter. E. G. Hill 

 spoke in his usual entertaining nmnner. 

 Especially interesting talks were made 

 by Judge W. J. Vesey, who touched on 

 various tojucs of interest, and B. P. 

 < 'ritchell, wh(^ told of the first meeting of 

 ♦ lie S. A. F., whicii was held in Cincin- 



nati twenty-five years ago. E. O. Gil- 

 lett was the last one on the program 

 and lie gave those present a little idea 

 of what they might expect in the way 

 of entertainment at the coming conven- 

 tion. 



Tiie business meetings of the commit- 

 tee were completed about noon on Tues- 

 day. In the afternoon they journeyed to 

 Price Hill to visit R. Witterstaetter's 

 greenhouses. E. G. Hill went with them. 



The various members of the commit- 

 tee left Cincinnati Tuesday evening, 

 March 16, W. N. Rudd returning to Chi- 

 cago, W. .1. Vesey going to Atlanta, Ga., 

 and .1. A. Valentine, E. Dailledouze, 

 George Asmus and F. H. Traendly to 

 Buifalo to attend the convention of the 

 American Rose Society. 



Nkwi'ort, R. I. — Stewart Ritchie will 

 ojien a retail flower store at 40 Broad- 

 way. 



AiRORA, 111. — Frank Shaflfer, of Chi- 

 cago, until two years ago a resident of 

 this city, has purchased a half interest 

 in the Aurora (ireenhouse Co. from John 

 H. Newhall and will return to Aurora. 

 Mr. ShalTer was employed for several 

 years by .loseph Smeiy. ^ 



