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April 17. 1913. 



success, should not be lost sight of and 

 I hope that a good discussion will be 

 brought about on this subject. 



It need not follow that a National 

 Flower Show should interfere with an 

 annual carnation meeting. I am of 

 the opinion that the grower who is in- 

 terested in the carnation, or any other 

 flowers, will find time and money to at- 

 tend all such meetings, no matter where 

 they are held. 



Work for the Oamation. 



In conclusion, I believe that the Car- 

 nation Society, as expressed by many 



of its most active niembers, should act 

 for the best interests of its aims and 

 purposes, and if the plans now adopted 

 are not practical the. matter should be 

 brought up for discussion and delibera- 

 tion. 



It is to be remembered that our in- 

 terests lie in the carnation, its de- 

 velopment, and creating a sale for 

 it and all that can be done to ac- 

 complish this end should have atten- 

 tion. The carnation must be grown the 

 year around, and its blooms must rank 

 in quality with the grandest of all 

 flowers, the rose. 



THE RETAIL >^^^^| 



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FLORIST, 



BALL DIAMOND IN FLOWEBS. 



One of the tokens of good will from 

 Chicago baseball fans to Manager 

 Evers, of the Cubs, presented April 

 12, was an elaborate flower design in 

 the shape of a fan, with the main body 

 laid out as a ball diamond. It was 

 originated and executed by H. R. 

 Hughes, of Chicago. The foul lines were 

 of white sweet peas and the base lines 

 of white carnations, with pink down 

 the pathways. Eed, white aAd blue 

 ribbons ran to the outfield positions. 

 The feature was a large keystone of 

 white carnations in the second base po- 

 sition, mounted with a yellow crown of 

 five points, to represent "the keystone 

 king," the name given to Manager 

 Evers, who is regarded without a peer 

 as second baseman. 



CHAIN OF FLOWER STORES. 



For months there has been talk in the 

 trade of plans being laid by outside 

 parties to establish a chain of flower 

 stores across the country, on the order 

 of the cigar and o and 10-cent stores 

 that have apparently proved great suc- 

 cesses. It now is reported from New 

 York that * * a new company to be known 

 as the Royal Fruit & Flower Co., with 

 a capital of $10,000,000, is being organ- 

 ized by Oscar Bamberger, of Bamberger, 

 Loeb & Co., and Henry Weil, of Bam- 

 berger Bros. & Co. A chain of fruit 

 and flower stores will be established in 

 this city." 



EXPENSE OF DELIVERY. 



T am a retail florist in a country town 

 and I have read with much interest the 

 remarks of R. S. in The Review for 

 March 13 about the inconvenience and 

 cost of delivery. It exactly describes 

 my position, but the only thing I can 

 see for R. S. to do is to smile and 

 charge more. If he can't do it, he 

 might leave it to his lady clerk. 



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A 'new YORKER'S PILLOW. 



Joseph B. Davis, who established his 

 retail flower store in New York in 1883, 

 was the designer of the pillow shown in 

 the accompanying illustration. His loca- 

 tion is 2152 Third avenue, just above One 



Hundred and Seventeenth street, where 

 he gets a large volume of funeral work. 

 This pillow was made with a solid cen- 

 ter of violets wired in small bunches, 

 bordered by valley, with half a dozen 

 fine cattleyas to give a touch of color. 

 In the prevailing state of the violet 

 market it could be made at a moder- 

 ate price and still yield the necessary 

 margin of profit, while giving the ap- 

 pearance of a failure to consider cost. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



In addition to the work of the S. A. 

 P. directors reported in The Review at 

 the time of the Minneapolis meeting. 

 Secretary Young now supplies the fol- 

 lowing not heretofore made public: 



A design for a life membership badge 

 was submitted by the secretary and was 

 adopted. The secretary was ordered to 

 procure a supply of these badges at a 

 price not to exceed 75 cents each, and 

 to place them at the disposal of life 

 members at the cost price. 



A resolution was passed to the effect 

 that the leading florists, or others hav- 

 ing trade interests, forward any sug- 



gestions or demands they might wish 

 considered relating to tariff legislation 

 affecting their interests, to Wm. p[ 

 Gude, Washington, D. C, chairman of 

 the tariff and legislation committee. 



Upon motion, the following were ,ip. 

 pointed as a local advisory committee 

 in connection with the preparations for 

 the convention in Minneapolis next Au- 

 gust: Theo. Wirth, chairman; W. Des- 

 mond, Hugh Will, and George Asmus. 



Charles Critchell, of Cincinnati, was 

 appointed chairman of the sports com- 

 mittee of the convention. 



In regard to the rates for space in 

 the trade exhibition at Minneapolis, it 

 was decided that the rate be 40 cents 

 per square foot, with a minimum price 

 of $20. It was further arranged that 

 the business convention occupy four 

 days and that the trade exhibit should 

 be opened for the same period; and 

 that all articles exhibited must be left 

 in place until the close of the business 

 session of the convention, which would 

 be at 10 p, m. on the fourth day. 



A resolution was passed that it was 

 the sense of the board of directors that 

 some action be taken by the society at 

 the next convention whereby exhibits 

 of artificial flowers at the society's 

 trade exhibits and dower shows be pro- 

 hibited. 



The following appropriations were 

 made: Entomologist, $100; pathologist, 

 $100; botanist, $100; convention badges, 

 $100; assistant to secretary at conven- 

 tion, $100; sports committee, $75; presi- 

 dent's messenger, $25; school garden 

 committee, $75. 



The accommodations at the Hotel 

 Badisson having been found satisfac- 

 tory, that hotel was appointed head- 

 quarters for the convention. Vice-Pres- 

 ident Wirth was invested with author- 

 ity to make arrangements for the lease 

 of the Armory. 



The salary of the secretary was fixed 

 at $J,000 per year, with an additional 

 allowance of $300 per annum for office 

 rent. It was also decided that in con- 

 sideration of his additional work as 

 superintendent of the trade exhibition 

 he be paid an additional salary of $500 

 per annum, with a further allowance of 

 .$200 to cover the expense of a thirty- 

 day stay in the convention city which 

 would be required through his duties. 



A Pillow of Valley, Violets and Cattleyas. 



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