FLORIDA FLORIST AND NURSERYMAN 
SUCCESSOR TO FLORIDA NURSERY BULLETIN 
A Tradepaper for Florida Nurserymen and Florists 
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Published the First Day of Every Month at Stuart, Florida, by 
EDWIN A. MENNINGER, The Flowering Tree Man. 
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FLORIDA FLORIST AND NURSERYMAN, Bin 1, Stuart, Florida 
FLORIDA STATE FLORISTS 
ASSN. AT TAMPA MAY 20-22 
Plans for the 1951 Florida State Flor- 
ists Association convention May 20-21-22 
at the Tampa Terrace Hotel are being 
completed, and it promises to be both 
big and successful. 
Bill Nipper, convention chairman, and 
his committees have been working hard 
to get everything shaped up for the 
most informational and the most enter- 
taining yet. From all indications, every- 
one attending will be thankful they did. 
The program starts off, after the open- 
ing of the registration desk at noon, Sun- 
day, with a buffet supper Sunday evening 
in the Palm Room of the Tampa Terrace 
Hotel, followed by a Fellowship and _get- 
acquainted party. From 2 to 5 p. m. 
FTD will hold a business meeting. 
Monday morning at 8:30 the registra- 
tion desk opens, with the General Assem- 
bly meeting scheduled for 9:30. At noon 
will be held the luncheons and _ business 
meetings of the FTD and TDS. In the 
afternoon, the first session of the Florists 
design school will be held, with outstand- 
ing designers booked to display their 
talents. 
The Nursery Group will hold a meet- 
ing in the afternoon with a talk on Hibis- 
cus by R. D. Dickey of the Florida Ex- 
periment Station at Gainesville leading 
off. This is to be followed by a general 
discussion session on subjects pertinent 
to growing and the nursery business. 
The Greenskeepers Group. will have 
their business session until 10:30 a. m. fol- 
lowing it with a symposium conducted 
by Soils Technologist J. R. Henderson, 
of the Florida Agricultural Experiment 
Station. This will include The Physiology 
of Root Development, R. W. Bledsoe; Or- 
namentals on the Golf Course, R. D. 
Dickey; Diseases of Turf Grasses, Phares 
Decker; and Insects of Turf Grasses, E. 
G. Kelsheimer. In the afternoon, speakers 
will include Dr. Grau, Director USGA, 
Greens Section; Dr. Glenn Burton, Direc- 
tor of Research, Tifton Station, Tifton, 
Ga.; and Dr. O. J. Noer, Agronomist of 
the Milwaukee Sewage Commission. 
Monday evening at the Villa Euse 
Lodge will be held the Enchanting El 
Rancho Fiesta amid the gardens of Moon 
Lake. This is a barbecue supper and 
dancing with all the trimmings. 
Tuesday morning will be the final Gen- 
eral Assembly meeting, followed in the 
afternoon by Design School for the Flor- 
ists; General discussion meeting of Nursery 
Group, led off by talk on propagation by 
Mr. Claude Scoles, propogator and grower 
for Glen St. Mary Nurseries. In the dis- 
cussion period anyone can introduce any 
subject pertinent to the nursery industry. 
The Greenskeepers will hold election of 
officers in the morning. Then there will 
be a panel discussion for all members 
of the Association — this to be conducted 
by James L. Blackledge, Ralph H. Linde- 
man, and Gus Thomas. In the afternoon, 
the Greenskeepers will adjourn to the 
Palma Ceia Golf Course for an informal 
program, to be conducted by Ward L. 
Wood, Commercial Chairman. A demon- 
stration and display of Equipment, Turf 
Grasses and Supplies. 
The grand finale will be the President’s 
Ball and Banquet at the Arbor Room cf 
the Hillsborough Hotel Tuesday evening. 
The Tampa Terrace Hotel has been 
selected as the headquarters hotel, with 
rooms available also at the Hillsborough, 
Thomas Jefferson and Floridian. Reserva- 
