Florists' review (microform) (1912) (16492212247)

Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_40_3 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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The Telegraph Delivery Window That Won the Prize in the Contest in Which Twelve Detroit Stores Competed. "Cleveland florists will look forward with interest and pleasure to the next annual meeting of the F. T. D., which, fortunately for them, will be held here. By Frank A. Frledley. "As I am a grower, I am not a mem- ber of the F. T. D., but I am heartily in accord with what that splendid or- ganization represents. They are busi- ness fellows, all right; they leave their wives at home, begin their sessions at 9 a. m., lunch in the building and con- tinue until adjournment, late in the afternoon. "We arc delighted at the prospect of having the annual meeting in Cleve- land next year. Chicago and Buffalo wanted it, but we beat them to it. "While in Detroit I noticed that when a florist of that city was wanted, he was found in the vicinity of a bowling alley, and that, in addition, he wore a determined look upon his vis- age. Upon making inquiry, I ascer- tained that the Detroit bowlers were in constant practice and resolved to win the first leg of the tournament with the Cleveland team, which is to be bowled at the time of the November show. Boys, get busy!" By John Eirchner. "When I went to Detroit I was not a member of the F. T. D., but I joined there, and if I have any regrets it is because I had not become a member several years before. As a body, formed to promote the welfare of a business, I know of no organization in any field so fraught with the pos- sibility of good as the F. T. D. Asso- ciation. The better interests of every florist in the land, large or small, dic- tate that their names go upon its ros- ter. "And it was not all business, either; we had some fun, too. Among Detroit entertainers the name of E. A. Fetters stands out in bold letters. The Cleve- land bunch returned to their native city with a warm spot in their bosoms for him and his ideas of hospitality. "We live to learn. I'll wager a good cigar that George Asmus, Charley Eussell, Frank Friedley, Norman Kirch- ner and Herman Knoble saw things in Detroit they never saw before!" By Charles E. Russell. "Without exception, the Detroit meeting of the F. T. D. was the most enthusiastic and the most productive of practical benefit it was ever my privilege to attend. It was an as- semblage of the best and ablest flo- rists of the country, gotten together to talk business, and it was talked, too! This meeting has converted me into a more ardent supporter of the F. T. D. idea than ever before. "Our party left Detroit feeling grateful for the hospitality shown dur- ing the convention. In this connection, it might not be amiss to remark that we also left with something else—the genial Secretary Pochelon's goat, which, by the wav, cost Herman Kno- ble fifty 'bucks'." By M. A. Vinson. "If the indifferent or doubtful flo- rist would but attend a single F. T. D. meeting, he would not only go across the continent to the next one, but he would look forward with intense satis- faction to its coming. The real diffi- culty appears to be in getting non-mem- bers awakened to the advantages of being enrolled. "I absorbed a great many ideas at the Detroit meeting, which, though nebulous, will be developed for local use. While in Detroit I called upon, many growers in the city and its environs in the interests of the Novem- ber flower show. Many of the growers proved to be greatly interested in it." By Miss Hester A. Gi«tz. "I was somewhat averse to attend- ing the F. T. D. convention, but went, and now feel that I never spent money to better advantage. It was an in- spiring and instructive meeting, replete with life and vim. The trade was rep- resented by able business men, who also are gentlemen. The business of the meeting was transacted with cour- tesy and dispatch, there being not a single jarring note. Advertising, cred- its and bookkeeping were discussed, and many points of particular benefit were brought out. Florists are not all optimists, but a generous opti- mism was a feature of this gathering, and patriotism, too!" By George Bate. "Although a wholesaler, I felt suf- ficiently interested in the work of the F. T. D. in its efforts to increase the use of flowers to attend the Detroit meeting. I am glad I went, for it

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