. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 826 The American Florist. May 6, buy her a home, or honor her with a gilt of this amount, just to show our appreciation. The tlorists have never hail anything- lilvc Mothers' day be- fore. We should certainly do some- thing for the lady who originated the ; George W. Smith again spoke of the great value of the trade, whole- salers, growers and retailers, working harmoniously together, booming the day and creating a demand for all kinds of flowers and plants. It was this concerted action that had been so
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 826 The American Florist. May 6, buy her a home, or honor her with a gilt of this amount, just to show our appreciation. The tlorists have never hail anything- lilvc Mothers' day be- fore. We should certainly do some- thing for the lady who originated the ; George W. Smith again spoke of the great value of the trade, whole- salers, growers and retailers, working harmoniously together, booming the day and creating a demand for all kinds of flowers and plants. It was this concerted action that had been so successful in Cleveland. A. J. Burt said that the florists of Spokane, Wash., had found the trade of Moth- ers' day to equal that of Christmas. Co-operative work of the florists with the city beautiful movement and the Ad Club organizations had done won- ders in advertising the day, until now it was with them the equal of any flower holiday of the year. Secretary Young spoke of Miss Jar- vis appearing before the New York Florists' Club. In speaking of the movement she had said that practical- ly all her money had iieen spent in prcmioting the day. She felt she could not go any farther and thought the florists of the country should appre- ciate her work. C. W. Ward, Eureka, Calif., offered a resolution that each member of the S. A. F. and subsidiary societies be asked to donate .$10 to be turned over to Miss Jarvis for the purposes of promoting the day. Mr. Hess thought each should give as he had felt benefited. He would give .$50, and thought some could well afford to make it $500. E. G. Hill thought the executive committee should formulate a plan to provide a fitting testimonial. It was then left for Secretary Young to communicate with Miss Jarvis, get her ideas and report to the executive committee for their action. At the recent executive committee meeting in Philadelphia, this subject was taken up and plans are under .way looking to the collection of a substantial sum to be
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