. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi3- The American Florist. 307 cerned In New York city. Only about 2.'! per cent, however, of tlio people that did visit the llower show were interested In , orchids, and so on. Seventy-five per cent of those people were Just as much interested In a few geraniums and roses that they could afford to put in their back- yards; but we had a very poor repre- one. Flower shows in New York for the last IT) years have never been anything like the National Flower Show tliat we had in New York. We have done somethi
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi3- The American Florist. 307 cerned In New York city. Only about 2.'! per cent, however, of tlio people that did visit the llower show were interested In , orchids, and so on. Seventy-five per cent of those people were Just as much interested In a few geraniums and roses that they could afford to put in their back- yards; but we had a very poor repre- one. Flower shows in New York for the last IT) years have never been anything like the National Flower Show tliat we had in New York. We have done something, loo, in public- ity. This year we spent .$2,"),lHl(l in various ways, advertising In papers, in posters, in the subway, in the ele- vated stations, and in sheets that we. F. R. PIERSON CO.'S EXHIBIT AT THE MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION. sentation of that class of plants. Take geraniums; they are grown by the millions, and they would make as fine a show as anything else to catch the eye of the public; still our New York growers fail to take the interest that some of our friends, in Boston and other cities did. If we ever get a National Flower Show again in New Y'ork city. I think, as Mr. Traendly says, that there is no doubt but that it will waken up the retailer—a sec- tion of the industry that has never given any support to flower shows. I hope the trade in general will take a little more interest, and even if they only make a small exhibit, that they will be more universally represented, and the exhibit of a more general character than it was at the last flower show. I was rather disap- pointed, as L said, that more people in the trade around New York city did not take a greater interest in the show and make some little exhibits there that would have evidenced their interest. Harry B. Bunyard: Mr. President and gentlemen, New l^ork will swell up in a little while if you keep' call- ing on us in this way. Y^ou must not forget that we only followed Chicago and Boston in mak
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