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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



earnestly hoped that everj' member will 

 feel a personal interest in making the 

 alFair a triumphant success. 



The state board of agriculture has in- 

 vited Edwin Lonsdale to write a paper 

 instructing the farmers how to build 

 and manage greenhouses with a view to 

 aiding them in rendering their farms 

 profitable. This is gratifyini,' and the 

 paper, which is progrcssiuL', should 

 prove very instructive. As a further 

 mark of confidence the state board asked 

 Mr. Lonsdale to name the fee which he 

 considered fair compensation: for the 

 work. 



The many friends of Charles E. ilee- 

 haii will be interested in learning that he 

 has completed a new greenhouse, the 

 tenth, I think, on his place, also a styl- 

 ish oflico. If all signs fail not, this pro- 

 gressive florist is preparing to put the 

 words "wholesale and retail" before the 

 "Florist"' on his wagon. 



Xow that the holiday rush is over 

 every grower ought to do a little figur- 

 ing to determine what pays and what 

 does not pay. You can't tell by guess- 

 ing. Thomas Cartledge said, in speak- 

 ing of a grower's success: "He never 

 fooled with things that didn't pay him." 

 A very successful florist, in speaking to 

 some of .his less fortunate brethren, 

 said: "You will be small growers always 

 if you don't grow what pays you." 



Phil. 



NEW YORK, 



' Banquet to President Patrick O'Mara. 



The banquet tendered to Patrick 

 O'Mara bv his numerous llorieultural and 

 horticultural friends at the St. Denis 

 Hotel, Xew York City, Jan. 10, was a 

 remarkable show of appreciation for the 

 services rendered by that gentleman to 

 the New Y'ork Florists' Club, the Society 

 of American Florists, and to the trade in 

 general. Any man might well feel proud 

 of the .-plendid testimonial, for it was an 

 event that will for aj'e impress itself 

 upon the memories of those who were 

 present and marks an epoch at the birth 



iff:! 



Chas. B. Weathered acted as toast- 

 master and started the fun by his giv- 

 ing an account of how he '_'ot that posi- 

 tion at the civil servirp r\:nMiiintion held 

 by the dinner e<)iiiiniiir( ; h, ajs award- 

 ed !).■) point- on e\i iii|'lj I \ . ! ntary ele- 

 ment-. Mini \\:i- ii .i^|ii.i..r awarded 



th. - nil i.-i f. I I. I . II, '-.11 i-,iess and 



• ■'IP :^.ii ■ ,'• -<■ i.-i . •..iiilv. Mr. 



W, , I !..!.., . t, iMi., ■ •■■ , . ,.,.( of that 



:i--i liiNi.rji . -.Ill -I hi ; ' ,1.1 come to 



di. hunor tu unc wlio by his iiulcfatigable 

 AvA well placed labor in the last de- 

 cade, had done more for horticulture than 

 any one man," and called upon William 

 J. Stewart, of Boston, to respond to the 

 toast, "Our Honored Guest." Mr. Stew- 

 art feelingly referred to the many quali- 

 ties of the hero of the night, that they 

 had come from north, east, south and 

 west around that festal bo;ird to honor 

 and say "Well done, good and faithful 

 servant." At the conclusion of his re- 

 marks Mr. Stewart, on behalf of those 

 assembled, handed Mr. 0'>rara a beauti- 

 ful emerald and diamond pin as "a token 

 of the evergreen and never-dying esteem 

 in which he was held by the horticultur- 

 ists of America." Letters were then read 

 from many of the most prominent men 

 in the country who regretted their in- 



ability to attend. All the letters were 

 testimonials to Mr. O'Mara's worth and 

 many of them were remarkable for humor 

 and feeling; they were presented to the 

 guest of the evening. 



On rising to respond Mr. O'Mara re- 

 ceived an ovation; he was visibly affect- 

 ed, as well he might be, and his compari- 

 son of the emerald pin he had received 

 that night to the green isle far away 

 was one of the best things he ever said. 

 His story uf how, when a boy, he fol- 

 lowed the nil Niw .Teisey regiment, and 

 felt linii.il,, I in li.ijiiir allowed to hold 

 one of tin jiiii-. WIS a pathetic descrip- 

 tion of -Milci.ui ambition; he said the 

 motto of the ilth Xew Jersey was "Al- 

 ways Ready"; he tried to be always 

 ready, but he confessed he was not ready 

 for such a demonstration as was given 

 him that night! There was a burning 

 seriousness in his voice when he declared 

 "God knows each man should do, when 

 the time comes, what his fellow man calls 

 upon him to do. It is only his duty, it 

 is only his right, it is only what he 

 owes to the age in which he lives, what 

 he owes to the spirit of progress, what 

 he owes to the time in which he is mak- 

 ing his pilgrimage on this earth, to put 

 forth his best effort, to forget for the 

 moment himself and his little selfish sur- 

 roundings and to do as God has given 

 him strength, all in his power to aid 

 his fellow man, to aid his nation and 

 whatever movement may be going along." 



After referrin2 to the vast good ac- 

 eomplLshed by the S. A. F. 0. H.. he 

 urged all to make the Buffalo exhibition 

 and convention worthy of the times and 

 of themselves. In speakinsr of the Xew 

 York Florists' Club, he said the eyes of 

 horticultural America were always 

 turned to X^ew York; he hoped that every 

 member of the club would do his best 

 to make the coming Madison Square Gar- 

 den show a grand success. 



Mr. W. C. Barry, of Rochester, re- 

 sponded to the toast "Our Country," 

 speaking of the works of American horti- 

 culturists which he said ranked second 

 to none in the world, and which would 

 still reach a higher standard through 

 the earnest co-operation of those inter- 

 ested. He ended by an eloquent tribute 

 to his country, which he said other na- 

 tions of the world were beginning to 

 know and respect — it took a few battles 

 to convince them of our power but it 

 was done. 



"Our Profession" was responded to by 

 Mr. John X. May, whose description of 

 the struL'nrles of the florists in bvgone 

 days r.iiiiiniliil inaii.v ..f IliM-e im-riit of 

 their nw n i\|iii n imi^ : li,' |ii, iliii, i| that 



as Ir.. iiiiii.li.il- -tii.li- li:ii[ 1 11 made 



avary ivw M .u - ill .iui ihi'I'i .--imi the 

 next decade or two would see still great- 

 er ones, that the standards now consid- 

 ered high would he improved upon, even 

 more than those nf the pa^t were. Point 

 ing to the iinuHii-i va-i~ df ■■Pii.-|i.i 

 ity" and "I'ui.-rMli " . ai n ii hai- wliiili 

 stood on eaeli -i !.■ ..i liim. h,- -aid llm 

 represented the acme of perfection as 

 we knew it today. He paid high tribute 

 to the work of the landscape artists of 

 the day. 



"Our Societies," was spoken to by Ex- 

 Prcsident Wm. F. Gude. of Washington, 

 who enumerated the good accomplished 

 by all the national and local floricultural 

 and horticultural bodies; he was in fa- 

 vor of all making their working ways 

 broader, that the new century would see 

 an increasing usefulness, every year mark 

 greater attainments by all the societies. 



W. Witho 



r 111!.. null I 



idable ab- 



ri'l 1 I'll ii'. 1 i',i-i i I I nil i-ii iialure. ■ 



.Ml. Willi.i- |i.u.l i -'i.,-,iiij iiibute to 

 .\meiiean liuiluuluual liUi.ilure which 

 he said led the world and in ending re- 

 ferred to the contributions to it of many 

 who were present. 



In the much lamented absence of Wm. 

 Scott, of Buffalo, Alexander Burns was 

 called upon to answer to "Our Pastimes," 

 and -he was equal to his embarrassing 

 position, eliciting much laughter by his 

 happy references. The "Lord of Wood- 

 side" did better than he sometimes docs 

 on the alleys. 



"The Ladies'' — ah, the girls; and who 

 else but the polished chevalier Edmund 

 M. Wood, Bostonwards, could be called 

 upon to speak of them? Samuel Hen- 

 shaw responded to "Old Times," and sur- 

 prised the uninformed present when he 

 stated that in the early days of the Flor- 

 ists' Club Mr. O'ilara's candidature was 

 rejected several times lieeause he was an 

 Irishman. Great changes had come since 

 that time, but he begged to assure his 

 hearers that "old times" were not de- 

 void of pleasant memories. He paid a 

 well deserved tribute to the veteran flor- 

 ist, Chas. Zeller, who was present ; they 

 were the oldest florists there, but he 

 was sure they were the youngest at heart 

 that night. 



■Vice-President William Kasting, of 

 Buffalo, imade a few remarks on the 

 pleasantries of the evening and urged all 

 present to root for and "get off" at Buf- 

 falo next August. Alex. Wallace was 

 called upon to speak for the "Trade 

 Press," and sang a song instead. Walter 

 F. Sheridan, president of the X'ew York 

 Florists' Club, was loudly called for, and 

 in answer said he was proud of the com- 

 mittee's work and felt it a great honor 

 to succeed Mr. O'Mara as president of 

 the club. 



After all present had given vent to 

 their feelings in Auld Ijang Syne some 

 gradually stole away and others were 

 loth to part. The tables were prettily 

 decorated by Lawrence Hafncr. Contri- 

 butions of flowers were kindly sent by 

 Traendly & Schenck, J. I. Raynor, Young, 

 J. H. Taylor, John N. May, Rudolph 

 Asmus, C. W. Ward, J. K. Allen, W. F. 

 Slini.Ian. TT, \ Siebrecht, D. Gindra and 

 Pailli iliiu.ii j'.iii-. There were many 

 gem- .11 iliii lal.lo and the committee 

 wishes f.i tliaiik the donors for the gen- 

 erous response to their request. 



To give a list of those present would 

 only be writing out the names of those 

 active in the workings of the club. Many 

 were prevented from being present by 

 fear of feeling Rubeish alongside dress 

 suits and the glitter of diamonds. In 

 justi.^e t.i iiiaiiy friends of Afr. O'Mara, 

 ami lii i|iiiii.i many of them, there would 

 lia\o 111. 11 III lia-t three ttmcs as many 

 iiic-.iit \\.i. ili.Te not so much style 



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Among those from a distance were 

 .John Biirton. Wm. P. Craig.. Robert Ber- 

 ry and Geo. D. Clark, of Philadelphia: 

 Wm. C. Barry, of Rochester; E. M. Wood, 

 of Boston; and Wm. F. Gude. of Wash- 

 ington. D. C. ; Wm. F. Kasting, of Buf- 

 falo: W. C. Russell and I. L. Powell, of 

 Millbrook, and J. F. Huss, of Lenox, 



Club Meeting. 



The installation of officers for the year 

 mm took place at the meeting of" the 

 Florists' Club on ^^fondav nisjht last and 



