The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Patrick O'Mara, President Society of American' Florists. 



the usual forms were gone through. The 

 attendance was not very large, but it was 

 alive. Mr. O'Mara introduced the new 

 officers and expressed the hope that every 

 member would give them the same sup- 

 port as they had given him. He assured 

 them that in returning to the rank and 

 file once more he would continue to de- 

 vote his best efforts to advance the club's 

 interests. 



Walter F. Sheridan, in assuming the 

 duties of chairman, said in part that he 

 fully appreciated the high honor and re- 

 sponsibilities that were attached to the 

 office and was desirous of doing his ut- 

 most to maintain the high standard 

 reached by the club. He paid- high com- 

 pliments to the retiring president and re- 

 viewed the progress of the club during 

 the past year. He sincerely hoped the 

 good work would continue. The most im- 

 portant event before them was the grand 

 show to be given in Madison Square Gar- 

 den next October, the success of which de- 

 pended on every individual member. A 

 successful exhibition this year meant its 

 establishment as an annual feature, as- 

 suring a brilliant future for the New 

 York Florists' Club. He recommended 

 the appointment of local committees to 

 distribute literature and further the in- 

 terests of the club among horticulturists. 



He suggested that a summer outing be 

 arranged for, where members and their 

 families could meet and enjoy acquaint- 

 ances. (This suggestion was immediately 

 adopted and a committee will be ap- 

 pointed to carry out details.) He urged 

 upon the standing committee of awards 

 the necessity of securing exhibits during 

 the year and recommended that the rules 



and regulations governing such be re- 

 vised and made more liberal. He dwelt 

 at length upon the importance of having 

 novelties brought before the club and 

 hoped the rules would be so revised as to 

 encourage such exhibits. (This matter 

 was discussed by many present and the 

 committee was empowered to change the 

 rules on exhibits.) 



Continuing, he said he hoped to see the 

 by-laws revised on the matter of nomina- 

 tion and election of officers. He was of 

 opinion that a nominating committee 

 should be appointed and that the election 

 should occur the same night the nominees 

 are put before the club. The question 

 box was a matter he hoped would be 

 taken up and used and that members 

 "get on their feet" and talk on matters of 

 interest. 



Considerable discussion followed on the 

 topics touched on and Mr. Sheridan's first 

 night in the chair resulted in accomplish- 

 ing much good. Chas. B. Weathered, on 

 being introduced as the new treasurer 

 with an old face, said he had only to say 

 what he had said every year for the past 

 twelve. His report showed the club to be 

 in a very prosperous condition. Vice- 

 President Wallace offered his best ef- 

 forts to the club's welfare. 



The club's annual dinner was dis- 

 cussed and it was decided to limit it to 

 $3 a ticket. The following were named 

 to arrange for same : J. Young, J. Lang, 

 W. Burnham, L. Hafner and C. Weath- 

 ered. A letter was read from Wm. 

 Plumb, in England, thanking the club 

 for its testimonial. The sum of $150 

 was set aside for the essay and entertain- 



ment committee, with many requests that 

 good results would shortly be shown. 



Mr. Withers, on behalf of the exhibi- 

 tion committee, said that the prelim- 

 inary schedule for the Madison Square 

 Garden show was almost complete, and 

 asked for information on some points. 

 The schedule will be put before the next 

 meeting of the club. 



Mr. Wallace moved that a carnation 

 show be held in the club's rooms at next 

 meeting; it was so ordered and the 

 awards committee, Messrs. Birnie, 

 Woerner, Schweinfurth, Duckham and 

 Dailledouze, are requested to arrange for 

 same. The house committee, Messrs. 

 Burnham, Butterfield and Herrington, 

 promise all facilities. A. C. Zvolanek, 

 Grand View, Somerset Co., N. J., exhib- 

 ited some beautiful new sweet peas, 

 showing remarkable growth. One white 

 named "Florence E. Denzer" gave evi- 

 dence of considerable value. A pink va- 

 riety called Improved Christmas was veiy 

 line, and another white labeled No. G 

 showed much promise. The varieties 

 were awarded honorable mention. 



Mr. Birnie suggested that instead of a 

 standing awards committee the chair 

 should appoint specialists on the exhibits 

 offered at each meeting; the matter will 

 be taken up later. 



The testimonial to John H. Starin for 

 his kindness during the convention outing 

 was read to those present and was or- 

 dered suitably framed. 



Mr. Vincent, of White Marsh, Md., was 

 introduced and gave some account of 

 things in his district. He erred, however, 

 when he blamed W. E. Smith, of Wash- 

 ington, for the evils of government seeds, 

 etc. Mr. Smith stands for all that is 

 pure in American horticulture. Several 

 important committees were named and 

 the meeting adjourned. 



On Saturday, 19th, Arthur Herrington 

 leaves on the S. S. Umbria for a short 

 visit to Europe. 



Business continues fairly good. Rose 

 crops seem to be off and prices are in 

 consequence high. Bulb stock is becom- 

 ing plentiful. Azaleas are good and con- 

 stitute the principal flowering plant at 

 present. Many of the craft are ill. 



Bowling on Monday after 



. fol- 



Tliellman....l85 1T5 170 Lerseher 153 199 



Hafner 134 129 149 Sheridan 101 132 



Tra*'n(lly 175 196 208 Roehrs 156 173 122 



Small 171 146 188 Moody 144 133 



Burns 167 133 161 O'Mara 166 UH 



Butterfield ..169 125 82 Lang 207 l«i 



Shaw 112 95 112 VToerner 95 100 



BUFFALO. 



There has been a considerable drop 

 in business this week past. It could not 

 keep up at the gait it went during the 

 holidays. There was one very large 

 wedding on Delaware avenue last week 

 at which Mr. S. A. Anderson presided 

 and used many Bermuda lilies and roses. 

 Violets are now coming in very abun- 

 dantly, but with good roses and carna- 

 tions there is not yet any too many. 



It is usual for every florist to grumble 

 about dark days. They will do it wheth- 

 er we have reason or not. Now, since 

 New Year's we have had a few sunny 

 days, or rather a few hours' sun on 

 some days, but during November we had 

 just one clear day, and in December but 

 one day called clear by the weather man. 

 How can you expect roses and carna- 

 tions to flower freely under such con- 

 ditions, and yet we do get more flowers 

 than might be expected. We hear with 



