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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



J. D. Thomp 

 J. S. Wilson 



gins, J. Trumbull, A. H. Lancer, ' G. 



Denthy, J. A. Shellem, J. A. Hendley, 



D. E. Fishback, E. H. Feltwell, J. L. 



Pennock. 



Chicago: N. Wietor 



son, James Hartsliornc 



G. L. (Jrant. 



Washington: W. F. Gude. A. Guile 



Benjamin Durfee, W. R. Smith, F. H. 



Kramer. W. S. Clark. A. W. Tliorpe. I'. 



H. Meeham, Peter liissitt. David Bis- 



sott. Z. D. Blackistone. 



BufTalo: William Siolt, W . F. Kast- 



ins, C. F. Guenther, W. 3. Palmer, Jr. 

 I'itt-burg: F. Burki, B. L. Elliot). 



C. Blind. 



Cincinnati: R. Witterstaetter. E. (i. 



Gillctl, W. K. Partridge. Willi<un .lack- 



son, J. A. Peterson. 



Grand Rapids, Mich.: G. F. ( r.il.l,. 



Ilenrv Smith. 



Sharon. Pa.: .John .Miu.hic. K. .1. 



Mnrchic. 



Oakland. Md.: II. Wcbrr. William 



Weber. 



na..;crstown, .Aid.: II. li.ilzapfcl. 11. 



Bcster, 11. Bester, Jr. 



ITarrisburg, Pa.: J. D. lircniieinaii. 

 .John Ix)ban. 



Kennett Square, Pa.: William Swayiic 

 J. B. Swaj-ne, J. M. Palmer. 



Other points: F. L. Atkins. Ruth- 

 erford, N. J.; J. H. Dunlop, Toronto, 

 Ont.; Charles Black, Hightstown, Pa.; 

 John Culleii, Pencoyd, Pa.; T. J. John- 

 ston, Providence, E. I.; C. Warburton, 

 Fall River, Mass.; T. E. Edwards, 

 Bridgeton, N. J.; C. H. Atkins, Madi- 

 •son, N. J.; M. A. Whitty, Richmond, 

 Va. ; H. Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa. ; P. 

 S. Byrnes, Wickford, R. I.; W. Spills- 

 bury, Woburn, Mass. ; W. J. Stewart, 

 Boston; A. H. Lange, WnrcrMrr. Ma><.; 

 E. N. Pierce, Waltham. Mi-,: rlmilrs 

 E. Smith. York, Pa.: C, I'. I'.niiiid. 

 Northbrook. ]>a.; F. A. Nrl-.m, Inaian- 

 apolis, Ind.; 1'". i:. Il.nhi. I ,;i ij \ ri i ,■. 

 Ind.; M. A. Pattm. |r« l.r-hin \ , Mj^k, ; 

 S. J. Renter, W<-i. i\y I; I ;' W ini.im 

 Nicholson, Framinyliam. -Ma->.; IVtor 

 Fisher, Ellis, Mass.; L. E. Marquisee, 

 Syracuse, N. Y.; Benjamin Connell, 

 West Grove, Pa.: A. N. Pirr^nn. Crom- 

 well, Conn.; J. L: Dillon :" .,-' i. 

 Pa.; Albert M. Herr, I 

 Geor<;e Bayer, Toledo, Oln 

 Richmond, Ind.: E. P. M . n 



hcim. Pa.: John C. K^l.i. -~ , i,lh l!i\rr. 

 N. J.; W. W. Sl::i,|' - I ui;hkena- 

 mon. Pa.; Geoi-^'c ^ i;,!^! Nazareth, 

 Pa.; X. n. Picrcj. _\mia,,..,I, ];. 1.; L. 

 Dupuy. Whitestonc, N. V.; S. A. Bauer, 

 Erie. Pa.; C. A. Rovco. Palmer, Mass.; 

 E. Ilijipard, Voungstown. Ohio; F. X. 

 Millman, Cumberland. Md.; H. P. Gould, 

 College Park, Md.; R. Vincent. Jr., R. 

 A. Vincent, and C. E. Akehurst, White 

 Jlarsh, MA. 



The Banquet. 

 The banquet was a grand affair in 

 cM-ry way but here we met our Waterloo, 

 for a draught from the stage swept 

 around the spot where wool ought to 

 grow and we lost our voice, but we could 

 enjoy the eloquence and stories of others. 

 Mr. Scldewitz is an ideal chairman and 

 master of ccremon'es and the telegrams 

 received from Aguinaldo, JIis. Nation, 

 Bloonisburg, etc., were most amusing and 

 clever. The mayor of Baltimore re- 

 sponded most eloquently for his city and 

 gave us little of local politics. Mr. Rob- 

 ert Craig was, as he always is, at home 

 on the toast "The Carnation." Few men 

 in or out of the trade can talk so feel- 

 ingly and yet truthfully as Robert. Bal- 

 timore's Park Commissioner is an orator 



The Carnation Society's Exhibition at Baltimore. 



with a silver ring in his voice that is a 

 delight to hear and his response to "The 

 Public" was a treat. 



Mr. Christie, of Baltimore, was natural 

 and witty on "The Ladies" but we are 

 sorry to hear that he has occasion to 

 think any of them so bad that "thev 

 ought to' be dead.""Thc Tlival-" w;i- jl.h 

 taken care of by John N, .\I.i\ innl :iii. i 

 allowing to the Divinr I'lnwii n- ni.iii\ 

 fine qualities he still rlainud Inr tlic 

 rose its pre-eminence in the Moral world. 

 "Telling Others How" was too much of 

 a toast for William Scott, especially in 

 his exhausted condition and he quickly 

 wandered to the Pan-American, which he 

 has on the brain at present, and where 

 he hoped he would meet all the brethren. 

 When the sage of Syracuse arose we all 

 settled down for a good time and we got 

 it. Mr. Marquisee was loaded w^ith 

 stories and we got half a dozen of his best. 

 (They were iint ;ill strictly parlor 

 stories.) Mr. M. lu- i liii: ln^ad and lots 

 in it and a inn-i .Irlivhi lul way of im- 

 parting his wi.-duin .1- a. II :is lii^ jok-^*. 

 The mayor of Anuapcili, nii. i « -c il.lil. 

 eration told him he miulii i.. k. r|- .in, L-, 



In the absence of th. mik mli', \\ . |;, 

 Smith, Mr. C. W. \\:ii^i i. -|.: ii.|. ,| i., ihr 

 toast of "The i;,ii Ini, , ■ ;iim| ,1i.I iI ii..liK 

 We have never lir.n.l \li. W.n.l m iiii.'i 

 order. He loyally ui-lu-kl I lie prulc^iun 

 of the gardener and looked in the not far 

 distant future when the skilled gardener 

 would rank socially and in every way 

 with any in tlii> bin, I. His proof that 

 you coufd lind in \\i,- 'janlming frater- 

 nity the counlci |i:ii K . f mII the great 

 lights of the JIM -I :inil present age was 

 happy and highly amusing. 



Hie trade papers were to be handled 

 by Judge Sands but that most genial 

 and hospitable man had to leave as the 

 hour was getting late. The speeches were 

 concluded most ably by Mr. Graham, of 

 Baltimore, who responded to "Our 

 Guests." He was original and comical 

 and when he told the story of the lady 

 who said to her guests when they re- 

 marked of the trouble she must have gone 

 to that "the trouble ain't nothing to the 



exjMnse," we realized how hard we had 

 worked the Baltimore boys. 



There were at least a dozen talented 

 young men who between speeches gave 

 us a delightful vaudeville show from the 

 stage. All the numbers were good and 

 the chorus was fine. I would like to be 

 the owner of thai beautiful tenor or that 

 l':iiiii>ne, or if that was denied me, the 

 |i \\( I lo whistle so charmingly. It was 

 a i^riai evening and a great convention 

 and the i)resident of the society presided 

 at the business meetings in a "most dig- 

 nified and able manner, but oh, Robert, 

 you worked hard, I know you did. I 

 know 1 voice the feeling of all when I 

 say that there is no more generous, self- 

 sacrificing man in the trade, and none 

 nioie loved and respected than Robert 

 Halliday. W. S. 



Judge Sands was present in spirit if 

 not in the flesh and this is what he said 

 in part: 



"In the gardener's art. if vou justly 



iMMst nf yoiir \\rrn].:< an.l Buists and Hen- 



Jri- ,,,-. Ml N,.,,r W 111, r-laetters, Daille- 

 I II/, - an ! I I ' I i lake equal pride 



III III,' r,i-i,a «Iiiih ii,ai- the names of 

 an I ,a-i, aiai ( , ,,|.- a,„l llallidavs and 



«li,-e n ,_-.ii,jry ev, in .a], should be dolled, 

 gardener, nurserynum, botanist, writer — 

 William D. Brackenridge. 



"The first American catalogiie of roses 

 was issued from Ball im,, re, it- vivid de- 

 scriptions of varii l i,- iii-i a- , iilrancing 

 to the ear and as alim in- i,, 1 1,, laiycr as 

 the most eloquent \\ ,i,l i,aiiiiiiiu:s of the 

 catalogue men of today. Here is a copy 

 of the modest volume, and Mr. James 

 Pentland was its compiler. 



"But to the trade press. Some j'ears 

 ago a close friend of mine, counting on 

 my experience as a publisher and orr the 

 newspaper blood in my veins, asked my 

 advice as to an investment in a proposed 

 paper designed for the florists' trade, and 

 received the reply: 'Halliday' — for it was 

 that splendid fellow and accomplished 

 gardener, the father of your president — 



