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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



FEBRUARY 23, 1899. 



From Boston and vicinity, Wm. 

 Nicholson. E. M. Wood, P. Welch, W. 

 J. Stewart, F. A. Blake, Peter Fisher, 

 From Chicago, W. N. Rudd, J. C. 

 Vaughan, Jas. Hartshorns, G. L. 

 Grant. From Cincinnati, R. Witter- 

 staetter, E. H. Giesy, Aug. Hoffmeis- 

 ter, Edw. Hoffmeister. W. H. Sunder- 

 bruch. From Cleveland. J. M. Gasser, 

 H. A. Hart, A. Schmitt. Mr. Schmitt, 

 Jr. 



From Buffalo, Wm. Scott, Alex. 

 Scott, W. J. Palmer, W. F. Kasting. 

 From Detroit, Geo. A. Rackham. From 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., Geo. F. Crabb, 

 Henry Smith. From Lafayette, Ind., 



F. Dorner, Jr., Prof. J. C. Arthur. 

 From Ft. Wayne, Ind., W. J. Vesey. 

 From Lancaster, Pa., A. M. Herr and 

 wife, H. D. Rohrer. From Kennett 

 Square, Pa., Wm. Swayne, Louis B. 

 Eastburn. From Richmond, Ind., J. 

 A. Evans and wife. From Syracuse, 

 N. Y., L. E. Marquisee. From James- 

 town, N. Y., A. L. Thrall. From 

 Bradford, Pa., W. C. Rockwill. 



From Bloomsburg, Pa., J. L. Dillon. 

 From Oakland, Md., H. Weber, Wm. 

 Weber. From Pittsburg, E. C. Lud- 

 wig and wife. From Avondale, Pa., 

 W. R. Shelmire. From Kingston, Pa., 

 Geo. W. Carr. From Wilkesbarre, Pa., 

 Geo. Fancourt. From Wilmington, 

 Del., Robt. Lockerbie. From New 

 Haven, Conn., Prof. Britton. 



Among the Philadelphians we not- 

 ed W. K. Harris, John Wescott, Ed- 

 win Lonsdale, J. Wm. Colflesh, S. S. 

 Pennock, J. D. Eisele, Walter Mott, 

 Edw. Reid, John Burton, Robt. Craig, 

 W. P. Craig, Alex. Scott, John Walker, 



G. C. Watson, Jos, Heacock, David 

 Rust, Chas. D. Ball, W. H. Taplin, H. 

 Bayersdorfer, Paul Berkowitz, H. F. 

 Michell, Geo. A. Strohlein, Isaac 

 Kennedy, John Kuhn, J. A. Ruppert, 

 Jacob Becker, F. P. Myers, M. Reu- 

 kauf, J. L. Pennock, A. B. Cartledge, 

 J. P. Habermehl, Hugh Graham, C. 

 Longinotti, Henry Pennock, John 

 Welsh Young, H. T. Dumont, Geo. 

 Craig, Geo. M. Moss, D. D. L. Farson, 

 S. S. Skidelsky. 



We expect we have failed to men- 

 tion quite a number that were pres- 

 ent, as our notes were very hurriedly 

 made. 



Notes. 



Mr. Thos. W. Lawson, of Boston, 

 was elected an honorary member of 

 the society. 



The sessions were held in the club 

 room of the Philadelphia Florists' 

 Club, a home of which the Philadel- 

 phians may well be proud. A large 

 glass case extended across one end 

 of the large room is filled with troph- 

 ies won by the bowling and shooting 

 teams. 



There were 129 people at the ban- 

 quet on Friday evening. 



Rain on the snow made travel ex- 

 ceedingly difficult, but a number of 

 the local establishments were visit- 

 ed by most of the visitors. 



The Banquet. 



On Friday evening the members of 

 the Carnation Society were enter- 

 tained by the Philadelphia Florists' 

 Club at a banquet in the lecture room 

 of Horticultural Hall, the same room 

 in which the exhibition had been 

 held. The flowers that had been on 

 display made a grand decoration 

 placed on the tables and around the 

 room. The menu was very elaborate, 

 as can be seen by the copy below: 



1. Oysiters — Points on the New Blue. 

 Irrigate. 



2. Puree of Fancy Rubber Necks— Seed- 



lings and soldlings. 



3. Broiled Cerise Steaks— Fisher's latest- 



guaranteed without rust. 

 Irrigate some more. 



4. Roast Pink Stakes — Expansion pat- 



tern — Good underpinning — Toadstool 

 dressing. 



5. Punch a la Lawson— Rather rich— sam- 



ple carefully. 

 Another slight irrigation. 



6. Pullet Salad— Gun Club Pull. 



7. Roast Blue Rocks — "VVissinoming sauce. 

 S. Christmas Returns Snapper— Very fan- 

 cy—Ice box dressing— Retail style. 



Now then, all together — Ir-ir-irrigate! 

 Assorted Hoe Cakes. 

 Fruits of Experience. 



Roquefort Buttercups — Cheese it. 

 Liquid Copperdine. 



Irrigate. Splfligate. Fumigate. 



With the arrival of the coffee and 

 cigars. President W. K. Harris, of the 

 Philadelphia Club, introduced Col 

 Wm. Smith, ex-Mayor of Philadelphia, 

 as toastmaster, and before the even- 

 ing was over it was decided by unani- 

 mous vote that Mr. Smith scored 100 

 points by the last adopted scale of 

 the society. He was equal to every 

 occasion and proved himself a past 

 master of repartee. 



President Nicholson, of the Carna- 

 tion Society, responded to "Our 

 Guests." He spoke of the gratifica- 

 tion all felt at the successful meeting 

 just held and especially the splendid 

 exhibition, and predicted equal if not 

 greater success of the meeting in 1900. 



"Our Country" was the toast as- 

 signed to President W. N. Rudd, of 

 the Society of American Florists. He 

 said that for the last few days he had 

 almost forgotten the existence of any 

 other organization than the American 

 Carnation Society, but he now recalled 

 that the mother of all the other trade 

 associations, the Society of American 

 Florists, was still doing business at 

 the old stand and must not be for- 

 gotten. His heart had been too full 

 of this thought to leave room for any- 

 thing regarding the toast assigned 

 him. 



Robert Craig, speaking to "Our 

 City," referred to the great storm that 

 had threatened to limit the attend- 

 ance at the meeting, and he rejoiced 

 that the florists had turned out so 

 nobly and made such a splendid exhi- 

 bition in spite of adverse conditions. 

 He thought that one of the proudest 

 claims of Philadelphia was that more 



of its working men owned their own 

 homes than in any other city In the 

 country. 



"Horticulture" was the broad sub- 

 ject assigned to William Scott, and 

 he responded in one of his inimitable 

 speeches that was received with fre- 

 quent rounds of applause. He started 

 with the dawn of vegetable life upon 

 the globe and traced the progress of 

 same up to the Mrs. Lawson carna- 

 tion, illustrating the various points 

 by a succession of apt stories. There 

 were several witty passages between 

 the speaker and the toastmaster that 

 added tremendously to the hilarity of 

 the occasion. 



W. J. Stewart, secretary of the S. 

 A. F., responded on behalf of "Flori- 

 culture." He recalled the remark of 

 an old employer of his who said that 

 a man who loved flowers could not be 

 a bad man. While horticulture is one 

 of the oldest of occupations, floricul- 

 ture is its highest development. 



In responding to the toast "The Di- 

 vine Flower." Mr. E. M. Wood express- 

 ed the belief that the publicity given 

 the sale of the Lawson carnation had, 

 by bringing the carnation prominent- 

 ly to the attention of the whole civi- 

 lized world, done more than anything 

 else to advance the interests of the 

 flower with the general public. He 

 did not consider the price paid an ex- 

 orbitant one, for while the great pic- 

 ture. The Angelus, for which $183,000 

 was paid, gave pleasure to but one 

 family, the new carnation, costing 

 but $30,000, could be used to give 

 pleasure to every home in the land. 



At this point the toastmaster, in a 

 very witty speech, presented to Mr. 

 L. E. Marquisee the cup he had won 

 with his new carnation, saying that 

 even to the salt district of Syracuse 

 there might come something fresh, 

 and suggested that Mr. Marquisee 

 had found it a "mark easy." The re- 

 cipient responded with equal effect, 

 saying: "I am happy to say that in 

 the city of Philadelphia I have made 

 my Mark-u-see." 



Mr. Jas. Hartshorne was then pre- 

 sented with the medal won by the 

 Chicago Carnation Co. 



H. F. Michell spoke for the seed and 

 nursery trade, and among the novel- 

 ties noted when abroad he mentioned 

 Aster Hohenzollern, Primula Forbesii 

 and Statice Siberica. In referring to 

 the bulb trade he expressed the be- 

 lief that the Bermuda growers of 

 Harrisii lily bulbs would do better to 

 double the price and send out but half 

 the number, destroying every one with 

 n tendency toward disease. 

 G. L. Grant spoke for "The Press." 

 John Westcott said he felt proud of 

 the Philadelphia Florists' Club and 

 said that they verily did "strive might- 

 ily, but eat and drink as friends." 

 They expected to strive mightily at 

 Detroit next August and to gather 

 in all the trophies in sight. 

 John Burton thought that "The 



