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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JULY 12, 1900. 



The Souvenir. 



Advertising and printing committee, 

 C. B. Weattiered. chairman, announced 

 that the souvenir exceeded all expec- 

 tations in quantity of advs. and in 

 "make up." Those intending to pat- 

 ronize it must do so before July 18th. 

 He will he glad to answer all queries 

 addressed him at 4S Marion street. 



Trade Exhibit. 



Manager John P. Cleary, of the trade 

 exhibit, gave a cheering account of his 

 department. There would be over 1.5.- 

 000 square feet occupied by trade ex- 

 hibits, space was being rapidly taken 

 up, and he urged all those who expect 

 to show their goods at this greatest 

 of conventions to make application at 

 once, in order that all may be prop- 

 erly grouped and located to best ad- 

 vantage. His address is 60 Vesey 

 street. 



The General Exhibition. 



Horticultural exhibit committee. Jo- 

 seph A. Mauda, South Orange, N. J., 

 secretary, reported that Arthur Her- 

 rington had been elected manager of 

 the exhibit and that everything point- 

 ed toward this section being a grand 

 success. A great many of the most 

 valuable plants in the neighborhood 

 of the city had been promised. All 

 those desiring schedules, etc., could 

 have them on dropping a postal to 

 him. 



Mr. Herrington spoke in explanation 

 of the following scale of points the 

 committee had adopted to use in de- 

 termining the winners of the substan- 

 tial cash prizes, which are to be 

 awarded the society and the individual 

 winning the largest number of awards: 

 Florists' Club gold medal. . .100 points 



S. A. F. silver medal 30 points 



Florists' Club silver medal.. 25 points 



S. A. P. bronze medal 15 points 



Florists' Club bronze medal. 12 points 



S. A. F. certificate 9 points 



Florists' Club certificate 6 points 



Florists' Club Hon. Mention.. 3 points 



Several other committees reported 

 progress. On suggestion of W. J. 

 Stewart a committee of 25 lady florists 

 will be appointed to attend the lady 

 visitors. On motion of Mr. May a 

 special meeting of the club will be held 

 on Monday evening, July 23rd. 



Other Business. 



Mr. William Duckham was appoint- 

 ed a member of the club's awards com- 

 mittee, vice C. H. Allen, resigned. This 

 committee, through W. I. Brower, re- 

 ported that in accordance with the 

 rules of the club they had visited W. 

 A. Manda's place at South Orange for 

 the purpose of examining his new rose, 

 "Pink Pearl." They found it to be a 

 great acquisition, a splendid garden 

 rose, etc.. and recommended that it be 

 awarded the club's certificate of merit, 

 which was so ordered. 



Several new names were added to 



the list of membership and as quickly 

 appointed on the several special com- 

 mittees. 



A letter was read from the veteran 

 F. L. Harris, of Wellesley, Mass., 

 thanking the club for the honor be- 

 stowed upon him in electing him an 

 honorary member of the club. 



The entertainment committee then 

 endeavored to make up for previous 

 excuses, and their efforts were duly 

 appreciated by all present. On motion 

 of E. W. Neubrand, a practical plants- 

 man will be employed to attend to the 

 watering and care of plants at the 

 show during the convention. 



It is earnestly requested that state 

 vice-presidents of the S. A. F. or sec- 

 retaries of clubs notify the secretary. 

 John Young, 51 West 28th street, be- 

 fore July 23rd, as to about how many 

 visitors are to be expected from the 

 different cities or states, in order to 

 make proper arrangement for their 

 reception. This is a very important 

 matter and the chairmen of transpor- 

 tation committees and others will 

 please notify as soon as possible. 



Bowling. 



There was considerable fun at the 

 bowling alleys during the afternoon. 

 A friendly game was rolled between 

 the New York and Flatbush teams. 

 The return match will be played on 

 the Flatbush alleys on Thursday even- 

 ing, July 12th. Following are the 

 scores : 



FLATBUSH. 



Rilev W5 



Zeller 165 



P. DaiUedouze 107 



Schmutz 102 



Therii.s 102 



E. DuiUedouze 145 



766 

 NEW YORK. 



O'Mara 155 



Burns 138 



Marshall 127 



Thielmann 154 



W. A. Manda 150 



Plumb 122 



S46 

 Othei' games rolled were: 



Stpwart 95 ]2t 



Miller 121 12S 



Wallace HI 100 



Young 110 112 



Butterfifld 131 90 



Weeber 56 98 



Donlan HO 128 



O'Mara 190 180 



Burns 157 166 



Marshall 178 189 



Thielmann 148 176 



Various Items. 



Going to and coming from vaca- 

 tions are about the most important 

 matters in business circles. Chas. B. 

 Weathered got back in time to cele- 

 brate the 4th. His visit to Chicago 

 and other important centers in the 

 west was marked with success in bus- 

 iness as well as with pleasure. He 

 reports that large crowds all through 

 the west intend to attend the conven- 

 tion. 



Theo. Lang is away with the Elks 

 at Atlantic City. 



John M. Thielmann has gone to the 

 Catskills with pockets full of hooks 

 for the trout up there. 



Walter Sheridan has returned with 

 neither rod nor gun story, but with 

 healthy color, and is already busy 

 with your hotel list and rates, which 

 will be sent you next week with the 

 official program of the convention. 



Louis Dupuy, L. J. Kreshover and 

 Thos. Young, Jr,, have gone to Europe 

 for a few weeks. 



The sympathy of all in the trade is 

 turned to John H. Taylor and family 

 tor their recent bereavement in the 

 untimely death of his brother Arthur. 



Ghormley & Perkins, who early in 

 the spring opened a wholesale store in 

 28th street, have dissolved partner- 

 ship. Mr. Ghormley will continue the 

 business. 



The New York Cut Flower Company 

 held their annual meeting during the 

 week and re-elected the old board of 

 officers. J. I. D. 



BUFFALO. 



Several heavy showers that lasted al- 

 most long enough to be called rains 

 have blessed this part of the country. 

 We all feel better. 



The Main street stores began closing 

 at G p. m. on July 1st and find no dif- 

 ficulty in getting out their orders by 

 that time. 



The convention is coming along very 

 fast and we have not yet picked out 

 our bowling team or had a practice 

 game for six months. The game is 

 very much out of fashion here and 

 dozens of the alleys are boarded over 

 and turned into soup kitchens and 

 kindergartens. A few of the Teutonic 

 social societies still keep it up, but as 

 a popular amusement it has gone out. 

 and perhaps, like roller skating, will 

 never return. 



We were just asked by an official of 

 the N. Y. C. and H. R. R. R. what 

 route we intended to take, for the 

 Chicago and Detroit people would pos- 

 sibly join us. I am sure we shall be 

 honored with their company. Many 

 people take the road that is cheapest, 

 even it it is not so fast. The regular 

 one fare and a third is. I believe, grant- 

 ed by all the princiijal roads. There 

 is no mistake which is the best road 

 from Chicago or Detroit or Buffalo to 

 New York City. It is the Michigan 

 Central, connecting at Buffalo with 

 the great four-track New Y'ork Cen- 

 tral. A nine hours' run from here to 

 the Grand Central Station lands you 

 in the center of New York City, right 

 in the hotel district. All other roads 

 take you to New Jersey, where you 

 have mosquitoes, ferry boats and sev- 

 eral other inconveniences to battle 

 with. 



Last week we journeyed on the one- 

 horse road called the Buffalo and 

 Southwestern to Jamestown. If you 

 want to see the noble red man in a 

 farmer's garb you want to travel on 



