NOVEMBER 15, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



723 



matter, but inasmuch as the subcommit- 

 tee could report nothing definite in re- 

 gard to Madison Square Garden the mat- 

 ter was left over till next meeting. 



W. I. Brower exhibited a collection of 

 silk pockets for bouquet handles; they 

 were made of Liberty silk and are in- 

 tended to take the place of the kid finger; 

 also to put on violets instead of the un- 

 sightly tinfoil. The club awarded them a 

 certificate of merit. 



Convention financial matters were re- 

 ported on, and it was stated that when all 

 the moneys have been received and ex- 

 penses paid the guarantee fund will still 

 remain intact; this is most gratifying 

 after the immense work done. 



The nomination of officers then fol- 

 lowed and ballots were cast for almost 

 all present. Mr. O'Mara positively de- 

 clined to take office again, as did Samuel 

 Henshaw in turn; Walter Sheridan and 

 Frank Traendly were the final nominees 

 for president. Messrs. Herrington and 

 Morris declined the vice presidency, and 

 Messrs. Julius Lang, Charles Wecber and 

 Alex. Wallace are slated for that office. 

 Chas. Weathered and A. L. Burns were 

 nominated for the treasurership, and 

 John Young for secretary. Trustees for 

 two years, Chas. Hewitt. F. Traendly, A. 

 L. Burns, W. Sheridan, John Morris and 

 W. Siebrecht. Messrs. Henshaw and 

 Hewitt were nominated for the one-year 

 trusteeship made vacant by William 

 Plumb's absence. 



The committee on sports were request- 

 ed by the chair to take the place of the 

 entertainment committee, all the mem- 

 bers of which were absent, and the 



"sports" acquitted themselves quite sat- 

 isfactorily. John Morris offered a reso- 

 lution with the intent of having the club 

 disavow any connection with politics on 

 the recent parade of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Sound Money Club, but the chair 

 convinced Mr. Morris that the motion 

 was unnecessary and the matter was left 

 there. 



Mr. O'Mara gave a very interesting 

 talk on his recent travels south and 

 west. He spoke in high praise of the 

 men and projects connected with the 

 Shaw Botanical Gardens. The designs 

 and natural beauty of the New Y''ork 

 Botanical Gardens were much praised 

 by those in charge of the St. Louis gar- 

 dens. The recent banquet was a great 

 aflfair. The Michel Plant & Bulb Com- 

 pany out there had something new to 

 eastern eyes; this was a large shed spe- 

 cially constincted for boarders. At E. 

 G. Hill's there was a new rose, a hybrid 

 tea, which he thought had a future be- 

 fore it. 



At Chicago there were many things 

 wonderful. No finer carnations could be 

 seen than those at Bassett & Wash- 

 burn's; they were grown on tiled 

 benches. At Wietor's and Reinberg's and 

 other large growers' the stock, especial- 

 ly Beauties, was in fine shape, no black 

 spot being visible. The glass area of 

 the Chicago growers was enormous; the 

 structures could not be compared with 

 those here, the houses there were not 

 built for visiting but for producing, and 

 the methods and general applications 

 made the cost of production very low. 

 At one of the places he saw something 



new in the way of a soft coal furnace, 

 where the smoke and gases were con- 

 sumed, saving 25 per cent annually on 

 coal bills. 



There was a great difference in the 

 area for supplying the Chicago market; 

 he was informed some of the best chrys- 

 anthemums coming into the Chicago mar- 

 ket were sent from Toledo, Ohio, and 

 large quantities of flowers were shipped 

 back and forth for a radius of 250 miles, 

 while in New York the area was possi- 

 bly confined to 75 miles. There was 

 much to be learned and appreciated from 

 the pushing, breezy, generous florists in 

 the west. The Chicago show was not 

 quite up to the standard; he particularly 

 mentioned some violets which would 

 scarcely be considered here. 



At the alleys last night the scores 

 were: 



Seibenheller 148 142 174 



Hafner 188 183 208 



Seibrecht 169 159 155 



Burns 176 175 178 



Lescher 159 119 175 



Traendly 138 165 122 



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