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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



JULY 7, 1898. 



pldyes put in long hours during the 

 winter and are deserving of some re- 

 creation during the hot summer 

 months. 



The firm of Thos. W. Weathered's 

 Son have been busy the past week 

 moving to their old headquarters at 

 46 and 48 Marion St.. between Spruce 

 and Prince, two blocks from Broad- 

 way. The building, which is large and 

 commodious, has just been rebuilt, the 

 city having taken about 30 feet from 

 the front of the old building in widen- 

 ing the street which has now become 

 an important thoroughfare. The firm 

 of Weathered occupied the old build- 

 ing on Marion street from 1869 to 1890. 

 John Lewis Childs has invited the 

 trade and a number of private garden- 

 ers to visit his grounds at Floral Park 

 Wednesday and inspect the Iris 

 Kaempferi and other outdoor plants. 



C. B. Bowditch has gone west for 

 the summer months and will return 

 to New York about the end of August. 

 The P. L. Bogart Association will 

 take their annual trip to the fishing 

 banks July 1-t. and members are re- 

 quested to bring their own "bait. ' 

 Walter Bogart is the able chairman, 

 and a fresh crop of fish stories will be 

 next in order. An enjoyable time is 

 anticipated. 



The New York Florists' Club will 

 not have their regular meeting this 

 month, having adjourned till the 

 weather gets cooler. Pleasant mem- 

 ories still linger, however, of the last 

 successful meeting. 



OMAHA, NEB. 



The Convention. 



August 16 is only 39 days away, not 

 quite six weeks. Are you making your 

 arrangements accordingly? Don't miss 

 this convention. It will be a record 

 breaker in many ways. The attendance 

 from the Atlantic seaboard promises 

 to be a surprise. 



The following program has been 

 suggested for those who attend the 

 convention. 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 16. 



Forenoon— Business meeting. 

 Afternoon — Trans-Mississippi Exposition. 

 Evening— Grand concert in the Audito- 

 rium and illumination. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17. 



Forenoon— Business session. 

 Afternoon— The Exposition. 

 Evening-, 8 to 10 — Illustrated lecture by 



Professor Taylor on Travels in Russia. 



Music by Mrs. Taylor and others, in 



First Congregational Church, where 



convention is held. 

 Evening, 10 to 12— The Midway. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. 



Forenoon — Final business session. 



Noon— Trolley ride by the whole conven- 

 tion to Krug park and luncheon. 



Afternoon— Bowling, shooting, racing and 

 other athletic sports in the coolest and 

 most delightful park for the purpose in 

 Omaha, commanding a twenty - mile 

 view in every direction and perfectly 

 cool and breezy all the time. 



Evening— Return to the city and the Ex- 

 position, 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 19. 



All Day— The Exposition, and fraternal 

 \'isits to the establishments of the vari- 

 ous florists in Omaha and Council 

 Bluffs. 



SATURDAY". AUGUST 20. 

 All Day— The Exposition. 



The space set aside for the trade ex- 

 hibition at the convention is being 

 rapidly applied for. W. W. Barnard 

 & Co. and Vaughan. McKellar & Win- 

 terson, of Chicago; Siebrecht & Son, of 

 New York, and Ellis & Pollworth, of 

 Milwaukee, are among the "early 

 birds" who have arranged for abun- 

 dant room for creditable exhibits. The 

 wisdom of making immediate applica- 

 tion for space need not be noted. Ad- 

 dress the superintendent, Mr. S. B. 

 Stewart, 119 North 16th St., Omaha, 

 Neb. It looks as though all the space 

 apportioned to the exhibition will be 

 needed. 



Various Items. 



"Aks-ar-ben" is the name of a so- 

 ciety here, its membership is made up 

 of the leading merchants of Omaha. 

 Their demonstration in the summer 

 equals the famous Mardi-Gras of New 

 Orleans in interest. If you will spell 

 the name backwards you will see it 

 reads Nebraska. The society is "mak- 

 ing it pleasant" for the conventions. 

 Some of the florists are members and 

 some of the visiting members of the 

 S. A. F. may be. I would love to see 

 Brothers Scott and Carmody go 

 through the initiation, and so would 

 you! 



Hot weather and hard work do not 

 dampen the ardor of the Omaha Bowl- 

 ers, though they do dampen their 

 clothes! 104 degrees in the shade here 

 isn't as bad as 90 degrees in New 

 York, with humidity added. They 



View in the wholesale store of A. G. Prince & Co., Chicago. 



Exposition Notes. 



On July 1st the state of Texas gave 

 away a car load of water melons in 

 the big fruit building. There were 1200 

 melons, averaging 50 lbs. each. It was 

 a "dark day" for the colored popula- 

 tion and melon juice flowed like water. 



July 4th $10,(100 worth of fireworks 

 made a grand spectacle at the Expo- 

 sition. 



Illinois Day was a triumph and the 

 great state may well be proud of the 

 day and its beautiful building here. 

 Thousands of visitors were here from 

 all parts of Illinois and the music of 

 the Apollo Club, the speech of the gov- 

 ernor and the glorious weather were 

 all in keeping with the occasion. 



A flower carnival is a feature for 

 this month, which will include a pa- 

 rade of carriages elaborately decor- 

 ated with flowers. 



don't seem to know what "humidity" 

 means out here! The air is dry and the 

 breezes never cease to blow. It's a 

 wonderfully elative climate. You seem_ 

 to be on the mountain top all the time. 

 What do you think of these for scores 

 under such conditions: 



Donaghue. Sr 201 H6 176 197 145 201 



Davey 176 142 145 151 197 169 



Chapin 163- 201 



WUcox 176 151 ISO 



Hadkinson 204 



Shaw 1S2 ... 



Henderson 146 



AUSTIN. 



EASTER PLANTS. 



In an article on flowering plants for 

 Easter decoration, a writer in the 

 English Gardeners' Chronicle includes 

 the following: 



"Viburnum Opulus and the more- 

 compact-growing species. V. plicatum, 

 are two subjects of shrubby character. 



