JULY 14, 1898. 



The Weekly Florists* Review* 



167 



OMAHA, NEB. 



Facts About the City. 



Some of the florists may be pleased 

 to know a little about Omaha before 

 they come here. Forty-four years ago 

 the first log cabin was built here by 

 the adventurous settler. The bravery 

 of that act it is hard to appreciate by 

 this Eastern generation. Today there 

 are 25 square miles of territory with- 

 in the city limits and a population 

 of over 150,000. Nearly 70 miles of 

 paved and lighted streets, 600 miles of 

 .s;raded streets and 120 miles of sew- 

 ers. There are 200 miles of water 

 mains, and nearly three million dol- 

 lars have been Invested in public build- 

 ings. 



Omaha is the third largest stock mar- 

 ket in America. The value of the ani- 

 mal product from the South Omaha 

 packing houses is over $75,000,0001 It 

 has the largest smelting and refining 

 works in the United States, with an 

 annual output of $20,000,000. There are 

 120 wholesale houses, fourteen rail- 

 ways converge here, and nearly 100 

 trains arrive and depart every day. 

 95 miles of electric car lines reach all 

 points of interest. Omaha is the mili- 

 tary headquarters of the department 

 of the Missouri and Col. Bryan and his 

 regiment of silver men are there now 

 getting ready for the Philippines! 

 There are 50 schools, 11 colleges, and 

 120 churches. The art collection in the 

 Public Library is valued at $1,000,000. 

 The Coliseum has a seating capacity 

 of 12,000, and the Trans-Mississippi 

 Exposition is the "most beautiful 

 thing on earth." So you see Omaha is 

 "no mean city," and not a man or 

 woman of the great army of 10,000 flor- 

 ists in this country will regret the time 

 and money that brings him or her to 

 the August convention! 



Various Items. 



The Omaha people have a good deal 

 of sympathy for old Noah. On Wednes- 

 day it rained four inches in less than 

 four hours and one inch in less than 

 ten minutes. These western people be- 

 lieve in doing things on a big scale. 

 Their exposition is a giant and their 

 growth from a log shanty to 150,000 

 souls in 44 years fosters their ambi- 

 tious spirit. It is wonderful how veg- 

 etation bounds after one of these 

 "soakers." 



This is a fine climate. Clear air, not 

 much humidity, no throat diseases, 

 cool nights, and incessant breezes; you 

 have got to be healthy here. If any 

 florists East of the Mississippi want a 

 week of pure air let them come to 

 Omaha. 



I trust all the florists who come to 

 Omaha will arrange to stay a week. 

 There will be plenty apart from the 

 convention to interest them. The ex- 

 position itself is well worth a week of 

 time, the parks will afford pleasant 

 drives, the greatest private art gallery 

 perhaps in America — Liniger's — will 

 repay many an hour of study, and the 

 swimming resort at Lake Manawa, the 

 high-toned summer "Manhattan" of 



the West, and only half an hour away, 

 will surely reward all who can find 

 the time to visit it. 



The hotel question Is always a se- 

 rious one. In private hotels and homes, 

 "$1 a sleep" is the rate, and I will glad- 

 ly do all I can to locate any of the 

 "brethren" who write me. The "Mil- 

 lard" and Her Grand are the good ho- 

 tels with good rates, ($3 to $5 a day.) 

 My advice is to locate in homes and 

 hotels near the convention at $1 a day 

 or $1.50, meals included. 



It would not be a bad idea for the 

 Eastern florists to arrange for a 

 week's trip after the convention be- 

 yond Omaha to Denver and the Yel- 

 lowstone. The distance is not great, 

 the fares are down to low figures, and 

 the grandest scenery of the continent 

 so near that one can hardly afford to 

 miss the opportunity. 



It will be quite a revelation to the 

 florists to find no street fakirs nor 

 street stands for the sale of cut flowers 

 in Omaha. The only Greeks here are in 

 the Midway and they are Turks. All 

 the florists have done a good business 

 this season and they are still "at it"! 

 Henry A. Dreer's water plant exhibit 

 is beginning to assert itself in many 

 colors and the plants of Victoria Regia 

 are unfolding their interesting leaves. 

 The big basin gives promise of an in- 

 teresting display in August. In fact 

 the horticultural grounds will be a 

 source of great pleasure to visiting flo- 

 rists. No one who can come to the 

 convention has a right or an excuse to 

 stay away. 



The Horticultural building is now 

 occupied largely with the exhibition of 

 small fruits, although the supply of 

 cold storage apples seems unlimited, 

 and new apples have already appeared. 

 The whole building is delightfully per- 

 fumed by the aroma from the various 

 ripe fruits. Nebraska, Iowa and Mis- 

 souri are contesting closely for supre- 

 macy, but Supt. Peter Yongers enjoys 

 special advantages in being closer to 

 his base of supplies and reinforcements 

 are constantly on the march. All the 

 old and many of the new varieties of 

 fruits are exhibited. Every day 

 changes are made and new fruits ad- 

 ded. 



This is July 14th and it is less than 

 five weeks from the opening day of 

 the convention. There is no time to be 

 lost, and every one who intends to go 

 to Omaha should complete his arrange- 

 ments at once. Has President Gude 

 fixed that special train business? Has 

 Secretary Stewart got together his con- 

 tingent from Boston and Providence 

 and all the thriving east for the boat 

 to New York and the special car on 

 that special train? Have Robert Craig 

 and his brave companions decided to 

 i show their "brotherly love" and put a 

 special train through from Baltimore, 

 Washington and Philadelphia? What 

 has Gen. Sir Wm Scott done to get 

 together his regiment from Canada 

 and Rochester and irrepressible Buffa- 

 lo? Has ex-Pres. Graham at Cleveland 

 got the Toledo and Detroit troops to 



join him and together assault Colonel 

 Grant's special train at Chicago and 

 capture a parlor car therefrom? Of 

 course we know that Brigadier General 

 Beneke, of St. Louis, will draw his re- 

 serves from Columbus, Cincinnati, 

 Louisville and all around him and ad- 

 vance on Omaha with flying colors. 

 Milwaukee will gather in St. Paul and 

 Minneapolis, Kansas City will bring its 

 share from the sunny south and Den- 

 ver is sure to be heard from and to 

 bring a goodly army from the mighty 

 west! 



Why shouldn't this be a grand con- 

 vention? If all the generals do their 

 dutv and the troops get together it 

 will be the jolliest and best of the 

 campaigns, and you are not coming 

 into an enemy's country! 



Mr. Washburn, of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, Chicago, and family are visiting 

 the Omaha Exposition on their way 

 to Colorado. He expresses himself 

 much pleased with everything and an- 

 ticipates a grand attendance from Chi- 

 cago at the convention. 



The Nebraska Seed Co. are making 

 a special display of sweet peas in the 

 state exhibit. 



Bowling. 



The Omaha Bowling Club has elected 

 J. F. Wilcox captain pro tem. and has 

 arranged for a series of ten games to 

 select the members that will compose 

 the team to compete for the trophy at 

 the convention. As an extra Incentive 

 to effort Mr. A. Donaghue, Sr., has 

 offered a gold headed cane as a prize 

 to the winner, who will also be captain 

 of the team, and two further prizes 

 of a regulation lignum vitae ball each 

 are offered by the club to those mak- 

 ing the second and third best scores. 

 Following are the scores made after 

 the meeting adjourned: 



Ponaghue. Jr Ifi-l 1^4 



Av. 



174 



Pha 



IBl 



Donaghue. Sr. 155 



Stewart 171 



Paulson 169 



Charon "0 



Hadkinson 128 



Davey 165 



Zlmmer 131 



Younpers 151 



Henderson 



1G3 IBO 181 16B 



158 170 



151 



127 157 i47 



128 182 160 



125 



136 156 



161 

 161 

 159 

 150 

 149 

 145 

 141 



110 122 136 ISO 



113 162 



130 



Below Is the score for last Saturday 

 evening: 



Donas-hue 

 Karlklnsoi 

 Virilcox . 

 Chapin . 

 Phaw . . 

 Zimmer . 

 Swoboda 

 Hendersor 



Av. 



..1R7 2ns lfl4 196 



1S3 ISS 1S9 22S 149 155 182 



...173 191 160 150 168 



..178 126 167 137 156 202 161 



...129 19R 127 136 150 



...122 157 139 



...131 122 153 135 



...129 128 128% 



J. AUSTIN SHAW. 



RICHMOND, IND.— The Onoto Flo- 

 ral and Confection Co. has succeeded 

 Beach & Co., Mr. Beach having ad- 

 mitted Mr. Henry C. Chessman as a 

 partner. The new firm announces that 

 it will have largely increased facili- 

 ties and financial resources. 



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 mention The Florists' Review every 

 time you write an advertiser. 



