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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



AUGUST 11, 



first nurserymen of the west, and it 

 was at home that the professor prac- 

 tically learned all the details of the 

 nursery business and so won the honor 

 of appointment to the chair of Agri- 

 culture in the State University at Lin- 

 coln, a position which he still holds 

 and will resume at the close of the 

 Trans-Mississippi Exposition. 



Professor Taylor has been a great 

 traveler, having twice visited Russia 

 in the interests of horticulture, once 

 for the American government. His 

 great lecture on Tuesday evening of 

 convention week will illustrate these 

 journeys and prove of wonderful in- 

 terest to all. 



The professor is superintendent of 

 both the Horticultural and Agricul- 

 tural Buildings at the Exposition and 

 his many courtesies have endeared 

 him to all the eyhibitors. He has taken 

 a great interest in the coming of the 

 brethren of the S. A. F.. 'lUd to his 

 influence will you be indebted for 

 much of your Friday's enjoyment. 



With reference to hotels, many have 

 already booked their rooms at the Her 

 Grand. If any of the florists desire 

 rooms with baths, they cin secure 

 them there by writing for them at 

 once. But the manager will book all 

 ■comers at $1 a day for ordinary 

 rooms. 



There will be a very large attend- 

 ance at the convention from present 

 indications. The vice-president of Min- 

 nesota writes to me he hopes to head 

 a delegation of 2.5 from St. Paul and 

 Minneapolis. Even Milwaukee talks 20 

 and from Chicago will come "a great 

 multitude which no man can number" 

 or words to that effect. Brother Ben- 

 eke writes me that St. Louis will go 

 over 20, and — whisper — most of them 

 will be here bowling, all day Monday, 

 to "get their hands in." 



The two interesting features of the 

 past week at the exposition have been 

 Indian Day and Flower Day. Both of 

 these created especial interest and 

 drew enormous crowds. No such 

 gathering of representatives of the dif- 

 ferent native American Indian tribes 

 has ever before been attempted in this 

 country and probably never will be 

 repeated. They are under the direct 

 supervision of the American govern- 

 ment. The exhibit is an educational 

 one, designed to illustrate the progress 

 and development of the red man and 

 his primitive mode of life. 



Nearly every tribe is represented 

 and their parade, on ponies, through 

 the grounds, in their war paint, with 

 squaws and papooses ad infinitum — 

 was a scene calculated to fill an 

 easterner with visions. When I, by 

 pantomime, asked several of the 

 braves whether they had done any 

 ^'scalping" the grunt and grin of sat- 

 isfaction with which they answered 

 ^'yes" led me to utter a prayer of gra- 

 titude to the Divinity that "shaped my 

 ■ends" so that I was not born west of 

 the Mississippi and could still retain 

 the few hairs which early piety had 



left me. The encampment covers a 

 very large section of the Exposition 

 Grounds, and Conventionists had bet- 

 ter book an hour of their time on Fri- 

 day for the Indians. 



The Flower Parade was the dain- 

 tiest, prettiest thing that Omaha So- 

 ciety ever "pulled off" and 50 gaily 

 decorated coaches, carriages, drags, 

 carts and horses paraded around the 

 flower bordered paths of the beauti- 

 ful bluff tract, an apparently endless 

 circle of color. It was the first flower 

 carnival for Omaha and she will never 

 give a grander one. It took three 

 mayors to decide the three best de- 

 corated equipages and 47 other car- 

 riage owners disagreed with the 

 mayors. But the 20,000 witnesses were 

 so delighted that society consented to 

 repeat the procession on the following 

 day. What an appropriate feature for 

 convention week this would have been, 

 but I could not induce the managers 

 to postpone it. The flowers were of 

 necessity artificial but the arrange- 

 ment and profuseness of them made 

 the spectacle a gorgeous one. 



As to the Convention there is little 

 more to add than to tell you that every 

 arrangement for your comfort and en- 

 tertainment is now completed, and 

 that the local florists are working ear- 

 nestly and in harmony, witii a view to 

 making your visit to Omaha a delight- 

 ful memory for ever. 



S. B. Stewart's brother, of the force 

 of Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson, 

 is visiting in Omaha and expects to 

 remain for the Convention. He came in 

 on his wheel from Chicago while Ed. 

 Winterson fell by the wayside. 



The bowlers are practising hard at 

 Krug Park, and expect to down every- 

 thing but St. Louis. The Omaha team 

 will likely be Capt. A. Donaghue, J. H. 

 Hadkinson, Geo. Swoboda, Louis Hen- 

 derson and L. Chapin with A. Don- 

 aghue, Jr., and R. H. Davey as reserve 

 men. These are all good bowlers and 

 will give a good account of them- 

 selves. 



The park where the bowling takes 

 place is high and cool, the alleys new 

 and "regulation," the facilities for on- 

 lookers, "Comanches" the best I have 

 ever seen; 500 spectators can see the 

 games if they want to. 



Fairmount Park in Council Bluffs 

 where the Convention will enjoy Mr. 

 Wilcox's hospitality, is a beautiful na- 

 tural park about 200 acres, and an 

 ideal spot for an outing. From its ele- 

 vations can be seen Omaha, South 

 Omaha and Council Bluffs, with wide 

 stretches of hills and dales, the mighty 

 Missouri in the distance, and afar glis- 

 tening in the almost never failing sun- 

 light of Nebraska, the magi'';al White 

 City, with its never to be forgotten 

 glories. J. AUSTIN SHAW. 



IF THE WEATHER in Omaha next 

 week should not he ideal, how would 

 J. Austin Shaw explain himself? 



THERE IS STILL time for you to 

 catch the train for Omaha. 



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BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 



The past week has been a week of 

 very disagreeable weather, rain and 

 fog, which has almost entirely ruined 

 everything in the shape of outside 

 flowers, and the result has been no 

 overstock of any staples except colored 

 asters. Roses are not plenty, although 

 there are quite a few Brides and Maids 

 coming in, but the quality is very poor 

 and $4,00 per 100 is an out.-side price. 

 There are hardly enough good roses to 

 supply the demand. Kaiserin siill takes 

 the lead at from ?G to $8 per hundred, 

 with Meteor for a red one at $8. Beau- 

 ties are scarce, held firm at from $1 to 

 $4 per dozen. 



Carnations are about done, although 

 some are still bringing them in, but 

 they are of a very inferior quality and 

 would hardly bring anything if it was 

 not for the scarcity of other flowers; 

 50 cents per hundred is the asking 

 price. The few that are brought in, of 

 out of door cutting, are eagerly sought 

 after at $1.50 per hundred. Asters are 

 plenty, white ones selling at o5 cents, 

 while colored ones bring from 20 to 

 25 cents per 100. 



Sweet peas are scarce, owing to the 

 weather; price from $1.50 to $2.25 per 

 1,0<X>, according to quality. Gladiolus 

 have made their appearance, 50 cents 

 per dozen being obtained for them. 

 Odds and ends are not over and above 

 plenty, and such stuff as achilleas, 

 candytuft, etc., sell fairly well, going 

 to help out the scarcity of other 

 flowers. 



The Weekly Exhibition. 



Saturday was prize day for annuals, 

 but owing to the heavy rains the ex- 

 hibits did not come up to expectations. 

 John L. Gardner was the only compet- 

 itor, showing about 150 vases of dif- 

 ferent varieties. 



Natives were exhibited by Mrs. P. D. 

 Richards and Alice Gunnell, while Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill had a nice show of seasona- 

 ble greenhouse and garden flowers. 



Rea Bros, made their weekly exhibit 

 of herbaceous flowers, and R. and J. 

 Farquhar made a fine show of Lilium 

 auratum. The Horticultural Society 

 has appointed a committee to nomi- 

 nate officers for 1899. 



