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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



AUGUST 25, 1898. 



trial and artistic progress were very 

 interesting and the Midway had its 

 attractions, but the Indians seemed to 

 be of the gi-eatest interest. This ex- 

 hibit is made by the government and 

 selected representatives of many tribes 

 are present. In the majority of cases 

 the Indians are of as much interest to 

 each other as they are to the visitors 

 for selections were made from widely 

 different tribes and they can converse 

 with each other only through inter- 

 preters, though they look pretty much 

 the same to the casual observer. 



Quite a number of the eastern del- 

 egates took the trains leaving about 3 

 o'clock in the afternoon but the ma- 

 jority staid for the illumination in the 

 evening. 



Notes. 



In the convention hall was a deco- 

 rated mantel that was much admired. 

 It was decorated by Mr. J. F. Wilcox 

 and received suitable recognition by 

 the judges though at first overlooked 

 by them, not being in the exhibition 

 hall proper. 



In the bowling match Walter Mott, 

 of the Buffalo team, retired after the 

 first game and his place was taken by 

 C. C. Pollworth, of Milwaukee, there- 

 fore the scores of the second and third 

 games were made by Mr. Pollworth 

 though Mr. Mott's name was retained 

 on the score sheets. 



When the Evans Challenge cup was 

 presented to the St. Louis team, Mr. 

 Westcott said the Philadelphians 

 really wanted some on« else to win it 

 so as to keep it in circulation, but from 

 the laughter that greeted this asser- 

 tion it is feared the boys didn't fully 

 rely on it. John certainly did the 

 graceful, though, and the generosity of 

 the Philadelphians is assuredly be- 

 yond question. Mr. J. J. Beneke re- 

 ceived the cup on behalf of the St. 

 Louis team and said that they would 

 keep the cup safely for the coming 

 year and take it to Detroit with the 

 firm intention of carrying it back 

 home again after the Detroit contest. 



A movement has been started to 

 have each team entering the annual 

 tournament contribute $10 toward a 

 fund to purchase a trophy to be com- 

 peted for by the several clubs. 



At the Council Bluffs entertainment 

 the old time members of the society 

 were pleased to meet Mr. L. A. Casper, 

 formerly the owner of the establish- 

 ment now conducted by Mr. Wilcox. 

 In the early days of the S. A. F. Mr. 

 Casper was one of the very few mem- 

 bers from west of the Mississippi that 

 attended the annual conventions. He 

 retired from the florist business six or 

 seven years ago, having become quite 

 wealthy through the appreciation in 

 value of his real estate and now takes 

 life easy. But he still retains his in- 

 terest in the profession and was much 

 pleased to meet old acquaintances in 

 the society. 



Mr. Cornelius S. Loder, secretary of 

 the National Florists' Board of Trade, 

 New York, made a proposition to the 

 society to allow members a rebate of 



$2 on the annual fee for the credit in- 

 formation supplied by his organiza- 

 tion, and the proposition was accepted, 

 it being understood that the S. A. F. 

 accepted no responsibility in the mat- 

 ter. 



The names of new varieties of plants 

 may now be registered with the secre- 

 tary of the S. A. F. There will be no 

 charge to members but a fee of $5 will 

 be exacted from those who are not 

 members. 



The American Carnation Society 

 held an informal meeting at Omaha 

 and made preliminary plans for the 

 annual convention to be held in Phil- 

 adelphia next February. 



No meeting of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America was held as a quo- 

 rum was not secured. 



Quite a number of written reports 

 were received from the State Vice- 

 Presidents this year, that from New 

 York being especially full and com- 

 plete. 



In his paper on bulb growing in 

 America, Prof. Massey thought the 

 coast section of North Carolina 

 peculiarly suited to the purpose. 

 It was decided to call the 

 attention of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to the bulbs grown in 

 the State of Washington and exhibited 

 at the convention. 



A resolution was adopted urging 

 members to take immediate action as 

 to securing protection in the Florists' 

 Mutual Fire Insurance Association. 

 Full details can be had from the -o. 

 cretary, Mr. W. J. Vesey, Ft. Wayne, 

 Ind. 



The discussion upon the paper on 

 the value of trade exhibitions was 

 all one way, every speaker adding 

 force to the position taken by the es- 

 sayist that the exhibitions. were one of 

 the most important factors in the ad- 

 vancement of the trade. 



The chairman of the committees in 

 charge of the new special departments 

 are as follows: Co-operative Purchase. 

 E. M. Wood, Natick, Mass.; Legisla- 

 tive, P. O'Mara, 35 Cortlandt St., New 

 York; Claims, H. A. Siebrecht, New 

 Rochelle. N. Y.; Arbitration, S. B. 

 Stewart, 119 North 16th St., Omaha, 

 Neb. 



The ladies were given a carriage 

 ride through the city and to Hanscom 

 Park and served with refreshments at 

 the park. The affair was arranged by 

 a committee of Omaha ladies includ- 

 ing Mesdames A. Donaghue, Sr., J. F. 

 Wilcox, S. B. Stewart and Geo. Swo- 

 boda. 



President Gude and wife, Mrs. J. H. 

 Small and Miss Small, took a trip to 

 Denver before starting on th? return 

 to Washington. Others of the Wash- 

 ington delegation, including F. H. Kra- 

 mer, C. Schellhorn and A. Gude spent 

 their extra time in Chicago visiting 

 the local establishments. They were 

 much impressed by the immense 

 places of Bassett & Washburn and 

 Reinberg Bros. 



On the return trip E. M. Wood, of 

 Natick, Mass., visited President-Elect 



Rudd at Mt. Greenwood, 111., while 

 Wm. Scott and E. G. Hill took a look 

 at Washington Park, Chicago. 



The Burlington road took good care 

 of those who went over its line. At 

 Omaha their agent went out of his 

 way to hunt up those likely to return 

 Friday afternoon and, a sufficient 

 number being secured, put on a special 

 sleeping car for their accommodation. 



And there was a warm session in 

 the smoking room of that car on the 

 return trip. 



Those who left Omaha on Friday 

 shook hands with themselves when 

 they heard that on Saturday the ther- 

 mometer registered 102 degrees in the 

 Exposition city. 



The dining car on the Burlington 

 train from Chicago to Omaha was ela- 

 borately decorated with American 

 Beauty roses for the occasion by 

 Messrs. Bassett & Washburn. This 

 courtesy added materially to the plea- 

 sures of the trip and was much ap- 

 preciated. We expected to print in 

 this issue an engraving from a photo- 

 graph of the interior of the decorated 

 car, also a group of the delegates 

 standing in front of the special cars 

 shortly before the train left, but the 

 photographer was so unfortunate as to 

 meet with an accident on the way 

 home in which the negatives he had 

 made were broken into little bits. 



IMPRESSIONS OF OMAHA AND 

 THOSE WE MET. 



Omaha is not far distant from Coun- 

 cil Bluffs and only a pleasant night's 

 ride from Chicago, but it's a long way 

 from Boston, New York and Philadel- 

 phia, and more than a thousand miles 

 from the little town of Buffalo, famous 

 for having produced three great things 

 ^Niagara Falls, Deerfoot the great In- 

 dian runner, and Grover Cleveland. It 

 we could only claim J. D. Carmody we 

 would be happy, but we can't. How- 

 ever, Omaha seems but a short jour- 

 ney from us now since we have seen 

 it, made, I trust, many friends and are 

 now the possessors of so many pleas- 

 ant recollections of our brief sojourn 

 among the craft of that hospitable 

 town. 



The writer for many years used to 

 sing or squeal or squeak on demand 

 that beautiful song, "Her Bright Smile 

 Haunts Me Still," and as I sit here at 

 home I can see the quiet, cordial yet 

 dignified smile of Mr. Donaghue. the 

 candid, honest young face of Mr. Wil- 

 cox, the good-natured ever-anxious-to- 

 please physiognomy of Mr. Hess, and 

 many others. Their smiles do not 

 haunt us, oh no. We have them in 

 safekeeping and can recall them at our 

 will and much to our pleasure. 



The journey to Chicago would have 

 been lonesome and dull if it had not 

 been for a lightweight prize fighter in 

 our sleeper who frequently expanded 

 his chest S'i inches over the normal or 

 resting size of that very important part 

 of his make-up. It's amusing to see 

 that puffer pigeon-like performance for 



