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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



AUGUST 25, 1898. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L, GRANT. Editor .ani. Man ki.kh 



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PHE.ADELPHIA. 



The Past Month. 



The toree of circumstances some- 

 times compels the newspaper writer to 

 become an historian. This is true in 

 the present case. The chief events of 

 the month follow, briefly, and in or- 

 der: 



On Tuesday evening, August 1st, a 

 large and representative body of flor- 

 ists gathered in the club room to listen 

 to Mr. W. A. Manda describe his ef- 

 forts in hybridization in general and 

 with the new Wichuraiana roses in 

 particular. The description was deeply 

 interesting. At its conclusion Mr. 

 Manda showed a number of photo- 

 graphs of the plants in bloom. 



Sunday. August 14th, saw the de- 

 parture of our convention delegates, 

 only eleven in number, to be joined by 

 three or four more when they reached 

 Omaha. The bowling team was fair, 

 but not quite representative. 



Tuesday, the 16th, saw a great gath- 

 ing at Riverton, the fourth annual ex- 

 cursion given by the H. A. Dreer com- 

 pany to the gardeners and florists of 

 the city and country for miles around. 

 The affair was a great success; fine 

 weather, an attendance of over 1,500, 

 a cordial welcome and a place well 

 worth seeing. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market has been very 

 dull. Very few flowers are coming in 

 town and most of those that do come 

 plainly show the debilitating effects of 

 pur Philadelphia climate in summer. 

 Asters have been in rather short sup- 

 ply; the frequent rains have spoilt 

 many of the outdoor blooms. Really 

 good asters are wanted. Kaiserin is 

 the only rose that proves satisfactory. 

 Beauties open too fast and the others 

 are small. Carnations are between sea- 

 sons. The fakirs have rather interest- 

 ing stands. One chap on Chestnut 

 street today was offering "English lav- 

 ender" leaves at o cents a package un- 

 der the assurance they would keep 

 moths out of your clothes. I asked if 

 this was an established fact and was 

 told to buy a package and try, but was 

 given a whiff which unfortunately end- 

 ed the matter. They are offering tube- 



roses at 5 cents each and poor asters at 

 10 cents a dozen. 



Notes. 

 Pennock Bros, are remodeling their 

 store. The show window is finished 

 and the long conservatory in the rear 

 with its potting shed and tank. Now 

 the floor of the store proper is being 

 given a foundation of ashes and ce- 

 ment on which mosaic work will be 

 laid. The new refrigerator is extreme- 

 ly handsome, with electric lights and 

 Italian marble inside, besides drawers 

 underneath for preserving "greenery." 



J. J. Habermehl & Sons (John P. 

 Habermehl) have enlarged and im- 

 proved their store. 



Edward Reid combined his trip to 

 Omaha with a visit to his home in 

 North Dakota. He will return early in 

 September. 



Samuel S. Pennock has added one 

 more door on Ludlow street, four in 

 all. He proposes keeping his flowers 

 in cold storage rooms, dispensing with 

 ice and ice boxes. It is believed the 

 flowers will keep at least as well and 

 be much more easilv and safely han- 

 dled. 



William C. Smith has moved just 

 round the corner to better quarters at 

 ICOi Ludlow street. 



H. A. Dreer Co. report French bulbs 

 arriving in especially fine condition. 

 The Harrisii look well; they are 2."i 

 per cent short in quantity. 



This shortage of lilies is the same 

 with many importers. Let us hope the 

 growers are keeping the diseased 

 bulbs. 



Hurrah for our bowling team. Even 

 if they didn't win they, like the sailors 

 of old, "did their best." Philadelphia 

 congratulates Mr. Scott on his great 

 score and the success of his All Amer- 

 ican team. 



In speaking of Mr, Heacock's elec- 

 trical arrangement last week, I intend- 

 ed to say that bells rung in the houses 

 of the owner and foreman, not fireman 

 J, W. Y. 



ST. LOUIS. 



-\s the train for Omaha pulled out 

 with the St. Louis delegation Dr. Hel- 

 vvig called out "Don't come back with- 

 out the Evans Cup." Well, here we 

 are, with the cup according to in- 

 structions. It will be on exhibition at 

 one of the large down town stores all 

 this week and next. 



The trip to Omaha was much en- 

 joyed in spite of the neat and dust. 

 Omaha is a fine city witu wide streets, 

 generally well paved, handsome pub- 

 lic buildings, and excellent street car 

 service. The local club was untiring 

 in their efforts to give the visitors a 

 good time. A full report of the va- 

 rious entertainments will undoubtedly 

 appear elsewhere in this issue of The 

 Review. 



In the bowling contest we had a 

 sharp eye on the Philadelphia team. 

 In the first game we beat them 67 pins, 

 in the second game they beat us 3 pins 



and in the third game we led them 15 

 pins, giving us a total lead of 77 pins. 



The team representing Buffalo 

 showed good form but Kasting and 

 Scott were the only Buffalo men in 

 the team. 



Mr. Scott was certainly fully enti- 

 tled to the gold medal. It was a 

 splendid score (200) to make on those 

 alleys. 



The bowlers wish to extend thanks 

 through The Review to Bob Tesson for 

 acting as official scorer. 



All agreed that the Omaha conven- 

 tion was one of the pleasautest ever 

 held and the St. Louis party wishes to 

 thank the Omaha florists, especially 

 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wilcox, Mr, and 

 Mrs. J. J. Hess, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. 

 Swoboda, Mr. and Mrs. A. Donaghue, 

 Mr. and Mrs. L. Henderson, J. Had- 

 kinson and L. C. Chapin. May we all 

 meet again in Detroit next year. 



Pick-Ups. 



J. Austin Shaw did all he said he 

 would. 



A. L. Vaughan is $10 to the good; 

 ask John Kunz for full particulars. 



Harry Balsley was working hard for 

 Detroit. 



Charlie Kuehn wanted to slay until 

 Tuesday, but he didn't. 



Walter Kreitling came on that late 

 milk train without a sniile. 



C. 0. Sanders left the party Thurs- 

 day for a trip through Kansas. 



The last seen of A. L. Vaughan and 

 G. L. Grant "was down among the In- 

 dians. 



Ask M. Rice and Paul Berkowitz 

 what it costs to belong to a defeated 

 bowling club. 



Billy Kasting is a winner every time. 

 Billy picked St. Louis and Scott to 

 win, 



J. A. Evans was with us to the last 

 and kept calling up "o5" along the 

 road to the hotel. 



Fred Weber was the happiest man at 

 the convention after Wedn.e-sday. Fred 

 wouldn't bowl but was with the boys 

 to the last. 



Carl Beyer was taken for a farmer 

 at the exposition on Friday. Carl saw 

 everything that was going on in the 

 Midway. 



Jim Wilson did not smile after Wed- 

 nesday. Jim had his head set on that 

 Cup. Better luck next time, Jim. 



If Omaha had a few more Wilcoxes 

 they would win hands down. Keep it 

 up, boys, for next year. 



E. H. Michel and Bob Tesson were 

 the tallest members of the conven- 

 tion, both are still young men with 

 plenty of time to grow. 



Pap Koenig and Pop Counon were 

 seen to enjoy the Midway and they 

 were alone at that. 



What became of Phil. Hauswirth? 

 He left early. So would we. Phil, had 

 we lost. 



E. Leuly. of New York, looked on 



with a smile and with longing eyes on 



the cup. "We will have that next 



year," he says. 



"Little Brown Jug" Edgar Sandei-s 



