NijA'CMUKR 17, IfilS. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



641 



The nomination of officers for the 

 ensuing year was then proceedeil witn, 

 with the following result: For Presi- 

 dent. \Vm. Plumb; vice-presidents, J. 

 J. Esler, J. H. Troy, J. Morris; sec- 

 retary, John Young; treasurer, Chas. 

 Weathered; trustees, Messrs. C. H. Al- 

 len, J. H. Taylor, W. .\. Manda, H. A. 

 Siebrecht, J. Roehrs, J. Morris. 



Bowling C!ub. 



A meetjug of the Bowling flub was 

 held in the afternoon at the 32nd 

 Street Alleys, and the following offi- 

 cers were elected: E. Leuly, president 

 and captain; T. Lang, vice-president; 

 A. Burns, treasurer; C. Weathered, 

 secretary. 



The Committee are endeavoring to 

 find more commodious alleys, and Mr. 

 Weathered offered a Silver Cup for 

 competition, which was accepted. 

 Some good scores were made: Hatner 

 180, Leuly 178, Burns 194. Burns, in 

 one game, made a finish of five strikes. 

 The "push" is gradually getting there. 

 D. 



CHICAGO. 



Florists' Club Banquet. 



The annual banquet of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club took place last Thurs- 

 day evening at the Sherman House, 

 with about seventy present, including 

 quite a number of out-of-town visi- 

 tors. 



With the arrival of the coffee and 

 cigars President Sanders called upon 

 Prof. ,1. F. Cowell as 'the man that 

 got on at Buffalo." and referred to 

 that city as the only one in the coun- 

 try having a part of its park system 

 devoted to purely scientific purposes. 

 Prof. Cowell stated that the botanic 

 garden under his charge contained 160 

 acres and that such gardens were val- 

 uable to the florist, because when 

 some old lady had a plant about ready 

 to die she donated it to the botanic 

 garden, and this made it possible to 

 sell her another one. 



Mr. A. Herrington was called upon 

 to speak for Madison, N. .1. He said 

 it was well named the Rose City, as 

 it had 68 establishments devoted to 

 the production of cut roses, but he 

 had never seen in Madison any roses 

 to compare with those he had seen at 

 the Chicago show. He had heard Chi- 

 cago spoken of as the "Windy City." 

 and had found the name appropriate, 

 but the wind he had felt seemed to 

 be raised by the extraordinary bustle 

 and activity of its inhabitants. He 

 had also found it a wet city, both in- 

 side and out. 



Mr. Emil Buettner said that when 

 he accepted the appointment as one 

 of the judges he never expected to be 

 able to attend the annual supper, but 

 had taken out extra life insurance and 

 made his will. He found, however, 

 that the position was not nearl.v so 

 dangerous as he had anticipated. He 

 hoped the society would soon take up 



the project of a spring show as well 

 as the annual fall exhibition. 



J. C. Vaughan spoke of the hearty 

 support that had been given the soci- 

 ety by Chicago's solid citizens through 

 the medium of generous special pre- 

 miums. 



G. L. Grant told of the methods vhat 

 had been employed to secure liberal 

 notice of the exhibition in the daily 

 press. 



W. N. Rudd said the success of an 

 exhibition was dependent upon the 

 people, and that unless the people 

 came in large numbers the show could 

 not be considered a success. He 

 hoped for pleasant weather on the 

 morrow that the visitors might see a 

 Chicago crowd. 



James Hartshorne favored the com- 

 pany with a comic song that was re- 

 ceived with much applause. 



James Gurney told how when he 

 and the late Henry Shaw were talk- 

 ing over the preliminary plans of 

 Tower Grove Park in St. Louis. Mr. 

 Shaw had said: "In the pursuance of 

 our work we shall do as much good as 

 any minister of the gospel." He em- 

 phasized the good done through in- 

 stilling a love for the beautiful in na- 

 ture in the hearts of the people. He 

 thought that florists should endeavor 

 to increase the variety of their bed- 

 ding plants, and that they could im- 

 prove their combination wfthout suf- 

 fering any diminution in the financial 

 rf turns from their work. 



A. C. Kohlbrand read the following 

 very interesting letter regarding judg- 

 ing at the exhibitions. It was re- 

 ceived with much applause and laugh- 

 ter: 



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Tlaflng hurt flat you woult te at de 

 animal banket off de Chicago Florits' 

 Club. I woult like unci haf you reel dese 

 letter blease. pefore de Society of Hordi- 

 eult. ass I dink I can gif dem some idees 

 in reg-artment to de distribution ofC 

 brizes. wich woult gif better sati.staction 

 to de E.Khil>itors ass well ass de cheneral 

 Biiblick .it larch. De Society ha.«s pin in 

 de hapit off abointing chuches from out 

 oft down, to chuch de Exliibits. While 

 de chuches are right in der own irints 

 ass to de distributionment off de bnizes. 

 T haff Jiefer yet seen one oft de Exhibit- 

 ors satisfi.;'t mit dere diszitions. Expe- 

 spilly mlghd I say dis aboud de Retail 

 Florits mit dere Dables Decorations. 

 Nefer yet haff dey peen Sntisfiet mit de 

 chuches obinions. Dis dis.^atisfaction- 

 ment must pe awoided. or else in veers 

 to cum dere will pe no endries and gonse- 

 quently no Flower Shows. Dere iss only 

 one way to owercum dis pisness in my 

 obinion und if de Society oft Horticult 

 will do ass I say. dey will not ordy gif 

 .satisfaction to de Exhibitors, but will 

 broviet euterdainment in de bublick wich 

 iss not down on de brogram. 



T^et de Exhibitors chuch dere own Ex- 

 hibits, den dey will pe Satisflet. But ass 

 a brecaution against too much Bloot 

 Shet I woult adwise dat de Exhibitors pe 

 doroughly looked ofer und dat dey pe re- 

 liefed off any goncealed weabons which 

 dey might haff on dere bersons. Den iff 

 dey git too hot in dere argumentations, 

 dey can only resort to nature's weabons 

 to settle de madder. Let de best man 

 win. Dink dis ofer till next yeer and in 

 de meentime I will choin Harry Gil- 

 more's boxing- School und git myself in 



goot gonditiou so I can make an exhibit 

 iff deese Idees are adobted. 

 Yours, 

 FRITZ BLFMEXSCHNEIDER. 



John Thorpe referred to the forma- 

 tion of the Society of American Flo- 

 rists in the adjoining club room in 

 1884. and said he considered the won- 

 derful progress of the last fifteen 

 years an augury for a golden future. 



J. Austin Shaw favored the com- 

 pany with an original poem, in which 

 very flattering references were made 

 to the Chrysanthemum Show and va- 

 rious members of the craft, together 

 with some not so complimentary re- 

 garding the weather and the condition 

 of the city's streets. The various local 

 hits were received with much laughter 

 and applause. 



Mr. A. Dimmock emphasized the re- 

 marks of Mr. Gurney regarding vari- 

 ety in plants and those of Mr. Cowell 

 regarding the value of botanic .gar- 

 dens. 



Mr. J. A. Evans thought that a city 

 like Chicago should not only have 

 spring and fall shows but that it 

 should have an exhibition every two 

 weeks. 



Messrs. P. J. Hauswirth and 0. P. 

 Bassett spoke of the value of these 

 annual social gatherings in promot- 

 ing good fellowship among the mem- 

 bers of the profession, and Mr. W. H. 

 Ellis, of Milwaukee, endorsed their 

 views. 



It was midnight when the party 

 separated, all declaring that the even- 

 ing had been a most pleasant one. 



The Market. 



Market conditions have ver.v ma- 

 terially improved and prices have stif- 

 fened. Roses are in some cases off 

 crop and supply short. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are moving better. Indications 

 are for an excellent Thanksgiving 

 trade. 



Visitors. 



In addition to those recorded last 

 week the following out-of-town florists 

 visited the show: Mr. and Mrs. J. 

 F. Wilcox. Council Bluffs, la.; R. 

 Hoffman, Elkhart. Ind.; Albert Knopf. 

 Columbus. O.: F. L. Bills. Davenport, 

 la.; Geo. F. Crabb, Henry Smith. H. 

 Van Velden, Aug. Johnson, Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. H. Hollister. Grand Rapids, 

 Mich.: W. H. Ellis. N. Zweifel. H. 

 Staeps. M. Reitz, F. P. Dilger, G. Volk. 

 J. Currie. A. Klokner. W. E. Dallwig. 

 W. Edlefsen, F. H. Holtou. Milwaukee, 

 Wis.: J. A. Evans. Richmond. Ind.: 

 Ewald Suder, A. A. Suder. Toledo, 

 0.: Wm. Dittman. New Castle, Ind.; 

 Edw. Lee. Melchoir Luetschg, Lake 

 Geneva. Wis.; A. Sunderbruch. Cincin- 

 nati; F. Kuehne, DeKalb, 111.: F. 

 Rentschler. .lanesville. Wis.: E. E. 

 Boyington. Sycamore. 111.; Theo. Mey- 

 er. Waukegan, 111.; Lewis Turner. Ke- 

 nosha. Wis.; James Gurney. St. Louis: 

 Peter Reese and M. Jorgensen. South 

 Bend. Ind.: Geo. Souster. Elgin. Ill : 

 H. W. C. Dihm, Trinidad. West Indies 

 S. .4. Wolcott, P. G. Pearson, Batavi: 



