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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JULY 27. 1899. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



The fifteenth annual meeting of the 

 above society will be held at Detroit, 

 Mich., August 15, 16, 17 and 18. The 

 preliminary program has been issued. 

 Any one who did not receive it may 

 obtain a copy by addressing the secre- 

 tary, Wm. J. Stewart, 67 Bromfield 

 St., Boston, Mass. 



NEW YORK TO DETROIT. 



The committee in charge of the 

 transportation for New York and vi- 

 cinity has made definite arrangements 

 to go by the celebrated Black Diamond 

 Express, Lehigh Valley railroad, leav- 

 ing foot of Cortlandt street, New York, 

 at 12 o'clock (noon) on Monday, the 

 14th of August, reaching Detroit the 

 next morning at 6:55 a. m. The beau- 

 tiful scenery of the renowned Lehigh 

 and Susquehanna valleys by daylight, 

 in a special car, will, we feel sure, in- 

 duce many to go who otherwise would 

 not. 



The rates are one full fare going and 

 one-third fare returning, on the certifi- 

 cate plan, or $13.50 for the fare going 

 and $4.50 for the return; in addition 

 the sleeping ear fare from Buffalo to 

 Detroit is $2. Delegates wishing to 

 save themselves trouble may secure 

 tickets both for train and sleeper by 

 remitting $15.50 to John N. May, Sum- 

 mit, N. J. 



The committee's work will be great- 

 ly facilitated by delegates notifying in 

 advance and as soon as possible their 

 intention of going. 



As the New York Florists' Club has 

 decided to invite the S. A. F. to New 

 York in 1900, the members will realize 

 the great importance of having a full 

 delegation at the forthcoming conven- 

 tion. 



For the New Jersey delegates who 

 may prefer to board the train en route, 

 it stops at Newark at 12:28 p. m., 

 South Plainfield at 12:51 p. m., and 

 South Bethlehem at 2:06 p. m. 



W. J. Stewart, P. O'Mara, John N. 

 May, Committee. 



CHICAGO TO DETROIT. 



The Chicago Florists' Club have 

 made arrangements to use the Wa- 

 bash railroad on their trip to the De- 

 troit convention, to be held August 

 15-18, 1899. The party will leave Chi- 

 cago on the Wabash Continental Lim- 

 ited at 12:00 o'clock noon, August 14, 

 and will arrive at Detroit at 8: 10 p. m. 

 the same day. The committee have 

 arranged for a certain number of re- 

 clining chair cars to be set aside for 

 their exclusive use. 



The rate will be a fare and one- 

 third for the round trip, on the cer- 

 tificate plan. You pay full fare going, 

 $7.75. and get a certificate from the 

 ticket agent which entitles you to a 

 rate of one-third fare ($2.60) return- 

 ing. This makes the rate $10.35 for 

 the round trip. Be sure and ask your 

 ticket agent for a certificate showing 

 that you have paid full fare go- 

 ing. Tickets will be good on any 



regular trains of the 14th and 15th of 

 August, and will be good returning 

 until August 21st. Free reclining chair 

 cars on all trains. 



The club hereby extends a cordial 

 invitation to all Florists' Clubs and 

 those going who reside in the west 

 and northwest to join them on the 

 trip as their guests, promising them a 

 pleasant time on the road. The Wa- 

 bash railroad authorities promise to 

 do all in their power to make their 

 trip a pleasant one. 



Correspondence is solicited for fur- 

 ther particulars from all who think 

 of going. Join us in a grand turn-out 

 to honor and escort our western pres- 

 ident of the Society of American Flo- 

 rists, and to make the meeting a mem- 

 orable one. 



For further particulars address any 

 member of the committee as below: 



Edgar Sanders, 1639 Belmont Ave. 



P. J. Hauswirth, 318 Wabash Ave. 



W. N. Rudd, Mt. Greenwood, 111. 



BOSTON TO DETROIT. 



Arrangements have been made 

 whereby those who so desire may 

 travel together on special buffet sleep- 

 ing car from Boston. The train select- 

 ed is the "Continental Limited," leav- 

 ing Boston 11 a. m. Monday, August 

 14, due in Detroit Tuesday at 7 a. m. 

 The route is via Fitchburg R. R. to 

 Rotterdam Junction, West Shore to 

 Utica, New York Central to Buffalo 

 and Wabash R. R. to Detroit. Connect- 

 ing train leaves Worcester at 11:45 

 a. m. Monday. It is hoped that the 

 New York party will arrange to con- 

 nect with the Boston party at Rotter- 

 dam Junction. The fare is one and 

 one-third full rate for round trip from 

 all points, which makes the Boston 

 rate $22, exclusive of sleeping car 

 berths. Meals will be provided for all 

 passengers on the Boston car without 

 charge. Stopover allowed at Niagara 

 Falls both going and coming. Those 

 who intend to go with the Boston par- 

 ty are requested to communicate with 

 Wm. J. Stewart. 



DETROIT HOTELS. 



Below is given a list of the hotels in 

 Detroit, with capacity and rate of 

 each: 



American European 



Hotel. Cap. Plan. Plan. 



Cadillac 200 $3.00—3.50 



Russell House.... 200 3.00—1.00 



Normandie 100 2.00—3.00 



Grlswold (good).. 100 2.00—3.00 



Oriental (good... 100 $1. 00— 1.50 

 (Bath Included). 



Metropole 50 1.00—1.50 



Wayne 100 2.00— 3.00 1.00—1.60 



Barclay 100 1.00—1.50 



Franklin House.. 75 1.50—2.00 



Library Park.. 1.00—1.50 



S. A. F. TRADE EXHIBIT. 



Any one having anything to sell to 

 florists should secure space for the 

 trade exhibit at Detroit in connection 

 with the S. A. F. convention on Au- 

 gust 15 next. Address 



GEO. A. RACKHAM, Supt, 



880 Van Dyke Ave., Detroit, Mich. 



NEW YORK. 



Convention — That's the sole topic of 

 conversation and consideration here- 

 abouts just now, and it's assured that 

 a jolly crowd will go from New York. 

 Kind reader, they may not be a multi- 

 tude, but they will be a stout hearted 

 detachment, brimful of fun and yet 

 with a set purpose in view — that's to 

 bring the convention here in 1900. 

 Help them for old times' sake. We 

 had purposed giving a general list of 

 reasons why the convention should be 

 held here, but really they became so 

 bewilderingly numerous that we could 

 not find space for them; but sure most 

 of you know them. 



New York is not given to boasting 

 only when she claims her American- 

 ism. She has been and will continue 

 to be the gateway of all the country's 

 prosperity. Hers is the hand which 

 rocked and nursed all your greatness; 

 your great cities are all her children, 

 and when mother speaks this time, 

 remember she comes first. New York 

 does not beg of you to consider her as 

 against any rival, her request is whole- 

 hearted and she wants a whole-heart- 

 ed response — a unanimous response or 

 none. Your action will not merely 

 have the effect of cementing together 

 the powerful local bodies in and sur- 

 rounding New York, but the National 

 Society will be placed upon a higher 

 pedestal, a new spirit will be infused 

 into its life — your own life — which 

 will benefit all. Yourself and your 

 family need a trip to New York to see 

 its greatness, and delight in its glories, 

 'tis the oldest city and yet the newest, 

 'tis the humblest because of its mighti- 

 ness. Vote for New York in a manly 

 way; you'll not be sorry. 



The committee appointed to invite 

 the convention to hold its next meet- 

 ing in this city will meet in the New 

 York Florists' Club rooms at 3 p. m., 

 on Monday, July 31, and after this 

 meeting the bowling alleys will be at- 

 tended to. 



There is not much doing around 

 town these days. Most of the boys are 

 away on vacations; the last to go was 

 Gus. Bergmann, who has gone up to 

 the Catskills with his family. John 

 Hogan, at one time identified with the 

 florists' business here, was drowned at 

 Fire Island, July 21st. Hogan was 

 a member of the Life-Saving crew and 

 lost his life in a heroic endeavor to 

 save the life of a bather. He was a 

 good natured boy and all regret his 

 tragic and untimely end. 



The big Greek Moscopoulos, better 

 known as "Royal," once a flower ped- 

 dler, later politician and interpreter at 

 the Barge Office, has been fired because 

 he couldn't be a gentleman. 



Bowling Monday, July 24th, ran as 

 follows: 



1. 2. 3. 4. 



Roehxs 170 173 147 ISO 



O'Mara 152 160 152 154 



Atkins 119 132 140 112 



Traendlv 1S6 151 146 145 



Schenck 164 143 158 139 



Stewart 81 139 



Donlan 105 103 



IVERA. 



