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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



AUGUST 



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advance in 1898 over 1897 will quick- 

 ly illustrate the value of horticultural 

 decorations. 



At present the banks of palms, the 

 handsome bedding, and the taste in 

 arrangement, make this little "park" 

 in the very center of the city a con- 

 stant object lesson to its 200,000 inhab- 

 itants. AUSTIN. 



.NEW YORK. 

 Bowling. 



The most important occurrence, 

 "floriculturally speaking," in New 

 York the past week was the triangu- 

 lar bowling match between the Flat- 

 bush Florists' Bowling Club, the New 

 York Florists' Bowling Club and a 

 scrub team from the New York Gar- 

 deners' Society, which took place at 

 the New York alleys, Fifty-seventh 

 street and Sixth avenue, on Monday, 

 July 31st. It was a hastily gotten up 

 affair and for that reason was all the 

 more enjoyable. 



At this time of the year, when busi- 

 ness is dull and humidity makes life 

 nigh unendurable; when an eye to the 

 future insists on ignoring the music 

 of the seas, be they rolling on the 

 sands of gay Manhattan or carrying 

 palpitating hearts away to Europe, oh 

 who will begrudge the "stay-at- 

 homes" whatever little enjoyment 

 they may get from a game at "bowls "? 

 Scientists, philosophers, fishermen and 

 the rest of the crowd may turn their 

 nose up at bowling, but it's enough 

 for us boys that we can and do enjoy 

 it, even if we get beaten betimes. 



The melody of Schmutz's legs is far 

 superior to the ballet; the comedy of 

 Mellis' antical coaching is far more 

 preferable to the nonsense of the 

 stage; the quizzing of O'Mara and the 

 whizzing of Raynor evoke admiration 

 and consternation. 'Tis true Burns' 

 white slippers were absent, but any- 

 how, boys, there was lots of fun, aud 

 though the scores were wee there's 

 no faultfinding. Only as these teams 

 are going to be represented at Detroit 

 and it's only fair that all the teams 

 competing will be alike strangers on 

 the alleys to be used, let the Detroit 

 committee see to that. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



T. Roches 



W. Plumb 



F. Traendly 



H. Bunyard 



J. N. May . 



P. O'Mara 



S40 719 



FLATBUSH Fl.f U: ISTS' I'.t iWI.lXG CLUB. 



D. Mellis KG 145 



.1 Raynor 161 128 



L. Sehnmt'/. 1J7 129 



\ Zel'.er 105 126 



P. Riley . ........ 145 157 



.. 107 147 



750 S32 



NEW YORK GA1 OC1 STY. 



w Butterl 

 w. Barthoj 

 .1 Withers . ... 



.1 Donlan 



\ l kins 



s. Bui rfl 



131 83 



135 162 



116 116 



102 106 



lis 122 



112 94 



711 



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New Yorks won one game, Flatbush 

 won the other. The Gardeners lost be- 

 cause their best men failed to attend. 



A return match of the three teams 

 will be played on the Flatbush alleys 

 on Thursday, August 3. 



Various Items. 



The committee appointed to invite 

 the S. A. F. to New York in 1900 met 

 at the club rooms on Monday to con- 

 sider ways and means. Much enthusi- 

 asm was shown and progress reported 

 on all lines. All the horticultural ana 

 gardeners' societies within 100 miles 

 of New York City sent offers of assist- 

 ance to make this the greatest con- 

 vention and exhibition the society ever 

 held. 



It may be here mentioned that these 

 local societies represent all the private 

 gardens surrounding New York, and if 

 they agree to show their plants and 

 products, the S. A. F. will have an 

 "eye opener" of an exhibition; the 

 greatest, in fact, the country ever saw. 



Mr. John N. May wishes to urge all 

 intending to go to Detroit to notify 

 him at once, as the railroad people de- 

 sire to have at least four days' notice. 

 However, for the convenience of those 

 who cannot decide till the very last, 

 the ticket agent will be at Cleary's 

 auction rooms on the morning of th i 

 11th at 11 o'clock. The crowd leaves 

 Cortlandt street at 12. 



The Westchester (N. Y.) Gardeners' 

 Association will have an outing to 

 Dreer's Nurseries at Riverton. N. J., 

 on August 9th. They will leave Port- 

 chester at 5:55 a. m., reaching New 

 York. West Twenty-third street boat, 

 at 7:55. This is going to be a most 

 enjoyable affair, as the boys are all 

 men and are well known for all that's 

 good amongst horticulturists. Those 

 intending to go with them should no- 

 tify Robert Jenkins, Rye, N. Y. 



There is a gardeners' society in New 

 York City of which very little is 

 heard. They are the gardeners em- 

 ployed in the department of public 

 parks. Their society is known as the 

 Catalpa Labor Club of City Gardeners. 

 They are also Local Assembly 1,694 of 

 the Knights of Labor. They were or- 

 ganized December 23, 1897. The prin- 

 cipal object of the society is to procure 

 and maintain a union rate of wages in 

 the department of parks. They have 

 done a great deal towards raising the 

 name of gardener above the level of 

 street sweeper, and any body of men 

 who go in for that kind of elevation 

 has our heartiest approval and friend- 

 ship. IVERA. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Several of the wholesalers note 

 quite a little improvement during the 

 past week, but an equal number of 

 others have not noticed any percepti- 

 ble change. The outdoor carnations 

 are improving rapidly in quality and 

 the roses are a shade better. Some in- 

 door carnations are still straggling in. 



but as a rule they are too small to 

 consider. Some really first class sweet 

 peas were noted at Amling's. They 

 were from a late sowing. 



Various Items. 



We still hear reverberations from 

 the last club outing at Blue Island. 

 Those w'ho attended are still talking 

 of the splendid time they had and of 

 the open-handed hospitality of the 

 Heirn Brothers. A good deal of fun 

 was made by a number of the frolic- 

 some members (including Ed. Winter- 

 son and Charley McKellar, of course), 

 who suddenly appeared on the scene 

 arrayed in ladies' wrappers and sun- 

 bonnets of gorgeous hues, and disport- 

 ed themselves as only these irrepressi- 

 bles can. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. are remodeling 

 their cold storage room. Geo. Scott, 

 with this house, has returned from his 

 vacation, and A. C. Kohlbrand is tak- 

 ing his in the form of a wheeling trip. 



M. F. Kyle has returned from Ot- 

 tawa, 111., and is now with A. H. 

 Schneider at Oak Park. 



Frederic Cranefield, of the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin, Madison, was a 

 caller last Tuesday. 



There promises to be a big delega- 

 tion from this city to the Detroit con- 

 vention. The expense will be light 

 and all can afford to take it in. 



Charles Held has rented his green- 

 houses and has gone to California for 

 his health. 



Bowling. 



The last quartette of handicap prize 

 games were played at Anson's alleys, 

 last Friday evening and following are 

 the scores: 



1st. 2nd. 3d. 4th. Tot. Av. 



G. Stollery 159 164 205 ... 52s 17''. 



P. Stollery 207 153 162 ... 522 174 



Geo. Asmus 173 194 212 116 695 173 



Jno. Dee-nan 144 144 169 155 612 153 



Ed. Winterson 156 147 119 178 60" 150 



P. J. Hauswirth 143 173 149 125 590 147 



C Balluff 157 109 138 171 575 143 



C. W. McKellar 110 117 123 107 489 122 



.T. S. Wilson 117 116 133 ... 366 122 



C. Hunt 110 124 122 ... 356 lis 



W. Kreitling 07 US 127 113 455 113 



M Barker S9 119 101 ... 309 103 



Though no less than fifteen took 

 part in the twenty-four prize games, 

 only six played the requisite number 

 of games (16) to be considered in the 

 results, and their scores and averages 

 follow: 



Games. Total. Ave. 



F. Stollerv IS 2725 151 



G. Stollerv IS 2635 146 



Jno. Desman 24 3283 136 



P. J. Hauswirth 18 2327 129 



A. Henderson 20 2534 126 



C Hunt 21 2559 12] 



Geo. Asmus, the scratch man, did 

 not play the requisite number of 

 games, and as it turned out the handi- 

 caps did not affect the result in any 

 way. The Stollery boys will carry 

 both prizes to Argyle Park. Fred the 

 $5.00 umbrella over his head, and 

 George the $2.50 bowling shoes on his 

 feet. Both boys will have one end 

 provided for and by clubbing together 

 they can cover both ends. 



It was decided to have practice 

 games each Wednesday and Friday 

 night from now till convention time. 



