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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AUGUST 10, 1899. 



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—3.60 



Russell House.... 200 3.00— t. 00 



Normandle 100 2.00—3.00 



Grlswold (good).. 100 2.00—3.00 



Oriental (good... 100 $1.00—1.50 

 (Bath Included). 



Metropole 60 1.00—1.60 



Wayne 100 2.00—3.00 1.00—1.50 



Barclay 100 1.00—1.50 



Franklin House.. 75 1.50—2.00 



Library Park.. 1.00—1.50 



S. A. F. TRADE EXHIBIT. 



GEO. A. RACKHAM, Supt., 

 880 Van Dyke Ave., Detroit, Mich. 



BOWLING TROPHIES. 



The bowlers will have plenty to 

 strive for this year at Detroit. 



In addition to the Evans Challenge 

 Cup, now held by the St. Louis Club, 

 there are the following new prizes to 

 be competed for: 



A cup valued at $75.00, offered by 

 the mayor, city controller, city clerk 

 and board of aldermen of Detroit, to 

 be awarded to the team knocking 

 down the greatest number of pins in 

 any one game, the winners to have 

 their name engraved on the back, with 

 the number of pins and where won, 

 and to bring the trophy to the next 

 meeting, to be bowled for in the same 

 manner. If the same team wins again 

 the trophy is to become their property. 

 If not, the team then making the 

 highest score takes it, having their 

 name, etc., engraved on the back, and 

 this is to continue until some one team 

 shall have won it twice, or four years 

 have elapsed, and it shall then become 

 the property of the team having the 

 greatest number of pins to its credit. 



The Detroit Hotel trophy, a badge, 

 valued at $60.00, to be bowled for the 

 same as above, and going to the man 

 knocking down the greatest number 

 of pins in any one game. 



County Auditors' trophy, given by 

 the county auditors, Detroit, value 

 $30.00. This trophy goes to the man 

 belonging to the champion team who 

 makes the greatest number of pins in 

 any one game. 



A set of six lignum vitae balls and 



cases, offered by the bowling supply 

 department of the Crawford, McGregor 

 & Canby Company, Dayton, O., to the 

 team making the highest score in any 

 one game. 



The Brunswick - Balke - Collender 

 Company, Chicago, offer a set of six 

 scarf pins, of a unique design, repre- 

 senting two pins crossed, together 

 with a ten-pin ball in center, the pins 

 being inlaid with jewels. These will 

 go to the six bowlers comprising the 

 team taking first place in the tourna- 

 ment. 



Then there are various prizes offered 

 by the business men of Detroit, as fol- 

 lows: 



Weiss, the hatter and furnisher, a 

 $5.00 hat, to the man who knocks 

 down the greatest number of pins in 

 all the matches. 



John C. Hartz, hatter and furnisher, 

 one $5.00 hat, to the man who makes 

 the greatest number of spares in all 

 the matches. 



W. H. Ellis, one box of good cigars, 

 to the man who makes the most 

 spares in any one game. 



John T. Woodhouse & Co., one box 

 of good cigars, to the man who makes 

 the most strikes in any one game. 



J. L. Hudson & Co., one silk um- 

 brella, value $5.00, which goes to the 

 man who gets the most pins on his 

 spares in total games. 



Charles F. Marschner, one box of 

 good cigars to the member of the De- 

 troit team making the greatest num- 

 ber of pins in all games. 



An Art Section of the S. A. F. 



We would be very much pleased to 

 see an art section in the Society of 

 American Florists; it would be very 

 useful in educating the craft and most 

 powerful in defending our right to 

 proper recognition in the advance- 

 ment of refinement and civilization. 

 To the majority such an organization 

 may appear futile, but it is badly 

 needed, and we appeal to the enthus- 

 iastic and studious all over the coun- 

 try to consider some plan of a Floral 

 Art Society, membership to which 

 would require the same knowledge 

 and qualifications as is demanded in 



a way before admittance to similar 

 societies. This might prevent the per- 

 iodical appearance in reputable maga- 

 zines of articles repudiating or re- 

 flecting on our standing as artists, and 

 would surely elevate ourselves and 

 our profession above the level that 

 the general public (or many of those 

 who are in the business solely for the 

 money that's in it) persist in placing 

 us and it. 



Summer Window Displays. 



Appearances count for a great deal 

 in this world. Don't forget this as 

 applied to your store, particularly 

 your window. During warm weather 



