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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AUGUST 10, 1S99. 



few, gladiolus, aehillea, etc., done up 

 in bunches to sell at 25 cents per 

 bunch. 



The Saturday Exhibition. 



This week was devoted to annuals, 

 and some fine collections were shown 

 by Mrs. John L. Gardner, Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill and C. H. Souther, who received 

 1st, 2d and 3d prizes, respectively. 

 There was an elegant collection of per- 

 ennial phlox shown by Rea Bros., of 

 Norwood, Mass., fifty-six distinct vari- 

 eties. Mrs. John L. Gardner and Nor- 

 ris Comley both had fine exhibits of 

 phlox. J. Warren Clark had a nice 

 collection of named gladioli, and W. 

 C. Winter a show of dahlias. H. H. 

 Wheeler received a 1st class certificate 

 for a plant of Oncidium sarcodes and 

 an honorable mention was awarded 

 to Oakes Ames for a collection of bot- 

 anical orchids. Mr. H. H. Hunnewell 

 had a fine show of cut orchids and 

 some elegantly colored bloom of ixo- 

 ras and seedling rhododendrons. 



The News. 



It seems as though all the prominent 

 tradesmen were out of town, this be- 

 ing surely a season of vacations. W. 

 H. Elliott and son leave next week on 

 a camping trip down among the pine 

 woods of Maine. 



Tom Walsh, of Galvin's Tremont 

 street store, leaves for Philadelphia on 

 Monday, combining business with 

 pleasure. 



Miss Smithers, of McCarthy's, has 

 gone to Halifax for a two weeks' trip. 



Dan Predergast has taken a trip to 

 New York looking up more business. 



Messrs. Stewart, Nicholson, Elliott 

 and Pierce are among those who are 

 intending to take in the convention at 

 Detroit. 



S. S. Pennock. of Philadelphia, has 

 been in town this week. P. 



BUFFALO. 



A Dry Time. 



We have a few showers occasional- 

 ly — enough to keep our lawns green. 

 But a few miles in the country, oh! 

 how dry. I never remember it as dry. 

 Some of the farms in Genesee county 

 have blown away and you have only 

 the sub-soil left. 



A Bad Manager. 



Some years ago Mr. W. F. Kasting 

 started a branch of his commission 

 house in Pittsburg and put in Mr. Fred 

 Stokes as manager. The business was 

 all right, but Mr. Stokes was all 

 wrong. A recent visit has revealed a 

 sad state of affairs. He was deceived 

 and swindled by this Mr. Fred Stokes, 

 late of France, late of Mashonaland, 

 late of anywhere where honest men 

 could be robbed. Win. F. helped him 

 when out of employment, raised him 

 to a respectable position and sent him 

 to Pittsburg, where for a year past by 

 an elaborate scheme of falsehood and 



roguery he succeeded in abusing the 

 confidence of a good man. Mr. Kast- 

 ing will go sailing along to prosperity, 

 while Mr. Stokes' physiognomy will 

 adorn the rogues' gallery. 



Death of Wm. McMillan. 



Your readers, many of them, will re- 

 member our late park superintendent, 

 Mr. Wm. McMillan, whose death oc- 

 curred at Newairk, N. J., on July 31. 

 Mr. McMillan was a strong, well pre- 

 served, rugged man, but he succumbed 

 to apoplexy after a few weeks' illness, 

 at the age of 69. The writer, with 

 hundreds of others of our citizens, at- 

 tended his funeral on Friday last, and 

 he was laid to rest in our beautiful 

 Forest Lawn. 



Wm. McMillan was born in Nairn, 

 Scotland, in 1830, and came with his 

 parents to America in 1859. After years 

 of experience in several of the fine 

 gardens in the neighborhood of New 

 York, he was sent to Buffalo in the 

 fall of 1870 by Mr. Olmstead, of Bos- 

 ton, to plant our new park, which was 

 that year begun. After the landscape 

 architect and engineer had completed 

 the most important features of the 

 park system, Mr. McMillan was made 

 superintendent, which position he fill- 

 ed till January, 1898. Perhaps no man 

 in America carried out the ideas of 

 the landscape architect more earnest- 

 ly, faithfully and with such a cordial 

 spirit as Mr. McMillan. The elder Olm- 

 stead and Mr. McMillan were bosom 

 friends. Contrary to what a contem- 

 porary says at long range about our 

 Park Commission, there is no change 

 officially only in the personnel. All 

 employees are appointed by the com- 

 mission, but for many years the park 

 commission was composed of the lead- 

 ing men of the city, who properly be- 

 lieved that Mr. McMillan knew more 

 about park affairs than they did, and 

 for years Mr. McMillan's life was a 

 pleasant one; but a change came; the 

 commission (fifteen of them, rather an 

 unwieldy body) was composed of men 

 who had a hobby, and where so many 

 have different views, it was hard to 

 please all. Unpleasantness arose, and 

 finally Mr. McMillan resigned. 



His valuable services were in de- 

 mand in several places, and perhaps 

 he chose Essex park because it was 

 construction work, which was so con- 

 genial to his taste and suited to his 

 ability. Editors of papers and indi- 

 viduals may have disagreed with Mr. 

 McMillan in his park management, or 

 some minor detail of it, but no man 

 could be at enmity with him person- 

 ally. He was the soul of honor and 

 manliness. Charitable with his kind 

 words and sympathy for all, and with 

 his purse, to a fault. 



Our local papers speak of him as 

 they only could of an honored and 

 leading citizen, and at his funeral sat 

 the venerable millionaire by the side 

 of the park laborer, and with hundreds 

 of others attesting the love, honor and 

 respect in which he was held. 



Visttors. 

 For several days we have had the 

 pleasure of the company of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Peter Crowe, of Utica, journey- 

 ing on their road to Detroit. Glad of 

 it. We have had an opportunity of 

 getting thoroughly acquainted with 

 the amiable and refined Mrs. Crowe 

 and must confess we are surprised 

 that she would travel through the 

 country with such a man as P. C. 



The Convention. 



I believe we are going to have a 

 great convention. Detroit is one of 

 the loveliest cities of this continent, 

 with the best of climates. I look for- 

 ward to it with limitless pleasure, and 

 oh, what a game of bowls that will 

 be. I had a vision. Like a true vis- 

 ion, it was involuntary. ' 'Tis the 

 sunset of life gives me mystical lore 

 and coming events cast their shadows 

 before." I saw in the vision a large 

 blackboard, and Mr. Whitnall, of Mil- 

 waukee, stood beside it hollering out 

 in his usual vivacious manner: "Here 

 you are, gentlemen; here's good odds 

 against any of them; take your choice, 

 gentlemen, to win on one, two; come 

 on, boys; good odds agin any on 'em." 



Strange I can remember the figures 

 distinctly, and I was surprised at Mr. 

 Whitnall's knowledge of the various 

 teams. The board stood as follows at 

 the start, with Mr. Giesy, of Cincin- ' 

 nati, altering the odds as any big sum 

 was put on any one line. Before the 

 vision passed away, E. M. Wood, of 

 Natick, placed a large commission on 

 New York for a place, which reduced 

 the odds considerably against that 

 team. W. J. Palmer bet 200 to 100 on 

 Buffalo, and Mr. Giesy. the chalker. 

 wiped it off the board. 



To win. 1-2 



New York 10 to 1 4 to 1 



Platbush 6tol 2 to 1 



Philadelphia 15 to 1 8 to 1 



Boston 50 to 1 20 to 1 



Buffalo 1 to 2 out 



Pittsburg 5 to 1 6 to 4 



Minneapolis 100 to 1 30 to 1 



Detroit 66 to 1 20 to 1 



Cleveland 200 to 1 50 to 1 



Chicago 16 to 1 6 to 1 



Milwaukee 12 to 1 4 to 1 



St. Louis 2 to 1 2 to 3 



Omaha 3 to 1 even 



Cincinnati 25 to 1 10 to 1 



Mr. Geo. Asmus is stamping around 

 on his native heath for a week and 

 will also take in Detroit. George is 

 looking well and fat. W. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is little change in market 

 conditions. The supply of roses is 

 small and there is sufficient demand to 

 take them all, with even a shortage 

 at times. All the wholesalers agree 

 that business is remarkably good for 

 the dull midsummer season. Some 

 very good carnations are being cut 

 from plants outside. 



Various Items. 



Omaha. St. Paul and Milwaukee 

 florists who will attend the Detroit 



