AUGUST 10, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



245 



Conservatory Connected with the Store of Mr. J. F. Sullivan, Detroit. 



convention have announced their in- 

 tention of joining the Chicago party 

 and there promises to be a big crowd 

 on the Wabash train leaving here at 

 noon next Monday. And the latest 

 program of the St. Louis delegation 

 will enable them to make a junction 

 at Montpelier. so all will reach Detroit 

 together on the same train. The Chi- 

 cago committee has arranged for a 

 first mortgage on the dining car on its 

 train. 



Bassett & Washburn are busy plant- 

 ing their two large carnation houses, 

 which together hold 40,000 plants. The 

 season has been so favorable for the 

 growth of carnations in the field that 

 their plants are already so large as 

 to need immediate staking. And the 

 weather has been exceedingly cool and 

 generally favorable for early planting. 



Mr. E. C. Amling is confined to his 

 home by illness. 



Mr. C. L. Washburn has been under 

 the weather but is now attending to 

 business again. 



Mr. Chas. Dickinson has returned 

 from the east. Mrs. Hunt will remain 

 at the old home for several weeks. 



Recent visitors: E. G. Reimers, 

 Louisville, Ky., en route with his fam- 

 ily to Green Lake, Wis.: Geo. F. 

 Crabb, Grand Rapids, Mich.; W. A. 

 Kennedy, Milwaukee. 



Bowling. 



Through the efforts of Walter Kreit- 

 ling the Brunswick-Balke-Collender 

 Co., of this city, will offer some hand- 

 some prizes to be competed for at 

 Detroit. See list of trophies else- 

 where in this issue. 



At the practice games last Friday 

 evening the averages were as follows: 

 P. J. Hauswirth, 173; E. F. Winterson, 

 142; John Degnan, 141; Walter Kreit- 

 ling. 141; J. S. Wilson, 138; A. Hen- 

 derson, 132; J. C. Vaughan. 11:'.; M. 

 Barker, 102; A. C. Brown, 83. 



CLEVELAND. 



From Detroit to Cleveland and vice 

 versa by boat is about as pleasant and 

 economical a trip as the florists can 

 take Who go by way of Cleveland to 

 the convention. I found the street car 

 strike a serious question amongst the 

 florists there. Its effects have been 

 felt of late most annoyingly. Still the 

 window decorations are as effective as 

 ever and the future, to a Clevelandite. 

 always looks encouraging. 



"Nearly everybody" is going to the 

 convention. A fine bowling team, all 

 the "stand-bys," ex-Presidents, execu- 

 tive committeemen and a lot of the la- 

 dies. In fact, the ladies are going to 



be a potent factor this year in making 

 your convention interesting. "God 

 bless them!" as Brother Carmody 

 says. What would a convention be 

 without them? They will receive a 

 cordial reception from the Detroit flor- 

 ists' wives and sisters and sweethearts, 

 and more drives and suppers and at- 

 tention than they imagine. Every flor- 

 ist within 500 miles of Detroit should 

 take his wife along. The old bachelors 

 will find plenty of Detroit maidens to 

 keep them guessing! 



Adam Graham & Sons have every- 

 thing almost ready for the fall season. 

 Mr. Graham, Sr., has remodeled his 

 home and enriched it with every con- 

 venience so that it is as perfect as his 

 better half planned it. 



A. Graham, Jr., is also building a 

 home for himself and bride to spend 

 their honeymoon in, and has returned 

 from his wedding trip looking ten 

 years younger and happier than When 

 I saw him last. 



Mr. Blinker, the seedsman, whose 

 window is always full of palms and 

 who caters to the florists in a whole- 

 sale way, has just completed a large 

 warehouse and cellar for his increas- 

 ing business in seeds, potatoes, bulbs, 

 etc. His success during the past two 

 years has been phenomenal. 



