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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AUGUST 24, 1899. 



Individual Scores. 



Theo. Bock v. :■ 



Uisch 145 



A. Sunderbruch ...lis 



K. Nage] 135 



I). McRorv 134 



R. Flowerdav ....131 



■ ;■ i Smith 12v 



C. C. Pol. worth ...126 



]•:. W. Guy 126 



R. Kift 121 



W W. Coles 119 



J. Hartshorn.- 117 



J. S. Wilson 117 



W. Kreitling 11) 



Jno. Young 110 



J. A. Peterson 110 



B. Schray 103 



F. C. Weber 91 



C Kahlert 87 



.1. A. Evans H 



W. A. Kennedy ... *H 

 P.. F. Tesson 72 



NEW YORK. 

 The Convention. 



New York is satisfied. Thanks to 

 everybody. She will do her best in 

 return in 1900. We knew the spirit of 

 the times too well to doubt the result 

 of the invitation, and it should be a 

 source of gratification for all to know 

 that the end of the great century will 

 be marked by the most brilliant event 

 in the annals of floriculture! New 

 York will do her best, and yet, much 

 as she may be able to achieve the 

 strong desire will be at all times prom- 

 inent to make the convention thor- 

 oughly representative of the country 

 in the case of exhibits as well as in 

 attendance and of interest. 



It is not too soon to commence the 

 great work of preparation now. The 

 local societies should be asked to send 

 a representative to a central commit- 

 tee who would have charge of the ex- 

 hibition; a rough schedule should be 

 issued as soon as possible to private 

 gardeners that they may set to work 

 to prepare many of the grand things 

 we might see at European shows, but 

 seldom if ever here. The exhibition 

 next year should not be considered too 

 commercially, the ideal from every 

 point should be aimed for, and for 

 that reason all sections should have a 

 voice in the preparations. Any amount 

 of money is obtainable if the right 

 methods are adopted, and by a little 

 effort (though flowers may not be at 

 their best) the Dahlia Society, the 

 Rose Society and all other such socie- 

 ties could be represented by exhibits 

 of flowers. The actions of the Flor- 

 ists' Club will be watched with inter- 

 est, and a great deal will depend on 

 the attitude they assume. This will 

 be no time to try to act the "father" 

 or "mother," either the "brother" or 

 "sister" will go better, because the 

 other folks have grown up. 



The returning delegates have noth- 

 ing but the highest praise for the De- 

 troiters; their hospitality and efforts 

 impressed everybody and none more 

 so than those from long distances. 



The officers elected are acceptable to 

 New York. E. M. Wood lives near 

 enough to know what we want, and he 

 is the worst kind of a man to walk the 

 "narrow plank" in any sense. Yes, 

 we will enjoy this "dish o' beans." As 

 for Frank Pierson, well, we expect 

 wonders from him, and he caff start 

 right where he is. 



The bowlers; why, yes, that was 

 enough to jar one, and much of the 

 blame is accredited to the lengthy and 

 unnecessary lectures on "rules." These 

 orations acted disastrously to the ten- 



der nerves of New York and Flat bush. 

 Next year they intend to adopt the 

 Philadelphia plan, that is, to live on 

 the alleys for a while. We cannot un- 

 derstand why Mellis and Burns and 

 several others of the best bowlers went 

 to pieces. There must have been some 

 terrific missionary work done. Well, 

 never mind, there's a good time com- 

 ing. We forgive everybody, so long 

 as the vote was unanimous for 1900. 



O'Mara has some innovations to pro- 

 pose for the next contest, which will, 

 if adopted, add considerably more in- 

 terest to the affair. 



It must have been some crusty old 

 bachelor who suggested leaving the 

 girls out of the photographed group. 

 It was a most ungallant act: special 

 efforts will be made to please the la- 

 dies next year. 



A Fire. 



Fire broke out in the basement of 

 the Peter Henderson Co.'s seed store, 

 at 35 Cortlandt street, at two o'clock 

 Sunday morning last. The tin ceiling 

 of the basement saved the large store 

 from total destruction. As it was, in 

 the neighborhood of $15,000 worth of 

 damage was done to the general mer- 

 chandise stock. Timely work of the 

 firemen prevented any damage being 

 done to the seeds, and fortunately all 

 the bulbs were in the Jersey City 

 storehouses. The fire is supposed to 

 have originated from defective electric 

 wires in the basement. All is fully 

 covered by insurance and business will 

 continue as usual at the same old 

 stand. 



Various Items. 



H. Merkel, formerly with Pitcher & 

 Manda at Short Hills, will have charge 

 of the plant department of the New 

 York Zoological Gardens, which are 

 being located at 183rd street, Southern 

 boulevard and Bronx park. A green- 

 house will shortly be erected there for 

 the propagation of bedding stock. 



S. McCIements, of the firm of Ran- 

 dolph & McCIements, Pittsburg, with 

 wife and family, arrived here on the 

 Majestic after a most enjoyable trip 

 to Europe. 



Bloomingdale Bros^gave away 35,000 

 gladiolus flowers to their customers at 

 their store on Saturday, August 19. 



Business is at a dead calm. Prices 

 are unmentionable, and the weather is 

 intolerably hot. 



The bowling club has adjourned for 

 the summer. IVERA. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is little change from last 

 week in market conditions. Up to 

 very recently most of the best roses 

 have been from old stock, and evi- 

 dently the last of this has now been 

 thrown out. So with few exceptions 

 good shipping roses are shorter than 

 ever in supply. Those who replanted 

 early are cutting flowers that are 

 rapidly improving in quality. There 



seems plenty of lower grade stuff 

 from very young plants. 



The hot weather has about finished 

 the sweet peas and gladiolus are also 

 shortening up. Tuberoses of good 

 quality are coming in freely. 



W. E. Lynch is receiving very large 

 consignments of adiantum ferns. 



Bassett & Washburn are cutting 

 some excellent roses from their young 

 stock, which was planted in early. 



Various Items. 



Mr. E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., left Saturday for Old Mission, 

 Mich., and expects to remain there a 

 month. 



Theo. Arndt opened a floral store at 

 1315 Jackson boulevard last Tuesday. 



Geo. Baldwin will open a retail 

 store in Oak Park about Sept. 1. 



Geo. Stollery brought all kinds of 

 bowling prizes home with him from 

 Detroit. Chicago got the high indi- 

 vidual score even if it did lose third 

 place in the contest. 



The accompanying portrait of our 

 own Edgar Sanders is reproduced from 

 the Detroit Journal. The artist must 

 have got in his work when our young- 

 est member was viewing the Cana- 

 dian shore from the excursion boat, 

 and the wind was blowing through 

 the drapery. 



Club Outing. 



The next outing of the Florists' 

 Club will be taken next Thursday. 

 Aug. 31. and the objective point is the 

 establishment of the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co.. Joliet. 111., by special invita- 

 tion. 



The cars will leave the Union depot 

 at 11:45 a. m., arriving at Joliet at 1 

 p. m. Returning the train starts at 

 6:30 p. m., reaching Chicago at 7:45. 

 Ladies are cordially invited. Refresh- 

 ments will be served in the fine old 

 woods on the place. Further particu- 

 lars as to round trip tickets will be 

 sent to members by mail. 



SEE pages 328 and 329 for group 

 photograph of the S. A. F. at Detroit. 



