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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jlne20, 1901. 



jilaiits out and cleaving up their houses. 

 The season has been au exceptionally 

 good one. 



David Cliffe, Main and Johnson 

 streets, sold out cleaner than ever before. 

 He notices a good demand for cajinas 

 Austria and Italia, and for scarlet sage. 

 Bonfire (or Clara Bedman). 



Various Items. 



Fred Khret has been receiving veiy fine 

 roses from J. Andre, of Uoylcstown, Pa. 

 The returns have evidently been satis- 

 factory, for this grower is now building 

 a new house. 



The demand for cut flowers at the com- 

 mencements has fallen oil' this season. 

 There have been other unsatisfactory fea- 

 tures in connection therewith. Several 

 bouquets ordered for the University of 

 Pennsylvania class day were not ad- 

 mitted to the Academy of Music and al- 

 though then sent to the students' board- 

 ing houses were never received. One 

 order eventually found its way to the 

 university hospital and the florist re- 

 ceived a note of thanks for his donation ! 



Charles B. Stahl had his horses stolen 

 on the evening of the 12th inst. The 

 horses were found downtown next day 

 minus the harness, which has not been re- 

 covered. 



Mr. Rice, of M. Rice & Co., is return- 

 ing from Europe with a quantity of nov- 

 elties in florists' supplies. 



Charles Fo.x, Broad and Thompson 

 streets, had a large wedding decoration 

 on Wednesday of this week; one of the 

 kind of orders that enables Mr. Fox to 

 show what he really can do. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Socie- 

 ty held its June meeting on Tuesday. 

 There were fine exhibits of hardy roses 

 and sweet peas brought out by a great 

 variety of prizes. The exhibition re- 

 mained open on Wednesday for the ben- 

 efit of the general public and it was well 

 worth seeing. Phil. 



NURSERYMEN'S CONVENTION. 



The twenty-sixth annual convention of 

 the American Association of Nurserymen, 

 was held at Niagara Falls last week 

 with over 200 members present. Presi- 

 dent Theo. J. Smith in the chair. Wm. 

 C. Barry, of Ellwanger & Barry, extend- 

 ed a welcome to the visiting "members, 

 to which A. L. Brooke, of Kansas, re- 

 sponded. President Smith read his an- 

 nual address and referred mainly to the 

 future conduct of the business of the as- 

 sociation. The treasurer's report showed 

 a balance on hand of .$2,232.13. 



Professor L. H. Bailey. Ithaca, N. Y., 

 gave a talk on ''What Becomes of the 

 Nursery Trees?"' 



The transportation committee report- 

 ed having obtained a reduction in the 

 southern freight rates of from 25 to 100 

 per cent. Irving Rouse reported on be- 

 half of tariff committee that special ef- 

 forts should be made to secure fairer ap- 

 praisements at ports of entry. C. L. Wat- 

 rous, chairman of the legislative com- 

 mittee, gave details of efforts of that 

 committee to ward off inimical legisla- 

 tion. 



Officers were elected as follows: Presi- 

 dent, Robert C. Berkmans, Augusta, Ga.; 

 vice president, R. J. Coe, Fort Atkinson, 

 Wis. ; secretary, Geo. C. Seager, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y.; treasurer, Charles L. Yates, 

 Rochester, N. Y. ; executive committee, 

 Peter Youngers, Nebraska; M. W. Hale, 

 Knoxville, Tenn.; William Pitkins, 



Rochester, N. Y. Next place of meeting 

 Milwaukee. 



Resolutions were passed condemning 

 proposed free distribution of nursery 

 stock by the federal government and ask- 

 ing legislative committee to use its in- 

 fluence to combat the proposed action. 

 A resolution was also adopted regret- 

 ting the absence of Hon. N. H. Albaugh 

 on account of illness in his family. 



SEED TRADE CONVENTION. 



riic ;iMnii:il ■..mention of the Ameri- 

 1 Si..| li.ul. \-~ociation was held in 

 clu-i.i. \ > . last week, and it was 



Among those present were the follow- 

 ing: 



Frank H. Battles. Rochc..;tcr. N. T. : Roland 

 Bolglano. WashlnBton. r> '' : .Mfro.i j Brown, 

 Grand Rapids, Mich.: I. .1 .■i. .11, ..itawa, 

 Ont. ; John Lewis CliiM ! i i ,' . X. J.; 



E. P. Crossland, of I; ■ . I C.3.. 



Hamilton; Everett B. <;i 1.. ..ii : C. 



Cropp, Chicago; Cliff...i<I 1:. . lnl _\]ilford, 

 Conn.; G. N. Davis, of Albert Dickin.son Co., 

 Chicago; O. H. Dickinson, of B. L. Bragg Co.. 

 Springfield. Mass. : John B. Davis, of John H. 

 Allan Seed Co., Three Mile Bay, N. Y. ; J. H. 

 Ford, Ravenna, Ohio; W. H. Grenell. Saginaw, 

 Mich., and Pierrepont Manor, N. Y. ; W. S. 

 Gilbreath, of Illinois Seed Co., Chicago; Robert 

 George. Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 

 Ohio; Peter Hollenbach, Chicago: Jacob S. 

 Handte. of L. Templin & Sons, Calla. Ohio; C. 

 B. Kendel, Cleveland, Ohio; L. A. Kelly, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio; A. B. Lamberson, Portland, Ore.; 



F. Leonard. Chicago; L. May, St. Paul. Minn.; 

 Albert McCullough Cincinnati, Ohio; G. B. 

 McVav, of Amzi Godden Co., Birmingham, 

 Ala.; E. L. Page, the Page Seed Co., Greene, 

 N. Y. ; George H. Parvln, Cincinnati, Ohio; 

 Charles N. Page, Des Moines, la. ; S. M. Pease, 

 Cape Vincent, N. Y. ; J. C. Robinson, Waterloo, 

 Neb.; Winfried Roelker, New York City; H. M. 

 Sehisler St. Louis, Mo. ; Richard P. Steckler. 

 New Orleans. La. ; Frank Sebergcr, Crown 

 Point. Ind. ; E. J. Sheaf, of Isbell & Co., Jack- 

 son, N T.; W. W. Templin, Calla. Ohio; M. 

 B. Templin, Calla. Ohio; George A. Tilton, 

 Cleveland, Ohio; Charles H. Vick, Rochester, 

 N. Y. ; S. F. Willard. Wethersfteld, Conn. ; 

 'SVatson S. Woodruff, Orange, Conn. ; T. W. 

 Wood Richmond, Va. ; Mel. L. Webster. Inde- 

 pende'nce, la. ; F. P. King, of Mandeville & 

 King, Rochester, N. Y. ; George Grossman, 

 Rochester; William Briggs, Rochester; C. P. 

 Woodruff, Rochester; Edward F. Dibble, Hon- 

 cove Falls, N. Y. ; H. H. Morgan, of Frank B. 

 White Co.. Chicago; R. C. Steele, Toronto. 

 Can.; B. F. Crossland, Toronto. Ont.; W. C. 

 Langbridge, of Jerome B. Rice & Co., Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y. 



The early sessions were held in the 

 Powers Hotel, but later ones were on in- 

 vitation, held in the Chamber of Com- 

 merce. President Albert McCullough in 

 his address reviewed the correspondence 

 had during the year with the department 

 at Washington regarding the free seed 

 distribution evil and later further ac- 

 tion was taken looking to its abatement. 



The following new members were 

 elected: August Roelker & Sons, of 

 New York eitv: Jos.eph Kelling, Jr., 

 Elyria, O.; A. Tilton & Son, Cleveland, 

 0.; The Page Seed Co., Greene, N. Y.; 

 The Briggs Bros. Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



The delegates were welcomed to the 

 city by the mayor and his address was 

 responded to by Mr. C. L. Allen. The 

 report of Treasurer Willard showed a 

 balance on the right side. The report of 

 the nomenclature committee was read 

 and the suggestions made were adopted. 

 The report of the committee on postal 

 laws, postage on seed catalogues, etc., 

 presented some .valuable suggestions re- 

 garding proposed modifications in pres- 

 ent laws governing postage on seed cat- 

 alogues. 



J. E. Northrup, of Minneapolis, read 

 a paper on "Inconsistencies," reviewing 

 some abuses which have crept into the 

 trade. Alfred J. Brown's paper on "Con- 

 tracts" went quite thoroughly into the 

 subject, and provoked an interesting and 

 spirited discussion, participated in by 

 Messrs. Grenell, Robinson, Allen, Cory- 



ell, Wood, Northrup, Clark, Mandeville, 

 May and Dibble; and flowing out of the 

 dii?cussion on motion of Mr. Wood a 

 joint committee of six, to be selected half 

 from the growers and half from the deal- 

 ers, was constituted to confer and report 

 not later than October next to the execu- 

 tive committee, which shall at their 

 meeting next January promulgate the 

 conclusions if it approves. 



Secretary Willard read a paper by 

 A. J. Pieters, of tlie division of botany, 

 (kp;irtment of agriculture, Washington, 

 1). I'., wlii.li jjrovoked considerable 

 )M. !i.il\ ill . .1 -i.. 11, and a vote of thanks 

 M.I 1.111111..1 III., writer. In connection 

 Mith tliiN [..ij,. 1 attention was called by 

 tine of the members to the display at the 

 Buffalo Pan-American made by the agri- 

 cultural bureau. The title of Mr. Piet- 

 ers's paper was "A Plea for a Standard 

 Grade of Guaranteed Seeds." F. H. 

 Eberling made a statement of certain 

 abuses in the matter of high duties and 

 irregular valuations in the matter of 

 customs on imported seeds, bulbs, etc., 

 and Mr. Leonard reported that there was 

 promise that a remedy would be soon 

 found and applied so as to place fewer 

 technical restrictions on the entry of 

 seeds from abroad. 



Other papers were: "Facts Pertain- 

 ing to Plant Life," by C. L. Allen, Floral 

 Park, N. Y. ; "Celery; Varieties and 

 Sporting Habits," S. F. Willard, of 

 Wethersfield, Conn.; "A Little Space 

 from Massachusetts," O. H. Dickinson, 

 Springfield, Mass.; "Kaffir Corn," A. G. 

 Trumbull, Kansas City. 



On Wednesday afternoon the visitors 

 were given a tally-ho ride about the city 

 and in the evening there was a theater 

 party for those who desired and a smok- 

 er for the others at the Rochester Club. 



The election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: 



President, Jesse E. Northrup, Minne- 

 apolis; first vice-president, S. F. Leon- 

 ard, Chicago; second vice-president, F. 

 p. Eberling, Syracuse ; secretary-treasur- 

 er, S. P. Willard, Wethersfield, Conn.; 

 assistant secretary, A. M. Clark, Milford, 

 Conn.; executive^ committee, Albert Mc- 

 Cullough, W. S. Gilbraith, H. W. John- 

 son, M. S. Griffith, Mel Webster; mem- 

 bership committee, H. W. Wood, H. M. 

 Sehisler, G. B. Clark. 



JOLIET, ILL. 



Mr. I. M. Phillips, superintendent of 

 the factory of the Finley Lawn Rake Co., 

 died June 18 of Bright's disease after an 

 illness of about four weeks. He was in 

 the prime of life and was a man of wide 

 experience and native ability. He was 

 the mechanical head of the concern and 

 unquestionably ranked as high as any 

 other man in this community of machine 

 shops and institutions. Mr. Finley feels 

 the loss very keenly, as he has lost a 

 friend as well as a valued business asso- 

 ciate. 



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