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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



al.i.st i:., ii»o 



Pau- American ami the generous and 

 splendid recofjnitinu given him by the 

 society pays ten fold for all the worry 

 and work that has to be gone throngh 

 .111(1 i.; iucidciilal to every exposition. 

 WiLLi.vM Scott. 



THE CONVENTION EXCURSION TO 

 NIAGARA FALLS. 



Wliat can !« said of the eft'orts of the 

 IjiitTah) Horists but in the line of praise! 

 What if you did wait five minutes for 

 your coft'ee; remember, there were, the 

 oflicials informed us, 1/200 people in the 

 parly. They gave many the greatest 

 treat they ever liad in their lives, for it 

 is safe to say many were there for the 

 first time and will always remember it. 



Very early on Friday morning all 

 those attending the eonvention were astir 

 and excited with pleasant anticipation. 

 The Bufl'alo Florists' Club had made ar- 

 rangements to f.uvy the party to see 

 Niagara. '\'\mi -|i.ti,il trains, consisting 

 of twent\ t«ci r;ii~. were required, and 

 no one nii.--^eil hein;.; there. After a fifty- 

 minute ride the entire paity was escort- 

 ed to view one of the worlds greatest 

 sights. Each was then allowed to roam 

 around and many of those present 

 availed themselves of the opportunity to 

 sec the gorge and whirlpool. We shall 

 not attempt to describe Niagara; that 

 has been done before; the indelible im- 

 ])ressi(m it makes on the mind of the 

 \ isitor is too great to be aft'ected by any 

 descriptive pen. 



By courtesy of the park officials the 

 center of Prospect Park was reserved for 

 the florists, and here the Buffalo florists 

 provided a nice lunch for the entire 



the time he went as a boy in the employ 

 of the great house he was with until 

 now, when he occupied an important 

 position not only there, but in American 

 hortieiilture: but there was one thing 

 thev tlKiiiiilif was lacking, and thev had 

 de.idiMl to pi.ividc that : they had select- 

 ed a wife for liim, a watch that would 

 ri'iniiiil him of pleasant hours." Here 

 Mr. Scott handed him the gold watch, 

 with tlie remark that it was a token of 

 the love and appreciation of every mem- 

 ber of the S. A. F. O. H. Mr. O'Mara 

 was visibly afiected and in returning 

 thanks said he considered it one of the 

 greatest days of his life. He would cher- 

 ish the gift with all his heart. He urged 

 his hearers to cement their efforts and 

 to work as one man, to never relax in 

 their eft'orts or deviate from the aims 

 of the great society. 



Adam Graham, E. G. Hill, John Wcst- 

 cott, Warren Ewell, W. N. Rudd, James 

 Dean and Charles Zeller were in turn 

 escorted to give their weight of opinion 

 on matters generally. Little did many 

 of those present know that in Mr. Zeller 

 they had the oldest living florist in the 

 United States. It was he who, over fifty 

 years ago, imported the first commercial 

 carnations from France. The old vet- 

 eran, the hero of many an era in the 

 history of American floriculture, was 

 visibly touched by the demonstration of 

 which he was the center when he said 

 the present state of affairs and the great 

 prosperity were like a dream to him; 

 there was something in voice and eye 

 that reflected the struggles of the past 

 and the greatness of the present. He 

 was proud to be there; it made him 

 young afiain. 



He was in favor of it; it gave !iim. the 

 best results, but the great demand for 

 buckwheat and pea coals were raising 

 the prices. 



In reply to an inquirv about pressure 

 Mr. H. B. Bcatty fouiid that a boiler 

 kept at (iO pounds of pressure was tlie 

 most economical. 



Mr. Beattie of the U. S. Dept. of Agri. 

 culture gave some interesting facts eon 

 cerning experiments on soil taapera 

 tures. Pipes laid 16 inches beneath the 

 surface of outdoor soil were the beat and 

 able to produce great results. lie 

 thought the day would soon eonie wlieii 

 steam would be used through tiles in 

 greenhouse cultivation. He predicted its 

 general use in the same manner as .sub 

 irrigation. 



A vote of thanks was temleied .VI i. 

 Taft f.,r his paper. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



The high standing given floriculture 

 at the Pan-American Exposition through 

 the efforts of William Scott was recog- 

 nized by the appointment of a commit- 

 tee consisting of W. X. Rudd. E. G. Hill 

 and Edwin Lonsdale to prepare .suitable 

 resolutions, the same to be eagrossed 

 and presented to ilr. Scott. 



President-Elect Burton asked the as- 

 sistance of every member in making tlu' 

 next annual convention a success and 

 hoped to see all aiiain next year at Aslie- 

 ville,N.C. 



Hearty votes of thanks were passed tn 

 til.' liti/iii- Mii.l lluii^ts of Buffalo for 

 till' warm \\c linini' :iiid liberal entertain- 



ill, .lit i;i\rn 111.' -...-irlv. 



,\iii..iiii tlM...r 1,-i^lered by the local 



The Principal Plant Exhibits at the Buffalo Convention. 



party, after which a great many went on 

 tours of sightseeing until 5 o'clock. 



At the depot, on the return journey, 

 William Scott, on behalf of the members 

 of the S. A. F. O. H., presented President 

 Patrick O'Mara with a beautiful gold 

 watch. Mr. Scott, standing on a weigh- 

 ing machine (let us hope the scales will 

 always be as pleasant to all), called the 

 crowd to order and among other things 

 said they "were met to give expression 

 to their feelings; they all admitted Mr. 

 O'Mara to be an orator, business man 

 and the greatest parliamentarian in the 

 S. A. F.; he had shown his ability from 



Another pleasant feature of the con- 

 vention and one which met the approba- 

 tion of all the exhibitors was the pre- 

 sentation of a purse to the manager of 

 the trade exhibit, Mr. Keitsch. J. I. D. 



THE FUEL QUESTION. 



In the discussion of Prof. Taft's paper 

 at the Buffalo convention Mr. C. W. 

 Ward said that his place (the Cottage 

 Gardens) consumed between five and si.x 

 hundred tons of coal a j'car. A test was 

 made of Wilkesbarre pea and egg coal 

 and the pea coal was 50 per cent cheaper. 



club on the last day were the followip 

 Ant. C. Zvolanek. Grand 'View, N. -/ 

 Mrs. E. M. Bullock, Elkhart. Tnd.; Ch: 

 Detmer, Newark, \. .1.: Kdliert Geov; 

 Painesville, 0.; E. I". Cic', Xcw li.iv, 

 Conn.; C. B. Dertliriek, luiiia, Mich.: 

 H. Hadkinson, Omaha. Xeh.; H. Milli 



gar, Merchantvill 

 Charlotte, N. C. 



eship] 



S'. J.; E. J. Bust 

 'rank Berry, >^ 

 hers that were V)i 



last week. 

 n- :;encrally fortii 



. xhihits to Bufla: 

 idiiig repacking an 



llreer's exhibit n 



