The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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A Group of S. A. F. Visitors at Niagara Falls. This Includes the Largest Number in any Group but Shows only a Part of those Present 



A(. Rice & (■..-■- iiiiiii.ii-r rullc-iiuu ,,i 

 florists' supiilii-. «a^ ]inrrliaM'(l In- Ii:i 

 (i. Marvin, W ilkoliarrc, l';i., wliiiu W. 

 K. Kastin^ l.i„k the c-xliihit of Bayeis- 

 (lort'cr & Co. Nearly all the plant ox- 

 liihits were tli-posed of. 



The vlisplay of jrladioli at the convi-n 

 tion was line, hut that at the exposition 

 was far .sujx'rior. When sueh blooms us 

 those ean he marketed in quantit}' the 

 summer cut llower market will jjrosent a 

 different aspect. 



For a full report of the proceedings of 

 the convention, papers read, etc., see last 

 week's issue. 



With the majority the question of the 

 hour seemed to he, "Where is Asheville; 

 how big is it. 

 business then 

 Asheville is a 

 tains of Kiirl 

 with a pupul: 

 than Ut.OiMl.. 

 W. (;. Deak. 



The prinr'ipai feature nf A^liexiHe from 

 a horticultural standpoint is the great 

 estate of Jfr. \'anderhiU. containing 

 several thousand acres, called Biltmore, 

 and which was laid out by Olmstead. It 

 will no doubt be a prime attraction in 

 bringing i ' 

 tion. 



There 

 matches c 



secured some valuable souvenirs from 

 the Buffalo aggregation, but in a return 

 .game the Bisons obtained partial satis- 

 faction. 



W. F. Kasting had to keep that safe of 

 his open most of the time cashing checks 

 and drafts for members who ran short 

 of the needful. 



An excellent lunch was provided for 

 the bowlers at the alleys. 



We print in this issue engravings from 

 photographs taken specially for the Rk- 

 VIEW of each of the nine teams compet- 

 ing in the bowling tuurnament. 



ike. 



to the pext convt 



nd 



THE EXHIBITION. 



I. iiiiiiill.'e to award the BulValo 



i-i-' (liil.s cups for the best exhib-' 

 ii 111.' ..invention awarded the cup 

 ■ III III ~ i.i Henry A. Dreer, of Phila- 

 hi.i, :iii.l ilic- one for cut flowers to 

 111 ( .iwrr, Berlin, N. Y., for his fine 

 iiiu nl" ula.liolus. 

 I.' r.iiiiiiilUee recommended that 



iliii 1 attention be given to 



iiy ami I. -^ to extent. Mr. E. Lons- 

 iiMiM.l iliat the secretary be in- 

 i.il In in.ivide for an exliibit of 

 ri.aii -|n^^u bulbs and that at the 

 iiieriinu a silver and a bronze medal 

 a certilitate be offered by the soci- 

 for the best exhibit of such bulbs, 

 was carried. 



A CONVENTION BY COMPLIMENT. 



Siieli was lb,- ivMill ..1 the ballul at 



citv 



iii.'ii' 111. It. (I 1 hail ever this year and great 

 ]iii l.aiai ii.ii, were made ito induce the 

 society t.i .iiiiie licrc in 1902. There were 

 !»2 solid JMilwaukee n.,1,-. on lb., (hi, a;,.. 

 special and over Jimi mi lli.' N.w Wnk 

 train, all pledged f.. Alilw auk.. . an. I 

 therefore it seems inip.issil.le l.> belieic 

 and explain why only GO votes were in 

 favor of ifihvaukee. We have but one 

 regret, and that is that the Business 

 League of Milwaukee offered to send an 

 .•■•.in. lit -•..•akei fie.' ef .■leiv,',' with ,aiv 



■ oiler 

 rt our 



Mueli indignation was 

 therefore expressed at allowing a paid 

 speaker who said he was not a tlorist and 

 was not interested in the society to have 

 superior influence over an intelligent 

 body and ignore a bona fide invitation 

 from a well organized florists'^ club. 



The question is asked, Why were not 

 all the delegates there to vote? While 

 this would have changed the result, if 

 those present had voted according to 

 their own convictions, half the attend- 

 ance would have been sufficient to change 

 the result. The total of 138 votes cast 

 out of 600 to 700 delegates showed too 

 much confidence for Milwaukee and does 

 not express the wishes of the majority. 

 The vote for the selection of the city 

 should have been postpone.l iiiilil the 

 afternoon session or held earlier in the 

 day, as owing to the hour being 1:30 

 1». m., many of the delegates got tired 

 waiting and left the hall so as to get 

 lunch in time for the afternoon session, 

 which was to open at 2 o'clock p. m. 



Had Asheville been a stronger com- 

 Iietitor they would have received less 

 votes, and, as the saying goes, "Great 

 iiiiii.l-, mil in the same eliaiiiiel," it seems 

 ilir LTe.it mill. Is of the sittietj- were so 

 alllirt.,1 111 llial time an. I M.ted for Ashe- 

 m\\,' ami thi'ii iilleroil ex.^iisi's for having 

 .lone so only for fun or voted compli- 

 mentary to prevent a landslide. The 

 majority of the rank and file apjjarently 

 A-oted for the best interests of the societj-. 



The deed has been done and we there- 

 fore must make the best of it and abide 

 by the vote. The society has crossed th.^ 

 1. iiiili ami reeky roads and is well on the 

 way 1.1 |iii.sperity and it is hoped that 

 iiiii \ir\\ . ..ii\ention will be as prosperous 

 a- t hii-.' ill IliC past. 



C. C. roi.LWORTtr. 



