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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



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Henshaw, Patrick OMara, Walter F. 

 Sheridan. C. W. Ward, Cliarles B. 

 Weatliered, W. .1. Stewart and J. I. 

 1 Ionian attended from New Yorli, and 

 .Messrs. Newbrand and McCord as rep- 

 resentatives of tlie Tarrytown society. 

 Now, this gatheriUK was more lilie a 

 banquet of I'ity notables: the mayor 

 considered it an honor to be present, 

 there were three ex-mayors, the coun- 

 ty treasurer, the leading attorney, the 

 president of the bank, editors of pa- 

 pers — in fact, most of the leading town 

 and county officials. They wore the 

 principal spe<;ikers during the evening 

 and all their talks ended in an apos- 

 trophe to Flora, particularly to her 

 gem violet, for which that section of 

 the county is famous. W. (!. Comer- 

 sail welcomed the visitors and intro- 

 duced the toastmaster. Richard Con- 

 nell, who is editor of a local paper. 

 Samuel Henshaw spoke on "Porto 

 Rico," P. O'Mara for "New York," and 

 C. W. Ward on "Carnations." Mayor 

 I. W. Sherrill said he thought the best 

 speech he could make on an occasion 

 like this was to offer a prize of $25 for 

 the best 200 violets at the November 

 exhibition. Free distribution of seeds 

 by the government came in for lots of 

 bantering wit and sarcasm: so did the 

 glowing pictures and terms used in 

 catalogues: but it was a great affair. 

 Mr. Wm. Schickle made everyone fesl 

 at home and, what to us is most im- 

 portant of all, the future of the Dutch- 

 ess County Horticultural Society, 

 thanks to Walter Gomersall, looks very 

 bright. D. 



MILWAUiCEE. 



Otto Sylvester and Mr. Morgan came 

 in from Oconomowoc Tuesday evening 

 to practice on the Milwaukee alleys 

 and to arrange for the match game be- 

 tween the Milwaukee and Oconomowoc 

 florists Saturday'^vening. 



The following scores were made: 



Av. 



<•. C. Pollworth 17:; 192 202 206 202 197 



Nic. Zweifel 1311 214 142 160 164 163 



L. Morgan 16.i 199 liiS US 188 170 



Otto Sylvester 143 144 149 196 150 136 



G. W. 



PAWTUCKET. R, I.— Alex. Millar, 

 manager of the Rhode Island Green- 

 houses, is a convert to the grafted 

 rose system. He finds the crop is 

 produced earlier and heavier and that 

 it pays for the difference in cost. He 

 says his store is bringing considerable 

 business. 



GENEVA, n.L.— Alfred Clark, a flo- 

 rist and gardener employed by W. P. 

 Harvey, committed suicide Feb. Uth 

 by taking Rough on Rats. He was an 

 Englishman and had been in this 

 country only a short time and came 

 to Geneva from Philadelphia. 



KNOXVILLE, TENN.— Chas. Crouch 

 will soon begin the erection of two 

 large new greenhouses. 



DENVER, COLO. 



The Florists of Deiiver had a very 

 good time on February 'Jth, at a ban- 

 quet given by the Denver Howling 

 Club in honor of Mr. .T. N. .lacobsen 

 who is to leave the West for a posi- 

 tion in Philadfdphia. About thirty 

 florists were present, with Mr. Lewis 

 as toastmaster. The menu, consisting 

 of eight courses, was well gotten up 

 and very much enjoyed. After-dinner 

 speaking was freely indulged in and 

 was a marked sign of the intelligence 

 of our fellow men in the trade. Mr. 

 Thomas Chapman made some spicy re- 

 marks alluding to the feast, the nerv- 

 ousness in speaking and topics in gen- 

 eral. He was followed by Mr. Beers, 

 of the Colfax Floral Co., on expansion. 

 Mr. Kmericli spoke on the Philippine 

 question anil soldier life, with reci- 

 tations on what may befall a married 

 soldier upon his return after bping on 

 the dead list. 



F. A. Haenselman spoke on sym- 

 pathy for English or Boers ver- 

 sus sympathy for people who need 

 it as much right here at home, 

 thereby referring to a recent tram- 

 way accident which befell Thomas 

 Batten, a Denver florist, and cost 

 him his leg and a big toe on the 

 other foot. .lohn Berry spoke on good 

 fellowship and bowling clubs: C. J. 

 Thiess on retail florists and queer cus- 

 tomers. Mr. Bloy, who recently ar- 

 rived from Buffalo, on florists' clubs 

 and the benefits derived from them, 

 and Mr. E. W. Davis on the same topic, 

 referring to a way to revive the old 

 club by combining the bowling club 

 with a new organization of florists of 

 Denver, with a view of forming a trust 

 to realize better prices. Tickets for a 

 raffle were sold for the benefit of Tom 

 Batten and all florists are requested 

 to send their spare money for his ben- 

 efit. The hosts and their guests left 

 in good spirits over their successful 

 banquet. F. A. H. 



Bowling Scores. 



The following scores were made by 

 the Denver Florists' Bowling Club on 

 February 6: 



1st. and. 3d. .^v. 



A\. Mauff 212 207 177 lllli 



John Berry 156 211 152 173 



A. M. IrfWis 172 136 199 169 



Ed. Kmerich 175 181 148 16S 



Chap. Thies 117 110 230 l.i2 



Chas. Franz 161 178 114 151 



Geo. /.immer 122 169 153 lis 



Chas. Mauff 174 144 114 144 



A. A. Benson 112 150 107 123 



Geo. Brenkert 12.i 114 128 122 



John Ferrlss 99 170 93 121 



Dan. Leundey 1^ 130 102 106 



Sthultz 78 109 132 IM 



G. A. Z. 



2 and i cents; narcissus and Romans, 

 2 to 3 cents; mignonette, 3 and li 

 I ('Ills; asparagus, very scarce, .50 and 

 7."> cents per string; sniilax, 15 and 20 

 cents. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



On account of many large dinners 

 during the past week prices have kept 

 up to the standard. Dealers in general 

 report a fine week of business. Good 

 teas of all kinds brought 8 and 10 

 cents, while seconds brought 4 and ti 

 cents; carnations, 2 to 3 cents; tulips. 



Notes. 

 Large quantities of Mowers were ii.sed 

 at the funeral of General Lawton. The 

 church was elaborately decorated with 

 palms and flags and a great many 

 elaborate designs were brought from 

 ahuig the line from the different cities. 

 The great mass of flowers and designs 

 were brought from the church and 

 were grouped and massed around the 

 grave, which was lined with palms. 

 .Among these was a superb wreath of 

 Brides, callas. valley, orchids and sago 

 leaves sent by President and .Mrs. Mc- 

 Kinley. Ex-Secretary of War and 

 .Mrs. Alger sent a magnificent wreath 

 of galax leaves, with valley and or- 

 chids tied with a broad purple satin 

 ribbon. The Royal Legion also sent a 

 magnificent wreath. The Indiana dele- 

 gates in Congress sent a large shield in 

 red and white carnations and blue cape 

 flowers crossed with a white bar bear- 

 ing the word "Indianu." The tribute 

 of the members of the Philippine com- 

 mission, Admiral Dewey, Jacob G. 

 Schurman, Dean C. Worcester, Charles 

 Denby and John R. McArthur. was an 

 extra large wreath of green orchids, 

 mignonette and maidenhair fern. The 

 above design was very fine and taste- 

 fully arranged and deserves great 

 credit to the makers. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Addison Porter's offering was a large 

 wreath of cape flowers resting on an 

 easel inscribed in blue, with the words, 

 "Duty Done, Rest Won." There were 

 man.v more very handsome tributes too 

 numerous to mention. 



The firm of Gude Bros, are cutting 

 some very handsome Beauties from 

 their new houses. The firm of Shine 

 & Davidson are about to open another 

 stand in Center Market. Mr. Craw- 

 ford, for ten years manager for the 

 American Rose Company's F street 

 store, has given up his position to open 

 a store on corner of Ninth street and 

 Grant place. F.H.KRAMER. 



TROUBLES OF A SEED FIRM. 

 Several former employes of the Al- 

 bert Dickinson Seed Co., Chicago, are 

 under arrest charged with the theft 

 of a large amount of postage stamps, 

 and also with giving out inside in- 

 formation as to the firm's movements 

 in the market to their competitors, 

 which resulted in the failure of sev- 

 eral flaxseed deals to show a profit. 



PADUCAH, KY.— The greenhous.^s 

 of C. L. Brunsou & Co. were badiy 

 damaged by fire Jan. 31. Loss esti- 

 mated at $3,000, with insurance of $1.- 

 000. 



GREENSBURG. PA.— Henry Bray, 

 the florist, died Feb. 4 of heart dis- 

 ease. He leaves a widow and four 

 children. 



