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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 21, 1902. 



CLASS FOR OVER 55 YEARS. 



1st. 2d. Total. 



K. C. TVeber. St. Ixiuls 93 109 202 



W. K. Harris, rililailclphia. . 130 132 262 



Wm. Scott. Buffalo 117 . lOT 224 



Geo. MoClure. liiiftalo 120 151 271 



Wm. J. BakiT. I'hiladolijhia. . 130 117 247 



John Westcott. Philadelphia. 109 131 240 



CLASS FOR 25 TO 55 YEARS. 



1st.' 2d. Total. 



A. J. Guttman, Ne* York.. 105 139 244 



C. G. Graham. Cleveland 132 114 246 



H. Eichholz. Wa.vnesboro, Pa. 44 68 llu 



H. Papworth. New Orleans.. 99 87 186 



H. Brown, Richmond. Va... 88 113 201 



W. H. Erne.-it. Washington.. 74 113 187 



F. AdelberKcr, Wa.vnc, Pa.. 83 110 193 

 C, C. Pollworth, Milwaukee.. 135 110 245 



C. C. Sanders. St. Louis 90 112 202 



H. K. Brown. L.Tnchburg. Va. 99 87 185 



J. W. Rodgers. Cincinnati... 113 138 251 



G. L. Grant. Chicago 84 115 199 



Wm. Rehder. Wilmington, N. C. 92 115 207 



CLASS UNDER 25 YEARS. 



1st. 2d. Total. 



G. B. Windier. St. Louis 55 89 144 



J. Bertermann. Indianapolis.. 108 82 190 



W. R. Gibson. Philadelphia.. 105 ' 168 273 



E. C. LoeUier, Washington.. 107 96 203 



Officers for 1903. 



Joliu Burton was re-elected president, 



0. C. Polhvorth, vice-president, and W. 



J. Stewart and H. B. Beatty were re- 

 elected secretary and treasurer respect- 

 ively. 



CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI TO 

 ASHEVILLE. 



The two special ears that left Chi- 

 cago at 8:30 o'clock last Sunday night 

 for Asheville were well tilled, there be- 

 ing 38 in the party, as follow.s: E. F. 

 Winterson and wife, C. W. McKellar 

 and wife, C. A. Samuelson, John Poehl- 

 mann, Geo. M. Garland, Geo. W. Wien- 

 hoeber, Fred. Wittbold and wife, J. C. 

 Vaughan and wife, Leonard Vaughan, 



F. Bahr, Thos. Turtle, Philip J. Foley, 



G. L. Grant and wife, E. Enders, J. S. 

 Wilson, M. Barker, Jessie Ludlow, 

 Frances Ludlow, Chicago ; James Harts- 

 horne, J. D. Thompson and wife, Mrs. J. 

 M. Thompson, Fred P. Story, JoUet, 111, ; 

 C. C. Pollworth, R. C. Watrous, Mil- 

 waukee; Mrs. Jos. Dunkley and daughter, 

 Kalamazoo, Mich.; Frank Berry and 

 wife, Stillwater, Minn.; J. T. Temple, 

 Davenport, la.; Judson Kramer, Cedar 

 Eapids, la.; Aug. S. Swanson, St. Paul, 

 Minn.; Miss M. A. Evans, Tunbridge 

 Wells, England. 



The party had a very pleasant trip 

 to Cincinnati, where the train was met 

 by a committee of the local tlorists and 

 taken to the Grand Hotel for breakfast. 

 Then parties were made up to visit the 

 parks and other places of trade interest, 

 each guided by one or more of the Cin- 

 cinnati boys. 



At 1 p. m. all met again at the hotel 

 and the whole party was entertained at 

 luncheon, which was almost a banquet, by 

 the Cincinnati florists. About ]00 sat 

 down to the table. It was a hospitality 

 that was greatly appreciated by the vis- 

 itors. With the coffee came a few brief 

 remarks from some of the visitors called 

 upon by the local chairman, Messrs. 

 Adam Graham and E. G. Hill being very 

 entertaining, as usual. A vote of thanks 

 and three cheers for the Cincinnati boys 

 were given with a will, and the party 

 proceeded to the train, which left at 

 2:30 p. m. 



Two sleepers were added, making four 

 in all, and these, with a baggage car, con- 

 stituted the Florists' Special train. 



It was then found that these had been 

 added to the party for Asheville: E. G. 

 Gillett, R, Witterstaetter, J. A, Peterson, 

 Clarence Peterson, A, Sunderbruch, Wm. 

 Murphy, C. C. Murphy and daughter, Ben 

 George and wife, Cincinnati; F. C, Web- 



er, wife and two children, Geo. Windier, 

 sister and aunt, Geo. Waldbart, Jno. 

 Connon, St. Louis; Phil. Breitmeyer, J. 

 F. Sullivan, Jno. Dunn, Wm. Dilger, H. 

 Balsley, Jas. Taylor and wife, Detroit; 

 Adam Graham, C. G. Graham, Herman 

 Hart and wife, J. M. Gasser, Cleveland; 

 E. G. Hill, J. A. Evans, G. R. Cause 

 and wife, Vernon Grave, Richmond, Ind, ; 

 Jno. M. Good and wife, Springfield, O, ; 

 H. H. Eitter, W. G. Matthews, H. M. 

 Altick, Dayton, O. ; Lewis Ullrich, Tiffin, 

 O. ; Geo. A, Kuhl and wife, Pekin, 111.; 

 Geo. M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill, Mo.; 

 S. N. Peck, wife and son, Toledo, O. ; 

 J. T. D. Fulmer and daugh+er, Des 

 Moines, la,; E. C. Reineman, Pittsburg; 

 D. E. Small, Kokomo, Ind. ; E, R. Sack- 

 ett, Fostoria, O.; Vern L. Schluraff, 

 Erie, Pa.; D. O. Pratt, Anoka, Minn.; 

 J. D. Imlay, Zanesville, O. ; Gus. Ober- 

 meyer, Parkersburg, W. Va. ; A. Krue- 

 ger, Meadville, Pa.; Jno. McDonald and 

 wife, Farmer City, 111. 



This added 60 more to the party, 

 making 98 in all on the special 

 train. The Cincinnati boys had not 

 ceased looking after the welfare of the 

 delegates when the train left their city 

 for the baggage car was found to have 

 been well stocked with refreshments that 

 would not have been disdained by the 

 governors of North and South Carolina. 



The ride through the beautiful blue 

 grass region of Kentucky by daylight 

 was much enjoyed and the early risers 

 got a view of the ' ' mountains of the 

 angels' feet" before arriving at Ashe- 

 ville. 



NEW YORK. 



On tlie Train. 



On the train and "On the Pt-tomac " 

 for we are just crossing the big bridge 

 as I write, on our way from Washington 

 to Asheville in our splendid "special" 

 sleeper train furnished by the courteous 

 and solicitous Southern R. R. Every- 

 body looks cool and happy af'er their 

 magnificent reception in the Capitol City 

 ami the elegant dinner provided by the 

 big-hearted florists of Washington. Over 

 250 guests sat down in a beautifully 

 decorated dining room to a repast that 

 lacked nothing to make it palatable, sat- 

 isfying and suggestive of true southern 

 hospitality. The Washington boys ex- 

 ceeded all our expectations and started 

 us on our long trip at 5:30, thoroughly 

 rested and refreshed. 



"Father Smith," Gude Bros., Mr. 

 Freeman and, in fact, all the best mem- 

 bers of the trade were here and there 

 and everywhere attentive and profuse in 

 welcome. Fifteen Washingtonians ac- 

 companied the crowd to the convention. 

 An invitation to the S. A. F. O. H. to 

 come to Washington in 1903 was elo- 

 quently tendered by Mr. Bulkley, of the 

 Business Men's Association and was re- 

 ceived with hearty cheers even though 

 everyone had already been decorated with 

 Baltimore buttons. 



The Baltimore contingent had been 

 in Washington for several hours before 

 our special arrived and most of them had 

 "done the city" and were at the sta- 

 tion to join in the welcome we received. 

 Prominent amongst the Baltimoreans 

 was Candidate Seidewitz, fat, rosy and 

 genial. 



A special car at Philadelphia was 

 well filled with the ' ' brethren and sisters 

 horticultural" on our arrival there, and 

 fraternizing and inter-visiting was the 

 order of the day. Purveyor Langjahr, 



of Brooklyn, had already cared for the 

 ' ' inner men and women ' ' in his charge, 

 and fruit, sandwiches and liquid nourish- 

 ment had been freely dispensed under 

 his able management, the same having 

 been provided by the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club. An immense lot of gladioli 

 had been sent to the train by Arthur 

 Cowee, of Berlin, and Capt. Lang offici- 

 ally decorated the car. 



The trip from New York to Philadel- 

 phia was a pleasant one, perfect weather, 

 agreeable companionship and ' ' inno- 

 cent" card games whiled away the time. 

 There was much to talk about, the coal 

 question especially alisorbing the inter- 

 ested ones. A petition which follows was 

 circulated and signed by everyone on 

 board. Coal in New York is now worth 

 $10 a ton and if the strike continues 

 calamity threatens every industry, and 

 especially will the florists suffer. 



The Ashville Board of Trade Souvenir 

 was distributed on the train and was 

 very favorably received. It is indeed 

 a credit to Dan Long, the artistic pub- 

 lisher. 



Everybody was glad to see William 

 Scott and Landscaper McClure at Wash- 

 ington ready to join the "army on bless- 

 ing bent. ' ' This is a. very peaceful 

 invasion and we are all expecting a royal 

 welcome. A more lovely day for the 

 trip could not have been selected. The 

 sun smiles steadily; the air froii} these 

 Southern fields and woods is sweet and 

 cool; the red earth glistens in the waning 

 light ; the corn tassels w ave rythmically 

 in the breeze. We are coming to his- 

 toric ground; Manassas and Bull Rim 

 are redolent with memories ; we have 

 passed them by and the farther south 

 we go the more we realize that " the past 

 is past ' ' and we are one people, one 

 nation, under one flag and forever in- 

 separable and loyal, working together tor 

 the common good! The shadows gather, 

 the lights are lit, the night cometh, and 

 with it rest and readiness for what 

 promises to be one of the happiest and 

 most important conventions of the S. A. 

 F. O. H. since it began to be! When 

 we awake tomorrow it will be amid the 

 "everlasting hills" of the Skyland. 

 Possibly we shall dream of the feet of 

 angels, and awake to find we are to be 

 entertained by real ' ' human angels ' ' in 

 the beautiful little City of Asheville. 



Scintillations. 



The ladies were not so numerous as 

 was expected, but they were very wel- 

 come and gave the excursion a tone that 

 kept it in tune and eminently decorus 

 all the way. 



Julius Kietschmar proved an excellent 

 sprinter in his wild flight to catch the 

 train at Washington. This entitles him 

 to enter the fat men 's race. 



Ex-President O'Mara was in good 

 voice and full of "merry grips" as 

 usual. 



Henry Siebrecht, F. R. Pierson and C. 

 W. Ward were interested discussers of 

 the coal question. 



Robert Kift's face shone with enthus- 

 iasm and good nature, as he looked after 

 the comfort of the Philadelr>hians. 



Mr. A. M. Herr and wife were in 

 charge of the youngest florist on the 

 train, a beautiful boy of fourteen 

 (months) that was soon the special pet 

 of the crowd, even the old bachelors hov- 

 ering around him. 



John Westcott's punch is a household 

 word. It was as potent as ever 



Dean Harris seems as young ,ind spry 



