August 28, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



433 



not from Milwaukee. Mrs. Bottomley 



took care of the ladies; the men helped 



themselves, and then Mr. E. G. Hill read 



the final resolutions, which were aflBrmed 



by all. William Scott, from Buffalo, 



tried to summarize the whole convention 



and made a learned endeavor so to do. 



He said in part that there had been 



larger conventions, many of them in 



time would be forgotten, but our visit to 



Asheville would stand out as a sunny 



memory, never to be forgotten. We had 



seen the country and made friends with 



a people that it was very unlikely we 



could ever have done without the aid and 



incentive of the S. A. F. and a visit to 



this wonderful spot. Mr. O'Mara spoke 



eloquently. Mr. Bottomley responded to 



well wishes for his health and long life 



in a most hearty way and hoped for our 



speedy return, and Mr. Deake brought 



this most enjoyable afternoon to a close 



by telling us how gratified he was at our 



presence in Asheville, and that all had 



gone well. 



A Few Hints. 



When a good and faithful wife hires 

 a carriage to bring a husband home 

 from the bowling tournament she should 

 describe him as a tall blonde with pom- 

 padour hair, eagle eyes and aquiline nose, 

 then a lot of commonplace Detroit flor- 

 ists would not seize on the carriage and 

 leave the poor husband to walk a mile 

 and a half home. Grant this lesson will 

 do good. 



Mrs. Philip Breitmeyeii should provide 

 her husband with several night robes, so 

 in ease he loses one he need not appropri- 

 ate the Pullman bed sheet and have 

 detectives following up the S. A. F. 



The landlord of the Berkley must give 

 Mr. Ward and me another room next 

 time. We were awakened every morning 

 at 6 a. m. by the daily slaughter of 

 chickens; that staple of the southern 

 clime. Knocked over with a broom, a 

 rotary movement of the neck and soon 

 the heads were in one place and our din- 

 ner in another. Man must eat animal 

 food, but division of labor seems little 

 advanced in the South, and I strongly ob- 

 ject to a slaughter-house under our win- 

 dow. 



Nothing else to grumble about and we 

 shall always retain "sunny memories of a 

 foreign (?) land." 



We look forward to Milwaukee with 

 the greatest pleasure and believe it will 

 bring out one of the best conventions in 

 the history of our society. 



William Scott. 



CARNATIONS. 



In the Aug. 14th issue of the Review is 

 an article on syringing carnations, by 

 Mr. A. F. J. Baur, which I read with 

 interest, as the subject is of much im- 

 portance to me at this time. 



I am satisfied that plants should be 

 syringed more often when first planted, 

 but as to the amount after they have been 

 in the houses several weeks I am not so 

 sure. I think I am the only one in this 

 city who syringes after the watering in 

 the morning. My plants are syringed 

 after dinner and have been planted in 

 the house some five or six weeks; in fact 

 the ones inside now have not been in the 

 field, but were kept in the house. They 

 are in good condition and look healthy. 

 I want to know whether by syringing 

 them after dinner there is danger of 

 getting too soft a growth, or is there 



