November 20, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



897 



Andrew Benson in his Great Impersonation of J. Pierpont Morgan Coppering Lawson, 



at the Chicago Show. 



CHICAGO. 



The Banquet. 



The annual banquet of the Tlorists' 

 Club at the Auditorium Hotel last 

 Thursday night was a very enjcjyable 

 affair. About 100 sat dowTi to "table 

 and the dinner was strictly first-class. 

 Mr. P. J. Hauswirth was chairman of 

 the committee of arrangements, which 

 is always a guarantee as to the quality 

 of the viands and accessories. 



With the advent of the coffee .Tiid 

 cigars, President Winterson, of the Flor- 

 ists' Club, in a short address introduced 

 Mr. W. H. Chadvvick, president of the 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago, as 

 toastmaster. 



President Herrington, of the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America, respond- 

 ed to a toast to that organization, and 

 said the members owed a debt of grati- 

 tude to the Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago for making possible the joint 

 exhibition then in progress. He be- 

 lieved there was a gieat and useful fu- 

 ture before the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety, and his announcement that thirty 

 new members had been added to the 

 roll the day before was received with 

 applause. He concluded by presenting 

 to John Poehlmann the silver cup won 

 by his fii-m for best ten chrysanthemum 

 blooms at the exhilation. 



E. G. Hill responded to "Progiess in 

 Horticulture," iioting the great a<l- 

 vances made, especially in the last de- 

 cade, and Elmer D. Smith spoke to 

 "Progress in the Culture of Chrysan- 

 themums," making some interc^lint; 

 comparisons between the varieties otf 

 today and of a dozen years ago. 



Prof. John F. Cowell responded for 

 the "Botanic Gardens" and cited sev- 

 eral important plant introductions 

 through them. Judge W. J. Vesey paid 

 a pretty tribute to the beauty and frag- 

 rance of the rose and the carnation, and 



Frank Kobinson responded for Kansas 

 City. Alex Wallace, of the Fl9rists' 

 Exchange, responded for "The Horticul- 

 tural Press," and C. C. Pollworth to 

 "The Next Meeting of the S. A. F." 

 G. A. Rackham. J. D. Carmody, W. N. 

 Rudd, J. C. Vaughan, Philip Foley, 

 and ■ others were also heard. 



Frank Carter. G. H. Pieser, Jr., and 

 the club quartette enlivened the pro- 

 gram with numerous songs, and Anton 

 Then gave a special selection of liis 

 own. 



A telegram of condolence was sent to 

 Edgar Sanders, whose enforced absence 

 was regretted by all. 



Out of town visitors present were: 

 A. Herrington, Madison, X. J.; E. G. 

 Hill. Richmond. Ind.; J. F. Cowell, 

 Butfalo; Alex \Vallace, New York; F. E. 

 Dorner. Jr.. Lafayette. Ind.; Elmer D. 

 Smith, Adrian, Mich.; W. J. Vesey, Ft. 

 Wayne, Ind.; J. J. Beneke, Fred C. 

 Welwr, F. M. Ellis, Otto G. Koenig, C. 

 A. Kuchn. A. Jabionskv, J. F. Ammann, 

 Theo. Miller. Fred. H. Meinhardt, J. 

 Steidle, Rudolph Windt and W. Elli- 

 son, St. Louis; N. Zweifel, C. C. Poll- 

 worth, A. Klokner, H. V. Hunkel and 

 W. A. Kennedy, Milwaukee; G. A. 

 Rackham. L. Beinb, Walter Taepke, Wm. 

 Dilger. R. H. Flowerday. Hugo Schroe- 

 ter, Thos. F. Browne, ' Theo. Mitchell 

 and F. H. Beard, Detroit; J. M. Gas- 

 ser, Cleveland; M. Heller, New Castle, 

 Ind.; Otto Sylvester, Oconomowoc, Wis.; 

 J. B. Fotheringham. Tarrvtown, N. Y. ; 

 S. S. Skidelsky, Philadelphia; G. J. 

 Bertermann, Indianapolis; J. A. Peter- 

 .son and R. Witterstaetter, Cincinnati; 

 J. C. Rennison. Sioux City, la.; A. C. 

 Canficld. Springfield, 11!.; S. Alfred 

 Baur, Erie, Pa.; A. Peterson, Paxton, 

 111.; C. W. Johnson. Rockford, 111.; F. 

 M. Robinson, Kansas City; R. Miller, 

 Ripon, Wis.; J. D. Carmodv. Evans- 

 ville, Ind.: W. L. Kring and E. N. 

 Kring, Fairbury. 111.; James Harts- 

 horne, J. D. Thomp.son and F. S. Allen, 

 Jolict, 111. 



Other Visitors. 



Among other visitors not at the ban- 

 quet and not reported last week were: 

 H. G. Berning and wife, St. Louis; M. 

 F. Kyle, Kalamazoo, Mich.; G. F. Crabb 

 and Eli Cross, Grand Rapids, Mich.; 

 Miss Arnold, Omaha, Neb.; E. Holland, 

 N. Olmsted, O.; C. E. Wonsetler, Bryan, 

 O.; Chas. E. Gullett, Lincoln, 111.; H. W. 

 Buckbee, Rockford, 111.; Geo. A. Kuhl 

 and wife, Pekin, 111.; A. C. Brown, 

 Springfield, 111.; A. H. Bunde, St. Paul; 

 T. S. Joy, Nashville, Tenn.; John Wil- 

 lius and wife, Danville, 111.; J. M. 

 Smeley, Aurora, 111. ; Theo. Dorner, 

 Lafayette, Ind.; Mrs. M. E. Eaton, 

 Lyons, la.; J. O. Kemble, Marshalltown, 

 la. ; Miss Pauline Windmiller, Mankato, 

 Minn.; J. J. and H. H. Hellenthal, Co- 

 lumbus, O., and others. 



Notes. 



The sun showed his face again on 

 Wednesday. If the bright weather con- 

 tinues, and without a cold snap, the 

 Thanksgiving supply ought to be ample. 



Mrs. C. L. Washburn has been taken 

 seriously ill and is now at a Michigan 

 health resort. 



Edgar Sanders continues to improve 

 and keeps cheery and happy. He mucb 

 enjoys visits from his triends in tha 

 trade. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business the past week was somewhat 

 better, as compared with the week be- 

 fore, owing to a number of social events 

 and a large amount of funeral work. 

 With Thanksgiving on hand for next 

 week a decided increase in business is 

 expected. 



The rose stock is very fine; in fact, 

 better than seen for some time. 



Carnations are coming in freely, and 

 the percentage of really tirst-class blooms 

 is large and for which there is an active 

 demand, while the common sorts are left 

 over for the cheap trade. 



Tlie good supply of chrysanthemums 

 continues, but the demand for them has 

 been rather slow. The fancy sorts sell 

 better, and, while the price on them re- 

 mains about as before, sales are more 

 ready and the stock no longer accumu- 

 lates at the wholesale houses. 



Within the past week violets have 

 been coming in large lots and of very 

 fine quality. The supply is larger than 

 the demand and many remain unsold. 

 Lily of the valley and Romans continue 

 in fair supply and the demand is good. 

 Some good, clean smilax is seen, which 

 sells well. 



The prospects for a good supply of 

 and a brisk demand for cut flowers for 

 Thanksgiving day are good. 



Trip to Chicago. 



As we were not in the "show business" 

 this year, a party of eighteen florists 

 spent three days inspecting the Chicago 

 show. Not only did we enjoy the grand 

 show of cut blooms, but also the good 

 fellowship that was extended to us on 

 every hand. I could write column after 

 column on what and whom we saw and 

 heard, but knowing that space at this 

 time of the year is limited, I will say 

 that the trip was a most enjoyable and 

 instructive one and those who did not 

 make it missed a treat. The growers 

 of the party. Messrs. Ammann. Steidle, 

 Jablonsky, Windt, Meinhardt, Koenig 



