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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mahcu 31, l'JU4. 



SOCIAL FEATURES OF ROSE SHOW. 



Tlie baiiiiui'l U'liiloieJ by tlie i'loiists' 

 Club of Pliibidelphia to tlie American 

 Rose Society was a great success. The 

 menu card was a gem of its kind, the 

 literary quotations appended to eacli 

 toast being exceedingly appropriate and 

 tlie whole a great credit to the man who 

 constructed it. The genial inventor of 

 the world famous Wcstcott Punch, the 

 president of the club, presided. As cus- 

 tomary the wittiest toastmaster of the 

 city, ex-M;iyor Smith, again enlivened tlio 

 evening with his rare good humor and 

 his quick impromptu sallies as he intro- 

 duced the speakers. His is "the smile-' 

 that won't come ofl'.'' His good nature 

 was infectious. 



Henry A. Siehrecht responded to "Our 

 Honored Guests." His theme was the 

 Rose Society, its work, influence and fu- 

 ture. His eloquent speech was heartily 

 applauded. Wm. f. Gude, of Washint;- 

 ton, the youngest ex-president of the S. 

 A. F., gave a patriotic and stirring ora- 

 tion to the' toast "Our Country." J. Ottn 

 Thilow, of H. A. Dreer Co., made- hi< 

 maiden effort and surprised all with hi^ 

 flow of language and the strong, earnest 

 ring of enthusiastic devotion to his sub- 

 ject, "Horticulture." In the absence of 

 President BreitmeyeT, his brother Fred 

 had a few pleasant remarks to offer on 

 the subject of "Floriculture" and ac- 

 quitted himself well. 



The Demosthenes of the trade, the ehi- 

 quent Robert Craig, gave an address of 

 rare pathos and beauty to the toast of 

 "The Eose," the hearts of all present go- 

 ing out to him in sympathy and good 

 will. He received an ovation. Wm. K. 

 Harris, the deacon of the cult, whoso 

 years sit lightly, was in rare good humor 

 and gave a brief address to the toast, 

 "Ourselves; Who's Like Us?" Di-. Geo. 

 Goebel descanted modestly on the virtues 

 of his profession, to the toast of "Onr 

 Preservers" and Patrick O'Mara did 

 himself and New York proud in a bril- 

 liant address to the comprehensive toast 

 "The Twentieth Century." John Bur- 

 ton's beautiful tribute to "The Absent" 

 was listened to with appreciative inter- 

 est. A silent toast was given to thoso 

 who had passed away. 



Informal addresses were made by th^ 

 new president of the society, Alexander 

 Montgomery; by Benj. Hammond, of 

 Fishkill; A. H. Langjahr, of New York, 

 Mr. Butterworth, and many others. A 

 poem on the rose prepared for the oc- 

 casion was read by the writer and the 

 "Press" was responded to by W. J. Stew- 

 art, of Boston. The whole affair was a 

 credit to the efficient committee, which 

 was composed of John Westcott, Wm. K. 

 Harris, Edwin Lonsdale, J. Wm. Colflesh. 

 Robert Kift. Geo. Craig, Geo. C. Watson 

 and David Rust. 



Some splendid music and solos \verc 

 rendered by an artist specially engaged 

 for the evening and the songs of Messrs. 

 Butterworth and Lonsdale involved the 

 whole company in the chorus. 



The bowling contest at Philadelphia on 

 Wednesday afternoon, between team« 

 from Baltimore. Washington and Phila- 

 delphia was a very interesting event and 

 Some grand scores were made, several 

 goinr; over the 200 mark and one or two 

 making better than 240. Each city will 

 have a great team at St. Louis. As usual 

 the courtesy of winning was generouslv 

 accorded Philadelphia by the visitors.Th- 

 alloys are superb and the enthusiasm wa: 

 music to the stranaevs' oars. 



THE ROSE. 



'riu'y suy a rose by any other uaiue would 



.iinell as sweet. 

 Hut. don't you know. It seems to me that name 



is hard to beat. 

 I've tried a dozen others, while inhaling its 



perfume: 

 I've called it, O a hundred names, enraptured by 



its bloom! 

 But after all I must confess, and you will I 



suppose. 

 There's not a name can just as deftly touch 



your hearts, as Rose. 



Try calling it a "violet" and realize how blue 

 X name lihe that would make you feel; I'm 



sure 'twould never do. 

 .Vnd even the "carnation" name, don't seem to 



at at all. 

 Xor "lily" fair, nor maidenhair, no name 



amongst them all. 

 There's nothing anywhere, me thinlis, that Old 



Dame Nature grows. 

 Ill fruit or Hower. on tree or bower, that's half 



so sweet as Rose. 



Her children fair and beautiful come tripping 



o'er the lea. 

 Not one of all but finds a warm embrace from 



you and me. 

 There's dear old Jacq and Marechal Niel, and 



modest Bon Silene; 

 And stately Mermet Catherine and Edgely's 



queenly Queen, 

 .\iid glorious Beauty, which is still the sweetest 



dower that blows; 

 But. after all. no name appeals to me lilve 



Mother Rose. 



O: What a lovely family the dear old lady's 

 reared. 



Since the first rose, w^ith blushing face in Eden's 

 bower appeared. ' 



Such children these, so pure, so proud, so beau- 

 tiful, every girl 



And boy of them, what e'er their age, from 

 Uncle John to Perle; 



Miss Liberty, the gay brunette, and her Brides- 

 maid; I suppose, 



A]\ proud to bend their heads in reverence to 

 Mother Rose. 



Some with a touch of Irish blood and some 



that need no blarney. 

 Like Siebreeht's Belle and Chatenay and ever 



dear Killarney. 

 While .etrolling lovingly along with coquetry 



adroit. 

 Behold angelic maiden. Bride, and her new love. 



Detroit. » 



X family reunion, this, as everybody knows; 

 Lets join the happy company and drink to 



Mother Rose. 



If I could be a boy again, my first sweetheart 



would be 

 .V laughing, blushing little angel, trolicksome 



and free. 

 1 wouldn't ask her pedigree, nor bother whence 



she came. 

 But confidentially, I tell you. Rose would be 



her name. 



If I should ever marry one of Eve's fair daugh- 

 ters, say. 



I swear, it wouldn't be because she's wealthy, 

 anyway. 



Of course a little money, just for comtort and 

 protection, 



.\nd stately form, brown eyes and pearly teeth 

 are no objection. 



But when you look thei records up, I tell you 

 just the same. 



You'll surely find it written there that Rtisie 

 was her name. 



.Vnd if. as happens often, later on a stork should 

 come 



And in a basket bring a little one to bless the 

 home, 



I wouldn't then Investigate, not while the nurse 

 was 'round. 



Nor care what sex might afterwards by acci- 

 dent be found; 



But cuddling Mother Rosic's face right close 

 to mine. I'd say. 



"No matter, boy or girl, dear. Rose, let's call 

 it anyway." 



When I and all most dear come to the "parting 



of the way." 

 Life's happy journey ended and night's shadow 



on my day. 

 If this earthly habitation you to Mother Earth 



consign. 

 And examining the records, you should find no 



blot on mine. 

 Then, I pray you. see the silent home wherein 



my clay reposes. 

 Is perpetually kept a-bloom through all the 



years, with roses. 



.\ik1 if. perchance, my soul immortal reaches 



Heaven's gate, 

 .\ih1 Sir Peter should permit me any preference 



to state. 

 I'll ask him to direct me where the florists' 



gardens blossom. 

 Not the section where carnations reign, not the 



odontoglossom. 

 But the place of many .mansions where each 



florist's soul reposes. 

 ,Tust the sweetest part of Heaven, just the 



homeplace of tlie Roses, 



J. Al'STIN SHAW. 



CARNATION NOTES— WE5T. 



Seasonable Notes. 



Afle.r Easter we usually look for warm- 

 er weather, and where Easter comes 

 about the second or third Sunday in 

 April we can do with very little fire 

 heat afterward in this section. Right 

 h^iie I want to remind you that when- 

 ever you ap]dy these notes to your 

 own place, you must consider first 

 whetfier your climatic conditions are the 

 same as ours and act accordingly. I'oi 

 instance, if Mr. Scott would try to fol 

 low them to the letter he would fin I 

 himself very often just about three wee ~ 

 ahead of time. I am sure he wouhl 

 not think of stopping firing for his car- 

 nations before May, or later, and if wo 

 would start some of our plants and so a 

 our seeds on the dates he recommends 

 we would often find ourselves way be- 

 hind the season. Mr. Scott's Seasonable 

 Hints are very useful to us indeed, but 

 we must always keep from two to three 

 weeks ahead of his dates. You will find 

 it necessary invariably when followiu',' 

 the advice of others to change the date.-^ 

 according to whether you are in the sam ■ 

 climatic zone as the writer, ludianan 

 olis would come in a class with St. Louis. 

 Columbus, Pittsburg and possibly Cin- 

 cinnati, 0., while Chicago, Cleveland ami 

 Bufl'alo are fully two weeks later and 

 Louisville, Ky., and others in line with 

 it are fully ten days ahead of us. When 

 1 write I take Indianapolis as a base to 

 work on and you can judge for yourse i 

 how the date should be changed to suii 

 your locality. Always bear this in mind. 

 But to return to our knitting. Easter 

 onnies tolerably early this year and un- 

 less we have a big change from the kind 

 of weather we are having this week wo 

 will not be able to take oft our night 

 man for a few weeks. Of course, we will 

 liave a cool night occasionally, which 

 will necessitate a little fire heat and 

 arrangements should be made to give it 

 when it is necessary. Those who grow 

 roses need not give this matter so much 

 thought as the grower who grows car- 

 nations only. The former has to keep i"' 

 his fires way into the summer and the 

 fireman will turn on or off the pipes in 

 tlie carnation houses as they are needed, 

 but when it is a question of keeping the 

 iiioht man on duty at night regular!' 

 «hen fire heat will be needed only one or 

 two nights in a week is quite anothe; 

 question. We are always glad to change 

 file night man to day dutv at the verv 

 curliest opportunity, not only because of 

 the .saving in wages and fuel, but alsc 

 hecause from now on the work is pilimr 

 up and all hands are' kept on the jump 

 to keep things in shape. 



The houses should never be allowed 

 to run down much below the proper tem- 

 |ioratnre, else you will have a big cron 

 of split calyxes and the saving in fuel 

 and wages will be more than eaten ir 

 by ruined blooms through splitting. 

 Whenever tliere is no fire boat the house* 

 should never be closed tight, but ther" 

 should be at least an inch of air on and 

 in fact that much air can always be left 

 on at this time of the sea.son. as it will 

 not lower the temperature much, while it 

 will do the plants great good. I would 

 rather have the temperature at 48 de- 

 grees with an inch of air on than at .52 

 degrees with no air and no fire heat. 

 .Mso be sure you do your waterin.sr earl ■ 

 enough so the plants will be dry when 

 iiiolit comes, and keep the walks as drv 



