The Weekly Florists' Review, 



395 



WASHINGTON. 



Death in a Fire. 

 Fire I coke out in the home of David 



Bissett, the largest violet grower in this 

 neighborhood, at noon August 2. In the 

 course of an hour this place ami the ad- 

 joining residence was totally destroyed, 

 .Mr. Bissett 'a two-year-old daughter 

 Florence perishing in the burning house. 

 Mr. Bissett 's sister-in-law was prepar- 

 ing dinner, and was lighting the oil 

 stove, when an explosion occurred, set- 

 ting the kitchen on fire in an instant. 

 Mrs. Bissett was lying ill up stairs. As 

 soon as she heard the screams of her sis- 

 ter she arose with her infant child in her 

 arms and made for the lower floor. The 

 other two children were with her in her 

 room, but owing to her weak condition, 

 she was unable to take ;hem with her. 

 A niece of Mr. Bissett ran to the bed 

 room, which by that time was filled with 

 smoke, but could only find the three- 

 year-old daughter. Choked with smoke 

 she made for the door, when she heard 

 the heart-rending appeal : ' ' Lassie, take 

 me with you ! " It was too late. Over- 

 eome by the smoke, she had barely time 

 to escape with the older child. Mr. Bis- 

 sett and neighbors made several ■>' 

 tempts to save the other little one, but 

 were driven back by smoke. The money 

 loss will amount up to $10,000, and Mr. 

 Bissett was insured only to the amount 

 of $2,500. Mrs. Bissett is in a serious 

 condition. She was moved to a neigh- 

 bor's house and attended to by Dr. 

 Lewis, of :vensington. Mr. Bissett lias 

 the heartfelt sympathy of the craft and 

 F. H. Kramer. 



MILWAUKEE. 



OMAHA. 



The 



among other 



past week saw, 

 things, the third animal florists' picnic, 

 held under the auspices of the Nebraska 

 Florists' Society, at Courtland Beach, 

 East I taaha. The attendance was large 

 and the affair successful from every 

 point of view. Supper was served at 

 7 p. m.. after which a match game of 

 ten pins was rolled. The ladies of the 

 party rolled also, but the pins here did 

 not fall very rapidly, quite in contrast 

 to the teams of Henderson and Floth. A 

 special vaudeville show was given later 

 in the evening, and by 11:15 the various 

 parties were home bound. 



Trade is very quiet. Carnations, ow- 

 ing to extreme hot weather, are almost 

 out of business, but the rose supply keeps 

 up very well. Outdoor flowers are con- 

 spicuous only by their absence, a condi- 

 tion very unusual in Omaha. Prices all 

 around are a trifle better than a year 

 ago. 



A very severe hail storm passed over 

 the northern portion of the city July 28. 

 Hess & Swoboda's plant seemed to re- 

 ceive the bulk of it. Their loss is about 

 3,000 feet of glass. The range of A. 

 Donaghue, about 1,000 feet south of the 

 former, lost about 1,500 feet. 



Paul B. Floth is pushing the erection 

 of his six new houses. 



.J. W. Arnold is confined to his bed 

 through a stroke of paralysis. 



Miss Reba McNamara, of J. W. & 

 E. E. Arnold, is away on her vacation. 



Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Stewart have hied 

 themselves to the lakes for fresh air 

 and fish. J. H. B. 



We are well pleased with the Review 

 and are glad to enclose another dollar. — 

 Schluraff Floral Co., Erie, Pa. 



It is almost time to get your railroad 

 tickets for .Milwaukee. Two more weeks 

 and the great convention will be in full 

 blast. There is an inner feeling that 

 t he crowd will be a record breaker. Mil- 

 waukee, famous for its many products, is 

 one of the most talked of towns on the 

 continent. Milwaukee, meaning ' ' gath- 

 ering by the river,' 7 was a favorite spot 

 for the Indians in the early part of the 

 last century, but is now a flourishing and 

 metropolitan city of over 300,000 inhab- 

 itants. Uigust 18 to 21 it will be ttie 

 gathering place for the florists to hold 

 their council and exchange greetings. 

 The lo.al tribe will open the wigwams 

 and extend a hearty greeting to the 

 era ft. The spacious convention hall will 

 be the center of attraction and exhibits 

 are already arriving for the great dis- 

 play. The exhibits in all classes are 

 numerous, and the great advertising signs 

 encircling the balcony will always con- 

 front you. Fred Holton, to whom the 

 task was alloted of caring for the trade 

 display, is now busy arranging space 

 for the exhibitors. 



Mayor David S. Rose will welcome the 

 florists on behalf of the city. The even- 

 ing of the president's reception will af- 

 ford an excellent opportunity of renew- 

 ing acquaintance. An exceptional musi- 

 cal program is also arranged for that 

 evening. Wednesday is bowlers' day 

 and the Olympia alleys are now being put 

 in the best possible condition for this 

 special event. Thev are perfect and a 

 lively time is anticipated during the 

 tournament. The writer would suggest, 

 to keep up the friendly spirit that has 



and to avoid any possible friction, leave 

 out the loaded ball. It is the glory of 

 winning a prize and not its value, so let 

 all be on an equal footing 

 The prizes offered to d, 

 low s : >h, .■.-! ik. .■ I- ori-i 



six g, 



are as fol- 

 3Iub prize, 

 h man on 

 th Co., six 



winning team. C. C. Poll 

 scarf pins, one for each man on second 

 high team. John Evans, of Richmond, 

 lnd.. fine gold medal for highest man in 

 individual class. J. V. Wilcox, Council 

 Bluffs, ton-dollar umbrella for individual 

 class. 1'. Pollworth & Bro., prize for 

 highest single game during entire tourna- 

 ment. There will also be prizes from the 

 Citizens' Business League, E. F. Winter- 

 son 'Co., Brunswick, Balke Co.. Henry 

 Weber, and many others expected before 

 the tournament. 



Wednesday will also be ladies' day and 

 Chairman Frank Dilger has arranged an 

 outing that will please them. Wedm-sda; 

 evening, lecture and stereopticon Lews 

 :it convention hall by C. B. Whiinall. 



Thursday the shooting tournament will 

 take place. Suitable prizes 

 up. Florists interested ii 

 will please communicate 

 Sehmeling, 454 Milwaukee street, and 

 send in entry. 



Thursday evening J. D. Carmody is to 

 tell us all about the humorous side of the 

 florists ' business. There will also be 

 many important essays come up during 

 the course of the convention. The ques- 

 tion box is also an interesting feature, 

 so if you have any problems to solve, pre- 

 pare them for the box. 



.ill be hung 

 this event 

 with Fred 



r. C. Pollworth will off* 

 to the ilorist coming the greatest d 

 to the convention. 



Friday, the final day. leave ii to US, 

 it's too good to tell. Enough said. 



The Milwaukee souvenir is noi 

 mailed to all no moors of the S. A. F. 

 ('. C. P. 



TORONTO. 



The Market. 



Weather and trade during the 

 wek have been of the average 

 variety. Carnations, we note, are run- 

 ning off, while some good roses from 

 young stock are coming, and asters, sweet 

 peas and other outdoor flowers are plenti- 

 ful. Trade, most of the time, has been 

 such as to clean up the good stuff, yet 

 we anticipate an oversupply of asters 

 during the coming week. Some really 

 fine ones are coming from R. Jennings, 

 of Brampton. Sweet peas from Frank 

 Browne, of Barrie; Lawsou and Flora 

 Hill carnations from E. Crowhurst, of 

 Mimico; longitlorum lilies from W. J. 

 Lawrence, of Eglinton; Brides and 

 Maids from the Toronto Floral Company, 

 and Kaiserin roses from W. Bowers, are 

 all good. 



Notes. 



II. G. Dillemuth, of Duulop's, has re- 

 turned to duty. The florists' trade of 

 Toronto extends sympathy to him in the 

 sudden death of his father. 



The florists of the city were to have 

 taken a little outing by paying a flying 

 visit to Hamilton last week, but it was 

 called oft without any explanation. 



J. S. Simmons has sold out the Queen 

 Floral Co., on Queen street, to R. Col- 

 lins, who has been for the past few years 

 gardener for Frederick Nicholls of this 

 city. We wish him every success in the 



BOSTON. 



Probably no heavier demand, but a 

 slack in supply, made business fairly 



g 1 during the last week of July, es- 



peciallv its first half. The latter part 

 of the week was financially marred for 

 the grower by the beginning of the an- 

 nual reunion of the aster (not Astor) 

 family. This branch of the noted fam- 

 ily is more noted for wealth of color 

 than of stocks and bonds. There are 

 no John Jacobs in this line. 



Everything looks serene on the surface 

 and I- see no signs of any undercurrent, 

 unless it may be in regard to prepara- 

 tions for rose traffic for the coming sea- 

 son, which looks as though it were to be 

 expanded to the limit by the activity of 

 Budlong, of Providence, and the en- 

 trance into the field of the Worcester 

 Floral Co., with eight houses, each 300 

 feet in length. But it is reported that 

 Budlong mav decide to send his crop to 

 New York. 



The vacation disease seems contagious 

 and is rapidly spreading. Lawrence 

 Flynn and Bernard McGinty are taking 

 a few days off, which leaves Welch 

 Bros.' team just big enough to handle 

 the summer business. Flynn will pre- 

 pare for a great rush of fall trade by 

 bringing back a wife when he returns. 

 By Messrs. Flynn and McGinty I mean 

 our old young" friends, Larry and Bar- 

 ney. 



improvements in several city stores 

 are under way, Wax Bros.' and Calvin's 

 Baek Bay place particularly. 



J. S. Maxter. 



