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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Ann st -it, l'.iu:: 



PRESIDENT-ELECT BREITMEYER. 



1864, he received his education in the 

 public schools of Detroit. la 1.8S2 he 

 went to Philadelphia to gain .1 fcnowl- 



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ver business, 

 nock Bros. Be- 

 turaing home he went into the store 

 of his father, the late John Bn 



and when he iittui I his twentv-tiist 



.is taken into partnership. The 

 firm in m consists of three brothers. 

 Philip. Fred and William. They have 

 a handsomely equipped store at Detroit 

 and 200,000 i'eet of glass at Mt. Clemens. 

 Mr. Breitmeyer is also interested in the 

 Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, at De- 

 troit. He was vice-president of the 

 s. A. V. and president of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club at the time of the su< i 

 ful convention in that city, in 1S99. 



HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



There was a meeting of the directors 

 of the Hail Association Wednesday night 

 and the annual meeting Thursday. Ac- 

 cording to the report of Secretary J. G. 

 Esler on August 1, 1903, the association 

 insured 18,217, 3S1 square feet of glass. 

 The losses for the year were $4,623.34, 

 which was below the average, but at the 

 date of making the report about fifty- 

 losses were in course of adjustment. 

 Since then forty of these claims have 

 been proved, amounting to $6,300. The 

 receipts for the year were $13,987.23 

 and $4,200 on the repayment of loans. 

 Expenditures were $1,74±.93 for running 

 expenses and $5,177.50 for investment. 

 The reserve fund amounts to $11,142.01 

 and $10,019.25 is on hand for the pay- 

 ment of losses. Secretary Esler will be 

 in Chicago next week. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



There was a meeting of the directors 

 of the American Carnation Society on 

 Wednesday evening. The premium list 

 was adopted, the principal change being 

 the addition of a sweepstakes prize for 

 the best vase of 100 blooms in the show 

 at Detroit, March 2. The treasurer was 

 given a salary of $50 a year and will 



hereafter relieve the secretary of the 

 i-iilli'i-iiiui of dues. The president was 

 instructed to appoint someone in each 

 city where there is a sliow this fall to 

 report on the exhibits in the carnation 

 elasses". At the Detroit convention in 

 March the following papers are expected 

 to he read: "Advisability of having 

 .Seedlings Kxamined Early, Mid-season 

 a ml l.ati I lefoi e Committees Appointed 

 for the Purpose," by William Scott; 

 "Maintenance of Health, Energy and 

 Vigor in Carnations," by Robert Craig; 

 "The .Management of Exhibitions," by 

 W. N. Eudd. 



NEW WATCH FOR OLD. 



It is seldom that a man is robbed two 

 days in succession, but this unique ex- 

 perience fell to the lot of ex-President 

 Wm. E. Smith, of Washington, this 

 week. Mr. Smith and Eobert Craig lost 

 their purses on the train en route to 

 Chicago, and at the Hotel Pfister Tues- 

 day night thieves went through their 

 rooms, Mr. Smith losing some borrowed 

 money and the handsome watch given 

 him by the S. A. F., which was one of 

 his treasured possessions. In an ad- 

 joining room were Phil Breitmeyer and 

 Wm. Dilger, who lost watches and 

 money. As soon as Mr. Smith's loss be- 

 came known Eobert Craig fathered a 

 movement to replace it, and before the 

 convention adjourned another watch was 

 presented as a further evidence of the 

 esteem in which the venerable 

 tonian is held. 



EARLY IMPRESSIONS OF A GREAT 

 CONVENTION. 



Milwaukee is a decidedly northern city. 

 and yet, strange to say, people from the 

 crowded eastern cities, the southern 

 states, and the warm western plains are 

 gasping and wiping their faces for re- 

 lief. We struck a hot week, but what 

 matters. Of all the cities in the coun- 

 try this is the one in which irrigation of 

 the throat, can be most pleasantly and 

 frequently accomplished. The first ses- 

 sion of the meeting not being called 

 until 3 p. m. on Tuesday, allowed time 

 for everyone to get here and be com- 

 fortably settled before business began, 

 and, still better, it found at the opening 

 the immense and attractive ex- 



hibit fully staged, the hall cleaned up 

 and all in perfect order. The trade ex- 

 hibit has never been surpassed, or per- 

 haps equalled, in the history of the so- 

 ciety. In plants, bulbs, heating and ven- 

 tilating appliances, and above all, in 

 floral supplies it is a wonderful ex- 

 hibit. Never before has there been such 

 an array of baskets, designs of many- 

 kinds, beautiful vases, and everything 

 to tempt the eye of those looking for the 

 new and artistic. Many of the exhib- 

 tors have brought their wares a thou- 

 sand miles, showing the faith they have 

 in the business of this and the still far- 

 ther western country. I hope to have 

 something more to say later about the 

 individual exhibits, for it takes more 

 than an hour or two to look them over. 



The attendance is large. How it will 

 compare with the past I cannot say, but 

 the section of the Exposition Building 

 devoted to the opening session was 

 scarcely large enough, and but for the 

 oppressive heat it would have been 

 much too small. Milwaukee has a mayor 

 that I bet is a first-class chief magis- 

 trate, and combined with that he is an 

 orator, not only eloquent but humorous 

 withal, and his address of w-elcome was 

 greatly enjoyed. His assurance that, 

 excellent as is the police force of Mil- 

 waukee, in convention week their func- 

 tions would be more in the line of of- 

 ficers of the Eed Cross Society, was 

 highly appreciated, and I noticed ex-Pres- 

 ident Smith, of Washington, glance signi- 

 ficantly at several of the boys as much 

 as to say ' ' You may be thankful for 

 that." It was a gem of a speech. 



Ex-President Adam Graham, respond- 

 ed to Mayor Eose, and very happily he 

 did it. Adam is proud of Scotland, the 

 land of his nativity, and reminded the 

 mayor that for the Scotchmen in at- 

 tendance the article that made Milwaukee 

 famous was not strong enough, if in- 

 clined that way at all. If a Scotchman 

 goes to church at all, he goes three times 

 a clay, for pious reasons partly and in- 

 cidentally to get Ms money's worth. 



President Burton was given a most 

 cordial reception when he stepped to the 

 front to deliver his annual address. It 

 was not lengthy but full of good sense. 

 At its conclusion the routine business 

 of the session began, which it is not my 

 province to report. 



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Exhibit of E. H. Hunt, Chicago, at the Milwaukee Convention. 



