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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



FEBRUARY 24, 189S. 



Gold Nugget. 



In the classes for 50 blooms, the 

 South Park Floral Co., New Castle, 

 Ind., won on Alaska, Helen Keller and 

 any other pink lighter than Scott (with 

 Albertini); H. Weber & Sons on Hec- 

 tor, Scott, Daybreak, Eldorado and any 

 other yellow (with Buttercup); E. G. 

 Hill & Co. on any other white (Flora 

 Hill), and Armazindy; Wm. P. Craig 

 on Jubilee; Wm. Murphy, Cincinnati, 

 on Portia; James Hartshorne, Joliet, 

 111., on Tidal Wave. For 50 scarlet F. 

 Dorner & Sons won with Dazzle. For 

 25 blooms pink, lighter than Scott, in- 

 troduction ot 1897, W. N. Rudd won 

 with Mrs. McBurney. For 25 any other 

 color, F. Dorner & Sons Co. won with 

 Mrs. G. M. Bradt. 



THOSE PRESENT. 



Among those present at the conven- 

 tion were the following: 

 Wm. Scott, Buffalo. 

 \V. J. Palmer, Buffalo. 

 D. B. Long, Buffalo. 

 Adam Graham, Cleveland. 

 Herman Hart, Cleveland. 

 S. Pentecost, Cleveland. 

 Jas. Eadie, Cleveland. 

 Geo. Smith, Cleveland. 

 V/. P. Craig, Philadelphia. 

 S. S. Skidelsky. Philadelphia, 

 v. Groshenz, Philadelphia. 



C. W. Ward, New York. 

 Alex Wallace, New York. 

 H, C. Rath, New York. 



D. McRory. New York. 

 H. Weber, Oakland, Md. 

 W. Weber, Oakland, Md. 



Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. 

 Wm. Swayne, Kennett Square, Pa. 

 E. G. Gillett, Cincinnati. 

 R. Witterstaetter, Cincinnati. 

 Ben George, Cincinnati. 



E. H. Giesy, Cincinnati. 



A. Sunderbruch, Cincinnati. 

 J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati. 

 Wm. Murphy. Cincinnati. 

 H. Williams, Cincinnati. 

 W. Schuman, Cincinnati. 

 Geo. S. Bartlett, Cincinnati. 

 G. Scheibley, Cincinnati. 



J. Baer, Cincinnati. 

 Fred Breitmeyer, Detroit. 



F. Holznagle, Detroit. 

 Geo. A. Rackham, Detroit. 

 Harry Balsley. Detroit. 



W. Langstaff, Indianapolis. 

 W. Bertermann. Indianapolis. 



B. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 

 J. A. Evans. Richmond, Ind. 

 Fred Lemon, Richmond, Ind, 

 J. S. Stuart, Anderson, Ind. 



J. A. E. Haugh, .\nderson, Ind. 



F. Dorner. Sr., Lafayette, Ind. 



F. Dorner, Jr., Lafayette, Ind. 



Prof. J. C. Arthur, Lafayette, Ind. 



W. J. Vesey, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



J. H. Vesey, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



Wm. Nicholson, Framingham, Mass. 



W. W. Tailby, Wellesley, Mass. 



E. H. Michel, St. Louis. 



J. F. Schray, St. Louis. 



W. H. Kruse, St. Louis. 



Geo. M. Kellogg. Pleasant Hill. Mo. 



Henry Smith, Grand Rapids. Mich. 



Geo. F. Crabb, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Geo. Hopp, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



J. G. Hancock. Grand Haven, Mich. 



Otto Sylvester, Milwaukee. 



N. Zweifel, Milwaukee. 



E. Haentze, Fond du Lac, Wis. 



T. C. Joy, Nashville, Tenn. 



Jos. Coenen. Louisville, Ky. 



Geo. Bayer. Toledo, O. 



John Willius, Danville, 111. 



W. W. Coles, Kokomo, Ind. 



C. A. Shannon, Princeton, Ind. 



J. D. Carmody, Evansville, Ind. 



Swan Peterson, Gibson City, III. 



Jos. Heinl. Jacksonville, III. 



A. Mitting. Morris, 111. 



C. E. Gullett, Lincoln, 111. 



Alfred Bauer, Rockford, III. 



G. E. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind. 



J. M. Clark, Des Moines, la. 



THE BANQUET. 



The banquet hall of the Auditorium 

 Hotel was a beautiful sight as the 

 members of the American Carnation 

 Society entered it Friday evening. The 

 manager of the hotel said the decora- 

 tions were decidedly the handsomest 

 ever seen in the hall, and in it have 

 been held many famous feasts. Along 

 the speakers' table were placed very 

 tall trumpet bases of superb carna- 

 tions. Including the prize-winning 

 vases of Jubilee and Mayor Pingree. 

 while between were long plateaus of 

 other flowers, including American 

 Beauty, Bridesmaid, Bride and Meteor 

 roses, in addition to one of the single 

 trumpet narcissus arranged with Ls 

 own foliage and bordered with tulips. 

 Similar plateaus appeared on the other 

 tables, interspersed with smaller vases 

 of carnations. The plateaus were con- 

 tributed by Mr. E. Wienhoeber and 

 were arranged by Mr. John Gormley. 

 Placed in appropriate positions were 

 groups of palms sent by Mr. Geo. Witt- 

 bold. Mr. P. J. Hauswirth, chairman 

 of the committee, is certainly to be 

 warmly congratulated on the effective- 

 ness of the decorations. 



After the menu had been disposed of, 

 the Toast Master, after a few words of 

 welcome to the guests, proposed a toast 

 to the American Carnation Society and 

 called upon President W. N. Rudd to 

 respond. Mr. Rudd spoke g'owingly 

 of the work that has already been ac- 

 complished by this compaia ively 

 young society and saw great poss bill- 

 ties in the future. He felt that each 

 convention had been an improvement 

 upon its predecessors and he predicted 

 that the Philadelphia meeting would 

 show still further advance. His re- 

 marks were received with long con- 

 tinued applause. 



The Society of American Florists 

 was next toasted and ex-President 

 ..Adam Graham, of Cleveland, Ohio, re- 

 sponded in his usual impres- 

 sive manner. He looked up in 

 the American Carnation Socie- 

 ty as one of the most progressive chil- 

 dren ot the mother organization and 

 he gloried in its progress and success. 



President-Elect Wm. Nicholson was 

 then called upon to respond to the 



