FEBRUARY 17. 1898. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



507 



a long discussion; several other places 

 were named, bvit though their suitabil- 

 ity was not denied, it was thought Ihat 

 on account of the cheap railway rates 

 to be obtained at the time, as well as 

 the other attractions, a much larger 

 representation could be gathered to- 

 gether for the inaugural convention if 

 held here at that time than at any 

 other place, and that the association 

 oould be given a better "send-off." as it 

 were. Persons wishing for a copy of 

 the by-laws or other particulars should 

 w^rite to the secretary. Mr. Hugh C. Mc- 

 Lean. St. Thomas. Out. 



Dinner of the G. and F. Association. 



The second event — the dinner — was 

 held on the same evening, and was in 

 every way a great success. The decora- 

 tions were very pretty, orchids being 

 very much in eviilence. coming ]irinci- 

 paliy from the Horticultural (jardens 

 conservatory. Two pans of Coelogyue 

 cristata and two of Dendrobiura nobile 

 were magnificent. Manton Bros, sent 

 some ferns and orchids, and there were 

 some ferns from the Normal School 

 greenhouses. Mr. J. H. Dunlop sent 

 a magnificent center piece of Meteor 

 roses and asparagus. Some fine aza- 

 leas, also from the gardens, were very 

 showy. Of the dinner itself and the 

 liquids nothing but praise can be said. 

 The speeches were above par. the songs 

 and music the best that have been 

 heard at these dinners yet. 



Mr. W. Lawrence's "Death of Nel- 

 son." Mr. Verral's "Boys of the Old 

 Brigade," Mr. Alf. Rubbra's "Prodigal 

 Son" and stump speech, Alderman 

 Score's "Land of the Maple Leaf." and 

 ex-Alderman Preston's patriotic Can- 

 adian speech seemed to catch the boys 

 just in the right spot, and were re- 

 ceived with "tumultuous applause." 

 There were four aldermen present, and 

 all made speeches but no one seemed 

 inclined to indulge in "excursive pro- 

 lixity." Alderman Score, mentioned 

 above, is now chairman of the parks 

 and garden committee of the city coun- 

 cil in place of Alderman Hallam. 



And now I want to do a little scold- 

 ing. Several faces of those well known 

 in the trade, and for whom there is no 

 excuse for not attending, at least for 

 an hour or two, were not to be seen at 

 the table. These kind of things are not 

 got up simply for the purpose of "guz- 

 zling and gormandizing." There is an- 

 other and higher purpose, which these 

 gentlemen know all about without my 

 telling them. They appear to be .luite 

 willing to take all the benefits which 

 accrue from the association's work in 

 keeping horticultural matters before 

 the public, etc., and are quite willing 

 to give any amount of advice and criti- 

 cism in their stores and potting sheds, 

 but to give up anything — time, money, 

 comfort, pleasure, prejudices or jeal- 

 ousies — for the sake of the good work 

 does not seem to enter their heads. I 

 call it, to use a mild term, a very sel- 

 fish way of doing business. I admit 

 that the association might do more 

 than it does to improve things, but It 

 should be remembered that it has done 

 a good deal, and if it only holds a 



flower show once a year it has a very 

 good excuse for existence and deserves 

 every assistance. With more encour- 

 agement it could do more ellieient 

 work. These annual dinners, held at 

 the best place in town, are one means 

 of "holding our end up," to say noth- 

 ing of their social use in the fraternity, 

 and all should make it a point of at- 

 tending who possibly can. Surely we 

 could forget all our little petty diff?r- 

 euces for one night in the year. I trust 

 these remarks will be received by those 

 whom the "cap fits" without offense — 

 none is intended. I merely make them 

 as a reminder that they owe some- 

 thing to the organizations that are do- 

 ing their best to raise the standard cf 

 horticulture and horticulturists in 

 this city. 



Business Fair. 



Business last week was in the ag- 

 gregate not at all bad. Several pretty 

 big affairs came along, and the general 

 demand was fairly lively. Bulbous 

 stuff is still plentiful. The weather was 

 comparatively mild and all the snow 

 is oft the ground again, ready to re- 

 ceive more. E. 



ORANGE, N. J. 



Club Meeting. 



The New Jersey Floricultural Soci- 

 ety held its regular monthly meeting 

 the evening of February 7. and it was 

 well attended. The discussion upon 

 the advisability of holding a spring 

 exhibition consumed considerable time. 

 Ladies of the Orange Improvement So- 

 ciety having asked to work in conjunc- 

 tion with the society's metnbers to 

 make same a success, a committee was 

 appointed to interview the ladies and 

 ascertain how far they were willing to 

 be financially responsible. With the ex- 

 treme wealth of the Oranges and their 

 wonderful floricultural resources a 

 grand exhibition and success should 

 be the result. 



Discussion. 



The next subject taken up was the 

 bill now before the New Jersey senate 

 governing the importation of trees, 

 plants, shrubs, vines, grafts, cuttings 

 and buds, and the rules and regulations 

 for the inspection of trees, plants, 

 shrubs, vines, grafts, cuttings and buds, 

 commonly known as nursery stock, 

 grown within the United States, which 

 become subjects of inter-state jom- 

 merce on exportation, which is to pre- 

 vent the introduction into and the 

 Spread of injurious insects in New Jer- 

 sey and to provide a method for com- 

 pelling their destruction. 



The bill was discussed from every 

 conceivable point. It was generally 

 conceded that the best way to settle 

 the various arguments was to appoint 

 a committee to thoroughly investigate 

 the bill and to present objections to 

 their representative. This was done 

 and the club will have a say before the 

 bill passes its third reading. 



An Interesting Discourse. 



Mr. H. S. De Forest, of Hitchings & 

 Co., then gave a very interesting dis- 

 course on Greenhouse Construction, 

 which was ably discussed by Mr. 

 Kitchen, W. A. Manda. F. L. Atkins, 

 and others. Many new points were 

 brought out and much interest was 

 taken by every one present. 



Exhibition. 



Mr. Kitchen had on exhibition an ia- 

 dividual flower of a new carnation^ 

 scarlet sport — from Mrs. Bradt. This 

 ought to prove a good thing. 



A pretty exhibit of carnations was 

 made by Robt. McArthur, Mrs, Bradt 

 being shown in elegant form. Certifi- 

 cates of merit were awarded for this 

 display. 



The meeting closed, everybody feel- 

 ing satisfied that the evening had been 

 well spent. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Florist Club. 



The Florist Club held its re.gnlar 

 meeting on Thursday afternoon at 3 

 P. M. President Halstedt or Vice Pres- 

 ident Ude were not present owing to 

 important business at home, and Ex- 

 President Fillmore was selected to fll 

 the chair, with 30 members present. 

 Three new members were elected to 

 membership, W. E. Jordan, Fred 

 Meinhart and Fred Billinton. Applica- 

 tions for membership were received 

 from the following florists: W. L. 

 Hucke, A. E. Michel and Fred W. 

 Weber. Essays were next in order. Mr. 

 John F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, 

 Ills., Andrew Meyer, Sr., and R. V. Tes- 

 son. each read their essays and received 

 great applause from the members. 



Mr. William C. Young read an article 

 from The Florists' Review of January 

 13 on "Work for Florists' Clubs," as 

 read by Mr. John Jones before the Mor- 

 ris County Florist Club, that brought 

 out a great discussion which will be 

 continued at the next meeting of the 

 club. 



It was decided that the president 

 should appoint, some time before the 

 next meeting of the club, three com- 

 petent judges to act as judges at our 

 annual carnation meeting on March 10 

 at 2 P, M, A certificate of merit will 

 be given to all those deserving. The 

 meeting then adjourned to enjoy a 

 smoke at the Mercantile Club. 



The Smoker. 



Some thirty-five florists attended the 

 annual smoker given by the club. The 

 committee. Messrs. Beneke. Young and 

 Fillmore, had everything in readiness 

 when the party arrived. The two large 

 rooms, known as the blue rooms, the 

 best in the house, were used for the oc- 

 casion. First on the program were re- 

 freshments and cigars, after whicli the 

 chairman called order. In the absence 

 of President Halstedt. Vice-President 

 Ude was called upon for a few remarks 

 for the good of the club. Mr. J. F. 

 Ammann then sang his new song, 

 "Bring Back Some Gold." This ^ong 



