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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



405 



Mr. Sheridan's surpiise was ("vidcnt 

 ,-111(1 in u modest response he aci^nowl- 

 ed<;ed tlie advice and assistance ot those 

 who h;ld so faithfully co-operated with 

 him. His grateful speech was accentu- 

 ated with Voice vibrations of emotion 

 and firatitiide. 



The closing hours were quite infor- 

 mal: the vaudevillians sanj: all the (dd 

 soiisrs. with the club joining in the 

 choius. Schultheis gave several tine 

 baiitone solos in several languages. 

 Wallace and i'.ultorticUl waltzed arinind 

 witli "Annie Laurie'- and ■•Sally in Our 

 .\Hcv.'" the KevikWs representative 

 iiia.l'c a poetic Might to a better world 

 v.hcre he "dreamt " he saw the club's 

 meiiilKTs ('twas but a dream), and thc> 

 ni^lit vanished to the old familiar 

 strains of "Slinuld ,Auld .\<'(iuaintnncc 

 He Forgot." 



The Carnation Convention. 



llic meeting of the I'.rooklyn Ilorti- 

 .nltural Society on .Monday evening was 

 well attended, over forty members being 

 present. A good deal of interest and 

 enthusiasm were manifest and every- 

 thing promises a great convention for 

 I he American Carnation Society. 



Thirty-four Imndred yards of cheese 

 cloth and twenty-live cases of wild 

 smila.x will be used in the decorations. 

 TIcnty of money has been received and 

 i-. in process of collection to meet every 

 lio^sible rciiniiement. I.<»tters from 

 ilessrs. Uunlop. of Toronto. A. X. Pier- 

 sou, of Cromwell, and S. J. Renter, of 

 ■\Vesterly. wer<> read, with generous of- 

 fers of roses, ferns and carnations for 

 ■decorative purjioscs. 



The completi<m of the comniitti'cs in- 

 ilndcs nearly every prominent name in 

 the society. The Brooklyn "press" is 

 giving the convention encouraging space 

 jind notice, a three column horticulluial 

 s (uy by Alex Wallace in the Sunday 

 Citizen laeing especially interesting and 

 .a|)ropos. 



.\Ir. Wecljcr. cliairman of the ways 

 and means committee. re])orted the re- 

 ceipt of many siU)scriptions and dona- 

 tions. Several new nn'mbers were re 

 ported by the uiendM'rship connuitler. 

 The recejition and enter. ainment cojn- 

 inittees reported ollicial badges ready. 

 ;i|)propriations fdi all piirjioses ample, 

 menus and ]n'ograms under way. and the 

 "press" generously provided for. The 

 (inance committee iias a nice balance 

 ■on hand and is on "easy street." ilr. 

 I'hunb of the e.vliibition committee pre- 

 .<( iited a letter from Caldwell TTie 

 Woodsman, of Alabama, making gener- 

 ous rates foi' supplies and donating an 

 iilnindance of needle pines and palm 

 leaves. Mr. Phillips, chairnnin of the 

 •I'.ecorating committee, announced many 

 donations and olTcrs nf assistance. 



Toastmaster WoodrutVs letter of ac- 

 ■ccptance was read and letters from 

 many prominent men accepting invita- 

 tions, and from Seth Low. mayor id' 

 New "Vork: St. Clair ilcKelvey. "of the 

 Jiooklyn Kagle. and from .T. Kdwaid 

 Swanstrom. with regiets en account it 

 inability to atlend. 



Hie-hard Vimng. of Brooklyn, ami 

 Prank H. Low ne. of l'oughkee|isie. arc 

 iiniong the )^rominenl s|ic-ikers already 

 secured. The respdusibility and care 

 of the lady visitois was placed n]ion the 

 hroail -houlders dl ilr. Lantijahr and :■ 

 libei-al >nm voted for their entertain- 

 ment. A let er fiom ilr, llerr an- 

 Konnccd the securing of a one and on<- 

 lliird rale from the railroads, dependent 

 ii|"-n tlie Usual nnndier in attendam-e. 



The next meeting of the society arid 

 the last before the convention will be 

 held on ilonday e\ening. l-'ehruary 10. 

 Everything now indicates a grand at- 

 tendance, and tlie most successful and 

 important convention ever held by the 

 Ameiican Carnation .Society. 



Items. 



.John X. ilay and C. W. Ward have 

 about recovered from their indisposition, 

 though neither of them was well enough 

 lo enjoy the club banquet Saturday even- 

 ing. 



The eighth annual dinner of the New 

 ■Jersey Floricultural S<icicly takes place 

 this. Wednesday, evening in talk's Hall, 

 t)range. X. J. Quite a nuudM-r of Xew 

 ^'orkers are going doun ajid the usual 

 good time is assured. 



"Big floral dinners'- is the way the 

 -Metropolitan press puts it when refer- 

 ring to the .society functions which fol- 

 low each other so rapidly nowadays and 

 which gladden the bon ton florists" 

 liearts. The coming weeks, prior to 

 Lent, are crowded with these celebra- 

 tions, and the displays of llowers and 

 more elaborate decorations, have seldom 

 been arranged for in Xew York. 



Henry Hession. the wliole.sale (loris;, 

 of C'larkson street, Flatbush. was vis- 

 ited Sunday evening by some expert and 

 esthetic burglars, whose skill and taste 

 were shown in the selection of every 

 llrst-class carnation bloom in the estab- 

 lisliment. ^Ir. Hession puts his loss at 

 .$1.50. 



ilr. Taykii's reminiscences Saturday 

 evening ex;ended back to 1864, the year 

 he sold his first roses in the Xew York 

 market. 



The seedsmen are evidently optimis- 

 tic as to the spring trade and are al- 

 ready working overtime ami with large- 

 ly increased forces in preparation for 

 the u.sual spring rush, which, according 

 to Brother Scott, and the robius, and 

 Xoali. will be here very early. 



Ilavid Clarke's Sons have had some 

 fine dinner decoiations lately. One, a 

 centerpiece 1(1 feet in diameter, was 

 especially novel. It was built in sec- 

 1 ions, completed at their store before de- 

 livery, using Dracaena terminalis. 

 I'andanus Veitchii. crotons and prim- 

 ulas with Farleyense. Some idea of the 

 brilliancy of such a combination can 

 b(- inuigincd with innumerable electric 

 lights interspersed and a tall seaforthia 

 rising from the center and spreading 

 from one end of the table to the other, 

 with orchids in glass hUk-s. suspended. 



A new brand of florist ribbon for Eas- 

 l(-r will he oft'ereil by Schloss Bros, to 

 the trade by the nami' of "Sylvia Belle." 

 The fact that Kniil Schloss is rejoicing 

 in the ariival of his first l)aby daughter 

 will lii- am]d<' cause for the novelty, and 

 the baby's name will be pcr]ietunted in 

 till- ribbon. The supply will 1h' limited 

 — he ribbon supply, of course. 



.Tas. W. AVithers. of American (Jarden- 

 ing. left for .Tanuiica a few days ago. i 

 \ery sick ntari. but it is Imped he may 

 lecover in thi- genial climate of the 

 tiopii-s. 



Dame BuuKir whispers that a promi- 

 icnt retailer, who already has two big 

 -tores, is to open a gorgeous ali'air in 

 the new building at corner of Forty- 

 second street and Fif.h avenue, in the 

 near future. It's a fine location for 

 -ome one with enterprise and money. 

 Wall stieet has been kind lately. 1 hear, 

 (i- several of the biir H.nists. ' and this 

 may "accMunt for tin- milk in Ihe lo- 

 loinut." 



The gabix leaf is still popular. Ale- 

 hitish -ells me he used 10.000 in five 



days last week in funeral wreaths and 

 averages that quantity weekly. 



The New York Florists' Bowling 

 Club is still in statu quo. Several of 

 the best members have joined the Flat- 

 bush Club. Ix)oks as though the Mil- 

 waukee tournament would see no rep- 

 resentative team from New York if 

 some "waking up" isn't developed soon. 

 -Meantime Captain I^ang has joined the 

 Kosedales and last week made ten 

 sirikes in succession and a total of ■2M!l. 



Carnation day last Friday was wcni- 

 derfully observed here, thousands wear- 

 ir.g the divine Hower on that anniversary 

 in honor of \Villiam JIcKinleys lueni- 

 01 y. 



The American Institute's exhibition 

 at the Berkeley Lyceum Wednesday and 

 Thursday was well attended and mos'_ 

 interesting addresses were delivered, sev- 

 eral of them supplemented by stereop- 

 tieon views. The ''cvps" exhibited bv 

 H. T. Clinkabeiry, of Trenton. N. j'.. 

 were a fine coUeeiion. Wni. Slack, of 

 Stamford, showed some fine Brides. 

 .\raids and violets; G. 5L Hay, of Stam- 

 ford, vases of !Mrs. I.jiwson, Chicago 

 and Mrs. Bradt carnations with a seed- 

 ling of red and pink: H. Spavin, of Mt. 

 Kisco. an orange crimson seedling and 

 the new scarlet ilrs. Jas. Wood. The 

 fruit exhibit was more extensive, and 

 the apple supply was in varietj- and 

 quality .away above the average. 



Hicks Arnold, a memljer of the Auicr 

 ican Eose Society, an orchid expert and 

 one of the bes: patrons of horticulture 

 among the wealtliy classes of the coun- 

 try, died of pneumonia last week at the 

 age of G6, universally regretted. His 

 country home, "Byram Woods.'' at Port 

 Chester, is one of the most beautiful 

 places on the sound, and was just about 

 completed. It was while superintend- 

 ing its great roadway system that he 

 was taken ill. His orchid collection was 

 one of the finest in the world. 



The aiuiual meeting of the managers 

 of the New York Botanical Garden was 

 held last month and Dr. Britton's re- 

 port was a very interesting one. 



Robert Craig was in the city last 

 week, but was unable to stay over for 

 the club dinner, which lacked, therefore, 

 the "silver tongued eloquence"' so much 

 appreciated by his friends here, and ;i 

 sample of which we expect to hear at 

 the Carnation Society's convention. Lieu- 

 tenant Governor Woodruil', the toast- 

 master, will have to look to his laurels. 



Cieo. Weston, of Hempstead. L. I., is 

 building a new house SoxloO. for car- 

 nations. 



W. 11. KUiott, of Brighton, ilass., the 

 "Asparagus king," was in the city on 

 Monday. 



Mr. Krick, of Brooklyn, is still in- 

 venting. He has something of universal 

 interest to introduce at the Milwaukee 

 convention. But his latest is a concoc- 

 tion which will color any flower in 15 

 minutes any shade desired without in- 

 jury to the flower or destruction of its 

 perfume. 



A fine stock of the new carnation 

 '".Iiidge Hinsdale."' at .John Young"s. was 

 much admired this week and readily 

 realized 10 cents- each. A dozen varieties 

 of orchids of grand quality and an 

 abundance of them were also in evi- 

 dence. 



Mr. Charles Lcnker. of Freeport. L. I., 

 has added a ]iermanent coal business to 

 his florist trade. Through his generous 

 influence several of (he Long Island 

 glowers have been able lo purchase their 

 coal at about half the Xew York priees. 

 Over oOO tons have l>een handled bv 



