1044 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 14, U)(.i3. 



is not expected to prevail for Idii;^ aiul 

 Decoration Day i^ ilosc at liaml. 



Notes. 



Tlie announcement is made of the dis- 

 solution of the Hrni of McKellnr & Win- 

 tersou. C. \V. lIcKellar retiring. The 

 liusiness will be carried on as before by 

 Ml. Wintersnn as the E. F. Wintersoii 

 Company. ;\Ir. Jlclvellar is considerinj; 

 a connection outside the trade. His ad- 

 dress for the present will he 40n E. On- 

 tario street. 



Kcnnieott Bros. Co. has reports that 

 the c'lie ja.smine crop promises to he 

 lieavy and of uood quality. 



Carl Thomas, of Randall's, is recuper- 

 ating- at In's old home at AVest Sprin"- 

 tield. l>a. 



Bassctt lie \\'a^^lll)urn report a total 

 clcan-init on all rose and carnation 

 jdants. They say the deuuuul is heavier 

 than c\'er liefoic. 



J, .A, Hudlon.u will i;ro«- a .■ioO-foot 

 liciisH iif 1-lirysant liemuni^ this season. 



nuich in tlie way of suugestions. etc. It 

 was thought that the premium list, as 

 adopted, could not fail to bring out a 

 line slujw of bliKim- at the Jlarch meet- 

 ing. 'Ihe preliminary lists will soun be 

 sent out. 



Visitors. 



]'. T. Huddait, ,'sall Lake City 



E. 



Ouwerkeik, Hoskc-op. Hcdland; W. Taal. 

 of JJ. Van Wavcren. Hillegom. Hcdland: 

 L. (Jlasej-. nubu(|ue. la.: M, lieukauf, 

 Pliiladelphia: R. Witterstactter anil hi- 

 bride. Cincinnati. 



Bowling. 



Last Saturday eveuiu" the team fmni 

 the Chicago Carnation Co. came in finm 

 .Toliet to be beaten three straight games 

 by the McKellar & \\interson team, 

 whom they had previously defeated at 

 • loliet. The following is the score: 



MeKELL.VI! & WIXTEHSOXS. 



I'lii.^er, 1st, 2(1. .-id, T(.t;il. 



K. K, Wintersun 



,Illl). StlTl'l'tt , , . 



I., n. Wiiitersun 

 .\li'.\. X.'wett . . 

 10. ('. rniiier . . , 



.153 141 114 4111 



.1S2 IS.S IS" 52li 



.l:i4 12H 131 ;i94 



.i:i2 ii,s v^e :isn 



.149 144 131) 42.1 



Tntiil 741 ,S50 8:K 2,r).;.i 



rlllC.VliO CARNATIOX COS. 



I'lii.viT, 1st. 2il, :W. T"l,il 



!•■ i^l'Hiii !>4 m.-. 157 411! 



A. oii.-Diuiii i:;ii Jill iiM :j55 



,1, Uiiitshc.iu,- l:;4 l(i7 111 .■i52 



I'- oiseii l,;i uiS 1:12 4SS 



\y. Wichtfjuhihl lHf .S4 !Mi 2.'^4 



I.. Ileitliian 1116 l."iR 14(1 4il,s 



T"t!ll T12 7,S7 745 2,144 



On Tuesday evening. Itay 12. the leiru- 



lar ])ractice games of the Chicago bowl- 

 ers resulted as follows: 



Pla.v.-r, 



BallnlT 



Asians '. 



Lanihrits 



P. .T. Iljinswirth 



W. Kr.itling 



i;, stiilliTv 



I.. .Siliafer 



F, .\Iiitfi 



K, Sd.ll.Tv 



K. KnrtiTs 



Wintcrwjn 



Scott 



rnincr 



llickins.iii 



Sten-i'tl 



1st. 

 . .155 

 ..IS!) 



, , i:t5 

 . .l4:^ 

 , .i:iii 

 .151 

 .144 

 .14IJ 

 .154 

 .1117 

 .12K 

 .12;; 

 ,.145 

 .12.S 

 .1.5,x 



2il. 

 17S 

 174 

 l:;7 

 174 

 'i;."» 



llcl 



li»i 

 Kis 



154 



11;; 

 lliT 

 lis 

 145 

 11,s 

 1211 



;!.l, 

 1117 

 l.-iti 



l!ii; 



1411 

 17N 



lis 



12" 

 14!l 



liii; 



141 

 114 

 17:; 

 172 

 114 

 1.54 



:;s;i 

 4:;:; 

 427 



474 



:;i>i 

 i"7 

 414 

 4H2 

 .•16" 

 4.',.S 



DETROIT. 



Plan Carnation Meeting. 



The meeting of the board of directors 

 of the American Carnation Society in 

 our city on Jlay (i wa.s a very small 

 one in point of attendance, for only Mr, 

 Scott and Mr. Vesey put in an appear- 

 ance. But it was an earnest bu>ine» 

 session that sat from 2 p. m. until (i and 

 considered important matters. Then- 

 being such a small attendance, the presi- 

 dent took pleasure in inviting President 

 Beard and Messrs. Sullivan and Breit- 

 meyer, of the local cluli. tn take part in 

 the business of the day. ;ind they did 



Club Meeting. 



Tlie regular meeting iif the local club 

 occurring on. that evening. Messrs. Scott 

 and \'esey were able to be jiresent and 

 a most enjoyable time was had. such a 

 one as can only be had with (ireat Scott 

 ])resent. Judge Vesey threw off his dig- 

 nity and made one of our members say 

 ■'I should like to be tried before hiiii 

 if 1 had to be tried before anyone." 

 -\nd right here I might say that he is 

 a iiciwler and the Detroit team cannot 

 do better thiin to secure him on their 

 s'de at Milwaukee for his judicial mind 

 and aim. The members of the Detroit 

 I lull are to be congratulated en the en- 

 joyment of such a jdeasant occasion and 

 we wish our visitoi- might come more 

 often. Kao. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



There lui.s been a long spell of bright, 

 (dear weather and it "has made roses 

 lery plentiful. Some of the Main street 

 stores are perfect rose shows, and the old 

 familiar signs, "Rosis .5 cents each." 

 have l)een trctled out and displayed in 

 luany windows. Strange to say. Carna- 

 tions are a.s scarce as roses aie plenti- 

 ful. Why, we don"t know, but so it is. 

 Perhaps many houses have lieen thrown 

 out after Easter, You can buy l.OOl) good 

 tea roses at a lower jirice than ycm can 

 bin- l.noo carnations, and obtain them 

 much easier. 



Visit to Detroit. 



La.st Wednesday we found oin-eho 

 ill the beautiful city of Detroit. 'j'hc 

 morning was delightful and a little tel- 

 eplioniiig soon broughl us in cont:ict 

 with Oeo. H. Rackham and .Judge \'esey. 

 of Ft. Wayne. President Rackham had 

 written to every memlier of the Carna- 

 tion Society's executive board, and al- 

 though not expecting many to be present, 

 he leceived .some hints and suggestions 

 from all which were given werious con- 

 sideration, ilessrs. 'Rackham. Vesey, 

 P. Breitmeyer. Beard. William .Scott, aiid 

 some other members of the local (liib, 

 spent an afternoon in arranaing :i pm- 

 ,i;ramme and schedule of prizes for the 

 ;ninual exhibition of the Carnation So- 

 ciety, to l:.e held in Drtroit the first 

 week of March. ilr. Rackham will 



doubtless publish the list as arranged. 

 ;ind 1 feel sure that more and better 

 wiirk was done in those few hours than 

 could have been done by two months of 

 correspondence. The llorists of Detroit 

 are very enthusiastic over the carnation 

 meeting, and from Detroit's position on 

 the ma]) it's likely to be a good one in 

 all re-pccts. They will also be strouiily 

 re|)resented at the coiiventicn of the Sii- 

 ciety of American Florists in :\lilwaukee. 

 Somehow it's in the air. Vou can feel 

 that Milwaukee is going to see a meat 

 gathering, and so it ought to be. 



We had little time to visit amoim the 

 craft, but we rode t ut to the Beard 

 Bi-f.s,' jilacc. whic-h 1 had never se<'n. 

 Their (dace is much more extensive than 

 I had (lictured it. ami carnations, which 

 they do well, are their specialty. They 

 also have several houses of well gr<iwu 

 geraniums and other beddini.' jThinls. 

 They are .-tridly wholesale, happy peo- 



ple. Xow. when we have a drv sum- 

 mer, these gentlemen are strictly •'in 

 it." but when a wet season occurs, as 

 last vear. it is very much otherwise. Vou 

 have only to dig down three or four 

 feet into the fat. lich. black soil and you 

 have a well of water tluit a lire eniiim- 

 could not pump dry. 



There are not many ,stores in the 

 country doing a finer business than the 

 one presided over by Philip Breitmever. 

 whom ever.^-body knows, and there are 

 not Uiany handsomer stores than that of 

 -Mr. Sullivan, on Wixxlward avenue, in 

 the very heart of the business section. 

 But the thing that surprised and plea-ed 

 me most on that visit was the Florists' 

 Club meeting in the evening, and 1 was 

 told that it was only an average attend- 

 ance. There were thirty-two able-bod- 

 ied, .good-looking men present. This J 

 considei- wonderful. Are there not cities 

 five times as large that do not do as 

 well'r 1 believe so. And it made me 

 much ashamed of our ettoi-t,s in that 

 line. It wa.s a very pleasant evening 

 and .Judge Vesey caused much merri- 

 ment with his Hoosier anecdotes. 



Botanic Gardens. 



We journeyed out to the Botanic Gar- 

 dens a week or two ago in the companv 

 of ('has. H. Keitsch. and when we hail 

 corralled Prof. Cowell we undertook the 

 |)le-asant task of dividing the sum of 

 *1.0t)0 given by the H. A. ileldrum Co. 

 for its chrysantheuiuin show next Xo- 

 vemlier, Xo dmibt Mr. Keitsch will 

 send you and the other journals the list 

 of premiums, and I shall only say that 

 few classes and sul>sfcintial " preiniums 

 was the reijuest of the firm that is sup- 

 plying the sincHis of war. The grand 

 range of gla.ss at South Park i.s now 

 yeiT interesting and rec-eives niaiiv vi — 

 itors. hut i,f it were in the neighbiirhooil 

 of the —SOO." or anywhere in "the Dela- 

 ware Park district, it would he visited 

 by a hundred to one who sees it now. 

 'I'he palms and cycads have grown im- 

 mensely. The large-growing ferns have 

 wonderfully developed, and many of the 

 economic plants interest largely.' South 

 Park is a beautiful ;ind interesting spot 

 and the view northward from the hvj,\\ 

 iid,ge is fine. It is a shame tha.t p;irks 

 are built and fine ranges of glass erected 

 and then a most niggardly sum allowed 

 for maintenance, not one-half enough to 

 even keep them free of weeds. Undoes 

 not say much for our boasted twentieth 

 centuiy civilization that we need such 

 an army of policemen to control our peo- 

 ple's behavior and can afford onlv a few 

 dozen gardeners in all the city 'to keep 

 the parks looking neat and attractive. 

 We lune a long way to travel yet before 

 we are out of the woods, and i)arl>arism 

 i> close behind us. 



' \\-. S. 



MEMPHIS. TENN. 



Death of Jacob S. 'W'^illiamson. 



.Jacob S. Williamson, at one time a 

 leading Horist and ro.se grower in this 

 -ectioii. died May 10. after a long ill- 

 ness. Mr. Williamson was a florist bv 

 reason of his natural love of horticul- 

 tuie. Possessed of ample means, a grad- 

 uate of Princeton and the Albany '"Law 

 School. a practicing attorney with an 

 acute analytical mind, he year by yea-r 

 drifted into his favorite occupation of 

 L'lowing roses, ])ersonally superintending 

 the growing and sale of'llowers. At one 

 time he had the monopoly here of all 

 first-clas... decorations i\nd banquet work. 



