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The Florists'' Review 



DKCKMIU'R 11. llUti. 



THE CLUBS ARE BUSY I 



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"^1fiAi7/\Wrtl?rtifr^T frrTit?ttit^ * 1 



AT CHICAGO. 



The Annual Election. 



1 >Of('inl>er 7 ■\vas tlio :nuni;il olrt'tioii 

 Might of t)io Chicafro Florists' Club, the 

 itieitibor.s «i wliicli ai''' esjiccially diar- 

 actciizi'il hy tlioir inodesty ; nearly all 

 tlic iioniiiu't's at tlio NoviMiiiicr iin'i'tiuj; 

 seiiT lettiM's ol' (loc'liiiation, iiu'ludinj; 

 both iioiiiinces fur prosidi'iit. Tlio club 

 voted to lay all such coiinmiiiieations im 

 the table aiicl proceeded to ballot, with 

 the followiiiL; result : 



For )iresideiit- -W. ]1, .\lllliIl^, L!."i ; 

 r'red J ,aut en^^idila^er, 17. 



i''or \ice-iii-esideiit -Paul li. J\liuus 

 porn. 28: Kinil K.'idiliu-, 1 H ; \. !'. .\iil 

 !er. 1'. 



l'"or ti(\'isurer — Ottn Ainliii;;, ]^; M. 

 r.ark.'r, 11.'; K. Meurett. II. 



For secretary -Allie '/i^rli, I'l'.; Gm- 

 ^^■. French, 1.'.' 



]''i>r tiustee — W. .1. Kciniei, 1 >^ ; .Vlex. 

 Hemlersoii, ]o; Au,L;;ust .liirm'ns, !•. 



.\o candidate lOr treasurer or trustee 



slu)\veil excelK'ut C(dor, but both vari- 

 eties li.ad ]ire\ iously hei'u scored by tlu' 

 rluli. The Slielioy^an bemiuia. as well 

 as the r;iniations, reci'i\i'd the thanks- Charles Sdieiick, S4 



won. '\'\\o nouiinatuij^ coMiiniltec had 

 ]daniied contests all alonj^ the line, but 

 in.any nominees withdrew, h'a\ing the 

 roiilest J'or the )iresidency to (5. ii. M. 

 Stump]), who had the luidorsement of 

 the retailers' assotdat bui, and Charles 

 S.heiuds, who had the backlnji^ of the 

 w hcdesalers ;iio; ol' nine jiast presidents. 

 Secretary ^ (Uiul; and Treasurer Kick 

 ards wei'e left without op|uisition. The 

 lialUdiuL;' rt'sulti'il: 



l'\)r juesident — (J. K. .M. Stumpji, i)S; 



oi' the clu li. 



F. Jlunt, S(ui of the F\anston tlorist, 

 sang for the tduli ;ind theie were the 

 u>ual ]-efreslnuents. 



AT NEW YORK. 



Retailers Win Election. 



The perpetual (•onte>t between the 

 wholes.a'e and i'(>tail seed ions (tf the 

 liade was r;irried into the idection ot' 

 cdlieei's foi' the New \ni\i blorists' Club 

 I'eieinlier II :ind thi- tinn' the retailers 



l''or vice president — J. If. i''ieser, S'l; 

 1'. \V. I'opp. S;',; W. C. F.adgley, F'.. 



For trustee—]?. J. Irwiu, lCi2: John 

 ('annin^. \'2'.'>: A. Fottmiller, IIS. 



The atteiulance was the largest in th(^ 

 history of the dub and the contests, 

 though spirited, were with the utmost 

 good I'tdlow ship. Walter Sheridan was 

 judge of idedion .and Charles Kiiigiit 

 .and Joseph Mauda t(dlers. 



Ch;ndes I.. Tricdver and Henry Tl. Dyer 

 were (decti'd to niembeishi[i and Mar- 

 shall Cl.arke, Carl C. Ixeck. F. A. Dupuy 

 and A. \;in Fr.aag wci'e proposed. 



? CHICAGO'S PRESIDENT 



ILII'llJ 



having a majority of all votes cast, a r:illl;lillillll:ii!llill:lll,;iiLili!JilJllliliyll:lliliiliiM,iJllii:^ :iiJ;i„liii,l,i:.:;„i !!l,,;:i: I:! i:i !!!,;;! m^ 



secoml ballot was lu'cessary under the 

 Dy Laws, with the result that Messrs. 

 \tnliug and Jvidmel were (decte.i. 



Visitors and Exhibits. 



''hailes T. Johnson and Alfred Toich 

 .ani weie el(>cted to niembiMship and 

 a]iplieat!ons were recei\t>d. fi-oin W. d. 

 I'ahin'r, of F.(Mwyii, 111., and Thoma^ 

 Hea\eii. of I'.eiiton Harboi. .Miih. Mi, 

 Heaven was ju-eseiit and nmde a speech. 

 Otlier AJsitois were A. ]■'. .1. F>aui-, ol 

 1 iidianajiolis, and Clareiuc Watson, ot' 

 Philadeljihia. Mi. i>aur spoke ot' new 

 arnations ;tnd ot the .•i]i]'ro;icliing In- 

 'iianajiolis carnation ronxention. He 

 pointed out that hast year, .-.t the St. 

 I^()uis exliibit i(ui, gidweis east ot' the 

 .\llegh(U!ies iiiadt' .as in.any entrii's as 

 did .all the wi^st, .and tiny raptured iialf 

 tiie premiums. Jle s.aiil he hoped tiie 

 western growers will be decidedlv more 

 in e\idence this year. Mr. Watson de- 

 • oted most of his reiii.aiks to the ]\Us- 

 >ell rose, saying that lii> was suijudsed 

 to tind the \.ariety holding such an iin- 

 port.ant jdace in th(> Chicago market, 

 as it is little seen in the e.ast. lie said 

 iie thinks the cons]oeuou-- siu-ce^s Chi- 

 .-ilTo gioweis aic inakinu ^vith the \'a- 

 •■iet\ will hrne the etfct ot' .-aU'^iuL: a 

 MUinber of gooij eastern i^inwei's to gi\e 

 i'ussell anotlier .and more adequate 

 •ri;il. 



'i'lie exhiidts (d' the exinin^- iieduded 

 a ' ase of Kusscdl on 1 toot ■^teii;-, ^vow n 

 iii Fremdi & Salni, at I'nion (!io\e. 

 Wis., ot' .a (pi.ality that seiiiK^d to h^rne 

 nothing to be ilesired. As th(> rose 

 ne\ I'r h.ad been seoied by .a 'hieago 

 ■ onimittee. President JIeiide;s,,ii .Tp. 

 pointed Ernst Ainling, Pavid Fun. Iin 

 :iii(i Ceorgt^ Asmus to jx-itorin this fuiir- 

 tioii. The total they gave was ninety- 

 two pioints. Otlii^r exhibits were splen- 

 did \ases (d' Mi'rry Christmas and l''(\]- 

 hanna carnations from J-!aui >.^ Stein 

 kanip, Indian.apolis, .and two jdants of 

 .an unn.aiie i begonia from d. Y.. 

 Matthewson. Sli(dioygaii, \Vis. 'J"hc 



W, H, AMLING. 



Al TFIi f w .iity (OO' \ e:ir^ .as .a srhoiu teaelni- at Milw.aukee, W. II. Amling, 

 the iiewly (dected pri — ident of tlo' f'liii-.a^i, Floiivts" ('lull, leturneil to his 

 Idrthplace. Ma\'woo.|. III., and ^tailed in the llorists" Imsine^s with sindi sign.al 

 suree^^ 1 1 1 ,a t 11 e i ^ h 1 >o i i 1 1 u Ljioweis ].roinptly i|Uided him the (ieriuan pfii\-erb 

 whi(di. freely 1 1 ;i ii^lal e.|, i-; •'The nio ^t iL:noiaiit t'aini.rs always grow the 

 biggest j'otatoe^."' Mr. .\llllillL^ howe\er, says he owes the excellent st.art he 

 in.ade to the ,assi>tanee t;i\cn him b\- ids two brotlur^. I'k C. Amling, Chicago 



\\holesaler, and A. F. Amling, M.a> w 1 grower. W. II. Amling now has two 



separate i-.anges, 7-',tMMi I'c-t ol' gl.ass, s pe(d.ali/ing on sweet ]ieas, Imt growing 

 Merry Christmas, scarlet, weie especial- se\ eral other eiops well. Hi-- three s(in>, Walter, Herbert and Martin, I'ligaged 

 iv fine, and Pollyanna. deep ll"«h jdn'c. in business with him, all are menibers of the Chi'-.a^o Florists' Club. 



