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The Florists' Review 



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WISCONSIN STATE CONVENTION 



WISCONSIN FLORISTS MEET. 



rust Aimual Meeting at Milwaukee. 



liilny, S('|p1ciiiIiim- li;, at 2 ]>. iii., 

 , Wisconsin Stiiti' I'Mnrists' Assoctia- 



II . (oivtiicil at ili(> Hlat/. liotcl, Mil- 

 iiikc.'. to cclelpialc its first birthday. 



i'li-^idciit C. < '. roiiwoitli iircsided. 

 ■;,i- tliC <i|iL'iiin^- addri^ss, tlio I'oll call 

 , .; taivcn and tlic iriiiitiu-s of tlio p't 



ii- iiieetintj, at Fond du T-ac, read h\ 

 .iri(>tary, 11. J. Seel, and appro\cd. 



,■ ^('crfiary and tiir t I'lasuror, Clust 



-'•h, read tlicir ri|Mirf< and both ^^■l■\•r 



, ,i1''I\(m1. 



ri'r Tiioctiiif^ llii'ii rauif III unlinisliod 

 ■ iiM'ss, wliicdi iucin^lLt Ixicliaril 



I ,iitz(\ ot' Fond (111 Lac, in liis I'cct. 

 ••] < Ih'intzo, who is a chain[don of law 

 . I mdcr in all tliinjjjs, spidvc t'or the 

 i.;..iitiiin 111' a riilin<; by the association 



:i. 11 by the discounts and commission^ 

 ,■ . n lo agents and undci-takrrs IIiihumIi 

 ' ■ 'be state should InM'onie standaid 



■ d .-ind suii'^ested twenty |ici- mit a^- 

 . 1 .1 p- and ci|uitable amount. 



Twenty Per Cent Adopted. 



\ii .•iiiimated iliscn----iiin ensued, and 

 'r ijuestiiui was thieslu'd out I'ripni 



>' tv ;ine|c. A motion was made and 

 •' rended tliat the associ.ation take sonu 

 el inn on tliis ((upstion at once and not 

 ei \ It over for another meetine. 'I'he 



eie showeij but one dissent in^r voire. 

 --lely friiin a brave heart, and it \\a^ 

 "litten on the roconN that the Wiscon- 

 •'II St.'ite Fbn'ists' As>>nciat ion adoj't'- 

 'lie I'ate (if twenty pei cent as the -tand 

 II 1 discount or ciimniissinn alluwed tn 

 'i .dets and a<^ents outside the trade. 



riie matter ol' arran^inL; .-i t eleL;ia pli 

 ■iiile for the use of associatien member^-. 

 '^I'li the ultimate \ie\\ el' haxine it 

 'ii'lited liy th.' \\ 'I'. 1). and .>^. A. V. 

 '"I nnixersal use .amon;^ lloiists, was re 

 i'ire(| l)ack to the committee ie|iortine- 

 "ii it for tlic purjiose of diawine up 

 -Didi a code. 



i^ecrctary Serd sjioke .abmit the avail 

 ■ibility of aii\-ertisin<j car caids to mem 

 hers of the association outride oi' .Mil 

 >''.iukec'. 



Election of Officers. 



^^ hen ,1. !•:. Mat t hewsoii w.i- nmu- 

 " -'ited t'or jiresidi'Ut lie deidined, but 

 '■ len;;th yi(di|e(i wlien tlie member-- 

 ^^"idd |iut up no one to compete for the 



'i' e The otluT ofTicers were fiUeil also 

 '■^ unanimous vote. Those elected were 

 ■" follows: 



• 'resident- .1. K. Mat i Inw ^m,. .>-;he 

 ' "V;in. 



\ ice-{. resident K'i.diiMd lleint/.-. 



' "'id du Lac. 



Sicntarv- II. .L Seel. Milwaukee. 



treasurer — fJu.-t J. Rusidi, Milwaukee. 



'•irector, three rears— Jidin Kiiid- 

 '''i-^'di. Beloit: two vears. .(. L. T. T;iv 

 '•"■. Oslikosli. 



•"^heboyan was sidected for the next 

 ' ';"«'0 of UK etinj;. The date will be an- 

 '""I'leed later, jirobably being in .Inly. 



The Banciuet. 



^' the baiKjuet {.jiven in the Blatz 



'•"''•1 at G::{(i p. m., C. C. Pollwortli acted 



' • 'f>as1 master. Tlie examjde of brevity 



I'v the president-elect. .1. K. Matthew'- 



son, was followed by those wlm were 

 called up(ui to s[ieak, incliidine the out- 

 of-state \dsitors and tlie leadine li^m,.-, 

 of the bical trade. 



The Wisconsin Stute Klmi'-t-" \>.so- 

 (dation has a membei'^liip ni' I:;.", oi' 

 whom twenty are S. .\. I", nieiiilii is. 

 l)urinjj the eomiiie year the a--<oiiat ion 

 liii[ies to double its niiiniier and viciii,. 

 enou;.;h S. A. I', mein beislii ps In entitle 

 it to .a director on the Imald nl' the 

 lint imia I societ v. 



Sl.iip-i. II.. laiii CriiM'. 

 Iii.vl.ir. .1. i;., (Nlikiisli. 

 V.'itlcr. (a'iii-;,'c, .Mio'iiii'l 1 . 

 /iill. .\llie, Chii'll*.'!!, III. 



WISCONSIN STATE FAIR. 



The Visitors. 



.\ l.ar^e n iiniliei- of .M i |\\ nul\e,> ih 

 ;i 1 1 ended t he meet i iiu; a iid b.a iii|iii 



t lie .■|S.vo(dat inn. >n t li;il t he innni 



\ ided was tilled to it-, rnparjty . 'I'lic 

 111' tnwn xi^ilnls were a-- fnllnw-^: 

 r.ai iiii.iMii. i.ii^.. Nc.illi .Mil \v;nikii' 



l'.li.n.|e.\ , 1,. ( i . \i-v\ 1,111. 'li. II. 

 Klll'llcr. .1. II . ,\|i|.li'tol; 



Hnicy^iiii:niii. .\. IC. Ni.irii \l il vv ^niki'i 



Itl'iix. Kiiilolnli. laii'iiH'. 



r.iiililiiil/. Win., (K|iU(,v|i. 



KciHieily. W .\,, \\:iiiu,ilii^;i. 



Kiliiir. !•■. l;., ('Iili:i;;.i, III, 



l.;i-<^eii, M. r... I!;iiiniv 



I<cvciili:iL;in. II, .\,. ,M:iMit(nvii. 



Ijiliurell. .\. l-',. ('IliclU'd. Ill, 



M.irk-, .[us, 'nil, Cliii:!:;!!, Ill, 



M.iftlii. .\,, l,;iKi> (a-iicva, 



M.itthe« sun. ,1, i:.. SIhIwivl'uii. 



.XcIsilM. ,1. \'., (Islikiivll. 



()('lilciisrlil,'i).'cr, CIimn,. (). nrii.tii.m.i, , 



i'.iliiliiii. K. K.. O-liKii-li. 



I'hillip. .M., Wmiimiii. 



Itciiili.inlt. .\,, .Ndi-tli Mih»:niki'.-, 



Kiiiiltli'isi'li, .liiliM. I!<'l<iit. 



Kii:;iiusUi. .leliri K., .MiniiliivM.. 



Siliiii-lir. W. <;.. t'hillciM. 



n-,1 - 



I nl' 

 pln- 



i.lll 



Throngs "View Flower Display. 



S;itiiii|ay, Septrnibi 1 1:;. -..as the clos- 

 I n l;' of the l;ir'_;e--t .-iiid ninst siiecessfiil 

 >tate fair W iscmisi n e\er had. I''rnni 



e\ery pnillt nl' \ i i ■ \\ ir n\,-elli'.| the pre 



\ ions l';iii>. The exhilnt-N v\ere larner 

 and more nnniei-nii-. the pin^raii! nlTereil 

 llinre at t rart inii> ninl the ;it I einla lier 

 was ]iliennninnn I, 



The llnrt iciilt lira I liiiildiiii;, ;i^ Usual, 

 proved to be the innst |inpiilar with the 

 patrons, and, t llnu^h il i- .1 iiiaininnth 

 structure, the cidwds il \\;is ralleil lijinn 

 'n handle. tn;;etlier Willi the nuillernlls 



exhibits, kept it iainiiieil t li i-ouL,diout 

 eatdi day. It is estimnied ih;if l'.'iii,imio 

 p(>ople passed through its ai>le-. 



The Awards. 



The prize w iniK I -- in I In 1 1 ;nle wore 

 as t'(dlo\\s: 



Collci'tioii iif ;;n'ciilii.ii^.' pi, nils, ivm^iiIvIim 

 v.'iricil.-s. i-i.vcrJMi; ;it l.-.i«t lifl.v -ipi.ir.' fi.i 

 lliilldii At lliiiikel Co.. .MiluMiikif, liist , ( . i 

 Pollui.rtli lu,, .Mihv.iiikie, .s.'.iiinl : .\. y, Isilinii 

 Co,. Mihv.iiikce, (liini; lOdw. J. Hmiiumc, W,pihv;i 

 liis;i, I'mirlli. 



I)is|il;i.v i.f p,ilMis. ciiViTJli;: at lea~( liftv M(Iimi.' 

 feet .\. F. Ki'lliMT (1.,, lir-t; Hi.lt.ni \ Iliiiik.'l 

 Co.. second: C, C. I'ollunrHi C. , tliinl. 



James E. Matthewson. 



Pre-lditit cleet \\lscon~lM Stale I'lnrlst-' .\sMocl;itien. ' 



