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The Florists^ Review 



.iii.v i;<, I'.tii--' 



lid'. 11. hint was miiitv oT tlif \v:iiit ol' 

 i)f.liu;ii-y (■;in', junl tli:it, .-ill li(iu.;li plain 

 litT. liad slic looknl. mit^lit have srcii 

 I 111' IhiM's, slit" was, uinli'i- the circuiii 

 -tallies, iu-tilic<l ill a>siiiiiiii;;- tlic place 

 (ilif i<i -alrty. ;ilhl liriicc lirr f.aiiillf t(i 

 'ilisci\c ilic iilist nii-l imi was imt iic;;li 

 Ui'ih-i' nil liri part . ' " S. 



GETTING THE CASH. 



'I'lic- ildsiii^r si'iitriuc (pC a parat;rapli 

 "II till- nlitdiial pa;;e of a rrcciit issue 

 'if 'I'lie l{e\if\\ hniu^^ilt recdlleet icilis. 

 'I'lir sentence read, '•'rill" thirist wlm 

 iiwcs iidlhiiie is safe iiliiler any coinli 

 lidiis.'' Thirty tlirei' years aj^o i started 

 111 liUsiiirss lirre :it Kast Santa Cru/,, 

 ''•■il-. ^Nith no i-asli and a written residii 

 linn not to oi'der or piindiasi' u tliiii;^ 

 unless I li;|,| t|||. cnsli on li.ainl to p;i\ 

 'oi il. I lia\e stuid< to tliat resolution 

 • iiel si, |;ii li,-|\|. iiritlier had to liej; oi- 

 I'oirow. 'I'he folllhier of 'I'lie i{e\ iew, 



'■■ !■■ iTant, t(dd it \v,-is the onl\- 



way I .(Olid li;i\i- made a e(, (,f it. This 

 pla.-. was then .a cow- ]).'istlire. I was 

 'lie first man to locate here when tiie 

 sti.M't was cut throujih. One old florist 

 -■■lid I -'was a f(>ol not to laiiindi out.'' 

 I'lit 111 is ili-a.l ami his son is in jail. 



AJioiit twenty ti\-e years aj^o I lieu.-m 

 '" print on all my ljillh<.;ids this state 

 III. -lit. ••Terms: Hills .luo on the lir^t ol 

 each nionth.'' This .appears on ;ill the 

 liilirie.i.ls th.-it I Us,.. If ih,. idll- is not 

 I'.'iid on dcm.and, I s..n.| a st.al.inent on 

 llie lirst ol the next niontli. If this 

 statement is not pai.l, I put the ilel.t 

 into a cidlector's hands t'or le;;,il .a.-tion. 

 Ill this \\;iy i uct ri.l of pool- cii-toniers. 

 'at thill- meals a .lay. sleep well ;it 

 iiil^ht .111.1 lia\e no tear of the shirilT. 



W, !•;. Kin-. 



they ui;i\- .•old to the enioymeiit of their 

 home. Since the eroumls ad. join the 

 linn's ^iii'enhoilses, the step to actu;il 

 lillsiliess is (dose. 



'I'he illustration on this p.iye yi\t's ;i 

 lair idea of Mr. iaicker's ^^roiinds, 

 tlioiij;li it does not do full .justice to 

 their .•ii>p('araiice. Sonic artistic land- 

 scape work lias been done and new- t'ea- 

 fines are constantly added. This siiin- 

 mer .1 l.iref pond was made, directly in 

 tronl. which is now- planted with 

 aipiat ic pl;iiits. 



l-'ew llorisfs" homes advertise their 

 owners' profession so well as does Mr. 

 Locker's. It would iindoiihteill.v hciiefit 

 the tr;ide if there were more such pl;ices. 



.Milw.'iukee florists iidinired the 

 Locker home l;ist weid-c, when the 

 monthly meetine of the .Milwaukee l-'lo 

 lists' ('lull w;is htdd theic, upon iiuita- 

 I ion of t he l.ockers. 



BEGINNING AT HOME. 



The s,-; I i,|^ ,,t .-, ^,,,,,1 ,-x;||,ip|,.. like 



i-li;irit\ . I.e;;iiis ;it liom.-. .\l,-m\, tlimiulli 

 l';ir from .-ill. Ilorists r.-.-ili/e this f.-i,-! 

 ami likewis,. rc-ili/,. ij,,. p,,u,.i- ,,t' such 

 '■\aiiii.li . On.- of those uhn do s,, is 

 H. I.ocker. he.-|.| iif the linn oI II. I.oi-ker 

 \ Sons, .M ilw .-iiikee. Wis. |-!\ li.-:iutil\ 

 III;: the li\.- .iclcs whi.-h i-ompose hjs 



icsi.h-nl i;i I ^niiin.ls. M,. Locker h;is 

 shown lleiej||iii|-s .-iiiil p;iss,.|-s |,\- how 



WISCONSIN PROGRAM. 



The pro^iram of the third .'innual sum 

 ni.'i- liieetine of the Wisconsin State 

 riorists' .\sso(dation. to he Indd at Osh- 

 kosh, duly L'.'i .-ind L'd. is as fidlows: 

 rn-.sD.w. .11 i,v J.-,. !i A. M TO r.v 



Hi'U'islrjIi.iii mill rccc|iliiiii nl' iiiciuIum-s :ni.l 

 Irji-iiils Ml licii(l(|ii,irli'rs. Hiiid .MIuM-n. 



11 K.SD.W. .H-I,Y L'.-|. l;:ili IV M 

 . ' I'.Usilicss 111.. rt ill); ill Mllllii-ipul Cliil. II. .IIS.-. 



.\Ii-cl liiL- .-.-illcd t -licr tiv I'lcsi.liMii Kiiii 



SI hli-i- 



.\.lili.-ss ,,r u,.l,-,,iii,-. I.v Mm.. I- M.Ilciiiv. Ill' 

 (isliki.sli 



Itf-^l In ('. C. I'.illw.irih. ..I' .Milw.-iiik.-.- 



It. .11 i-.-iH. 



I!i-|.iii-ls ..r i.lli.-i-i-s, 



I'ui-iil.v Miinulc l:ilk. i.ii t;i\jii..ii. I..\ .1 I' 

 K.-Miiim, iisscssm- of ill. -..ill.-. 



'I'w .'iii.v niiiiiili' talk. 1111 iiliiiii ,lisi.:isi.s. hy r, 

 M CIcmiliiTs, stMtc I'liliiiiiol.iL'isi. 



-I'vM'iil.v iiiiiiutc tiilk li.v .T K .\iiiiiMiiiii. li.-l.l 



lllMlillucr iif Ihi- |--|..l-ists- ■r.-i.-i;i;l|ili Il..|i\,-l.\ 



.\ss.,.-iiiti..ii, 



l.lll.-sli.l|l |ll,\ 



11 i:si).\V. .11 I.v u.-,. 7:1111 I' M 



i;.-iM.|ii.-i r..ii..vM-ii In .1.111. -iiiu ;it 111.- ,\iiuii. ii.i.i 



I'lllll II. .lis. 



w I:llM-:sIl.\^ . .n l.^• -n, > .-(.i .v \i 



Si.-;inn-f li.lt' ii|. I-'..\ i-i\t-r 



FROM SCHLING'S STUDENTS. 



In hi-half of o\(-i- |."iii siu.leiits who 

 attended .M a .\ Sehline's school, .\. S. 

 Thiirstiiii, .-issist;! nt jirofi-ssor of doii 

 cilltiiie ;it-tlii- Cnixcrsitv of Maryland, 

 ,isks sp;icc for the followine ex|)|-ession 

 of appreciation, drawn up li\- R;ichel 



•■ .,;"■ T-^V; 



Hiitterwditli, Framingham, Mass.; 

 (leoi-i;!' 1>. Leydic, Indiana, Pa.; Elieso 

 Hansen, Catskill, N. Y.; Vrtink dark. 

 Trenton, N. .1., and liimsidf, in behalf 

 of the class. Mr. Stdiling's splendid 

 work in conducting thi.s class surel,v 

 merits such public aiipreciation : 

 .\N .\i'rui:ti.\Ti(t.\. 



riic wii-k III' .liiiic :;(> was mu" (if ()|i|i(irliiiiil.v fur 

 liver I.'iil ll.irisis wild ^'atlicri'd fniiii far and » ide 

 I.I at lend I lie selioiil iif floral art wliicli was piil 

 .ill ill -New York li.v .\I.ix ScliliiiK. Mr. Scliliiiir 

 spared ii.i elT(irl to iiiiikc the week worlli while in 

 every wa.v. The week was milalile fur the free 

 iliini Willi whii-Ii Mr. Sehlini; ileinnnstraled 

 iiietlidds (if iisini; all serfs of material lo secure 

 lieaiitifiil arranj;('iiieiits, as widl as his frank 

 li-eiilMieiil iif details of cuiiiliietim; a retail luisi 

 iiess, for Hie ^^eiierous use of his time, iiione.v aii.l 

 slii.-k anil for the opeii handed hospitalit.v, and. 

 alHive all, for the iiilerestiin; and coiiileons al- 

 feiilion shown to all who were in the class. One 

 of the most en.jo.v.-ilile and enthiisiaslic events of 

 llie whole week Was llie liaiiipiet which Mr, 

 Si-hliii;; tendered the i-lass on Krida.v cveniiiK at 

 the (Ire.-il .Niirlhern hotel. 



.Not onl.v did the (-lass net ideas and methods of 

 arraiitfim; tlowers, Imt all seemed to feel the 

 sliiniilalion to ti'< Iiack to their own places with 

 (.'i-eater .-onliileni-e in themselves to i-'ive lietlei- 

 servi.-e an. I the desire to lie more oritiinal. .Kl- 

 Ihoiinh the class presented .Mr. Si-hlinj.' with a 

 silver service as a concrete expression of llieii- 

 aiipre.-ialion. the nieiiiliers of the class fe(d thai 

 llie.\ will alwa.vs lie indetited to Mr. SchliiiK .-i 

 delil which can onl.v he jiaid off in the fnliire liv a 

 fraternal and friendl.v feeliiiK lo lirotlier tlorists, 

 and Ihoiichlfiil consiileration of the desires of 

 ilh-jr .-iistoniers. 



We thank .von, Mr. Sclilinc. for ihe iirivile^e of 

 this week, for ,voiir cordialil.v. and for .voiir 

 kindl.v hiiman interest and .voiir nnsellish spirii. 



KANSAS CITY CONVENTION. 



August 15 to 17. 



'i'he otiicial progriini for the S. .\. I', 

 convention is a|i|)roacliing completion 

 and will shortly he in the printers" 

 hands. It will be found to be of more 

 tli.-iii ordinarv interest, containing, .-is 

 it will, many sub.jects suggested for 

 discussion which may be considered 

 somewhat as without jireccdcnt in so 

 f.ir .'IS their trade value is concerned. 

 It |ironiises to be, iilso, the most com 

 plefe progr;ini ,yot issued by the society, 

 the fund of information it will cart-v 

 leaviiig notliing to he desired or ex 

 ]iected. 



As pre\ ioiisly .•iniionnced, the rail 

 ro;id concession of ;i rate to l\ans;is 

 <'ity e(|U;il to a fare and one half has 

 gone into force, and all journeying to 

 the convention city arc siniidy re(|uired 

 to piiich.ise return tickids ;it fliis rate 

 .it their loc;il depots, presenting at the 

 ""iiiie time .-I certilicatr which the sei-re^ 

 t.ir\ will forward to every member en- 

 title. I to one, with a copy of the iiro- 

 141,1m. This certilicate presented at the 

 hookino office in Kaiis;is City .-it time of 

 letiini will si-riire v;ilid,-it ion ot' tli.' 

 |-et 111 11. pdltion of the ticket. 



Trade Exhibition. 



Siiiiii- litt le sjiace is still a\ ail.-ilile in 

 the trade exhihition. but prospect-i\-e 

 exhibitors should m;ike application for 

 ipi.-irters without del.-iy, ,-is tlii-re is .-, 

 strong iirob.-ihility of e\ i-i \ ;i\ailabl.- 

 fool ol' s|iace heiiio taken up well in 

 .•idv;ince ot' the openino dav. 



The following exhibitors ,11,- in .-|,|di 

 t ion III the list rci-ently pnhlishr.i : 



I. I sii.ili ,V Sons. 11,1 i.-i vi.i , \ \ 



I'..-l i;liiai\ Il ralini; I'.. . 1 hi. at.. 



.\llaii I liiiiias.in. Chi. .11.'... 



l-:usi,-in Wn-atli Mfuv Co. rr..vi.|.ii. .. |; i 



I .\ Kiiiliii. St lioiiis, M... 



II H. K1...I Kiihls. Iti....kl.\n. \ V 

 I'.iMii.law .\ri K|. .«.-!■ r.i . riiic:m,, 



ddli II Ndiiiio . Sec 'v. 



Well Planted Home Grounds Are a Florist's Best Advertisement. 



KANSAS CITY COMMITTEES. 



The tldiists dt' Kansas City and \iciii- 

 it\ are busy with |irepar;it ions fo|- tin- 

 con\i-iition iif the Sdciety of .American 



