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September 1, 1904. 



TheWcekly Rorists' Review. 



713 



Fancy Clipped Box Trees at Establishment of Julius Roehrs, Rutherford, N. J. 



BUFFALO. 



Washington is Popular. 



Since our return from St. Louis we find 

 that all our brother florists are well 

 pleased with Washington for next year's 

 convention, and the boys of the capital 

 can rest assured that it will be a rous- 

 ing, old-time convention. If we remem- 

 ber aright, the first Washington conven- 

 tion was a "buster" in every respect. 

 We promise to be Gude-Gude boys, while 

 all being Freemen in our actions. 



A Grand Gladiolus. 



Business for the past two weeks has 

 been well up to the average of this dull- 

 est of seasons. Carnations are scarcely 

 visible. Sweet peas are getting poor 

 and roses are at their lowest ebb, ex- 

 cept Kaiserins and some Beauties. As- 

 ters and gladioli are now the staples. 

 Speaking of gladioli, we received a hun- 

 dred spikes a few da3'3 ago from Frank 

 Banning, of Kinsman, Ohio, of a light, 

 soft pink variety named Reuben H. War- 

 der. We think we have seen a good 

 many gladioli in our time, but never, as- 

 suredly, have we ever seen such a flower 

 as this. In color, an stoutness of spike 

 and in size and substance of flowers it is 

 wonderful. It simply eclipses all va- 

 rieties we ever saw. We are told by 

 George Asmus, of Chicago, that when 

 Reuben H. Warder appears in the Chi- 

 <ago market it is fought for and obtains 

 a high price, and no wonder. 



Florists* Qub Picnic 



Last Thursday the Florists' Club held 

 its annual outing. About 175 turned 

 out. The place selected was a private club 

 house on Grand Island, known as the 

 Half-Past Twelve Club, of which W. F. 

 Kasting is a member. We got off late 

 and before we were far out on the bil- 

 lows of the usually calm but rapid Niag- 

 ara, a small cyclone met us as it came 

 up from the falls, and seldom has old 

 Niagara put on more airs. The tug went 

 plowing through, but the flat-bottomed 

 scow that held most of the party rose 

 and fell like a bottle-nosed whale and, 

 besides producing that funny feeling in 

 many, it put serious thoughts in others, 

 men (particularly young sinners) as well 

 as women, so much so that as soon as 

 terra firma was reached, hurried prepara- 



tions were looked up for a safer return. 

 Very few, however, were allowed to leave 

 the crowd. The rain stopped, the wind 

 went down and a start was made to car- 

 ry out the program of sports which had 

 been carefully prepared. But two events 

 were run, besides the ball game. The 

 hundred-yard dash was won by Charlie 

 Reickert, L. Longley, second, W. Greaver, 

 third. In the ladies' race of fifty yards 

 Mrs. Reickert was first and Mrs. J. 

 Bailey second. All eyes were so intense- 

 ly fascinated witli the action and stride 

 of the winner that no one was placed 

 third. This race was known as the 

 Grand Island Selling Stakes. The first 

 prize was a bottle of whiskey, second a 

 piano and third a baby carriage. Think- 

 ing that the ball game was of greater 

 general interest, the east side lined up 

 against the west and the east side won by 

 a score of 8 to 1. The batterv for the 

 east was Johnnie Weiss and David Scott, 

 for the west Roland Cloudsley and Rob- 

 bie Scott, umpire W. F. Kasting. "* Some 

 thought his decisions impartial, some 

 thought he was horribly rank. He im- 

 posed many fines for disputed decisions 

 and sass from the players and W. A. 

 Adams was ejected from the grounds 

 for all-round kicking and back talk. 



Then came the inevitable camera, then 

 .a most enjoyable repast, marred only 

 by the fact that we couldn 't all sit down 

 together. There was irrigation and fu- 

 migation in abundance. Then there was 

 dancing. About 9 o'clock the whistle 

 blew, the anchor weighed and "AH 

 aboard ! ' ' was the word. It 's greatly 

 to be deplored that the program could 

 not be run off, but it's going to be. The 

 Buffalo Florists' Derby would have 

 caused much merriment, as it had a 

 large entry list and each contestant had 

 to carry on his back for seventy-five 

 yards a man or boy weighing not less 

 than 130 pounds. 



Notwithstanding the subsidence of the 

 storm, the comparative calm and the 

 moon 's soft light, a score of the young 

 and nervous element hired hay racks and 

 rode through the woods to the east side 

 of the island to catch another steamer. 

 Recollections of the flat-bottomed scow 

 and fried chicken were too much for them 

 and so they missed a most enjoyable 

 part of the day 's outing. An impromptu 

 chairman installed himself and called 



upon many present for * ' a few remarks ' ' 

 or a little story from L. H. Neuljeck, 

 Wm. Eihmann, Wm. Hewson, C. H. 

 Keitsch, Prof. Cowell, Mr. Collins, of 

 Pine Hill; D. B. Long, Emil Brucker, 

 George Troup, Rudolph Boettger and 

 some others not intentionally omitted. 

 Mr. Long spoke earnestly of the McKin- 

 ley monument, to which it is the privi- 

 lege of the florists to contribute $10,000 

 for its perpetual care. Mr. Long will 

 make an excellent chairman to raise the 

 local offering. George Troup, the able 

 superintendent of our matchless Forest 

 Lawn cemetery, took occasion to say 

 that on his part there was not the slight- 

 est wish to infringe or curtail the busi- 

 ness done by the florists in Forest Lawn. 

 His first duty and service was to his 

 charge, but he hoped that always would 

 there be most pleasant relations between 

 the superintendent and the florists and 

 whatever he could do to promote that un- 

 derstanding would be his aim. W. S. 

 told of his experience on the field of 

 Chickamauga, when cared for by a col- 

 ored family, and just then the scow 

 bumped up against the landing place. 



In conclusion I am instructed to say 

 by several of those young men who rode 

 through the dark woods on a hay rack, 

 that as they had Mrs. Phil Hauswirth 

 and Mrs. George Asmus. of Chicago, 

 with them, they by no means envied any- 

 one. W. S. 



PAYS FOR MONEY ORDERS. 



The Templin & Sons Co.. of Calla, 

 Ohio, last spring introduced a feature 

 in their mail order business which was 

 ao convenient and satisfactory to their 

 patrons that it would seem worthy of 

 adoption by the seed and plant trade in 

 general. They announced in their cata- 

 logue that the cost of every postoffice 

 money order or express money order 

 should be deducted from the amount sent 

 them in ordering sseds, plants, etc., from 

 them. The firm seems well pleased 

 with the results, and will doubtless con- 

 tinue the same liberal offer in future. 



T. S. T. 



Cresco, Ia. — W. B. Perry says that 

 the general report is that palms are slow 

 sale with Iowa florists. 



