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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 17, 1905. 



F. W. Bolgiano. 



(Of tht> Committee on Reception.) 



sioned in the receiving of shipments and 

 the delivery of flowers to outgoing 

 steamers. 



Louis Dupuy, of "Whitestone, is back 

 from his European trip. 



A. L. Miller, of Jamaica avenue, 

 Brooklyn, has the sympathy of all in the 

 loss of his mother. 



Hon. J. S. Larke, Canadian consul at 

 Sidney, Australia, was in the city last 

 week on his way to a visit with old 

 friends in Canada. He is known to New 

 York floriculture as an extensive shipper 

 of kentia seeds from New South Wales to 

 this country. 



New York to Washinsftoo. 



The New York delegation to the con- 

 vention, reinforced by two dozen of the 

 Boston "faithful," making a total of 

 about 120, left by special train via the 

 Pennsylvania railroad at 10:55 Monday 

 morning. The day dawned clear and 

 cool and the crowd seemed to partake 

 of the harmonious influence of the ideal 

 weather. A more delightful reunion has 

 never characterized the start of a con- 

 vention from the New York standpoint. 



Many of the exhibitors had preceded 

 the special so that considerably over 100 

 New Yorkers, according to prophecy, 

 practically demonstrated their interest i^ 

 the success of the national society. Sev- 

 eral prospective oflScers were on board 

 and a good deal of good natured dis- 

 cussiop occurred on the ^ay witli some 

 real electioneering concerhing which, 

 Wednesday may have more to say. The 

 special carried' none but floriculturists, 

 as guaranteed, and they certainly owned 

 the train. The dining car was in good 

 hands, with J. B. Nugent, Jr., general- 

 issimo, and Joe Manda, Joe Fenrich and 

 Bobby Schultz as lieutenant-generals. 

 Charles Weathered proved an able aide- 

 de-camp and wielded the sword with skill. 

 A more generous supply of everything 



and the best of everything in fowl, fruit 

 and ice cream with all that goes there- 

 with, including fluid extracts that ap- 

 pealed to the most orthodox taste and to 

 the palate of the Scottish veterans. 



President Traendly was here, there and 

 everywhere looking after the comfort of 

 the guests and membejrs of the club and 

 making everybody feel at home. Many 

 of the old standbys were missing, but 

 several veterans attended. Samuel Hen- 

 shaw was back from his summer in Eng- 

 land several years younger than in 1904. 

 •fames Dean and family from Freeport 

 were on hand. Messrs. Montgomery and 

 Elliott, with twenty-five other Bostonese 

 voted the New York Club the kind of 

 hosts one reads about. The visitors were 

 loud in appreciation of their welcome. A 

 "Nugent punch" on tap vied, some de- 

 clared, with the famous Westcott brew. 



The bulb trade was happily represent- 

 ed by Mrs. H. H. Berger and Mr. Hage- 

 man. August Rhotert and wife upheld 

 the nursery interests. Madison sent a 

 handsome delegation, or quartette, in 

 Herrington, Totty, Shannon and Schultz. 

 Mr. Herrington 's brother William, from 

 Sussex County, England, head master of 

 the schools there, came along. Brook- 

 lyn was ably represented. Flatbush do- 

 nated Louis Schmutz, Sr., and wife. John 

 Scott was there, telling of the big plant 

 he will have next year when his new 

 range of 100x160 is completed and his 

 whole Keap street place in addition trans- 

 ferred to his present headquarters. Mr. 

 and Mrs. J. L. Pomell and son, oif Mill- 

 brook, and Mr. Russell, made a fiqe dele- 

 gation of the gardening fraternity from 

 the Poughkeepsie section. Mr. Weber, 

 of Lynbrook, was steeped in Victory. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Guttman were among the hap- 

 piest on board. Will Siebrecht is, bring- 

 ing up his boys in the way they should 

 go. He had two of them with him. Pat- 

 ten and Fisher, the carnation kings from 



the east, were contented members of the 

 family. Phil Kessler and wife brought 

 the prize baby along, the only two-year- 

 old on the train, though several seemed 

 to feel like two-year-olds before the jour- 

 ney ended. The hail man and rubber 

 man were much in evidence. P. R. Pier- 

 son ably represented the claims of Ele- 

 gantissima. Dairs, of Orange, De La 

 Mare, Pepper and Wallace with the 

 writer, made up the newspaper contin- 

 gent. Gaedeke was there from New 

 Hampshire and John Birnie and John 

 Donaldson, with their families, ably 

 stood for the land of the heather. 



H. J. Smith, of Hinsdale, Mass., and 

 Wood, of Providence, R. I., were among 

 the visitors. Washington was reached at 

 5, in ample time for securing rooms and 

 preparation for the evening greetings. 

 The reception committee at Washington 

 was at the train with earnest welcome 

 and all seemed enthused and hopeful as 

 to the success of the convention. The 

 halls seem crowded and everybody is 

 busy completing the setting of the ex- 

 hibits. 



Bowling is indulged in by the visitors 

 in preparation for the big match on 

 Wednesday and the New York club will 

 be selected tonight from the averages 

 made. The weather is delightfully cool 

 this evening and if the boys will continue 

 it through the week everybody will be 

 more than satisfied. Especially are the 

 Washingtonians praying for the full 

 moon's influence in behalf of a nice 

 evening tomorrow for the reception. A 

 fine rainstorm is laying the dust and cool- 

 ing the temperature as this letter starts 

 for the west. I predict one of the great- 

 est conventions in the society's history. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



-WATCH US GROW.'* 



The phrase so well known through 

 continuous advertising, "Watch Us 

 Grow," was largely used by M. Rice & 

 Co. at the convention. Nearly all their 

 signs had some kind of a watch at- 

 tached and their souvenir was the Jap- 

 anese water flower, which when put in 

 water grows and flowers while you 

 watch it; in fact, it grows almost as 

 fast as the Rice business has grown in 

 the last few years. 



CHICAGO TO WASHINGTON. 



There were on board the special train 

 out of Chicago: 



Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Hauswirth, V. 

 Bergman, Mr. Poyer, Mr. and Mrs. Aug. 

 Poehlmann, Mr. and Mrs. John Poehl- 

 mann, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, Miss 

 Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Winterson, 

 Mrs. Kreitling, J. S. Stevens, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Schummer, Mr, and Mrs. J. S. Wil- 

 son, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Bruns, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Fritz Bahr, Alex. Henderson, Mr. 

 Dietsch, Louis Wittbold, W. J. Rupp, P. 

 J. Foley, John Muir, F. W. Martin, J. 

 Kidwell, Mr. Morrison and M. Barker, 

 of Chicago. D. E. England, T. W. Tay- 

 lor and Mr. Philpott, of Winnipeg, 

 Man.; O. J. Olsen, of St. Paul; J. 

 Staack, of Moline; W. Greene and C. N. 

 Page, of Des Moines; F. C. Smith, of 

 Ashland, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Dil- 

 ger, of Milwaukee; P. O'Neil, of Elgin; 

 J. T .Temple, of Davenport ; James Hart- 

 shorne, of Joliet; J. C. Rennison, Sioux 

 City. 



At Detroit they were joined by Mr. 

 and Mrs. Phil Breitmeyer, Mr. and Mrs. 

 H. Maynard, Mr. and Mrs. Scribner, 

 John Dunn, Walter Taepke, J. F. 



