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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jam Aitv 11, 1900. 



not been divulged, roi' do wo iiitond it 

 shall be, as that i)Mrt of it concerns no 

 one but tlie parties to the <'ontract. It is 

 hardly necessary for me to tell the flo- 

 rists that no such sum was paid for it; 

 at the same time, we both liope and be- 

 lieve that Aristocrat will he worth all 

 and more than $4U,()()0 to the trade. 



I personally have watched Aristocrat 

 for the past three or four years and have 

 seen it fj;rovving under various conditions 

 and at different times of the year. I 

 was so impressed with it last season, long 

 before the January carnation meeting, 

 that 1 tried to purchase it, but Mr. Wit- 

 terstaettcr turned a deaf ear to all my 

 proposals, saying he intended to con- 

 vince himself by a further and thorough 

 trial; that Aristocrat should not leave 

 his place, either by selling the variety 

 outright or by dissemination,, until he 

 was sure it was all he thought it to l)e. 

 As the variety is now five years old, he 

 has been able to grow it in quantity. 

 Our highest hopes, as to its value, in 

 every respect have been realized; hence, 

 the sale (the greatest that ever was). In 

 color it is a trifle lighter tiiaii the Law- 

 son and very much brighter, anil is ex- 

 pected to displace that grand old variety 

 in the hearts and greenhouses of every- 

 one. 



When I first saw the Lawson, and even 

 after my company failed to get posses- 

 sion of it, I predicted that it would be 

 grown after all carnations of that day 

 were out of business. It was hard for 

 me to make many florists believe that, 

 but my judgment, as you know, was not 

 misplaced. I now claim that Aristocrat 

 ia just as far superior to present day va- 

 rieties as Lawson was in its <hiy, and 



will live longer than any variety I know 

 of, but to be thoroughly appreciated it 

 should be seen growing at Witterstaet- 

 ter's at Cincinrati, who will make an at- 

 tempt to show it in good shape at Boston 

 this niontii, not>vithstanding the fact that 

 his traiu leaves at noon on the Monday 

 and the (lowers will not be judged until 

 Weilnosday afternoon. It <-an also be 

 seen at Mr. Nicholson's, Framingham, 

 Mass., in a small quantity. 



James Hartsuorne. 



EBLE DESIGNS. 



The accompanying illustrations are 

 from photographs of two of the prize 

 winning designs at the fall exhibition of 

 the New Orleans Horticultural Society. 

 They were made by Chas. Eble, who also 

 won first i)rizc on basket of chrysanthe- 

 mums, on hand bouquet of chrysanthe- 

 mums and on group of palms. 



The first of these illustrations shows 

 a parasol of chrysanthemums which was 

 one of the unique features of the exhi- 

 bition. The other illustration is of a 

 basket of American Beauty and Rich- 

 mond roses witii lily of the valley and 

 adiantum. 



JOHN SCOTT'S ADDRESS. 



At his inauguration as president of 

 the New York ^"'lorists' Club, January 8, 

 Mr. Scott spoke as follows: 



Permit me again to thank you for the 

 high honor you have done me in electing 

 me as your president for the year 1906. 

 it is an honor at all times to be appre- 

 ciated, but doubly so when it comes en- 

 tirely unsolicited. As I intimated to you 

 on election night, my best endeavor will 



A Prize-winning Parasol of Chrysanthemums. 



always be put forth for the club's wel- 

 fare, and I ask the full support of the 

 other officers of the club and the com- 

 mittees that I will appoint, to the end 

 that the present may prove the b'anner 

 year in the history of our organization. 

 As you all know, the club is in a flour- 

 ishing condition, standing second to none 

 in the country. My earnest desire is to 

 maintain the present high standard and. 

 if possible, to advance it. I would ask 

 the hearty co-operation of every member. 

 It is only by all taking an interest in our 

 vyork and the securing of as many mem- 

 bers as possible that we can hope for 

 any progress. 



I should like also to repeat what sev- 

 eral of my worthy predecessors have al- 

 ready urged, namely, that when a sub- 

 ject is up for discussion, every member 

 having an opinion to express thereon 

 should do so. It should always be re- 

 membered that it is more beneficiit|, to 

 the members themselves, as well as adil 

 ing so to the interest of our meetings, to 

 discuss the club's affairs in the proper 

 place and at the proper time. 



The legislative committee, one of tlu' 

 most important in the club, has not had 

 much to do, I believe, during the past 

 couple of years, but I know that they 

 will continue to look out for the interests 

 of the club and its members as in the 

 past. 



One of the causes largely contributing 

 to the success of our meetings has been 

 the exhibits which have been brought to 

 the club-room. This is a feature that 1 

 should like to see continued and more 

 fully developed, and in order to do so I 

 .shall appoint a committee, to be known 

 as the exhibition committet. whose duty 

 it shall be to procure exhibits and en- 

 deavor to have a good showing every 

 meeting night. It is too much to expect 

 the committee of awards to get the 

 flowers and plants to the meeting and 

 judge them also. 



Another thing of importance, and 

 which T think is a big drawing card to 

 the meetings, ia a reading of essays and 

 illustrated lectures. For this purpose I 

 will appoint a committee, to be known 

 as the essay committee, whose duty it 

 will be to secure essayists, and to pro- 

 vide at least one illustrated lecture dur- 

 injj the year. 



Too much credit cannot l)e given to 

 the committee of awards. Their work 

 has |)rovcd of great value to the club 

 and to the exhibitors. In this regard I 

 will mention my own case. The award 

 made by our committee to my fern was 

 one that I prized most highly and I am 

 really unable to say at the present 

 moment just how much benefit I received 

 from it ; but it was the comments I heard 

 on this report which made me realize, 

 more than ever, the great importance of 

 the endorsement of the New York Fhi- 

 rists' Club, an importance not only local, 

 but national, and even international. The 

 rules adopted March 13, 1905, covering 

 exhibits in the club-room, are very ex- 

 plicit and a copy of the same should be 

 in the hands of every member. Certifi- 

 cates of merit, cultural certificates ancl 

 cards pf honorable mention are awarded 

 to exhibits made before the club< ami 

 from a grower's standpoint, I believe, 

 securing one of these honors should be 

 an incentive toward having even more 

 exhibits of flowers, plants and novelties 

 than we have had. 



Speaking of flower shows, the experi- 

 ence of the club in the past does not 

 hold out much encouragement to go ahead 



