July 12, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



467 



usual summer holiday, both magnates and 

 employees. 



The Picnic. 



The club's outing, briefly reported last 

 week, is a happy memory to the partici- 

 pants. In the baby contest the follow- 

 ing proud mothers competed, and none 

 of their babies was forgotten: Mrs. F. 

 H. Traendly, Mrs. John Foley, Mrs. 

 Louis Schmutz, Jr., Mrs. Smith, 

 Mrs. Vocke, Mrs. Fenrich, Mrs. 

 Hunt, Mrs. Bohlen, Mrs. John 

 Scott, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Miller. Mrs. 

 Sullivan and Mrs. Manda. The judges 

 had a serious task. No such galaxy of 

 youthful beauty has ever been seen at 

 an outing in this country. Mr. Traendly 

 seemed several inches taller after the de- 

 cision for first prize was awarded his 

 heir and this, with the fat men's prize, 

 made the Isabel too small a ship to hold 

 him. Next year the competition will be 

 keener and larger. The florists here 

 agree with the President on the family 

 question. 



The music was continuous. At the 

 dinner vocalists added to the melody and 

 400 joined in the choruses. The club is 

 talking, of a larger boat for next year. 



were more enthusiastic than the maidens 

 and their racing was artistic. Mrs. 

 Smith won first honors. Miss Manda 

 still holds the record among the unmar- 

 ried ladies and is always No. 1. The fat 

 men had hard sledding against Traendly. 

 Mr. Bohmler made a good try for a 240- 

 pounder. Will Elliott ran well for ten 

 yards, and the other fellows "fell by the 

 way. ' ' Chicago was heard from in the 

 quarter-mile race, F. Lautenschlager 

 winning first honors. The tug of war 

 was a heart-breaking struggle of five 

 minutes' duration with the growers vic- 

 tors. The whole ten were exhausted and 

 the excitement could be heard a mile. 



Chairtnan Wheeler was a strenuous 

 coacher and manager and had a hot 

 afternoon. The success of the day was 

 greatly to his individual credit. Presi- 

 dent Scott aided greatly in producing 

 the triumphant culmination of the yearly 

 festival. Perfect harmony and decorum 

 characterized the occasion from start to 

 finish and the New York Florists' Club 

 has added another record to its history. 



Various Notes. 



James Coyle, of Froment's, is away to 

 the mountains. Mr. Froment is rear- 



Sweet Pea Plantation of George Waldbart, St. Louis, at Clayton, Mo. 



The day was well chosen. All the 

 schools were closed and the children were 

 all made happy with some memento of 

 the occasion. The supply of everything 

 on the boat was abundant. The dinner 

 fulfilled all promises, as usual, at the 

 excellent resort chosen. The committee 

 worked tirelessly and deserves the com- 

 mendation it received. The only disap- 

 pointment about those yearly outings is 

 the lack of time to complete the contests, 

 so that all may enjoy them. The sports 

 are so numerous that all the strain of a 

 three-ring circus is experienced. The 

 only way to please everybody will be to 

 make it a two-days outing. The bowl- 

 ing alone was sufficient for the sport of 

 an afternoon. Fifteen handsome prizes 

 rewarded the lady winners, with Mrs. 

 Whitman in the lead. Joe Manda led 

 the men find his score had no remnants 

 of typhoid fever in it. John Birnie was 

 close after him. About 250 bowlers of 

 both sexes participated in this contest. 

 The prizes in all the games were valu- 

 able and gave great satisfaction to the 

 winners. Charlie Lenker was loaded 

 with a bicycle won by one of his kids. 

 Mr. Pepper won John Birnie 's silk um- 

 brella. Mansfield gave an exhibition of 

 fancy swimming. Tiie married ladies 



ranging his big store and adding room 

 and conveniences, evidently with enlarged 

 faith in the coming season now less than 

 two months away. 



J. K. Allen, as the bookkeeper. Miss 

 Smedley is away on her summer outing, 

 has his hands full from 6 o 'clock every 

 morning, and the Jersey mosquitoes over 

 in Kearney are no great comfort during 

 the night. 



For this time of the year Victory car- 

 nations are reaching the market in fine 

 condition, the old plants still doing duty. 

 Some 15,000 weekly are handled by A. J. 

 Guttman. Guttman & Weber report a 

 large booking of orders and plants in 

 first-class condition. 



H. H. Berger & Co. report their new 

 catalogue ready for distribution. Mrs. 

 Berger and Miss Berger have returned 

 from their first outing of the season. 



The travel to Europe continues, among 

 the latest voyagers being R. C. Pye, of 

 Xyack; David Fraser, of Pittsburg; 

 •Tohn Heeremans, of Madison; Charles 

 Plumb, of Detroit; S. Burnett, the seeds- 

 man, and Peter Duff, of Orange, N. J. 



The Kervan Co.. of West Twenty-sev- 

 enth street, lost a faithful employee last 

 week, Richard Cooper having been run 

 over bv an automobile. 



C. W. Ward is on a western trip and 

 Frank Hamilton, of the (Jottage Gardens 

 Co., has resigned his position as manager 

 of the landscape department on account 

 of failing health. 



At the "little church around the cor- 

 ner" L. W. C. Tuthill, of the Horticul- 

 tural Ad. Agency, last week joined the 

 ranks of the benedicts. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Tuthill went to Gloucester, Mass., for 

 their honeymoon. 



James McManus is one of the Elks 

 who will journey to the great convention 

 at Denver. While away he will take in 

 the loup trips in the Rockies, over the 

 Marshall pass, and will climb Pike's 

 Peak with the rest of the brethren. 



Frank Millang has some wonderful 

 fish stories from his own trout stream at 

 his summer home in Westchester county. 



The ambition to become suburbanites 

 is growing among the wholesalers. Sucb 

 glowing descriptions of fresh air and 

 quietude and reliable eggs and other 

 foods are coming in from those already- 

 blessed with country homes. I venture 

 to predict that every wholesaler in the 

 business will have his farm before the 

 century is eight years old. 



Harry Bunyard, of Boddington 's, is 

 back from a successful trip and getting 

 ready for the convention. He reports a 

 great interest in the Dayton meeting 

 wherever he has been and predicts a 

 record crowd. The New York section 

 will be well represented. All the great 

 exhibitors will make fine displays. Reed 

 & Keller promise an attractive showing 

 of all their latest novelties. A letter 

 from Mr. Reed, who is in Italy, indi- 

 cates that Mrs. Reed and he are having a 

 delightful time and will not be home 

 before the early fall. 



A. Herrmann, who has been in Europe 

 for several weeks, returns Wednesday 

 with many interesting additions to his 

 stock of florists' supplies 



A. Moltz has been a\/ ,y for a two 

 weeks ' vacation. 



Carrillo & Baldwin, at Secaucus, N. J., 

 have eight houses devoted exclusively to 

 orchids and are lapidly stocking them 

 from their own importations. Mr. Car- 

 rillo, who spent six months in South 

 America and has been at home for only 

 a few weeks, started on Saturday for 

 Venezuela and will continue to gather 

 and ship until every bench is filled. Mc- 

 Manus handles the cut flowers grown by 

 this progressive young firm. Mr. Bald- 

 win reports a steady demand for plants 

 from all over the country. 



Fred Atkins has just completed a very 

 handsome residence on his property at 

 Rutherford. It is situated close to the 

 nurseries and overlooks a splendid coun- 

 try. These nurseries now comprise over 

 100 acres and are planted with the finest 

 stock of every description. The bay 

 trees are almost a forest in them- 

 selves. The greenhouses are filled with 

 palms of every size. Herbaceous plant- 

 ings are extensive. One can hardly real- 

 ize the wonderful growth of this enter- 

 prise in seven years without spending a 

 day there. Large additions are to be 

 made to the offices at once and every- 

 thing indicates progress and prosperity. 

 Mr. Atkins says the nursery business in 

 this country is only in its infancy, and 

 Bobbink & Atkins are laying broad and 

 deep foundations for the growth that is 

 to be. 



C. W, Ward is on the program for an 

 address at the international conference 

 on plant breeding to be held in London, 

 England, beginning July 30. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



