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The Weekly Florists' Review- 



AUGUST 30, 1906. 



dered the National Cash Register Co. 

 for its entertainment and a separate 

 set of resolutions was ordered engrossed 

 for presentation to John M. Patterson, 

 expressive of the society's appreciation, 

 not only of his courtesies to the S. A. F. 

 but recognizing his great work for the 

 extension of the love of floriculture and 

 the welfare of the community. It was a 

 recognition well deserved. 



Presentations. 



At the session Thursday evening a 

 pleasant feature was the presentation 

 of a chest of silver to President Kast- 

 ing. It was where J. D. Carmody 

 blooms perennially. He said, being a 

 foundryman, he is somewhat in the cast- 

 ing business, and it must not be thought 

 he was casting about for any other job 

 because he now took so much pleasure in 

 presenting silver castings to President 

 Kastmg, for the equal enjoyment of 

 Mrs. Kasting and the little Kastings. 



When the recipient had replied, Robert 

 Craig took the floor and presented to 

 the retiring secretary, William J. Stew- 

 art, a purse of gold as an evidence of the 

 many friendships he had formed during 

 his twenty years in oflSce. 



Friday afternoon the exhibitors pre- 

 sented to Horace J. Frank a lily bulb. 

 Col. Castle gave him a little talk about 

 Harrisii being scarce this year and told 

 him it was about the finest bulb of the 

 crop, and it was, for between the scales 

 were nice, crisp greenbacks to the 

 amount of $65. The exhibitors were 

 all well pleased with Mr. Frank's man- 

 agement and took this way of showing 

 it. 



Trade Exhibits. 



Trade exhibits continued to come in 

 right up to the closing day. In addi- 

 tion to the long list reported last week, 

 there were the following: 



E. A. Beaven, Evergreen, Ala., fade- 

 less moss and Southern decorative 

 greens. 



A. C. Oelschig & Son, Savannah, Ga., 

 rubber plants. 



F. W. Griflin, Cleveland, 0., the Sabin 

 adjustable plant stand. 



Lockland Lumber Co., Lockland, O., 

 model greenhouse. 



Growl Fern Co., Millington, Mass., 

 ferns and cut evergreens. 



S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia, table 

 of Asplenium Nidus-Avis, the bird 'a nest 

 fern. 



Weed Supply Co., Dayton, pipe cut- 

 ters, threaders, etc. 



Entertainments. 



Many of those who went to Dayton 

 expected little in the way of entertain- 

 ment, having in mind that the resources 

 of the comparatively few florists there 

 were much smaller than in any city 

 previously visited. But the Daytonians 

 were not one jot behind those who have 

 entertained the society in former years 

 in the cordiality and generosity of their 

 hospitality. Aided by the cash register 

 people, who have an especial fondness 

 for florists, the entertainment committee 

 had really more than could be done jus- 

 tice to. There was something on every 

 minute the convention was not in ses- 

 sion. 



Had it not been for the rain on 

 Tuesday night the president's reception 

 would have been a triumph. As it was 

 the supper, reception and lecture at 

 Welfare hall was a splendid alternative. 

 The illumination at Far Hills occurred 

 Thursday evening and was missed by 



many who would have seen and appre- 

 ciated it had it taken place as scheduled. 

 It was a display not in the least de- 

 scribed by the word applied to it, illu- 

 mination, for the effect was not only 

 one of great beauty but the novelty of 

 the idea was most striking. The trees 

 on the splendid estate bore for the 

 occasion a crop of electric fruit in the 

 form and coloring of grapes, apples, 

 peaches, pears, etc. 



On Wednesday the bowling contests 

 took place at two amusement parks. 

 Lunch was provided and the ladies were 

 not only taken out in special cars but 

 were given free admission to everything 

 in the parks while the men were bowl- 

 ing. Wednesday evening there was a 

 dance at the fair-groun(£ and on other 

 evenings music. Thursday the gunners 

 were entertained and the ladies were 

 taken to the matinee. 



W. H. Horlacher. 



(A popular and profrresalve Daytonlan.) 



Friday morning was spent at the cash 

 register plant, where the cleanliness and 

 order must have inspired in many the 

 desire for better things in their own 

 bailiwick. In the afternoon several spe- 

 cial cars took the visitors for a ride 

 over the city lines, including a visit 

 to Dayton's other show place, the Sol- 

 dier's home, where Governor Thomas 

 held a reception. At Memorial hall 

 President Kasting thanked all concerned 

 in the generous hospitalities of the week. 

 He was followed by J. B. Heiss, presi- 

 dent of the Dayton Florists' Club, and 

 Charles Lutzenberger, chairman of the 

 entertainment committee, who said sim- 

 ply that it had been a pleasure for 

 Dayton to have the convention and to 

 do what could be done to add to the 



enjoyment of the visitors. Inspection 

 was then made of the 600 acres of most 

 beautiful grounds, evidently the creation 

 of a thorough landscape gardener. This 

 was followed by a concert by the Home's 

 splendid band. It is a wonderful place, 

 but the visit was saddened by the 

 thought, which came to many, of the 

 6,000 old boys in blue waiting here in 

 the twilight of life for the only call 

 yet to come to them, to join the regi- 

 ments gone before to the already great 

 camp of the dead, just over the hill. 



Shooting Q>ntest. 



The gunners were not particularly ex- 

 pert, but they had a great deal of fun 

 Thursday afternoon. In the shoot for 

 teams of five men the Daytonians won 

 by a wide margin, the announced score 

 of 190 to 173 being viewed with sus- 

 picion. The individual scores were as 

 follows : 



Brown, Richmond, Va 17 



Seybold, Baltimore 14 



Rodgers, Cincinnati 13 



Hlbbard, Youngstown 12 



Altlck, Dayton 12 



Scott, Buffalo 11 



Young, St. Louis 10 



Relmels, New York 9 



Herendeen, Geneva 7 



Rasmussen, New Albany 6 



Brown won a fine rifle, Seybold a 

 camera, Rodgers a fishing rod, Hibbard 

 a shooting jacket, Altick a sweater, 

 Scott a hunting coat. Young a hunting 

 knife, Reimels an axe, Herendeen a 

 cleaning rod and Rasmussen a wallet. 



Final Individual Contest. 



The high score men in the teams and 

 in the preliminary individual contest 

 had a warm contest Wednesday evening 

 for the diamond-studded championship 

 medal. It was won by W. H. Ernest, 

 of Washington. Two games were rolled, 

 total pins to count. The scores follow: 



W. H. Ernest 363 



C. L. Slebold 347 



George Asmus 344 



D. T. Connor 32S 



C. Graham 320 



W. Mansfield 317 



J. J. Beneke 208 



C. C. Pollworth 295 



A . Rasmussen 271 



E. Donaldson 262 



Cuttings and Seedlings. 



Hot! Hot!! Hot!!! Hot!!!! 



This week it is comfortably cool in 

 Dayton. 



Foley's fans finely fitted feverish flo- 

 rists' fancies. 



The cash register people were entitled 

 to some advertising out of it. It is 

 reported that they spent in the interests 

 of the convention as much money as the 

 total cost of certain recent and success- 

 ful conventions. Besides there are those 

 who say that John H. Patterson has 

 performed more real service in the ex- 

 tension of floriculture than has the S. 

 A. F. itself. 



How true it is that all the real work 

 of the society is accomplished at the 

 meetings of the executive committee will 

 be seen from a perusal of the proceed- 

 ings of the Dayton convention. Prac- 

 tically every matter was disposed of 

 by : " Move it be referred to the execu- 

 tive committee." "Second the motion." 

 "All in favor." "Carried." 



The badge book was distinctly all 

 right. It was a great convenience and 

 should be continued, though no official 

 action was taken to that end. In a few 

 years it will become a great help in the 

 collection of dues, for all intending to 

 attend a convention will wish to pay 

 soon enough to get their names and 

 numbers into the ba<1ge book. This year 



