March 15, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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ahead of any former efforts. Songs, 

 fancy dancing and music of the violin 

 followed each other rapidly and all were 

 worthy of the artists and the club, and 

 it was nearly midnight before the com- 

 pany of -00 departed to tfie harmony of 

 Auld Lang Syne. 



Various Notes. 



Wednesday evening, March 14, "Use- 

 ful and Economic Plants" was dis 

 cussed at the American Institute, G. V. 

 Nash, the lecturer on the orchids at the 

 Florists' Club, Monday evening, being 

 the principal speaker. Mr. Nash is one 

 of Sam'l Henshaw's pupils. 



It was Mr. Blake, of Bonnot & Blake, 

 Brooklyn, who was ill last week, as the 

 balance of my notes concerning him in- 

 dicated. This firm is badly cramped for 

 room and need a store double the size 

 for their increasing business. 



F. H. Traendly and E. V. Hallock, of 

 the S. A. F. executive committee, are 

 home from Dayton, after a very strenu- 

 ous week's work. 



The auctions are in full blast, but the 

 blast is not yet very strong, and the 

 early birds are not quite ready to com- 

 mence nesting, or planting. Prices are 

 certain to be good this season. Fine rose 

 stock is in demand and scarce. 



The plant market will locate at the 

 old stand and under the big tent, as 

 usual. That big building for the market 

 association, which the city was to build, 

 is sidetracked somewhere, but everything 

 will come to him who waits. John Bir- 

 nie is still optimistic ana av - live to 

 see his ambition realized. 



Joseph A. Manda is still ill at the hos- 

 pital in Orange where he has been for 

 five weeks. He is very weak, but at last 

 reports was convalescent and hungry. 



Chas. Millang is never happy unless he 

 has two or three enterprises on liis 

 hands and he manages to make a success 

 of all of them. Now it is a big livery at 

 104 W. Thirtieth street, where he has 

 leased the whole building. He has just 

 disposed of a fine team to Herman Drey- 

 er, of Woodside. 



Max Limprecht, president of the Lim- 

 preeht Florists' Supply Co., celebrated 

 his forty-fourth birthday last Sunday 

 with appropriate festivities. A surprise 

 party, of over fifty friends, made merry 

 and it was well on in the week before 

 Max realized he was in the Dr. Osier 

 division. 



The green carnation is here. The whole- 

 salers anticipate an unusual demand for 

 the manufactured novelty and are pre- 

 paring for it. The growers, too, are get- 

 ting wise and Bobby Schultz was seek- 

 ing the green fluid on Monday to have his 

 finger in the pie with the rest of the 

 Hibernians. The plantsmen, too, are an- 

 ticipating the sure demand for "the dear 

 little shamrock" and many of the 

 wholesalers are stocked. "There's noth- 

 ing too good for the Irish." 



John Lewis Childs' great gladiolus, 

 America, is having a phenomenal sale. 



Peter Crowe, Mrs. Crowe anc< daughter 

 are visiting in New York, also Mr. and 

 Mrs. Phil Breitmeyer, of Detroit. 



Mr. Sander, of Sander & Son, the 

 great English orchidists, arrived ^rom 

 Ijondon on Saturday, accompanied by 

 Mr. Mellstrom, the firm's new American 

 representative. 



Bowlin£. 



Last Thursday, as usual, the Flatbusli 

 Bowling Club enjoyed an excellent even- 

 ing of sport. Two handsome prizes were 

 awarded the highest averages in two 

 games, with the following results: 



J. F. Ammann, President Illinois State Florists* Association. 



Player. 1st 2(1 



.John Soott 212 147 



.1. A. Shaw 148 164 



I'. Riley 178 121) 



Phil Kessler 140 154 



Louis Sohniuti! 14l) 158 



H. DRllledou/e 14S 148 



Alfred Zeller 13(1 159 



V. Dailledouy.e 145 121 



C. Wooker 08 116 



I'. Keuiper 8:; 89 



C. Breed 82 74 



J. Austin Shaav 



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ILLINOIS FLORISTS. 



First Annual Convention. 



The first annual convention of the 

 lilinois State Florists' Association was 

 held at Peoria, March 9. There were 

 about forty present and the organization 

 of the society was pushed along to com- 

 ])letion. 



The convention was called to order at 

 10 a. m. by the temporary chairman, 

 James Hartsliorne, who introduced Chas. 

 Loveridge, of Peoria, Avho assumed the 

 chair. After a brief greeting Mr. Lov- 

 eridge introduced Mayor Tolson, who 

 performed the time-honored function of 

 )>resenting the keys of the city. The 

 morning session was devoted to the adop- 

 tion of by-laws lor the government of 

 the organization. The by-laws fix tlio 

 iuinual duos at $1; life nienibershi]>. 



At noon tlie florists of Peoria enter- 

 tained the visitors at lunch at the Hotel 

 Fay. At the afternoon session the fol- 

 lowing olficers were elected : President, 

 .1. F. Ammann, of Edwardsviile; vice- 

 ])resident8, J. C Vaughan, Chicago; H. 

 \V. Buckboe, Rockford; John Willius, 

 Danville; Albert T. Hey, Springfield; 

 Oscar Augspurger, Peoria; Joseph HeinI, 

 Jacksonville; A. W. Wenster, Centralia, 

 vice-presidents to constitute tiie board 

 of directors; secretary, H. Hasselbring, 



(liiicago; treasurer, George A. Kuhl, 

 Pekin, 111. 



An invitation to hold the second an- 

 luial convention at Bloomington was pre- 

 sented by the Bloomington delegation. 

 Tlie balance of the afternoon was de- 

 voted to a discussion of the purposes for 

 which the society is organized, especially 

 tne feature of obtaining legislation for 

 exjieriniental greenhouses at the state 

 agricultural college. 



The Benthey-Coatsworth Co., of Chi- 

 cago and New (Jastle, Ind., had a fine 

 exhibit of Bride and Bridesmaid roses, 

 and W. H. Gullett & Sons, Lincoln, 111., 

 Iiad an exhibit of excellent carnations 

 and roses. 



The Chicago dek^gation present in- 

 cluded J. P. Foley, P. J. Hauswirth, H. 

 Hasselbring, L. Coatsworth, John Deg- 

 nan. .». (J. Vaughan and Anton Then. 

 Others present were Geo. M. Garland, 

 Dos Plaines, 111.; Jos. Smely, Aurora, 

 111.; Jas. Hartshorne and A. F. Longren, 

 .loliet. 111.; E. E. Petersen, Denver, 

 lolo.; ,r. F. Ammann, Edwardsviile; 

 Messrs. Washburn, Bloomington; A. R. 

 Knowles, Bloomington; Jos. Heinl, Jack- 

 sonville; H. W. Gullett, ijincoln; Albert 

 T. Hey, Springfield, and a number ot 

 others. \\\] the Peoria florists were j)res- 

 cnt. 



Laxc.v.stkr, Pa.— ,1. Paul Eisch will 

 litTcafter conduct his ])lace at Marshall 

 and Walnut streets, wln-re he started fif- 

 I teen years jigo. For the past two years 

 ] he W!is manager of the (Jlen Gable Gar- 

 den at Wyebrooke. 



DkKai.i?, Ii.i..— .F. L. .Tohnson, who has 

 ' h;i(l the care of the greenhouses at the 

 Hoys' Jlonie, St. Charles, 111., has pur- 

 chased land in the e.ast end of town and 

 is i.repnring to build greenhouses for 

 vegetable forcing. A good truck garden 

 has long been needed here. 



