January 17, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



621 



Delivery Team Beloogiag to C. C. Trefel, Brooklyn, N. Y, 



(The value of the outfit is 11,600.) 



Nugent, Jr., J. H. Pepper, W. J. Stew- 

 art, Walter Sheridan, John Scott, J. 

 Austin Shaw, F. H. Traendly, Chas. B. 

 Weathered, L. W. Wheeler, and John 

 Young. Patrick O 'Mara and others were 

 prevented by illness from being present. 

 The dinner was flawless. Many sugges- 

 tions looking to a year of unequaled pros- 

 perity for the club were made and a 

 good many novel and helpful methods 

 were discussed that cannot fail to bear 

 fruit. An interesting address was made 

 by Secretary Hauswirth. How to run a 

 successful flower show was elaborated. 

 The consent of Mr. Nugent to supervise 

 the commissary another year was wel- 

 comed with enthusiasm. John Birnie 

 spoke for the canteen and its refining 

 power. Mr. Duckh'km and Mr. Manda 

 represented the private gardeners and 

 prophesied large accessions of these to 

 the club membership. 



The president of the 8. A. F. had many 

 interesting reminiscences and much good 

 advice on tap. Everyone present evinced 

 the liveliest interest in the club's wel- 

 fare. Mr. Traendly resumed the cap- 

 taincy of the outing ship. But the theme 

 of greatest interest was the establish- 

 ment of a permanent home for the club, 

 with all the conveniences of libraries, 

 boM'ling alleys and the other modern club 

 requisites so alluringly exhibited by the 

 Philadelphia brethren. It was unani- 

 mously acknowledged that the time was 

 ripe. President Totty, notwithstanding a 

 week of grip and slow convalescence, was 

 full of enthusiasm and valuable sugges- 

 tions and these, with many others made 

 at the dinner, will be incorporated in his 

 address and read at the club meeting on 

 Monday evening. It was the Lord's day, 

 as Bro. Birnie expressed it, when the 

 congregation dispersed, after one of the 

 most enjoyable and interesting evenings 

 of the dinner season. The decorations 

 were of Elsa Struss carnations supplied 

 by John Young. 



Club Meeting. 



The first meeting in 1907 of the Flo- 

 rists' Club was a hummer, nearly 100 

 members being present and the keenest 

 interest being maintained until nearly 

 midnight. The success of the Totty ad- 

 ministration is already assured. His 

 address was a model of conciseness, 

 practicability and simple eloquence. Fol- 

 lowing this splendid effort were prac- 

 tical and appreciative addresses by the 

 new oflScers and trustees, Messrs. A. J. 



Manda, John Young, L. W. Wheeler, 

 John Scott, Walter Sheridan and John 

 Donaldson. 



The president appointed the following 

 committees: Legislature — Messrs. 



O'Mara, Sheridan and Hallock; essays 

 — Messrs. Scott, O'Mara and Wallace; 

 awards — Messrs. Duckham, Hurrell; Jos. 

 Manda, Harry Turner, Pye, Hoffmieyer 

 and Butterfield; exhibition — Messrs. Jas. 

 Scott, Guttman, Weber, Kessler, Wes- 

 ton and Dailledouze; outing — Traendly, 

 Shaw, Burnett, Al Eickards, Donaldson, 

 Gottlieb, Marshall, Zeller and Langjahr; 

 house and entertainment — Messrs. Nu- 

 gent, Will Eickards and Eobert Schultz ; 

 dinner — Messrs. Scott, Birnie and Sheri- 

 dan. 



The report of Mr. Weathered, the re- 

 tiring treasurer, showed a balance of 

 over $2,000 in the treasury. The unani- 

 mous vote of thanks from the club at- 

 tested the appreciation felt for the nine- 

 teen years of faithful service given by 

 Mr. Weathered. Later in the evening 

 practical demonstration of his popular- 

 ity was shown in the presentation 

 through Mr. Sheridan, on behalf of the 

 club, of a beautiful and valuable solid 

 silver tea service. 



The resolutions on the death of Mrs. 



E. V. Hallock were adopted. 



The six gentlemen proposed at the 

 last meeting for membership were elect- 

 ed, and Eobert Berry, Henry Hornecker, 

 Albert Weisenberger, August Bergerot, 

 A. F. Faulkner and Geo. E. Dickinson 

 were nominated. 



The award committee reported favor- 

 ably on the exhibits of Salvia nana com- 

 pacta, from F. G. Mense, of Glen Cove, 

 L. I.; Beacon carnations, from the Cot- 

 tage Gardens Co.; three varieties of cyp- 

 ripediums, from Edward J. Norman, of 

 Lee, Mass.; a plant of Moschosma ripar- 

 ium, from William Duckham, of Madi- 

 son, and a patented pot hanger from 

 W. C. Krick, of Brooklyn. 



Messrs. Nugent and Eickards inau- 

 gurated their regime with an abundance 

 of good things to eat. Phil. Hauswirth 

 thought their work was above par. His 

 speech was heartily applauded and his 

 ideas on closer relations with the S. A. 



F. and the desirability of membership 

 in the parent society met with sincere 

 approval. He spoke for the national 

 show at Chicago in 1908. President 

 Totty told of the excellent management 

 of the Chicago show of 1906. Benj. 

 Hammond gave a splendid address in be- 



half of the rose meeting at Washington 

 in March. He was ably seconded by 

 Robert Simpson, president of the rose 

 society. 



President Totty was authorized to ap- 

 point a committee on closer relations 

 with the S. A. F. and it was decided to 

 have the club's annual dinner early in 

 February. 



Various Notes. 



The (laughter of Wm. Amos, Jr., is 

 very ill with spinal meningitis and little 

 hope of her recovery is entertained. 



Julius Kretschmar, uncle of A. H. 

 Langjahr, suffered his second paralytic 

 stroke last week but has rallied encour- 

 agingly. 



Patrick O'Mara is recovering from a 

 severe attack of the grip but was un- 

 able to attend the meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club Monday evening, much to his 

 regret. Several members of his family 

 are suffering from the same disease, 

 which is now epidemic in New York and 

 vicinity. In fact, dozens in the trade 

 are ill and the majority have already 

 had a siege of it. There seems to be 

 no worse climate than this for the de- 

 velopment of this annoying form of in- 

 fluenza and in some cases pneumonia 

 has followed it. 



Harry Bunyard is back from his west- 

 ern and Canadian trip and says it has 

 been the most successful since his con- 

 nection with the seed house of A. T. 

 Boddington. Mr. Boddington has had 

 his share of the grip with the rest of 

 his brethren. D. P. Roy, of Montreal, 

 long with the seed house of W. W. 

 Ewing & Co., is now with this house. 



William F. Kasting, of Buffalo, was 

 an expected visitor in the city Monday, 

 but failed to reach the club meeting as 

 anticipated. However, the president and 

 secretary of the Rose Society and the 

 president and secretary of the S. A. P. 

 added dignity and interest to the New 

 York Club's first meeting for 1907 and 

 President Totty begins his reign under 

 distinguished auspices. 



On Sunday evening the store and con- 

 servatory of Hale's, at East Orange, 

 ■^ere entered by thieves and considerable 

 stock and plants stolen. 



One of the striking evidences of tJi6 

 wonderful telephone development is pre- 

 sented by the telephone directory, which 

 is now a book of 738 pages, weighing 

 three pounds, and containing the names 

 of the telephone subscribers of New 

 York and vicinity. This book is revised 

 and distributed every four months, the 

 size of the edition being graphically 

 shown by the fact that one edition of 

 the books fills a train of twenty-five 

 freight cars. In the flower stores the 

 book has come to be considered the best 

 general directory of New York and 

 vicinity, which is a further indication 

 of the completeness of the telephone de- 

 velopment. 



Bobbink & Atkins are having built 

 for them by the Lord & Burnham Co. 

 a new azalea house 268 feet long. This 

 firm is preparing for a tremendous Eas- 

 ter trade. 



Julius Eoehrs Co. is shipping superb 

 valley and lilac blooms to the New York 

 market. This company has made a spe- 

 cialty of large orange trees in fruit and 

 has some fine specimens of these, as well 

 as bay trees. Of the latter it sent two 

 to Newport last week valued at $500 

 a pair. 



The Eickards brothers, the seedsmen, 

 have been making melody at the Madi- 

 son smoker and the Red Bank dinner 

 and are booked for every horticultural 



