jAMAuy 17, l!t07. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



621 



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



(The value of the outfit is ll,5l«l.) 



Xugent, Jr., J. II. Pepper, W. J. Stew- 

 ;irt, Walter Sheridan, John Scott, J. 

 Austin Shaw, b\ H. Traeudly, 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 

 iruit. 2\n interesting address was made 

 Ijy 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 tiie canteen and its refining 

 l)ower. ]Mr. Duckham and Mr. Manda 

 represented tiie ])rivate gardeners and 

 jirophcsiod large accessions of these to 

 I lie club mombership. 



The president of the S. A. V. had many 

 interesting reminiscences and much good 

 advice on ta]i. Everyone present evinced 

 tlie liveliest interest in tiie 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 jiermanent home for the club, 

 with ail the conveniences of libraries, 

 bowling allej-s and the otlier modern club 

 requisites so alluringly exhibited by the 

 I'liiladelphia brethren. It was unani- 

 niously acknowledged that tiic time was 

 ripe. President Totty, notwithstanding a 

 wet k of grip and slow convalescence, was 

 full of entliusiasni 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, 

 :is Bro. Birnie expressed it, when the 

 "■iingregation dispersed, after one of the 

 most enjoyable and interesting evenings 

 of tiie dinner season. The decorations 

 were of Elsa Struss carnations supplied 

 by John Young. 



Club Meeting. 



The first meeting in 1907 of x\u'. Flo- 

 rists' Club was a hummer, nearly 100 

 members being present and tiie keenest 

 interest being maintained until nearly 

 midnight. The success of the Totty ad- 

 ministration is already assured. His 

 address A\as a model of conciseness, 

 practicability and simple eloquence. Fol- 

 lowing this splendid eifort were prac- 

 tical and appreciative addresses by the 

 new officers and trustees, Messrs. A. J. 



Manda, John Young, L. W. Wheeler, 

 .lohn Scott, Walter Sheridan and John 

 1 )onaldson. 



The president appointed the following 

 (•oiiHiiittocs: Legislature — Messrs. 



O'Mara, Sheridan and Hallock; essays 

 — Messrs. Scott, O'Mara and Wallace; 

 awards — Messrs. Duckham, Ilurrell; Jos. 

 Manda, Harry Turner, Pye, Hofl'meyer 

 and Butterfield; exhibition — Messrs. Jas. 

 Scott, Guttman, Weber, Kessler, Wes- 

 ton and Dailledouze; outing — Traendly, 

 Shaw, Burnett, Al Rickards, Donaldson, 

 Gottlieb, jNIarshall, Zeller and Langjahr; 

 house and entertainment — Messrs. Nu- 

 gent, Will Rickards and Robert Sehultz ; 

 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 ajipreciation 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 Robert Berry, Henry llornecker, 

 Albert W^eisonberger, 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. Mcnse, of Glen Cove, 

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

 tage Gardens Co.; three varieties of cyp- 

 ripediums, from Edward J. Xorman, of 

 Lee, Mass.; a plant of Moschosma ripar- 

 ium, from William Duckham, of Madi- 

 son, and a patented pot hanger from 

 W. C. Ivrick, of Brooklyn. 



Messrs. Nugent and Rickards 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 fiarent 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. Beuj. 

 Hammond gave a splendid address in be- 



liair oi' the lose meeting at. Wasiiington 

 ill Mnri'li. llv was ably seconded by 

 l>oi>erL SiinpsDii. pn'sideiil ol' tlie rose 

 society. 



I'resiilelil Totty \\;is ;iut llolized to ;ip 

 point a coiniiiiitee on closer rehitionsi 

 S. A. I'. ;iiid it was dericjed to 



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Various Notes, 



The 'lllliehler of Will. Alllo^ 



\erv ill willi s)piii;il iiieiiini;itis and little 

 liopt' (iT liiT ieco\eiv is entertained. 



.luliiis K retscjiiiijir, uiicle ot' A. It. 

 l-an:^Ja'iir. suiVered his second painlytic 

 str<ike last week imt lias rallied eacour- 

 ae iiijj ly. 



I'alrick O'Mara is ieco\<.'iiii^- from a 

 severe attack ot' the iiriji Imt was iin- 

 alile to atti'iid the meeting of the I'lor- 

 ists ' (lull Monday e\'eiiing, niucli t<i his 

 ri'gret. Several ineiiibeis of his family 

 are sutVerin^ t'ldiii the same disease, 

 which is now epidetnic in New ^'ork and 

 vicinity. In fact, dozens in the trade 

 are ill and the majority liav(,' already 

 had a sieec ol' it. There seems to be 

 no worse cli!iiat(.' than this t'or the <le- 

 vidopment of this annoying form of in- 

 (luenza and in some cases pneuinonia 

 has followed it. 



Harry P>unyar<l is back from his west- 

 ern and ('anadian trip and says it has 

 been the most silccesst'lll since his COll- 

 neetion with the seed house ot' A. T. 

 Boddington. ]\Ir. Boddiiigton has had 

 his share of the grip with the rest of 

 his brethren. D. P. K'oy, of Montreal, 

 long witii the seed house of \V. W. 

 Ewiiig i: ('o., is now with this house. 



William P. K.'isting. of Bulfalo, 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 

 jiresident and secretary of tlio S. A. F. 

 added dignity and interest to the New 

 York Club's first meeting for 1907 and 

 President Totty Itegins his reign under 

 distinguished auspices. 



On Sunday ovening the store and con- 

 servatory of Hale's, at East Orange, 

 were entered by thieves and considerable 

 stock and j>lants stolen. 



One of the striking evidences of the 

 wonderful telejdione develojuneiit is pre- 

 sented by the telephone directory, which 

 is now a book of 7;}S 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 gra])hically 

 shown by the I'act that one (>ditioti of 

 the books fills a tr.'iin of twenty-live 

 freight cars. In the flower stores the 

 book has come to bo considered the best 

 general directory of New York and 

 vicinity, which is a further indication 

 of the completeness of the telephone ile- 

 velopment. 



Bobbink & Atkins are having built 

 for tiieni by the Lord & Burnham Co. 

 a new a/.:ilea house 2(iS feet long. This 

 linn is jueparinor for a tremendous Eas- 

 ter trade. 



•Iiiliiis i\oetiis To. is shi[ijiing superb 

 valley and lilac blooms to the New York 

 market. This comj)any has made a spe- 

 ci:i!ty of lar^xe orange trees in fruit and 

 lias some fine specinuMis of these, as well 

 as bay tives. Of the latter it sent two 

 to Newport last, week valued at $500 

 a pair. 



The iJickards brothers, the seedsmen, 

 have been making melody at the Madi- 

 son smoker and the Ked H:ink dinner 

 and are booked for every horticultural 



