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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 31, 1007. 



"Canada and the United States" was 

 proposed by F. R. Pierson and responded 

 to by C. W. Ward for Canada, as a 

 Canadian, and Wm. Algie, Alton, Ont., 

 for the United States, as an American. 

 This toast brought out fine speeches and, 

 although Mr. Ward sometimes forgot 

 his bearings, yet he quickly took his 

 soundings and landed again on Canadian 

 territory. Mr. Pierson said the last meet- 

 ing had been held at Boston, which ciLy 

 had set a high standard difficult to 

 equal. It was the home of floriculture, 

 perhaps without its equal in the Unite I 

 States. * * 1 want to say, ' ' said M r. 

 Pierson. "that Toronto has out-Bos- 

 toned Boston with the most successful 

 meeting in the history of the society. ' ' 



Mr. Algie 's speech was prefaced with 

 the remark that twenty-five years ago he 

 discovered near Boston a pink and white 

 Enchantress and, as an outcome of this 

 discovery, he has four handsome Bradts. 

 Of course that was equivalent to the 

 admission that his better-half was an 

 American. However, we can remind 

 Americans that Mr. Algie could make 

 equally as patriotic a British speech as 

 he did American. 



* ' The Mayor and Corporation ' ' was 

 proposed by 1?. J. Score, chairman of 

 the reception committee, and responded 

 to by Alderman J. .T. Graham on behalf 



proposed by T. W. Duggan, of the Dale 

 Estate, Brampton, and replied to by 

 W. J. Stewart, P. J. Hauswirth and 

 Thomas Manton. Mr. Hauswirth, being 

 secretary of the Society of American 

 Florists, called attention to the interna- 

 tional flower show which is under con- 

 templation for 1908 and which is to be 

 held in Chicago. He stated that they 

 are now working on a guarantee fund, 

 and hoped that all who could would in- 

 terest themselves in this. 



The toast to the "American Carnation 

 Society" was proposed by William Gam- 

 mage, of London, and responded to by 

 Mr. Lemon, E. G. Gillett, Cincinnati, 

 and J. A. Valentine, Denver. Mr. Lemon 

 particularly emphasized his desire to 

 have the hearty cooperation of carnation 

 growers during the coming year, as he 

 felt his task, in filling Mr. Dunlop "s 

 place and to keep up to the standard set 

 by him, was a difficult one, and hoped 

 to see all present in Washington next 

 year. 



The trophies won at the show were 

 then presented by W. N. Budd, who 

 caused much merriment in his inimitable 

 way of getting speeches from the recipi- 

 ents. A highly amusing incident was his 

 handing over to Mr. Ward a cup and 

 calling for a speech. A few minutes 

 afterwards he noted his mistake that 



Cunation Imperial Exhibited by Guttman & Haines. 



of the mayor, who was unable to be 

 present. Alderman Graham stated that 

 of all conventions held in Toronto, the 

 convention city, none had made a greater 

 impression upon him as bringing men of 

 business ability and integrity, and he 

 hoped that the impression that they took 

 home with them of Toronto would be as 

 favorable as that they left. 



"Society of American Florists and 

 Canadian Horticultural Society ' ' was 



this trophy was not won by Mr. Ward. 

 However, Mr. Ward had got his bearings 

 and noted the same; rising, he called 

 Mr. Kudd's attention to the fact that 

 he did not think he had won that cup. 

 Mr. Rudd did not seem to be disturbed 

 by his mistake and turned the joke on 

 Mr. Ward as he simply remarked that 

 he just wanted to see if Mr. Ward 

 would keep it, as these Americans were 

 after everything in sight, whether it be- 



longed to them or not. Mr. Rudd com- 

 plimented the Canadians on so success- 

 fully competing and capturing so many 

 of the premiums. 



The one feature of some of the Amer- 

 icans who had not received the top- 

 notch award that commended itself to the 

 audience was fhe statement that while 

 they did not get the prizes they had 

 come after, they were quite satisfied, 

 and would redouble their energies to get 

 the highest awards next year. 



The toast, * ' The Allied Societies, ' ' was 

 proposed by J. Bennett, of Montreal, 

 and responded to by W. F. Kasting, of 

 Buffalo, and J. R. Fraiiklin, of Toronto. 



The toast, * ' The Press, ' * was proposed 

 by H. M. Altick, of Dayton, who highly 

 complimented the horticultural press on 

 the great work being done for horticul 

 ture through this medium. He took this 

 opportunity of mentioning the great 

 work that had been done by Mr. Scott, 

 of Buffalo, for horticulture and floricul- 

 ture through his contributions to the 

 press, and also regretted his inability, 

 through sickness, to be present. He called 

 for a silent toast, coupled with a prayer 

 for his recovery. J. Austin Shaw re- 

 sponded for the American press and 

 H. B. Cowan for the Canadian press. 



The toast, "The Ladies," was pro- 

 posed by Hermann Simmers m a happy 

 speech, and responded to by L. E. Mar- 

 quisee, Syracuse, who kept the audience 

 in good humor. It might be here re- 

 marked that the ladies were present for 

 the closing addresses, having come from 

 the Princess theater, where they were 

 entertained as guests of the Toronto 

 ladies. 



Friday morning the visitors, 100 

 strong, went to Brampton by special 

 train to inspect the greenhouses. They 

 came back at noon and spent the after- 

 noon visiting the greenhouses in To- 

 ronto. Everyone seemed to be quite sat- 

 itfied that the convention was a success 

 in every way, and complimented the 

 local committees on the way they had 

 carried out the details in looking after 

 the interests of the visitors and ex- 

 hibits. D. J. 



Those Present. 



The following were among those pres- 

 ent: 



Altick, H. M., Dayton. Ohio. 



Ashworth, John, Saskatoon, Sask. 



Asmus, George, Chicaf^o, 111. 



Baur, A. F. J. Indianapolis, Ind. 



Baur, A. J., and wife, Erie, Pa. 



Baur, S. A., Atlanta, Ga. 



Bate, Guy, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Beattic Thos., Philadelpliia, Pa. 



Bechler, Oscar. West Holnjken, N. J. 



Bennett, Joseph, Montreal, Que. 



Benson, N. A., Denver, Col. 



Berkowltz. Paul, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Bertermann. J., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Beuerlein, Peter, Elmhnrst. N. Y. 



Browne, George E., Greenfield, Mich. 



Buerlein, J. A., Elmhurst, N. Y. 



Bunyard. H.. New York. N. Y. 



Burki, F., Pittsburg, Pa. 



Butterfleld. S. S., New York, N. V. 



Chandler, George N., Avondale, Pa. 



Cloudslev, J. R., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Cockcroft, J. D., Northport, L. I. 



Common, Alex., Detroit, Mich. 



Craig, W. P., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Crall, C. A., Monongahela.. Pa. 



Crowe, Peter, Utlca, N. Y. 



Dailledouze. E.. and wife. Flatbush. N. Y. 



Donlan, J. I., New York. N. Y. 



Dorner, F. A., Lafayette, Ind. 



Dorner. T. A., Lafayette. Ind. 



Downing. W., Berlin. Ont. 



Dudley, Charles. Parkersburg, W. V». 



Eccles, Wm., New York, N. Y. 



Elverson, H. H., New Brighton, Pa. 



Escalller, E., New York. 



Evans, J. A., Richmond, Ind. 



Field, H. W.. and wife, Northampton. Mass. 



Fotherlngliam. J. R.. Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Fraser, James A., Prescott, Ont. 



Gammage, W., Ix)ndon, Ont. 



Gillett. E. 0.. Cincinnati. Ohio. 



Gingrich, Irving. South Bend. Ind. 



Glauber. Emil, Montclair, Col. 



Goddard, S. J., Framingham, Mass. 



Grassl, A. O., Barneveld, N. Y. 



