FBBEUABT 28, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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ROSES, $3.00 to $10.00 per 100. 



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DAFFODILS, double and single, $3.00 per 100. 



WHITE LILAC, $1.25 per bunch; 6 bunches 

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TULIPS, fancy La Reine, $3.00 per 100. 



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bled in 1908 is shared by all who en- 

 joyed the reunion of 1907, which was 

 the twentieth annual one. The decora- 

 tions were worthy of a banquet of 

 statesmen. A. J. Forsythe, of the St. 

 Denis, was the artist and his work' at- 

 tracted a host of the guests of the big 

 hotel. There were daffodils from John 

 Young, Welcome from Dailledouze 

 Bros., Alma Ward from C. W. Ward, 

 Winsor from the F. E. Pierson Co., and 

 orchids from Lager & Hurrell, this gen- 

 erous firm providing a handsome Den- 

 drobium nobile for every guest. 



The menu was fully up to the stand- 

 ard of the house and gave general sat- 

 isfaction. During the progress of the 

 dinner the Scotch airs of the orchestra 

 so wrought upon the exhilarated sensi- 

 bilities of Bob Berry and John Birnie 

 that they burst into song and were ably 

 seconded by the German melodies of 

 Bobby Schultz. The stories of Jack 

 McDonald and songs of Mr. Wade also 

 were pleasing interludes. The whole 

 evening was especially harmonious and 

 it was long after midnight before the 

 last of the guests departed. The Jersey 

 contingent missed the last train, as 

 usual, and were taken in charge by the 

 Eickards brothers until morning. 



President Totty filled the chair with 

 dignity and suavity and Patrick O'Mara 

 made an ideal toast-master, as usual. 

 His introductions of the speakers were 

 apt, humorous and sincere. He spoke 

 eloquently of the broad interests that 

 should actuate the club's members, the 

 inspirations of the festive board, the 

 aesthetic side of the florists' business 

 and the divine spark of enthusiasm 

 without which no one could become a 



successful grower. He dwelt upon the 

 need of loyalty to the club and to the 

 national society and closed a brilliant 

 speech with a fine tribute to the charac- 

 ter and ability of President Totty, 

 whose response was full of confidence 

 and glorious appreciation of the club 's 

 loyalty to his efforts in its behalf. 



The toast to the S. A. F. was re- 

 sponded to by J. C. Vaughan, of Chi- 

 cago. His theme was unity and organ- 

 ization and his plea for the national 

 show at Chicago met responsive greet- 

 ing. He spoke, too, of the wonderful 

 development of the cut flower b^isiness 

 during the last twenty years, illustrafSc 

 with actual accomplishments in his own 

 city, where from a market gardener a 

 millionaire florist has evolved. He told 

 of the messenger boy of that time, with 

 his basket of Bon Silene, Saffrano, smi- 

 lax, heliotrope and alyssum, the begin- 

 ning of the commission business and 

 now with twenty great wholesale houses 

 sending products to every corner of the 

 land. He also took occasion to com- 

 mend the generous cooperation of the 

 great city journals and closed with a 

 strong invitation to New Yorkers to at- 

 tend the national exhibition. 



Mr. O'Mara paid a glowing tribute 

 to the private gardener in introducing 

 Harry Turner, who responded to the 

 toast, "Estate Development." Mr. 

 Turner gave an interesting account of 

 his experiences in England and dwelt 

 especially on the unlimited possibilities 

 for the legitimate use of funds in his 

 work and the beautiful results that 

 could be accomplished. 



To the toast, "The Agriculturist and 

 the Horticulturist, ' ' Senator James F. 



Minturn, of New Jersey, responded. 

 The senator was the surprise promised 

 by the committee and landed by his 

 friend, O'Mara, and his oration was 

 fully up to the expectations, witty, elo- 

 quent, brilliant, historical. 



The toast, "Our Night, and Memo- 

 ries of the Florists' Club," was ably 

 responded to by Walter Sheridan, whose 

 reminiscences of twelve years on the 

 dinner committee covered all the ground 

 of that eventful period. 



The toast, "The Work of the Horti- 

 cultural Explorer, ' ' involving ' ' the 

 bravery of the man who risks the dan- 

 gers of discovery," was ably descanted 

 ipon by the intrepid orchid gatherer, 

 .John E. Lager, of Lager & Hurrell, 

 Summit, N, J. His South American 

 experiences were thrilling and most in- 

 teresting. His story would fill a volume 

 and some day it will, for Mr. Lager has 

 a book on orchids on the way. 



' ' Exhibitions and Educators ' ' was 

 expounded by John Birnie, who gave 

 many interesting historical facts con- 

 cerning the fine clubs and floral exhi- 

 bitions in Jersey in former years. He 

 also dwelt upon the claims of the "cre- 

 ators ' ' and the discussions of the last 

 few weeks concerning the new varieties 

 of fruit and flower in the golden state. 



Mr. O'Mara characterized "The 

 Press ' ' as the nation 's educator, the 

 voice of the people, free and untram- 

 meled, and the horticultural press as 

 pro bono publico. The toast was re- 

 sponded to by S. S. Butterfield, who de- 

 clared that the "greatest trouble of the 

 press was to keep from getting into 

 trouble. ' ' 



The final toast of the evening was 



