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The Weekly Florists'^ Review* 



27 



The Supply Houses had the Front of the Upper Floor. 



with tlif K'dsr Society in Maicli and tlio 

 iiatiiiiial fliiwcr slinw in N'()V('inl)er Chi- 

 cago was askiiiy a j;it'at <loal". John 

 Westcott spoki' fur Niagara Falls, and 

 so did s('\cial otlicrs, with the rcsidt 

 that at'tiT Mr. Hrcitnicvcr ha<l with- 

 drawn in t'aviir of Niayjara Falls the so- 

 ciety voted to havi^ the soerotary cast a 

 unanimous liallot for that city. 



.[. K. .\I. L. I''ar(|naliar. for the coni- 

 iiiittoc on rlianyc of nanic. reported that 

 after considering all ]ihases of this im- 

 portant Uiattel- tile committee had X'otetl 

 to r(>comiiiend that steps he taken to 

 cliang«> the title to Soeiety of American 

 Horticidtuie. 1'. K. Palmer, of lirook- 

 line, eiidorsed the committee' 's action 

 and put it in the form of a motion, 

 which \\:is secondeil hy lioliert (raiy. 

 The matter lieiny o|)en for deli.ate, the 

 wannest iliscussion in the rcM-ent annals 

 of th(> society was jirecipitated. Some 

 speakers favoi'ed l>ro:ideiiino tlie title to 

 include evcrylioily and otlieis replied that 

 such action would carry tiie society away 

 from the nriyinal ide;i at' a trade body. 

 F. I{. Pierson moved an amendment mak- 

 ing the title Society of .\merican i'hf- 

 rists .•iihi llortii iilturists. Patrick 

 (.>',\Jara secoridecl this motion. This pre- 

 cipitated -till f\irlher deliate and as the 

 time wa- pressinj; and alnuist excryone 

 wanted to lie heard on the suiiject, fur 

 (her c(iii>idera1 inli \\;is p(ist|inned to 

 'nmrsdav iiioi niiiL:. 



Wednesday Evening's Session. 



P>ri.ad >trert theater was crowded 

 W'ednoday exenin^.^ to listen to .•in illus- 

 trated hrturi' l.y .1. ()tto 'I'liilow. ,>i the- 

 Henry A. |)reei- < o., on " • 'i'he l-'Iora of 

 N'ellowst.iii,- i';irk.'" Mr. Thilou proved 

 himselt' ,1 second I'lurtoii llohiies as ;i 

 travel |e:lurci-. .iiui held the close ;it- 

 lentioii oi Ills l.i;^ audience t'or ne.irlv 

 two h'iur>. with inteiesi iny ilescripl ioti 

 .•ind lui«:lii -tori.-, ot' his tiips throu;;h 

 the <;re.ii national p.ark. where he nu't 

 the oninipie-ent I'al (t'Mara ancl c.-iuyht 

 S'une -n;ip >hots ,if Idni which wei'e 

 thrown on ii,,. screen alouy with the many 

 I'cautitnl pictures of the Wdiiders of 

 n.Mture Willi which Mr. Thilow illustrated 

 his lectin,.. lie .-onciiided his talk on 

 till' park tloi:i with (lowers of si di in 



connection with portraits of leading 

 inemhers of the societv, thrown on the 



screen. 



Hail Association. 



Tlie l-'lorists' ilail Asscjciation Indd 

 its annual meeting and listened to r(>- 

 |)orts of otticers on a most jirosjierons 

 vear. Two directors wc^e elected ainl 

 otlicers rei'lected. 



Rose Society. 



.\ meeting of the .\inericaii l\ose .So 

 ciet.v was hidd on the steamer eii route 

 to Dreer's. The |iurpose of the meeting 

 was to afford a chance for the ('liicago 

 ](eople to confer with the eastern mem 

 hers as to the details ot' tlie show in 

 ('hieago next .March. Nice plc'sidellt 



Iheitnieyer prosified. 



Ladies' Auxiliary. 



The ladies' auxiliary lieM two meet 

 iiigs to coiii|dete its organization. .\t 

 the first meeting a committee on hy laws 

 was ajijxiinted ami .at the second these 

 were adojited. Mrs. W. .1. \'esey. ot 

 l'"ort Wayne, was elected lU'esidelit. ;ilhl 



Mrs. C. II. .Mavn.ir.l, of Detroit. >i;-v,' 

 tary. 



The Trip to Riverton 



The afternoon of Wi'diiesday. set a]i;iit 

 for :i trip to the estahlishmeiit ot' Henry 

 A. I)reer, at l\*i\ertoii, was showeiy. Init 

 it did not sjioil one of the most inspiiiii;^ 

 • ■iitertaiiimeiits that the so.i.'ty has e\.i 

 enjoyed. The host had <-hartcred I lie 

 hi),r steamer, ('cdumhia. for the trip up 

 tlie i>elaw:ire and. in spite ot' thi' lie.i\ \ 

 rain wlih-li fell just .-it the a iiiioiince.l 

 iionr of sailing, tiie hoal i:irried iiearl\' 

 a thousaiiil people ;ind an oi'i-liestia. It 

 \\as an interesting s;iil, pust the hi^ 

 shijiyards ami the ;;iin cliih's i^idiiiids 

 at W'issinoming. whi'ie the conx eiii imi 

 shooting tournameiil w.-is then in pro;; 

 less, the gunners liriiin a snliiic' as tlic 

 steami'i' |i:issed. .\rii\ed at tin- :^recii 



houses, a hountifiil luncl n w.is par 



taken of, in the hin packiiio s||ed. the 

 H'freshnienls heilig -erved ii.\ wliiti' 

 aiiroiied greenhouse employees. William 

 1'. Dreer, head of the institution, was 

 intnxluced Iiv Pii'sident Stewart and 

 spoke hriel!\ ot till' ple.-isiiri' it .-llVorded 



them to have the opportunity of enter 

 t.ainiiig the convention. lie s.aid he 

 wante(| to sav a word for tlu" other of- 

 ficers, to whom, lit; said, cre<|it is due, 

 rather than t(j hims(df, for whatever was 

 f(Mind to he worthy of commendation. 

 The two hours wlii<di followed wore too 



i short to ati'ord opportiinit.v to see the 

 half of the interesting things in the 

 great range of glass, the rain |ire<du<ling 

 miudi examination of the acres of stock 



'' in the fields. The place alwa.vs is sjiick 

 ■ iml s|ian and prohahly a greater variety 

 of stock is grown here, and .all grown 

 well, than in any other llorist 's estah 

 lishnieiit in .\iiierica. ( 'onsidi'ralne out 

 door stock had heeii cut and w;is at 

 tr,icti\ely displayed iimler <-o\er. and .all 

 tiir.Migh the |dace the guests were seen 

 taking notes id' varieties for future 

 l^iiidaiicc', everything heing i:irefully l;i- 

 heled. The returii was hv steamer at 7 



o'ch.ck. 



l-ixcepi for tiio Innclieoii at Hayers- 

 ijoifer's the trip to Dreer's was the only 

 visit to ;i place of traih* interest as a 

 t'entiire of the regiil.ar program. Hut 

 I here .-ire many hospit.-ihle growers ahout 

 l'hiladi'l|ihi:i and they :ill had a iiiimher 

 ot' visitors, vdio c.-iiiie singly .aiul in par- 



j lies. 



At ll slahlishnieiit of the K'oh.'rt 



• raiu < o., I'orlv ninth .ami .Market, the 



; visitors found a snperli stock ot' all the 



le;idiiiy varieties of t'oliaye phiiits. I'iciis 



p.iiidiir.-ita. grow n in cedar tulis, foi- hotel 



and resijiurant dt ration. w;is a strik 



in:: teature. These pl.auts aii> so dura 

 Me that they c-;mi he used ulluost :inv- 

 whelc advantageously. Well c(doled c-ro- 

 tons were ;illolher specialty. eXce|it ioiiallv 

 \wll done. Draca'iia lermiii;ilis w.is in 

 line shape, well colored .ami thriftv. 

 Among till' lloweiing plants, iy(dameii- 

 iii the fr.imes were most promisiue. five 



: houses at this place were devoted to 

 Willi.im p. (raio's Xephiolepis Atner 

 polilii. which is an e\,|uisite iliiii^ with 

 ,T hriylit future. 



The .Joseph lleacoik <'o.. at Wvil.ote. 



-howed visit, irs as pretty .'i lot of ken 

 I tins ;is oil,' ,'ould wish to -,•,•. Thev ai,' 

 I all home yrowu from see.] ;;rown on tli,' 

 place, clean ,'iiid in thrifty coii,|itioii. in 

 all si/es. t'roiii the M-eil jiaii lip to tin 

 ishi'd sp,.ciineiis suitahh- for ,t lar^r ,|ec. 



