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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



ACQDST 6, 1008. 



fussy orchid, anyone who is able to grow 

 and flower a Cypripedium insigne, Cat- 

 tleya labiata or Dendrobium nobile can 

 succeed with this yellow oncidium. 



At present, plants purchased a year 

 ago are making up their bulbs and, on 

 many, flower spikes are pushing. The 

 natural flowering period is October and 

 November, but some will come in earlier 

 and others much later than this. The plants 

 succeed best in rather small, shallow 

 pans, the roots in them being under bet- 

 ter control than if in baskets. Just now 

 an abundant water supply is necessary, 

 and the plants should be suspended near 

 the glass in a house where they can get 

 plenty of aii", but be shaded from the 

 sun's rays. Newly imported pieces, but 

 recently placed in pans, must be watered 

 more carefully. It is unwise to give too 

 much root moisture, or the plants will 

 suffer. Fern fiber, with a little sphag- 

 num, makes a good rooting medium. 



CONVENTION TROPHIES. 



E. F. Winterson says that the trophies 

 for the sports at the Cincinnati conven- 

 tion will be the finest list ever offered for 

 such events at the trade conventions. The 

 Cincinnati committee has a number of 

 prizes for the ladies' bowling and the 

 individual bowling, the shooting and the 

 baseball games. In addition to this Mr. 

 Winterson has a diamond medal valued 

 at $75, offered by the Brunswick-Balke 

 Co.; a silver bowling trophy, valued at 

 $65, offered by H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia; a silver loving cup, valued 

 at $25, offered by the Foley Mfg. Co., 

 and another silver cup, valued at $25, 

 donated by Peter Eeinberg, Chicago. All 

 the above are new prizes offered this 

 year. 



Of the hold-over prizes the Whilldin 

 cup now held by Buffalo, the Michell 

 trophy now held by New York, and the 

 Kasting cup now held by Philadelphia, 

 are to be turned back to be competed for 

 again this year, as each has to be won 

 more than once before becoming the ac- 

 tual property of any team. 



TO CINaNNATI. 



There will be three large parties en 

 route to the convention, at least two by 

 special train, and florists are in each case 

 invited to arrange to travel with these 

 parties. 



The Chicago party's special will go via 

 Monon, leaving at 2:30 August 16. All 

 florists north and west should be on hand 

 and those who wish to board the train in 

 Indiana will be stopped for if they will 

 write Herbert Wiley, T. P. A., 182 Clark 

 street, Chicago. 



The New Yorkers' special train will go 

 via New York Central, at 12:40 August 

 16. Those who will join en route can re- 

 serve berths by addressing John Young, 

 51 West Twenty-eighth street. New York. 



The Philadelphia party will go via 

 P. R. E., leaving Broad street at 12:31 

 August 16. Baltimore and Washington 

 will be on hand and others who wish to 

 join en route can address David Rust, 

 Horticultural hall, who will see that res- 

 ervations are made for them. 



OBITUARY. 



R. G. Beneke. 



Richard G. Beneke died July 28, at 2 

 a. m., after a lingering illness, of dropsy. 

 Mr. Beneke was the only brother of J. J. 

 Beneke and was with him in business 

 until the last five years of his life, when 



he was employed in the city park depart- 

 ment. He was well known in the local 

 trade. The funeral took place Friday, 

 July 30, at SS. Peter and Paul cemetery. 

 Members of the trade sent several beau- 

 tiful floral tributes and extended their 

 sympathy to the Wereaved brother, 



James Murray. 



James Murray, a veteran florist and 

 landscape gardener of Lexington, Ky., 

 died recently at the Good Samaritan 

 hospital, in that city, after about a 

 week's suffering with paralysis. He was 

 born in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 

 in 1848, and came to America at the age 

 of 25 years. For many years he was an 

 assistant to Superintendent Bell, at the 

 Lexington cemetery, and later he was 

 gardener and florist at the State College. 

 His wife died last November, and there 

 are no surviving relatives in America. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The funeral of Harry Pulliam, of base- 

 ball fame, held here August 2, brought 

 out one of the largest displays of flowers 

 ever seen here. There were six wagon 

 loads of flowers, some shipped here, but 

 mostly made on exchange orders from 

 florists in all points of the United States 

 where organized baseball is played. The 

 Cincinnati club sent a large wreath of 

 American Beauty roses, the national com- 

 mission a plateau of orchids and lilies of 

 the valley. The firm of A. G. Spalding & 

 Bros, sent an enormous baseball made of 

 red and white carnations. The largest 

 floral piece of all was an American flag 

 made of different colored carnations 

 standing five feet high. This design was 

 from the management of the Louisville 

 baseball club. 



WINONA LAKE, IND. 



The Northern Indiana Florists' As- 

 sociation held its last annual meeting at 

 this place July 20. After being guests 

 of the Warsaw florists in the morning 

 and taking lunch there, they came to 

 Winona Lake. 



At the business session the following 

 officers were elected: President, W. W. 

 Dederick, Warsaw; vice-president, Harry 

 White, North Manchester; secretary and 

 treasurer, J. H. Shelton, Rochester. 



Following the election of officers, there 

 was a general discussion of the florists' 

 business.. A vote of thanks was given 

 W. W. Dederick, Lloyd Isenbarger and 

 the Winona Association for the royal 

 entertainment extended to the visiting 

 members. 



The Florists' Association will hold 

 metstjngs on the third Wednesday of 

 October, January and April, at con- 

 venient points selected by the members 

 at previous meetings, and the annual 

 meeting in July of each year will be held 

 here. 



The following members were present: 

 A. J. Wagoner and D. C. Noble, of Co- 

 lumbia City; George Pastor and Arthur 

 Bieberick and wife, of Huntington; J. 

 H. Shelton, Rochester; Harry White, 

 North Manchester; Fred King, Renssel- 

 aer; G. W. Stumpner and wife and 

 Wm. E. Hand and wife, of Argos ; Lloyd 

 Isenbarger, of Winona Lake, and W. W. 

 Dederick, of Warsaw. 



Jamaica Plain, Mass. — Arthur 

 O'Brien, of Union avenue, is spending 

 two weeks at Edgartown, Marthas Vine- 

 yard, V'here he hopes to surpass his fish- 

 ing record of last year. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



Last week offered all varieties of tem- \ 

 perature from 70 degrees up to 100 de- 

 grees July 30. Needless to say, the cut 

 flower business continues quiet; some call 

 it dead. One retailer said the only sign 

 of life in it was the funeral trade. For- 

 tunately, perhaps, for all concerned, the 

 shipments arriving are limited. Mott of 

 the roses are short-stemmed. Somi of 

 them are so short they cannot be sold 

 at all. 



Good carnations are in demand and 

 worth money. Most of them are, how- 

 ever, not good, isewport sends us some 

 good Beauties and we send Newport the 

 cream of our Four Hundred. 



Every color and quality of gladiolus 

 is here, with America still holding first 

 honors and best value. Common kinds 

 are fortunate to command 50 cents per 

 hundred. Thousands are cleaned up for 

 less daily. Asters are equally overabun- 

 dant. 



Lilies are in better demand at higher 

 prices. Sweet peas are fortunate to 

 bring 3 cents a bunch. A few of the 

 best white, long-stemmed stock commands 

 a little more. Orchids grow scarcer and 

 more valuable. 



Farewell to S. S. Butterfield. 



The farewell dinner given by some of 

 the members of the Florists ' Club to S. S. 

 Butterfield, on the eve of his departure 

 for the west, took place at the Hotel 

 Earlington, Friday afternoon, July 30, 

 and Messrs. Traendly, Totty, Sheridan, 

 Young, Weathered, Moore, Simpson, Jae- 

 nicke, Birnie, Pierson, Froment, Lang- 

 jahr, Dailledouze, Wiseman, De La Mare, 

 Hendrickson, Faulkner and Shaw were 

 present, Charles Weathered being in the 

 chair. A telegram was received during 

 the afternoon from W. J. Stewart, of 

 Boston. The presentation of an assort- 

 ment of solid silver was made by C. H. 

 Totty, to which Mr. Butterfield feelingly 

 responded. Everyone present had a good 

 word to say of the departing guest, of 

 his eleven years of faithful service, his 

 devotion, thoroughness, honesty of pur- 

 pose and fair play. The best wishes of 

 all follow him to his new field of effort 

 in Oklahoma. One of his confreres pro- 

 posed the following toast in his honor: 



I'm sure we wish, both you and I, 

 The west may of Its fortunes yield. 



Give good success, and sunny sky. 

 And happy years to Butterfield. 



So here's a toast, let's drink together: 

 Long may he live to bless his kin, 



Find there but little stormy weather. 

 All of life's battles bravely win; 



Feather his nest with softest down. 

 Reap the reward of strong endeavor. 



Soon be the mayor of Buttertown, 

 Lots of mazuma quickly gather. 



And, when the evening shadows fall. 



Say, about nineteen flfty-flve. 

 May you and he and I and all 



Still be on earth and very much alive. 



The Annual Clam Bake. 



The annual clam bake of the New Yo:^ 

 Cut Flower Exchange took place Satu 

 day, July 31, at Wetzel 's Point, L. I., anl 

 nearly all the cut flower growers of Loii- 

 Island and quite a few from Jersey wci* 

 there. Over 100 joined in the festivities 

 which lasted from noon until sundowj^ 

 and included two repasts and every vari- 

 ety of sport, many ladies participating'- 

 Among the wholesalers present were F. H. 

 Traendly, John Young, J. K. Allen and 

 Charles and Joseph Millang. Several of 

 the prominent seedsmen, or their repre- 

 sentatives, were there. 



Messrs. Donaldson and Miessem and 



