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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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p Row— N. Ctirislatos, N. Lecakes, -I. (,'aparell, -1. Tryforos, Geo. U. Nicholas (Pres.), N. I. alas, 

 ( ii Iiavis. Geo. Cnmatas, Christ. Casino. 



. ttorn Kow — lames Papjias. Geo. Polykraiias, P, Theopliiue, (ieo. Cotsonas, Theo. Karamiia.s 

 M Kiivatzos. 



Committee in Charge of Outing of Greek Florists' Association of New York. 



u: ■ . I ci'iick lidwicrs j;(it in siniic iicc'IimI 

 |ii,.- !ici' I'or CiiiciiiiKiti. whik' their uiNt's 

 iii.i !!■ uclcdiiic for tlic sti'iniycrs ainl tlic 



'. Iir claiii bake was an clalioratc (iiic 

 :iim1 wlit'iT Ix'olu'i't J^>('ri'y and .1. I\. .Mlcii 

 >ii.\»cil away thi' sou]), elaiiis, cralis, tfipe, 

 |nl. !i IS. eliickfii, watoniR'loii, corn, sweet 

 |i..i;itiics. ice cream, beer and cotl'ee, it 

 (.'■ild lake an e.xjiert inatlieiiiat ician to 

 ilrii inline. It was a jiert'ect success in 

 iM'i'x' way. 



Till rise in ri'al estate values on Lonji 

 U'.iimI since tiie new liridi;e was com 

 [■l''h'(| lias made .some of these growers 

 Will It hy, so that a (diim bake once a week 

 iii'iii now until Thanksj^i\iiiij would not 

 ^1'. Ill out of place. 



The plant jjrowers will next liaxc tlieir 

 iniuii},rs and in 8eptember the retailers 

 ii.'P" sonu'tiiin^- up their slee\es. 



Outing of the Greek Society. 



Tliiir.<day. duly li!>, the third aniiiial 

 "'i''n;4- of the (I reek-.\iueiicaii I'dorists" 

 \- '"•iation was ludil at Wetzel's I'oint, 

 I I.. 17(1 attending. The steamer Isabel 

 > I- ' hartered and the sail and breakfast 

 ■ ' • dinner were all up-to-date an<l thor 

 '" :lily enjoyed. The weather was de 

 I' .11 idly ciKd at th(> or()\(>, while the city 

 - itfied in a hot waxc, with a tem|iera 

 I ■ ipf nearly lOd deyrei's. Mr. Kemp 

 ' ■\. .1. (iuttman's i)artner. took the 

 '' I'estinp snapshot re|irodiiccd on this 

 J . .showing the committee in chaiec of 

 ' alfair, whicdi in e\ci'y way was a 



■ss. About twenty per cent nl the 



iiijance w as .\ merican. 



iie spiiit of fraternity and <;(iod will 



ninidi in t'\ ideiice. .V <;()()d orchestra 



liiu\i(|e<| and dancing of every na- 



dity was indulLieij in. The jdayin;;' 



lie (ireek and .\merican national 



'IS c rented ^reat enthusiasm. Henry 



'■rs. of .1. I. Raynor's. was tloor man- 



and lleiinan Herkowitz. of \ui;ent 



■""II, lieutenant. The ^ln \ase pi'(>- 



"d by Mr. lui\ats(is to the winnini^ 



i'nil team was won by tlie .\mericaiis 



by them presented to (_'a[itain Ivick- 



whose two base hit won the <;ame 



I two were out and two on bases and 



Athenians one run ahead in the last 



'1^'. The score was 8 to 7 and the 



\ ■ ''^1 was exciting from start to finish. 



' ''Odd was a good umpire. The .\uu'r- 



I team consisted of Messrs. J{ickers, 



(ioode. Murray. Ilanft. Dick. Whitey. 

 .Murjjhy, Dewy and \olk. The (ireek- 

 Anu'ricaus consisted of .Me.><srs. Sihloss, 

 .Miders, Turnoy, tiretch, Arthur, K'eidel, 

 Daniels, AVoUf and S(direiner. 



'riic ;;irls' race, '> to 1<> .V(.';u'.s nUl, wiis wnii 

 \<y .Miu-.v I'liiin; silver hiuul bag. 



liii.vs' laco. ."i t(i In vtiiis, wa.s won In .Mas- 

 ter Hci.lel. 



Vi>iiiii; ladles' race. .Miss .Viina I.cvill. ef 

 .\. .1. (iultiiiaii's <>llii-e I'cii'ee; jjokl bracelet. 



I'.e.vs' r.-iei', 11' to l.s .veais, Tlu'o. C'hiiiUos; 

 silver wateli. 



.Married l.-idies' raee. Mrs. Kimbell; silver 



set. 



S.uk raee. Mr. 'J'id.suii: sold clock. 



'! lirt'C Icfifrcd race, Messrs. Kempner and 

 UcillI: alarm clock. 



Kiseiis tlirowinn. liooriic Kiolis; kodak. 



Long junii), (icorge OeorKas; pair l)oii;;las 

 sillies. 



l"at ladies' race, Mrs. lU'idcl; silk umbrella. 



l"at nun's race, <;oorKe Cotsonas; watcli. 



Maratlioii raee. (.Icorge Tcrvakos; mandolin. 



'I'lie bowliiif; |irize was won by G. ScUiH'|ilian- 

 scr, with .M. T. Uovatz as st'cond after a tie 

 score. 



.\t the close of the bamiuet the prizes 

 wcic presented by t'eorge i>. >s'icholas, 

 after which he nuule an address in Eng- 

 lish and afterwartls in tJreek, stirring the 

 big audieiu'c by his elo((uent apostro|ilie 

 to fraternity, loyalty and natioinil pride. 

 The association has every reason to feel 

 proud of its tmiiual celebration. 



Various Notes. 



b'uinor says one of the aggressive re 

 tailors in Brooklyn will invade New York 

 this fall and has already secured the best 

 of the de]iart inent stores t'or the venture. 

 It will make things hum in the IMt'ty 

 ninth street secdion. where so many now 

 licdd sway, llauser. llant't Dros., John 

 King Diier. Myer ami W'arendortV ;imong 

 them. These ale enterprising days and 

 the iippiiitunit ies for enterprising tlorisis 

 grow with great r.-ipiility. 



Messrs. Traeiidly, Young and I'ierson 

 are active now in final [irepai'at ions for 

 the Ciucinn.-iti Jubilee. The berths are 

 filling rapidly and for the last time the 

 warning is sent out to delay securing 

 your accoiumodat ioii.s mi lunoer. Write 

 Secietarv \'oung at once. Ifemember the 

 Seciiml l']inpir(^ special leaves New York 

 at 12:10 Mond.-iy, August 1(1, ;iih1 it will 

 stop at any (dty between New ^'ork niid 

 clevcdand for the florists who secure their 

 trans|iortation in advtmcc, comnn-nciug at 

 'J'arrytown and Poughkec^psie. The train 

 jirrives at .Albany at 4 p. m., where the 

 Hoston ami New i'higlaml boys are ex 

 [lecteil to join us; Jlerkimer, 0:47; 



l.'tica, ti:n>; Syracuse, 7:L'.".; Kochester. 

 !):ll»; Diilfalo, ']<>:.")(), and so (ui to I'hie 

 and ('leveland, where we expect the De 

 troit ;ind ('leveland host in come on 

 iHiard. 



li'olierl I'lciiy has been appoinled man- 

 ager and c.-iptain of the .\ew Xnvk bcjwl- 

 iiig team, and f'riday, .\ugnst ti, Tiiesd;iy. 

 .\iigiist In. and i''riday, .\ugusl l.'l, the 

 iiiemlieis will bowl at 'J'hiimin's alleys to 

 decide by their .'iver.-iges the five wlnj will 

 iepi'(seiit .\e\v \'ork. ()iily tlicse taking 

 [larl in the bowling on these tliree even- 

 ings will lie considered and .Manager 

 r.erry has so adviseij f he club members. 

 I'.ecause of a con1em|dateil trip to Europe 

 next year, M<'ssis. Donaldsnn ami .Mies- 

 sent, the best bowlers of tlu; Astorias, 

 have cut out their Ohio trip, much to the 

 legret of the New \'orkers. Mr. Miessein 

 won the silver cup last year at Buffalo 

 for the highest individual score. 



.\ uiii(|ue decoration of water lilies, 

 t'eiiis and fdiintain, with ducklinos, like 

 llie one in Small \' Suns' window, is 

 about all tinit will halt a [ledestrian. 

 .\lex. .Mc( iinnell, .M. A. Bowe and Clarke's 

 Sons also kee[i the oljservant eyes open 

 and Nugent and Myer always have some 

 thing out of the ordinary, even in the 

 dog days. 



.Monday, .\ugiist !•, the Liberty theater 

 in .New N'ork opens with a new I'lay 

 called "'The I'lorist Shop.'' staged by 

 Sav.age. a play that it is hojiecl will [neve 

 a jiraclical advertisement for the florists' 

 trade ;ill the season. 



K'eed tV Keller havi' on exhibition in 

 their show windows many novelties that 

 will be seen at the convention, tme repre- 

 senting the ship Half Moon of Hendrii-k 

 lludsiin. the Ifobert Fulton and the great 

 modern palace steamship, the Lusitania. 

 in comparison. Their exhibit will occ\i[iy 

 I'liii s(|uare feet at < 'incinnati. 



Charence Moore, of the Moore Seed Co., 

 of ]'hiladelj)hiii. was a visitor last week. 



.\. T. Boddington will have an exhibit 

 covering l*0(i sqiuue feet at the conven- 

 tion ;ind H. A. Buuyard will be in charge. 

 Mr. Btinyard has .spent tin- last six weeks 

 at Ortide'll. N. ,|.. with his ftimily. 



.Mr. Weise, re|preseut ing David S.achs. 

 of' t^luedlinbuig. (iermany. is in the citv. 



Ii. K. lierry. of the park department, 

 su|ieriiitended last week the replanting of 

 a gingko tree eighty live feet high and 

 \veighing sixteen tons, iimving it fiom 

 One ilnndred and 'J'wenty-sixtii street to 

 .Mount .Morris park. If .Mr. I'.erry man- 

 ages the bowling club as widl as he ilid 

 the tree nuniiig, there will be some prizes 

 won by its nieinber.s. 



II. Schmidt, id' I'niou Hill. X. J., spe- 

 i-ialist in primroses and beguiiias, w.as an 

 atii'iidanl at the (Ireek outing, as well as 

 many other .\merican growers and flo- 

 rists. Jle is enthusiastic over his new 

 I'rimul.-i. Kewensis. Herman Scholzel. the 

 origin:ii(ir of the Scholzeli fern, was .-ilsu 

 at the oiilino-. He has a large plant at 

 New Diiiham. N. .1.. the (dd Astnus place 

 'here, now tlioidugidy up-to-date. He 

 li;is L'o.oiiii small S,li,dzeli and 5,00U large 

 [)la Ills. 



.Ml the lady bookkeepers and male em- 

 ployees are coming back from their vaca- 

 tions brown and Ijeautiful and reailv fur 

 the oreatest season ever known. Most <if 

 the vxholesale m.agnafes are taking theii- 

 holiday in th(> Cincinnati trip ami will 

 take ill the mountains and the baths (Ui 

 their return. 



Charles Schem'k is back from the bills 

 brown as a berry. A. J. Guttman haa 

 taken (ui avoirdupois in .Maine, and i» 

 iva.ly for busines.s. ,1. .\i stin Suavv^. 



