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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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CONVENTION 



AFTERMATH 



9 



THE PITTSBURG BANQUET. 



A Milestone in Trade Annals. 



I 'il 1>liiiiji' is n lowii ■where tliiiij^s iie\ei' 

 :ae ildiic liv liiihcs. It \\as eiily ;i I'ew 

 <l;ivs ;i^ii timt the new spaiiers nt' the 

 coiinlry were lull of the liaiKjuel of the 

 ^tei'l kiiiys. tliat cost .*ln(» m jihite. Well, 

 it wa'- the same lodiii in which the sti^el 

 men dineil that the I'it tsljiiry- florists' 

 ami t iaiileneis ' ( luli seloeted for \\\o 

 ■ liiiner 111 the iiiemliers of the Ameriran 

 I'arnatiou Society, .January 1'^. n arkinij 

 the chise ol' the nineteenth annual con- 

 venlmn. 'i'he Carnation Seciety is accus- 

 tomed to liein^' recei\i'd Avith ojien handed 

 hos|iilality. and tlie I'it t simryers were 

 anxious that tlieir welcome shouhl not 

 suffer liy coinpaiison with what ether 

 cities lia\e doue. so they planned their 

 iiamiuet nil ;i scale that set a. new mile 

 ^toiie ill the annals of the s iciety. 'i'he 

 lliiwers I'roiii the cxhiliit ion tallies wcro 

 still ill iierl'ect comlition. ha\iiiL; ke|it in 

 a way tiiat was the iiiarscl of many, ami 

 the I'ittsliurj;- retailers em|iloyed the 

 |irize-wiiiiHTS in decniatin^ the twoiity- 

 iiv(> or thirty round dinner tables, each 

 seatinfx ten. Of course e.-icli store did its 

 Ix'st, usiiifj one variety of carnation to a 

 table, with an abnmlaiice of stock for 

 use at the ends of the room, and the le- 

 siilt was not only the nicst (>laborate 

 decor.ation the carnatiiui men e\er hail 

 seen, but jirobably the most elaboiato 

 decoration e\er juit ii|' in which only this 

 one llower was iisi'd. 



'J'liere -wMs hardly a \acaiit scat in the 

 room, the local llorists .attendiiij^' in iiuiii- 

 bers to Welcome their onosts, many beinj^ 

 accoiniiaiiieil by their wives .-ind daiioh- 

 lers. The ]ireseiice ot' the ladies abided 

 ^n'e.atly to ilir brilliance ot' the scene and 

 the enjoyment ol' the oc-casion. 



]Ia\iii;^' iiro\i(|e(| so biioht a seitiiio. 

 an elaborate menu was served. The cop- 

 jH'r-]ilate cards wcio rxamples of the iiest 

 ill jiiinters' art. and the coursc> ;is fol- 

 lows : 



mi:m 

 i;hi. r..iiii- 



t'ctci-y K.-iili-l.c'- I dive- 



Ciiaiii ••I eiii.u.i, 



Kimli^h S'll,- TiiriMrc 

 Succtlii'c.'cl I'atlii^ l'ici,,-ii rc:i~ 



ruic-h r.cic'iiic I iuc 



I'llcl M iLTliMh I'.c, I li;i i~i' 



i;..,i-i-.i r..i:ii.M~ fr.iicii .Mii-iii..Mii,- 



I icic li Siniiu r.i:iii^ 



I'iil-liiir- S;il,nl 



l'.i~i ml 'li'l li'iil r.'llc^ ( 'riki - 



I ,11 ' -■• I 1 -;i-r.-.| (I :i.'l.ci - j 



I .■I'lC' I l^iU- 



While the dinilii w.-i'- in iuhl; li"--- the I 

 ( anietrie Tech (ilce ( lull, a cho|ii> of 

 ^oll|l■ lliiltv livi' Voice--, sail;^ a hoi^ [ilo 

 or,-|MI ol' cii|le;^e. d 11 11 k i 11 ;^ and |iiijildar 

 mu-^ii . I n!elv|ier^ei| ailiono jl,.- ihlee i 



minute talk- wliicii followed the (•';^ais . 



Were ^ii|o- liy Mi^s iioliiii'-oii ;iiid Mr. | 



.M;i<oii. the I'oiiner especially li; vinii ;i j 



voice so |ile;isiiio' that To.'isl mailer Wm. [ 

 falconer w.a-- I'oiced In t'oiliid I'uriher 



encore- in the ililele-I III' ad joii I iiiiieilt 



liet'ore liieakla-l. 'file mu-icul piouiaiii | 

 merit- cloM-r ;illeiitioii th.aii i- po---ili|e 

 when ''It's always t'.-iir v^eallur when 



■' 1 t'ellow < eel I iioet her. 



The Toasts. 



'Ilie |irogr;iin ol' talks w;is ;i ; f(dlovvs: 



■'llle fMrilMl inn Slicicl,\; wIlMl il is ^.'c.iil Inr 



■ iiiil wlial il li,-is ilmic," 1,\ I'roiilciil AllnTl 

 VI. ilcri', l.anc.M-Irr, I'a. 



■i'lh' S. A. f. : vvlial il has (iiiiic Inr lis ;ill," 

 li,\ i\ I'rcsjdciil .[. A. Valciil inc. Hciivfr. Cnln. 

 ■Oiii- Itii.vs: vvlial arc vvc ;,'iiln^- In iln willi 

 Mm 111 V" li;, I'. S. It;ini|nl|i|]. rillsiiiil'};. 



■■'Ilic Til Isliiifi; Cliili; what il has dnnc Inr 

 ■I- " liv 1". ('. liciiiciiian. I'illsliuri;. 



riic Naliiinal I'lovvcr Slinvv; vvhal il will 

 i' ami vvlial it will iiicaii In the cral'l." Ii\ 

 I' I!. ricr..nn, Jair.vlnvv 11, .\. Y. 



■( ariial inns; an cxpciicin c in |iiililics," li\ 

 W I.I :■'. KasliiiK. Mnllaln, X, V, 



■'riic 'I'railc I'rcss: iis iiii|inriaiicc. iis .aim- 

 ,111(1 iis liscs." liy II. ]!, llnwaril. Chicatfn. 



■Oiii- 1. allies: vvlialcvcr vvmilil vvc dn vvilliniil 

 111. 'Ill V" liv W, ,1. Vcscy. i-'nii Wayne. Jml. 



■The I'll l-linii; I'rcss; what il diil I'm- us and 

 vvhal vvr -iiniild (In Inr il." liy .\i-lliiir ('•. Hiir 

 L;nv lie. 



■•(liii- .VmhiiinNs, nr >vlial arc we aimiiii; alV" 

 i'.v I'reil i:. Dnnier. l.al a.v el Ic Ind. 



■•(an.-Kla ; hands aernss Ihe Imrdei-," hv .1. .\. 

 Illa-he.-ii-. 



■I'lie did r.(.ys: vvhal vvc nwe In them." hv 

 le.l.ell (raiu, niiladcliihia. 



■j 11" .\dvaiilaf:e of Science ('niipled uilh 

 I'raii i.-e," hy I.. ]!. .Tiidsnn, Ilhac.i. .N. V. 



■Oiir N'isitdi-s; we are Inalh in see Iheiii 

 .u... ' liv T. 1'. I.an;.'liaiis. Tit islnir;;. 



Ki|iiiil nf the c(iinTnillee nii linal resnlnl inn-, 

 l.\ Will I' Cr.iif.'. I'liil!i>U'I|ihla. 



Presentation of ^^edals. 



Before the introduction of the toast- 

 master, Pi-esident llerr presented the A. 

 V. S. medals to tiie winners; the gold 

 medal to J'\ Dorner tS: Sons Co., who had 

 won it on lloosicr Iau\; tiic silver medal 

 to L\ Witterstaetter, on President J, A. 

 V.alentine, .and the bronze inedtil to Pail- 

 ledouze Jiros.. on White House. Fred 

 Horner said the pleasure of {jetting the 

 jireniier award at an A. C. S. show is 

 something you must experience, as it 

 cannot be disciibed. Mr. Witterstaetter 

 said lie really did not get the medal he 

 w.'is tifter, and I-liigene Dailledoiize said 

 it ^v;^s some consolation to know the 

 others had to go ;i bit to get their gold 

 .and slKi'i' medals timl that there \vere 

 some splendid entries that got no recog- 

 nition at .all. 



,\ telegitim was read. ;is follows: 



The I'nsinii I'lnri-ls' and < iardeners' Cliil., al 

 its annual diuinr. ciii-'ral uiaies ili.' .\nii lican 

 ('.'iniatinii s,ieiei\ (in ii- sncces-liil cniiv cnt imi. 

 We liave pill Ihe pnrk am! Inans l.i -.ah ami 

 lii.iU I'nruaid In the meelini; in lull. 



The Three Minute Talks. 



'I'he speakers were asked to tiijk no 



mole tli;iii two or three minutes, which 

 |iiecludei| any serious attempt at speecli- 

 makiiin. |". 1,'. j'iei-oii mnde -oiiie lilth' 

 allempl to show the scope ot' the Second 

 \';itiolial i'loWer Slmw, the -llccess III' 

 which he ha- so deeply ;it lie.Ml. ;iiii| 

 ■-■lid ihal he sei s in the ixhiliitioli lo be 

 held al I'lostoii ill .March ol' next vi;ir nn 



olipoll iiliil y to lift hell icllll lire lo a 



hinlier ]ilaiie than il herelol'ore ha- occii 

 pied 111 the I'liited Stales. Me said Ihi' 

 coinmittee is gaining the hearlv coiipera- 

 tioii of all the hoi I icii II iii;i I inleicsls ;ii|i| 

 has ;i guar.aiilee t'liml of over .-'■' I o.i luii^ 

 liiiI v\;ints all the as-i-t .a iice it c;iii od. 

 The <'liicago show he cha raclei i/ed as 

 ably managed to make ;i piolit in the 

 face of' expendil iires anoren;it j nn ,+1'.").- 

 iHiii. lie stiid the cost and work inci- 

 dental to a big show deinand much united 



effort. At I'xisti n, he said, we can g. 

 together ;; larger and more diversifit 

 colleclion of plants than at .any oth- 

 place in the l'iiite<l States, and give tl 

 public .and the frade ;i higher ajipreia 

 lion of the dignity of horticulture; den 

 ( list late that it is a calling any man in:, 

 he proud to follow. 



i'lesident llerr s.aid if was seveiitiM 

 years since the Carnation Society (ii 

 met in I'ittsburg, with a show about on 

 third as large; he ho|i(Hl in another se 

 eiiteeii yeais his boy would be occupyiii 

 his shoes and ;;ble to re[iort as inui 

 prog res-. 



.1. A. N'alentine said it is iinjiossihle ? 

 sejiarate the work of the S. A. F. .and i; 

 kindled societies, but that the greate- 

 gdod .aiising from them is the improvi 

 meiit in the ethics of the trade; the be: 

 ter we come to know one another tie 

 more we tliak of eaidi other. 



In infrodiicing A. (i. ]iurgoyne, of tic 

 Pittsburg Chroiiiide-Telegraph, Mr. F;il 

 <'oner said the Pittsljurg pajiers had beei 

 kind to florists and things horticultural 

 ' ' .Xewsp.iper reporters write a lot oi 

 nonsense about ns,'' he continued, "bin 

 it is our own fault; the n(>wspa])er print- 

 whaf the ie|)orter is told; fill hiiu up wili> 

 iioiiseiisi' and what he writes will be ridic- 

 ulous; t(dl him facts ami what he print- 

 will be :i credit to lis.'' Mr. Burgoyni 

 said th.at in his mind music, poetry, 

 painting .and flowei's are iiLsejiarably asso 

 ciiited, but with one difference: T3ay b\ 

 day we see the juiblic prints full ol thi 

 entanglements of this or that great mii 

 siciaii, of the matrimonial infelicity ol 

 some |ioet, or the scandalous conduct of 

 a well-known painter — but we never b.v 

 any chance read of the elopement of tin 

 millionaire florist with the chorus girl 

 This the speaker creditol to the refiuini; 

 influence of flowfis. "The man in tin 

 greenhouse seems to be safe," he said 

 i\Ir. Purgoyne then re.ad the ]»oein lu 

 hail written for that day's ji.ajier, a.- 

 follows : 



Where Ihe sifiu. ■I'ml I'ill." siisiieiidi'd 

 I'rnin a iialaic vast and splendid. 

 Ofl'ei- siaiidipiK inviialinii In the traveler 

 step in, 

 II t.iilay Vdii ehaiice In eliler. 

 IJiiideil liy snine kinnvin;: .Menlnr, 

 Villi will timi ,1 linvvci- III Inveliiu'-s In I'arnd 

 akin, 

 'r.ierc in fiiendly cniilesl lucetiiif; 

 .\iid Inr l.iinnis lii;;li cninpelin;; 

 .\re 111' Uiiiu's (if hni'tlcnllnie, with ainljitii 

 pride aulnvv. 

 i;aih his liist endeavor making 

 'I'll achieve a reenni hreakiliK 

 .\n(l aslniiiidinir irrade nf merit ;il the I'l 

 ('arnalinii Show. 



uh. the ..;eiiis that tlie.v're displayinu, 

 I'.v linir vvizardy essaying' 

 I'n e\i--'l llic wmU nf nature, as apiiai iiil Iv 11 

 do. 

 ■^illie llleil all Inih'iy diseliises 

 I'.iiinlns a- line a- r.i'aelv i-n-c- 

 Viil Willi iiiiani-c- nf enlnr vvhicli Iiaim- \:i' 

 never knew. 

 Iln re's the irlnrimis I'eifeel inn. 

 With it- siiovvv white (•iiniple\iiiii. 

 Villi llie Mrs. 'I iiiiin.i- l,:iu-nii. willi il- i' 

 tint. and. nji. 

 Ilieic ill all il- ■j::\\ l.iav:ii|.. 

 I- the L'lildeli 1:1 Iinrail.i. 

 Villi 111" si:uiel <:aiL.' i llnmiiia 1 1- iln- I' 

 ( 'iiiiial imi s|„,u 



'riiiri'- llie pink IJiilciiiI re-- l.iamiliL'. 



.Villi the llali.-im daiklv :.'lea in mil' : 

 ■jielc'- the \iilii|\. tile .\IallleV .lliil llic 'l^i 

 • Jlleeli I,..lli-'. 



.Viid a hnsi of new i.iii- ri'iider 



r..v ihidr fiin,m-il :iiiil p.iieileil -pl.-ml'ir. 

 .Iii.\ niiliniindi.d 1.1 111 iiiini--i.iir wh.' ' ■ 



..'.■I- l.lnoni- like these. 

 .\iid on: tiiwii i'< in the iiiiinini:: 

 Hall. I- that never In-,, their euniuiiL' 

 Viiidi.iile Ih.' lame nf I'i 1 1 -Imri,' and hi all 

 11. iL'lilii"- know 

 ■||i:it we're up in llnral -lienee. 

 lliiiic with .in>(,iis -elf reliance 



W'. hid w.-le.m.' In :ill (■ er- ;ii Iln- '' 



e:iiii:ilinn Slinvv. 



\''e must iii:i!<e carnntion nr.iweis 

 our boys. s:iid I'. S. b'andolph. I'l v 



llowcr is lielf'ecl ;il|i| ;:ll the VoimL 



