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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbuarx 3, 1910. 



generation will have to do will be to take 

 things easy in the finest business in the 

 world. But the toastmaster said the real 

 reason why Mr. Kandolph was making 

 florists of his boys is that out of his 

 greenhouses and store he is making more 

 good, clean money than half the lawyers 

 and doctors in Pittsburg are able to make 

 at their professions. 



E. C. Keineman said every town, no 

 matter how small, should have a florists' 

 club, to make for better acquaintance 

 and put an end to petty jealousies. He 

 gave Mr. Falconer a large part of the 

 credit for the success of the Pittsburg 

 club. 



According to W. F. Kasting, the car- 

 nation is a potent political argument. 

 He told of the Buffalo man who gave 

 carnations and won the nomination, but 

 did not give them afterward and lost 

 the election, referring also to Peter 

 Eeinberg's fame as the carnation alder- 

 man of Chicago. 



W. J. Vesey told some stories about 

 the ladies and said their presence is one 

 of the pleasantest things about the A. 

 C. S. banquets. 



F. E. Domer said that what we are 

 driving at, other than gold medals, is 

 gold dollars, and that the greatest stim- 

 ulus the trade has is the reward to be 

 won by pleasing critical women. 



Prof. Judson, of Cornell, took occasion 

 to pay his respects to Burbank in a fash- 

 ion that would have made the occasion a 

 pleasant one for Patrick O 'Mara, had not 

 that gentleman's business engagements 

 compelled him to continue his journey. 



SUver-tongued Eobert Craig, one of 

 the most popular after-dinner speakers 

 in the trade, spoke of the past and 

 the men who are gone, and T. P. Lang- 

 hans, of Pittsburg, expressed the pleas- 

 ure the local people had felt at having 

 so many and so appreciative guests, and 

 their regret that the meeting, so long in 

 anticipation, was so soon over. The 

 applause he received showed how well 

 the evening had been enjoyed. 



W. P. Craig presented the final resolu- 

 tions, setting forth in due form the so- 

 ciety's sense of obligation for the many 

 courtesies extended it and its members 

 during their stay in Pittsburg. 



Jottings. 



Wm. Nicholson went west after the 

 convention, visiting the Dorners and 



others. Mr. Nicholson has a daughter 

 living in Chicago. 



Nic Zweifel and H. V. Hunkel, the 

 Milwaukee delegation, did not wait for 

 the banquet, but made an early start for 

 New York after they found they would 

 have to wait till 1911 for a carnation 

 convention for the Cream City. 



C. L. Washburn said he seldom had 

 seen such a showing of carnations as he 

 found in the greenhouses of the Pitts- 

 burg Rose & Carnation Co. Mr. Burki 

 told him that they cut 50,000 flowers — 

 one flower per plant — Christmas week, 

 and an average of about two flowers per 

 plant for the month of December. 



P. O'Mara made the carnation meet- 

 ing an incident on his way to Spring- 

 field, O. 



It is stated that the Eobert Craig Co. 

 has propagated 25,000 plants of its white 

 seedling, Norwood, which is to be intro- 

 duced next year. That would seem to 

 indicate a fair degree of confidence in 

 the variety, for one can meet a pretty 

 good demand for cuttings if he has 

 25,000 plants to work from. 



E. G. Hill was missed. He has been 

 troubled with lumbago this winter. 



Most of the convention visitors found 

 time to call at the leading retail stores, 

 of which Pittsburg has several that com- 

 pare favorably with any in the country. 

 The third-story salesroom of the A. W. 

 Smith Co. seemed to impress people as 

 much as anything they saw. Mr. Smith 

 told some of his visitors that the Bride 

 rose can no longer be sold while White 

 Killarney is in view. 



Geo. W. Jack, of Springfield, 111., went 

 to Baltimore after the carnation meeting, 

 to spend Sunday. 



Peter Olsem, of the Chicago Carnation 

 Co., went from Pittsburg to Waynesboro, 

 Pa., to visit the establishment of Henry 

 Eichholz, whose pink sport of Enchant- 

 ress named Washington will be the Jo- 

 Uet concern's next year's introduction. 

 It is the exact shade of Lawson as staged 

 at Pittsburg, and the Chicago Carnation 

 Co. thinks it will be in wide request. 



W. L. Rock, of Kansas City, went to 

 New York after the carnation show. He 

 is enthusiastic over the new Retail Flo- 

 rists' Delivery Association, of which he 

 is treasurer. 



It is futile to discuss color as seen in 

 the carnations on exhibition at Pittsburg, 



except with the understanding that ref 

 erence is made to the varieties as thev 

 show up under artificial light. The judge' 

 took one fine looking pink seedling out t( 

 natural light and thereby knocked it 

 out of a certificate. 



There are those well qualified to judg( 

 who say the banquet saves the financial 

 life of the society; a considerable numbei 

 of absent-minded men fail to call qn the 

 treasurer until they find that without a 

 membership ticket banquet tickets are un- 

 comeatable. A lot of new memberships, 

 and dues, always come in at the last min- 

 ute. When meeting in towns where every- 

 body was extended the same courtesies as 

 society members, it has been the experi- 

 ence of the oflBcers of all trade societies 

 that dues and new memberships came in 

 slowly; too many people forget. 



TRIP TO BAKERSTOWN. 



Friday afternoon, January 28, nearly 

 100 of those who had remained from the 

 convention of the American Carnation 

 Society made a trip to Bakerstown as 

 the guests of the Pittsburg Rose & Car- 

 nation Co., to inspect its large green- 

 house plant there. Guides were provided 

 to explain the details of culture, etc., and 

 it goes without saying that the visitors 

 found the place in first-class condition, 

 with much to interest and much to learn, 

 for it is widely recognized that Mr. 

 Burki is able to take as much from each 

 square foot of bench space as any grower 

 in the country. Luncheon was served. 

 The visitors were taken to and from the 

 train on bob sleds. 



SOOETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Resignation of Treasurer Beatty. 



Owing to impaired health, H. B. 

 Beatty, treasurer of the S. A. F., ten- 

 dered his resignation at a meeting of the- 

 executive board held at Pittsburg, Janu- 

 ary 26 to 28, 1910. The resignation was- 

 accepted by the board. The appointment 

 of Wm. F. Kasting, of Buffalo, N. Y.„ 

 as the successor of Mr. Beatty, was con- 

 firmed. Wm. F. Kasting, having been 

 duly qualified according to Article II r 

 section 3, paragraph (d), is now treas- 

 urer of the society. 



The following are the resignation of 



Viiitors at the Plant of the Pittsburg Rose & Carnation Co., Bakerstown, Pa„ January 28> 1910. 



