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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fkbul'akv o, 1910. 



gcneratiou will have to do will bo to take 

 things easy iu the finest business in the 

 world. But the toastniastcr said the real 

 reason why Mr. IJandoljih was making 

 llorists of his boys is tliat out of his 

 greenhouses and store he is making more 

 good, clean money than hail' tlu^ lawyers 

 and doctors in Pittsburg are able to make 

 at their ju-ol'essions. 



E. C. Keineman said every town, no 

 matter liow small, sliould have a iloiists' 

 club, to make for better acciuaintaiicc 

 and put an end to petty jealousies, lie 

 gave Mr. J-'aiconer a large part of tiie 

 cre<lit for the success of the I'iltsburg 

 club. 



According to AV. 1'. Kastiiig. tiic car- 

 nation is a potent political argument. 

 He told of the l-Juffalo man who gave 

 carnations and won the nomination, but 

 did not give them afterward ani1 lost 

 the election, referring also to I'eter 

 Reinberg's fame as the carnation aldei- 

 man of Chicago. 



W. J. Vcsey told some stories about 

 the ladies and said their presence is one 

 of the pleasantest things about the A. 

 C. S. banquets. 



F. E. Dorner said that what we are 

 driving at, other than golil 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 

 ])leasant one for Patrick O'Mara, had not 

 that gentleman's business engagements 

 compelled him to continue his journey. 



Silver-tongued Robert Craig, one of 

 the most popular after-dinner speakers 

 in the trmle, spoke of the past and 

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

 hans, of Pittsburg, expressed tiie 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. Ilunkel, the 

 Milwaukee delegation, did not wait for 

 the bancjuet, but made an early start for 

 New York after they found they would 

 have to wait till liMl 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. Jiurki 

 told him that they cut 50,000 flowers — 

 one flower per ])lant — Christmas week, 

 and an average of about two flowers i)er 

 jilant 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 Robert Craig Co. 

 has propagated 2o,000 plants of its white 

 seedling, Norwood, ■which is to be intro- 

 duced next year. Tiiat would seem to 

 indicate a fair degree of confidence in 

 the variety, for one can meet a pretty 

 good demand for cuttings if lie 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- 

 l)are favorably with any in the country. 

 The third-story salesroom of the A. AV. 

 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, ill., went 

 to Baltimore after the carnation meeting, 

 to spend Sunday. 



I'eter Olsem, of tlu^ Chicago Cai'nation 

 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- 

 liet 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 I'lo- 

 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 rei 

 erence is made to the varieties as the 

 show up under artificial light. The judgi 

 took one fine looking pink seedling out i 

 natural light and thereby knocked 

 out of a certificate. 



There are tliose well qualified to judj: 

 who say the bancjuet saves the financin 

 life of the society; a considerable numb< 

 of absent-minded men fail to call on tl 

 treasurer until they find that without 

 membership ticket bancpiet tickets are uii 

 com(>atable. A lot of new memberships 

 and dues, always come in at tht> last min 

 ate. When meeting in towns wh(>re ever\ 

 body was extended the samc^ courtesies a 

 society members, it has been the ex|tei' 

 ence of the officers of all trade societie 

 that (lues and luwv nu^mlierships came ii. 

 slowly; too many jieojile forget. 



TRIP TO BAKERSTOWN. 



Friday afternoon, January 28, nearl; 

 100 of those who had remained from tin 

 convention of the American Carnation 

 Society made a trip to Bakorstown a^ 

 the guests of the Pittsburg Rose & Car 

 nation Co., to inspect its large green 

 house plant there, (iuides were provided 

 to explain the details of culture, etc., au'^ 

 it goes without .saying that the visitor- 

 found the place in first-class condition 

 Avitli much to interest and much to learn 

 for it is widely recognized that ]\lr. 

 Burki is able to take as much from eaci. 

 square foot of bench s])ace as any grower 

 in the country. Luncheon was servdl 

 The visitors were taken to .and from tli' 

 train on bob sleds. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Resignation of Treasurer Beatty. 



Owing to impaired health. II. I'. 

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

 dered his resignation at a meeting of tip 

 executi\e board held at Pittsburg, .laiin 

 ary 20 to 2S, 1910. The resignation w;i-- 

 accepted by the board. The appoint men' 

 of Wm. F. Kasting, of Buffalo, N. A'.. 

 as the successor of Mr. Beatty, was con 

 firmed. Wm. F. Kasting, having beeii 

 duly qualified according to Article II 

 section 3, paragraph (d), is now treas 

 urer of the society. 



The following are the resignation oi 



Visitors at the Plant of the Pittsburg Rose & Carnation Co , Bakerstown, Pa., January 28, I^IO. 



