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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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1 III' salt' (if tomato aijil i-aliliaye jilaiits. 

 • 1-^ 1lit' liandlin^ of llirx' ci-dwilcd us 

 Ml iiiii" li (lui'iiiy llic wcclv ]ir('c('(linj;' 

 MciiKDial (lay, Imt \vc fimiid that many 

 |i('ii)ili' t lu'ii (■(iiici'ivcd 1 lie itk'a that avo 

 \\(iiiM not sell any suit of )ihui1s any 



llllPlC, lli>t c'NCll licdilill;^ stuck. 



'I'll do a liiisinoss of $12,000 a year in 

 a Inwn nf I'll. 0(111. ^vith ll',000 foot of 

 l^lasSj is lu'ltor tlian wo ovor bofort' 

 hoard of, and t ho inquirer Avouhl liottor 

 siii/k III his jircsont conrso. 



The AVindmillor Co. 



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CONVENTION 



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AFTERMATH 



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THE CLOSING SESSION. 



,\- di'Iot:ato- til till' ."-^I'l-uiid .Natiunal 

 ' iiii^c'iva t inn ( 'iiiil:m'ss, wliiidi moots at 

 Sl. I'aul. So|ii omlior -'i. tlio |iiosidi'nt 

 .i|i|ioiiilod .1. < . X'auyliai), '['lioodnrr 

 Wiitli. 11. !■:. I'liilimtt, (). iliilm and 

 II, c. lri>li. 



'J'lio i-iimmit t oo on ^(diiml ;^aidons, a^ 

 .1 commiltoo. liad ilmio iiotiiiiiii. Iiut its 

 ■ hairman. I'.onjaniin liammond, ami 

 W . ]'>. I»u l>ii'. lino i>i its momliors. who 

 )ia'~ lii'on a sidmni loaidior forty years, 

 take a i^roat deal uf interest in the 

 ixoi'k, and oaidi ]iiosonloil a re])ort on 

 the )iro;^ont status uf the mu\i'monf. 



l.'uliort l\ift. rhjladeliihia, sent a Irt- 

 /ur cailin^ atontiioi lu Mutliors' day 

 .IS of ureal Aaliio tu fluiists, and, on 

 niution uf W. i\. Smith, rosulnlions Avoro 

 .-idojilod loiidorin^ tu Miss .\nna .laiwis 

 ■■"tliis uiir |iuti]ii- rociij^nit iun ■ ■ of tiio 

 iii'l)t till' craft and the jiatiun owe to 

 )ii'l- fur I lie idea. 



The cnnimittoo un final resolutions — 

 Waitir Shoiidan, .1. i\. 1-. M. Fanjiilmr 

 ;iiiil J'. Welch iiro-ontod icsolntions o.\- 

 |iressi\i ni' the society's a |i]ireciation 

 lit the s|dendiil wolcunio .and thaiikinj; 

 those AvJiii ]iru\ idi'd the o.\ci'llont facili- 

 lies, 'J'hiiso mentioned in the rosolu 

 liuns wore the IJooiie^tor I'lorists' 

 'I lull, the m.'iyor. the (iiamlior of C'um- 

 ineroo. J'. W.A'iidi, ('. II. A'jck and the 

 lailios' ciiminittee. 'J'lie ri'i)urt closed 

 with these words: "The suciety rci-o;^- 

 Mize.s the j)resent convention as one ol' 

 the Lest in its hisloiy,'' and was iiuani- 

 iiiuusly .ado]itoil. 



Various Notes. 



Tho insurgents were in the sailiile. 



The |iro|iosoi| .ainondniout s to tho eon- 

 st it lit iuii had, slioi-t shi'ift. 



II. M. Altick. D.ayton. ()., is tlic 

 c|iam[iiun i;unnor. lie c;\rrioil off .all 

 three ot' tho ini|i\idnal first pri/.es in 

 t !ii' ciiincntion cuntost at the traps, 

 winning; ."fdii ju ^old. 



The L.adios' S. A. I\ is in alHiient 

 cireumstances. The t roasiii-er '.s rei>ort 

 showed .$;'>o7.L'l2 in the bank. An appro 

 priatioii of $50 was made for a sjieeial 

 ]iri/.e to be ollered at the National 

 [■'lower Show. 



II. A. Bunyard imade tlie spoeeh ]ire- 

 sontiiii,'- to 8u]it. C. 11. A'iok the exhib- 

 itors' tostitnoiual of appri'ciatiou for 

 his eflicienoy and consideration. Tho 

 ;^ift was a ;;()lil watch — a little Ijoanty 

 - suitably insoribed. 



il. l'>. Beatty sent the following tele- 

 gram from Atlantic City to ,]ohn West 

 cott: '"^Irs. Hoatty joins me in best 

 Avishos tu our friends and yourself. 

 May you all ha\e tlH> bcstest of best 

 times." 



The Ladies' 8. A. V. had an infor- 

 mal affair at the llutol Soneci, Thurs- 

 day iiisiht. at which the soii^s of Miss 

 I'erle I!. I'^nlmer wore a feature. The 

 ladies' or^^•lni/.at ion has added im- 

 mens(dy to tlie social side of the con- 

 ventions. 



'J'he Hail Association has lost so 

 miicli money on sinirlo thii-k glass that 

 it is jiruposed to iiiise the rate on it 

 to 10 cents. ,\ year will bo required 



to make the m'cessary change in its 

 by-laws. 



A large proportioii of tin' visitois 

 found time to Aisit the nursery of 

 I'^llwanger tV: J^arry, where e\erything 

 looks as if it were a well-kept jutblic 

 park. The I'oses were a center of in 

 terest. Imt there were innunu'rablo 

 sjiecimen trees and shrubs to admire 

 and many things not t)rdinari]y seen in 

 ;i commercial pla(;e. 



One of the exhibitors suggests that 

 entry bla)iks be handed to eatdi one 

 purchasing S|iace, to give all a chance 

 at the society's awards on no\(dties. 

 Several were so busy staging their ex 

 hibits that they overlooked the for 

 mality of entering their new things 

 until after the .judges had made their 

 loiinds, after which it A\as too late. 



When the American Association of 

 Xursorymon \isited Denver in June ,1. 

 A. \';ilontine (■nlertained a ]i;irty ot 

 thoin at dinner, so at b'ochester they 

 siju.'irod accounts by gi\ing a spri'ad 

 in his honor at the Hotel Hochestor. 

 ( '. 1,. ^'atos and Jas. Mcllutcluson were 

 t ho leaders. 



I'riday morning about 300 of the vis 

 itors were taken in special cars for a 

 hurried trip to the trial grounds and 

 stM'd farm of dames A'ick's Sons, a few 

 miles outside the city. Tliore was not 

 sufUcient time to do more tliau nolo 

 the air of j)erfect order and neatness 

 e\orywhere about the ])lace. There had 

 iieen a hea^y rain the night before, 

 which ha<l knocked down some of the 

 crops, but whiidi was welcomed by the 

 jdants, for it has iioen an exceptionally 

 dry season at Rochester, as elsewiiere. 

 The farm is Jieautifid rolling laud and 

 there is almost e\eiything growing on 

 it but weeds — not one of these couhl 

 be found unless one counted tlie abnn 

 dant supply of "weeds"' from lla\'ana. 



I'l'osident Pierson was immensidy 

 jdeascd with his gavel, the ])iesenta 

 tion of which took him entirely by 

 surjirise. It was a beauty, of solid 

 i\ory. with a silver band inscribed. 

 ''Presented to F. li. I'ierson. president 

 of the Society of American Florists, by 

 friends of the New York l-"lorists' 

 Club." Not many have st'on yiv. i'ier- 

 son at a loss for words to exjiress his 

 thoughts, but when E. (i. Hill presented 

 the silver service at the closing session, 

 as the reciitient later said, "lie laid it 



Visiting Ladies at Highland Park, Rochester, August 17. 



