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The Florists' Review 



July 11, 1912. 



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David Vesey, son of W. J. Vesey, 

 was graduated last month from the 

 University of Michigan. Mr. Vesey 

 has been studying law at the univer- 

 sity, and in the future will be asso- 

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A recent visitor was C. Winterich, of 

 Defiance, O., who came to this citjr on 

 a business and pleasure trip combined. 

 He is contemplating a European trip 

 this summer. R. K. F. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 



The Market. 



With the thermometer registering 

 nearly 90 degrees in the shade, there 

 is little or no business around town. 

 Stock is plentiful, such as it is, and 

 low prices prevail. Quite a number of 

 the growers are setting out mums now 

 and cutting back their roses. It was so 

 hot on the streets last Saturday that 

 the fakers were unable to sell their 

 flowers, as the stock wilted as soon as 

 exposed. In the evening some good 

 sweet peas' were offered by these men 

 at as low as two bunches for five cents. 

 The June weddings, commencement ex- 

 ercises and similar events are now 

 things of the past and the leaving of 

 town by a large proportion of the so- 

 ciety folks has materially cut down the 

 demand for cut flowers. 



Club Meeting. 



•' iThe regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington was held 

 in the rooms at 1214 F street, N. W., 

 last week, with David G. Qrillbortzer 

 presiding. W. W. Kimmel gave a brief 

 outline of the work being done by the 

 members of the outing committee and 

 N. L. Hammer submitted a resolution 

 calling for early closing July 24 o°n ac- 

 count of the club's annual outing to be 

 held that day at Chesapeake Beach. 

 The resolution was passed. 



A communication was read from the 

 secretary of the Baltimore Club, where- 

 in the latter asked for a list of those 

 who will attend the national conven- 

 tion. About six of the members signi- 

 fied their intention of attending, but 

 more will probably go and Secretary 

 Fitton will be informed at the proper 

 time, so that, if the numbers warrant, 

 a special train may be obtained for the 

 two clubs jointly. 



A committee composed of Messrs. 

 Hammer, Mayberry and Kimmel was 

 appointed to act upon the applications 

 of the following florists proposed by 

 Mr. Hammer: O. R. Hedges, Alexan- 

 dria, Va.; C. P. Dudley, Parkersburg, 

 Va.; Mendel Behrend, Seat Pleasant, 

 Md.; Paul Ponnet, Alexandria, Va., and 

 Mr. Von Bottnger, who operates a stand 

 in the Center market. 



There being no further business to 

 be brought before the meeting, those 

 present were invited to become the 

 guests of Edward Schmid at his annual 

 crab feast in the Grotto. 



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As each guest entered the Grotto he 

 was presented with a badge of blue rib- 

 bon bearing the words, "Washington 

 Florists' Club, July 2, 1912," from 

 which hung a hammer and saw or some 

 other combination of miniature tools 

 incident to the trade. 



Upon the completion of the feast the 

 real fun began. Boxes of cigars, some 

 loaded and some not, were passed 

 around and Morris Stine entertained 

 the members with buck and wing and 

 fancy dancing and a dialogue or two. 

 He was closely followed by Leon Toone, 



a ventriloquist, who made the colored ; 

 doll which he used say all kinds of ! 

 "mean" things about the members. 

 Fred Kramer introduced a large bull- 

 dog, which accompanied him as th« 

 original ' ' houn ' dawg ' ' from the Balti- 

 more convention, and then Harry Lewis j 

 nearly broke up the meetipg with his 

 rendition of the Houn' Dawg song. 



Perhaps the most interesting feature j 

 of the evening was the few remarks | 

 made by Julian S. Warmbath, the taxi- 

 dermist, who spent several years with » | 

 party of explorers in the arctic re 



