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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_20_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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■ .r ; >■ AUGUST 22, 1907. The Weekly Florists' Review* 27
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The Supply Houses had the Front of the Upper Floor. with the Rose Society in March and the national flower show in November Chi- cago was asking a great deal". John Weatcott spoke for Niagara Falls, and so did several others, with the result that after Mr. Breitmeyer had with- drawn in, favor of Niagara Falls the so- ciety voted to have the secretary cast a unanimous ballot for that city. J. K. M. L. Farquahar, for the com- mittee on change of name, reported that after considering all phases of this im- portant matter the committee had voted to recommend that steps be taken to change the title to Society of American Horticulture. F. E. Palmer, of Brook- line, endorsed the committee's action and put it in the form of a motion, which was seconded by Bobert Craig. The matter being open for debate, the warmest discussion in the recent annals of the society was precipitated. Some speakers favored brwkaening the title to include everybody and others replied that such action would carry the society away from the original idea of a trade body. F. E. Pierson moved an amendment mak- ing the title Society of American Flo- rists and Horticulturists. Patrick O'Mara seconded this motion. This pre- cipitated still further debate and as the time was pressing and almost everyone wanted to be heard on the subject, fur- ther consideration was postponed to Thursday morning, Wednesday Eveninf's Session* Broad Street theater was crowded Wednesday evening to listen to an illus- trated lecture by J. Otto Thilow, of the Henry A. Dreer Co.,' on * * The Flora of Yellowstone Park." Mr. Thilow proved himself a second Burton Holmes as a travel lecturer, and held the close at- tention of his big audience for nearly two hours, with interesting description and bright stories of his trips through the great national park, where he met the omnipresent Pat O'Mara and caught some snap-shots of him which were thrown on the screen along with the many beautiful pictures of the wonders of nature with which Mr. Thilow illustrated his lecture. He concluded his talk on the park flora with flowers of speech in connection with portraits of leading members of the society, thrown on the screen. Hall Association. The Florists' Hail Association held its annual meeting and listened to re- ports of officers on 3 most prosperous year. Two directors were elected and officers reelected. Rose Society. A meeting of the American Rose So- ciety was held on the steamer en route to Dreer's. The purpose of the meeting was to afford a chance for the Chicago people to confer with the eastern mem- bers as to the details of the show in Chicago next March. Vice-president Breitmeyer presided. Ladies' Auxiliary. The ladies' auxiliary held two meet- ings to complete its organization. At the first meeting a committee on by-laws was appointed and at the second these were adopted. Mrs. W. J. Vesey, of Fort "Wayne, was elected president, and Mrs. C. H. Maynard, of Detroit, secre- tary. The Trip to Riverton The afternoon of Wednesday, set apart for a trip to the establishment of Henry A. Dreer, at Riverton, was showery, but it did not spoil one of the most inspiring entertainments that the society has ever enjoyed. The host had chartered the big steamer, Columbia, for the trip up the Delaware and, in spite of the heavy rain which fell just at the announced hour of sailing, the fcoat carried nearly a thousand people and an orchestra. It was an interesting sail, past the big shipyards and the gun club's grounds at Wissinoming, where the convention shooting tournament was then in prog- ress, the gunners firing a salute as the steamer passed. Arrived at the green- houses, a bountiful luncheon was par- taken of, in the big packing shed, the refreshments being served by white- aproned greenhouse employees. William F. Dreer, head of the institution, was introduced by President Stewart and spoke briefly of the pleasure it afforded them to have the opportunity of enter- taining the convention. He said he wanted to say a word for the other of- ficers, to whom, he said, credit is due, rather than to himself, for whatever was found to be worthy of commendation. The two honrs which followed were too short to afford opportunity to see the half of the interesting things in the great range of glass, the rain precluding much examination of the acres of stock in the fields. The place always is spick and span and probably a greater variety of stock is ^rown here, and all grown well, than in any other florist's estab- lishment in America. Considerable out- door stock had been cut and was at- tractively displayed under cover, and all through the place the guests were seen taking notes of varieties for future guidance, everything being carefully la- beled. The return was by steamer at 7 o 'clock. Except for the luncheon at Bayers- dorfer's the trip to Dreer's was the only visit to a place of trade interest as a feature of the regular program. But there are many hospitable growers about Philadelphia and they all had a number of visitors, who came singly and in par- ties. At the establishment of the Robert Craig Co., Forty-ninth and Market, the visitors found a superb stock of all the leading varieties of foliage plants. Ficus pandurata, grown in cedar tubs, for hotel and restaurant decoration, was a strik- ing feature. These plants are so dura- ble that they can be used almost any- where advantageously. Well colored cro- tons were another specialty, exceptionally well done. Dracsena terminalis was in fine shape, well colored and thrifty. Among the flowering plants, cyclamens in the frames were most promising. Five houses at this place were devoted to William P. Craig's Nephrolepis Amer- pohlii, which is an exquisite thing with a bright future. The Joseph Heacock Co., at Wyncote, showed visitors as pretty a lot of ken- tias as one could wish to see. They are all home grown from seed grown on the place, clean and in thrifty condition, in all sizes, from the seed-pan up to fin- ished specimens suitable for a large dec* tA>l..-'.<-a.- ■■ .-v.;^-.. .^f^ftk •. ^ ^n^U^A.

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