. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo2. The American Florist. 185 Jy.*--i ?a ?"^1 1- •?' ^ .--Tr-a -' ^ ? ? .- -: -:.:-^...^ ^g1>-. ,' proceedings, as is always the case at the annual conventions of the society, a check list should be kept on voters in every important question decided by bal- lot. It sometimes happens that non- members consider themselves entitled to vote, all announcements to the contrary notwithstandini;. AQUATI08 AT WILLOW GROVE P>IRK, PHILADELPHIA. exhaust steam from the boilers of the electric li;jht plant sup
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo2. The American Florist. 185 Jy.*--i ?a ?"^1 1- •?' ^ .--Tr-a -' ^ ? ? .- -: -:.:-^...^ ^g1>-. ,' proceedings, as is always the case at the annual conventions of the society, a check list should be kept on voters in every important question decided by bal- lot. It sometimes happens that non- members consider themselves entitled to vote, all announcements to the contrary notwithstandini;. AQUATI08 AT WILLOW GROVE P>IRK, PHILADELPHIA. exhaust steam from the boilers of the electric li;jht plant supplies all the plants for the beddinjj. The several lakes near the entrance to the park are well stocked with water lilies. These came from the H. A, Dreer collection and attract aj^reat deal of attention from the visitors, as they are fjrowinj;; luxuriantly. Thej' have been a little late in flowering this .season, as water in the lakes is supplied by springs in the bottom which are quite cold, and this, together with the cool season, has kept them back. To give an idea of the popularity of the park as a pleasure resort, the daily attendance ranges from 4-5,000 to 60,000 on all clear days, while this is exceeded considerably on Saturdays and Sundays. Their lianner day was the Fourth of July, when the attendance reached 140,000 people, a very good daily attendance for a World's Fair. The music, which this season costs the management $46,000, is absolutely free, there being no charge for admission to the park or for reserved seats in the auditorium. The onlv remuneration the company has is in what is obtained from the "privileges" and the car fare, which is 10 cents each way. It has often been said that no such resort would become popular without the liquor jjrivilege, but although Willow ®rove Park is now in its seventh year, and its annual record of visitors has increased so that last season it reached over 4,000,000, not a drop of liquor has ever been sold within t
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