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HORTICULTURE 



August 17, 1907 



During Recess 



"Hang Sorrow; care will kill a cat 

 And therefore let's be jnerry." 



THE DREER SEED STORE, PHILADELPHIA. 



Detroit Florists' Club Picnic. 



A party of aearly 200 Detroit 

 florists txjok a day off last Friday and 

 boarded the excursioa steamer for the 

 beautiful resort Bods Blanc. The 

 idea of gathering together all those of 

 the local craft, whoste sole aim is to 

 work among Flora's children for the 

 benefit and higher elevation of man- 

 kind, like on© great family, was well 

 appreciated and still better carried 

 out A regular family reunion which 

 also embraced such noble representa- 

 tives as Harry Bunyard of New York, 

 F. Boeringer of Bay Oity, and oth'er 

 guests. 



Those eager to show their prowess 

 at the national gam'e did not waste 

 much time at the lunch basket, but 

 got an early start at the ball game, 

 which was followed by many other 

 athletic events. Mr. Knope acting as 

 umpire between the Bast and West 

 Side team kept such a sharp eye on 

 the players that now he is nursing 

 badly inflamed eyes. The laurels 

 went to the East Side. 



Other winners of prizes were: 



Ladies' race — 1st, Miss Fay; 2cl, 

 Miss Hutter. 



Boys' race; under 16 yoars-^lst, 

 Rob. Damferow; 2d, Henry Greeman. 



100 yard dash — 1st, Louis Charvat; 

 2d, Andrew Ferguson, Jr. 



Three-legged race— 1st, Fred Mies- 

 gel; 2d, H. Beard. 



Fat man's race — 1st, Fred Pautke; 

 2d, H. A. Bunyard. 



Running Jump — Ist, Robt. Watson; 

 2d, Louis Watson. 



Girls' race; under 10 — 1st, Marjorie 

 Hedder; 2d, Mildred Hilcher. 



Boys' race; under 10 — 1st. Chas. D. 

 Burrell; 2d, Hob. Burrell. 



Tug of war — H. Smith's team. 



A. T. Boddington made a special 

 donation cf 2 boxes of cigars to the 

 losing team. Frank Holznagel fur- 

 nished the 15.00 gold piece for the 

 winning ball team. Mich. Cut Flower 

 Co. donated three knives. The balance 

 of priz'es were purchased by the local 

 club. 



Between dancing or swimming and 

 athletics, the shop was completely for- 

 gotten and still all went home wiser 

 and better men- 



Gfeat credit for the success of the 

 outing is due to the ever ready, un- 

 selfish solicitude of Wm. Brown, Fred. 

 Beard and Robt. Rahaley. 



FRANK DANZER. 



PERSONAL. 



Prof. C. S. Sargent has returned from 

 his trip to England. 



R. Turnbull of Montreal, Can., has 

 taken a position with the Mt. Royal 

 Cemetery Co. 



C. L. Howe of Dover, N. H., reached 

 Liverpool on August 4. He will spend 

 a month in England and France seek- 

 ing health. 



Visitors in Boston: S. J. Reuter and 

 Louis J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I.; Ju- 

 lius Roehrs, Jr., Rutherford, N. J.; U. 

 ■G. Scollay, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



We give a view herewith of- the 

 interior of the Dreer seed store. The 

 Dreer organization has a world-wide 

 fame. Every department is presided 

 over by an expert, of whom none 

 got there by accident. A life time's 

 experience, a keen, well-trained mind 

 broadened by education at home and 

 abroad, and the inherited experience of 

 his forefathers enabled William F. 

 Dreer to perfect this model organiza- 



tion and put the right man in the right 

 place. 



While not so showy as the magnifi- 

 cent growing establishment at River- 

 ton, which will be the Mecca of every 

 visitor during convention week, the 

 seed store and headquarters at 714 

 Chestnut street is well worth a visit. 

 The heads of departments are as fol- 

 lows: Plants. J. D, Eisele; seeds, J. 

 Otto Thilow, G. D. Clark and W. H. 

 McKubbin; accounting, J. D. Tull. 



HOUSE OF COCOS WEDDELLIANA. 



Here is a picture of a subject very 

 difficult to convey in a photograph. 

 We have long wished to do so, but 

 this is the first approach to a decent 

 picture. However, it must be seen to 



be appreciated, and all the convention 

 visitors will have a chance of seeing 

 it next Wednesday on the occasion of 

 the visit to the Dreer establishment 

 at Riverton, N. J 



