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HORTICULTURE 



September 14, 1907 



During Recess 



'*ffanff Sorr^-w; care ivill kill a cat 

 And therefore let's be merry," 



A GROUP OF CANADIAN FLORISTS. 



Tiie Albany (N. Y.) Florists' Cliib 

 &el(l its first annual outing and clam 

 bake on September 1. A number of 

 i'tica florists were present and all had 

 « good time. 



During the afternoon a spectacular 

 game of baseball was engaged in upon 

 the wide meadow below the grove. 

 For over two hours a team represent- 

 ing the growers contested with a sec- 

 ond team representing the retailers 

 witk the result that when the game 

 eame to a close at the end of the fifth 

 inning the growers were ahead by a 

 score of 13 to 6. 



The battery for the growers was 

 Gabriel of Rliiuebeck aud Richard of 

 Watervleit, and for the retailers, Butts 

 of Rensselaer and Thompson of Water- 

 vleit. The game settled a long stand- 

 ing score between the growers and 

 retailers as the last game played be- 

 tween the two teams resulted in a tie. 



Following the baseball game a short 

 program of athletic sports was run 

 off. In the fat men's race there were 

 three contestants. They crossed the 

 tape at the finish amidst the cheers of 

 the onlookers in the following order; 

 John Butts of Ren.sselaer, James H. 

 Snyder of Rhinebeck and John Moraii 

 of Watervleit. The winner was 

 awarded a box of cigars. 



In the race for other contestants, 

 Paul Gabriel of Rhinebeck came in 

 first with John Warren of Watervleit 

 aud Arthur Smith of Slingerlands fol- 

 lowing in the order named. 



In the hop, skip and jump contest 

 G«orge Russell was declared the win- 

 ner, although no measurements were 

 taken beyond comparing the distances 

 between the heel marks in the turf. 

 T. J. McDonough was second and Fred 

 A. Danker, third. A palm was given 

 to the winner of this contest. 



In the boys' race, Abraham Myeis 

 came in first, August Eckert, second, 

 and John McMahon, third. The win- 

 ner was awarded a five dollar gold 

 piece and the second contestant three 

 dollars in cash. 



The officers of the Albany Florists' 

 Club are: President, William C. King; 

 ▼ice-presidents, Edward V. Meany aud 

 Frank M. Briere; treasurer, William 

 C. Kurth; secretary, Thomas F. Tracy, 

 Slingerlands, N. Y. The club was or- 

 ganized on April 29 of the present 

 year and has a large and growing 

 membership. 



The annual outing of the employees 

 of William Scott Co., of Buffalo, was 

 held Wednesday, when 20 from Buf- 

 falo arrived on the noon train, and 

 were met by the employees from Cor- 

 fu. They had dinner at the Union Ho- 

 tel. A ball game was played between 

 the Buffalo employees and the Corfu 

 employees, Corfu winning, 19 to 10. 



This is a group photograph of the 

 merabei s of the Canadian Horticultural 

 .4ssociation in attendance upon theii' 

 very successful annual convention at 

 l^ondon, Ont., on August 29. It cannot 

 be denied that they are a body of re- 

 markablv fine looking gentlemen and 

 this includes two or three whom we 

 recognize as not yet full-fledged 

 Canadians. l?ut where are the ladies'.' 

 Our S. A. P. would as soon think of 

 disbanding as to have its "pictur' 

 look" without an abundant admixture 



of the fair sex. We understand that 

 our sister society acros.^- the line will 

 meet next year at the same place as 

 the S. A. F. I^et us hope that it will 

 also be at the same date and the 

 frateri'izing will do us both lots of 

 good. And if our Canadian friends 

 are short of beautiful ladies to add 

 grace and tone to their Niagara Falls 

 idiotograph. perhaps we may be per- 

 suaded to loan them some that will 

 iill the bill: but iust for a few min- 

 utes only, for we can't spare them 

 long. 



PLYMOUTH EMULATES DAYTON. 



In these days when we hear so 

 much of the soulless corporations it 

 is refreshing to have a chance to say 

 a good word for one of them. The 

 Plymouth Cordage Co., of Plymouth, 

 Mass.. held their fifth annual field day 

 and exhibition on Labor Day, Sept. 2 

 and, despite the somewhat cloudy 

 weather, they had keenly competed 

 games in the morning and a baseball 

 game in the afternoon between the 

 team of employees and the Everetts 

 of Everett, Mass. The exhibition is 

 open only to employees of the Cordage 

 Company and the prizes offered are for 

 fruit, flowers and vegetables, indus- 

 trial work, poultry, and cookery. To 

 those of us who can recall the horti- 

 cultural exhibitions of the old coun- 

 try (amateur section), it was decided- 

 ly a revelation to find competition so 

 keen amongst this same class here, 

 and to see the interest manifested and 

 worked up to such a degree in the 

 short period of five years. Not only 

 are prizes offered as above noted, but 

 prizes are also offered for best-kept 

 gardens, best lawns of corporation 

 houses and houses owned by employ- 

 ees. The company will supply on ap- 

 plication seed and shrubs, and for 

 this purpose have established quite a 

 nursery of their own. The show of 

 vegetables on this occasion, consider- 

 ing the dry season — a season that has 

 been particularly trying to the grower 

 in the sandy soil of Plymouth — was 



by far the largest of the five exhibi- 

 tions. One of the collections consist- 

 ed of more than thirty different vege- 

 tables, pri:',es being offered for collec- 

 tions as well as individual exhibits. 

 The fruit show was also very good, 

 although perhaps other seasons have 

 offered better showings in grapes and 

 pears. One exhibit had a collection of 

 ten varieties of pears and carried off 

 the cup. In flowers there were many 

 very interesting collections. The cut 

 flowers were particularly good, and 

 one exhibitor had a collection of six- 

 ty-six varieties and remarked that he 

 was satisfied to have done this once, 

 but it had cost him a great deal of 

 time to .get them all to look as well as 

 they did. The industrial and kinder- 

 garten work was also most interesting 

 as well as the children's department, 

 where prizes were offered for cut 

 flowers. It was certainly an exhibi- 

 tion that tar exceeded anything seen 

 anywhere in Massachusetts, and the 

 credit for it lies wholly in the industry 

 and ambition of the employees of this 

 concern, spurred on by the genial and 

 energetic treasurer. Mr. G. F. Holmes, 

 who has been untiring in his efforts 

 to promote the success of the annual 

 field day, and who remarked that it 

 was gratifying that their annual ex- 

 hibition should have grown from 

 wnat could be held in a large room of 

 a private house to that of two large 

 marquees in the short space of five 

 vears. W. SKAKLE. 



