August S, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



165 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



To accommodate several members 

 the date of the Amherst field day has 

 been changed from Aug. 14 to Aug. 

 15. All intending to make the trip 

 are invited to meet on the platform 

 of the North Union Station, at 8 

 o'clock, in season for the early Am- 

 herst train. All those who hope to 

 make the journey should notify the 

 secretary at once so that he can com- 

 plete all necessary arrangements. 



The attention of club members is 

 called to the coming convention of 

 the Society of American Florists at 

 Niagara Falls, opening on Aug. 18. 

 It is honed that the club will be well 

 represented. Mr. F. E. Palmer, state 

 vice-president, will cheerfully present 

 information as to rates to any who 

 may wish to make the journey. A 

 big delegation under the auspices of 

 our club will cheer our state officers. 

 Mr. Palmer will be at the club meet- 

 ing on Aug. 8 ready to furnish any 

 information needed. 



Important Notice — Special Club Meet- 

 ing. 



We. the undersigned members of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, desiring to extend the moral 

 support and sympathy of the club to 

 our fellow member, ex-President 

 James H. Morton, in his time of trial, 

 hereby request the president and sec- 

 retary of the club to call a special 

 meeting at the earliest possible date 

 for this purpose. 



James Benzie. James F. M. Farqu- 



har. John K. M. L. Farquhar. 



John P. A. Guerineau. Peter M. 



Miller, Alfred Poetsch, Stephen 



Donnellan, John Van I.eeuwen. 



Duncan Finlayson, William C. 



Rust, Robert Cameron. Wm. J. 



Stewart. 

 Pursuant to the foregoing request 

 a special meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston, is called 

 for Saturday evening, Aug. 8. 1908, at 

 8 o'clock, at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, to take action on the above. A 

 large attendance of members is ear- 

 nestly requested. Let us show our 

 worthy and esteemed ex-president that 

 he has the full support of our club in 

 his hour of need. 



W. N. CRAIG. Secretary. 



WINNIPEG FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



At the Winnipeg Exhibition, which 

 closed on July 19th, there were many 

 splendid exhibits, and it was alto- 

 gether successful in every way. Th^ 

 Rosery Florist of Portage Rochue had 

 a very pretty and artistic booth, and 

 showed some fine designs and bou- 

 quets. Mr. Ormiston of Fort Rouge 

 also had a splendid collection of plants 

 and designs, amongst which the huge 

 fuchsias, begonias, geraniums and 

 tVrns — including the Whitmanii, Tarry- 

 town and Boston — were a special 

 feature. The Winnipeg Parks Board 

 also had a big stand of palms, rubber 

 plants, geraniums and fuchsias, the 



whole forming a pretty picture of cool 

 green and brilliant coloring. 



The Winnipeg Florists' Association 

 have combined with the Western Hor- 

 ticultural Society to have a big floral 

 show in September, and all concerned 

 are working hard to make it a success. 



The members of the Winnipeg Flor- 

 ists' Association were entertained by 

 Mr. Champion at the new Association 

 Park on Thursday. July 23rd, and a 

 very enjoyable time was spent. Mr. 

 Champion has certainly done wonders 

 in the short time since the park, which 

 comprises nearly 30 acres, was opened, 

 and he hopes by this time next year 

 to have it all set out and finished. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB OUT- 

 ING. 



The annual outing or the Buffalo 

 Florists' Club, which was held at Bedell 

 House (Grand Island), was a most 

 decided success. The day was an ideal 

 one. The attractions which the 

 grounds possessed for amusement for 

 those who were not interested in the 

 sports served to make the occasion 

 enjoyable for all. The ball game. East 

 Side vs. West Side, was won by the 

 latter and was an excellent game. 



OMAHA FLORISTS' CLUB OUTING. 



Others events and winners were as 

 follows: Men's race, first, Tob Shank, 

 of Williamsville; second, J. Prisach, 

 of Corfu. One hundred-yard dash, 

 first, Longley, of Palmer's; second, 

 Walthers, of Palmer's. Boys' race, first, 

 R. Klokow; second, M. Harop. Three- 

 legged race, first, Reechert and 

 Walther; second, Reechert and Sang- 

 ster. Leap-frog race, first, D. Scott 

 and O. Scott; second, Reechert Broth- 

 ers. Tug of war, won by the Easting 

 team. Relay races, won by the Pal- 

 mer team. Consolation races, Spiedel, 

 Walker, Brown, Ehmann, Stentz, in 

 order named. 



Refitshments were served on the 

 grounds. The dinner hour found 128 

 seated and hungry. At the head of the 

 table W. F. Kasting was master of 

 ceremonies. There were a few re- 

 marks by Chas. Sandeford, the club's 

 president, Chas. Keitsch, manager of 

 the S. A. F. Exhibition, and several 

 others. At the close the prizes were 

 distributed to the lucky winners and 

 the day's sport was ended with danc- 

 ing in the grand hall. Following din- 

 ner a bowling match of two sides was 

 won by McClure, 261; Spiedel, 262; 

 Slattery, ?61; Sangster, 260; Sandeford, 

 259. Special request was made by 

 the losing side not to publish their 

 score and as they are friends of ours 

 we comply. 



The Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society (N. Y.) has recently received 

 a request from President Roosevelt to 

 become an honorary member. 



