August 1, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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Duncomb, secretary: R. Gage, finan- 

 cial secretary; T. Turner, sergeant-at- 

 arms. 



PASADENA GARDENERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



At a recent meeting of tbe Pasadena 

 Gardeners' Association it was decided 

 to hold a fall show of flowers, fruits 

 and vegetables for three days, October 

 22, 23, 24. This will be the first fall 

 show held by the association, but they 

 feel encouraged to undertake it by the 

 success attending their spring show. 

 Everything looks very favorable for a 

 good exhibition. The committee in 

 charge is J. Coats, chairman: R. Mac- 

 kenzie, secretary; F. Oinke, J. John- 

 son, George Pell; Jno. Blake, manager. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The second cherry fair at Salem, 

 Ore., opened on July 16 with a display 

 of this luscious fruit greatly surpass- 

 ing in variety and quantity that of last 

 year, in a 200-foot open pavilion. A 

 parade preceded the opening of the 

 fair. Throngs were in attendance. 



The Juvenile Horticultural Society 

 and H. H. Lilienthal, of Berkeley, Calif., 

 have sued Postmaster Merrill for $2400 

 claiming that neglect of his office to 

 deliver invitations to an outing at 

 the De Moto Bros.' gardens, sent out 

 four days in advance, resulted in the 

 failure of the excursion. 



At the meeting of the North Shore 

 Horticultural Society, Manchester, 

 Mass., July 17, the matter of incorpo- 

 ration was discussed and an informal 

 vote was unanimous in its favor. W. 

 Till, J. Baker, A. E. Parsons, Herbert 

 Shaw and Joseph Clarke were appoint- 

 ed to present the matter to the absent 

 members and action will be taken 

 later. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Horticultural Society, Tarrytown, N. 

 Y., picnic at Rye Beach, August 4. 



Minneapolis, Minn., American Asso- 

 ciation of Park Superintendents, Au- 

 gust 11, 12 and 13. 



Niagara Falls, N. Y., Society of 

 American Florists, August 15-18. 



Niagara Falls, Ont., Canadian Horti- 

 cultural Association, August 19, 20 and 

 21. 



Sheboygan Falls, Wis., State Horti- 

 cultural Society, August 26 and 27. 



New York, N. Y., Playgrounds Con- 

 gress, September S-12. 



New York, N. Y., American Institute 

 of New York, exhibition. September 22, 

 23 and 24. Berkeley Lyceum Building. 



Hartford. Conn.. Connecticut Horti- 

 cultural Society, fall show, September 

 23; chrysanthemum show, November 

 3, 4 and 5, Unity Hall. 



Dear Sir: — 



Please discontinue my Rose ad.; 

 sold out. When again I have some- 

 thing to sell to the trade will cer- 

 tainly use your paper as a medium. 

 Thanking you, 



Yours truly, 



JAS. J. CURRAN. 

 Salem, Va., July 27, 1908. 



During Recess 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The annual club picnic which so 

 many have been looking forward to 

 came off as scheduled, on July 29, at 

 the beautiful Pine Banks Park in 

 Maiden, Mass. The weather was per- 

 fect and the attendance large, the 

 only regrettable incident being that 

 James Wheeler received a severe 

 blow in the eye from a batted ball 

 while he was serving at first base. 

 In spite of this, he managed to put 

 the striker out, which was some con- 

 solation for the swollen and discolor- 

 ed optic he will have to carry for a 

 few days. The ball game was won by 

 the private gardeners by a score of 

 29 against 13 for the commercial men. 

 The boy's ball game was won by the 

 Westwood team, 8 to 3. The tug-of- 

 war was won by the private garden- 

 ers under Capt. Duncan Finlayson. 

 Winners in other events were in or- 

 der as follows: 100-yard race, boys 

 under 15, first, T. Westwood; second, 

 R. Rust; sack race, W. J. Collins, W. 

 Martin; novelty contest, Mrs. Rogean, 

 Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Flood; fat men, W. 

 R. Nicholson, D. Iliffe; 100-yard dash, 

 W. S. Grassie, J. W. Lalley, T. S. 

 Brown, A. E. Walsh; 3-legged, boys, 

 W. Westwood and F. Hargreaves, J. 

 Sisson and T. Westwood; 75 yards, 

 girls under 18, Eliz. Reed, Uno Bar- 

 teum; 75 yards, girls under 16, Har- 

 riett Collins, Lilian Campbell; 50 

 yards, girls under 12, Edith Iliffe, 

 Margaret Iliffe; half-mile, W. S. Gras- 

 sie, T. S. Brown, David Barnes; 75 

 yards, boys under 12, T. Iliffe, Theo. 

 Palmer; 3-legged, men, Collins and 

 Reed, Thurston and Welch; running 

 broad jump, W. J. Collins, 16 ft. 2 in.; 

 J. W. Lalley, T. S. Brown; putting 

 the shot. John Reid, W. J. Collins; 

 potato race, Mrs. H. F. Wood, Mrs. 

 J. F. Flood, Mrs. E. J. Rogean: con- 

 solation, Edw. Rose, W. Iliffe, H. 

 Coles. 



LAKE GENEVA GARDENERS' AND 

 FOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION 

 (WISCONSIN). 

 The annual picnic of this association 

 was held on July 26. a trip around 

 Lake Geneva on a chartered boat be- 

 ing the day's feature. Calls were made 

 at tbe following places, whose grounds 

 reach to the foot of the lake: J. J. 

 Mitchell's estate, where the visitors 

 were escorted about by Supt. A. J. 

 Smith, and were particularly inter- 

 ested in the carpet bedding, lily pond 

 and the sub-tropical bedding around 

 the house which i= called the salon 

 court, this building being the salon 

 building of tbe World's Fair at Chi- 

 cago; Miss Kate Jones', where J. Sobbe 

 did the honors; R. T. Crane's, where 

 the president of the society, Axel John- 

 son, is in charge. Noticeable here 

 were the pot-grown fruit trees and 

 bouses of grapes. Black Hamburgh 

 and Queen Alexandra being favorites. 

 The next call was at the Seitz estate, 

 Mr. Bartholomae and Mr. Johnson 

 taking charge of. the party, followed 

 by a call at the famous breeding 

 ground of the Leiter estate, Supt. Sim- 

 mons being the host. On the return 



trip the gardeners were dropped off 

 al their respective destinations. 



The society is in a prosperous con- 

 dition, and the members know how to 

 work as well as play. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



About one hundred members of the 

 Detroit Florists' Club enjoyed a day's 

 outing at Bois Blanc, sailing on the 

 pleasure boat, Columbia. Dancing 

 and swimming kept young and old 

 amused until the elaborate sporting 

 program called everybody's attention. 



Unforeseen additions to the Detroit 

 Cut Flower team strengthened that 

 team unexpectedly, and for the first 

 time this season the Michigan Cut 

 Flower aggregation went down to de- 

 feat with a score of 8-3. 



The fat men's race was won by 

 Fred Becker, married women's race 

 by Mrs. H. Pierce, single women's 

 race by O. Knope, tug of war by East 

 Side florists, broad jump by Hugh 

 Watson, 100-yard dash by Martin 

 Alezack, 3-legged race by Wni. Brown 

 and Ed. Beard, boys under 16, How- 

 ard Knope, girls under 16, Mamie 

 Carey, boys under 10, Howard Knope, 

 girls under 10, Marion Bloy. 



INDIANAPOLIS FLORIST CLUB. 



A most enjoyable time was had at 

 the picnic of the Indianapolis Florist 

 Club at Germanic Park, July 23rd- 

 About 150 were present, for whom foot 

 races, bowling, etc., were provided. 

 The feature of the afternoon was the 

 ball game between the South Side and 

 the North Side florists, which resulted 

 in favor of the former with a score of 

 11 to 10. A box of cigars was dis- 

 tiibuted among the winners. The um- 

 pires were John Eisner and John Hart- 

 je: committee of arrangements, H. Piel, 

 Sidney Smith, Ernest Rieman and 

 Theo. Woerner. 



OMAHA (NEB.) FLORIST CLUB. 

 The annual picnic of the club was 

 held at Lake Manawa, la., July 23. 

 There was a large gathering; the 

 weather was fine and hot and there 

 was no time lost in seeking the shady 

 nooks and running brooks. Foot races, 

 bowling and numerous amusements 

 were indulged in until six o'clock when 

 lunch was served, after which a boat 

 ride across the lake was taken to the 

 beach where some enjoyed bathing and 

 others dancing until late in the even- 

 ing. The whole affair was the best the 

 club ever had. 



Today, Saturday, August 1, the New 

 York Cut Flower Exchange members 

 and their friends are enjoying a clam 

 bake at Wetzel's Point Grove. 



The Florist and Horticultural So- 

 ciety of Birmingham, Ala., held their 

 annual outing and barbecue at West 

 Lake, on July 22. 



Corfu, N. Y., July 20, 190S. 

 HORTICULTURE Publishing Co., 

 Boston. 

 Dear Sir: — Your paper brought even 

 more answers this year and I hope 

 you will draw a still larger trade for 

 me next year. I even received an an- 

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 Yours truly, 



W. EHMANN. 



