August 3, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



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Annual Picnic of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston. 



Perfect weather with very favorable 

 temperature favored the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston for their 

 eagerly anticipated annual picnic at 

 Cunningham Park. East Milton, on 

 July 24tli. The day previous Boston 

 had a maximum temperature of 98 de- 

 grees. On July 24, with an overcast 

 sky and pleasant haze, the ther- 

 mometer at no time was over 78 de- 

 grees and conditions could not have 

 been more ideal for athletics and the 

 general comfort of the five hundred 

 who attended. 



The war has levied a heavy toll on 

 the younger members and some thirty- 

 five are now either at the front or in 

 training including many ol: the lead- 

 ing Club athletes. In spite of this, all 

 events drew lieen competition, there 

 being over twenty entries in at least 

 five classes. The Privates this year 

 just managed to win the baseball 

 same. The Commercials lead in this 

 event for quite a number of years. 

 The Privates took things comfortably 

 in that gruelling contest, the tug of 

 war, and pulled their Commercial foes 

 to the end of the field. Scotland beat 

 England at association football 1 to 0. 

 The score by no means represented the 

 .game which was played near the Eng- 

 lish goal most of the time. The heavy 

 weight's race brought out a good field. 

 President Rogers coming in feet ahead 

 of Ex-President Methven, Ex-President 

 Wheeler being a close third. The 

 prizes of Thrift Stamps in all the 

 children's classes proved very popular. 

 No prizes were awarded in the adult 

 classes. Visitors from Rhode Island 

 and Connecticut were present, and 

 nearly every horticultural center in 

 .Massachusetts was represented. There 

 were no accidents or mishaps of any 

 kind aud the 1918 picnic will long live 

 as a very pleasant memory. 



The sport results were as follows: 



Baseball— Privates beat Commer- 

 cials n to 7. Winning team: R. M. 

 Craig, Sheehan, A. White. E. Norberg, 

 F. Norberg, W. Brown. W. H. Judd. M. 

 S. Brown. Hughes. 



Baseball, boys under 1.5 — Nelson 

 Bartsch's team won 21 to 1.5. 



Baseball, married vs. single ladies — 

 Won by the latter, score 10 to 9. Win- 

 ning team: May Flood. Alice Brown, 

 Dorothy Woods, Edith Iliffe. M. Iliffe. 

 I. Rogers. F. Eisenbardt. L. Eisen- 

 hardt, H. NesS. 



Quoit match — Frederick Coles, John 

 Edgar. 



7."-yard dash, for girls over 12 and 

 under 1.5 years — Marion Iliffe, Alice 

 Brown, Mary Flood. 



.irtyard race, for boys under 8 years 

 — William Donald. Arthur Beasley. 



.50-yard race, for girls under 8 years 

 — Charlotte Newell. .Margaret McKen- 

 zie. Elsie Waldecker. 



75-yard race, for girls over 10 and 

 under 12 years — Ethel Craig, Ruth 

 Brown, Linda Rogers. 



75-yard race, for boys over 10 and 

 under 12 years — Nelson Bartsch, J. 

 Edgar. F. Pederzini. 



50-yard race, for girls over 8 and 

 under 10 years — Dorothy Coles. Helen 

 Peters. 



50-yard race, for boys over 8 and 

 under 10 years— Donald McKenzie, N. 

 Pederzini. 



100-yard race, for boys over 12 and 

 under 15 years — Clement Esty, Pres- 

 cott White, George Racz. 



75-yard race, for married ladies — 

 Mrs. F. Coles. Mrs. Rogean, Mrs. Mona- 

 han. 



75-yard race, for girls 15 years and 

 over— Edith Iliffe. Elsie Bartsch. Mar- 

 garet Iliffe. 



100-yard race for boys over 15 and 

 under 18 years — Victor Heurlin. Mal- 

 colm Craig, Charles Esty. 



100-yard race, for club members only 

 — T. I. Brown. M. I. Brown. Victor 

 Heurlin. 



Flag race, for girls under 15 years — 

 Doris Bartsch, Dorothy Ward, Edith 

 Racz. 



Potato race, for boys under 15 

 years— George Racz, Robert Esty, 

 James Donald. 



100-yard race, for men 175 lbs. and 

 over — A. K. Rogers, James Methven. 

 Jas. Wheeler. 



Barrel relay race — Robert Esty and 

 Element Esty. Kenneth Craig and 

 George Racz. 



Tug of war, commercial growers vs. 

 private gardeners — Won by Privates. 

 Winning team: J. Donald. Captain: 

 A. Masson, A. Keith. J. R. Ness, F. 

 Cave, M. S. Brown. J. G. Duguid. James 

 Morton, A. Petersen, George Simpson, 

 W. D. Nickerson, Jas Methven. 



Soccer football match, teams repre- 

 senting England. Scotland, etc. — Won 

 by Scotland team: score. 1 goal to 0. 

 Winning team: John Miller, captain; 

 P. M. Miller. W. N. Craig. R. M. Craig. 

 J. R. Ness, A. Masson. T. I. Brown, A. 

 McKay. J. McKay, J. Smith, O. Good- 

 fellow. 



50-yard race, for girls under 12 years 

 — Ruth Brown, Linda Rogers, Mary 

 Will. 



50-yard race, for boys under 12 years 

 — Nelson Bartsch, Archie Will, Chester 

 McCarthy. 



W. J. Kennedy made a short speech 

 before the distribution of prizes by 

 A. K. Rogers, assisted by W. N. Craig. 



There was an abundant supply of 

 sandwiches, ice cream, tea, coffee and 

 ice water for all. 



program of much interest to both sex- 

 es alike. Thrift stamps were given 

 as prizes. In the much talked of base 

 ball game between the wholesalers 

 and retailers the former lost. The 

 outing was concluded by a bountiful 

 lunch, bathing and dancing. The 

 award of prizes follow: 



Prize Awards 



50-yard dash, girls under 9 years — 

 1st, Mildred Chott; 2nd, Marie St ear; 

 3rd, Loretta Eicboff. 



511-yard dash, boys under 9 years — 

 1st. Robert Priest; 2nd Richard Rol- 

 ston; 3rd, Harold Barber. 



100-yard dash, girls 10 to 14 years — 

 1st, Marion Hipplet; 2nd, Alice AI- 

 brecht; 3rd, Dorthy Linden. 



100-yard dash, boys 10 to 14 years — 

 1st, Wilber King; 2nd, Floyd Merrick; 

 :3rd, Fred Priest. 



100-yard dash, ladies — 1st, Mrs. 

 Hippler; 2nd, Mrs. Neffinger; 3rd Miss 

 Bailey. 



100-yard dash, men — 1st, Mr. Schu- 

 macher; 2nd, E. G. Burger; 3rd, Mar- 

 shall Eady. 



Standing broad jump — 1st, E. G. Bur- 

 ger: 2nd, Marshall Eady; 3rd. Mr. 

 Schumacher. 



Running broad jump — 1st, Frank 

 Kocher; 2nd, Mr. Schumacher; 3rd, 

 E. G. Burger. ' 



Chicken race — Mrs. C. Linden. 



Peanut race — 1st. Mrs. Hippler; 

 Mrs. Merkel; 3rd, Miss Bailey. 



Fat man's race — 1st, A. Barber; 

 W. E. Cook. 



Nail driving contest — 1st, Mrs Kol- 

 toff; 2nd, Miss Bailey; 3rd, Mrs. Rou- 

 denbeck. 



Tug of "war, wholesalers vs. retailers 

 — won by wholesalers. 



Baseball game — wholesalers 4, re- 

 tailers 11, Umpire, Rosnosky. 



Next meeting of the Florists Club 

 will be held at The Hollenden August 

 5, 1918, at 8 p. m. Nominations of 

 officers for the coming year will take 

 place at this meeting. A large at- 

 tendence is requested. 



2nd. 

 2nd, . 



The Annual Outing, Cleveland Flo- 

 rists' Club 

 The Annual Outing of the Florists' 

 Club was held at Willough beach July 

 24, 1918. The occasion was well at- 

 tended and was much enjoyed by all. 

 The amusements consisted of a stunts 



AMERICAN GROWN NURSERY 

 STOCK THE BEST. 

 In many cases the best that can be 

 said of a large percentage of the im- 

 ported material is that the American 

 florist gets plants in an inferior con- 

 dition somewhat cheaper than a better 

 class of the same stock could be pro- 

 duced at home, but having become ac- 

 customed to purchasing this foreign 

 stock he has fallen into the erroneous 

 belief that stock of this character can- 

 not be produced in this country and 

 there is nothing else for him to do. 



The reasons why the American 

 florist and nursery trade should grow 

 the greatest bulk of the material which 

 they now import are many. The soon- 

 er the nurserymen and plant growers 

 of America awaken to the possibilities 

 of their own country for producing 

 the needed stock the better. The rose 

 growers of California have long pro- 

 duced their own stocks for budding 



