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HORTICULTURE 



SeptenSber 18, 1909 



During Recess 



.N. Y. AND N. J. ASSOCIATION OF 

 PLANT GROWERS. 



The plant growers whose establish- 

 ments fringe the metropolis, ahd 

 whose products are so essential a fac- 

 tor in the Christmas and Easter ob- 

 servances and the home and social ac- 

 tivities of the best horticultural pa- 

 trons on the American continent, are 

 .believers in the truth of the old adage, 

 "AH work and no jplay makes Jacli a 

 dull boy." So they periodically bnak 

 loose, as it were, and, forgetting for 

 .the time being all worries and respon- 

 sibilities about benching and potting 

 and green fly and cut worm, lily dis- 

 ease and cattleya fly, and all the other 

 torments of the plant growers' life, 

 they turn out with wives and children 

 .and sweethearts and have a glorious 

 old time — and "never inind the ex- 

 pense." 



The "Clam Bake"' at Duer's White- 

 stone Pavilion, Thursday, September 

 9, was one of these halcyon times and 

 'luUy up to the reputation of any one 

 of its predecessors. 



The inner man was well provided 

 ifor; that's one of the fundamental 

 principles of the Association. Soon 

 after arr^al at noon a substantial 

 breakfast was served. Julius Roehrs, 

 Jr., the president, extended a hearty 

 welcome to all and told them to pitch 

 in. The caterer did the rest, while 

 ■the band played the songs of all na- 

 tions, and A. L. Miller with beaming 

 countenance and voice that needed no 

 megaphone announced the details of 

 the program arranged by the commit- 

 tees. An hour and a half later "coffee 

 and cakes" and at 5.30 the "clam 

 bake." In the meantime, the games. 



J. Miesem and A. Zeller were the 

 committee on men's bowling; H. 

 Schoelzel and F. Dressel, ladies' bowl- 

 ing; J. Roehrs, Jr., and W. H. Sie- 

 brecht, Jr., shooting; L. Dupuy and 

 F. Marquardt, men's flower pot game; 

 H. C. Steinhoff, ladies' flower-pot 

 game; Miss Eliz. Mills, bureau of 



Group of Floeists, Visitors at the Voi.ksfest 



credit; H. Schoelzel, floor manager; 



Louis Sehmutz, sergeant-at-arms. 

 Thirty-eight gentlemen and thirty- 

 five ladies lined up at the bowling al- 

 leys, a.nd the scores ran all the way 

 from 40 up to 161 in a ten-trame 

 game for the men and from up to 71 

 in a five-frame game for the ladies. 



The prizes were presented alter the 

 clam Ijake in the evening by A. L. 

 Miller, who officiated most gracefully, 

 espeoially in rewarding the winning 

 ladies. 'The lucky recipients were as 

 follows: 



Ladies' Bowling— First prize, Mrs. Aieh- 

 mann, 71; second, Mrs. Brodsky, G5; third, 

 Mr.s. Bruhn, fiO. 



Gentlemen's Bowling — First, Patrick 

 Smitb, 161; second. H. 15. Sielirecht, 160; 

 tbirrl, C. K. Drury, 147. 



I. miles' Klower-Pot (rame — First. Mi-s. A. 

 L. Miller; second, Mrs. Steinhoff; third, 

 Mrs. Wlliiam H. Slebrecht, Jr. 



Each lady present was presented 

 with a handsome tea-pot and cup and 

 saucer, the tea-pots having been do- 

 nated by Mr. C. K. Drury of A. H. 

 Hews & Co. 



A LONG ISLAND FESTIVAL. 



Over 10,000 people v.ere in attend- 

 ance on both Sundays and on Labor 

 Day at Das Sehwaebische Volksfest, 

 the annual gala event of the German 

 people of Brooklyn, N. Y., and vicin- 

 ity at Middle Village. This was the 

 33d celebration, and although the lo- 

 cation this vear at the new Coliseum 

 Park was not so favorable for the 

 floral displays as that occupied in pre- 

 vious years, it was exceedingly credi- 

 tabl3 to all concerned. 



According to custom, the central 

 feature was a ereat column o£ fruits 



New York and New Jeiwey Plant Growers" Annual Outing 



