August 16, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



2S1 



DURING RECESS 



Florists' Club of Washington Enter- 

 tained. 



Members of the Florists' Club of 

 Washington and the eleven "Minute 

 Men" who are about to carry the 

 American flag to the German ma- 

 neouvre camps, acting as a guard %f 

 honor to the German veterans, were 

 the guests of Edward S. Schmid at the 

 crab feast which he annually tends to 

 the local florists and friends. 



The affair was held in the conserva- 

 tory of the store of F. H. Kramer, 

 following the regular business meet- 

 ing of the club. William F. Gude 

 acted as master-of-ceremonies and al- 

 though he said no speeches were to be 

 made, a score of those present were 

 called upon to do their part in enliven- 

 ing the evening. 



Col. Robert L. Montague acted as 

 chief orator. Col. M. A. Winter spoke 

 briefly for the Minute Men. Prof. Sim- 

 mons, of the Maryland Agricultural 

 College, and Richard Vincent, Jr., of 

 White Marsh, Md., were also among 

 the well-known speakers. 



The girls now playing in "The 

 Queens of Paris" at the Gayety Thea- 

 tre furnished most of the evening's en- 

 tertainment and these were ably as- 

 sisted by other talented performers, 

 both professional and amateur. 



Among those present were Edward S. 

 Schniid. Utto Bauer, F. H. Kramer. D. G. 

 Grilbootzer. William F. Gude, John Rob- 

 ertson, William E. McKissick, Robert Mc- 

 Lennan. G. E. Anderson, Harry B. Lewis, 

 George E. Dalglish. John J. Barry, Wallace 

 W. Kimmel. George H. Cooke, C. Leslie 

 Reynolds. J. Harpe, Hetherington, Edward 

 L. Bowers, William H. Ernest, Elmer C. 

 Mayberry. George C. Schaffer, O. A. C. 

 Oelimler. John Gutman, Adolph Gude, 

 Richard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh. Md.; 

 John L. Towner, of Baltimore. Md.; C. Al- 

 bert Shopper, Vf. A. Furmage, William C. 

 Pratt, George W. Engle, William Schone- 

 berger, Paul C. Ziehl, L. C. Shattuck, W. 

 O'Brien. W. E. Grimes, Dr. L. L. Fried- 

 erich, F. H. Walker, Mendel Behrends, Al- 

 bert F. Esch. Joseph Goldsmith, Harry 

 MacKeldin, John W. Clark, C. H. Bradley, 

 C. M. Ellis, Frank D, Roys, Charles A. 

 .Stevens, M. J. Fellius, Dr. G. N. Pagett, 

 Willard M. McConnell. D. W. Thaver, Dr. 

 W. H. Wunder. Colonel M. A. Winter. John 

 J. Costinett, W. E. Evans, H. B. Elliott, 

 Abe Schmid. A. S .Holstein, David Wolf, 

 Colonel E. L. Montague. I. A. Goldsmith. 

 B. E. Dakin and Louis Hartig. 



Captain Fred H. Kramer and "Cap- 

 tain" Adolphus Gude. members of the 

 company of eleven Minute Men of 

 Washington will leave for New York 

 on Monday next to take passage for 

 Germany where they will be guests of 

 the "Deutscher Kameraden iind Pa- 

 trioten — bund von Amerika. " While 

 abroad they will go into camp with 

 the German troops near Leipzig and 

 will later be received by the Lord 

 Mayor of London and the Ancient and 

 Honorable Artillery of London. 



attended the outing of the Oyster Bay 

 Horticultural Society to be taught that 

 they can raise the deuce as well. 

 There were gardeners, horticulturists, 

 wives, sweethearts and kidlets and all 

 were there for the "fun of the thing" 

 and they found it. Scotch (language) 

 was largely predominant, and this was 

 about all the Scotch there was in 

 sight (on the field). The sports be- 

 gan early in the afternoon and it 

 there was ever an enjoyable occasion 

 this was it. The ladies entered into 

 the spirit of the games with as much 

 enthusiasm as the men, and they 

 could go some at that. At six o'clock, 

 after all the events had been pulled 

 off, all proceeded to wash up and put 

 themselves in proper form for appear- 

 ing in the dining room, and here they 

 sat down to one of Rothmann's fa- 

 mous dinners and every inch of din- 

 ing room space was utilized, and judg- 

 ing from the rapidity with which the 

 viands disappeared. Rothmann should 

 see that there were no sports in- 

 dulged in in the future, because exer- 

 cise was a great appetizer. Follow- 

 ing were the sports and the winners in 

 each: 



Girls' Race, under S years— Margaret 

 Devers, 1st. 



Girls' Race, under 1.5 and over S years- 

 Margaret Robinson, 1st; Catherine Ryan 

 •2nd. 



Boys' Race, under S years — John O'Neil 

 1st: Alfred Walker, 2nd. 



Boys' Race, under 1.5 and over S years — 

 William Duckham, 1st: James Duckham 

 L'nd. 



Ladies' Race — Mrs. J. Emslie, 1st; Mrs. 

 F. Devers, 2nd. 



Men's Race — M. Collins, 1st; J. Mclntyre, 

 2nd. 



Sack Race — J. Ingram, 1st; M. Collins, 

 2nd. 



Three Legged Race — J. Mclntyre and M. 

 Collins, 1st: J. Ingram and D. Beaton. 2nd. 



Fat Men's Race — J. Sorosick, 1st; W. 

 Robertson, 2nd. 



Ladies' Potato Race— Mrs. Emslie, 1st; 

 Mrs. Devers, 2nd. 



High Jump— J. Tyman, 1st; M. Collins. 

 2nd ; Height, 5 feet. 



Throwing the Hammer — J. Ingram, 1st; 

 W. Robertson, 2nd. Distance, 59 feet, 4 

 inches. 



Putting the Shot— J. Tyman, 1st; W. 



Robertson, 2nd. Distance 28 feet, 6 inches. 



High Step and Jump— J. Mclntyre, 1st; 

 M. Collins, 2nd. Distance, 29 feet, 4 Inches. 



Running Jump — J. Tyman, 1st; M. Col- 

 lins, 2nd. Distance, 16 feet, 4 inches. 



Obstacle Race — J. Ingram, 1st; A. Wal- 

 ker, 2nd. 



Threading the Needle Race for Ladies — 

 Mrs. McKenzie, 1st; Mrs. Emslie, 2na. 



Catching the Rooster— Mrs. Devers. 



Quoits— W. Robertson, 1st; J. Ingram, 

 2nd. 



Ladies' Race (Burnett prize)— Mrs. 

 Devers, 1st : Mrs. McKenzie, 2nd ; Mrs. 

 Emslie, 3rd. 



Men's Race (Collection prize)— M. Col- 

 lins, 1st ; T. Moore, 2nd ; A. Lahodney, 3rd. 



Ball game between married and single 

 men, resulted in a tie. Umpire H. M. Ben- 

 nett ; Scorer, J. E. Remsen. 



Worthy of special mention were the 

 home runs made by W'. Robertson and 

 J. A. Goldsmith. 



Oyster Bay Guardian. 



Buffalo Florists' Club. 



One of the best attended meetings 

 of the Buffalo Florists' Club took place 

 at Bedell House, Grand Island, on 

 Thursday last, and with beautiful 

 weather, which made it a grand suc- 

 cess. There was not a dull moment 

 from beginning to end; something do- 

 ing every minute. The ball game was 

 the main feature of the sports and the 

 growers vs. the storemen was on the 

 program. This proved to be the best 

 game that has ever taken place be- 

 tween these opponents and the grow- 

 ers won by the score of S to 7. The 

 tug-of-war was exciting and the grow- 

 ers again won by a small margin. 

 There were a number of other events, 

 such as 100-yard dash, old men's race, 

 ladies' and children's race, sack and 

 three-legged race, etc., in which the 

 afternoon was well taken up. 



Dinner was had in the banquet hall, 

 which was decorated in the club's col- 

 ors. Bowling and dancing concluded 

 the day's program, on which the com- 

 mittee is to be congratulated. We 

 were pleased to have with us a number 

 of out-of-towM growers who never 

 have attended these outings and who 

 were willing to take in more of the 

 good time. 



ARCADE BOWLING ALLEYS, MINNEAPOLIS. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society. 



Anyone having an idea tliat all the 

 word horticultural means is the rais- 

 ing of flowers and sich, should have 



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