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HORTICULTURE 



August 23, 1913 



During Recess 



Annual Outing of the Westchester and 

 Fairfield Horticultural Society. 



The third annual outing and games 

 of the Westchester and Fairfield Hor- 

 ticultural Society was held at Rye 

 Beach, Rye, N. J., on August 12th. The 

 games which started at 10 A. M., pro- 

 vided excellent sport and enjoyment. 

 At 2 P. M., a halt was called to repair 

 to the beach hotel where T, Edwards 

 had provided an excellent shore din- 

 ner. About 135 sat down to dinner 

 and after doing justice to the good 

 things provided, President Robert Wil- 

 liamson spoke of the pleasures he de- 

 rived of presiding over such a notable 

 gathering, the excellent work being 

 done and also the honor accorded the 

 society by the presence of so many 

 representatives of the trade. Short 

 speeches were also made by J. Maud, 

 Wm. McTaggart, S. Burnett, F. E. 

 Conine and others. 



Continuing with the games keen riv- 

 alry existed between the two counties 

 in the baseball and football matches, 

 Westchester being the winners in each 

 event. The distribution of prizes put 

 the closure on what was pronounced 

 by all to be the best outing ever held 

 •by the society. Appended is the list 

 of prize winners: 



Shot put— 1st. W. J. Seeley; 2uil, .T. B. 

 Roy. lOO-yd. dash— 1st, W. ,J. Soeley; 2nd, 

 B. Berg. Quarter-mile run — 1st, W. J. 

 Seeley; 2nd, B. Berg;. Running high Jump 

 —1st, J. B. Roy; 2nd, W. J, Seeley. Run- 

 ning broad jump — 1st. B. Berg: 2nd, W. J. 

 Seeley. Hammer throw — 1st. Thos. Aitchi- 

 son; 2nd. W. Gr.ihara. Fat men's race — 

 1st, F. E. Conine; 2id. Louis Ottnian. 

 Three-legged race— 1st. E. Davey and A. 

 Wvnne, Ladies' race — 1st. Mrs. Anthon 

 Peterson ; 2nd. Mrs. O. Addor. Boys' race 

 — 1st. Bert Roberts; 2nd. Alex Geddis. 

 Children's race — 1st. Marie Addor; 2nd, 

 Bessie Crulckshank. Baseball— Westchester. 

 7; Fairfield, 2. Football — Westchester, 3; 

 Fairfield. 0. Quoits— Westchester, 21; Fair- 

 field, 12. 



OveEX A. HUNWICK, 



Cor. Sec'y. 



Lenox Horticultural Society. 

 The annual field day of the society 

 was held in a field adjoining Lake 

 Mahkeenoc on the Tanglewood estate, 

 owned by -R. C. Dixey. Esq. There 

 was a large attendance of the local 

 gardeners an(J their friends. The fol- 

 lowing are the list of events and the 

 winners: 



100- vd. dash— 1st, John Grlndrod; 2nd. 

 .John Berklnshaw, 200-yd. dash -1st. ,Tohn 

 Berkinshaw; 2nd. .Tohn Griudrod. Throw- 

 ing 16-lb. lianimer — 1st, Robert Griudrod; 

 2nd, .John Griudrod Putting the shot— 

 1st. Robert Griudrod: 2nd, John Grindrod. 

 High .lump — 1st, Robert Grindrod; 2nd, 

 John Grindrod. Hop. step and jump — 1st. 

 J'obn Berkinshaw; 2nd, John Mair. Long 

 jump — 1st. Jolin Grindrod ; 2nd, Tom 

 Woods. Three-legged race -1st. Oscar 

 Whittemore and Robert Scott: 2nd. John 

 Grindrod and John Mair. Shooting— 1st, 

 Oscar Whittemore; 2nd, John Ponohue. 



There was also a football match be- 

 tween two teams, one captained by 

 Robert Scott, the other by Robert 

 Grindrod. After a hard game Scott's 

 team proved victorious by one goal to 

 nothing, the winning goal being scored 

 by Captain Scott. 



John- M.«r. 

 Assistant Secretary. 



GEORGE H.COOKE 



FLORIST 

 WASHINGTON D.C. 



A MODEL FLOWER STORE. 



View in the establishment of Speai iV Mc.Mauus, Hartford, Conn, 

 lefrlgerator. Isn't it a beauty? 



Police (he MiCray 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Miss Parker of the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., and Miss O. A. Tonner have 



returned from a very pleasant trip of 

 two weeks to Mackinaw Island and 

 vicinity. 



Word from Chas. W. McKellar and 

 party, motoring to the convention, 

 states that they are having a fine trip. 

 They expected to reach Minneapolis 

 Monday. 



A. Miller and G. M. Reburn will rep- 

 resent A. Henderson & Co. at the con- 

 vention. They will have a display of 

 bulbs and other seasonable stock and 

 will be glad to meet old friends or 

 make new ones. 



The local and visiting florists on 

 their way to Minneapolis to the S. A. 

 F. & O. H. Convention required about 

 twenty cars, ten cars going over the 

 Great Western, seven cars as a spe- 



cial train of the Pioneer I^imited of 

 the C. M. & St. Paul, and the balance 

 .t;oing over the Chicago & Northwest- 

 ern. 



There were several hundred florists 

 in Chicago on Monday on their way 

 to Minneapolis. Many of them had a 

 few hours in the city waiting tor their 

 trains to go out in the evening, and 

 spent the time pleasantly in renewing 

 old acquaintances or in visiting the 

 nearby greenhouses, but most of them 

 did not get away from the down town 

 district. 



Visitors; are too numerous to men- 

 tion by name and we do not wish to 

 slight any of them. But they are al- 

 ways welcome and the latch string Is 

 always out and the glad hand ready. 



