August 30, 1913 



HOETICULTURE 



303 



mussen. 422; Jos. Mauda. 417; W. A. Ma- 

 thls, 415; E. J. Irwin. 409; A. Gustafson, 

 401: W. A. Cole, 399; C. W. Scott. .393; F. 

 Breitmeyer. 385; H. Quick. 381; F. Mein- 

 Ii.irdt. 380; A. Poehlmann, 373; A. Longren, 

 367; O. D. Dysinger, 359; W. K. Henszey, 

 352; Jul. Roehrs. 353; A. W. Johnson. 350; 

 Wm. Siebrecht, .3."i0; C. J. Mlchaelsou. 347; 

 H. Bachmaiin. 344; J. Mueller. 341; A. T. 

 Pyfer. 340: Max Kaiser, 336; A. Anderson, 

 .335; F. C. Weher. 3.32; F. J. Dolansky, 

 332; C. C. Pollworth. 331; Jas. Sullivan, 

 330; A. Miller, .308; E. J. Burteman, 281; 

 J. H. Pepper, 270; A. L. Biebinger, 192. 



High Game— R. McLennon. 223. Most 

 Stdkes— C. E. Critchell. 12. Most Spares— 

 E. W. Guy, 17. Most Railroads— F. Breit- 

 meyer, 10. 



Ladies' Bowling Contest. 



Total in Two Games. 



Mrs. McKellar, 1st prize. 309; Mrs. Des- 

 mond, 2nd prize. 234; Mrs. Traendly, 3rd 

 prize, 223: Mrs. Pollworth. 4th prize, 200; 

 Mrs. Manda. 5th prize. 198: Mrs. Rasmus- 

 sen, 6th prize. 187: Mrs. Asmus. 7th prize. 

 185; Mrs. Quick. .8th prize, 182; Mrs. Smith, 

 9th prize. 181: Mrs. Gude. 10th prize, 169; 

 Miss Will. 163: Mrs. Holton, 1.58; Mrs. 

 Monson, 155; Mrs. Critchell, 1.53; Mrs. 

 Weber, 152; Miss Meinhardt. 140; Mrs. 

 Ruedlinger. 135; Miss Doestch, 1.35; Mrs. 

 Zweifel, 131; Mrs. Wirth, 131: Mrs. Gun- 

 terberg. 1.30; Miss Bergestenmann, 129; 

 Mrs. Rice. 128; Mrs. Breitmeyer. 125; 

 Mrs. Coles. 125: Miss Gude, 121: Miss 

 Peterson. 117; Miss Bruening, 91. 



High Game, Strikes and Spares— Mrs. 

 McKellar. 



Most Railroads — Miss Will. 



HERE AND THERE. 



A lovely plant was Craig's specimen 

 of the new Nephrolepis Smithi. 



The Rice Co. exhibit was amplified 

 and illumined by Robert Shoch's 

 perennial smile. 



On Friday the ladies enjoyed an 

 auto ride to St. Paul on Invitation of 

 the St. Paul florists. 



Among the handsomest plants in the 

 exhibition were a pair of 7 ft. speci- 

 mens of Dracii-na Victoria shown by 

 .T. A. Peterson. 



The row of gentlemen occupying 

 seats on the platform at the opening 

 exercises of the convention included 

 ten ex-presidents. 



On Tuesday, the o|)ening day of the 

 convention. Mrs. Ai^gust Poehlmann 

 fell while alighting from a street car 

 and sprained her ankle. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co.'s huge dis- 

 play of florists' goods was in charge of 

 S. H. Bayersdorfer, I. M. Bayersdorfer, 

 Martin Reukauf and Sidney Green. 



Telegrams were sent by President 

 Farquhar to John 'VN'escott. Robert 

 Craig. J. C. Vaughan and Adam Gra- 

 ham expressing regret at their ab- 

 sence. 



Much favorable comment was made 

 on the labels used in the out-door gar- 

 dens. They were painted grass green 

 and lettered in white and although 

 everything was fully named the labels 

 were net obtrusive in the least. 



The Armory with Its several spa- 

 cious and elegantly furnished ccimmit- 

 tee rooms answered most excellently 

 the purposes of an S. A. F. exhibition 

 hall. The view from the gallery above 

 was very brilliant and impressive. 



Boston's extreme preparedness to 

 capture the next convention from any 

 and all who might presume to make 

 a rival claim furnished the incentive 

 for many jokes on Boston. It certain- 

 ly was an invincible outfit if any con- 

 test had developed. 



The receipt of a special delivery let- 

 ter from Washington, through W. F. 

 Gude, on Friday, stating that the De- 



partment of Agriculture had officially 

 accepted to undertake the rose test 

 garden on behalf of the S. A. F. was 

 received with joyous acclaim. 



Henry Emunds, of West End Floral 

 Park, Belleville, 111., showed an inter- 

 esting sport from King Humbert can- 

 na, having green leaves and yellow 

 flowers with red dots. Mr. Edmunds 

 says that it is a stronger grower and 

 throws up twice as many shoots as 

 King Humbert, the trusses being also 

 much larger. He proposes to name it 

 Queen Helen. 



At the Ladies' S. A. F. meeting a 

 national bowling club was organized 

 with Miss Matilda Meinhardt as cap- 

 tain; Mrs. Traendly, secretary; Mrs. 

 Asmus. treasurer. Dues, $l.on. Com- 

 mittee appointed to use all money col- 

 lected every year to buy prizes. It 

 was also voted that the Ladies' S. A. 

 F. life memberships would be $10.00. 

 Lady joining must be a member of 

 the Society one year. Fund to be kept 

 separate and invested. 



The Ladies' S. A. P. held their an- 

 nual meeting in committee room D 

 of the Armory. Wednesday, at 10 A 

 M., Mrs. Frank H. Traendly in the 

 chair. The usual order of business 

 was followed. The secretary reported 

 273 members, with 26 added at this 

 convention, making a total of 299. The 

 treasurer reported receipts of $667.01; 

 expenditures, $457.68; balance on 

 hand, $209.33. At the reception on 

 Thursday evening. Mrs. Maynard in 

 behalf of the L. S. A. F., presented 

 the president, Mrs. Traendly, with a 

 watch bracelet, locket attached. The 

 ladies were entertained to an automo- 

 bile ride and luncheon at Minikahda 

 Club on Wednesday afternoon, and on 

 Friday the St. Paul ladies entertained 

 all with a ride down the river, serv- 

 ing a delicious li-nch. 



Among the most effective bedding 

 plants noted by the Boston delegation 

 on their visit to the public gardens at 

 the sv^mmit of Mt. Royal. Montreal, 

 was the zonal geranium Heinrich. So 

 brilliant are the flowers of this variety 

 that Aliihonse Ricard looks dull along- 

 side. We were informed that it was 

 raised by George Trussell of Montreal. 



The flowers are semi-double and car- 

 ried on tall stems above the foliage 

 and in greatest profusion. Champion 

 is another good one, but bearing sin- 

 gle flowers. A heliotrope, very low 

 growing and having enormous flat 

 trusses of bloom came in for unquali- 

 fied admiration. It is known here as 

 "Montreal bedder," but is probably 

 one of the European introductions of 

 recent years. The season in this sec- 

 tion of Canada has been very hot and 

 dry and fields and gardens show its 

 effects very plainly. 



THE OUT-DOOR EXHIBITS. 



This unique feature of the Minne- 

 apolis convention we illustrated and 

 commented on in a general way in our 

 issue of last week. The following de- 

 tails are mainly taken from the re- 

 ports of the judges in this department, 

 J. R. Fotheringham. E. B. George and 

 Walter Mott, with a few notes person- 

 ally taken. The canna and gladiolus 

 beds were especially resplendent in ef- 

 fect, four of the latter being over 200 

 feet long and S feet wide each. 



C. N. Ruedlinger. Minneapolis, Minn. — 

 A varied collection of hybrid perpetual, 

 hybrid tea roses, etc. ; also a good assort- 

 ment of hardy shrubs and herbaceous 

 plants. 



R. & .T. Fariiuliar & Co.. Boston, Mass.— ' 

 Very large display of gladioli, cannas, 

 dahlias. Chrysanthemum Seven Oaks and 

 Viola cornuta atrosonguiuea. I. ilium myrio- 

 phyllum in tliis exhibit had passed out of 

 flower. Gladiolus Comte de Sachs was 

 particularly effective. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa. — 

 A most comprehensive collection of her- 

 baceous plants: an excellent collection of 

 aiiuatics: a brilliant display of the Cardi- 

 nal Climber, a fine variety of Iporaea 

 iiuanioclit: beds of cannas. espe<'ially one 

 (if the new pink Hungari.-i : and Penni- 

 sctnni macroplivllum atr(»satigulncuin. 



\V. A. Manda. Inc.. South (ir.inge. N. J.— 

 .\i\ interesting planting, including ever- 

 LTi'cn shrubs, conifers, golden privet and 

 Japanese maples. 



Holm & Olson. St. Paul, Minn.— An ex- 

 tensive collection of conifers, flowering 

 shrubs, and artistically fllled vases of foli- 

 age plants. 



John Ticwis Childs. Flowerlicld. L. I. — 

 .\ collection of his well-known gladioli, in- 

 iluding Aline. Burnham. Dawn, Ray, 

 Srribc. etc. 



A. T. Boddington. New York.— Splendid 

 beds of gladiolus America and canna King 

 Humbert. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.— An excep- 

 tionally fine display of gladiolus Peace. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, III. — An 



Minneapolis Exhibit of Aphine Mfg. Co. 



