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HORTICULTUEE 



November iB, 1913 



During Recess 



Oyster Roast at Washington, D. C. 



The milkman was plodding along 

 his beaten path long before the mem- 

 bers of the Florists' Club of Washing- 

 ton, D. C, and their guests said "au 

 revoir" and the lights at the Eagles' 

 Hall, Sixth and E streets, N. W., were 

 put out. The occasion was an oys- 

 ter roast tendered to Adolph Gude, 

 Fred H. Kramer and Theodore Died- 

 rich, members of the club who recent- 

 ly returned from abroad. Good fel- 

 lowship prevailed everywhere and al'. 

 joined in the evening's pleasantries. 



The evening began with the club's 

 regular monthly meeting but business, 

 was cut short in favor of the "merry" 

 part. Before the "roasting" began the 

 members and guests whiled away the 

 time talking shop. There are many 

 matters at present demanding the at- 

 tention of the florists, of which, per- 

 haps, the question of street competi- 

 tion is the most important. Chairman 



with Fred H. Kramer and the other 

 members of the brave band of Minute 

 Men of America. He told of reviewing 

 a section of the German army while 

 in camp, of being received by the no- 

 bility, of visits to wonderful gardens, 

 places and hofbraus. and of the ex- 

 citing trip made by Mr. Kramer in a 

 Zeppelin airship. Mr. Kramer told of 

 the life in the big European cities; of 

 how he and Mr. Gude almost flew from 

 place to place, seeing everything 

 worth looking at, and said that while 

 Mr. Gude proved himself to be a 

 prince of good fellows he had not in 

 the least been contaminated by his 

 association with royalty. 



Peter Lattener changed his speech to 

 songs of the Southland, rendering 

 "Old Black Joe" and other melodies so 

 well known south of the Mason and 

 Dixon Line, his audience forming 

 themselves into a huge choir. George 

 Field begged off and declined to raise 

 his voice in speech and Colonel Mon- 

 tague. Captain Zimmerman, Captain 

 Costinett (fine, high-sounding titles) 

 and a number of others spoke on va- 



Oyster Roa.st at 'Washingtox. D. C. 



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Phciograph hy Helm C~ Taylfir^ Wnshington, D. C. 



Schmid, of the committee on arrange- 

 ments, then gave the signal to begin 

 operations, and an assault was made 

 on the steaming bivalves. The an- 

 nouncement that the photographer 

 was ready caused a halt in-hostilitles. 

 After the gentlemen smoothed their 

 hair and straightened their "west- 

 coats," the big flash came. It was 

 a great wonder to the Horticulture 

 correspondent how the men could 

 keep quiet as long as they did for no 

 sooner had they realized that their 

 physiogonomics had been safely re- 

 corded on the camera plate than the 

 real fun began. The playing of pa- 

 triotic numbers caused considerable 

 hilarity ending with a march around 

 the big hall with President Otto Bauer 

 as commander-in-chief. The musicians 

 entered into the spirit of the affair 

 and what they did not play was not 

 worth listening to. 



On the plea that he was not a 

 speechmaker, Theodore Diedrich, fol- 

 lowing a hearty ovation, was excused 

 in favor of Adolph Gude, who told of 

 his trip through Germany, Switzer- 

 land, France and England in company 



rious subjects and the balance of the 

 evening and part of the following 

 morning was turned over to a male 

 quartet and the musicians from a lo- 

 cal theatre, and a ventriloquist who 

 brought forth many a laugh at the 

 expense of a number of the florists. 



In addition to all this entertain- 

 ment some of the staid old members 

 showed the youngsters how to dance 

 the Virginia Reel, the Highland Fling, 

 the Tango and that gruelling Grape- 

 vine Twist. Mrs. Clara Naecker, the 

 nightingale friend of the florists, ar- 

 arrived late in the evening to fulfill 

 a promise to sing to them. Although 

 needing no introduction, she was 

 greeted with a somewhat lengthy 

 harangue and near-song, by a certain 

 Northwest member. 



Was the affair a success? Ask any- 

 one who was present — they have not 

 yet finished talking of the fun they 

 had. 



A Detroit Outing. 



The Uetroit Florists' Club. 60 

 strong, made its twenty-fifth annual 

 pilgrimage to Mt. Clemens, last Thurs- 



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day, for the first time traveling in mo- 

 tor cars owned by the members. There 

 were 14 machines in the procession. 



Captained by Albert Pochelon, vice- 

 president of the club, the florists left 

 the Detroit Cut Flower Exchange, at 

 7.15 o'clock. Stops were made at 

 greenhouses along the route, and the 

 tourists assembled at J. F. Sullivan's 

 greenhouse out Gratiot avenue. 



In Mt. Clemens all the large grow- 

 ers were visited. Luncheon was 

 served at Fred Breitmeyer's. It was 

 the twenty-fifth luncheon Breitmeyer 

 had served for the "pilgrims," and 

 they presented him with a big mahog- 

 any chair in appreciation. Mr. Sulli- 

 van made a flowery speech of presen- 

 tation. Supper was served at Van 

 Boeslager's greenhouse, and a num- 

 ber of speeches were made there. 



At Klagge's greenhouse the visitors 

 saw 4,000 plants of the new carnation, 

 "Philadelphia." Among those who 

 made the pilgrimage were Philip 

 Breitmeyer, Bruno Schroeter, Ed 

 Beard, "Jerry" Stock and Charles 

 Plumb, former presidents of the club. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



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1,074,808. Process for Making Fertili- 

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1,074,895. Greenhotise Construction. 

 Roy I. Rapp. Bloomfield, N. J. 



I.<i75.2.'>5. Tree Protector. Charles 1. 

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