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HORTICULTURE 



July 30, 1910 



NEW BABY RAMBLERS 



ROSE ORLEANS and Mrs. TAFT 



Imported field grown stock of last year's elegant French Novelties: Mistress 

 TAFT, crimson pink ; ROSE ORLEANS, bright pink, white eye ; both force readily, foliage 

 healthy, by far preferable to the Old fcJahy Rambler. Fall delivery f.o.b. N. Y. duty paid: 

 $20.oo for fifty; $37.50 for one hundred. TRY these NOVELTIES now for winter 

 flowering and for Easter forcing! Address 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, NEW YORK, 31 Barclay St., or P.O. Box 752 



LILIUM HARRISII 



Now Ready for Delivery 



Our first consignments liave Just reached us, and our ad- 

 vance orders are all filled. In view of the fact that crop Is 

 shorter than last year, we advise those who have not already 

 ordered to lose no time in doing so. Last year we were not 

 able to meet the demand for our selected Harrisii on late 

 orders. At present we have a good supply, and will be able 

 to take care of early orders; but there should be no delay In 

 ordering, as there is sure to be a scarcity of good stock, 

 especially in the large sizes. 



We offer selected stock of the original true Harrisii for 

 early forcing, grown from the original true stock — splendid 

 stock for early forcing, for which purpose Harrisii is so val- 

 uable. Our stock is not picked up indiscriminately from dif- 

 ferent sources, but is grown from one stock, and will be found 

 very superior to the ordinary Harrisii usually offered, both In 

 regard to freedom from disease and purity, and not the late 

 type now so often furnished. 



6 to 7-inch bulbs, 350 to the case, $17.50 per case; less 



quantities, $6.00 per 100. 



7 to 9-inch bulbs, 200 to the case, .$18.00 per case; less 



quantities, $10.00 per 100. 

 9 to 11-inoh bulbs, 100 to the case, $30.00 per case; less 

 quantities, $25.00 per 100. 



SELECT FERNS 



For Fine Store Trade 



We offer a grand lot of exceptionally well-grown plants of 

 NEPHROLEPIS, which will be found one of the best selling 

 and most profitable plants for florists to handle. Our stock 

 is in unusually fine shape, and we will guarantee that it will 

 please the most exacting. It is exceptionally good value at 

 the prices quoted. 



ELEGANTISSIMA IMPROVED. The finest of this type, 

 never showing a Boston frond ; has not reverted in the last 

 four years. Strong plants, 6-inch pots, 50e. each; fine speci- 

 mens, S-inch pans, $1.00 each ; strong young plants, 2H-lDch 

 pots for growing on, $10.00 per hundred. 



ELEGANTISSIMA COMPACTA. Bears the same relation 

 to Elegantissima that Scottii does to Bostonlensis. Dwarf and 

 compact. Especially fine in the small sizes. Extra fine plants, 

 4-inch pots, 25c. each ; 6-inch pots, 50c. each ; strong young 

 plants, 2V4-inch pots for growing on, $10.00 per hundred. 



SUPERBISSIMA. Introduced by us In 190S. Very distinct 

 and very popular. 4-inch pots, 25c. each; large specimens, 

 S-iuch pans, $1.00 each. 



BOSTONIENSIS. Good plants, 6-inch pots, 50c. each. 



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During Recess 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The annual picnic of this Club was 

 held on Thursday, 27th, at Pine Banks 

 Park, Maiden, and in every way 

 proved one of the most enjoyable out- 

 ings this flourishing organization has 

 held. A goodly number had gathered 

 when the athletics commenced at 10 

 a. m., but by noon fully five hundred 

 people were in attendance, and all the 

 events were keenly contested. 



The first event in the games was a 

 baseball game between the Commer- 

 cial and Private Gardeners, the for- 

 mer being captained by A. E. Walsh, 

 and the latter by R. W. Curtis, and 

 after a spirited contest, resulted in a 

 win for the Commercials by 5 to 2. 

 A game of baseball for boys of 16 and 

 under was won by the team captained 

 by Tom Westwood. score 8 to 3. Al- 

 fred Hall was captain of the losing 

 side. 



Following is the list of other con- 

 tests with names of the winners: 



100 yards handicap. 1st, Wm. Iliffe, 2nd, 

 T. T. Brown; 100 yards. Bovs under 15, 1st, 

 T. Iliffe, 2nd, T. Lothrop, 3rd, Arthur 

 Whyte; 50 yards race, married Ladies, 

 handicap, 1st, Mrs. p'red Coles, 2nd, Mrs. 

 H. Woods, 3rd, Mrs, J. Klrkegaard; Quoit 

 snatch won by Duncan Piniayson, 1st, Wm. 

 Monroe 2nd, and Kenneth Piniayson 3rd; 

 50 yards race, handicap. Girls under 8, 1st, 

 Marlon Iliffe, 2nd, Prances Terry; High 

 jump, 1st, J. Comerford, 5 ft. 1 in., 2nd, 

 W. J. Collins; Flag race. Girls under 15, 

 1st, Mabel Lally, 2nd, Edith Iliffe; Putting 

 16 lb. shot, 1st, J. Comerford, 38 ft. 3 In., 

 2nd, John Reed, 3rd, Wm. McGilllvray; 

 Flag race, married Ladies, 1st, Mrs. Fred 



Cole.s. 2nd, Mrs. H. F. Woods, 3rd, Mrs. 

 Ferguson; 50 yards race, unmarried Ladies, 

 1st, Harriet Coles, 2nd, Alice Iliffe; Sack 

 race, men, lst,T. S. Brown, 2d, W. J. Collins; 

 Sack race, boys, 1st, Thos. Westwood, 2ud, 

 .lack Sissou, 3rd, Thos. Iliffe; 240 yards 

 race, men, 1st, W. .T. Collins, 2nd, J. Com- 

 eiford; Fat mens' race, 1st, John Lally, 

 2nd. D. Ilfte, 3rd, J. L. Smith; Broad jump, 

 1st, W. J. Collins, 2nd, H. Coles; Three-leg 

 ged race, men, 1st, Collins and Reid, 2ud, 

 Palmer and Iliffe; Three-legged race, boys, 

 1st, T. Westwood and J. SIsson, 2nd, Wm. 

 Westwood and F. Hargraves; Half-mile race. 

 1st, John Eeid, 2nd, David Burns; 50 yards 

 race, boys under 8, 1st, Arch. Terry, 2nd, 

 I'rescott Whyte, 3rd. M. Craig; Tug of war, 

 11 men a side, commercial vs. private 

 gardeners, captains, Thos. Pegler and U. 

 Findlayson, resulted in a win for the 

 privates after a hard pull; Special consola- 

 tion prizes for girls under 12 and boys 

 under 12, 1st, girls, Margaret Iliffe, 2nd, 

 Iheresa Lally; 1st. boys, Fred Holbrow, 

 2. id, J. Ripgs. 



The judges, Messrs. Kenneth Piniay- 

 son, A. E. Thatcher, Thos. H. West- 

 wood and James Wheeler were kept 

 on the jump from start to finish and 

 rendered satisfactory verdicts. Ring- 

 master W. J. Kennedy was inimitable 

 and everybody else, including ofBcers, 

 committees, umpire and scorer filled 

 their part nobly. More than half the 

 number in attendance were ladies and 

 children. It was a lovely day as to 

 weather and nothing occurred to cast 

 a cloud upon the proceedings. The 

 location. Pine Banks Park, is ideal for 

 the purpose of a day's outing. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB OUTING. 



This much-talked-of event came off 

 on Thursday, July 21st, at Ramona 

 Park. The attendance was as large 

 as at any of the previous outings and 

 well behaved as usual. The day was 

 ideal for an outing and all day long 



the cars for Ramona Park were crowd- 

 ed with florists and their families 

 seeking a day's pleasure, and they 

 surely had it this year. Charles 

 Schoeule announced that his assistants 

 could not be present owing to business, 

 so Albert Gams and Frank Windier 

 were appointed to their places and 

 they did yeomen's work all day long. 

 The younger element predominated 

 this year and they had a good time 

 at the games all over the grounds and 

 in the dancing pavilion. The recep- 

 tion committee, Messrs. Fillmore, 

 Beneke and Pilcher, did their part 

 well and worked hard tor success. 

 The ball game between teams made 

 up of employees of Bentzen and Sand- 

 ers was won by the Sanders team by 

 a score of 8 to 2. Rooters for each 

 team had a hot time especially among 

 the young ladies who had to be kept 

 apart on opposite sides of the diamond, 

 so exciting was the game. Alice Jab- 

 lonsky won the first race, a 25-yard 

 dash. Mrs. A. T. Jablonsky won the 

 egg and spoon race in the married 

 ladies' class. Harold Briggs won in 

 the 50-yard dash for boys under 16. 

 In the girls' potato race Miss Alice 

 McHenery won. In 50-yard dash for 

 girls under 16, Miss Jennie Bolard was 

 the winner. Young Pheonix Jablon- 

 sky won the hop, step and jump for 

 boys under 16. The next race was the 

 fat men's, but the scarcity of fat men 

 put the event into the 35 and over 

 class for men. This was run in two 

 heats and was finally won by J. J. 

 Beneke, the oldest man in the con- 

 test. C. Delbrow came in second The 

 prize was a hat. The tug of war was 

 easily won by W. C. Smith's team of 



