September 17, 1910 



HORT I CULTURE 



425 



During Recess 



DAS SCHWAEBISCHE VOLKSFEST. 



This annual reunion and festival 

 looked forward to by a large section of 

 the German residents of Broolvlyn, N. 

 Y.. and neighboring Long Island com- 

 munities, came off last week and was, 

 as usual, a glorious success. This was 

 the 34th celebration. All the time- 

 honored features were there including 

 the beautiful column composed of 

 fruit and vegetables, fifty feet in 

 height, constructed by Fred. Marquardt 

 of Middle Village. This was the cen- 

 tral adornment of the grounds and 

 under the electric illumination at 



The Harvest Poldmn 



By F. Marquardt. 



night was an object of great beauty, 

 looking from a short distance like a 

 wonderful piece of marble mosaic. 



There was the usual competitive 

 display of plant beds, cash prizes being 

 awarded to the various exhibitors of 

 beds as follows: Fred Marquardt, first 

 for begonias, scarlet geraniums, celos- 

 ias; second for coleus, pink gerani- 

 ums; Charles Woerner, first for sal- 

 vias, flcus; A. L. Miller, first for can- 

 nas; John Baumann, first for lantanas, 

 mosaic carpet bed, pink geraniums; 

 second on begonias, scarlet geraniums, 

 mosaic carpet bed; Charles E. Koch, 



first on ornamental foliage bed; second 

 on cannas. ornamental foliage bed; H. 

 Maenner, first on coleus; special prize 

 for privet group; J. Dreier, third and 

 fourth for mosaic carpet bed; second 

 for asters; special prizes for begonias 

 and for miniature landscape. The lat- 

 ter exhibit, a picture of which appears 

 herewith, attracted as much attention 

 as all the others combined, and was 

 continually surrounded by a crowd of 

 interested admirers. This attention 

 on the part of the public points out 

 distinctly a direction in which great 

 possibilities exist as an attraction at 

 our flower exhibitions. We look to 

 see some triumphs in this line at the 

 National Flower Show in Boston next 

 spring. The unprecedented furore 

 over the Messrs. Farquhar's Japanese 

 garden at the spring show in Boston 

 last year is still fresh in our minds. 

 The idea is little short of a gold mine 

 if cleverly handled. 



A. F. Schrader has served as super- 

 intendent of the Volksfest for the past 

 17 years. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The model plant of the Standard 

 Brewing Company was visited yester- 

 day afternoon by thirty-five members 

 of the New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety last week as guests of John 

 Bruestle. brewmaster, who has just 

 returned from an extensive trip 

 abroad. Richard Eichling, president 

 of the society, expressed the apprecia- 

 tion of the members when the guests 

 and hosts were at the luncheon, which 

 was one of the enjoyable features. 

 Mr. Eichling said florists were good 

 judges of beer, and the kind they 

 were drinking met with their ap- 

 proval. The florists were shown the 

 buildings and the cellars, which were 

 welcome on the warm day. 



Before the party left, C. W. Eich- 

 ling thanked Mr. Bruestle in the 

 name of the members for the plea- 

 sure he gave them in taking them 

 through an industry of which the city 

 might be proud. Mr. Eichling pro- 

 posed a toast to the brewmaster and 



his associates, Mr. Bruestle respond- 

 ed, assuring the guests that they were 

 always welcome. 



BAR HARBOR HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The first annual field day of the Bar 

 Harbor Horticultural Society was held 

 at the Eden Fair grounds, Bar Harbor, 

 Me., on Thursday, Sept. 8. This was 

 the first event of its kind, and though 

 gotten up at rather short notice, there 

 was an elaborate program and a good 

 time was enjoyed by all who attended 

 The events included a hundred-yard 

 dash, tat men's race, married men's 

 race, single women's race, married 

 women's race, boys' race, girls' race, 

 sack race, wheel barrow race, 220-yard 

 dash, putting shot, throwing hammer, 

 quoiting, potato race, running high 

 jump, running broad jump, hop, step 

 and jump, tug of war, baseball and 

 football. 



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 and vacated the store at 34 W. 28 

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