July 29, 1905 



HORTI CULTURE 



HAIL ASSOCIATION 2 P.M. 



The Florists' Hail Association of America 

 will hold its annual meeting in the Convention 

 Hall at 2 P.M. 



CARNATION SOCIETY 4 P.M. 



The American Carnation Society will meet 

 in the Convention Hall at 4 p.m. 



LECTURE 8 P.M. 

 The Ideal Country Home for the Man 

 with a Long Head and a Short Purse, illus- 

 trated by stereopticon sUdes. By Oglesby 

 Paul, Philadelphia, Pa. 



FOURTH DAY, FRIDAY, AUG. l8 

 Friday mil be Washington Florists' Day. 

 Full particulars of the program for this day 

 will be announced later. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The Secretary of Agriculture desires to 

 e.xtend the courtesies of the Department to 

 the members of the Society of American 

 Florists. The officers of the various Bureaus 

 of the Department will be glad to give in- 

 formation along the irrespective hues of work. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry is conduct- 

 ing many lines of investigation which may 

 be of interest to florists. A cordial invita- 

 tion is e.xtended to members of the Society 

 and their friends to visit the greenhouses and 

 conservatories, to inspect the work on the 

 improvement of plants by breeding and se- 

 lection, and the work of studying plant dis- 

 eases, especially diseases of plants under 

 glass. The trial grounds and testing gar- 

 dens of the Bureau of Plant Industry will 

 also be open for inspection at all times. 



Special points of interest which the mem- 

 bers may be desirous of noting are the test- 

 ing plots on the Department grounds proper, 

 the testing grounds on the flats located a 

 mile south of the Department buildings, and 

 the Arlington Farm, where various horticul- 

 tural lines of work are under way. This 

 farm is located near ArUngton Cemetery and 

 is reached by trolley in about twenty minutes. 

 The various laboratories vrill be open for 

 inspection at all times, and officers of the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry will be delighted, 

 especially to show visitors the various hnes 

 of work under way. 



For the information of visitors, a fine col- 

 lection of gladioU and other bulbous plants 

 has been made, and they may be seen grow- 

 ing on the Department grounds. 



NOTICE TO CONVENTION VISITORS 



In order to facilitate the management in 

 their arrangements for the entertainment of 

 the visitors to the S. A. F. Convention, it is 

 respectfully requested : 



ist. That all ladies contemplating com- 

 ing, will kindly send in at once their names 

 to Mrs. Joseph R. Freeman, Chairman 

 Ladies' Entertainment Committee. 



2d. That all teams or individuals wishing 

 to enter the bowUng contest otU send in 

 their names,to Mr. Wm. H. Earnest, Station 

 M, Washington, D.C., Chainnan Com.nittee 

 on Bowling. 



3d. That ladies wishing to enter Ladies' 

 Bowling Contest, will send in names to Mr. 

 F. H. Kramer. 



4th. That all wishing to enter Shooting 

 Contest, will send in names to Z. B. Blacki- 

 stone. Chairman Committee c»' Shooting, 

 cor. 14th and H streets. 



Department of Plant Registration 

 Mr. Edward Amerpohl, of Janesville, 

 Wis., submits for registration Nephrolepis 

 .\merpohUi, sport of Nephrolepis Piersoni; has 

 the compactness of N. Piersoni elegantissima 

 and resembles it closely except that the 

 pinnules are again cut and subdivided until 

 the frond has the appearance of a piece of 

 lace-work. 



Richard F. Gloede, Evanston, 111., submits 

 for registration, seedling geranium Mrs. 

 Richard F. Gloede. Flower semi-double, 

 very large ; color, rose pink ; foliage, dark 

 green, zoned ; growth, exceedingly strong ; 

 tested three years. 



Wm. J. Stewart, Secretary. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON 



The annual picnic of this club at Ran- 

 dolph Grove, on July 25, was a distinct suc- 

 cess and the officers of the club who have 

 worked so earnestly and faithfully to give all 

 a good time, deserve the highest praise and 

 congratulation. The main features of the 

 day were the games and competitions for the 

 numerous prizes that had been contributed 

 by members and friends. About one hun- 

 dred and fifty were in attendance, including a 

 majority of women and children, and there 

 were few that did not win something. J. C. 

 Vaughan, president of the S. A. F., being 

 present, was called upon to officiate as judge 

 in the baby competition, no local man having 

 the courage to face the consequences. Mr. 

 Vaughan was the winner of a prize himself, 

 coming in second iri the foot-race for men over 

 50 years of age, being distanced by fleet-footed 

 M. H. Norton. Another race that created 

 great excitement was that for fat men, Pres- 

 ident Wheeler coming in first and Duncan 

 Finlayson, second. 



The boys beat the men at baseball, 14 to 

 4. The boys were Cannell, Worthington, 

 P., McPhail, Hodgson, Patten, C, MuUen, 

 ColUns, Dillon, McDermott. The men, Roy, 

 Low, W. Wheeler, C, Craig, Sanford, Bol- 

 ton, K. Finlayson, Pahner, Fisher, P. 

 Cricket was played with a score of 35 to 31. 

 The winning team and scores were as fol- 

 lows: Wheeler, 8; Craig, 2; McDermott, 5; 

 Riggs, o; Bolton, o; Robertson, 9; Martin, 

 3; Stevens, i; MuUen, 5; Collins, o; Mc- 

 Kenzie, 2. The losers were Palmer, o; 

 Patten, 8; Colley, 5; Cannell, o; Worthing- 

 ton, 2; Low, 4; Finlayson, o; Lumsdew, 7; 

 Marshall, o; Walters, o; Mortimer, S-l 



Other prizes awarded were as follows.- 



Croquet contest for ladies, Florence 

 Palmer, Florence Eisenhardt; foot race for 

 boys, 10 years and under, i, Victor Heurlin, 

 2, Geo. Manning; foot race for girls, 10 years 

 and under, i, Florence Lumsden; 2, Louise 

 Bolton; foot race for boys, between 10 and 

 16, I, Geo. Palmer; 2, Harold Hodgson; foot 

 race for girls, between 10 and 16, i, Jennie 

 Mallinson; 2, Louise Eisenhardt; foot race 

 for married ladies, 50 yards, i, Mrs. A. 

 Eisenhardt; 2, Mrs. J. Heurlin; foot race for 

 young ladies (over 16), 100 yards, i, Adie 

 Hoxie; 2, Ethel Roy; sack race, 100 yards, 

 open to all; i, Harold Patten; 2, Wm. 

 CoUins; foot race, 100 yards, Club members 

 only, I, Wm. Collins; 2, Frank Cannell; foot 

 race, 100 yards, fat men over 200 pounds, 

 handicap, i, Jas. Wheeler; 2, Duncan Fin- 

 layson; foot race, men over 50 years of age, 

 I, M. H. Norton; 2, J. C.Vaughan; potato race 

 for ladies, i, Adie Hoxie; 2, Louise Eisen- 

 hardt; three-legged race for men, i, W. J. 

 Collins and F. McDermott; 2, Jas. Wheeler, 

 and A. Low; quoit match, i, Alex. M. 

 Robertson; 2, Geo. Jenkins; running high 

 jump, open to all, i, Alfred Martin, 5 ft. 

 6 in.; 2, A. M. Robertson, 5 ft. 5 in.; running 

 hop, skip, and jump, i, Wm. CoUins, 40 ft. 

 S in.; 2, A. Robertson, 34 ft. 10 in.; running 



long jump, I, W. ColUns, 17 ft. 10 in.; 2, A. 

 Robertson, 16 ft. 5 in.; throwing 12-pound 

 shut, I, W. ColUns, 35 ft. 9 in.; 2, A. Martin, 

 35 ft. 3 in.; throwing 12-pound hammer. 



1, W. A. Riggs, 88 ft.; 2, W. ColUns, 82 ft, 

 10 in.; race for girls, i, Florence Lumsden; 



2, Louise Eisenhardt; race for boys, i, Sabin 

 Bolton; 2, Robt. MarshaU; best looking baby 

 under 2 J years, i, Gustaf Richard Peterson; 

 2, Dorothy Palmer; best looking infant, i, 

 Kenneth R. Craig; race for small boys, i, 

 John Sisson; 2, Frank Wheeler; 3, Spencer 

 HeurUn. 



FUN AND FROLIC AT MONTREAL 

 The sixteenth annual picnic of the Mon- 

 treal Gardeners' and Florists' Club to Otter- 

 burn Park on Wednesday, July 19th, was in 

 every way successful. Though showers fell 

 in the early part of the day, it cleared later 

 and the large company was favored with 

 fine weather conditions. The i|Uoit match 

 for the silver cup was keenly contested, Wm. 

 Hazell and A. Walker entering the final. 

 HazeU carried oS the cup after a well- 

 earned victory. The tug-of-war of garden- 

 ers and florists resulted in an easy win for 

 the florist men. Races for all ages were of 

 much interest, many valuable prizes being 

 given. The results were as foUows: 



Young ladies from 15 to 20 years, Miss J. 

 Bennett; young men from 15 to 20 years, 

 Mr. R. Jackson; ladies over 20 years. Miss 

 Carmichael; members' wives over 40 years, 

 Mrs. Higgins; men's race (open entry), Mr. 

 L. St. Pierre; members' wives, Mrs. H. J. 

 Eddy; members under 40 years, Mr. J. Luke; 

 members from 40 to 50 years, Mr. Wm. 

 Hazell; members over 50 years, Mr. Gibb; 

 boot race (lace boot only), Mr. E. Hayward; 

 running, hop, step, and jump, Mr. J. C. 

 Eddy; thread and needle race (lady and 

 gent.), Mr. Walker and Mrs. Carmichael; 

 walking match (members only), Mr. A. 

 Walker; bean guess, Mr. Gayot and Miss 

 Duncan. 



NOTES 



The Kentucky Society of Florists wiU hold 

 its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, 

 August ist. A good attendance is desired, 

 as important 'matters wiU come up for at- 



The St. Louis Florists' Club picnic was 

 marred somewhat by the rain, which fell all 

 day, only stopping during the dinner hour. 

 About seventy-five were present and, in 

 spite of the inclemency of the weather out 

 side, managed to have a royal good time in- 

 doors. The games were played under a 

 paviUon. 



At Horticultural Hall, Boston, the usual 

 Saturday exhibition was held on July 22. 

 It was unimportant as compared with some 

 of its predecessors. A fine display of 

 aquatics and achimines was made by Har- 

 vard Botanic Garden. T. C. Thurlow and 

 H. A. Stevens showed e.xceUent coUections of 

 hardy phloxes' and L. M. Towles' showing 

 of sweet peas was also good. Fruit and 

 vegetables were good, as usual. 



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