NEWS OF 



HORTICULTURE 



THE CLUBS AND 



September 9, 1905 



SOCIETIES 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual outing of the Buffalo 

 Florists' Club, which was held at the 

 Bedell House, Grand Island on Aug. 

 '29, was a most decided success. The 

 day was an ideal one, thanks to the 

 ■weather man. The program consisted 

 of many events, which began soon 

 upon arrival. The ball game between 

 the East side and West side boys was 

 won by the East side with a score of 

 12 to 9. John Kramer, Long Greever. 

 Longley, Kull, William Scott, Jr., 

 Brucker, D. Scott, Warring Anderson, 

 Cloudley, Keitsch and Humphrey all 

 made their marks and sensational 

 plays were made by Walter, Speidel, 

 Schnell and Gilles. Rumor had it that 

 the umpire was an East sider, which 

 helped to win the game. 



Charles Keitsch, the able manager 

 and announcer, had during the ball 

 game secured many entries for the 

 best event on the program, the "ladies' 

 race." There were many entries, and 

 many valuable prizes were awarded. 

 The winners were Miss Lucy Schlager, 

 first; Miss Ruby Mark, second; Miss 

 Lily Neidenreck, third. Also ran, Mrs. 

 Fred Walters. 



The one-half mile special handicap 

 running race between E. B. Kull and 

 Albert Reichert, was exciting; odds 5 

 to 3 on Kull, which was -ft'on by a 

 close decision by Reichert. Time, 1.2S. 

 Palmer's special standing broad jump 

 was next, with six entries in the event. 

 William Greever, the Y. M. C. A. cham- 

 pion, won easily. Three trials were 

 had. Measurements: 



Greever, 7 ft. 6 in.; 8 ft. G in.; 7 ft. 

 Sin. 



Edward Slattery, 7 ft. 3 in.; 7 ft. 9 

 in.; 7 ft. 8 1-2 in. 



Ed. Walther, 7 ft. 5 1-2 in.; 7 ft. 9 

 in.; 7 ft. 7 1-2 in. 



The leap frog race was very inter- 

 esting and amusing. A good lineup 

 of twelve entries were had for this 

 great event, and it was won in an ex- 

 citing finish by John Kramer and 

 Charles Keitsch, first; William Greever 

 and Ed. Walther, second; David Scott 

 and Charles Reichert, third. It may 

 be said that the first two competitors 

 ran a dead heat, but the judges decided 

 as above. 



Event No. 5, the old men's race, 

 handicap, was also an amusing event; 

 ages 40 to 60, with eight entries, was 

 easily won by George McClure; Theo. 

 Vennaman, second; William Ehmann, 

 third. Also ran, C. Forback, J. Weigl 

 and J. Shaw. 



The sixth event, 100 yards open 

 handicap, lined up fourteen well- 

 trained runners. J. Longley was a 

 winner by a nose, with Albert Reichert 

 a close second and John Kramer, third. 

 Keen interest was taken in the boys' 

 race, and at the lineup there was a 

 good bunch of youngsters, who ran 

 much faster at this time than when 

 out delivering goods at quick calls. 

 "Winners: First, Henry Kempker; 

 second, Reinhard Klockow; third, Ger- 

 ald Anderson; fourth, Peter Storh. 



Broad running jump, twelve entries, 

 was one of the best of athletic events. 

 David Scott, first, space covered, 16 ft. 

 5 in.; 16 ft. 9 in. William Greever, 

 second, 15 ft. 6 in.; 14 ft. 10 in. 



The one-quarter mile open handicap 

 was won by Carl Humphrey, first; 



Reichert, second and Longley, third, 

 the winner having 60 yards handicap. 



It is sometimes hard "for some to run 

 with two legs, but as this was the 

 three-legged race, it certainly was 

 worth seeing, the distance being 75 

 yards. Greever and Walther fell 

 across the line winners, with Reichert 

 and Longley second, and Humphrey 

 and Slattery third. 



Refreshments were served on the 

 grounds, and George McClure was con- 

 stantly on the lookout for the benefit 

 of the fair sex. 



The dinner hour found 106 seated, 

 all tired after enjoying the afternoon 

 program, and somewhat famished. At 

 the head of the table, W. F. Kasting 

 was master of ceremonies. A speech 

 was made by the president and Wil- 

 liam Scott, and at the close the prizes 

 were distributed to the lucky winners, 

 after which the ladies had a grand 

 hayrack ride around the island. The 

 day's sport was ended with dancing in 

 the grand hall. 



The committee is to be congratu- 

 lated for making this the best attended 

 and most enjoyable outing in the his- 

 tory of the club. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A well-attended meeting of the above 

 society was held on Tuesday evening, 

 Aug. 29. Three new members were 

 elected and two names proposed for 

 membership. The monthly prize do- 

 nated by James Ballantyne for the 

 best collection of out-door flowers was 

 won by William Scott, the collection 

 comprising abooit sixty varieties. The 

 F. R. Pierson Co. exhibited a splendid 

 collection of phloxes, for which a cer- 

 tificate ot merit was awarded. John 

 Featherstone received honorable men- 

 tion for a display of asters, and Wil- 

 liam Scott a similar award for peaches, 

 the variety being Sea Eagle. Mr. 

 Scott read an essay on fern culture, 

 which brought out a lively discussion 

 in which Joseph Mooney, A. T. Bod- 

 dington and others took part. 



WILLIAM SCOTT, 

 Corresponding Secy. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual autumn exhibition of 

 September 11, 12 and 13, to be held in 

 the Casino, is confidently expected to 

 be fully up to the standard of former 

 years. Entries from local exhibitors 

 promise to be quite numerous, while 

 many inquiries regarding space are 

 coming in from out-of-town dealers 

 and growers. Readers of this edition 

 of Horticulture who have anything to 

 show should come, and bring, if pos- 

 sible, something to show us. They 

 may start with the assurance of seeing 

 a pretty good show and of getting good 

 treatment from the boys. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 CHICAGO. 



The preliminary list of premiums 

 for the annual exhibition next Novem- 

 ber, has been issued and copies may 

 be had on application to E. A. Kanst, 

 assistant secretary, 5700 Cottage Grove 

 Avenue, Chicago. The list is very 

 comprehensive and should help to 

 bring out a large and popular display. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The L. K. Peacock Co. made an ex- 

 hibition of dahlias at the monthly 

 meeting of the Florists' Club of Phil- 

 adelphia on the 5th inst. Kriemhilde, 

 a cactus variety, pink with white cen- 

 ter, attracted much favorable atten- 

 tion. Gracie, a lovely single pink was 

 also a feature. In all about fifty vases 

 of the standard varieties were shown 

 and their merits were gone over in de- 

 tail by Mr. Peacock who received the 

 thanks of the club. The club will go 

 in a body to visit the 130 acres of 

 Peacock dahlias at Atco, N. J., on Sept. 

 16th. 



The plan is to leave foot of Market 

 street at 1 P. M. ; returning, leave Atco 

 5.13; stopover privilege at Haddonfield 

 American Dahlia Society's 11th annual 

 show on return journey, for all who 

 desire. Members and their friends are 

 invited. Only exp. 72c. return ticket. 



An interesting exhibit of cannas 

 at same meeting came from the 

 Conard & Jones Co. Unfortunately 

 Mr. Wintzer could not be present to 

 give his expected talk on the conven- 

 tion and on his favorite flower. But 

 there was another West Grove man 

 present, Mr. P. J. Lynch, and he is a 

 host in himself at entertaining. The 

 prizes won at the convention were pre- 

 sented to the club and a pleasant socia 

 hour was spent. Edward A. Stroud 

 and P. J. Lynch were the star per- 

 formers in the song and story line. 

 When the prize cup had been filled and 

 passed a few times the enthusiasm be- 

 came quite pronounced. 



Resolutions thanking the Washing- 

 ton and Baltimore brethren for their 

 many Courtesies during the receni 

 convention were passed unanimously, 



NATIONAL NUT-GROWERS' ASSO 

 CIATION. 



In view of the presence of yellow 

 fever in portions of our territory and 

 the consequent restrictions on travel, 

 it is deemed expedient to postpone the 

 1905 convention of the National Nut 

 Growers' Association, to be held a1 

 Dallas, Texas, to a later date than Oc 

 25-27. 



It is conceded that a better exhibi- 

 tion of nuts can be made in November 

 or December, and that the testing and 

 grading of new varieties — which is not 

 practicable in October — can be made a 

 part of the convention work if the 

 meeting is held at a time when the 

 nuts are mature. Members and all in- 

 terested are invited to correspond with 

 the Secretary, giving their views as to 

 the best time, all things considered, 

 for our 1905 gathering. Due announce- 

 ment will be made as soon as the time 

 is fixed. The Dallas convention can 

 hardly fail to be of much interest and 

 benefit, and all who can should ar- 

 range to be present. 



We are able to report that the diffi- 

 culties and delays in publishing the 

 proceedings of the St. Louis conven- 

 tion, caused by the death of Mr. Bar- 

 nett, the convention reporter, have 

 been so far overcome that that valu- 

 able volume will soon be ready. 



J. F. WILSON, Secy. 



