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horticulture: 



February 25, 1911 



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right moment. A connecting wire run- 

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Personal. 



Miss Else Schnapp has returned to 

 the Alpha after a few days wrestle 

 with the grip. 



E. C. Amling, with his family, is 

 spending the winter months at Orange 

 near Los Angeles. 



H. S. Morton, who has been in the 

 west for the past two years has re- 

 turned gi-eatly improved in health. He 

 ■expects to leave for the south soon. 



The best wishes of the trade are ex- 

 tended to Harry Garland of Des 

 Plaines, 111., and Miss Helen Yeager of 

 ■Crete, 111., who were married Feb. 18th. 

 Harry is the son of Geo. M. Garland. 



Theron V. Brown of A. Lang's leaves 

 soon to go into business in the south. 

 He will make a trip through the east 

 and south and settle eventually in 

 Florida where he will be associated 

 with 0. A. Oldfield of California. 



Visitors— F. H. Henry of Henry & 

 liBe, N. Y.; Alois Frey, Crown Point, 

 Ind.; W. S. Coggin, Battle Creek, 

 Mich.; T. 0. Joy, Nashville, Tenn.; 

 Fred Manke, Milwaukee, Wis.; C. E. 

 Schaefer, La Crosse, Wis.; C. B. Knick- 

 man, of McHutchison & Co., N. Y. 



DURING RECESS. 



Bowling at New York. 



New York won the match with 

 Rutherford, Feb. 17th, at the New 

 York alleys, and with it the five valu- 

 able knives presented by M. C. Ebel. 

 The totals of the two games were: 

 Rutherford, 669, 660; New York, 716, 

 721. 



The return match will be bowled at 

 Rutherford alleys, on the 1st of March. 

 The best scores of the evening were as 

 follows: 



line offered by E. G. Gillett for the 

 highest average score of the evening. 



A meeting of the Yonkers Horticul- 

 tural Society was held on Friday, the 

 17th inst. The dinner committee re- 

 ported a balance to the good, and was 

 discharged, being accorded a standing 

 vote of thanks. L. Melliott was ap- 

 pointed a delegate to represent the So- 

 ciety, on a committee organized to 

 pusli the legislation now under discus- 

 sion, to establish a Horticultural Ex- 

 perimental Station for New York 

 State. H. M. B. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Bconville, Mo. — On .\pril 1st John 

 A. Peyton becomes partner in the 

 Boonville Nursery. 



Eureka Springs, Ark. — C. I. Poor is 

 planning to move his greenhouses to 

 Prospect avenue opposite The Thach. 



Chicago, III. — The Raske Floral Co. 

 has leased the store at 177 Jackson 

 Boulevard for five years from Mav 

 Ist, 1911: rental, $15,000 for the terni. 



Chicago Bowlers. 



The Chicago Florists' Bowling Club 

 played according to schedule Feb- 

 ruary 15th, and made the following 

 score : 



ROSES. 

 Craig, 130 149 157 

 W's'n, Jr. 63 89 80 

 .•Sweeny, 140 123 113 

 Wolf, 181 l.V) H7 

 Fester, 167 ISl 142 



CARNATIONS. 

 Krauss. 146 1.59 144 

 Ayers, 153 1.38 172 

 Schultz. 144 167 ].'i3 

 Zei-k, 145 193 1.55 



ORCHIDS. 

 Huebn'r, 178 147 147 

 Zeck. 153 131 14s 



Graff, 164 140 150 

 Degnan, 168 153 159 

 Farley, 169 148 ISO 



VIOLETS. 

 L'h'm'n. 165 169 127 

 F'd'm'ii, 211 165 ISs 

 Lormau, 1.33 174 104 

 yarnall. 147 1.53 173 



Cincinnati Bowlers. 

 The following were the scores 

 bowled Monday, February 20th: 



Murphy, 166 188 



Hi'.-kman, ISO 159 



Witterst'tt'r, 108 1.57 



C. Hoffm's'r, 151 103 



Horoiuc. 140 i;:k 



Fritz, 127 i:'.5 



Allen, lis 1.53 



O. Iloft'nrs'r. 109 1.35 



Ray Murphy won the box of Silka- 



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