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HORTICULTURE 



May 6, 1911 



During Recess 



Breck Salesmen. 



The regular annual dinner of the 

 •salesmen connected with the Joseph 

 Breck & Son's seed and agricultural 

 warehouse was held last Saturday 

 ■evening at the Boston City Club. 

 About 30 members attended and 

 Alex. J. M. Joiner presided. After 

 dinner a short business meeting was 

 held and the following ofHcers were 

 elected for the ensuing year: Presi- 

 'dent, Alex. J. M. Joiner; secretary, 

 W. J. Collins; treasurer, George H. 

 Burhart. 



A communication from Mr. C. H. 

 Breck, president of the corporation, 

 was read and it was voted to extend 

 to Mr. Breck a rising vote of thanks 

 for the great interest shown by him 

 .in the organization. Addresses by 

 Tieads of the different departments as 

 regards the welfare of the general 

 "business followed. 



An informal entertainment was 

 ■given by the members as follows, all 

 ~being well received and heartily ap- 

 plauded: Trio. Messrs. Patriquin, 

 Thomas and Van Baarda; readings, 

 Messrs. Haynes and Sibley; violin 

 solo, Robert • Montgomery; solos, 

 Messrs. Ferrieriar and Werner; banjo 

 selections, D. b. Hirth and W. F. Wil- 

 son. Breck's orchestra, John L. Rus- 

 sell, conductor, furnished excellent 

 music. Mr. Brittian was master of 

 ceremonies. 



A committee was appointed to ar- 

 range a series of meetings where 

 talks on salesmanship l)y experts will 

 lie given, to be followed l)y a social 

 tour. The meeting adjourned at 10 

 o'clock. All hands voting it the best 

 •ever. 



Chicago Bowlers. 



On April 26, the Chicago bowlers 

 ■closed their series of games which 

 Tiave, with few exceptions, been played 

 on Wednesday nights since September 

 28th, and the season has been a very 

 successful one. .-Vs was anticipated, 

 Al. Fischer won highest honors. Allie 

 Zeck and his father, A. Zeck, won ssc- 

 ond and third places, respectively, for 

 high individual average, and to the 

 Tiard work of Allie Zeck is due much 

 of the success of the season. The 

 teams had as captains, J. Huebner, A. 

 Zeck, W. Wolf and W. Lormer, and A. 

 Zeck, who was chairman, finds his 

 men at the close of the season enthu- 

 siastic for a pummer game. 



The Milwaukee team will play a re- 

 turn game Sunday, the 7th, arriving 

 over the Northwestern at 11 a. m. A 

 committee will meet them at the de- 

 pot and escort them to dinner at the 

 Hofbrau. after which the game will 

 be played at Bensinger's. An auto 

 ride is planned for the latter part of 

 the afternoon and lunch will be served 

 before the party leave for their home. 

 Team Standing. 



Won Lost Won Lost 



Orchids, 60 21 Rosfs. 33 48 



■Carnations, 40 41 VioU-ts, 29 52 



Highset individual single score 245, 

 made by A. Fischer. Highest three- 

 game average 206 2-3, made by A. 

 Fischer. Highest team game. Orchids 

 921. Highest team three games. Or- 

 chids 860. 



Individual championship cup do- 

 mated by Vaughan & Sperry, won by 



Al. Fischer. A fob for highest single 

 game was donated by Geo. Asmus, and 

 also won by Al. Fischer. 



Poehlmann Bros, awarded handsome 

 stick pins to the highest average man 

 on each team. They were won by Al. 

 Fischer of the Roses; J. Zeck of the 

 Orchids; J. Friedman of the Violets; 

 A. Zeck of the Carnations. 



The John C. Moninger Co. donated 

 silk umbrellas to the six highest indi- 

 vidual averages. They were won by 

 Al. Fischer, A. Zeck, J. Zeck, E. Far- 

 ley, F. Ayers, J. Friedman. 



New York Bowlers. 



Scores rolled on Friday evening, 

 April 28th, were as follows: 



Chadw'k, 156 197 199 Sbaw, 135 137 147 

 Lang, 169 175 191 Nugent, 120 112 154 

 Rick'ds. 172 165 148 Kakuda, 126 120 141 

 Manda, 164 ISO 165 Holt, 106 124 172 



Scott, 157 153 149 



The eliminating contests for bowlers 

 to represent New York at the Balti- 

 more convention begin May 5 at 

 Thumm's alleys. There will be bowl- 

 ing, as us-al, Monday afternoon. May 

 8, previous to the Florist Club meet- 

 ing. 



New York versus Madison. 



The New York Bowling Club visited 

 Madison, N. J., on Tuesday evening, 

 May 2, were royally entertained and 

 managed to defeat the Madison twirl- 

 ers by a substantial score, amidst 

 great excitement. The Revere Rubber 

 Co. prize was won by Chadwick with 

 his score of 223. 



The team scores were as follows: 



MADISON. NEW YORK. 



Ross, 178 158 178 Proton, 147 183 154 



nunn, 119 96 116 R'ck'rds, 162 136 157 



Mauda, 154 124 111 Scott, 145 114 128 



riusoh, 202 193 167 R'ck'rds, 1.30 153 189 



D'ckh'm 180 162 146 C'h'dWk, 198 198 223 



833 733 718 



782 784 851 



Cincinnati Bowlers. 



The attendance at the bowling meet- 

 ing was very slim. The following 

 were the scores bowled Monday, May 

 1, 1911: 



1st 2nd 3i-d 1st 2nd 3id 



S'd'rb'h, 161 151 173 Jackson, 154 132 145 

 MurpbT. 122 122 122 C. Hoff., 131 163 142 

 Ruscorii, 1-20 103 100 O. HoCf.. 123 111 112 



BOSTON NOTES. 



We are glad to be able to report 

 that Col. W. W. Castle, who was crit- 

 ically ill is now well advanced on the 

 road to full recovery. 



Forsythias, magnolias and Spiraea 

 Thunbergii are now in full bloom in 

 this section. The magnolias are finer 

 than for years past. Hyacinths, daf- 

 fodils and some early tulips are also 

 out and English primroses are begin- 

 ning to show. 



A. Zirkman, representative of M. 

 Rice & Co., of Philadelphia, is in Bos- 

 ton this week. He states that Messrs. 

 Rice & Co. are increasing their fac- 

 tory to facilitate getting out Memorial 

 Day orders, which this year are 

 greater than ever. 



John McKenzie entertained a party 

 of his florist friends in princely fash- 

 ion last Tuesday afternoon. An auto 

 ride and a supper at his new building 

 in North Cambridge, also a musical 

 entertainment in the evening were on 

 the jirogram, which was carried out 

 in munificent style. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Company are 

 rapidly developing their nurseries and 

 propagating facilities at Dedham, Mass. 



Two more houses, each 54 x 200, have 

 been contracted for. Their Roslindale 

 place will be used exclusively for the 

 propagation of Chinese plants, includ- 

 ing the Wilson introductions. 



The National Flower Show Board of 

 Control has had several weekly meet- 

 ings here for the purpose of settling 

 up show matters. Chairman Pierson 

 has been in attendance at each ses- 

 sion and has made an enviable record 

 tor faithful performance of an onerous 

 duty, coming as he has be<'n obliged 

 to 250 miles each time. 



E. H. Wilson will sail from Boston 

 on May 9, on the Cymric tor Liverpool, 

 to meet his wife and daughter whom 

 he has not seen since starting on his 

 eventful Chinese exploration trip more 

 than a year ago. During the brief 

 time since Mr. Wilson arrived in Bos- 

 ton overland from China he has recu- 

 perated rapidly from the effects of his 

 long confinement following the acci- 

 dent which befell him in the moun- 

 tain regions of China last September. 

 The good wishes of his friends for a 

 continuance of his improvement and 

 a safe passage across the Atlantic 

 found expression in an informal din- 

 ner in his honor at the Parker House, 

 Boston, on the evening of May 3, under 

 the direction of Messrs. John and 

 James Farquhar, at which there were 

 present representatives of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Park Departmetit, Mass. 

 Horticultural Society and others to 

 to whom Mr. Wilson has endeared 

 himself during his several visits to 

 Boston. 



Charles W. Parker, president of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 presided and welcomed the griests in 

 behalf of his friends, and after brief 

 speeches by others present Mr. Wilson 

 gave an account of his eleven years' 

 work and adventures in the flowery 

 kingdom. 



Among those present were John K. 

 M. L. Farquhar, James Farquhar, Wil- 

 liam P. Rich, P. Welch, W. N. Craig, 

 Robert Cameron, Duncan Finlayson, 

 E. Allen Pierce. Charles Sander, Supt. 

 Jackson Dawson and Asst. Supt. Curtis 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, A. D. Thatch- 

 er, Thomas Roland and William J. 

 Stewart. 



Among the Boston visitors this week 

 were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Langbridge 

 who came to see Mrs. Langbridge's 

 mother, Mrs. Langford, safely aboard 

 the Cunard steamship Franconia. 

 which sailed for Liverpool on May 

 2. Mrs. Langford is bound for 

 Australia to visit a dughter who lives 

 there. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Utica, N. Y. — The greenhouse of W. 

 J. I'.rain was slightly damaged by fire 

 on April 22. 



El Paso, III.— Dr. R. E. Gordon has 

 purchased the business of the El Paso 

 Carnation Co. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — The firm of Baur 

 & Smith will dissolve on June 1, 1911, 

 by mutual consent. A. F. J. Baur will 

 take over Mr. Smith's interest in the 

 greenhouse and ground at 38th street 

 and Rockwood avenue, -whilst F. S. 

 Smith -will remain at the old stand at 

 3Sth street and Senate avenue, con- 

 ducting the business on much the 

 same lines as at present. Carnations, 

 chr.vsanthemums and geraniums will 

 be specialties. 



