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HOETICULTUEE 



August 1, 1914 



During Recess 



Minnesota State Florists. 



Members of this Association and 

 their friends to the number of 400 

 held a picnic at Red Wing on Friday, 



July 17. 



Chicago Florists' Club. 



The annual picnic of the Chicago 

 ■Florists' Club is generally conceded to 

 have been the best ever held in the 

 history of the club. Members and 

 their friends are estimated to have 

 numbered from five hundred up, but 

 as admission to the picnic grounds 

 was without tickets no absolute record 

 could be kept of the attendance. 

 Every train to Morton Grove, where 

 the picnic was held in St. Paul"s 

 Park, brought pleasure seekers who 

 were welcomed by a German band, 

 playfully called The- Hungry Five, 

 while a large proportion arrived in au- 

 tomobiles. An orchestra and dancing 

 provided entertainment and the usual 

 sports for the children kept all inter- 

 ested. — 



Buffalo Florists' Club Outing. 



The annual outing was booked for 

 the 23rd of July. Unfortunately rain 

 set in which continued up to 3 P. M. 

 This of course checked the record- 

 breaker attendance which was looked 

 for. About 65 turned out. The boat 

 left at 2.30 and upon reaching the 

 island the rain had ceased and the 

 grounds were drying up fast, so the 

 afternoon's athletic events were not 

 marred to any extent. The program 

 was a long one and the ball game of 

 course had to be cut short although 

 five innings were played and won by 

 the east side team. 



After the games were run off dinner 

 was served in the grand dining room 

 of the Hotel Bedel, where the tables 

 were decorated neatly by the boys of 

 the retail stores and the president and 

 others were heard from in brief re- 

 marks. 



Bowling and dancing followed the 

 banquet. The committee in charge 

 had done everything in their power to 

 make this a success, but the weather 

 was a disappointment to all. 



St. Louis Florists' Picnic. 



The long looked for picnic given by 

 the St. Louis Florists' Club took place 

 on Wednesday, July 22d. at Ramona 

 Park and attracted nearly four hun- 

 dred. The day was very hot and the 

 grounds in very poor condition owing 

 to the continued dry weather. The 

 crowd was larger than usual and by 

 far more sociable than any picnic in 

 previous years. One pleasing feature 

 was the large attendance of suburban 

 florists with their families. The 

 wholesalers and some of the retailers 

 closed half a day and the members 

 hope this will become general next 

 year for all. 



The games started at 2.30 P. M. and 

 great interest was manifested as all 

 contained large entries especially in 

 the lady classes. The baseball game fol- 

 lowed between a team of retailers and 

 one of wholesalers. Rooters for both 

 teams were out in full force and the 

 umpires. Bob Newcomb of Chicago and 

 Frank Gorley, had their hands full 

 keeping back the crowd when the 

 wholesalers had the retailers 4 to in 

 the third inning. In the fourth, 

 though, the retailers counted eight 



runs, when their rooters broke loose 

 and the game had to be stopped to 

 clear the field and the final score was 

 8 to 5 in favor of the retail team. 



The results of all the games during 

 the day were as follows: 



75-y:ir(l dasb for men; 1st. K. Pyle; 2d, 

 O. Ruff. Backward walk: 1st, Gus Hart- 

 mann; 2d, W. A. Rowe. Flag race for 

 little girls: 1st. Marie Dahn ; 2d, Virgie 

 Cerney. 25-yard race for young ladles: 

 1st, Jliss Ogle: 2d, iMaude Basbam. Ball 

 scramble for small boys: 1st, Erwin Hoff- 

 man : 2d, Uussie Cerney. Pot-tbrowing con- 

 test for ladies: 1st, Jessie Sanders; 2d. 

 Mrs. Baumgarten. Dougbnut-eating contest 

 for small boys: 1st, A. Flanagan; 2d, 

 Julius Hecbt. Peanut race for small girls: 

 1st, Linda Hecbt; 2d, Jessje Tayter. Ball- 

 tbrowing for married ladies: 1st, Mrs. 

 Kinzel ; 2d, Mrs. W. A. Rowe. Needle- 

 tbreadiug contest: 1st, Laura Sanders; 2d, 

 Miss Erllnger. Hop-steg-and-jump for 

 young men: 1st, Oscar Ruff; 2d, R. Holm. 

 Seed guessing contest: 1st, Julius Hecbt; 

 2d, A. JabloDSky, Jr. Tbese prizes were 

 offered by tbe St. Louis Seed Co. and tbe 

 Scbisler-Corneii Seed Co. Paddy Patton's 

 cbicken race created a great amount of fun. 

 R. Holm was tbe lucky man after a hard 

 cbase witb nearly fifty men trailing him. 

 Tbe tug-of-war for ladies proved exciting. 

 Tbe winners received a large box of candy 

 each, tbe losers a small box. The tug-of- 

 war for men as usual caused great rivalry 

 between the growers and retailers. This 

 time the retail team of Mr. Bergesterman 

 won from Joe Hauser's team. 



Bobbink & Atkins' Lawn Party. 



There was a large and happy gath- 

 ering — about 200 altogether — at Ruth- 

 erford, N. J., on Saturday evening, 

 July 25, of the office force and 

 their many friends. All the requisites 

 for a delightful summer evening en- 

 tertainment were provided. In the 

 course of the evening the following 

 original verses composed by a friend 

 of the firm were read by Mr. Atkins' 

 brother: 



Of all tbe letters in the list, 

 To you I safely say. 

 No other two, so much appear 

 .\s these two, "B" and "A". 



Note that they take their proper place 

 As "leaders" in the fray. 

 In fact, tber'd be no alphabet 

 Witliout the "B" and "A". 



"B" stands for beauty, bravery 

 .\nd boundless generosity. 

 And Bobl)ink fills tbe bill for each 

 With wonderful precocity. 



I've watched him through the changing 



years. 

 His endless pertinacity, 

 His cheery smile, his gentle guile. 

 His stickling for veracity. 



"A" stands for true aggressiveness. 

 That never knows defeat. 

 And a long list of accomplishments 

 'Twere very hard to beat. 

 Activity persistent, and 

 A limitless ambition, 

 Witb every venture "on tbe square" 

 And consequent fruition. 

 You know him well, and love him, well 

 Enough to call bim "Fred," 

 But "A" will stand for "Atkins," here 

 Long after we are dead. 

 May length of days and grand success, 

 Continue in their train ; 

 'May tbese reunions sweet, be yours 

 Again, and yet again ! 



.\nd when life's journey ends, — from now 

 A hundred years, or more, 

 .\nd we at garden parties meet 

 T'pon tbe other shore. 

 Let's all demand; if Peter has 

 Desire to have us stay. 

 That we have our heavenly mansions 

 Very close to "B" and "A". 



Philadelphia — The Michell annual 

 outing is scheduled for August Sth. A 

 general invitation has been sent out 

 to the customers and friends of the 

 company, and judging from the at- 

 tendance at last year's affair, this one 

 will doubtless be a record breaker. 

 Special train will leave Broad Street 

 Station at 1.03 P. M. 



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Gloversvllle, N. Y. — Twenty men 

 from the State agricultural department 

 are in this city to fight the grasshoppers 

 in Fulton county. They brought with 

 them spraying machines and other nec- 

 essary materials to wage a successful 

 warfare upon the pests. Commissioner 

 Muson says that the only way to de- 

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