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HOBTICULTUEE 



August 22, 1914 



NEW YORKERS ON THE WAY TO 

 BOSTON. 

 Many, many pleasant memories will 

 live long after the Boston Convention 

 but none of them Inay outlive the 

 pleasant night given by the New York 

 Florists' Club on board the steamer 

 "Massachusetts" on the way to Bos- 

 ton. Seldom if ever were a jollier 

 party got together on a boat, one and 

 all imbued with jovial friendship, and 

 the committee headed by Frank Tra- 

 endly worked hard and extremely suc- 

 cessfully, so to the end that hospitali- 

 ty went Its natural capacity. The 

 party consisted of nigh 250, many of 

 whom came from distant states to join 

 the New York party. The main dining 

 saloon was handsomely decorated with 

 the finest flowers New York growers 

 had and when the members and guests 

 were seated it was a most inspiring 

 sight. That veteran of many occa- 

 sions. Charlie Weathered, in his ever 

 choice words introduced William Duck- 

 ham as toastmaster of the evening and 

 although at times William had some 

 job in keeping the tide of joy within 

 bounds, yet in his graceful style he 

 did wonders. E. G. Hill responded to 

 the hearty welcome and reminded 

 those whose racial pride may naturally 

 turn to events in Europe that they 

 were all Americans and should so con- 

 sider themselves during this Conven- 

 tion, winding up in a eulogy of that 

 sterling member C. H. Totty, who he 

 hoped would be the next president of 

 the S. A. F. Amid vociferous demands 

 Totty was called upon for a speech 

 and responded by saying he was will- 

 ing to serve in any capacity his friends 

 placed him. even be it as a member of 

 ' the rank and file. Robert Craig added 

 to his classic bon-mots of wisdom in 

 the interests of horticulture and friend- 

 ship and urged that the Society should 

 demand more recognition from the 

 powers that be — be it state or national. 

 Mr. Coles of Kokomo cordially invited 

 all those present to Indianapolis dur- 

 ing the autumn show. Frank Traend- 

 ly was loudly called for and in his own 

 concise way informed the party that 

 he, as chairman of the transportation 

 committee, had taken care to have on 

 board sufficient ballast to steady the 

 boat (and he afterwards proved it). 

 Then the songs started with Robert 

 Craig singing "Loch Lomond" in which 

 all joined. John Livingston sang sev- 

 eral old ballads, after which Robert 

 Craig, just to show he was still able 

 to do it, executed a catchy song and 



dance. Adolph Parenwald expressed 

 his delight at being present and Mr. 

 Grakelow, a comparatively newcomer 

 to many, surprised the party with his 

 powers for recitation. A duel in story 

 telling was well fought out between 

 Messrs. Craig and Hill to the immense 

 delight of all present. Mrs. Frank 

 Traendly responded for the ladies pres- 

 ent. It was indeed a merry party, re- 

 freshing inwardly and outwardly. 



J. IVERA DOXLAX. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual outing of the W. & F. 

 Society was held at Edward's Rye 

 Beach Inn, Rye, N. Y., Aug. 11th. 

 There was a large attendance of the 

 members and their families -and 

 friends. The trade was well repre- 

 sented by a goodly number of seeds- 

 men and nurserymen. An excellent 

 shore dinner was served. The old 

 fashioned game of "Breaking the 

 Flower Pot" was a feature which 

 caused many a hearty laugh. The win- 

 ners in the athletic sports were as fol- 

 lows: 



16 Ih. H.amnier Throwing — 1st, Tlios. 

 AitcUeson, G2 ft. 2 in.; 2nd, \Vm. Wliittin, 

 TA) ft. S in. 



Putting Shot— 1st, Wm. Whittin, 33 ft. 



10 in.: 2nd, Geo. Aitcheson, 32 ft. 

 linnning Broad Jump — 1st, Wm. .T. 



Spalcy, 15 ft. 3 in. ; 2nd, Colin Aitcheson, 



11 ft. 



Standing High Jump— 1st, Wm. Whittin, 

 I ft. 1 in.: 2nd, J. B. Roy, 4 ft. 



100 Yards Dash— 1st, Wm. J. Sealey ; 

 2nd. Wm. Wliittin. 



Boys' Race, under 16 years — 1st, Fred'k 

 Henderson; 2nd, Walter Foster. 



Fat Men's Race — 1st, Chas. Adcock ; 2nd, 

 Mr. Earnsbaw. 



Men's Itace, over 50 years old — 1st, Alfred 

 Nichols; 2nd, John Henderson. 



Ladies' Race — 1st, Mrs. Olscn ; 2nd, Miss 

 Wood. 



Girls' Race, under 10 years — 1st, Agnes 

 .\itcheson; 2nd, Catherine Tindrigan. 



Ladies' Foot Ball Kick— 1st, Mrs. Whitten, 

 411 ft. 2 in.: 2nd. Mrs. Olsen, 46 ft. 8 in. 



Aunt Sally Contest for Ladies — 1st, Mrs. 

 I.ongh. 



Match Game of Quoits— Fairfield Co., '21 

 points; West Chester Co.. 10 points. 



Foot Ball and Base Ball games were 

 called on account of rain. 



P. W. Poi-p. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



Mrs. P. J. Olinger was able to leave 

 Christ Hospital and go home on sched- 

 ule time last Saturday. 



Geo. J. Ball of Glen Ellyn, 111., is in 

 the city visiting his father who is ill 

 at the Jewish Hospital. 



A. C. Heckman, Jr., of the Cincinnati 

 Cut Flower Exchange, is on an auto 

 trip through Ohio to Detroit. 



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