September 12, 1914 



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During Recess 



Florists' Club of Washington. 



The September meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Washington took the form 

 of a crab feast, an event annually 

 given by Edward S. Schniiti to the 

 members of the club and friends. At 

 this time there were more than 150 

 guests present and the milkman wa;< 

 well finished with his day's work be- 

 fore an adjournment was taken and 

 the guests wended their way to their 

 respective homes. There were more 

 crabs present at this feast than one 

 would believe could find accommoda- 

 tion on the bed of the ocean but after 

 the attacking party ceased its labors 

 nothing remained but a pile of empty 

 shells. There were other good things 

 too. in the way of edibles, and there 

 were short talks, music, songs and 

 recitations. The feast was given in the 

 greenhouse at the rear of the store of 

 F. H. Kramer. This was appropriate- 

 ly decorated and the long table was 

 beautified with choice cut flowers. At 

 one end of the conservatory was 

 placed a piano and here most of the 

 fun was staged. 



A large sheet containing the words 

 of songs new and old had been pre- 

 pared for each guest and tliey amused 

 themselves by singing several of these. 

 Charles Stevens, 1. S. Goldsmith. Leon 

 Toon, Dave Wolf and a number of 

 others did their share toward making 

 the evening a success. The advent of 

 Mrs. Clara Naecker was the cause of a 

 great outburst for she is one of the 

 most popular singers in the city, and 

 the boys made her work overtime. Fol- 

 lowing the close of one of the local 

 theatres an entire company of players. 

 numbering more than twenty, joined 

 in the merriment and sang several 

 songs. 



All thoughts of business was ta- 

 booed, for it had been decided to de- 

 vote the entire evening to merriment. 

 With this fact before him M. C. Ebel 

 gave a humorous talk on "The Vicissi- 

 tudes of the Washington Florists Un- 

 der Misapplied Democracy." His en- 

 tire speech was based on the language 

 familiar to the florists' business and 

 needless to say his remarks were well 

 taken. 



William F. Gude urged all present to 

 do their utmost to further the cause 

 of the William R. Smith Memorial, and 

 was followed by Richard Vincent. Jr., 

 who added his plea to that of Mr. 

 Gude. Mr. Vincent invited them to 

 make a visit to his annual dahiia and 

 canna exhibition, this visit to take the 

 shape of a club outing. His invitation 

 was accepted by President Cooke on 

 behalf of the members. 



As a souvenir of a most successful 

 evening Mr. Schmid presented each of 

 his guests with a match safe, the bo.K 

 of which was formed from a grotesque 

 representation of His Satanic Majesty. 

 There was really no need of such a re- 

 membrance for none of those present 

 will ever forget the September meet- 

 ing of the Florists' Club of Washing- 

 ton. 



Kansas City Florists. 

 The first picnic of the Kansas City 

 florists, held at Chandler's Grove at 

 Merriam. Kas., on August 27. was at- 

 tended by 150 persons. The special 

 car that carried the party to the 



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grounds was loaded with flowers, 

 which were strewn along the way. Ath- 

 letic events formed a part of the after- 

 noon's program. There were six men's 

 races, a tug-of-war, a women's horse 

 shoe pitching contest, jumping and 

 tree climbing contests and a fat man's 

 race. The judge of the events was R. 

 J. Parker, the western representative 

 for Poehlmann Brothers' Company of 

 Chicago. After a chicken dinner on 

 the lawn a dance was given in the 

 evening. 



The Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Holyoke and Northampton had its an- 

 nual picnic at the Gallivan farm in 

 Smith's Ferry, Thursday afternoon, 

 Sept. 3. The feature of the outing was 

 the baseball game, in which the mar- 

 ried men defeated the single men, 4 to 

 3. A luncheon was served. 



KNOXVILLE NOTES, 



Chas. L. Baum, president of the 

 Knoxville Florists' Society has invited 

 the members to meet at the suburban 

 home on the Tazwell pike for the next 

 regular meeting. After the regular 

 business the meeting will be turned 

 into a social affair, and refreshments 

 will be served. 



Weather conditions here are fine; 

 contrary to the early part of the sea- 

 son we are having an abundance of 

 rainfall and crops of all kinds are 

 growing fine. Farmers of this section 

 say this is the best season they have 

 experienced in several years, and 

 truck gardeners are supplying the mar- 

 ket with a fine variety of vegetation. 

 The melon crop is the best this year 

 ever known, and they are hauled on 

 the market by the wagon loads ansl 

 sell wholesale at from 3c. to 10c. each. 



The Knoxville Florists' Society was 

 well represented at the S. A. F. Con- 

 vention; out of the five florist firms, 

 four were represented by the heads of 

 the firms; namely, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. 

 Dailey, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Crouch. 

 C. L. Baum and Addison J. McNutt; 

 they all are very enthusiastic over the 

 Convention. The fact that KnoxviU ■ 

 was so well represented was highly 

 commended, it having a greater per 

 centage of attendance than any other 

 city; not excepting even Boston itself. 



In the florist line everything is 

 looking fine. All carnations are plant- 

 ed out and are making a fine growth. 

 Chrysanthemums are growing well 

 and the prospects are good for an ex- 

 cellent crop. Roses are making a 

 good growth although not bloomin'i 

 much at present. Up to the present 

 time stock has been plentiful; enough 

 to supply all local trade, and some has 



been shipped to other markets. At 

 the various stores business seems to 

 be quiet, but when compared with 

 the same period of last year it shows 

 a decided increase. Everybody has re- 

 turned from vacation seemingly much 

 refreshed and ready to get down to 

 business again when the busy season 

 opens. 



Addison J. McNutt reports business 

 very dull in cut flowers; C. W. Crouch. 

 reports the supply of cut flowers as 

 rather short, with the exception of 

 dahlias, which are very fine. Mrs. 

 Rosa Hall Ryno also reports business 

 rather dull. Asters are all gone now, 

 and gladioli and roses are about the 

 only flowers blooming. Chas. L. Baum 

 is starting to build a new potting shed,, 

 bulb cellar and garage combined. He 

 was very fortunate when he laid in at 

 least a year's supply of ribbons, chif- 

 fon, etc., just before the price ad- 

 vanced. A. H. Dailey reports business 

 very quiet. He has a very attractive 

 window for this time of the year us- 

 ing fine ferns and gladioli. Dahlias 

 are coming in since the weather has 

 cooled. 



OBITUARY. 

 Henry Escher. 



Henry Escher, a young man em- 

 ployed at Dreer's, died very suddenly 

 while assisting in putting up the firm's 

 exhibit at the Byberry Fair last Fri- 

 day. He had been in delicate health 

 for some time, and had just returned 

 from a summer's recuperation at 

 Riverton. He was stricken with a 

 hemorrhage, and was dead before they 

 could get him to the nearest hospital — ■ 

 Somerton. The sad afl'air was a great 

 shock to all his associates, by whom 

 he was much esteemed. Interment 

 took |)lace at Fernwood Cemetery on 

 Wednesday. 



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