March 24, 1917 



HOETICULTURE 



385 





EASTER DELIVERIES 



FLOWERS, PLANTS or 

 MADEUP WORK Deliv= 

 ered On Order to All 

 Parts of NEW ENGLAND 



Member F. T. D. 



124 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



Better equipped than 

 ever to fill your orders 



Everything for 



EASTER 



RANDALL'S 

 FLOWER SHOP 



22 PEARL STREET 



Member Florist Telegraph Delivery 



Board, who made an idealic and pa- 

 triotic address and expressed his ap- 

 preciation o£ the gold medal awarded 

 to the Park exhibit at the show. 



Ex-President Weston was then es- 

 corted to the platform, where Presi- 

 dent Stumpp, on behalf of the mem- 

 bers of the N. Y. Florists' Club, pre- 

 sented him with a box of table silver. 

 Mr. Weston gratefully expressed his 

 pleasure and thanks. 



W. F. Gude was the next speaker. 

 Long association with the big men 

 of the nation at the Capitol has devel- 

 oped Mr. Gude's oratorical abilities to 

 a remarkable degree and he made a 

 speech which evoked much applause. 

 He advocated the exploitation ot ' 

 Mothers' Day by the florists, but 

 from an altruistic standpoint. 



President Kerr, of the S. A. F. was 

 next called upon. He extended kindly 

 greetings from the craftsmen in the 

 South and especially from the con- 

 vention City of 1916. Hon. Philip 

 Brletmeyer was the next and last 

 speaker. He told of the enormous ex- 

 pansion In the retail flower business 

 within the few years since the F. T. 

 D. had taken hold and gave credit 

 also to the flower shows and the grow- 

 ing efficiency In salesmanship for the 

 commercial ascendancy of the florist 

 business. 



Each diner received a tiny potted 

 shamrock and American flag in honor 

 of the day, March 17. Coffee was 

 served in earthen ware cups and 

 saucers furnished by A. H. Hews & 

 Co., flower pot manufacturers. 



Florist (^lub Bowling League up to 

 date: 



Holznagle Ki'i IS.". 174 



Forster 101 14'.i 13:^ 



Taepke 15(1 lliT 1!I7 



Sylvester 191 121 1151 



Fetters .• 14S 117 172 



.lean 122 123 122 



.7. F. Sullivan '. . . 9(1 112 120 



Kalston 141 141 i:« 



E.Sullivan 157 147 .l.Vi 



K. Rahaley 140 107 12K 



Kirkpati-ick i:!(i l.'iN 141 



Pautke 147 170 i;» 



.McHugh 1.52 140 134 



Dolske 80 184 ll.T 



Streit 136 2;)1 144 



Taylor 156 146 176 



McHugh 126 163 125 



Papes 132 121 17.S 



Brown 132 134 100 



Stl-i'it 150 1.5S 171 



Standing. 



\v. I.. Pc. 



Bisons 21 (i 777 



Brownie.s 1» "< '•>■* 



-Vni. Beauties '■> 18 33;; 



.Mioh Cut J 22 lia 



Detroit Florist Club Bowling League. 

 Following are the scores and stand- 

 ing of the various teams of the Detroit 



CLUB MEETINGS NEXT 



WEEK. 



Monday March 26. 



Florists' and Gardeners' flub of 

 Itlioile Island, Sivartz Hall, I'rovi- 

 denee, R. X. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore Florist Excbange Hall, 

 HaKiiuorp. lid. 



Tuesday, March 27. 



Newport IIorti'-Hltural Societ.v, 

 Newport. It. I. 



Tarrytown Hortioultural Societ.v. 

 Tarrytown. X. V. 



Wednesday, March 28 



Oyster Bay Horticultural i5oi-ie(y. 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Edward Dornheim, late with Berger 

 Bros., has associated himself with 

 Chas. Allwyne In the growing business 

 at Aldan, Del. Co.. Pa. From now on 

 the firm's name will be Allwyne & 

 Dornheim. 



In. spite ot the scoffs of his dear 

 friends Commodore John Westcott has 

 been able to collect fifty dollars for 

 wharfage on the Interned "Scotch 

 cruiser McTavish" at Waretown. Now 

 the laugh is with the commodore. A 

 Washington authority on International 

 Law, William F. Gude, advises that the 

 fifty be blown on a dinner to the boys. 

 Sounds reasonable. 



St. Louis. — F. H. Weber's new store 

 is looking very fine and business is 

 booming. 



J. J. Beneke has been indisposed for 

 quite a while. 



ST. LOUIS SHOE NOTES. 



Dancing and music and special sing- 

 ers entertained the visitors. 



Several thousand school children 

 \ isited the show on Saturday. 



Frank Windier, Joe. Windier, in fact 

 all the Wlndlers worked hard for the 

 success of the Show. 



Morris H. Levlne looked anything 

 but a dead one although someone of 

 the same name met an accidental 

 death in New York and he and his 

 family daily receive letters of con- 

 dolence. 



