June 30, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



817 



COMMODORE WESTCOTT ENTER- 

 TAINS. 



Juue 22nd Commodore John Westcott, 

 of Philadelphia and Waretown, N. J., 

 entertained a party ot his old friends 

 at his farm house and ocean bungalow 

 on Barnegat Bay. His welcome was as 

 cordial and hearty as ever and all 

 hands enjoyed themselves exceedingly. 

 Some of the party had to return home, 

 the same day but most of them stayed 

 over for a couple of days more to 

 further enjoy the sailing, the fishing, 

 the ozone and the good company. 



Bos'n Trainer and Cruiser McTavish 

 fame was on hand and again distin- 

 guished himself this time by present- 

 ing the Commodore with a new flag 

 for the front pole of the bungalow — 

 a big and handsome banner which after 

 appropriate speeches and ceremonies 

 was run up and now floats proudly to 

 the Ijreeze. 



Later in the proceedings of the day 

 came another flag ceremony — this time 

 for the inside of the bungalow — two 

 handsome silk flags being presented by 

 Comrad Vaughan of Chicago. Robert 

 Craig made the presentation speech in 

 his usual eloquent style and W. F. 

 Gude of Washington — as befitted the 

 National emblem — proudly handed the 

 flowing banners into the Commodore's 

 hands. Their resting place is cross- 

 ways over the door of the dining room 

 where all may salute as they enter. 



Coast guard maps oflicially prepared 

 by the department at Washington were 

 another of the surprises of the occa- 

 sion. These came from George W. 

 Hess, superintendent of the Botanic 

 Gardens, and now adorn the walls of 

 the main entrance. 



The weather was fine, the country 

 round about never looked more green, 

 fresh, blooming and beautiful. The 

 Commodore despite seventy-seven sum- 

 mers and winters never looked better 

 — gay and frisky as a June bride. The 

 new pool table presented last year was 

 well patronized and the pinochle artists 

 were thereby left in peace to enjoy 

 their quieter but no less exciting pas- 

 time. The herd of guernseys with the 

 old bull strutting ahead made a fitting 

 background for the maritime delights 

 with the famous old lighthouse looming 

 on the sky line five miles across the 

 bay. 



Capt. Stackhouse has a remodeled 

 schooner with a fine new cabin and a 

 new engine. So she isn't a schooner 

 any more but the admirers of the 

 "Geneva" say she has the finest "sea 

 legs" of any boat that ever listened to 

 the groans of the whistling buoy ten 

 miles out to sea. How a groan can be 

 a whistle and how a boat can have legs 

 or how the wind can "back-in" I leave 

 to wiser artists in the language than 

 yours truly. But one thing we escaped 

 this time. There was no snoring in 

 Deutsch as our good friend W. Klein- 

 heinz was not on hand to oblige. 



We all had a happy time and wish 

 the Comuiodore long life, health and 

 happiness. G. C. W.^tson. 



Holland Shipments of Nursery Stock 



Will probably come through this coining season 



DON'T HOLD BACK! 



Your order should be placed with KOSTER & CO., who 



will be in a position to make deliveries 



if deliveries are possible. 



We grow and use first-class stock only. We pack properly. The 

 cases used are dry when packed and are delivered to the steamship 

 company in that condition. These are the principal Items to Insure 

 arrival of goods in perfect condition. 



Should you be interested in our stock, such as RHODODEN- 

 DRONS, AZALEAS, BOXWOODS, EVERGREENS. PEONIES and 

 ROSES, favor us by having us mail you a copy of our catalogue. 

 All Inquiries will be gladly answered. 



KOSTER & COMPANY 



Hollandia Nurseries 

 U. S. Representative, A. J. PANNEVIS, Flushing, N. Y. 



DENNIS AT WARETOWN. 



(A soliloquy — With apologies to Aris- 

 tophanes, B. C. 444.) 



How many things there are to cross and 



vex me. 

 My comforts I compute at four precisely. 

 My griefs and miseries at a hundred 



thousand. 

 Let's see what there has happened to re- 

 rejoice me. 

 With any kind of Joyfulness. 

 Come — in the first place I put down two 



dollars 

 Which Kifty did dig up again and re- 

 funded 

 Then I rejoiced I loved the ginks (or that 

 'Twas nobly done for the interests of 



surcease. 

 But again I suffered cruelly in the next 



draw, 

 A tragical disappointment. There was 1 

 Gaping to hear old Watsonus— when the 



herald 

 Called out "Trainorus bring your winners 



foward." 

 Imagine what my feeling must have been 

 But then Kiftitheus coming foward 

 And singing bis hilarious melody. 

 But then came Bo's'n with his music truly 

 That turned me sick and killed me very 



nearly 

 And never in my lifetime, man nor boy 

 Was I so vexed as at this present moment 

 To see the chairs at this time of the 



morning 

 Quite empty when the assembly should be 



full 

 I think and think 1 don't know whiit to 



think, 

 I draw conclusions and comparisons. 

 1 ponder, I reflect, I pinch my nose ; 

 I'm out three dollars thirty-tive. 

 But wait until tomorrow! \Vow!l 



4025 Marcus avenue. F"rank Bucksart 

 will have charge ot the greenhouses. 

 Ferns and bedding stock will be 

 raised. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The next thing on the program is 

 the annual Florist Club picnic in July 

 at Ramona Park. 



One of St. Louis' hustlers is Tom 

 Carr, the Union Market florisc. He 

 "gets his" if there is anything in 

 sight. 



Joseph Wors, son of C. W. Wors. 

 left St. Louis with the other naval re- 

 cruits for training quarters at New- 

 port on Monday night, June 25. 



Fred Foster has purchased the lease 

 of the greenhouses of John Benson, 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Joseph Hurley, late ot Haverford, 

 has moved to Glen Kiddle. 



The Leo Niessen Co. announce 4.3U 

 p. m. as their closing hour for the 

 summer. 



Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bodger, ot 

 Los Angeles, Cal., spent the week end 

 at Pine Tree Farm, the country resi- 

 dence of Howard .M. Earl, near Doyles- 

 town. 



Alberger, Meehan, Barrett, Westcott, 

 Lang and others in the trade contrib- 

 uted generously towards the success 

 of the Roxborough flower show on 

 June 16. 



The Pennock-Meehan Co. will go on 

 their summer closing schedule. July 

 2nd. Four p. m. daily: Saturdays 

 one p. m.; until further notice. Closed 

 all day July 4th. 



Abram L. Pennock was taken home 

 to Lansdowne from the Presbyterian 

 Hospital Saturday. He had been there 

 three days. His condition as reported 

 today (Tuesday) is still very serious. 



John Burton went under au appen- 

 dicitis operation at St. Timothy's Hos- 

 Iiital on the 22nd inst. On the 25th 

 his son George reported everything 

 all right so we are all breathing 

 easier. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club will be held in the Club 

 Room on Tuesday. July 3rd, 1917. at 8 

 p. m. The discussion at this meeting 

 will be pertaining to the future of the 

 club, in the event of Horticultural Hall 

 being sold. The club room committee 

 will make a report, giving their recom- 

 mendations upon the above subject 



