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HORTICULTURE 



July 28, 1917 



Gardeners' and Tlorists' Club of 

 Boston. 



The nnnuul picnic o( the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of lloston was held 

 at runiiingham Park, East Milton, on 

 Wednesday, July 25, and was one of 

 the most successful ever enjoyed. The 

 weather was delightful and the attend- 

 ance was close to five hundred oC 

 whom considerably more than one- 

 half were women and children. The 

 games were all pulled off without a 

 hitch. At the close the tropliles were 

 distributed to the winners by Presi- 

 dent Methven. who made a neat little 

 speech, as did also Ringmaster W. J. 

 Kennedy. The winners in the 28 

 events were as follows: 



The Winners. 



Bnscbnll. Coniiiicrclnl Growore vs. Prl- 

 valo. Ca|ttntii8. Goorpo H. I'alinor, Com- 

 mprcinls: William J. llKTi'. Privates. Won 

 by the Commercials: Rcoro. IS — ."i. 



nanehall. Boys. CaptaiiiH. Malcolm Craig 

 and Jack Dugiil<l. Won by Craig team; 

 score. 15—3. 



Qnolts. Captain, George Melvln. iBt, 

 Pred'k Cave; 2nfl. Walter S. Brown; 3rd, 

 Dnncan Flnlayaon. 



Baseball. Marled vs. single ladles. Cap- 

 tains. Mrs. James F. Coles and Miss Elsen- 

 bardt. Won by the single ladles; score, 

 17—2. 



75-yard race, girls 12 to 15 years, let, 

 Doris Bnrtscli: 2nd. Alice Brown. 



co-yard race, boys under 8. Ist, Cbester 

 McCarthy: 2nd. Gen. Cray. 



50-vard race, girls under 8. Ist, Dorothy 

 Coles': 2nd. Lilian Withlngton. 



"Syard race, girls 10 to 12. Ist, Marian 

 lllffe; 2nd. Margaret Cray. 



75-yard race, boys 10 to 12. 1st, Norman 

 Craig : 2nd. 1). Pederzlna. 



BO-yaril race, boys 8 to 10. Ist, Nelson 

 Bartsch : 2nd. Graham Wynan. 



50-vard race, girls 8 to 10. 1st, L. Rogers; 

 2nd. Ethel Crav. 



lOO-vard raoe. bovs 12 to 15. Ist, Pres- 

 cott Whyte: 2nd, Donald W. Rust; 3rd, 

 Thomas Roland. 



100-vard race, men over 30. 1st, Matbew 

 Brown; 2nd, Thos. S. Brown; 3rd, F. E. 

 Palmer. 



75-vard race, married ladles. Ist, Mrs. 

 Jas. F. Coles: 2nd. Mrs. .T. F. Flood. 



75-vard race, girls 1.") :inil over. l8t, 

 Editli llirre: 2nd. Margaret Illtre. 



10(1- vard race, hoys l."> to 18. lat, Victor 

 Heurlin: 2nd. Chas. Esty. 



lOO-yaril race, club members, 3 heats; 

 final lieat. Ist, W. J. lUirc; 2nd, C. A. Stell- 

 bcrger. 



Flag race, girls. 2fi entries. 4 heats; 

 final heat. Ist, Doris Bartsch ; 2nd, Mar- 

 garet Cray. 



Potato race, boys und<r l.'i. 1st, Thomas 

 Roland: 2nd. Carl Christensen. 



75-yard r.ace. girls l.'i to IS. Ist, Susan 

 Rogers: 2nd. Maragret Iliffe. 



lOO-vard race, men 17.') Ibg. and over. 1st, 

 JTames' Methven: 2nd, Arthur E. Miles. 



Sack race, boys under Ifl. Ist, Nelson 

 Bartsch : 2nd. Prescott Whyte. • 



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race. Club memliera. lit, C. A. 

 niid Paul Eliienhardt; 2nd, 

 :<nd Stanley Hall. 



Ul, Theo. Palmer; 2nd, 



iu,; .1 ".ir. Comiiierclnl v«. Private. 

 i'ii|italiiH. KridiTlck i'mm'. PrlvntiB ; (Jcnrge 

 M. .\nilersiin. Commercials. Won by the 

 I'rivati-B with ease. 



Fiiniliiill (Soccer). Captains, John Miller, 

 W. .1 Collins. Won by the Miller team. 



.Sr..!.'. 2—0. 



.'.M vard race, girli under 12. Ist, Mary 

 II. "Ml: 2nd, Marian lUffc; 3rd, Dorothy 

 W I, 



."." vard race, boys under 12. 1st, James 

 l>.,n,iid: 2nil. Norman Craig; 3rd, Thos. 

 ICsty. 



\V. J. Kennedy was ringmaster, 

 Peter M. Miller starter, and W. N. 

 Craig, clerk. 



San Francisco florists are looking 

 forward to the annual picnic In August 

 under the auspices of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society. 



The Bridgeport Florist Club Is plan- 

 ning for an outing and "sheep roast" to 

 be held at an early date which has 

 not yet been announced. 



The Kentucky Society ot Florists 

 will have their annual outing in latter 

 part of August, date to be announced 

 later. August Baumer of Louisville is 

 secretary. 



The Toledo (O.) Florists' Club held 

 a very enjoyable picnic at Ottawa 

 Park on July 10. There was an auto- 

 mobile parade, games and dancing and 

 altogether the affair was a pronounced 



The New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety held Its annual outing at Lake 

 Ponchartrain on July 11. It was a very 

 happy occasion, due largely to the 

 eflicient work ot the committee ot 

 which Joseph Heckler was chairman. 



The Hartford (Conn.) Florists' Club 

 had an outing on Saturday, July 14, 

 on invitation of the president, J. F. 

 Coombs, which was greatly enjoyed by 

 the members. Athletic games were 

 indulged in and prizes awarded to the 

 winners. 



A LATE SEASON FOR ROSES. 



To the Editor of HoRTicrLTURE: 



Dear Sir; — In Jlr. Fewkes' notes of 

 the Rose and Peony Show he mentions 

 the lack of a good display of fine roses 

 as in years gone by. It seems to me 

 there are several reasons for this con- 

 dition. 



This year, although the date of 

 Show was advanced one week it was 

 still a week too early to get the best 

 results, as the season was so late. As 

 with me no doubt there were other ex- 

 hibitors whose stock was not In condi- 

 tion to show. With seventy-five varie- 

 ties of climbing roses, twenty-five of 

 which are early bloomers I was unable 

 to exhibit for lack of material, and 

 these same varieties took a silver 

 medal last year at Horticultural Hall. 

 There are fewer H. P. roses grown now 

 than in former years as the H. T. and 

 climbers are slowly but surely forging 

 to the front, especially since the in- 

 troduction of better and hardier varie- 

 ties, and in the rase ot climbers the 

 large flowered, early bloomers are not 

 to be ignored. A. J. Fisii. 



New Bedford, Mass. 



Obituary 



Alice J. Miller. 



MlBs Alice J. Miller, a retail florist 

 at 225 W. Jefferson street, I^ulsvllle, 

 Ky., passed away on July 9, with heart 

 dlE 



Ed. Herman. 



Ed. Herman, of Baltimore, who has 

 been a sufferer from Brights' disease 

 for a considerable time died on July 

 17. Mr. Herman was In the florist 

 trade many years at 2501 E. North 

 avenue. 



Ludwig Teweles. 



Ludwig Teweles, senior member of 

 the seed firm of L. Teweles & Co., 113 

 Clybourn street, Milwaukee, Wis., died 

 on July 8, an attack of heart disease 

 being the cause. He Is sun'lved by 

 five sons and one daughter. 



H. B. Buck. 



H. B. Buck, in the employ of W. E. 

 Marshall & Co., seedsmen. West 23rd 

 street. New "i'ork, died on Saturday, 

 July 21. aged 2ft years. He was burled 

 with Masonic rites at Kenslca ceme- 

 tery on July 24. Masonic funeral serv- 

 ices were held on the previous even- 

 ing, about thirty friends being present. 

 All Mr. Buck's relatives are In Eng- 

 land. 



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