II OUT I !• I I.T r I! K 



August 25, l'.tl7 



During Recess 



Bridgeport. Conn. 

 The florists of ltrill^cl)l)^t held their 

 annual outing at Fred Koll)'8 green- 

 house grounds. Capitol avenue on Aug. 

 13. There were 42 florists and their 

 einrloyes present. Fred Kolb starred 

 as the chef at the sheeproast wliich 

 formed one of the principal features of 

 the day. and proved a most capable 

 caterer. The sheep issuing from the 

 bake was toothsome and delicious. 

 Sports were not forgotten. A baseball 

 game between teams representing re- 

 spectively the married and the single 

 men provided plenty of amusement. 

 The umpire of the game worked the 

 hardest, but tip to press time we have 

 not heard whether he had arrived at 

 any solution of the correct score of the 

 pastime. Quoits and other equally 

 fascinating sports were among the 

 diversions of the day. 



Massachusetts Nurserymen. 

 President Edward \V. Breed of the 

 JIassachusetts Nursery Association en- 

 tertained about forty members of that 

 society on August 14, this being their 

 annual outing. Starting at the Wachu- 

 sett reservoir at about 10 o'clock the 

 party inspected the dam and the sur- 

 rounding shrubbery. The numerous 

 plots of pine trees planted by the state 

 were also inspected. From there the 

 party journeyed to the residence and 

 gardens of Mr. Breed on Prescott street 

 and thence to his nurseries at Four 

 Ponds, where luncheon was serv'ed. In 

 the afternoon the party visited the 

 various Thayer estates in Lancaster, 

 their tour of observation terminating 

 in an inspection of the Thayer museum 

 in South Lancaster. 



New York Florists' Club Alumni As- 

 sociation. 

 This unique organization composed 

 of ex-presidents of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club met on Tuesday evening, for 

 dinner at "IJilly The Oysterman," Inc., 

 on East 20th street, with President W. 

 A. Manda in the chair and a goodly 

 number of specially invited guests 

 who were in attendance at the Con- 

 vention. Speeches were made by W. 

 A. -Manda. \V. J. Stewart, Frank 

 Traendly. Robert Craig. E. G. Hill, 

 .John Westcott, \V. F. Gude, George 

 Asmus and C. E. Critchell. 



Connecticut Nurserymen. 

 The Connecticut Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation's annual outing was held at 

 Lake Compounce, August fifteentn. 

 As usual on these occasions, everyone 

 enjoyed themselves. The barbecued 

 Iamb and other "eats" were fine. 

 Swimming, baseball, bowling and oth- 

 er attractions of this popular summer 



ri'sort caus<'d the day to puss quli kl.. 

 and all votod It to 1)0 one of. If nut thi' 

 riosl surces.sful of our sumnter nieet.--. 

 \l)out forty-live were prosoiit. 



F. L. Thomas, Scc'y 

 .Mcrlden, Conn. 



Louisville Florist* 

 The m<>inl)i'rs ol the Kentucky So- 

 ciety of Florists with their ladies and 

 Iriends will hold a picnic at Storver's 

 Grove on Thursday, August 30. Games, 

 dancing and abundant refreshments 

 are promised. 



THE BULB SITUATION. 



The steamer Itarksdulc has arrived 

 from the soutli of France, liaving on 

 hoard several thousand cases of French 

 hulbs. this being the balance of the 

 crop. 



I'l) to the time of going to press the 

 outlook is rather dubious for early 

 shipments of Dutch bulbs. The west- 

 bound freight department of the Hol- 

 land-America Line states that up to 

 this date only one ship has been au- 

 thorized to sail from Rotterdam — the 

 W'aaldyk. She is carrying Dutch bulbs 

 exclusively, numbering about 12,0O0 

 cases. This is only about twenty per 

 cent, of the horticultural material 

 normally ready for e.xport at this date 

 and the ship will be one month later 

 than customary. 



The foregoing is the only definite in- 

 formation we have had that any Dutch 

 bullis had left Holland, although we 

 have heard a rumor that a ship left 

 Rotterdam on August 18, carrying the 

 Dutcli Growers' Commission and that 

 she also had some Dutch bulbs aboard. 



The Poeldyk and the .Maasdyk have 

 been scheduled to sail for some time 

 past — the latter for fully a month, but 

 she has not been permitted to leave 

 yet. This situation has resulted in 

 the bulb importers holding their 

 French bulbs at stiff prices. 13-cen- 

 timetre pa|)er white narcissi are 

 quoted, according to quantity re- 

 quired, at from $14 to $lfi per 100 and 

 14 cm. and over, from $16 to $20 per 

 1000. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



C. H. Grakelow is a candidate for city 

 treasurer. 



Wm. H. Westcott and family are 

 summering at Wildwood, N. J. 



Alfred Cartledge is out of the hospi- 

 tal and has gone to Detroit for a vaca- 

 tion before returning to his establish- 

 ment in Wilmington, Del. 



SEED TRADE 



An Unpromising Outlook 

 .V ri'prfscniallM' of llic wholesale 

 trade traveling in the West writes that 

 (lie seed cro|i situation is such that It 

 doesn't warrant one 8|)(>ndlng any 

 time soliciting business, and that, In 

 fact, the writer's chief occupation as 

 a salesman now consists in ducking 

 around a block rather than imss a 

 seedsman's store, for fear he might 

 lie persuaded. In an absent-minded mo- 

 ment, to book an order. Western pea 

 seed crops have gone to the bad, and 

 if this was the only crop that was 

 seriously short one would not feel so 

 blue, but the fact of the matter is 

 tliat one can scarcely name one of the 

 main crops which is promising what 

 was expected when the seed was put 

 in the ground. 



Notes. 

 The National Canners' Association 

 has booked their convention for Bos- 

 ton in February, 1918. 



Charles J. Bolglano, of J. Bolgiano & 

 Son. Baltimore, has just returned from 

 a short stay at his summer home in 

 the Alleghany Mountains. Morris H. 

 Robinson, manager of the retail store 

 of .1. Bolgiano & Son. is now convales- 

 cent after a very dangerous attack of 

 typhoid fever. He is spending a few 

 weeks at Charles .1. Bolgiano's sum- 

 mer home. Rozell Bowen, western 

 representative of .1. Bolglano & Son, 

 has been spending the past two weeks 

 in Chicago. 



The August meeting of the Sewick- 

 ley Horticultural Society was held at 

 Odd Fellows' Hall. Preliminary plans 

 were made for the exhibition of flow- 

 ers, fruits and vegetables on Friday 

 and Saturday. September 28 and 29. 

 The proceeds will be given to the 

 Sewickley branch of the Red Cross. 

 On Wednesday the second annual 

 l)icnic of the society was held at "As 

 You Like It." the Sewickley Heights 

 summer home of Mrs. William Thaw, 

 .Ir.. William Thompson, head garden- 

 er. There were races, quoit matches, 

 a tug of war and swimming contests. 



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