Febiuary 6, 1915 



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OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the Oyster 

 Bay (,N. Y.) Horticultural Society, was 

 held in Fire Hall, on Wednesday, Jan. 

 27th. A large attendance welcomed 

 our new president, .Mr. RobinsOu. Chas. 

 Mills showed a fine plant ol cineraria 

 and F. Kyle some very well grown 

 sweet peas, each capturing the socie- 

 ty's monthly prize. Considerable dis- 

 cussion wa.s given Mr. Duthie's sugges- 

 tion that a member in good standing 

 moving into a new territory be accept- 

 ed in the nearest local society without 

 the usual formalities. Geo. C. Wool- 

 son gave a very interesting talk on 

 hardy perennials, calling special at- 

 tention to some of our native plants 

 and trees. 



Four new members were elected and 

 reports read show the society to be in 

 flourishing condition. 



Am)1!K\v R. Kennedy. Sec'v. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICU LTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held on Feb. 1. 1915. The 

 exhibits were of fine quality and added 

 to the pleasure of the evening. Awards 

 were as follows: 



Sweet Peas, Mrs. A. J. Moulton, sard. 

 Arthur Jackson, C? points; Primula mala- 

 eoides, Mrs. A. J. Moulton. Cio points ; 

 Bpblpliyllum tininoatum, Mrs. Wm. Barr, 

 gard. Emil Panuska, 75 points; Carna- 

 tions, Peter Ilauck, Jr., gard. Max 

 Schneider, SO points ; Begonia Cincinnati, 

 Peter Hauek, .Jr., 70 points; Roman hya- 

 cinths, Peter Ilauck, Jr., 55 points; Violets, 

 Peter Hauok, Jr., (^ points ; Cattleya 

 Trlanae Virginale, Joseph A. Manda, 90 

 points. 



Not for Competition : Cattleya Trianae, 

 Joseph A. Manda, cultural certificate; 

 Primula malacoides, Freesia, Mushrooms, 

 Mrs. A. J. Moulton, cultural certificate. 



Geo. W. Stbange, Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



A telegram to Secretary Beneke, of 

 the Florist Club announcing the selec- 

 tion of St. Louis for the American Car- 

 nation Society's next meeting was 

 hailed with joy by the members of the 

 club and the local trade at large, also 

 the election of Brother Ammann as 

 vice-president was well received. 



The Florist Club will hold an im- 

 portant meeting next week Thursday 

 afternoon in Odd Fellows Hall. Presi- 

 dent Bourdet says he hopes that the 

 members will turn out in full force as 

 quite a lot of important matters will 

 come up for final discussion. 



The bad weather on the night of 

 Jan. 27 kept many away from the 

 Florist Club dance and it was not a 

 success in a financial way, but socially 

 it was fine. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Cincinnati Florist Society's Feb- 

 ruary meeting will be held at Hotel 

 Gibson on Monday, February 8th. 



The preliminary schedule of the 

 Seventh Annual Exhibition of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society is out and 

 copies may be had on application to 

 the secretary. Harry A. P.unyard, 342 

 W. 14th street, New York. The show 

 will be held under the auspices of the 

 Newport Horticultural Society and the 

 Newport Garden Association, and both 

 these organizations, as well as the 

 Newport Garden Club, are represented 

 in the list of prizes. The dates ate 

 July 8 and 9, 191,5. 



During Recess 



Buffalo-Rochester Bowling Contest. 



One of the very interesting side 

 features of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety meeting at Buffalo, January 27th, 

 was the bowling match between the 

 Buffalo Florists' Club and the Roch- 

 ester Florists' Association, this being 

 the third game for the Lord & Burn- 

 ham Trophy. The Buffalo boys had 

 taken two straight games in 1914, and 

 were cock-sure that they had the 

 trophy nailed down in Buffalo. It be- 

 ing the last chance of the Rochester 

 boys to get their hands on the trophy, 

 they went to Buffalo full of enthusiasm 

 and good bowling advice. Some thirty 



TuK Lord & Burnii-vm Tropiiv 



\(i\v ill l^o.ssessiou of the Rochester Flor- 

 ists' .\ssociatioii. 



leather-lunged rooters from the Roch- 

 ester Association accompanied the 

 team. 



The fir.st game had not progressed 

 far, before the Buffalo boys realized 

 they had a man-sized team pitted 

 against them, and they settled down to 

 business. There was some mighty 

 pretty bowling done on both sides in 

 this game, and the generalship exhib- 

 ited by the two captains, Streit and 

 Salter, showed that each was taking 

 the measure of his opponents. Chief 

 Rooter Mike Keller certainly had his 

 men well in hand, and dropped bomb 

 after bomb into the Buffalo trenches, 

 with telling effect, both in their firing 

 line and supiiortcrs. The first game 

 ended amid wild enthusiasm and 39 

 pins to the good for Rochester. 



The second game started off fine for 



Buffalo, Louis Neubeok leading his 

 team-mates. Into him Mike Keller 

 poured shot after shot, with little ef- 

 fect, however. Joe Streit suffered 

 slightly from a nervous attack brought 

 on by the disconcerting, blood-curdling 

 yells of Keller and his rooters. Charlie 

 Sandiford showed tendencies of weak- 

 ening under the strain of the excite- 

 ment, but Spiegel ran true to form, 

 and Scott rallied at times from the on- 

 slaught of the Rochester rooters. Ally 

 Salter was sailing close-hauled, with 

 his eye on the turning stake. Roland 

 was wor! ing under a tremendous handi- 

 cap, suffering a severe attack of neu- 

 ralgic headache. The Glenn Brothers 

 were experiencing some bad splits and 

 crossed fingers seemed to have no ef- 

 fect on the little jinks that was fol- 

 lowing them. Thomann was putting 

 more speed into his ball than ever, but 

 the combined efforts of the Rochester 

 team and rooters could not overcome 

 the lead that Buffalo had gotten in the 

 forepart of the game, and it went to 

 Buffalo to the tune of 30 pins. 



The third game opened with strike 

 after strike on both sides. Will Glenn 

 knew what he could do, and he was 

 going to do it. Harry Glenn had got- 

 ten his orders from. Charlie Vick the- 

 night before, that if Rochester did not 

 Ijring the trophy back, he need not 

 show up for work in the morning. 

 Boland had taken another headache- 

 powder. Al Salter tightened up his 

 belt another notch, and Thomann threw 

 in his high speed for the supreme ef- 

 fort. Mike Keller eased up on the 

 Buffalo boys somewhat, and showed his 

 genuine feeling and compassion for 

 Joe Streit and Louis Neubeck in fre- 

 quent short consultations on the side 

 lines. Sandiford, Spiegel and Scott had 

 read the hand writing on the wall ini 

 the two previous games, but were there 

 with the fighting spirit and stuck by 

 their guns with good effect. But there 

 was nothing seemingly from the begin- 

 ning of the game that could stem the 

 tide, and Buffalo was taken into Roch- 

 ester camp at the end of this game, by 

 l.'.O pins. The true sportsmen's spirit 

 of the Buffalo bunch w'as shown that 

 evening, and the royal hospitality to 

 the Rochester team and their contin- 

 gent was put through in a manner be- 

 fitting the occasion. 



The trophy is now in Rochester, and 

 will be contested for in the near fu- 

 ture again, as the terms of the contest 

 call for the best three out of five meets. 



Following is a list of the bowlers, 

 and their totals: 



BUFFALO FLORISTS. 



Total 



Sandiford 132 IHS »« 426 



Spiegel 166 Llfl 178 n03 



Scott 181 154 170 .^05 



.\euheck 160 21.'', 149 524 



Streit 177 162 1S4 _523 



Totals "S66 848 827 2541 



ROCHESTER FLORISTS. 



W. Olen 22.'. 16.'} 2C8 ^ 



H. Glen 177 168 188 .W3 



Boland 148 1«1 "4 483 



Thomann 148 161 "4 483 



Sailor 177 150 M^ J93 



Totals ~905 818 977 2700' 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston. 

 A very enjoyable evening was spent 

 at the meeting of this club, Thursday, 

 Jan. 28. "Ladies' Night" and the in- 

 stallation of officers were the features. 

 Over four hundred ladles and gentle- 



