July 2S, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



93 



During: Recess 



"Jest and youthful Jolity, 

 Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles, 

 Nods and Becks and wreathed Smiles, 

 Sport that wrinkled Care derides, 

 And Laughter holding both his sides.' 



PICNIC OF THE GARDENERS AND 

 FLORISTS OF BOSTON. 



'A perusal of the doings of the vari- 

 ous florists' organizations in this 

 "good old summer time" will go far 

 towards convincing the seeker for 

 information that these bodies are 

 rapidly developing into athletic humU 

 with no end of inducement for every- 

 body in the family to display sturdy 

 strength and agility of one kind or 

 another, and win trophies and fame. 

 The program of the "Grand Annual 

 Picnic of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston, at Waushakum Grove, 

 South Framingham, Wednesday. July 

 25. 1906." looked for all the world 

 like the list of games of the time- 

 honored "Scotch Picnic," which, as far 

 back as we can remember, has been 

 the annually-recurring exponent of 

 the out-door athletic attainments of 

 Boston's braw lads and lassies. 



It was a. truly rural gathering, a 

 goodly percentage of which was 

 made up of the wives, sisters and 

 little ones, the young men predom- 

 inating, with just a sprinkling of the 

 older generation, ever ready to prove 

 to the youngsters that they hadn't 

 yet grown stiff in the joints, even 

 though the penalty might be a week 

 of plasters and arnica. The list of 

 prizes was a big one — everything be- 

 ing donated by members or friends 

 of the club. The day was an ideal 

 one — bright and yet cool— and the 

 grounds proved to be well adapted 

 for their purpose. President Wheeler 

 and his corps of willing assistants 

 worked like heroes all day long to 

 make a success of the affair and 

 make everybody happy, and they were 

 successful in a marked degree. 



Following is a list of the games 

 and the winners: 



Base ball: The single men beat the 

 married men, 14 to 9; the boys under 

 Hodgson beat the boys under Wheel- 

 er, 16 to 3; the girls under Miss 

 Palmer beat the girls under Miss 

 Wheeler, 10 to 9. Cricket: The pri- 

 vate growers under James Wheeler 

 beat the commercial men under F. E. 

 Palmer. Tug-of-war: The private 

 growers pulled ths commercial men 

 all over the farm. Other contests 

 with the list of winners, first, second 

 or third, in the order as named, were 

 as follows; Races — 50 yards for boys, 

 T. Iliffe, T. Palmer. V. Lumsden; 'sO 

 yards tor girls, Helen Vearse, Lillian 

 Vearse. Harriet Coles; 10 yards for 

 boys, Geo. Palmer, Jas. Harbison. 

 Chas. Doten; 100 yards for girls. Flor- 

 ence Lumsden. Helen Vearse, Flor- 

 ence Eisenhardt; 50 yards for mar- 

 ried ladies, Mrs. Robert Edgar, Mrs. 

 A. Eisenhardt. Mrs. T. Neal ; 100 

 yards for young ladies, Ella Palmer, 

 Ethel Roy; 100 yards tor club mem- 

 bers, Thos. Brown, A. E. Shedd, F. 

 Cannell; 100 yards sack race, Alex. 

 Burr, J. McCarthy; 100 yards for fat 

 men. W. R. Nicholson. James Wheel- 

 er; 50 yards for men over 50 years, 

 Wm. Miller, J. Ready; 100 yards, 

 open to all, J. Lally, Thos. Brown; 

 potato race for ladies, .Louise Eisen- 

 hardt, Jean Westwood; 100 yards 3- 



legged race. Brown and Coles, Lowe 

 and McDermott: 210 yards handicap, 

 F. Cannell, A. E. Shedd. F. E. Palmer; 

 2-10 yards' handicap for boys, G. 

 Palmer, W. Ilift'e, J. Harlnson; quoits, 

 Wm. Monroe, Wm. Robb; high jump, 

 Frank Edgar, P. McDermott; long 

 jump, Wm. Johnson, F. Edgar; putting 

 16-lb. shot, W. R. Nicholson, Donald 

 McKenzie; throwing hammer, Wm. 

 Monroe, Wm. Robb. 



After the returns were all in, Presi- 

 dent Wheeler distributed the trophies 

 from Mr. Palmer's wagon amid much 

 hilarity, and there being no "hand- 

 somest baby," all the ladiesl went 

 home happy. 



OUTING OF THE CINCINNATI 

 FLORISTS. 



The 14th annual outing given by the 

 Florists' Society, Thursday. July 19, at 

 the Norwood Inn was a grand success. 

 The weather was ideal for a picnic 

 and we certainly had one. Cincinnati 

 claims the credit for being the origina- 

 tor of these annual outings of the 

 florists and the craft elsewhere seems 

 to have taken well to the idea. We 

 had the exclusive use of the grounds 

 for the day and it was strictly a 

 gathering of florists, their families, 

 and friends. Ball games, quoit pitch- 

 ing, bowling, sack and foot races, etc., 

 were Indulged in to the heart's con- 

 tent. It was a little too warm for 

 dancing but the young people didn't 

 seem to think so. Liberal prizes were 

 given for each event and still the com- 

 mittee reports a cash balance on hand. 

 If our boys don't do any better at 

 bowling than they did on this occa- 

 sion the convention crowd has nothing 

 to fear from Cincinnati bowlers. 



PHILADELPHIA DIVERSIONS. 



Liddon Pennock won the yacht race 

 at Ocean City on the 21st inst. with 

 his Caroline against six competitors. 

 This notwitstanding that he had to 

 circle round and pick up brother Sam 

 who fell overboard in his anxiety to 

 ease ship by learning over when she 

 heeled. Brother Casper came in 4th 

 with Bo-Peep. 



The Dayton bowling team try out 

 one home and one out stands as fol- 

 lows: Robertson, 168.1; Falck, 166.5; 

 Dunlap, 164; Graham, 159.5; Adel- 

 berger, 157.1; Connor, 152.1; Bachelor, 

 150.5; Westcott, 149.4; Kift, 149; Har- 

 ris, 140.3. 



PITTSBURG FLORISTS' 

 PICNIC. 



CLUB 



The Pittsburg Florists' Club held its 

 annual picnic on July 10, at Clariton 

 Grove. A delightful sail up the Monon- 

 gahela river, a varied series of ath- 

 letic games, dancing and a liberal dis- 

 tribution of refreshments were among 

 the features provided for the pleasure 

 of the members and their families who 

 attended in large numbers, and at the 

 close pronounced it the day of their 

 lives. 



INCORPORATED. 



The Kentucky Nursery Company, 

 Louisville, Ky., was incorporated with 

 a capital of $30,000. divided into three 

 hundred shares of ?100 each. The 

 holdings are as follows: F. Boone 

 Gardiner, 215 shares; M. L. Gardiner, 

 10 shares; R. L. Cullen, 75 shares. 



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