August 4, 1906 



horticulture: 



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During Recess 



"Jest anil youtbful Jolity, 

 Quips iinil L'nuiks and Wiuiton Wiles, 

 Nods mid l:!efks and wreathed Smiles, 

 Sport lli.it wiiniiled Care derides, 

 And Lanyhter holding both his sides.' 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB 

 PICNIC. 



The pirnic of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club took place on Thursday. July 2G. 

 The day was most beautiful except for 

 a heavy rain that fell tor an hour. 

 Visitors at the outing were .1. S. Wil- 

 son, of Western Springs, III., S. 3. 

 Skidelsky and B. Eshuer of Philadel- 

 phia, H. E. Philpott, of Winnipeg. 



It was nearly 3 o'clock before the 

 games were started. J. J. Beneke was 

 appointed official starter. The first 

 race was the 100 yard dash for yoting 

 men: 12 of them toed the mark; G. 

 Hartman won, R. J. Windier was a 

 close second. Prize, a silk umbrella. 

 In the 12 to 14 year old boys' race 

 John Brutzen won from a field of 3. 

 T!ie hop, step and jump was won by 

 Fred M. Alves of Augermueller's; A. 

 Jablonsky came in second. The win- 

 ner's jump was 36 feet, second was 33 

 feet. Girl's race under 16 years, Alice 

 Jablonsky won out easy. Ladies' race, 

 single, won by Miss Eugenia Reeb. 

 Running broad jump, Fred Alves was 

 the winner in a field of 12. Old 

 man's race, 50 years or over, J. J. 

 Beneke won a box of cigars, B. W. 

 Guy second. Carl Beyer had a walk- 

 over in the fat man's race and won a 

 beer mug. J. F. Amraann and H. 

 Berning ran with him; all they got 

 was a drink from the mug. Married 

 ladies' in an egg and spoon race came 

 next and 17 very fine looking ladies 

 started. Mrs Beyer won. Boys' and 

 girls' potato race, Adolph Steinale and 

 Dora Miller were a tie. Sack race for 

 boys' of 18 and under, Louis Vogel 

 beat the Strindle brothers and won 

 the combination fishing pole. Then 

 came the Tug-of-war with 6 on a side, 

 Beyer and Beneke as captains. Beyer's 

 side was made up of heavy weights 

 and won a box of cigars easy. 



Next came the great base ball game 

 between the wholesalers and retailers. 

 This event has been the talk for 

 months in the wholesale district. The 

 batteries were Herman Weber and J. 

 J. Beneke for the retailers and George 

 Schriefer and Fred Alves for the whole- 

 salers. Five innings were played, the 

 wholesalers winning by a score of 10 

 to 2. Otto Bruening and Fred Alves 

 were badly hurt sliding and will be 

 laid up for the next two weeks. The 

 attendance was estimated at over 200. 



The standing of the Philadelphia 

 contestants for the Dayton bowling 

 team changed last week. Connor went 

 up from 6th to 2iid; Falck dropped 

 frcm 2nd to 3rd; Graham from 4th to 

 .5th; Dunlap from 3rd to ."ith; Westcott 

 from Sth to 10th; while Adelbergcr 

 went up from .'jth to 4th; Kift from 

 9th to Sth; and Harris from 10th to 

 yth. Robertson is still first and 

 Bachelor 7th. 



St. Louis Wholesale and Retail Florists' Base Ball Teajis at the 



Picnic on July 26. 



OBITUARY. 



Peter H. Murphy died, at his home 

 on North Limestone street, Spring- 

 field, O., on July 23rd. Mr. Murphy 

 was nearly SO years of age and has 

 been engaged in the florist's business 

 for thirty years. 



Edward D. Clark, who has conducted 

 a Horist's business in Providence. R. 

 1., for nearly twenty years, died sud- 

 denly on July 26 at his home. Mr. 

 Clark was born in England .54 years 

 ago. but had been a resident of Provi- 

 dence since early boyhood. 



News Notes* 



The seventeenth annual lianquet to 

 gardeners, florists, and nurserymen, 

 provided for in the will of Henry Shaw 

 will take place at the Jefferson Hotel, 

 St. Louis, on Aug. 14. 



Hayden & Fowler have given up 

 their occupancy of the greenhouses at 

 Silverside. Del., and are now located 

 at their new place at Morton, Pa.,; 

 where they have 18,000 ft. of new- 

 glass in roses, carnations and lily of 

 the valley. 



Last Saturday morning while bath- 

 ing in company with another young 

 girl, Edna, the youngest daughter of 

 Mr. William Thomas, gardener on the 

 E. R. Thomas estate, was drowned. 

 The scene of the sad occurrence was 

 the Belmont Beach, Newport, where 

 the treacherous currents have claimed 

 many victims in former years. Miss 

 Thomas was barely beyond her depth 

 when she was suddenly swept out and 

 drawn down, while her companion 

 was utterly unable to render her any 

 aid. The body was recovered the 

 same afternoon by Mr. Alex. Fraser. 

 By reason of her amiable disposition 

 the girl was a favorite with every- 

 body. Much sympathy is expressed for 

 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas in their be- 

 reavement. The funeral was held 

 Monday morning from Emmanuel 

 Church. The floral tributes were so 

 numerous that it seemed every gar- 

 dener in Newport thus showed his feel- 

 ing towards the parents and respect 

 for the girl's memory. D. M. 



Early on the morning of July 24 

 four masked men overpowerd the night 

 watchman at the greenhouses of the 

 U. S. Cut Flower Company at Elmira, 

 N. Y., and blew open the safe. They 

 secured $12 from the safe and took $6 

 and a revolver from the watchman. 



Foolhardy, indeed, were these four 

 burglars of Elmira who went to the 

 trouble of looting the safe of a flor- 

 ists' establishment in midsummer. The 

 $4. .50 apiece which they realized from 

 the adventure will probably stick in 

 their memory for a while and florists 

 are not likely to be molested by that 

 quartette again very soon. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



John Ross has succeeded C. J. An- 

 drews as gardener for Mr. Francis Pea- 

 body, Milton, Mass. 



Herman Lombard has taken the 

 place of Mr. John Connolly as gardener 

 for Mr. 0. W. Blake, at Hingham. 



Mass. 



"ALL SOLD OUT." 



Dear Sirs: — Please stop our adv. of 

 cherry plants, as we are all sold out. 

 Send bill for full amount. 

 Very truly, 



A, RELYEA & SON. 



Albert Jay has been installed as 

 gardener on the Andrews' estate at 

 Hingham, Mass. A greenhouse and a 

 formal flower garden are features 

 which have been added to this place 

 the present season 



