July 31, 1915. 



HORTICULTUEE 



135 



DURING RECESS 



Rogers. 

 Mill, K. 



PICNIC OF GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' CLUB OF BOSTON. 



As mentioned in a general way in 

 our last week's issue, the annual pic- 

 nic of the Boston Club on Thursday, 

 July 22, was a pronounced success. 

 About 500 florists with ladies and chil- 

 dren participated. There were no ac- 

 cidents or other happenings to inter- 

 fere with the perfect enjoyment of a 

 perfect day. The games were well 

 contested and a few extra ones were 

 thrown in for good count. Below are 

 the names of the winners of the 

 prizes: 



Base Ball — Commercial vs. Private Gar- 

 deners. Captains: William J. Iliffe, Pri- 

 vate: William Jlix, Commertial. Won by 

 Commercials. G to 1. 



Base Ball— Boys. Captains: Robert 

 Smitli. Philip Koland. Roland team won, 

 6 to 4. 



Quoit Match. Captain: A. K. 

 1st. M. Brown; 2nd, John Kdgar; 

 Finla.vsou. 



50-Yard Race for Oirls, 1:1 and under — 

 Mary I'rann. Mary Flood, Alice Itrowu. 



511- Yard Race (or Boys under ,s -Norman 

 Craife', Artiiur RoKers. 



100-Yard Race for Single Ladies— Edith 

 Iliffe, Alice Iliffe. Jessie Rogers. 



.50-Yard Race for (iirls under S — Ruth 

 Brown, Margaret Craig. 



50-Y'ard Race for Boys, 13 and under— 

 T. Roland. P. Whyte, J. Douglas. 



Egg and Spoon Race for Married Ladies — 

 Mrs. J. Coles. Mrs. J. H. Flood. 



Potato Race for Boys under 1."— Thos. 

 Koland. Victor Ileurlin. 



Flag Race for (iirls under l.j— Mary 

 frann, Margaret Iliffe. 



Fat Men's Raci^J. L. Smith, J. Meth- 

 veu : D. Ilift'e and Neil Boyle tied for ,3rd. 



Rase Ball— Married vs. Single Ladies: 

 Mrs. F. Palmer's team, 1; Mrs. W. J. 

 Paterson's team, 11. 



Half-mile Race for Members— H. L. Pree, 

 C. A. Stellberger. 



,50- Yard Race for Bi>ys and Girls under 

 C— Julia Boyle, F. Kinkaid. 



Xeedle Threading Race for Ladies over 

 50— Mrs. John Lally, Mrs. David Craig. 



100-Yard Race for Members— C. A. Stell- 

 berger. H. L. Pree, W. J. Iliffe. 



Sack Race for Boys under 16 — W. West- 

 wood. ,I(dui Dngius. 



Three-legged Race for Men--Stelll)erger 

 and Eisenbardt, Palmer and Westwood. 



Three-legged Race for Boys under IS— 

 Sawyer and Westwood, Kidaiid and 

 Ileurtin. 



Sack Race for Members— 11. L. I'ree, C. 

 A. Stelllierger. 



Obstacle Race— Theo. Palmer, A. Mc- 

 Auley. _ 



Tug-of-war — Commercial vs. Private Gar- 

 deners. Captains: James Wheeler, John 

 L. Smith. Won liy Privates. 



Special Race. Boys S and under— Nelson 

 Bartsch. Norman Craig. 



Race for Ex-presidents— P. M. .Miller, T. 

 .T. (irev. (leo. M. Anderson. 



Ladies' Tennis Match- Misses L. E. and 

 F Palmer. C: Mrs. W. J. Paterson and 

 Miss Elsenhardt. 2. 



Married Ladies' Race— Mrs. J. I". Coles, 

 Mrs. n. F. Woods. ^Irs. J. F. Floo ' 



id. 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 PICNIC, 



The big event of the week was the 

 annual picnic of the Cleveland Flor- 

 ists' Club. This proved to be tlie best 

 one the club has ever held, both from 

 the standpoint of attendance and gen- 

 eral satisfaction. It was held at Wil- 

 loughbeach Park located on Lake Erie, 

 18 miles east of Cleveland. There were 

 about 250 in attendance. The two ball 

 games proved very exciting and held 

 the interest of the crowd, The first 

 was indoor base ball, the retailers 

 against the wholesalers. It was won 

 by the retail men, the score being 9-7. 

 The second game was regulation base 



ball, won by the wholesalers after a 

 hard fought battle. The long program 

 of mi,scellaneous athletic events and 

 races proved very interesting and pro- 

 vided much enjoyment for the crowd. 

 Fred Witthuhn said he would have 

 won the tat man's race if his breath 

 had held out for the full distance. 

 As it was he landed third place. The 

 last event provided lots of fun for the 

 boys who participated and the on- 

 lookers. About 15 boys each buried 

 his face in a quarter of a big juicy 

 watermelon and kept it there until 

 nothing remained but tlie rind. 

 Strange to say these boys did not care 

 for any of the picnic lunch after fin- 

 ishing this event. 



The Scores. 



Indoor Baseball — Wholesale. 7; Retail, 9. 



Wholesale — H. Bate, Al. Lingruen. Kerr, 

 Wilson, S. Berthold. Talcott, Baird, Geo. 

 W. SmiUi, C. Bastian, Rotter. 



Retail — A. Barber, Tim Smith, C. Gra- 



haiii. Williiiiii^. 1'. Rilzcullialer, riarcn<-e 

 Meyers, E. Burger, Shoemaclier, R. Hughes. 



Baseliall -Wholesale, i:S: Retail, I'J. 



Wholesal. — C. Williams, Rotter, P. Smith. 

 Jr.. Taholt. R. Hughes, P. Plggott, A. 

 Lingruen, E. Burger, Bates. 



Retail — C. J. Graham, Shoemaclier, Al. 

 Barber, Hell. A. Graham, Jr.. Tim Smilh, 

 Clareuee Meyers, Baird, Rotter. 



Bottle Race— Edith Ileiss, Elenore Schocn, 

 Madeline Smith. 



Men's Sartorial Race — A. Williams. J. 

 Brown. IC. Burger. 



Ladies' Sartorial Race — Nellie Smilh, 

 Mrs. Ilciiier. Ruth Monk. 



Walermelon Eating Contest — Oscar Bauer, 

 R. Talcolt, J. Brown. 



Fat Ladles' Race— -Mrs. Kelch, Mrs. nip- 

 pier, Mrs. King. 



Fat Men's Race — Kenneth Wilson, II. 

 King. C. Bennett. 



Marrlcil Ladli's' Itiici — Mrs. Slelnbrenin-r. 

 Mrs. King. Mrs. Greiner. 



Single Ladles' Race — E. Wels, Kulh 

 Monk. Miss Biiehle. 



Married .Men's Running Race — Hurry 

 Brook, Sieve Berlhold. L. G. Baird. 



Single Mi-n's Running Raic -E. Burger, 

 C. Muchui'an. Clias. Rosenbluui. 



Sl.inding Broad Jump— E. Burger, .\l. 

 Lingruen, SI. -v.. It.rllodd. 



Hop, Skip and Jump Itace— Harry Brrnd;s. 

 A. Williams, Al. Lingruen. 



Girls' Running Ra<e. under S years 

 Marlon llepler. Alb-c Albretht, Thebna 

 Stelnbreniier. 



Boys' Running Race, under 8 years— Hal 

 Schocn, Gene Smith, Herbert Bate, Jr. 



Boys' Running Race, S to 12 years— Don 

 Smiili, Rav Schocu, Jacob Brown. 



<;irls' liunnlng Race, S to 12 years — 

 Hcli-n Hart, Helen Bale, Madeline Smith, 



c;r.iwers' Race — E. Burger. Al. Lingruen, 



Cock Fight— Harry Bmoks. R. W. Tal- 

 cott, R. Hughes. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON, 



The annual outing of the Florists' 

 t'lul) of Washington, held last Wednes- 

 day al Great Falls, Va., will go down 

 into the club's history as another of 

 the famous events which serve to 

 lighten the cares and worries of the 

 florists and bring sunshine into the 

 lives of the little ones. 



Despite the predictions of the 

 weather man of forty days of contin- 

 ued rain, the day broke fair and cool, 

 making possible the holding of a large 

 number of athletic events. Charlie 

 Chaplin, the famous comedian, had got 

 wind of the outing and had loaned his 

 facial and physical makeup to Samuel 

 Ball, who created a great deal of mer- 

 riment. The fun started when the 

 special cars left from Georgetown. 

 Identification tags were distributed 

 that no one might get lost. Then 

 came corsage bouquets for the ladies, 

 boiittonieres for the men, and popcorn 

 and peanuts for the kiddies. 



Upon arriving at the Great Falls sta- 

 tion the first number on the program 

 was the refreshment booth events, 

 awaiting the assault of the three hun- 

 dred florists, their families and friends. 



In addition to the races, quoit and 

 baseball games, there was dancing, 

 followed by movies and finally fire- 

 works. 



The schedule of games and the win- 

 ners were as follows: Potato race for 

 girls — 1st, Rose Minder; 2d, Elizabeth 

 Dove; 3d, Jlary Higbee; for small 

 girls— 1st, Helen Barry; 2d, E. Marche; 

 ;)d, M. Dauphin; for boys— 1st, Edgar 

 Burnbam; 2d, Granville Gude; 3d, 

 Teddy Schmid; open to all — 1st, A. 

 Ford; 2d, E. Smith. Potato race for 

 ladies— 1st, Miss D. B. Barry; 2d, Mrs. 

 J. Richards. Flag race for girls— 1st, 

 Rose Minder; 2d, Mary Higbee; 3d, 

 Mary Clark. 100-yard dash for men — 

 1st, F. G. Weaver; 2d, Arthur Shaffer. 

 50-yard dash for ladies — 1st, Miss Vic- 

 toria Wilbur; 2d, Miss A. Barry; Zd. 

 Miss Marie Coli. 100-yard dash for 

 boys — 1st, Herbert Moreland; 2d, 

 George Hostetter. Three-legged races 

 tor boys won by Albert Ford and Ilar- 

 rv Kimmel; for men. Albert Schnell 

 and F. G. Weaver. The 100-yard dash 

 lor members of the club brought out 

 a big line-up. This was a real race 

 and taxed the energies of Harry Ley, 

 who won, and George C. Shaffer who 

 secured 2d. 



.\ half-dozen pieces of jewelry and 

 fine china were the inducements of- 

 tired to the ladies to try their skill in 

 depositing balls in a basket. The main 

 prize was a handsome diamond sun- 

 hurst, valued al :f20. This event was 

 won from a field of more than fifty by 

 .Miss Bernice Rlgby. In the contest lor 

 married women Mrs. George C. Shaf- 

 ler was 1st, Mrs. David J. Grillbortzer 

 2d and Mrs. George H. Cooke M. while 

 I he score of the single ladies showed 

 the following winners: 1st, .Miss Marie 



