290 



HOETICULTURE 



August 28, 1915 



During Recess 



Lancaster County Florists' Club. 



On Thursday, Aug. 19th, the regular 

 car for Elizabethtown was filled with 

 florists bound for the Avondale Farm 

 and nurseries of our President, B. F. 

 Barr. We had as guests, B. H. Farr, 

 President of The American Peony So- 

 ciety; H. C. Huesman and F. H. Laucks 

 from Reading, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. 

 Smith and Mr. and Mrs. August 

 Shaeffer of York, Pa., and Dennis Con- 

 nor of The Lord & Burnham Co. 



After an inspection of the nursery, 

 bowling on the green, croquet, cards, 

 quoits and conversation were indulged 

 in. In the bowling Jacob Fleer car- 

 ried the honors for the greatest num- 

 ber of points. In the first match be- 

 tween teams made up by B. F. Barr 

 and Albert M. Herr, the Herr team 

 won out with flying colors and In the 

 match between teams made up by Geo. 

 Goldbach and Rudolph Nagle, the Gold- 

 bach team won out. In croquet. J. 

 Ralph and J. Rutter Hess from the Gap 

 showed Ira Landis from Paradise and 

 Chas. B. Herr from Strasburg that the 

 Gap is not a sleepy town in spite of 

 its name. In the quoits, Willis Girvin 

 of Leola and Mr. Shaeffer of York, 

 showed they had some science and 

 knowledge of other things than those 

 pertaining to the florists' business. In 

 cards, 1 think Elmer Weaver of Ronks 

 won the booby, and in conversation H. 

 A. Schroyer, Frank L. Kohr. A. F. 

 Strickler and Dennis Connor seemed 

 to be in the lead. 



About six o'clock, Mrs. B. F. Barr 

 took the party in charge and fed us 

 royally, ably assisted in the serving by 

 Rodney Eshlemen and Chas. B. Herr. 



Japanese lanterns were then lit all 

 over the lawn and a halt hour of gen- 

 eral socialbility followed, after which 

 a unanimous vote of thanks was -ex- 

 tended to Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Barr for 

 their generous hospitality. 



The regular meeting was called to 

 order at 7.30 P. M. A report was heard 

 from the dahlia Show Committee that 

 they had secured 800 square feet of 

 space In the main building at The 

 Lancaster County Fair grounds, about 

 half of which will be reserved for out- 

 of-the-county trade exhibits, as this 

 will be an exceptional opportunity for 

 the dahlia growers to show their prod- 



ucts to several hundred thousand peo- 

 ple. Volunteers were asked for to help 

 at this show and there will be two or 

 more members of the club in atten- 

 dance all the time to make it educa- 

 tional and advertise the dahlia. The 

 date is Sept. 8th to Oct. 1st. Inclusive. 



Mr. Farr was scheduled for an ad- 

 dress on Peonies, but unfortunately 

 was unable to stay for the evening 

 meeting. Frank Suter made an ele- 

 gant display of dahlias and received 

 the thanks of the club. 



The meeting will long be remem- 

 bered as one of the red letter days for 

 the year 1915 by those who were with 

 us. Albert M. Herr. 



Rochester Florists' Association. 



The Rochester Florists' Association 

 Outing, held on Thursday, August 19th, 

 at Salmon's Grove, was "a rattling 

 good time." Pretty much everybody 

 was on the job at the time dinner was 

 served at 1.30 and relished an excel- 

 lently gotten up and well served re- 

 past. 



Stunts were pulled off during the 

 feast. C. H. Vick, president of the As- 

 sociation, was presented with a fitting 

 remembrance by the boys, in the ab- 

 sence of the ladies (which he had been 

 in favor of inviting to the outing, but 

 the committee had voted against) in 

 the shape of a very delicate reminder 

 of femininity. H. E. Bates, vice-presi- 

 dent of the Association was also re- 

 membered fittingly, being given a pair 

 of baby sandals and he is still wonder- 

 ing if the token was a reminder that 

 the job's shoes were too big for him. 

 John House, the venerable standby of 

 the Florists' Association, was present- 

 ed with a garden set, he being the old- 

 est and fattest man there. Charlie 

 Chaplin was on deck to give the occa- 

 sion the touch of up-to-dateness. 



After the refreshments everybody 

 was called to the baseball field to wit- 

 ness a ball game between the single 

 men captained by Harry Glenn, and 

 married men captained by George 

 Boucher. We say witness a ball game 

 but in reality it was a slaughter. 

 The two umpires, Lavigne and Bates, 

 were called upon at regular inter- 

 vals to get off the grounds before 

 there was bloodshed, but they either 

 misunderstood the temper of the 

 crowd or the players reconsidera- 

 tion for they stayed until the last. 



Chas. Schomberg, the official score 

 keeper, called for roll after roll of pa- 

 per and finally through sheer exhaus- 

 tion of both players and those who wit- 

 nessed the game, time was called. The 

 official score was given out as 22 runs 

 for the single men and 15 runs for the 

 married men. 



The sports were under the leader- 

 ship of Harry Glenn. 



Following were the events: 



50 yd. d.'ish— H. Salmon, Cuff Buttons; 

 C. Vick, Bot. Wine. ll« yd. dash— W. 

 Briggs, UmbrelUn; W. R.vpma, 25 cigars. 

 3-leg race — W. Rvpma, Flash Lt. Eastern; 

 Elder, Knife. Shoe race — Elder, Safety 

 razor; W. Gommel, 25 cigars. Walking 

 race — G. Cramer, Barometer; J. Brown, 

 Feather Ruster. Shoe race — Geo. M. De- 

 mith. Ball glove; F. Bohuke, Baseball. 

 Backward race — Elder, Necktie; C. Vick, 

 Note book. Quoits— Ed. Vick, Thermos 

 Bottle; Elder, Umbrella; Lavigne, Tobacco; 

 Thomas, Cigars. Ball Game — Single men. 

 50 cigars. 



Holyoke and Northampton Club. 



The third annual outing and field 

 day of the Holyoke and Northampton 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club was held 

 in Smith's Ferry. Wednesday after- 

 noon, Aug. 18. There were about 100 

 present, including members and fam- 

 ilies from Holyoke, Northampton and 

 Amherst, in addition to guests from 

 Springfield, Westfield and Greenfield. 



The greenhouse of Gallivan Bros, 

 and the residence of D. J. Gallivan 

 were the principal headquarters for 

 the outing, although by courtesy of 

 the Holyoke Canoe Club, the sports 

 and bake took place on the club 

 grounds. 



The assemblage enjoyed an outdoor 

 bake at 1 o'clock, after which the 

 sports program took place. The mar- 

 ried men, represented by a team of 

 nine, proved far superior to the single 

 men in the tug-of-war, but the single 

 men redeemed their lost honors by 

 emerging from a baseball game with a 

 12 to 8 victory to their credit. Sum- 

 mary: 



100-yard dash, unmarried women — Won 

 by Miss Fowles of Amherst; Miss Doris 

 Kellogg of Smith's Ferry, 2nd. 



100-yard dash, married women — Won by 

 Mrs. Thomas Bray of Holyoke; Mrs. Keyes 

 of Florence, 2nd. 



100-yard dash, unmarried men — Won by 

 Michael Gee. 



100-yard dash, married men — Won by G. 

 H. Sinclair of Holyoke; R. F. Carey of 

 South Had ley, 2nd. 



100-yard dash, boys — Won by Dawson 

 Bray, .son <>( Thomas Bray, Holyoke. 



The committee of arrangements for 



GEORGE E. M. STUMPP'S SUMMER ESTABLISHMENT AT SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y. 



The accompanying cut shows the 

 summer establishment of G. E. M. 

 Stumpp at Southampton, Long Island, 

 which has proven to be a most suc- 

 cessful venture. The store at the 



right has a front of fifty feet and 

 depth of seventy-five feet, and besides 

 a large stock of cut flowers and plants. 

 There are numerous novelties for the 

 table and porch, together with useful 



ornaments for the lawn and summer 

 home. 



In front of the house in the center, 

 which Mr. Stumpp occupies, there is a 

 lily pond encircled by a driveway. 



