September 18, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



377 



During Recess 



Florists' Club of Washington. 



The members of tlie Florists' Club 

 and their friends were the guests on 

 the occasion of the September meeting 

 of Edward S. Schmid and Fred II 

 Kramer at the crab feast annually ten 

 dered them in the Kramer conservii 

 tory. at 916 F street. This was to be 

 the "florists' fun night" and all speak- 

 ing was tabooed. This rule was va- 

 cated only in the case of Kdward S. 

 Schmid, Fred H. Kramer and George 

 H. Cooke who made two-minute ad- 

 dresses of welcome, and by Richard 

 ■Vincent, Jr., and Adolph Gude who 

 sang "We're Glad Because We're 

 Here" refrain. Charles .\. Stevens 

 acted as toastmaster. 



The entertainment consisted of 

 songs and recitations by J. Crosby Mc- 

 Carthy, songs by Kirk Miller who sang 

 of how at the last crab feast the flor- 

 ists had missed going home "On the 

 Five Fifteen" and had returned to fin 

 ish the festivities, and songs by Sam 

 Shreve, Gerald E. Fitzgerald, and Peter 

 Latterner, for all of whom Jacques 

 Heidenheimer was accompanist. 



During the course of the evening the 

 florists were visited by a Russian 

 count and a German schoolmaster, 

 each in native dress, the former in 

 everyday life being Charles A. Stevens 

 and the latter Fred H. Kramer. Mr. 

 Kramer sang a funny little schoolroom 

 song in which he was joined by nearly 

 all of those present. 



The big surprise of the evening was 

 the arrival of members of the theatri- 

 cal companies playing at the Casino 

 and Gaiety theatres who joined them 

 in the feast, and later the popular song 

 hits of the respective plays and skits 

 in which they were appearing. 



Among those present were George H. 

 Cooke, Edward S. Schmid, E. F. 

 Schmid, Fred H. Kramer, William F. 

 Gude, Adolph Gude, Richard Vincent, 

 Jr., Clarence L. Linz, George H. Shaf- 

 fer, Otto Bauer, O. A. C. Oehmler, 

 George W. Hess, Harry B. Louis, G. E. 

 Anderson, R. L. Jenkins, C. A. Jack- 

 son, Jake Richards, David J. Grillbort- 

 zer. Otto Bauer, Samuel Simmons, Wil- 

 liam .Marche, .M. J. McCabe, Joe Lea- 

 man, Harry Ley, John Roliertson. Sr., 

 John Robertson, Jr., David E. Saun- 

 ders, J. J. Barry, Harry Ley, G. Mil- 

 ton Thomas, Mendel Bedrend. Paul C. 



PARK MEN AND PIGEONS AT SAN DIEGO 



Left to right — John Morley. 

 neapolis: F 



The accompanying cut shows three 

 distinguished members of the Associa- 

 tion of Park Superintendents enjoying 

 themselves on their trans-continental 

 tour. John Morley the gentleman on 

 the left is the man responsible for the 

 grand planting about the San Diego 

 Exposition, which has been so highly 

 praised by all visitors. Theodore 



Supt. Parks. San Diego; Thoo Wirth, Snpt. Parks, Mln- 

 C. Green. Supt. Parks, Providence. 



Wirth is too well-known to our read- 

 ers and the public park profession all 

 over the country for any further intro- 

 duction here. F. C. Green, standing, 

 is the popular superintendent of fam- 

 ous Roger Williams Park and other 

 public reservations of Providence. R. L 

 California, Minnesota and Rhode Is- 

 land fairly represent "both ends and 

 the middle." 



Ziebel, J. Crosby McCarthy, Charles A. 

 Stevens, Peter Latterner, John Shreve, 

 C. P. Boss, Kirk C. Miller, G. W. Lib- 

 bey, John F. Kleaver, J. W. W. Pick- 

 ering, Daniel L. O'Brien. Gerald E. 

 Fitzgerald, W. H. Childs, W. F. R. Phil- 

 lipps, Jacque Heidenheimer, Samuel 

 Tapp, I. S. Goldsmith, George H. p:m- 

 mons, Charles Bradley, Philip Gold- 

 stein, M. Graner, Dr. L. H. Vicks, 

 James Quinn, the Grotto band, mem- 

 bers of the theatrical companies and 

 others. 



The MIchell Outing. 

 The Henry F. Michell Company, seed 

 growers, of .518 Market street, Phila- 

 delphia, on Sept. 8, gave its second an- 

 nual outing to nearly 1200 horticul- 

 turists, whom it entertained on its seed 



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Group of members on the iioscball ilcUl nt Ijikc Compnnnce. 



farm at Andulusia. Among the farm- 

 ers and flower growers who made the 

 trip were men from all parts of Penn- 

 sylvania and New Jersey, several from 

 New York and Connecticut and one 

 from Chicago. 



At Andalusia station the throng 

 formed in line, eight abreast, with the 

 Imperial Band in its midst, and 

 marched to the Michell farm, past can- 

 na beds of unusual brilliancy. A buf- 

 fet lunch was served, and then most 

 of the horticulturists set out on a tour 

 of inspection through the grounds. 



The floral display which attracted 

 the greatest attention was an exhi'bi- 

 tion of cut flowers which included all 

 the varieties seen in the beds outside, 

 and many others as gay and more 

 exotic. They were then taken through 

 the fields where flowers are being 

 grown for seed. In the horticultural 

 reservation they were shown 45,000 

 blooming cannas, 75,000 blooming plox, 

 60,0011 scarlet sage plants, 50,000 gladi- 

 oli and 30,000 dahlias. 



When the visitors had finished their 

 tour of the fiower-beds they were gath- 

 ered on the lawn for addresses. Henry 

 F. .Michell, president of the company. 

 wilcomed his guests and announced 

 liiat it rounded off the company's twen- 

 ty-lifth anniversary. Brief addresses 

 were also made by E. J. Berlet, presi- 

 dent of the Walnut Street Business 

 Men's Association. Prof. Fancourt and 

 Itt.bert Craig. 



'I'lic addresses were followed by field 

 .■,|)urts. There were events for both 

 men and women, and the day had its 

 ludicrous climax in a pic-eiiting con- 

 test. Prizes of a very substantial sort 

 wrre awarded m the winners. After 

 the sports had been concluded the vis- 

 itiirs went back to tour the gardens 

 until the spci'ial train returned to 

 bring them back to the city. 



