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HOETICULTURE 



September 18, 1915 



ALEX. McCONNELL 



611 FIFTH AVENUE 

 NEW YORK CITY 



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BATTLE OF FLOWERS AT WOR- 

 CESTER. 



One of the big features of the New 

 England Fair at Worcester, Mass., last 

 week was tlie parade of flower decor- 

 ated autos and "battle of flowers." 



When the hour arrived for the par- 

 ade and judging, the grandstand was 

 packed, and enclosures about the track 

 were crowded. For an hour previous, 

 cars liad been coming in decked in 

 all the beautiful hues of New England 

 flora. An international truck owned 

 by Ross Bros. Co., promptly at 4.30 

 o'clock led the procession onto the 

 track and 16 cars, covered with a 

 wealth of flowers and occupied by 

 handsomely gowned women and en- 

 thusiastic men followed. As the cars 

 approached in front of the grandstand, 

 each was given an ovation, while 

 thousands of yards of serpentine 

 streamers of bright colors were thrown 

 at them from the stand. 



As cars passed and repassed each 

 other in front of the grandstand, arm- 

 ful after armful of handsome blos- 

 soms was hurled into the faces of the 

 happy contestants. Basket after bas- 

 ket of confetti was emptied and hun- 

 dreds of rolls of the streamers were 

 unfurled until cars and occupants were 

 buried beneath it and the track itself 

 was carpeted with a four-inch depth 

 of color that no artist could duplicate. 



It was a stirring scene, novel to 

 Worcester and the applause from the 

 stand and track was tremendous. Each 

 car had its suporters among the spec- 

 tators. The appearance of the battle- 

 ship Cadillac, entered by Walter D. 

 Ross, was a signal for applause from 

 all sides. Flying the stars and stripes, 

 manned by men in the uniform of 

 Uncle Sam's seamen, armed with a bat- 

 tery of four-inch guns, the Cadillac 

 steamed through to victory, winning 

 in each place where a win was pos- 

 sible, |170 in prizes. 



Wm. Anderson and L. C. Midgeley 

 were the judges. Second money in the 

 touring car class, finally went to Ar- 

 thur T. Hunting, West Boylston, for 

 his Cadillac, handsomely trimmed with 

 gladioli, asters, dahlias, goldenrod and 

 asparagus. Henry A. Mower's Stanley 

 steamer was adjudged winner of third 

 money. The car was a mass of flow- 

 ers, and on each side and on the hood 

 were great butterflies made of red 

 gladioli on a green background. Fif- 

 teen hundred blossoms were used by 

 Harry I. Randall who designed the 

 decorations and was a passenger in 

 the car. 



At the conclusion of the battle. Gov. 

 David I. Walsh boarded the craft and 

 was taken into the city, convoyed by 

 all the other cars in the show. 



Hampton Beach, N. H. — Sept. 9 was 

 Governor's Day at the Hampton Beach 

 carnival and nearly 20,000 persons at- 

 tended. There was a parade of more 

 than a mile of decorated automobiles. 

 Silver cups were awarded to J. J. Corn- 

 ley, florist, of Newburyport, Messrs. 

 Lane of Haverhill and Whitely of Low- 

 ell. Mr. Comley's machine was deco- 

 rated with nearly 5000 flowers. 



JOHN BREITMEYER'S 

 SONS^= 



Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Ave*. 

 DETROIT, MICH. 



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Kansas City, Mo. 

 1017 Grand Ave. 



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DENVER, COLORADO 



Rochester, N. Y. 



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FLORISTS 

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"THE HOINE OF FLOWERS" 



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 Northwestern points given proaipt at" 

 Mention. 



HOLM & OLSON, Incorpo^Ui 

 ST. PAUL, MINN. 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



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IIARRT li. RAND.\1.L„ Froprletor. 



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