November 20, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



675 



ALWAYS LEADERS! 



We 



When you buy Bayersdorfer & Co. goods jou get the best in the country, 

 won the ONLY MEDAL AWARDED for Elorist Supplies at San Francisco. 



U e offer for the Fall Trade a splendid line of new Flower Baskets. Chrjsanthe- 

 mum Baskets in Japanese novelty tints. RED— RED— RED — specialties for Thanks- 

 giving and Holiday trade. All staples such as Cycas Leaves, Magnolia Leaves, Pre- 

 served Adiantum Sprays, etc., in full assortment and bed-rock prices. 



Send for prices and you will be astonished to see how much you can do with a 

 little money when you go straight to headquarters. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., ^ifiiolL^H^ 



Street, 

 PA. 



During Recess 



THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT AT 

 CLEVELAND. 

 Team Bowling. 

 Prize, $25.00 cash offered by Cleve- 

 land Cut Flower Co., won by Buffalo. 



Buffalo vs. Rochester Special — 



Prizes, one large cup and five small 

 cups offered by J. M. Gasser Company, 

 won by Rochester. 



Detroit versus Cleveland — High man 

 on each team to divide $20.00, offered 

 by Cleveland Florists' Exchange; De- 

 troit high man. J. Stock, 477; Cleve- 

 land high man, H. P. Knoble, 516. 



Highest number of strikes. $5.00 to 

 team or individual, offered by Herbert 

 Bate; Ben Hart, Cleveland; Sandiford, 

 Buffalo; tied 16 each. 



Highest number of spares. $5.00 to 

 team or individual, offered by Herbert 

 Bate; Weeks. Cleveland; Raiialey, De- 

 troit: Scott. Buffalo; tied 17 eacii. 



Highest single game. $n.iiO to team 

 or individual, offered bv Cleveland 

 Plant & Flower Co.; Weeks, 222. 



Highest number of splits in three 

 games. $5.00 to team or individual, of- 

 fered by Cleveland Plant & Flower 

 Co.; Hart. Buffalo; Salter. Rochester; 

 McCIure. Buffalo; tied three times. 



Highest number pins in three games. 

 $5.00 to team or individual; \V. Glenn, 

 Rochester, 559. 



Individual. 



1st, $10.00. Ben Hart. 554; 2nd. $9.00. 

 Pautke. 5.52; 3rd. $8.00. Joe Koliskv, 

 548; 4th, $7.00. Weeks. 544; .5th. $6.00. 

 Graham, 508; 6th. $5.00, Bailiff. 467; 

 7th. $4.00, Rowlands. 466; 8th. smoking 

 stand. Critchell. 403; 9th. card case 

 and chips. Hampden, 423 10th, glass 

 vase. Taylor. 389. 



Cash for the above individual prizes 

 and for the alleys was contributed by 

 C. .1. Graham, Brookline Floral Co., 

 McCalUim Co.. Carl Hageiiburger, 

 Stumnp & Walter Co., A. A. Hart. F. 

 W. Grimn. Fred Whittuhn. S. N. Pen- 

 tecost. C. M. Wagner. Smith & Fetters 

 Co., .John Murkel. Storrs & Harrison 

 Co.. and .lolin Kirchner. 



High man on each team and five 

 high men. individual, in three games, 

 total pins to count, life membership in 

 S. A. F. & O. H. for the winner, value 

 $25.00, offered by H. P. Knoble, won 

 by C. J. Graham, Cleveland. 



Ladies' Bowling Prizes. 



1st, electric lamp, J. M. Gasser Co. donor, 

 won by Mrs. F. A. Friedley; 2nd, ladles' 

 hand l>ag, Mr. Vinson donor, won by Mrs. 

 A. Pochelon ; 3rd. tbernios bottle. Cleveland 

 Cut Flower Co. donor, won by .Mrs. J. 

 Henninser: 4th. rock crystal bowl. A. Gra- 

 ham & Son donor, won by Mrs. C. A. Myers; 

 .")th, set of vases. Smith & Fetters donor, 

 won by Mrs. H. P. Knoble; 6th, cut glass 

 rose bowl. Lord & Burnham donor, won 

 by Mrs. C. J. Graham; Vtb. ladies' soirf. 

 Robert Weeks donor, won by Miss Ida Me>- 

 kel; 8th, silk umbrella, Clevelaud Plant & 

 Flower Co. donor, won by Mrs. Naumann ; 

 nth. mahg. vases. Cleveland Florists' Ex- 

 change donor, won by Mrs. W. C. Priest; 

 10th, cut glass compote, F. J. Ritzenthalelr 

 donor, won by Mrs. S. H. Berthold ; 11th. 

 purse. Naumann & Son donor, won by 

 Miss Pearl B, Fulmer; 12th, silver creamer 

 and sugar, Albrecht donor, won by Miss 

 Eleise D. R. Swenton ; booby prize, box 

 candy. Peter Nichols donor, won by Mrs. 

 Stahelin. 



C. J. Grah.\m, 

 Chairman Bowling. 



Boston Florists' Bowling Club. 



Scores and standing, November 11; 



Scores Won Lost 



Coop. Market i:«S 20 4 



Zinn 1287 II 15 



Flower p;xchange 1210 !) 15 



M. & M 12S2 7 17 



Robinson 1275 l.S 



'ialvin l.-Wi'.l 21 3 



Carbone 1341 13 11 



Pansies 1184 K> 



New 'Vork Florists' BowHtig Club 

 Scores on Nov. 11. 



W. P. Ford 147 157 158 



P. Jacobson 142 161 146 



C. W. Scott 144 1«1 145 



J. MIesem 175 147 182 



A. Kakuda 163 140 153 



H. C. Riedel 132 160 143 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Easton, Pa. — A. B. Kleinhans has 

 left Easton and the receiver appointed 

 has among his assets 3000 chrysanthe- 

 mums which must be grown on for 

 market. 



The Lady Florists' Home Circle, of 

 St. Louis, held its regular monthly 

 gjitherine: at Mrs. Geo. B. Windler's 

 home and spent a highly enjoyable 

 afternoon. Mrs. Fred Bruenig will 

 entertain the members next month. 



Obituary 



John Kapp. 

 John Kapp, an old and retired flor- 

 ist, aged 71 years, was burned to 

 death last week at his home in Ox- 

 ford, Ohio. He was the father of Mrs. 

 W. S. Wells of St. Louis. 



William C. Young. 

 William C. Young, former member 

 of the C. Young & Sons Co.. St. Louis, 

 died on Thursday, November 11th, at 

 his home, 5553 Waterman avenue. The 

 cause of his death was heart failure 

 followins? a long spell of sickness. 

 Mr. Young was 59 years old, born in 

 Toronto, Canada, in 1856. He leaves 

 a wife, daughter and two sons to 

 mourn his loss. Mr. Young was a 

 valued member of the St. Louis Flor- 

 ist Club and was its presiding officer 

 in 1908 and 1909 and his loss will be 

 keenly felt by the members. His 

 brothers are Harry. Charles and James 

 Young, and .Mrs. William KUison and 

 Mrs. Dr. Helwig, his sisters. John and 

 Thomas Young of New York are his 

 cousins. The funeral took place on 

 Saturday, Nov. 13, from his late home 

 in charge of the masonic order. The 

 home was filled with large and beauti- 

 ful floral pieces sent by friends and 

 members of the trade. The Florist 

 Club sent its usual wreath. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Reading (Pa.) Retail Florists' 

 Society held a meeting on Novem- 

 ber 4. J. Stanley Giles presided. 



The St. Louis Retail Florists' So- 

 ciety held a regular monthly meeting 

 on Monday, November 15. The special 

 features were reports of the Cleveland 

 Flower Show, which some of the mem- 

 bers had attended. 



Richard .M. Saltonstall was elected 

 president at the annual meeting of the 

 Ma.ssachusetts Horticultural Society at 

 Horticultural Hall. Boston, last Satur- 

 day. Other officers chosen were Wal- 

 ter Huiinewell. vice-president; George 

 E. Barnard. William C. Endicott, Ar- 

 thur F. Estabrook and John K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, trustees for three years. 



