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II R T I C U L T U H E 



August 2. 1919 



PICNIC OF BOSTON FLORISTS AND 

 GARDENERS. 



Perfect weather favored the mem- 

 bers of the Gardeners' & Florists' 

 C'lul) of Boston, Thursday of last week, 

 when the annual picnic was held at 

 Cunningham Park in Milton. As a re- 

 sult the attendance was very large, 

 over 600 being present, and the num- 

 ber of automobiles spoke well for the 

 prosperity of the gardeners and flor- 

 ists. Refreshments were served, of 

 course, and a long program of sports 

 was carried out. The winners were as 

 follows: 



Baseball match. Commercial vs. 

 Private Growers; 9 inning game. Score 

 Commercials 6, Privates 2. Geo. B. 

 Palmer, Captain Commercials; Albert 

 J. Newell, Captain Privates. 



Baseball match. Boys under 15; lim- 

 ited to 5 innings. Kenneth Craig's 

 team beat Nelson Partsch's — score, 24 

 to 4. 



Baseball match, Married vs. Single 

 ladies. Single, Miss Eisenhardt, Cap- 

 tain, 5; Married, Mrs. J. Coles, Cap- 

 tain, 4. 



Quoit match, individual. Captain, 

 , George Melvin. W. C. Rust, Frederick 

 Cave, 



. 75 yard race for girls over 12 and 

 under 15 years; Alice Brown, Marlon 

 Iliffe, Dorothy Goode. 



50 yard race for boys under 8 years; 

 E. J. Rogean, A. Rogean, C. Hourahan. 

 50 yard race for girls under 8 years ; 

 Margaret McKenzie, Catherine Calla- 

 han, Anna L. Norberg. 



75 yard race for girls over 10 and un- 

 der 12 years; Ruth Brown, Helen Pe- 

 ters, Elizabeth Shand. 



75 yard race for boys over 10 and 

 under 12 years; Nelson Bartsch, Nor- 

 man Craig, G. Hyness. 



50 yard race for girls over 8 and un- 

 der 10 years; Dorothy Coles, Mabel 

 Noyes, Elsie Waldecker. 



50 yard race for boys over 8 and 

 under 10 years; Mario Pedersini. 

 Thomas Meade, J. Hyness. 



100 yard race for club members un- 

 der 30 years; Edward Norberg. T. S. 

 Brain, J. F. Slayter. 



100 yard race for boys over 12 and 

 under 15 years; Walter Swan, Pres- 

 cott Whyte, R. Swan. 



75 yard race for married ladies, Mrs. 

 J. F. Coles, Mrs. Roseau. Mrs. 0, Suth- 

 erland. 



75 yard race for girls 15 years and 

 over; Edith Iliffe, Mary Flood, Elsie 

 Bartsch. 



100 yard race for boys over 15 and 

 under 18 years; Carl Christensen, Don- 

 old Rust, A. K. Rogers. 



Flag race for girls under 15 years; 

 Dorothy Woods, Doris Bartsch, Doro- 

 thy Coles. 



100 yard race, club members only; 

 Victor Huerlin, George B. Palmer, 

 Thomas Milne. 



Potato race for boys under 15 years; 

 Orpheus Rossi, Kenneth Craig, Walter 

 Swan. 



100 yard race for men 175 pounds 

 and over, handicapped; Victor Olsen. 

 A. K. Rogers, James Methven. 



Obstacle race; E. F. Norberg, T. W 

 Little, W. H. Golby. 



Tug of war; Commercial Growers 

 vs. Private Gardeners. Privates won 

 easily. 



Soccer football; twenty minute 

 game. Captains. John Miller, John R. 

 Ness. A draw. No score made. 



50 yard race for girls under 12, open 

 to members' and friends' children; 

 Hilda Smith, Elsa Waldecker, Dorothy 

 Coles. 



50 Yard race for boys under 12 years 

 open to members' and friends' chil- 

 dren; Nelson Bartsch, Archie Will, 

 Orpheus Rossi. 



Ringmaster. H. H. Bartsch; Handi- 

 capper, James Methven; Starter, Wil- 

 liam Caldwell; Clerk, W. N. Craig; 

 Umpires for Men's and Ladies' base- 

 ball games, F. E. Estey, G. W. Hamer; 

 Umpire for Boys' baseball game, Peter 

 Perderzini; umpire for football game, 

 Walter Jack. 



Judges, H. H. Bartsch, F. Cave, J. 

 Donald. K. Finlayson, S. J. Goddard. 

 G. W. Hamer, W. H. Judd, J. R. Ness. 

 W. C. Rust, F. E. Palmer, C. P. Sweet- 

 ser, F. Allison, J. L Russell, T. W. Lit- 

 tle. W. H. Golby, Harold Ryan. Rich- 

 ard Calvert, R. J. Daly, P. W. Burke. 



General Picnic Committee, A. K. 

 Rogers, C. P. Sweetser, W. H. Judd. P. 

 Methven, James Wheeler, G. W. Ha- 

 mer, W. H. Bartsch, Walter H. Golby. 

 The prizes were presented at 6 p. m. 

 by President Rogers, after which sev- 

 eral speeches were made. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



There are street florists of various 

 degrees and standing — the best of 

 them having permanent stands and 

 display cases, etc. A new and ambi- 

 tious adventure in this line recently 

 is that of our Grecian friend. Pete 



Maltos, whose new display case and 

 office combined has just been erected 

 at the S. E. corner of Broad and Chest- 

 nut streets. It is an ornament to the 

 location and a credit to the proprietor. 

 We wish him all prosperity. 



The return ball game between the 

 Niessen and the Pennock nines will 

 take place on the grounds of Elmer. 

 Gaehring at Frankford Athletic Club, 

 Branchtown, Pa., the last Saturday in 

 August. 



Frank M. Ross is erecting a new 

 building on his old flower store site 

 on South 52nd street. Manager Gaul 

 and the rest of the 52nd street forces 

 are located temporarily at the Ross 

 store on 60th street, where all F. T. D. 

 orders should be sent for the present. 



We had a pleasant visit this week 

 from Arthur E. Thatcher, late of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Boston. He is 

 now superintendent of an important 

 private estate and has been on a tour 

 of inspection of the prominent nurse- 

 ries and other establishments, with an 

 eye for anything that's new and in- 

 teresting. 



Howard M. Earl's latest title is 

 "Ambassador." That trip through 

 Europe and South America was bound 

 to add something to the "Steam Tug," 

 Little Cupid" and other distinctions 

 already affectionately bestowed on 

 this live wire of the seed trade. We 

 extend our congratulations. 



The final obituary ceremonies on 

 the late George Anderson took place 

 at his home, 52nd and Woodland ave- 

 nue, on the 23rd inst. and was largely 

 attended by men prominent in all 

 branches of the trade. Among the 

 pallbearers were John Burton, George 

 Craig, Dennis Connor, Mark Mills. 

 Edward Reid, and other old friends. 

 Interment was at Mt. Moriah ceme- 

 tery. The real estate of the deceased 

 remains in the family but the busi- 

 ness has been discontinued and the 

 greenhouses sold off. 



Recent visitors have included Par- 

 ker Thayer Barnes, Harrisburg, Pa.; 

 John Walker, Youngstown, O.; J. J. 

 Fallon, Lynchburg, Va.: Arthur E. 

 Thatcher, Boston, Mass. 



For a midsummer week the cut 

 flower trade here was very satisfac- 

 tory and all stocks cleaned up nicely. 

 The leaders in roses are still Russell, 

 Premier and Columbia. Killarneys 

 are also holding their own pretty well 

 and Ophelia is extra good. Carnations 

 are scarcely to be seen but the asters 

 are now filling that gap very nicely. 

 Some very good stock to be seen now 

 in asters, the last 10 days having 

 made a great difference. Gladioli all 

 to the good and showing up in great 

 fettle. The best sellers are the 

 straight colors — solid reds, whites, yel- 



