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HOETICULTURE 



July 29, 1916 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston. 



The annual picnic of tliis Club was 

 held at Cunningham Park. East Mil- 

 ton, on Thursday, July 27. 1916. These 

 annual picnics draw an increasing at- 

 tendance each year, and the commit- 

 tee in charge had spared no effort to 

 make this year's event the finest in 

 every respect the Club has yet held. 

 Unfortunately the day was lowering 

 and uncomfortable and about noon a 

 torrent of rain lasting for an hour 

 drove the picnickers to shelter. They 

 repaired to the gymnasium where mu- 

 sic, singing and dancing helped to pass 

 the time until the storm ceased and 

 the interrupted games could be re- 

 sumed. The games were under the di- 

 rection of the following: 



Ringmaster, \V. J. Kennedy; Starter, 

 Peter M. Miller; Clerk, \V. .\. Craig. 



Umpires — Men's Baseliall. Trank Edgar 

 and A. K. Rogers; Ladies" Ba.seball, Frank 

 Edgar and A. K. Rogers: Boys' Baseball, 

 J. P. A. Guerineau; .Soccer Football, F. E. 

 Palmer. 



Judges — W. J. Patterson, AV. C. Rust, H. 

 H. Bartsch, A. K. Rogers, W. H. Judd. 

 •George W. Hauier, ,Tohn G. Dugnid. Rob- 

 ■ert Cameron. Frank Edgar. Kenneth Fin- 

 layson, F. E. Palmer. Cliarlos Holbrow. 



List of Winners. 



1 — Baseball : Commercial Growers vs. 

 Private Gardeners: Captains: William Mix. 

 Commercial; W. J. Iliffe. Private. 

 Won by Private Gardeners. Score. 3 — 2. 

 3 — Quoit Match : Individual 1st., 2nd. and 

 3d. prizes. Captain: John F. Duguid. 

 1st. M. Brown; 2nd. John Duguid. 

 4 — Baseball: Married vs. .'Single Ladies, 

 Captains: Mrs. ,Tohn F. Flood and Susan 

 E. Rogers. 

 Won by Single Ladies. Score, 18 — 13. 



5— 100-Yard Race, girls 12 to 14. 

 Ist. Elsie Bartsch ; 2nd. Dorothy Palmer. 



6 — .'>0-Yard Race, bovs under S. 

 1st. Walter Costello :'2nd. George Cray. 



T — iJO-Yard Race, girls under 8. 

 1st. Ethel Cray; 2nd. Hilda Smith. 



8— 7.5- Yard Race, girls 10 to 12. 

 Ist, Mary Flood; 2nd. Marlon Iliffe. 



9 — 75- Yard Race, bovs 10 to 12. 

 Ist, Norman Craig; 2nd, Robt. Esty. 

 10— 50-Yard Race, bovs 8 to 10. 

 1st, Nelson Bartsch; 2nd, Jos. Smith. 

 11— 50- Yard Race, girls 8 to 10. 

 1st, Margaret Cray; 2nd. Ruth Brown. 

 12— 100-yard race, bovs 12 to 14 

 1st, Prescott Whyte; 2nd, Thos. Roland. 

 13 — 100- Yard Race, men over ,30. 

 lat, E. S. Brown; 2nd, F. E. Palmer. 

 1-4 — 100-Yard Race, married ladies. 

 Ist, Mrs. Edgar Kellv; 2nd, Mrs. Fred 

 •Coles. 



!'• — 100-Yard Hace. ladies IS and over. 



1st, Edith Iliffe: 2nd. Alice Duguid. 



IG— 100- Yard Race, boys 14 to 18. 



1st, J. Rogers; 2nd, Douglas Duguid, 



17— 100- Yard Race. Club members onlv. 



Ist, W. J. Iliffe; 2nd, H. L. Free. 



IS — Flag Race, girls under 15. 



1st. Doris Bartsch; 2nd. Flora Donald. 



19 — Potato Race, boys under 15. 



1st, T. Toland; 2nd, J. Duguid. 



20— 100-Yard Race, girls 14 to IS. 



1st, Margaret Iliffe; 2nd, Alice Duguid. 



21— 100-Yard Race, men 175 pounds and 

 over. 



Ist, J. Lally; 2nd, J. L. Smith. 



22— Sack Race, boys under 10. 



1st, J. Edgar; 2nd, Prescott 'Whyte. 



23— Sack Race. Club members onlv. 



1st, T. S. Brown; 2nd, C. S. Falberger. 



25— Obstacle Race. 



Ist, Theo. Palmer; 2nd, H. L. Pree. 



26— Tug of War: Commercial Growers 

 Ts. Private Gardeners. Captains: H. H. 

 ■Bartsch, John L. Smith. 



Won by Private Gardeners. 



27 — Football (socceri. Captains: John 

 Miller and William J. Collins. 



W'on by Millers team. Score. 3—0. 



2s— .50 Yard Race, children under 0. 



1st. Walter Costello : 2nd. Frank Duguid. 



The ladies' baseball game was excru- 

 ciatingly funny and proved by far the 

 most popular of all the sports. They 

 used a large inflated ball and after it 

 had rolled in the mud a few times it 

 was hardly an acceptable adjunct for 

 white dresses and delicate hands but 

 the players stuck to the job with com- 

 mendable courage. The only accident 

 was a blow in the face from a batted 

 ball sustained by a lady who was 

 watching the men's baseball game. 

 The soccer football match developed 

 some phenomenal kicking in which 

 Peter Miller especially excelled. 



Florists' Club of Washington, D. C. 



The annual outing, lield on Wednes- 

 day, July 19, at Great Falls, Va.. will 

 go down into the club's history as an- 

 other of the famous events which 

 serve to lighten cares and worries and 

 bring sunshine into the lives of the 

 little ones who participated in the af- 

 fair. The afternoon broke clear and 

 sufficiently cool to enable the holding 

 of a large number of athletic events. 

 The fun started when the three special 

 and two regular cars, carrying about 

 four hundred people, left Georgetown. 

 In addition to the athletic events, 

 there was a musicale on the pavilion 

 followed by dancing, and In the even- 

 ing Adolph Gude played Santa Claus 

 and set off a lot of fireworks. 



The schedule of games and the win- 

 ners were as follows: 



Potato race for girls 12 years and under 

 — Ist prize. Rose Minder; 2d, Lillian An- 

 derson. 



Potato race for boys 12 and under — 1st, 

 Percy Booth; 2d, Arthur Booth. 



Potato race for boys and girls 7 years 

 and under — Catherine an<l Harry Oldrldge, 

 Taylor Anderson and Alice Johnson. 



Potato race for ladies — Won by Marjorle 

 Laning. 



100-yard dash for men— Frank Weaver, 

 winning $10 gold piece offered by the Leo 

 Nlessen Co. 



50-yard dash for ladies — 1st, Margaret 

 Shaw, winning ,Tapane3e Garden from H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila.: 2d, Pearl Shipp, 

 bridal veil from Lion & Co. 



100-yard dash for boys IS years and under 

 — Ernest Robinson. 



Three-legged race — E. Cahill and Frank 

 Weaver. 



The next event, the 100-yard dash tor 

 members only, brought out a big Une-up. 

 The winners were, 1st, Samuel Everett; 2d. 

 Harr.v Ley. 



Centipede race — Won by Harry Ley. 

 Frank Weaver. Charles Scarborough and 

 Arthur Shaffer. 



Pole vault, prize from H. A. Dreer — Won 

 by Charles Scarborough. 



A novelty this year was a game for the 

 ladies called threading the needle which 

 was productive of much amusement. The 

 first prize, from Dreer. $10 in gold, was won 

 by Mrs. F. M. Blake. Miss Fowler scored 

 second and won the handsome silk parasol 

 offered by George H. Cooke, ex-president of 

 the club. 



Putting ball in basket, married women — 

 Mrs. Skinner, winning bird cage and stand 

 offered by Reed & Keller. New York. 

 Among the single women. Isabel Collins 

 won the Pennock-MSehan parasol, and Mis.» 

 Fowler a bolt of fancy ribbon. In the 

 mixed event, for married and single women, 

 Mrs. Warren Anderson won. 



A traveling bag. in the quoit singles, was 

 won by Mr. Soper. Samuel and Robert 

 Soper are each the possessor of a new um- 

 brella as a result of being equally success- 

 ful in the quoit doubles. 



Those who served on the committee 

 were William H. Ernest, chairman; 

 George C. Shaffer. .Take Richards. 

 Harry B. Lewis, Edward S. Schmid, 



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 Ley, Adolph Gude and J. Minder. 



St. Louis Florist Club Picnic 

 Tlie 23rd annual picnic of the St. 

 Louis Florist Club was held in 

 Romona Park, July 20th. The day 

 was clear but very hot and the 

 grounds showed badly In need of rain. 

 The crowd numbered nearly 400, and a 

 fine automobile parade was made from 

 the wholesale district out to the park. 



Prizes for the alTnir were donated by 

 Geo. Waldbart. Mrs. Schoenle. ,T. J. Beneke, 

 <;. II. Aiigerniuiler. C. Young & Sons Co., 

 1'. Sanders. St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso.. 

 1). S. Geddis. C. Beyer. ,1. Bourdet. St. 

 Louis Wholesale Cut Flower Co.. Windier 

 Wholesale Floral Co.. St. Louis Florist 

 Club. Grimm & Gorley. H. G. Bernlug, W. 

 C. Smith, St. Louis County Growers' Asso., 

 St. l/ouis Seed Co.. W. C. Smith Wholesale 

 Floral Co., C. A. Kuehn and others. 



The winners were as follows: 



Pot Throwing— 1st.. A. Jablonsky, Jr., 

 2nd.. A. Vandevine. 



7.5-yard Dash— 1st., K. Ogle; 2nd,, A, Von 

 Hoffman. Jr. 



.'lO-yard Dash, Boys— 1st. L. Weinsberg; 

 2nd . .lames Tantill. 



."lOyard Dash. Men — 1st., Joe Hauser; 

 2nd.. ,T. J. Beneke. 



Harem Race — 1st., Mrs. A. Jablonsky; 

 2nd.. Mrs. C. Johnson. 



Time Walk— 1st., Mrs. W. H. Schaeter; 

 2nd., Mrs. O. N. Sanders. 



Needle Threading — 1st., Mrs, Geo, Deugs; 

 2nd., Mrs. Kopp. 



Ball Scramble — 1st.. A. Jablonsky; 2nd.. 

 Art. Wetteau. 



Flag Race — 1st.. Virginia Cerny; 2nd., 

 .Miss Arllne Meyer, 



Box Fight— 1st., Miss V. Rlchter; 2nd.. 

 Miss L. Price. 



Egg Race — 1st., Arllne Meyer; 2nd.. Miss 

 M. Kuehn. 



Novelty Race. — 1st., Andy Von Hoffman ; 

 2nd.. J. .T. Beneke. 



The names of the winners in the guessing 

 contests have not been made known as yet. 



Ladles' Football Game— All ladies taking 

 part received a box of candy. 



Football Game — All men taking part 

 split two boxes of cigars between them. 



The ball game was well played and 

 attracted as usual a large crowd. The 

 wholesalers won this time 8 to 7, hav- 

 ing met defeat last year. 



Lancaster County Florists' Picnic. 



Thursday, July 20th, was an ideal 

 day for the afternoon picnic on the 

 shady lawn of our ex-president, B. F. 

 Barr. The committee having it in 

 charge — Elmer Weaver, Rudolph Nagle 

 and Abraham Strickler — had every- 

 thing planned so well that the affair 

 went oft like clock work. 



The florists and their friends turned 

 out in goodly numbers, only a few of 

 tlie florists missing. There was a pro- 

 gressive game of cards, three games of 

 (]Moit iiitcliinu. croquet and bowling 



