November 4, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



613 



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Boston Cut Flower Exchange 



No more enjoyable eveut comes to 

 the Boston flower growing fraternity 

 in tlie course of tlie year tlian the 

 annual banquet of the Eflower Ex- 

 change which is an adjunct of the an- 

 nual meeting of that corporation. As 

 customary the festival was held in 

 Young's Hotel, on Saturday night, 

 October 28, this being the 24th anni- 

 versary, and there were about 120 

 members and invited guests present 

 during the evening. The hotel outdid 

 itself in the quality of the banquet 

 and a fine orchestra did its part to 

 make the affair a finished success, not 

 to mention president Stickel, perennial 

 toastmaster, who gets more and more 

 mellow in his ripe experience as the 

 years jog along. 



The business meeting was sandwich- 

 ed in between the more festive pro- 

 ceedings and did not take long. Offi- 

 cers and directors were re-elected by 

 an unanimous vote for another year. 

 The financial statement showed a pros- 

 perous year for the corporation and 

 the establishment of a surplus fund of 

 ?10,000 against future needs _ was 

 unanimously approved. As an inter- 

 lude a "straw ballot" of the gentlemen 

 present was taken to ascertain the 

 sentiments of the flower people on the 

 coming national election. The result 

 showed 77 for Hughes and 1.5 for Wil- 

 son with a few scattering and humor- 

 ous. 



The speakers as ailed upon by 

 President Stickel were in f;enial mood 

 and nothing very serious was suoer- 

 posed to check the flow of merriment 

 and abandon which held swav. lie- 

 marks were made by Billie Carr, re- 

 cently married and somewliat apolo- 

 getic; W. H. Elliott, representing the 

 other market and deeply concerned 

 about the coal situation; J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, representing tlie Horticul- 

 tural Club and full of optimism as to 

 the business outlook; Secretarv Thurs- 



ton full of satisfaction as to the past 

 and confidence as to the future; Presi- 

 dent Methven of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, who urged a larger in- 

 terest in that organization by the com- 

 mercial people; "Billie" Paterson, vice- 

 president of the club, in approval 

 thereof; E. S. Morse, auditor of the ac- 

 counts of the Exchange who asserted 

 that the organization is almost too 

 prosperous and advised an increase of 

 surplus funds as preferable to exces- 

 sive dividends; J. T. Butterworth, full 

 of humor and sage advice; W. N. 

 Craig, congratulatory and earnest; W. 

 J. Stewart, who agreed that his limita- 

 tion was "Annie Laurie" and pro- 

 ceeded to prove it with the assistance 

 of the orchestra. Songs and recita- 

 tions by Mr. Mahoney were interspers- 

 ed with happy results. The tables 

 were handsomely adorned. 



Florists. 



Gouldmau 85 



Shacffer 80 



Iteilmoud 82 



Cahill 78 



Sclieeps 86 



Totals 411 



PERSONAL. 



Joseph Goatley has been appointed 

 head gardener on the Walter Bliss es- 

 tate, Bernardsville, N. J. 



Paul F. Brigham of the Westboro 

 conservatories and Helen I. Adams of 

 Waverley, Mass., were married Oct. 



2fith. 



Arthur Jackson is in charge of the 

 new estate of J. B. Schlotman, Grosse 

 Point Shores, Detroit, Mich. He was 

 formerly gardener for A. E. Newbold, 

 Chestnut Hill. Pa. 



Boston Florists' Bowling League. 



On Thursday evening, October 



scores were recorded as follows: 



M. & M 401 448 43.'! 



Peiin 397 377 415 



Robinson 431 403 3S9 



Galvin 455 497 424 



Snvrler 420 390 412 



New Eng 439 419 390 



Carbone 412 401 432 



Flower Ex 416 419 4,34 



Waban 459 470 462 



Flower Mkt 426 4.56 431 



26, 



1282 

 1171 



1225 

 1376 



1222 

 1248 



1245 

 1269 



1391 

 1313 



Frank Brunton, formerly superin- 

 tendent of the Edward McQueeney es- 

 tate. Fine Creek Mills, Va., is now su- 

 perintendent of the Vander Kamp 

 farms, Cleveland, N. Y. 



Andrew McKendry succeeds James 

 Bell as head gardener on the C. K. G. 

 Billings estate. Oyster Bay, N. Y. Mr. 

 McKendry is succeeded by Fred Fal- 

 coner on the Harkness estate. Glen 

 Cove. 



Washington Bowlers. 



The Florists' Club bowling team 

 slipped back a notch last week for 

 they lost three games in a row to the 

 Park team. Gouldman scored highest 

 for the Florists although his. totals 

 were nothing to boast of. Despite the 

 setback they are beginning to make a 

 very good showing. The score was 

 as follows: 



MOII.NT PLEASANT DrCKI'IN LEAGUE. 

 Park. 



Whittlesey 88 97 84 



nuwuiug i:i2 8.3 90 



Kelley 86 81 99 



Imrle 105 98 115 



Pardoe 95 112 84 



Totals 500 471 472 



Paul Maillard, gardener for several 

 years past at the estate of Mrs. Chas. 

 Stedman Hanks, West Manchester, 

 Mass., has accepted a position at the 

 country estate of Josepli Leiter, In 

 Virginia, about seven miles outside of 

 Washington. 



Ardsley, N. 'V.— Griften, Prince & 

 Kiplcy have sold fourteen acres of the 

 Amzi L. Barber estate at Ardsley-on- 

 Hudson to John F. Havemeyer, presi- 

 dent of the Concrete Steel Company. 

 The property has been used for garden- 

 ing, greenhouses and the raising of 

 grapes. Mr. Havemeyer will continue 

 this use. It was held at ?30,000. 



