July 13, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



45 



roses. L. G. Forbes also got a certifi- 

 cate of culture for a table of roses. 

 Other special premiums were honor- 

 able mention to Jas. Hallo^vay for 

 hardy flowers; Percy Chubb, fni lilies, 

 snapdragon and spirea ; H. J. Pratt 

 for English iris; W. V. Hester for 

 sweet peas, and E. Pester for climb- 

 ing rose Violet Blue. 



First prizes in the reijnlar classes were 

 won bv Mis. H. L. Pnitt, H. Gant. gar- 

 dener, 'reie.v Cliubli. Mis. H. J. I'latt. F. 

 O. Jnlm.sen, gardener, W. E. Kimball, Mrs. 

 F S. Smitliers, V. C'leres, gardener, for 

 roses. .Mrs. H. L. Pratt for herbaceous 

 Howers; W. E. Hester, H. Raetteher, gar- 

 dener, for aiinnals; Mrs, Smitliers for 

 sweet peas; Mrs. II. \Yhitney for peones; 

 J. R. Del.amar, R. Marshall, gardener, for 

 delphininins and Icttiu-e; Mrs. 11. J. Pratt 

 for snapdragons: Perey Chnbb for tlowering 

 sbrnbs and strawberries; Jas. Halloway 

 for ornamental foliage and ont-door frnit; 

 A. G. Hodenpvle. F. K. Pettroeia. gardener, 

 tor vegetables; Mr. W. Dabol, C. Stranger, 

 gardener, for cauliflowers. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The annual summer show was held 

 in Hollywood Inn on June 18th. The 

 competition was very great in several 

 of the classes, and, considering the 

 lateness of the season, the outdoor 

 products reached a high state of culti- 

 vation. The judges were. James Stew- 

 art, Robert Angus and George Witt- 

 linger. 



First prize winners were Mrs. Thos. 

 Ewing, gardener R. Cochrane, for cala- 

 diums' and for gloximas; E. C. Benedict, 

 gardener R. Allen, for roses; H. Darling- 

 ton, gardener P. W. Popp, for roses; E. H. 

 McAlpine, gardener .T. Woodcock, for roses; 

 Mrs. J. B. Trevor, gardener H. Nichols, for 

 sweet peas and for vegetables; C. N. Mc- 

 Alpine. gardener H. Scott, for herbaceous 

 flowers; Howard Nichols, for bouquet; Mrs. 

 H. Draper, gardener H. Wills, for straw- 

 berries; Mrs. E. L. Coster, gardener E. 

 Kane, for strawberries; D. E. Oppenheim, 

 for lettuce. 



Certiflcates of merit were awarded to ». 

 ITutermyer. gardener W. H. Waite, for 

 stove and greenhouse plants; F. Milliot, for 

 floral work: L. Milliot. for palms, ferns and 

 flowering plants. Cultural certificate to H. 

 Darlington, for everlasting chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



The annual rose and strawberry ex- 

 hibit of the Rhode Island Horticulture 

 Society was held in Providence. R. I., 

 on June 19th, the display being a large 

 and successful one. One object of the 

 exhibit, from a show point of view, 

 was to create a vein of enthusiasm 

 for the fall show in November, and the 

 high character of the exhibits gave 

 much encouragement to the members. 



The exhibit of orchids by Edgar L. 

 Nock was a leading feature and John- 

 ston Brothers, H. Howard Pepper and 

 Burke and Burns were also among the 

 exhibitors that held the attention of 

 the crowds. Eugene A. Appleton, 

 president of the Florists and Garden- 

 ers' Club, was superintendent, the ar- 

 rangement of flowers being under his 

 jurisdiction and the clever manner in 

 which the exhibit was arranged was a 

 credit to himself and the wisdom of 

 the officials of the society who selected 

 him. The exhibition committee to- 

 gether with Mr. Appleton, included 

 Joshua Vose of Pontiac, E. K. Thomas 

 of Providence, Richard M. Bowen of 

 Warwick, Harry V. Mayo of East 

 Providence, Arthur C. Miller of Provi- 

 dence, Miss Addie F. Holland of Au- 

 burn, and Thomas Hope, president of 

 the society. The judges who awarded 

 the premiums were James Dillon of 

 Swan Point and Cornelius Hartsha, 

 gardener at the Rhode Island Hos- 

 pital. 



During Recess. 



The Florists' Club of Washington. 



A very clever ventriloquist created 

 considerable amusement for the sixty 

 odd guests of Mr. Edward Schmid at 

 his annual crab feast held in the 

 Grotto at 1214 F street, N. W., follow- 

 ing the regular July meeting of the 

 club. Other features on the program 

 were dancing and monologues by Mor- 

 ris Stine, address of welcome by Ed. 

 Schijiid, a talk on the love of flowers 

 on the part of the inhabitants of the 

 Arctic regions by Julian S. Warm- 

 bath, a short talk by William P. Gude 

 on the good feeling among the mem- 

 bers accomplished through just such 

 affairs as this one, an announcement 

 of a few things that might be ex- 

 pected at the outing to be held at 

 Chesapeake Beach on July 24 by W. 

 W. Kimmel. and short talks on differ- 

 ent subjects by other members and 

 their guests. 



One other feature that was not 

 scheduled was the loaded cigars that 

 found their way to the places occu- 

 pied by our worthy president, David 

 G. Grillbortzer. A, F. Faulkner, Harry 

 Lewis, and a number of other nota- 

 bles. Then, again, it was hardly ex- 

 pected that Messrs. Lewis and Faulk- 

 ner would prove themselves the he- 

 roes they did when a number of Jap- 

 anese lanterns with which the Grotto 

 was decorated caught fire and they 

 had an opportunity of playing fire- 

 men. 



A letter from the secretary of the 

 Baltimore Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club asking for a list of the members 

 who intend to go to Chicago as dele- 

 gates to the convention, set the mem- 

 bers to planning tor the trip. A num- 

 ber signified their intentions of at- 

 tending. 



Following the report of W. W. Kim- 

 mel, as chairman of the outing com- 

 mittee, N. L. Hammer submitted a 

 resolution wherein all florists in the 

 city are. requested to close their stores 

 promptly at twelve o'clock on Wed- 

 nesday, July 24. The resolution was 

 passed. Mr. Kimmel announced that 

 quite a number of prizes for the ath- 

 letic events had already been re- 

 ceived, but a few more would be 

 acceptable and these will be forthcom- 

 ing. Special cars will leave Chesa- 

 peake Junction at two o'clock. Fol- 

 lowing their arrival at the Beach, the 

 members are invited to witness a 

 baseball game between a picked team 

 of florists and a team from Kallipolis 

 Grotto. Every man who makes a hit 

 will be awarded a glass of — lemonade. 



New York Florists' Club Outing. 



This enjoyable annual affair which 

 took place on July 2 was, as briefly 

 noted in our last week's issue, a per- 

 fect success in every detail. There 

 were over 400 in attendance, ladies 

 and children predominating. The 

 games were enthusiastically entered 

 into and in many instances with en- 

 tries crowded. 



In the boys' and girls' races, Jack 

 Traendly, Martha Schmutz. Ethel Amos, 

 .T. Einsmann. Emma McMullen. Ed. Eins- 

 inann, Willie Einsmann. Charles Mitsem. 

 Laurence Einsmann, Irwin Einsmann, 

 Elizabeth Manker, Anna Miesem. P. .1. 

 Walker, Helen Ehrhart. B. Munn. Cbas. 

 Walter and Fm. McMullen were the first 

 prize winners. There were second's and 

 tliird's also in each class. In the various 



ladies' races the first prizes went to Miss 

 Anna Hughes. Miss Engel Iving, Mrs. A. P. 

 Cain. Miss Anna Miesem and Miss Alice 

 Gaynor. Second and third prizes were also' 

 all awarded. Growers' race, 50 yards. John, 

 Donaldson, Henry Hession. Ditto, over 25 

 years. John Donladson. H. Honiecker, F. 

 Smith. Ditto, under 25 years, E. Manda, 

 H. Hession. A. Demensy. Men's rafe. 100 

 yards. E. Manda, A Demensy, John Donald- 

 sou. Ditto, fid yards. John D.maldson. E. 

 N. Holt. Ditto, quarter mile, Engel King, 

 S. A. Mills. Wholesalers' race. Phil F 

 Kessler. M. L. Glass. A. J. Guttmau. Re- 

 tail fii>rists' race. T. A. Mills. H. Crocker, 

 D. Scott. Fat men's race. F. Smith. 

 Greeks' race. Kokonas. Carlates. Fellouris 

 Seedsmen's race. E. Boyhm. S. Dennison, 

 R. J. Irwin. Sack race, .1. Sternberg, Engel 

 King, C. Andrews. Race for wholesalers' 

 employees, M. Nagle. G. .Jacobs, J. Stern- 

 berg. Press bowling. J. H. .Pepper, John 

 Young. .T. Austin Shaw. Ladies' bowling 

 (wives of members). Mrs. Wagenfohr Mrs 

 F. H. Traendly, Mrs. J. A. Manda. Ditto,- 

 open. Miss Buekholtz, Mrs. Gettv, Mrs 

 Gnttman, Mrs. Miller. Gentlemen's bow- 

 ling. Protin. DePorest. Holt. Tottv. Eins- 

 mann, Glass; most strikes. Tottv, Mrs. W. 

 F. Sheridan and Miss O'Mara got the 

 special prize for middle-aged ladies; Mrs 

 F. H. Traeiidly's mother, the prize for 

 oldest lady and Miss Niegel for youngest 

 girl baby; Miss Hession was the f )rtunate 

 one in the drawing for Florentine basket, 

 and P. Einsmann won the trophy for the- 

 largest family present. 



Chicago Carnation Co. Entertainment. 

 A very attractive program planned 

 for the baseball lovers and their friends 

 was carried out successfully, July 4th, 

 at the Chicago Carnation Company's 

 grounds, Joliet, 111. Fifty were there 

 to take part in or witness the game 

 between the local team and the visi- 

 tors, and though the day was ex- 

 tremely hot the C. C. C. team kept 

 cool heads and defeated the C. C. 

 F. A. boys 13 to 0, the latter having 

 just begun practice. Manager A. T. 

 Pyfer in behalf of the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Company supplemented the pic- 

 nic dinner with hot coffee, lemonade, 

 etc., and the outing was a success in 

 every way. 



The St. Louis Florist Club picnic 

 will take place at Priesters' Park on 

 Wednesday, July 17th, the trustees, 

 who have the affair in charge, have 

 completed all arrangements for the 

 pleasure of the florists, their families 

 and friends. No expense is attached 

 as the Florist Club stands all that and 

 all florists and employees are invited 

 to come and take part. The four 

 wholesalers and the five local seed 

 houses have offered fine prizes for the 

 games. There -will be good fishing 

 and boating and a fine band of music 

 for the dancers. The Belleville flor- 

 ists will be on hand early and receive 

 the party as they come. Take Belle- 

 ville cars at the Eads Bridge en- 

 trance. Fare, 30 cents for round trip. 

 Most of the retailers and all the 

 wholesalers will close up for a half- 

 day so that their employees can en- 

 joy the outing. 



At the regular meeting of the Ton- 

 kers (N. Y.) Horticultural Society held 

 in Hollywood Inn on Friday, June 14th, 

 Robert Cochrane exhibited a fine col- 

 lection of sweet peas and gave an in- 

 teresting address regarding his method 

 of growing them. 



The Peony Show of the New Bedford 

 Horticultural Society on June 18, was 

 a notable success. Among the large 

 contributors were M. H. Walsh, James 

 Garthley, D. F. Roy, W. F. Turner, E. 

 J. Shay lor, Forbes & Keith, J. P. 

 Rooney and other horticultural celebri- 

 iies. 



