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HOETICULTU RE 



September U, 19; 2 



During Recess, 



Florists' Club of Washington. 



There was something doing at Poto- 

 mac Heights when the florists ot 

 Washington got together for the pur- 

 pose of pulling off the field events 

 that had been postponed from Chesa- 

 peake Beach last July because of rain. 



About 150 members, families and 

 friends participated. Upon arrival at 

 the park they were greeted by W. W. 

 Kimmel, chairman, and the committee 

 and invited to get busy on the good 

 things that were awaiting them. The 

 races were very exciting and when 

 George Dalgleish led the field in the 

 100-yard dash, leaving the other mem- 

 bers of the Florists' Club behind and 

 walked off with the prize, he came 

 pretty near being the whole show. 



Other events were as follows: 



25-yd. dasli for bo.vs under 12, Lawrence 

 Berry 1st, Hiram Kimmel 2nd. Dasb, for 

 girls, Agnes Berry 1st, Pearl Minder 2nrt. 

 Race for older hovti. .'»0 yards, H. Busley 

 1st. H. Kimmel 2nd. Older girls, Edith 

 Saner 1st, Blanche Sauer 2nd, Augusta 

 Macheu 3rd. 100-yd. dash, Sam Everett 

 1st, Geo. Barr 2nd. Sack race, Sam Everett 

 1st, H. Bnsley 2nd. Three-legged race, 

 Kimmel and Oatton 1st, Everett and Barr 

 2nd. Flag race. Lawrence Berry 1st, Her- 

 bert Batton 2nd. Girls* flag race, Gayle 

 Johnson 1st, Agnes Berry 2nd. Steamer 

 quoits, Mrs. Somers 1st, Jliss Barry 2nd, 

 Miss Lott 3rd. Basket ball, Mrs. Hess 1st. 

 Mrs. Shaffer 2nd, Mrs. Maylierry 3rd. Sin- 

 gle ladies' basket ball, Miss Klug 1st, Mi^^s 

 Oehmler 2nd, Miss Minder 3rd. 



The real event of the day. however, 

 took place when all the men got to- 

 gether to fight it out at quoits. It was 

 too late to play team matches and all 

 the interest was centered in the sin- 

 gles. The prize in this event was a 

 handsome stein and was won by 

 George C. Shaffer. 



The affair was a very successful one 

 and the results were gratifying to Mr. 

 Kimmel and his committee. 



Tuxedo Horticultural Society. 

 The annual clambake of this Soci- 

 ety took place on August 14th. The 

 entire party were conveyed in eleven 

 stage coaches a distance of eight or 

 nine miles from Tuxedo to Camp Com- 

 fort, Lake Mount Basha. Boating, 

 games and refreshments were enjoyed 

 to the fullest extent. The program 

 provided for a good variety of races 

 and other sports. In the race for 

 single ladies Miss Annie Mcintosh 

 came in first, Miss Greathead second. 

 The chief event was the race for fat 

 men, D. S. Miller coming in first as 

 usual. In the tug-of-war for married 

 men vs. single, the married won, but 

 in tug-of-war for married ladies vs. 

 single, the single ladies won. 



Bar Harbor Horticultural Society. 



The Bar Harbor. Me., Horticultural 

 Society's field day at the Eden Fair 

 grounds Monday afternoon, proved a 

 big success and called out a much 

 larger crowd than was in attendance 

 last year. Everything went off smooth- 

 ly, and there was plenty of fun for 

 everyone. An automobile had been 

 hired for the occasion and was used 

 to convey the children around the 

 track. It is needless to say that the 

 machine was in great demand through- 

 out the afternoon. Athletic events, 

 some of such a nature as to be great 

 fun producers, were in order. An old 

 Aunt Sally with her clay pipe was 

 made up for a mark for the children's 



missiles and proved a great attraction 

 for the youngsters. A clam chowder 

 with crackers and coffee was served 

 by the social committee in the hall on 

 the grounds. The stock of the ice 

 cream and peanut men was bought 

 out by Louis B. McCagg and given out 

 to the children. 



The athletic events proved a big at- 

 traction. 



John Stalford was chairman of the 

 social committee, Charles Shand ot 

 the children's committee, Louis B. Mc- 

 Cagg of the athletic committee. Ber- 

 nard Morris of finance committee. Wil- 

 liam Miller and Joseph Kirk the com- 

 mittee on transportation, while the 

 whole of the arrangements were done 

 under the superintendence ot Bernard 



Morris. 



A GROUP AT RAVINIA PARK. 



Mrs. J. A. Peterson of Cincinnati, 

 did a little snap-shotting on her own 

 account at the Ravinia Park outing of 

 the S. A, F. and here we have one of 

 the pictures, which, we think, at once 

 classes her among the experts in that 

 line. Nobody who ever met her 

 worthy husband will have any difficul- 

 ty in recognizing that gentleman in 

 the light suit, and President-elect Far- 

 quhar who stands alongside could 



never be mistaken for anyone else. 

 A little to the rear is the editor of 

 HORTICULTURE perusing the pages 

 of one of Horticulture's contempora- 

 ries, while in the background may be 

 seen John Westcott of Philadelphia in 

 congenial occupation, pointing out to 

 a lady the direction her husband had 

 taken in search of the little farm 

 building where Chris. Bahr stood 

 ready to welcome all who were 

 athirst. 



S. A. F. MEDALS AWARDED AT 



LONDON. 

 Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir: — I notice in the Secre- 

 tary's report of the medals given by 

 the Society of American Florists dur- 

 ing the year that they had no knowl- 

 edge as to whom the three silver and 

 three bronze medals were awarded 

 at the International Show in London. 

 I beg to inform you that I was one 

 of the fortunates to receive a silver 

 medal for a collection of American 

 plants and the other medals were 

 awarded as follows: 



Silver medal for American lilies to 

 Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son; silver 

 medal for Silene Hookeri to Mr. M. 

 Prichard; bronze medal for Rhodo- 

 stachys. species, to Mr. H. J. Elwes; 

 bronze medal for Carnation "White 

 Wonder" to Messrs. Allwood Bros.; 

 bronze medal for Rose "Hiawatha" to 

 Messrs. Paul & Son. 



Respectfully. 



W. A. MANDA. 



PERSONAL. 



D. Cameron, representing F. Sander, 

 St. Albans, Eng.. and Bruges. Belgium, 

 will sail for New York about middle 

 of September. 



George Peach, late foreman on the 

 Shotter estate, Lenox, Mass., has been 

 appointed superintendent of the 

 Maplewood estate, Utica, N. Y. 



John B. Thomson, who has just re- 

 signed his position as head gardener 

 to Col. E. L. Swan of Oyster Bay, L. I., 

 has accepted a similar position with 

 Mr. R. Miller, Millbrook, N. Y. 



James A. Delaney has been appoint- 

 ed superintendent of the P. Sanford 

 Ross estate at Elberon, N. J., one of 

 the best known places in that vicinity 

 and always kept up to perfection. 



New York visitors: J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, Boston; Thomas Roland, Na- 

 hant, Mass.; W. J. Vesey, Fort Wayne, 

 Ind. ; R. Vincent, Jr., president S. A. 

 F., Baltimore, Md.; A. J. Smith, Lake 

 Geneva. Wis. 



Boston visitors: Prof. G. E. Stone, 

 Amherst, Mass.; W, E. Chappell, 

 Providence, R. I.; A. E. Thatcher, Bar 

 Harbor. Me.; Dr. Moore, Shaw Garden, 

 St. Louis, Mo.; A. J. Smith, Lake Gen- 

 eva, N. Y.; Mrs. W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J.; H. A. Barnard, repre- 

 senting Stuart Low & Co., London. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 

 AT ST. PETERSBURG. 



There is to be an international hor- 

 ticultural exhibition at St. Petersburg 

 next spring, under the patronage ot 

 the Emperor of Russia. The United 

 States Secretary of Agriculture an- 

 nounces that requests for registration 

 should be addressed to the executive 

 committee, care of the Bureau of the 

 Imperial Society of Horticulture, Quai 

 de la Cour, 32, St. Petersburg, not 

 later than Jan. 1, 1913. The exposi- 

 tion will comprise the following sec- 

 tions: Floriculture; decorative horti- 

 culture (A) greenhouse, (B) outdoor; 

 pomology; fresh fruits and those kept 

 naturally during the winter; vegeta- 

 bles and market garden plants; pres- 

 ervation and use of fruits and vegeta- 

 bles; grains; apiculture; agriculture; 

 house plants; scientific section; 

 school section; tools, instruments and 

 apparatus; floral art; commercial sec- 

 tion. 



NEWS NOTES. 



A first class certificate was award- 

 ed at the Shrewsbury Show for a 

 splendid new Montbretia, "Star of the 

 East," exhibited by R. Wallace & Co. 



W. A. Manda received a silver med- 

 al at the big Shrewsbury Show, Eng- 

 land, on Aug. 21-22, for a group includ- 

 ing Polypodium Mandaianum, Aspara- 

 gus elongatus and other decorative 

 plants. 



Washington, D. C. — M. J. McCabe, of 

 the Centre Market, while working In 

 his greenhouses in Anacostia, D. C, 

 stei)ped on a nail, receiving a very 

 painful, although not a serious injury. 

 He is confined to his home. 



John H. Small, Jr., has been appoint- 

 ed a member of a committee of 103 

 merchants of the District of Columbia, 

 who will aid the national committee 

 in their endeavor to create a perma- 

 nent exhibit of the manufactures and 

 resources of the United States. Each 

 state, according to present plans, is to 

 have its own building. Rock Creek 

 Park, one of the show places of the 

 capital, will probably be the site. 



