February 28, 1914 



H R T 1 C U L T I; E E 



During Recess 



Rochester-Buffalo Bowling. 



On Feb. 20 was the day set for the 

 much-talked-ot bowling match, Roches- 

 ter vs. Buffalo. On reaching Roches- 

 ter the Buffalo party of about 35 was 

 met by a delegation and some time 

 was spent in inspecting Rochester 

 greenhouses and stores and then going 

 to the Rochester Club for refresh- 

 ments. At 7 p. m. the florists of the 

 two cities sat down at the Hotel Eg- 

 gleston. The able toastmaster Bates 

 called upon President Dunbar, of the 

 Rochester Club who answered — "We 

 have on exhibition the bowling trophy 

 donated by Lord & Burnham Co., and 

 we are going to do our best to keep it 

 in Rochester. It's for the best team to 

 win, and may the contest be 

 keen." William Legg, President of 

 the Buffalo Florists' Club made a few 

 brief remarks, also S. A. Anderson, J. 

 H. Rebstock, Louis Neubeck, Jos. 

 Streit and many Rochester representa- 

 tives, among them M. Keller, J. B. 

 Keller, George Hart, Al. Salter and 

 others. A giant "shuper" purchased in 

 Cleveland, recently by George Hart 

 and J. B. Keller, and called the "Kel- 

 ler-Hart Trophy" was filled with wine 

 and passed among the diners. 



At 8.30 p. m. the game was called at 

 the Odenbach Hof Brau alleys and 

 after a practice game the great match 

 was on. 



The following notes depict the ex- 

 citement in the first few frames. The 

 author of the notes, being a Buffalo 

 rooter, couldn't restrain his pen, so we 

 let him have the floor just for once 

 as, "it was a famous victory." 



Salter and Sandiford first men up. and 

 Rochester made four pins while Buffalo 

 made a spaie. A ^ood clu'cr went up from 

 the Bnffalu rooters. Milie Keller was in 

 figliting trim and uot over auxious, a cool 

 head, a fine liall rolled and the result a 

 strike. Cheers hy tlie Itotliesterites. The 

 striking continued with Speidel and the 

 game was on in good earnest. Al Vick 

 made niue and an easy spare. Edward 

 Walther followed with a strike and It 

 nie.-uit a real warm rontest was on. Al 

 Salter was cheered when his roll was on, 

 but hard luck struck him and the result 

 was a "Katz." Coudolence was offered him 

 and Rel)stoek was willing to liet (liut was 

 not permitted) that Buffalo would win 

 first game. Hard luck followed for a few 

 frames wlien Bowlaiul made a strike and 

 was carried otT the alley by the Rochester 

 boys. 



After a few 7, S and pins knocked down 

 by the two clubs and things running a 

 little quiet, Al Sailer was again on hand 

 and this time it brought the Roehesterites 

 to their feet; a strike had been made and 

 Al had more confiilence. The Buffalo 

 crowd showed the effeit of too much good 

 treatment at the baiiijuet and therefore 

 was mueli on the weak side and it looked 

 as if the game was gone. Dull faces were 

 seen for a while; BulTalo was w'eakening. 

 In the sixtli Ro.'hester was getting 

 stronger at e:o-h frame mid every ball that 

 went down (ounted and t'harlie Viek re- 

 marked: "We have them going, keep it 

 up boys." A strike was tJie result, the 

 noise was terrific for a time and the ex- 

 citement grew more intense as the game 

 went on. Sandiford looked at his score 

 and he was not up to his frame in the 

 sixth and this caused a worried look in 

 Charlie's face, though, through the efforts 

 of L. Neobeik he was given a "refresher" 

 and finally new life appeared. 



The seventh frame found the Rochester 

 boys going some and the Buffalo bunch 

 somewhat worried. The rooters had also 

 weakened and were called to another room 

 where refreshments were served and Felix 

 Alberts looked after their wants, as you 

 know Kelix is to become one of the Bufl'alo 

 boys al an early date and therefore much 

 encouragement was shown. The tenth 

 frame was on and being soon ended 

 showed that the Buffalo's had gained, 

 total showing Rochester score to be T.'iU, 

 and Buffalo 7T:i, winning by a small mar- 

 gin of It pins. 



The second game run more evenly until 

 the eiglith when Rochester again weakened 

 and Buffalo gained anil the game ended 

 with scores as follows: Rochester 744. 

 and Buffalo .SfiO, a margin of 116, Buffalo 

 winning iiy Kit*. 



The Buffalonians were taken to their 

 train at midnight rejoicing over their vic- 

 tory. On March 411i the return match 

 will be bowled in Buffalo, though tirrange- 

 ments have not been fully completed. 



ROCHESTER. 



1st Game 2nd Game 



Al. Salter, Capt 121 103 



M. Keller 115 124 



C. Vlck 153 120 



Rowland 222 137 



Lewis US 200 



BUFFALO. 



1st rJame 2nd Game 



Chas. Sandiford, Capt.. 143 100 



Jos. Speidel 182 161 



Al. Vlck 150 153 



Edw. Walter 179 199 



Jos. Streit 139 187 



Nassau County Horticultural Society. 



The eighth annual dinner of this 

 society, held on Thursday night, Feb. 

 19, at the Oriental Hotel, Glen Cove, 

 was as usual a great success. Al- 

 though it was a stormy evening, about 

 seventy members and their friends, in- 

 cluding a number from New York and 

 elsewhere, sat down to the excellent 

 repast provided. In the absence of 

 President H. Gaut, the chair was ably 

 filled by ex-President J. W. Everitt. 

 After tile dinner, Mr. Everitt called 

 upon the treasurer, E. J. Brown, and 

 presented him with a diamond scarf 

 pin as a mark of appreciation of the 

 manner in which he filled the office 

 of president during the past year. 



Mr. Brown suitably responded and 

 thanked the members for their loyal 

 support during his term. 



Mr. Everitt then presented as toast- 

 master Frank Bowne, of Glen Cove, 

 who ably took the wheel and steered 

 from speaker to speaker until there 

 was hardly a topic under the suii 

 which had not been alluded to, from 

 the first gardener and his assistant 

 up to the present time of horticultural 

 and agricultural colleges and experi- 

 ment stations. 



Letters of regret were read from 

 Messrs. A. Mackenzie. W. J. Stewart, 

 of HoRTici^i.TrRK. Boston, and otliers. 

 Mr. Everitt was presented with the 

 Wells-Totty gold medal, won at the 

 last fall show, and responded in a few 

 words. The silver medal, which was 

 won by Alexander Mackenzie, High- 

 land Falls. N. Y., will be forwarded to 

 him. 



The speakers' list included Messrs. 

 J. A. Shaw, of Florists' Review; J. H. 

 Sperry, of Florists' Exchange; W. 

 Sperling, and C. McTaggart, all of New 



York; Rev. J. W. Gammack. J. W. 

 Everitt, J. H. Cocks, W. R. Kinnear, 

 L. F. Underbill, J. F. Johnson, C. T. 

 McCarthy, Dr. Connelley, and Mr. 

 Partridge, of Glen Cove; A. Herring- 

 ton. L. E. Ortiz, and A. Wilson, of 

 New Jersey; James Duthie, Oyster 

 Hay; R. Angus, Tarrytown, and Jas. 

 Stuart. Westchester. Songs were ren- 

 dered by T. Twigg. C. Plumb and A. 

 Wilson. The singing of "Auld Lang 

 Syne" brought to a close a very en- 

 joyable evening. 



Harry Jones, Cor. Secy. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston. 



The lecture hall in Horticultural 

 Bitilding. Boston, presented a scene of 

 rare loveliness on the occasion of the 

 annual banquet and dance of the Ger- 

 deners' and Florists' Club. The tables 

 were set for 250 and practically every 

 seat was occupied. The decorations 

 were most beautiful. The walls and 

 tables were resplendent with plants 

 and flowers generously contributed by 

 the members. It would be unfair to 

 mention one donor without naming all, 

 but we shall make the exception of 

 mentioning the superb Darwin tulips. 

 Pride of Haarlem, brought by W. C. 

 Rust, several vases of which were 

 placed in different parts of the hall 

 and overtopped and outshone all else- 

 This is the first time we have seen 

 these late flowering tulips forced at 

 so early a date, and our readers will 

 be interested to know it is possible to 

 so bring them in. After the banquet, 

 which was a most excellent one, there 

 were a few brief speeches and some 

 fine vocal and instrumental music. 

 President Kennedy started the talking 

 with some words of welcome and a 

 hopeful reference to the coming affilia- 

 tion for cooperative action of all the 

 fiorists' and gardeners' associations in 

 the country. President Farquhar of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety followed with happy felicitation 

 on the occasion and expressing the 

 pleasure it gave his society to see 

 their hall used for such an inspiriting 

 occasion, making reference also to 

 the approaching S. A. F. Convention 

 which will be the great horticultural 

 event of the year in Boston. Vice- 

 President Welch of the S. A. F. fol- 

 lowed with a few words about the 

 chib's part in the entertainment of 

 the 2000 or more visitors expected 

 next August. Secretary W. N. Craig 

 was enthusiastic about the harmoni- 

 ous relations existing between the 

 gardeners and the commercial florists 

 and suoke of the gardeners' work as 

 an ennobling and elevating calling. 

 President Sam. J. Goddard of the 

 American Carnation Society spoke 

 briefly and to the point. Interspersed 

 between the sneecbes, songs were 

 rendered bv Miss Margaret K. Alex- 

 ander and Mr. James Singer and niano 

 solo by Miss Katherine Singer. These 

 talented entertainers are no strangers 

 to the Boston Club and their splendid 



The Service Bureau 



OF THE 



National Association Of 

 Gardeners 



Is mainfnined for the purpose of providing opportnnlties for efficient 

 and ambititius men engaged in the profession of gardening. 

 This department of the A.ssociation is at the disposal of those who 

 may rei|uire the serviees of capable superintendents, gardeners or as- 

 sistant gardeners. Address 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary - - - Madison, N. J. 



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