July 1, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



11 



During Recess 



Opening at Waretown. 



Once more the date for the time- 

 honored ceremony of opening for the 

 season the hospitable clubhouse at 

 Waretown on Barnegat Bay came 

 around; once more generous Commo- 

 dore John Westcott got into the har- 

 ness as host — the occupation he likes 

 best in all the world; and once more, 

 on Friday, June 23, did the fortunate 

 recipients of an invitation make their 

 way to the spot where good cheer 

 abounds and dull care is forgotten. 

 From Washington came Wm. R. Smith, 

 John Clark and W. F. Gude; from Sum- 

 mit. N. J., J. N. May; from Boston. J. 

 K. M. I . Farquhar and Wm. J. Stew- 

 art; from Philadelphia, John Burton, 

 Geo. C. Watsou, S. S. Pennock, Robert 

 Craig, Robt-Kift, David Rust, George 

 Craig, W. B. Westcott. Geo. Anderson, 

 D. Donoghue, Dr. P. Lane and R. Mc- 

 Kenna. 



The visitors brought with them a 

 set of Balzac — 16 volumes — for the li- 

 brary, and presentation of same to Mr. 

 Westcott was eloquently done by Mr. 

 Craig. 



Blue fish were beginning to "run" 

 in the bay and some nice catches for 

 so early in the season were made. 



All Waretown events are good, but 

 this was "the best ever." May the 

 genial proprietor live many years to 

 enjoy the pleasures of disseminating 

 sunshire among his brother men. 



St. Louis Picnic. 



The St. Louis florists' picnic will be 

 held July 20th at Ramona Park. This 

 was decided by the committee that 

 met last week. The wholesalers have 

 agreed as usual to close up at noon 

 on that day. A great many retailers 

 will also close for half a day. A fine 

 band has been engaged for the occa- 

 sion. Everything will be free, the 

 florist club paying all the expenses. 



The committees are composed as 

 follows: Reception — W. J. Pilcher, J. 

 J. Beneke and P. J. Fillmore. Games— 

 Geo. Schriefer, Al. Ginns, F. Aloes, 

 Otto Bouring, Paddy Patton, Frank 

 Windier, all employes of wholesale 

 houses. 



Baseball contests between the 

 Wholesalers and Retailers will again 

 be one of the features. 



The Wholesale Quartette, composed 

 of employes of the W. C. Smith's 

 wholesale house invited trade paper 

 correspondents to one of their re- 

 hearsals last week. Mr. Patton's song, 

 "Watch Us Grow," was like a barrel 

 of lard — it was well rendered; so 

 were all the other songs they sang. 

 They will surprise some of the know- 

 ing ones at the florists' picnic. 



Chicago Bowlers. 



Members of the Chicago Summer 

 Bowling League are keeping up their 

 interest and Mrs. McKellar and Mrs. 

 Asmus bowled with them last week. 

 Some good playing is expected from 

 the Chicago bowlers at the convention. 



Scores for June 20th were as fol- 

 lows: 



New York Bowlers. 

 Scores recorded on Friday evening, 

 June 23, 1911, were as follows: 



Manda, 170 208 162 Ch'dwick, 200 203 205 



166 158 169 Nugent, 111 10S 156 



Scott 

 KaUuda 



156 213 158 D'n'Ids'n, 199 196 199 



The Chicago Carnation Co.'s base- 

 ball team lost out, 16 to 12, last week 

 when playing the Washington Street 

 team, Lockport team being disabled. 



The Greek-American florists' outing 

 will take place on July 6th on the 

 steamer John Sylvester in New York 

 harbor. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Plymouth, Ind. — Jacob Jordan, one 

 house. 



Chicago, III. — Frances B. Stanmeyer, 

 one house. 



Hempstead, N. Y. — Henry Weston, 

 sweet pea house. 



West Newbury, Mass. — Chas. F. 

 Newell, additions. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. — Henry Hession, 

 two houses, each 59 x 192 feet. 



Hobart, Ind. — A. Londinberg & Sons, 

 two houses, each 27 x 100 feet. 



Murray Hill, N. J. — Lyman B. Cod- 

 dington, large sweet pea house. 



Pencoyd, Pa. — West Laurel Hill 

 cemetery, four houses 28 x 150 feet. 



Yonkers, N. Y. — S. Untermeyer, Grey- 

 stone, Lord & Burnhaxn house 30x110. 



Elmhurst, III.— Wendlp.nd & Keimel, 

 ten houses 34 x 200; one house 27 x 200. 



Saginaw, Mich. — The Wm. Roethke 

 Floral Co., rebuilding range of houses. 



Detroit, Mich. — Gust. Taepke is re- 

 modeling four houses on his Elmwood 

 avenue plant. 



Dedham, Mass. — R. & J. Farquhar 

 & Co., one house 50 x 200, one house 

 54 x 200. King construction. 



Jackson, Mich. — Clara Brown & Co., 

 chrysanthemum house, 20 x 100. 

 Other houses are projected for the 

 future. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — R. Yonkers, 

 two large houses; Peter Blanksma, 

 rebuilding two houses; Henry Smith, 

 two violet houses. 



The Boston office of the Lord & 

 Burnham Co. has recently booked the 

 following contracts: 



Lewistcn, Me., Ernest Saunders, 

 house 33.4x83 ft.; Newport, R. I., 

 H. J. Hass, one house 36x100; one 

 12x100; Butler Hospital, Providence, 

 R. I., large palm house. 



Among the orders just billed by the 

 Foley Mfg. Co. is, one for a range of 

 eleven houses for Wendland & Keimal, 

 Elmhurst, 111., to be equipped with flat 

 rafters and steel channel gutters. 

 Another just completed is for the new 

 range for Wm. Breitmeyer at Char- 

 lotte, Mich., and still another for Hel- 

 ler Bros, at Newcastle, Ind. A con- 

 tract is just being executed for Dingee 

 & Conard, West Grove. Pa. All are 

 using the new style gutters and malle- 

 able Iron sash bars. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Leo Niessen has been on a short va- 

 cation to the city by the sea. In Phil- 

 adelphia parlance this means Atlantic 

 City, of course. 



Visitors: H. F. Littlefield, Worces- 

 ter, Mass.; O. Joe Howard, secretary 

 J. Van Lindlev Nursery Co., Greens- 

 boro, N. C; W. F. Gude, John Clark, 

 Wm. R. Smith, Washington, D. C. 



CjjWhen Uncle Sam wants 

 horses for war — real use, 

 he don't select them from 

 beauty shows nor accord- 

 ing to looks. He buys up 

 such as street-car horses, 

 all he can get, and such 

 animals that have made 

 good by steady honest 

 work — the animal that 

 averages well — day after 

 day — for they have the 

 power of endurance that 

 will surpass anything in 

 the world. 



CflCold Storage Horseshoe 

 Brand Giganteum have the 

 same superior power of 

 endurance. They have 

 proved good — have stood 

 the storage strain, and will 

 average higher than any 

 brand known in flowering 

 results. We still have a 

 limited quantity of fully 

 matured Giganteum of last 

 December delivery, which 

 are txcellent Cold Storage 

 goods. They cost a little 

 more perhaps than some 

 brands but they are worth 

 a lot more we think. Try 

 them — order now. 



Not How Cheap 

 But How Qood 



M. Ward & Ca. 



12 West Broadway 

 NEW YORK CJTT 



Bamboo Canes and Cold 

 Storage Giganteum, Form" 

 osum, Au rat um and Mag- 

 nificum ready for delivery 

 now or later. 



