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HORTICULTURE 



July 22, 1911 



During Recess 



Chicago Sports. 



The success of the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co.'s base ball team is still a 

 matter of pride with them, and they 

 have added to their record by defeat- 

 ing the Minooka team six to five on 

 July 16th. 



The Chicago Bowling Club still has 

 a faithful, though small following, and 

 made the following scores July 10th: 



J. H'ner, L52 216 169 .1. Zeck, 159 135 183 



W. \\"m 11.174 149 l.V, (i. Vi.i-el.113 lis 167 

 B l. "ii. r. 185 155 118 A H'ner,164 144 192 

 A Zeck, 158 105 171 i: S.hultzlGl 155 147 

 All arrangements are completed for 

 the Chicago Florists' Club annual pic- 

 nic A feature of the day will be the 

 ball game between the wholesalers and 

 the retailers. The line up is as fol- 

 lows: 



WHOLESALER.— lb, Lormer; ss, Match- 

 In; 3b, A. Zeek; If. Graff; 2b, Goerrish: if. 

 Winterson: of, Farley: c, Keefe; p, Math.s. 



KETAILEB lb, Krai; ss, Christiansou; 



3b, Killing; If. Enclees; 2b. Ollinger: if, 

 Kr.ntz: .1'. S.honten; c, Schumacher; p, 

 Wolf. 



The usual races will take place wr 

 girls and boys under 6, 12 and 16 years, 

 respectively. 



The young ladies will be called upon 

 to show their ability to run 60 yards, 

 while the married ladies will run half 

 that distance. The fat men, weighing- 

 over 210 pounds, without whom the 

 picnic would not be really a picnic, 

 will run for the amusement of the 

 company, and a "free for all" in a 150 

 yard dash will complete the races. 

 Suitable prizes will be awarded to the 



winners. 



Washington Florists' Outing. 

 That the annual outing of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington was a 

 great success was the verdict given by 

 all who took the trip to the park at 

 Huntsville, Md., July 12. All kinds of 

 games and guessing contests enlivened 

 the day and the dinner which was 

 served greatly added to the general 

 good feeling. 

 Many of the stores closed early in 

 ' the afternoon to allow the clerks and 

 others to participate in the festivities. 

 Four special cars of the W. B. & A. R. 

 R. were provided to carry them to 

 their destination. The visitors from 

 Baltimore went direct to the park 

 from their city and were greeted by 

 the local members at Huntsville. 



The leading feature of the day was 

 the baseball game. The store people 

 were pitted against the market people 

 and but for the catcher, who had a 

 way of allowing the hot ones to slip 

 by him, the store people would doubt- 

 less have won. As it was the market 

 people won by a score of 4 to 3. The 

 store people, who performed prodigies 

 of valor, were as follows: George 

 Shaeffer, s. s.; Frank Ecker, 3b.; Al- 

 bert Booth, c; George Cooke, c. f. ; 

 William Smith, 2b.; Walter Hawley, 

 r. f.; Charles Scarborough, p.; Geo. 

 Daldish, 1. f.; Frank Smith, lb. It 

 certainly was a hot game. The win- 

 ners, who as already stated, really 

 ought to have lost (ask any of the 

 store people about this), got glory 

 enough without having their names 

 printed. They were fortunate in hav- 

 ing as a scorer Milton Thomas, of 

 Thomas & Sly. I. Rosnosky, salesman 

 for Michell, Philadelphia, acted as um- 

 pire during a portion of the game. 

 There were potato races, girls' races, 



At r 



RHODODENDRONS AND AZALEAS 

 A. B. Wiihtier's, gardener Wm. Klelnlicinz. Ogoutz, Pa. 



boys' races, young ladies' races, fat 

 men's races, and other things, includ- 

 ing lots of refreshments. 



The committee in charge of the ex- 

 cursion consisted of Messrs. Otto 

 Bauer, John Robertson, Jr., W. H. 

 Kimmell, Edward Schmidt and W. A. 

 Bolinger. Between 200 and 300 per- 

 sons attended. 



The Dreer Picnic. 

 The annual picnic of the Henry A. 

 Dreer store employes to the firm's 

 grounds at Riverview took place on 

 the 15th inst.; some fifty or sixty 

 ladies and gentlemen taking the trip 

 and every one said they had had the 

 day of their lives. J. Otto Thilow of 

 the firm was only told of the matter 

 at noon, Saturday, but he managed to 

 have a special car at 1.15 just the 

 same. A straw ride and a baseball 

 game, "Seeds vs. Plants," were fea- 

 tures — with plenty of refreshments on 

 the side. The baseball item resulted 

 in favor of the "Plants," showing con- 

 clusively that they were of the 

 stronger growth. 



New York Bowlers. 

 The Astorias will have a club at 

 Baltimore and some of their heavy 

 weights came over last Friday to give 

 the New Yorks some pointers. But 

 New York has improved some and 

 will be heard from at the convention. 

 The scores: 



D'n'ds'n, 17:i 191 179 Cook, 134 129 143 



Ch'dw'k, 189 190 201 Kakuda. 156 153 153 

 Meisem, 181 194 186 Scott. 146 139 144 

 Man do, 167 177 17.". 



The annual outing of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Providence, 

 was held on Wednesday, July 19. A 

 sail down the river, where refresh- 

 ments and dinner were served, was 

 enjoyed. . 



The Omaha Florist Club will hold 

 their fourteenth annual picnic on 

 July 27th, afternoon and evening, at 

 the Courtland Beach where a large at- 

 tendance is expected and a good time 

 for all is promised. All the flower 

 stores are expected to be closed that 

 afternoon in order to give everybody 

 a chance to attend the picnic. 



LEWIS HENDERSON, Sec'y. 



Victorious Michells. 



Count that day lost 



Wln.se low descending sun 

 Sees not the Michell nine 

 Put Craig's men on the run. 

 That day lost, was the 15th. The 

 Michells were on hand at the Michell 

 Farm, Andalusia, but the Craig boys 

 did not put in an appearance. The ex- 

 planation: short one pitcher. A prac- 

 tice game was played with the Anda- 

 lusia town team and a pleasant after- 

 noon put in notwithstanding the dis- 

 appointment, the score standing 13 to 

 in favor of the Michells. 



1 ■_' 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R II E 

 Michell, 3 2 2 3 3 1:1 1» 1 

 Andalusia, o l' .". 

 1 mi. ire: V. A. Cowgill, Salem, Ohio. 



Next Saturday, July 17th, the Mi- 

 chell team plays William Henry Maule 

 at Ridley Park, Pa. This promises to 

 be the hardest game of the season, 

 and will practically decide who will 

 be champion of the Seed League. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 "Innocents Abroad." 



H. Philpott and A. T. Pyfer, presi- 

 dent and secretary respectively of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club, left Chicago, 

 July Sth, for a friendly call at Cin- 

 cinnati and elsewhere. They gave a 

 very enthusiastic report of the cordial 

 way in which they were received every 

 where. During their stay at Cincin- 

 nati they were the guests especially 

 of C. Critchell, president of the Cin- 

 cinnati Florists' Club, Wm. Murphy, 

 Mr. Fordner. J. A. Peterson and R. 

 Witterstaetter. Air. and Mrs. J. A. 

 Peterson entertained them at dinner 

 Tuesday, although they were busy 

 with preparations for leaving for Eu- 

 rope on Friday. 



Kentucky hospitality was exempli- 

 fied by Geo. Schulz, son of Jacob 

 Schulz, Louisville's leading florist. 

 An electric sign for this store at- 



