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HORTICULTURE 



Julv 29, 1911 



by a very close margin. The captains 

 were A. E. Walsh, commercial, and 

 R. W. Curtis, private. The tug-of-war 

 was won by the private gardeners 

 under Captain Duncan Finlayson. 

 Wm. Hastings was captain of the com- 

 mercial bunch. The fat-men's race, 

 always a fun provoker, was won by D. 

 F. Roy of Marion, on a scratch, and 

 Mr. Roy was the proudest man "that 

 ever came down the pike." 



Prizes for the various classes were 

 given by Lunt, Moss & Co., T. J. Grey, 

 Co., W. N. Craig, P. Fisher, M. A. Pat- 

 ten, Ames Impl. and Seed Co., H. F. 

 Michel! Co., D. Iliffe, H. Terry, Fottler, 

 Fiske, Rawson Co., Lord & Burnham 

 Co., W. J. Anderson. P. M. Miller, 

 Boston Plate and Window Glass Co., 

 Eber Holmes, Jos. Breck & Sons, 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., Thos. Roland, 

 J. F. Shea, Thos. Pegler, New England 

 Nurseries, Thos. Westwood, H. M. 

 Robinson & Co., P. di Stacio, Penn the 

 Florist. A. H. Hews & Co., Wm. Mc- 

 Laughlin, W. E. Fischer, Benj. Ham- 

 mond and Duncan Finlayson. 



A Chicago Outing. 

 It takes more than a rainy day to 

 daunt a crowd of Chicago florists bound 

 for a picnic. On Sunday as the time 

 drew near the skies darkened and the 

 rain fell. Notwithstanding two hun- 

 dred tickets were presented and not 

 a florist nor a florists' friend but 

 stoutly maintain they never had a bet- 

 ter time than at Erhardts' Grove. Park 

 Ridge, July 23, 1911. Sympathy is be- 

 ing freely extended to the Retailers 

 who were defeated by the Wholesalers 

 at baseball, the score standing 16 to 

 9. In the races the prizes were won 

 as follows. 



Girls under — L. Kohout, H Covert. 

 Bovs under rt— L. Zeck. F. Ottenbaeker. 

 Girls under 12— H. Covert. A. Serneuz. 

 Bovs under 12— L. Zeck, G. Erhardt. 

 Girls under 16— L. Krauss. J. Glassman. 

 Boys under 16— B. Johnson. C. Enders. 

 Single Ladies over 16— L. Goerisch, L,. 



Krauss. 

 Married Ladies— Mrs. P. Olseu. Mrs. Har- 

 rington. 



Mr. Gernenz carried off the honor 

 due to the fat man. In the 15n-yard 

 dash open to all Joe Enwert and Mr. 

 Lullv were winners. L. Koropp and 

 Mr. McDonald made themselves fa- 

 mous as pie eaters and received re- 

 spectively an order for a hat and a 

 pocket knife. 



Single -ill's race won by -Miss Marie A 

 I iniTmeister. 



Donor of prize: A\ lale I loral < 0. 



Bowling (ladies) highest score— 1st, Mrs. 



Ehland; 2nd. Mrs. Pfeiffer; I by, Mrs. 



K. c. Witterstaetter. 



Donor of prizes: L. II. Kyck, John Jen- 



nings. . 



Men highest total in series ol ■■ games 

 1st Win Schumann; 2nd, Wm. Sunder 

 l.ru.li: ."nl. Kav Murphy; 4th. Al. Sun- 

 aerbrucn; booby, Ed. Horning. 



I ■ of prizes: Kay Murphy. L. H. 



,v u. H. Hoffmeister, Al. Horning. 

 Highest score in single -anie— R. C. Wit- 

 terstaetter. , 



Donor of prize: Wm. Murphy. 

 Highest number of strikes and spares 

 1st Win Schumann; 2nd, Bay Murphy. 

 Donor of prizes: Lawrence Fritz, J. 

 M. McCullough'S Sens Co. 

 Six are tied for the consolation 

 prize, consisting of a nursing bottle, 

 filled with the best rye in town, for 

 the one making most splits. 



Taken as a whole the outing was an 

 unqualified success and well repaid the 

 efforts ol the committee in charge. 



A Detroit Outing. 

 The Michigan Cut Flower Exchange 

 invites all its friends, employees of 

 local florists and their families, to an 

 outing, next Monday. The party 

 will start by boat, leaving at the 

 foot of Bates street at 1 P. M., going 

 up the river to Peake Island, and re- 

 turning at 7.00 P. M. This island was 

 purchased by the local ferry company 

 from Mr. Ttieo. D. Buhl, a millionaire 

 hardware merchant, and it contains a 

 very large summer residence and ex- 

 tensive farm buildings. It is well 

 stocked with the choicest fruits of all 

 kinds, and is slowly being converted 

 into a pleasure ground by the ferry 

 company. It will be the first time 

 that a party of excursionists have set 

 foot on the island. To have some idea 

 of the number who will accept this in- 

 vitation the Michigan Cut Flower Ex- 

 change is issuing tickets free of 

 charge. FRANK DAXZER. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Outing. 



The Cincinnati Florists held their 

 annual outing at Coney on last Thurs- 

 day. A heavy shower towards evening 

 that lasted for a couple of hours serv- 

 ed to put a damper on the baseball 

 game, but not upon the enthusiasm of 

 the crowd. The games subsequently 

 lesulted in a bowling match of a 

 single game which the bowlers with 

 the aid of two eminent stars won. 



The results of the other contests 

 was as follows: 



Boys' ball game won by Growers (Ben 

 irge. Jr., Capf.) 



l;,, v> - 100 yd. dasli won by too i ulver. 

 Donor of prize: Heikmao Floral Co. 



Bovs' s.e k ri won by Adolf Dernier. 



Donor of prize: P. J. (dinger. 



100 yd. dash (men) wen by ('has. Windram. 



Honor of prize: .1 M. McCullough's Sons 



Senior men's rare won by Ed. Murphy. 



Donor of prize: R. Witterstaetter 



Mile ran 1st, Jos Ludwig; 2nd. Chas. Win 



'Irani , , ,, 



i r of prizes C E. Critchell: J. M. 



McCullough's Sons Co. 

 Married ladies' race won by Mrs. \\ ilhelmi. 

 Donor of prize: E G Gillett. 



New York Bowlers. 

 The generous offer made by F. R. 

 Pierson of a bowling ball to each of 

 the five members of the New York 

 Bowling Club averaging the best in 

 thirty games from April to August, 

 will be appreciated by the winners- 

 Messrs. Chadwick. Manda, Kakuda, 

 Scott and Shaw, the averages ranging 

 from 130 to 180. This is not, however, 

 the team that will represent New York 

 at Baltimore. Bowling by the New York 

 Florists' Club's Association continues 

 every Friday evening. The scores last 

 week, July 21st, were: 



Kakuda 174 179 150 Scott 

 Manda 199 187 180 Shaw 



1411 134 152 

 147 ir.l 146 



Chicago Bowlers. 

 Chicago bowlers met as usual July 

 18 and as a result of the summer 

 practice five were selected to represent 

 the team at the S. A. F. convention in 

 Baltimore. The fortunate men are .1. 

 Zeck, W. Wolf, P. Olsen. Geo. Asmus 

 and I'M. Winterson. 



The Michell ball team was again 

 disappointed on Saturday, the 22nd. in 

 having their game with Maule's Seed 

 House cancelled at the last moment. 

 The manager had to hustle around for 

 a game, and succeeded in booking the 

 strong General Electric Company team. 

 Score: Electrics. 8; Michell. 6. After 

 the game Miss Mabel Beringer enter- 

 tained the members of the team at 

 dinner at her home in Norwood. Pa., 

 and a very enjoyable evening was 



spent. Next week (July 29th), Mich- 

 ells cross bats with the team of Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Company. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Ready for Opening Aug. 1st. 

 Everything is being rushed to com- 

 pletion at the building rented by the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 at 176 Michigan avenue. The ice box 

 being built by Orr & Lockett is prob- 

 ablv the largest built for the trade in 

 Chicago, and costs $1200. The com- 

 partments are so constructed that they 

 can be shut off, reducing space for the 

 dull season. All the ice is overhead, 

 thus giving all possible space for 

 stork. J. Kidwell, president of the as- 

 sociation, states that all stock from 

 the sixty growers will be pooled and 

 then graded, and the system was stud- 

 ied with the help of an accountant 

 till it is his belief that the individual 

 grower will know exactly the grade of 

 his stock and the price it brings as 

 well as the amount lost, if any. A 

 large, light, sorting room at the rear, 

 an office at the front, and zinc covered 

 tables complete the equipment. The 

 basement will be used for storage and 

 the second floor for plants. Otto W. 

 Frese, the manager, is getting out cir- 

 cular letters to the trade this week. 

 Trade Jottings. 

 Phil. Schup of the J. A. Budlong Co. 

 report the shipping trade as very good. 

 Late asters here look very promising. 

 The Chicago Carnation Co. are cut- 

 ting the best asters seen in the market 

 this week. They are grown under 

 glass. 



Frank Beu, whose place on North 

 40th avenue has steadily grown in 

 value, has now added a lot 100x175 

 facing on Montrose avenue and corner- 

 ing on the original place. This gives 

 an excellent store site and possibilities 

 of extending the business in that rap- 

 idly growing section. 



O. J. Friedman will open his new 

 store, known as the Western Floral 

 Co., at 63 W. Congress street, Aug. 1st. 

 Richard Rolston, formerly with J. F. 

 Kidwell & Bro. will be in charge. 

 Personal. 

 Henry Van Gelder who has been 

 seriously ill is again seen in the mar- 

 ket. 



Frank Ayers is in Paris, Texas, call- 

 ed home by the serious illness of his 

 mother. Mrs. H. C. Lark. 



Miss Ella Schaefer is missed from 

 the stenographer's desk at Bassett & 

 Washburn's, and will be away two 

 weeks. 



Miss Corinne Pherson, of Vaughan 

 & Sperry's has returned from Buchan- 

 an, Mich., and Miss Charlotte Para- 

 dise has a leave of absence early in 

 August. 



John Starrett, florist of the La Salle 

 hotel underwent an operation this 

 week necessitated by a fall on the icy 

 stairs going into the market two 

 years ago. 



John Pavechick. head of the wire de- 

 partment of the E. H. Hunt Co., is en- 

 joying a postponed vacation. Several 

 large orders have kept the entire force 

 at work overtime for weeks. 



Among those enjoying vacations at 

 this time are Robt. Northam, manager 

 for Geo. Reinberg. at White Lake, 

 Mich.; R. E. Schiller, at Sioux Falls; 

 Herman Schiller at Sister Lakes, 

 Mich.; Jack Byers on a lake trip, and 

 F. Wright, in Michigan. 



