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HORTICULTURE 



August 6, 1911 



During Recess 



The Convention Games. 

 Following is an official revised list 

 of the i" impeted tor at 



Baltimi 



BOW i in.; i OR mi n 



Team Bowling: — 



Whllden Cup Irani making highest 

 total Id 



Kastiim Cup -Team making highest 

 score in any our of t he 3 ga 



Bayersdorfer Cup Team making 

 highest score in Brs( nvo games. 



Michell (Phila.) Trophy— Team mak- 

 ing second highest score in 3 

 games. 



Henry Leahr (Balto.) Prize — A stick 

 pin to each man on the highest 

 team, total pins. 



F. C. Bauer (Balto.) Cup— .Man mak- 

 ing highest Dumber of strikes, 

 team bowling. 



Thos. H. Patterson (Balto.), One 

 Dozen Fruit Knives — Man making 

 highest total number of pins in 

 the three games, team rolling. 



\Y. W. Barnard Cup — Man making 

 highest score on team from the 

 greatest distance, total pins— team 

 work. 



W. C. McCaunce, Mirror— Man mak- 

 ing second highest score, team 

 rolling. 



Mrs. M. J. Thomas (Balto.), Silver 

 Pitcher— Most strikes made by a 

 bowler in the 3 games. 



W. J. Johnston (Balto.). Silver Bowl 

 — For highest score in any one 

 game, team rolling. 



Pennock-Meehan Co. (Phila.)— 15 

 to each man on team making 

 second highest score in the 3 

 game, total pins. 



M. Rice & Co. (Phila.), $10— Man 

 making second highest number of 

 strikes in team rolling. 



Hoseas Waterer, $5 — For man mak- 

 ing second highest number of 

 spares, team rolling. 

 Individual Rolling: — 



The George Asmus Prize, $25 — For 

 highest score total pins. 



The Fred Strodtman (Balto.), Silver 

 Cup — For second highest SCOP 

 tal pins. 



Dreer Cup (Phila.), for 3rd highest 

 score total pins — To man making 

 highest number of pins in 2 first 

 games or in individual rolling. 



Special Event — To the individual, 50 

 years or over, making the highest 

 score, total pins in 2 games. A case 

 of whiskey. 



.Michell handbag — Highest score 

 made by press representative in 2 

 games, total pins. 



SHOOTING 



The following have donated for the 

 prizes to be awarded for shooting: 



Michell & Co., silk umbrella: Ed 

 Reid $10; H. Brown $Hi; Robt. L. 

 Graham, $20; R. Vincent, Jr., $20 



There will be additional prizes forth- 

 coming, when a proper distribution of 

 all will be made. 



Michigan Cut Flower Exchange Gives 

 a River Party. 

 We all knew before hand that 

 anything arranged by the Michigan 

 Cut Flower Exchange is done right 

 in every detail and this time 

 they even went so far as to pro- 

 vide a good hot day so that we were 

 still more glad to inhale the cool 



breezes of our beautiful river Ovei 

 hundred people, all florists and 

 employes with families, beaus and 

 belies, accepted the hospitable p • 



o the Michigan Cut Flower Ex- 

 change tasl Monday. 



From cuii Hi town there were pres 

 ■ lit Elmer D. Smith, Wm. Pierce, John 

 Watson from Adrian; Mr. .Miller. fO] 

 merlj from Philadelphia, now from 

 igo; H. iv Philpott, president i !hl 

 cago Florist Club; otto Kruger, Win. 

 Peel and wife, Toledo. O.; Mr. Dixon 

 and wife, Northville, Mich.; Mr. Mis- 

 singer, Lansing, Mi< h, 



The boat left the dock about 2 

 o'clock and it was not long before 

 young and old, employer and employe, 

 were engaged in dancing. A short 

 stop was made at Isle aux Peches then 

 the sail extended through Lake St. 

 Claire and turning about again wenl 

 through the beautiful Detroit river to 

 Lake Erie; spending over three hours 

 in the most delightful manner. 



While local meetings have become 

 scarce owing to the hot weather, the 



grounds of The Elm City Nursery Co. 

 in New Haven, Conn., July 26th, for 

 their annual summer outing. The day 

 was perfect in every respect. The re- 

 cent rains made verdure everywhere 

 fresh and attractive. A special feature 

 at the nursery which was a source of 



universal interest among the mem- 

 bers is a collection of rare Jap- 

 anese plants which were person- 

 ally selected last winter in Japan. 

 After journeying through the nur- 

 sery's fields of well-cultivated stock 

 and comparing notes of mutual inter- 

 est, the members took autos to the 

 west-shore where they liberally 

 feasted. Later after a short business 

 session the members gave themselves 

 over generally to the attractions of the 

 shore. All agreed that this season's 

 outing proved to be a most enjoyable 

 one. 



A Good Time at Washington. 

 Some 250 florists of the District of 

 Columbia, Maryland and Virginia with 

 their families and invited guests ac- 



Coi ti.-ut Nurserymen's Associatl u Their s er Outing at The Elm City 



Nurserj Co.'s Grounds, New Haven, Conn., Julj 26th 



question of having a fall show was 

 discussed during this ride. It was re- 

 membered that the chief obstacle of 

 renting a ball was practically solvi d 

 through Mr. Danzer, who had secured 

 the 20th Century Building for I 

 days free of charge. 



The nearness of the annual election 

 of course brought a little politics and 

 Michael Bloy was well indorsed. His 

 natural capacity for hard effi 

 work and fair dealing mad' 

 pear very desirable, so much more as 

 we expect to entertain the rose and 

 carnation societies. 



Florists always know how to com- 

 bine pleasure with business and it was 

 not long before a plan became a fact 

 whereby our genius of chrj 

 mum growers, Elmer D. Smith of 

 Adrian, was secured to read a j 

 on chrysanthemums in Chicago I 

 October and a party of the local club 

 will be there as his court of honor. 



Connecticut Nurserymen's Association. 

 The Connecticut Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation met again this year on the 



ci pted the invitation of the Washing- 

 ton Florists' Club to attend Ladies' 

 night on the lawn of the home of Wm. 

 F. Gude. The lawn and summer house 

 was gaily decorated with electric 

 lights, Japanese lanterns and Ameri- 

 ' m Hags and in the boxwood arbor, 

 concealed from the guests, was a ne- 

 gro mandolin and guitar club who gave 

 selections during the evening. 



Mr. Gude for the club, welcomed the 

 guests and introduced Richard Vin- 

 cent. Jr., of White Marsh, who had 

 kindly consented to lecture on the 

 bulb culture Of Holland. This lec- 

 ture proved of great interest to all, il- 

 lustrated as it was with colored pic- 

 tures. He spoke on the growing, cut- 

 ting, planting and manuring of the 

 bulbs, showing how they were gath- 

 ered and stored for market and their 

 final disposal. Mr. Vincent's pictures 

 also showed views taken of displays 

 at various national exhibitions and 

 conservatories in foreign countries. A 

 hearty vote of thanks was tendered 

 him on completion. 



Due to the fact that things were 



