August 12, 191 1 



HORTICULTURE 





During Recess 



New York Bowlers. 



At the practice game la >t Frldaj 



ei entng several of the old ii rs were 



there and the captain Furnished an 

 Interesting paper on "How to Bowl 

 Over 200," wnii Illustrations. New 

 York ought to make Itsell tell al Balti- 

 more. The Bcoree : 



Nugent 117 125 Shafl L08 L15 136 



Bern 1 1 1 i 1 1 K ikudo im l«2 tsi 



I innlnii 1 1 4 12 • I" 1 ' Mnudn 188 160 176 



II. 'It I".". I I" lis v n i |o lag n.". 



132 I".:: I 16 Cli'w Ick 216 1!22 171 



Final games of the season, \u 

 mist nth, 



Michell vs. Harris. 



The Michell uine have bei o stopped 

 in their mad career for the champion- 

 hip. Thi | journej ed ou1 to I >arby, 

 Pa., mi the ".Hi and in. i their Waterloo 

 in the shape of the \v. K. Harris twirl- 

 ers and -ni trimmed 1 1 to 9. Their 

 e Is thai thej were short three 

 players on account of vacations and 

 had tn pul in green subs. The next 

 game will be with the Wm. Henry 



Maul.' team at Andalusia, in counec- 

 0D B iili ill.' Iirst annual picnic ol the 

 Michel! employees. 



Notes. 

 A final tryoul between the Chicago 

 bowlers took place Tuesdaj Thi I i 



\ i in am men plaj ed the staj -al -Horn 

 hut too late tor us in repoi t results. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 cietj will hold a picnic at Tuck's 

 Point, w.st Manchester, Mass.. on 



Aug. 30. A progri ae "i spo ha 



i» . a arrangi .1 for the day. 



The H. P. Michell Co. employees 



bold their first annual picnic at the 

 Michell Trial Grounds at Andalusia to- 

 da\. August 12th. Two special trolley 

 cars leave 5th and Market street at 1 

 P. M A hall game with the Dreer 

 and much other fun and frolic. 

 Refreshments will be served. 



The Kentucky Society of Florists. 



Louisville. Ky . held their picnii ai 



Stowi r'a Grove, <.n July 27. The affair 

 was a great success, about 200 people 

 attending. \v. II Leeming was chair- 

 man of the picnic committee, and .1. B. 



siu.'ss> masi. i of ..I emoniee < tut - 

 all sons were played. 



a card from a swell restaurant in 

 New York, ust received, bears this 

 inscription: "At the round table: .1. 

 \usiiii Shaw. .1. S, Wilson. 1.. ('. Bob 

 bink. Mrs. .1. A Shaw. Mis. I.. ('. 

 Bobbink, Duella M. Wilson. Bro 

 Wilson has now been east long enough 



to gel iii.' Iowa baj seed shook out 

 of his locks, lie appears to have 

 been in the right kind of company to 

 finish the job. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



President Tali and a number ol 

 i 1 1 null. an \ in. i ii an and Foreign dip- 

 lomats ha\ . 1" .'ii in\ [ted to al lend 1 In 

 national i onset \ ation congress at its 

 third meeting to be held in Kansas 

 City, Mo., September 25 to 27, and to 



speak on th.' siibj. cl ol the c inset \ a 



lion ot th.- natural resources of this 

 countrj on which purpose tin con 

 gress will be held. 



Frederick 11. Kramer and William F. 

 dude have been appointed membi 



i ii neral committee which will have 



charge of the convention of tin- Nat- 

 i. nai i i.'iinan \nn n . a n Alliance to be 

 i ' Id al Un Hotel Willard, October 6. 

 \i. Gude will also ba\ e charge ol I hi 

 decorations. It is expi cted that 3 10 

 delegates representing some 2,000,000 

 German-American citizens will attend 



With a view to the increased effi- 

 ciency on tile pai lull Inn empli 13 

 as w.ii as imni a moral standpoint, 

 iln' local lloiists have promised to hud 

 their aid toward at least the partial 

 elimination of the cigarette habit and 

 in ibis end have tentatively agreed to 

 in ' mrage the use of cigarettes by all 

 employees and to refuse to hire or em- 

 ploj any boys addicted to this habit, 

 .1 11. Small & Sons, have been promi- 

 nently mentioned in ibis connection 

 and all of the others, practically, are 

 falling into line with Dr. Harvey W 

 Wiley of the Agricultural Department, 

 at the head. 



It is reported that the Bureau of in- 

 ula r Affairs is experiencing some lit- 

 1I1 difficulty in obtaining capable and 

 efficient men. experienced in their re- 

 spective lines, for service in tin- Philip 

 pine islands. There will be two es 

 aminations held September 6 and 7. 

 one of them being for agricultural in- 



tors; tin other for a geologist. It 

 1 1 her 1 . ported that there are, at 

 tin- pi . si ni 1 Ime, twelve vaci 

 the positii agriculture chemist 



•ha: there win n. an additional 

 numbi 1 n II bin 1 he next few months. 

 'I he position paj s liuiii $1200 in $1 bin 

 i" 1 j . in, w Ith transportation, etc. 



fbc local tlorists and members ..1 



iii.' Florists' club ot Washington are 



■ iiai dlsapj 11. ii ovi 1 the fact 



th pi 0| I ■ CO] 1.: ion al 



1 will not permit ol 



lining given over to a visit to this 



city during 1 h. convention period, but 

 ..I attending members who may 

 dei in in come en 1 oute either to Bal- 

 timore or their inum maj be assui ed 

 that a hearty welcome awaits them. 

 Such members are Invited to make 

 ih.-ir headquai ters at 1 lude Bros 1 

 121 1 F Street, N. w . to have th< u 

 mail addressed there and to otherwise 

 make us.' of the premises. 



The local police and those of other 

 in aiby cities, ha\ • been asked to 

 deavor to locate one Caskin A. Abeele, 

 a Belgian iim ist, w ho came hi 1 e on 

 July 10, with a view to securing a sun 

 able site for a florists' shop, but of 

 whom nothing has sine been heard 

 He left Brooklyn, N. V., with 

 $2000 in cash and several checks ill bis 

 . having his wile and child be- 

 hind to await Iim time until he could 

 properlj proi ide a home lor them here. 

 All.-. -in is d. scribed as being 28 ■ 

 11, j 1 , about 5 feet, 8 Inches in height; 

 black hair and mustache; black e 

 full lips: wore black ell 1 hes and a 

 straw hat. Mrs. Abeele, who speaks 

 but little English, informed tic po 

 lie that the habits of her husband 

 were excellent and that there seemed 

 to be no cans.' for his disappeat 

 other than possibly foul play. 



CI.AKK.WK [,. LINZ. 



DETROIT NOTES. 



I M I i.-ul I ll OR 1ST (111-. ( )l TING 

 \- . .n.-i- ni Michigan < 'ut Flov - 



Tony Schmidt, successor to R. O. 

 Kohler, is very well pleased with the 

 way business has started. 



Carey & Leff is a new firm of retail- 

 ers who will open a store on Wood- 

 ward Ave., near Peterbore St. 



Mr. Walter Taepke and wife have 

 returned from a trip to the Thousand 

 Islands and the St. Lawrence River. 



Richard March has bought the place 

 of Phil. Hildebrand, 56 Clippert St., 

 consisting of four bouses, 18 x 100, 

 dwelling and barn. 



Murray Patterson was married on 

 August 2 to Miss Minnie Foot in Scot- 

 land The happy couple will return 

 on the S. S. Mauritania, leaving 

 Liverpool on Aug. 12, 



THE EXULTANT GLADIOLUS. 

 I note with great interest that at 

 1 ..tit banquet given by President 

 '..liniral Togo, held in thi 

 Dining Room at Washington, ii 



e deci ted with re 1 gladioli, 

 portei d usual blunder 



i" in :■ lad ol 1 . grow - 



i in autiful flower will, no 

 i ■ . ii [fled to ■ 



ilace "I such greal promi 

 at ti on. We hope 



ime, will come when the public 

 ally will know enough about 

 to spell and pronounce the : 

 tly. 



S. E. SPENCEH 

 Roslindale, Ma 



