July 31, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



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A SUCCESSFUL PICNIC 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton Holds a Largely Attended Outing 



The annual picnii' of the Gardeners' 

 find Florists' Club of Boston, at Cun- 

 ningham I'aik, July 23, was one of the 

 most largely attondod and most suc- 

 cessful events of the kind ever held. 

 The day was perfect, being warm 

 enough to suit everybody, and yet not 

 too hot to make the sports enjoyable. 

 Among the 500 people present during 

 the day were several visitors from 

 Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire 

 and New York. Refreshments were 

 served, and a long program of sports 

 carried out. 



In a baseball game between the pri- 

 vate gardeners and commercial flor- 

 ists, the former won by the close score 

 of 3 to 2. The winning team was 

 made up of T. S. Brown, N. Coles. A. 

 Birkmaier. W. J. Ilifte, P. Whyte, Wal- 

 ter Brown, Roger Swan. J. Fred Coles, 

 M. S. Brown. 



Norman Craig's team beat Nelson 

 Dartsch's team by 14 to 7, the win- 

 ning team consisting of Norman Craig, 

 Donald Craig, H. Fisher, W. Swan, J. 

 Barry, C. M, Masson, C. Esty. 



One of the most exciting events of 

 the day was the ladies' ball game. 

 The score, after 12 hotly contested 

 innings was 12 to 11. The winning 

 team comprised Misses E. Iliffe, S. 

 Rogers, M. Diiguid, I. Eisenhardt. 

 Louise Eisenhardt, F. Woods, A. 

 Itrown, O. Brown, F. Taylor. 



The winners in the other contests 

 were as follows: 



Quoit match — F. Cave, D. Finlay- 

 son, T. S. Brown. 



T.5-yard race for girls over 12 — 

 Marion Iliffe, Dorothy Woods, Esther 

 Winkler. 



50-yard race for boys under 8 — Ted- 

 die Tincher, Roger Pickthall. 



50-yard race tor girls under 8 — An- 

 na Norberg, Muriel Colby, Mary 

 Quinn. 



TS-yard race for girls over 10— Mar- 

 garet Taylor, Dorothy Coles. 



7.5-yard race for boys over 10 — John 

 Wyness, Hector Donald, Eric Colby 



oO-yard race for girls over S — Dor- 

 othey Methven, Mary Douglas, Helen 

 Ryan. 



50-yar(l race for boys over 8 — Gor- 

 don llolhuul. Mario I'pderbini. William 

 Donald. 



100-yard race for club members 3it 

 years and over — E. F. Norberg, A. G. 

 Bryce, T. S. Brown. 



100-yard race for boys over 12 — Nel- 

 son Bartsch. Walter Swan, Norman 

 Craig. 



75-yard race for married ladies — 

 Mrs. D. Kelley, Mrs. J. F. Coles, Mrs. 

 H. F. Ward. 



75-yard race for girls 15 years — 

 Alice Broan, Elsie Bartsch, Edith 

 Iliffe. 



liiO-yard race tor boys over 15 years 



—Roger Swan, P. Whyte, Chas. Esty. 



100-yard race for club members, 



handicaped — C. A. Stellburger. Victor 



Huerlin, W. J. Iliffe. 



Flag race for girls under 15 — Doro- 

 thy Ward, Margaret Peterson, Doris 

 Bartsch. 



Potato race for boys under 15 — 

 Walter Swan, Nelson Bartsch, Donald 

 Craig. 



Tug of war — Privates beat commer- 

 cial gardeners easily. Winning team, 

 J. Donald. A. K. Rogers, M. S. Brown, 

 T. S. Brown, F. Allison. H. A. Abra- 

 ham, P. L.anigan, P. W. Burke, J. T. 

 Ludwig, A. G. Bryce, J. Methven. 



50-yard race for girls under 12, open 

 to members' and friends' children — 

 Linda Rogers, Hilda Smith, Mary 

 Quinn. 



50-yard race for boys under 12, open 

 to members' and friends' children — 

 Archie Will, O. Rossi, Warren Mur- 

 dock. 



There will be a summer field meet- 

 ing at the Market Garden Station in 

 Lexington, Mass., all day Wednesday. 

 August 4. It will offer an excellent 

 opportunity to learn about various ex- 

 periments being made. Florists will be 

 especially interested in the green- 

 houses, which have been equipped with 

 oil burners. 



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.Mr. H. L. Cameron of North Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., left on July 28 for three 

 months' travel in Europe. While away 

 he expects to visit many horticultural 

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