J0LT 17, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



trade Bchool, told interestingly the his- 

 tory of the island. Athletic contests 

 follo^e*^ diiuier and resulted as follows: 



Hundred'Tard race for men — Fletcher, flrat; 

 Boemer, second. 



Fifty-yard race for glrla— Miss Fordham, first; 

 wiBB Masters, second. 



Tbree-Iegged race — Roemer and Fletcher, first; 

 Holsworth and Ohisholm, second. 



Fifty-yard race, men oTer 40 years — ^Dary, first; 

 Heed, second.. 



Tb rowing baseball for distance, girls — ^Mlss 

 Wblte, first; Miss Wannberg, second. 



Potato race, girls — Miss Fordham, first; MIm 

 Hlntze, secopd. 



Throwing baseball, men — ^Fletcher, first; Boe- 

 jner. second. 



ripe race — Reed, first; Armstrong, second. 



Egg rftce, girls — Mist Mullen, first; Miss 

 Hlntze, second. 



Hurdle race — Fletcher, first; Chlsholm, second. 



Prizes were distributed by President 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar and the party left 

 for home at 6 p. m. The committee in 

 charge was composed of J. W. Davy, 

 chairman; James Armstrong, Walter 

 Bartlett, Miss Hintze, Harry Jenner, 

 Harold Leary, Miss Leonard, Miss Mul- 

 len, R. Chapman, D. M. Smith, Frank 

 Stead. Starter, J. G. Armstrong. An- 

 nouncer, William Gordon. Umpire of 

 ball game, Clarence Stone. Judges, A. 

 P. Dewar, Victor Nilsoon, P. Fordham, 

 George Cruickshank, Harry Jenner, 

 Kobert Walsh. 



Various Notes. 



The Boston Florists' Association an- 

 nounced July 10 that, owing to their 

 inability to secure exclusive use of the 

 baseball field at Wardhurst, Lynnfield, 

 July 12, their projected outing would be 

 postponed until July 17. 



The Budlong Rose Co. handles an 

 average of 100,000 roses weekly. At 

 present many varieties are included, but 

 Columbia, Double White Killarney, 

 Hearst, Ophelia, Donald McDonald and 

 Francis Scott Key are specially good. 

 They also handle gardenias and Aspara- 

 gus Sprengeri. 



Daniel Iliffe, our local greenhouse 

 builder, was married July 11 to Miss 

 Jennie Gerry. This is Mr. Iliffe *s sec- 

 ond matrimonial venture and his many 

 friends in the trade wish him all kinds 

 of good luck. 



B. A. Snyder & Co. report that they 

 had the largest June business in their 

 history. While trade is much quieter 

 now, there is a good demand for roses, 

 sweet peas, orchids and other flowers. 



A committee from the Gardeners' and 

 riorists' Club visited the Blue HiH Nurs- 

 eries, South Braintree, of which Julius 

 Heurlin is proprietor, to inspect a strik- 

 ing, distinct and handsome form of 

 Thuja occidentalis, named Gwynne's va- 

 riety. They unanimously voted to rec- 

 ommend the award of a report of merit 

 lor it. There is a grand collection of 

 evergreens at this nursery, including 

 many handsome specimens. The com- 

 mittee making the trip consisted of W. 

 H. Judd, W. C. Rust, W. N. Craig, 

 James Methven and Kenneth Finlayson. 



Carbone had the decorations for the 

 ^lodgett-Hadley wedding, at Prides 

 Crossing, on the north shore, July 12. 

 Larkspurs and Lilium regale were ex- 

 tensively used in the church and had a 

 charming effect. 



John W. Foote, of Reading, is already 

 sending in excellent bouvardia in sev- 

 eral colors. Now, while choice flowers 

 ai"P scarce, it is quite welcome. 



The annual picnic of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club, at Cunningham park, 

 ^s the principal coming event of inter- 

 est to both commercial and private 

 growers. Contributions have come in 

 sonorously and everything is in readi- 

 ness for what promises to be the finest 



picnic ever held. Ex-pr^sident Thomas 

 Pegler and wife are coining from Lewis- 

 ton, Me., and others will travel long 

 distances to attend it. 



McAlpine Bros., of Efeter, N. H., are 

 shipping in extremely good Columbia, 

 Double White Killarney and Ophelia 

 roses at present. 



The employees of Joseph Breck & 

 Sons Co. and the Breck-Bobinson Nurs- 

 ery Co. held a combined picnic on the 

 estate of Mrs. C. Van Brunt, in Read- 

 ville, July 12. There were 105 in the 

 party and all made the journey in autos. 

 The beautiful pleasure grounds, attrac- 

 tive vegetable gardens and other fea- 

 tures of this estate, which is in charge 

 of James ]&ethven, greatly interested 

 them. A baseball game between teams 

 from the nurseries and store resulted in 

 a tie, each scoring three runs. Refresh- 

 ments were served and all spent a most 

 delightful day. 



Arthur Hans, now located at Billerica 

 Center, is growing gladioli in quantity 

 and is shipping large numbers to the 

 Flower Exchange. Paul F. Brigham is 

 also a large shipper of these popular 

 flowers. 



There is but little local interest as 

 yet in the coming Detroit convention, 

 and, while Boston will send a delega- 

 tion, it promises to be unusually small. 



While the attacks of gypsy moth in 

 Boston proper are less visible than in 

 former years, due to persistent winter 

 creosoting and summer spraying, a few 

 miles out there are large stretches of 

 woodland that are now almost de- 

 foliated. It will be impossible to con- 

 trol this pest by means of spraying, and 



The variety Morrowii is still undoubted- 

 ly one of the best, with Maackii podo- 

 carpa another beauty. W. N. C. 



McCALLTTM HEADS ON OTTTINa 



When the department heads of the 

 McCallum Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., held 

 their outing, June 28, at Evans City, 

 Pa., they were photographed by the road- 

 side. From the left to right in the illus- 

 tration they are: R. E. Adgate, travel- 

 ing salesman; E. J. McCallum, presi- 

 dent; H. D. Wood, factory uu .,, :; G. 

 C. McCallum, sales 'manager; H. G. 

 Boyd, auditor; E. C. Tipton (at wheel), 

 cut flower department manager; Earl 

 Hunkle, shipper; C. C. Phillips, artificial 

 flower department manager; J. C. Wal- 

 ley, greenhouse superintendent; E. M. 

 Niggel, wirework department manager. 



NEW YORK. 



3t. 



With the small demand for flowers at 

 present, the market is suffering from 

 oversupply in many lines, particularly 

 in outdoor stock. The enjoyable weather 

 of the last few days has been in favor of 

 such stock, and one or two good showers 

 have raised its quality. Few asters are 

 coming in, although usually at this date 

 they are plentiful. Reports are that the 

 early aster crop is more or less of a fail- 

 ure, which probably accounts for the 

 scarcity. 



The Fourth of July exodus this year 

 was extraordinarily heavy, and a large 

 body of flower buyers are still out of 

 the city. The greatest concern of many 



Department Heads of the McCallum Co. on their Day of Pleasure. 



the greater use of parasitic foes, the 

 protection and increase of birds and the 

 use of disease cultures would seem more 

 practical methods of keeping the pests 

 in control. In Europe, where they have 

 existed for generations, they do no great 

 damage where these restrictive agencies 

 are employed. 



George Arnold is selling out his in- 

 terests in the Arnold-Fisher Co., of Wo- 

 burn. This up-to-date concern will 

 handle roses and carnations exclusively 

 the coming season. 



Most attractive at present is the col- 

 lection of loniceras, bush honeysuckles, 

 now fruiting in the Arnold Arboretum. 



others is the obtaining of summer quar- 

 ters in the suburbs, or obtaining per- 

 manent residential quarters outside the 

 city, the renting problem in New York 

 being now a serious one. Small wonder, 

 then, that flowers should be receiving 

 the minimum amount of attention. 



Roses are arriving heavily, and, after 

 the best are disposed of, the remainder 

 moves slowly at any price obtainable. 

 This, of course, is not an unusual condi- 

 tion for this time of year. American 

 Beauty, in the special grades, moves 

 slowly at a rather wide range of prices, 

 with the best at about $20 per hundred. 

 Hybrid teas are in similar condition. 



