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The Florists^ Review 



17 



ties of «weet sultans, scabiosa, corn- 

 flowers and other outdoor annuals. 

 Among choicer flowers, lily of the val- 

 ley is scarce. Some nice bouvardia is 

 seen. Gardenias are few in number and 

 such cattleyas as arrive are easily sold 

 at excellent prices. . u, 



Florists' Association Holds Outing. 



The newly organized Boston Florists' 

 Association held its firstannual picnic 

 July 17 at Wardhurst, Lynnfield. Mem- 

 bers and their friends to the number of 

 seventy-five made the journey in auto- 

 mobiles over the old Newburyport 

 turnpike. The weather was as near per- 

 fect as possible for 8uch aiT outing, the 

 country looking fresh after the splendid 

 rain of the previous day. Wardhurst is 

 located on a high bluff overlooking Sun- 

 taug lake, the largest sheet of water in 

 this part of Massachusetts, and the big 

 dining hall commanded a splendid view 

 of the lake and its heavily wooded 

 shores. The dinner, which was served 

 soon after arrival, was a most excellent 

 one and, judging from the gastronomic 

 capacities of some of the flower sales- 

 men, the ride and country air must have 

 given an edge "lo their appetites, for the 

 bountiful supplies of baked clams, 

 broileft chicken, lobster and the numer- 

 ous " fixins " disappeared with aston- 

 ishing rapidity. In order to still further 

 whet their appetites, some of the 

 younger members and lady friends in- 

 dulged in dancing between the courses, 

 to the strains of an excellent orchestra. 



Henry Penn welcomed everyone pres- 

 ent on behalf of the association and 

 jWilliam C. Stickel made a few appro- 

 priale remarks. Following the dinner 

 an fWjournment was made to the base- 

 ball field, where the first event was a fat 

 men's race. Henry Penn surprised the 

 onlookers by the way he romped home 

 ahead of Andrew Christensen, P. J. 

 Donahoe, William Hannon and other 

 weighty and worthy antagonists. A 

 stone-gathering race was won by Samuel 

 Trockman, with L. J. Eeuter close at 

 his heels. A baseball game between 

 wholesalers and retailers, captained by 

 Ben Snyder and L. J. Renter, was the 

 piece de resistance of the picnic. After 

 six innings had been played, both sides 

 claimed a victory and runs had come so 

 fast and furious that no accurate score 

 could be kept of them. The work of 

 the two captains was considerable; both 

 worked like Trojans. Boston was 

 reached on the return journey about 

 7:30 p. m., and all agreed that they had 

 spent a most enjoyable day. Sidney 

 Hoffman deserves special commendation 

 for his efficient work as manager of the 

 outing. 



Various Notes. 



James Tulis, for many years a prom- 

 inent carnation grower in South Sud- 

 bury, Mass., and whose flowers have 

 been sold by Samuel Beck at the Flow- 

 er Exchange, has retired from business. 

 The writer remembers Mr. Tulis as a 

 successful carnationist nearly thirty 

 years ago and he always produced ex- 

 cellent flowers. 



The complete tie-up of the Boston 

 elevated railroad, which comprises the 

 whole of Boston 's elevated, subway and 

 street car traffic, and which employs 

 over 7,000 men, started July 17. So far 

 it has had but little effect on the cut 

 flower business, coming, as it did, when 

 sales were at their lowest ebb. 



At Penn's the duck farm once more 

 is proving a potent attraction to thou- 

 sand* of passers-by daily on busy Tre- 



JOHN A. EVANS. 



IN HIS own words: "I have a little surprise for you. I have sold my business, 

 the John A. Evans Co., at Richmond, Ind., to McKee & Porter, who took charge 

 June 29. Mr. Porter has been interested in my business for over six years and 

 Mr. McKee has been working in the office for me since January 1. I have been in 

 the ventilating business thirty-five years, and feel that I have done my share and 

 deserve a rest. So I intend to take it easy from now on. I. A. Teagfe and I 

 started this business in 1885. In 1900 I bought out Mr. Teagle's half -interest and 

 ran the business myself until 1912. In 1915 the name of Quaker City Machine Co. 

 was changed to the John A. Evans Co. That was the only change in the thirty-five 

 years." Surely a man of 66 who has been so active deserves a rest. 



mont street. Business in the store has 

 been quite good of late. July 21 numer- 

 ous handsome designs were being sent 

 out for the funeral of Mrs. C. H. Taylor, 

 wife of General Taylor, the proprietor 

 of the Boston Globe. A casket cover 

 of orchids on purple silk was specially 

 fine. 



A letter received last week from Hans 

 R. WerdmuUer, located for several years 

 in the vicinity of Boston, states that he 

 is living at Zurich, Switzerland, and the 

 French government refuses to give him 

 a passage to his home in England. 

 When war broke out Mr. WerdmuUer 

 had a responsible position with Wilhelm 

 Pfitzer, of Stuttgart, Germany. A 

 breakdown in health lasted for over 

 three years and was accentuated by the 

 food scarcity. His brothers fought in 

 the British army. His position, owing 

 to his having a German father and 

 English mother, has been a hard one. 



Only pleasant weather is needed to 

 make the annual picnic of the Garden- 



ers' and Florists' Club at Cunningham 

 park. East Milton, July 24, a grand 

 success. W. J. Kennedy will officiate 

 as ringmaster; James Methven, handi- 

 capper; Peter M. Miller, starter, and 

 W. N. Craig as clerk. F. E. Esty and 

 Geo. W. Hamer will umpire the men's 

 and ladies' baseball games; Kenneth 

 Barney, the boys' baseball, and Walter 

 Jack, the football game. Judges are 

 H. H. Bartsch, F. Cave, J. Donald, K. 

 Finlayson, S. J. Goddard, G. W. Hamer, 

 W. H. Judd» J. R. Ness, W. C. Rust, F. 



E. Palmer, C. P. Sweetser, F. H. Alli- 

 son, J. L. Russell, T. W. Little, Harold 



F. Ryan, W. H. Golby, Richard Calvert, 

 R. J. Duly and P. W. Burke. The gen- 

 eral picnic committee consists of A. K. 

 Rogers, C. P. Sweetser, W. H. Judd, J. 

 Methven, James Wheeler, H. H. Bartsch, 



G. W. Hamer and W. H. Golby. 



Harry Quint has recently purchased a 

 new Hudson super-six roadster, which 

 he modestly admits has made seventy- 

 two miles an hour on straight stretches 



