Adocst 26, 1920 



The Rorists^ Review 



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ThenSP>nimittee recommended that a 

 bronze medal be given the Julius Boehrs 

 Co., Rutherford, N. J., on the new eat- 

 tleya ^^^id, Memoria Eoehrs Lowe, a 

 cross Hpween Cattleya hybrida Prince 

 Edwarj^and C. Dowiana, which was 

 Aower«flpnd exhibited for the first time. 

 It is a pure yellow petaled and sepaled 

 hybrid cattleya. This recommendation 

 must be passed upon by the executive 

 board before the medal can be awarded. 



Cut Flower Section. 



In the cut flower section honorable 

 mention was awarded the W. E. Kirch- 

 hoff Co., Pembroke, N. Y., on some ex- 

 ceptionally fine blooms of Gladiolus 

 Golden Measure, Glory of Pembroke and 

 Mrs. Dr. Norton. 



Honorable mention was given the 

 Wayside Gardens Co., Mentor, O., on 

 their production of primulinus hybrids, 

 and to Balph E. Huntington, Painesville, 

 0., on seedling No. 457, which the judges 

 named The President, and on some speci- 

 men blooms of Purple Glory and Orange 

 Glory. 



"Creditable exhibits of gladiolus 

 blooms," stated the judges, "were 

 shown by the National Bulb Farms, Ben- 

 ton Harbor, Mich.; American Bulb Co., 

 Chicago; Vaughan's Seed Store, Chi- 

 cago, and the United Bulb Co., Mount 

 Clemens, Mich." 



' ' Baum 's, Knoxville, Tenn., ' ' read the 

 report, "had some blooms of their new 

 seedling, Wilhelmina Gude, also an in- 

 structive exhibit of rubrum and candi- 

 dum lily and gladiolus bulbs, which were 

 grown on their Tennessee farm. This 

 gives an idea of what can be done with 

 these items in this country." 



Other Awards. 



For their exhibits of bulbs and garden 

 requisites, the American Bulb Co., 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, A. Henderson & 

 Co. and the W. W. Barnard Co., Chi- 

 cago, and the H. F. Michell Co., Phila- 

 delphia, were highly commended. 



Of the supplies exhibits the M. Rice 

 Co., Philadelphia, received a certificate 

 of merit on the "very artistic display 

 of their merchandise. ' ' The same award 

 was given the Bergmann-Koropp Co., 

 Chicago. Honorable mention went to 

 the S. S. Pennock Co., A. L. Randall Co., 

 Joseph E. Neidinger Co., Alabama Ever- 

 green Co., Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., 

 Ove Gnatt Co. and George B. Hart. 



A certificate of merit was awarded 

 the Skinner Irrigation Co., Troy, O., and 

 the White Co., Cleveland. The follow- 

 ing were highly commended: Shaw 

 monolithic back arch, manufactured by 

 the Cyclone Grate-Bar Co., Buffalo, N. 

 Y.; the Cyclone soil shredder, of H. 

 Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, Md., and 

 the Hulson Grate Co., Keokuk, la. Hon- 

 orable mention was given the soil 

 grinder of Wm. F. Kasting Co., Buffalo, 

 and the greenhouse of the Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co. 



NEW PRESIDENT OF S. A. F. 



The newly elected president of the 

 Society of American Florists, Thomas 

 Koland, of Nahant, Mass., was born in 

 1863 in Cheshire, England. There he 

 sorved as gardener on private estates 

 and in nurseries in various parts of the 

 country. He came to this country in 

 1S84. The first seven years he spent in 

 vvorking on both private and commercial 

 places. In 1891 he began business for 

 himself at Wenham, Mass., where he 

 Bow has twenty-one houses, in which are 



Mrs. Charles Graham. 



(In CharKe of Entertainment for the Ladies at Cleveland.) 



grown pot plants of the highest quality. 

 At Revere, Mass., he has 10,000 square 

 feet of glass devoted to cut flowers. Mr. 

 Roland's exhibits of acacias at eastern 

 shows have won him particular fame. 



BOWLING AT CLEVELAOT). 



Ladies First. 



Prominent among the entertain- 

 ments during the S. A. F. convention 

 at Cleveland was the bowling tourna- 

 ment, which took place Thursday eve- 

 ning, August 19, at the Calumet allo'ys, 

 opposite the Hotel HoUenden, where 

 the convention sessions were held. The 

 first hour was occupied by the bowling 

 of the ladies, among whom the compe- 

 tition was 80 close that there were 

 two ties. In the ties for the fifth and 

 eighth prizes, Mrs. Blackistone and 

 Mrs. Burney, respectively, won the 

 drawing. Those ranking in the first 

 ten were the following, with their 

 scores: 



Mrs. Ppter Olspm 253 



Mrs. Georce Asmns Ifll 



Mrs. Joseph MandR 182 



Mrs. Oeorge R. Dopmling ISl 



Mrs. Z. n. Blackistone 17fi 



Mrs. Wnrnrke 17fi 



Mrs. F. H. Traendly 172 



Mrs. Burner 170 



Mrs. Albert M. Herr 170 



Mrs. Stelnbrenner 144 



And Then the Men. 



In the men's bowling, Peter Olsem, 

 of Chicago, won the prize for the first 

 high average, 18.3i/^, for three games 

 and the special championship prize, 

 thereby following up the family tradi- 

 tion set by hia wife. R. E. Jones, of 

 Richmond, Ind., had the second high 

 average of 176 and George R. Doemling, 



of Detroit, Mich., had high single 

 game, with 218. The special prize 

 for the high man on the Cleveland 

 team went to Herbert Bate, whose score 

 was 503. The members of the winning 

 team, that from Chicago, werp en- 

 abled to protect themselves from the 

 shower of congratulations by means of 

 the umbrellas donated. Two other 

 prize-winners were Thomas Weeks, 

 who had the most spares, sixteen, and 

 R. Wilson, with the most strikes, thir- 

 teen. 



The winners in the men's singles 

 were as follows: 



R. E. Jones 528 



E. R. Farley 620 



R. Wilson 496 



W. O. Asmiis 485 



Thomas Weeks 476 



W. H. Temblett 461 



The scores for the men 's teams fol- 

 low: 



Chlcnjro Ist 2n(l .3rd Detroit Ist 2n(l 8rd 

 W. Amllng..l74 1S7 161DoemllnK ...137 138 218 

 Schramm ..1.'59 155 177 Breltmejer. .136 1S7 147 



H. Amllng. .1.56 196 124Klang 98 98 122 



A. Zech 1.53 120 149 Bloy 143 146 186 



P. Olsem 206 168 176Streit 154 150 144 



Total 2431 Total 2203 



Cleveland Ist 2nd 3rd New York 1st 2nd 3rd 



Knoble 125 166 185Manda 177 160 124 



H. Bate 161 182 160Reehra 129 101 137 



O. Bate 139 151 151Traendly ...132 100 169 



Ritzenthaler.165 157 1.37Irwin 135 137 158 



Graham 143 165 ISSMarquardt .111 122 151 



Total 2370 Total 



.2042 



Davenport, la. — A special prize of $10 

 for the amateur who exhibited the best 

 plant or flower was offered by the 

 Tri-City Florists' Association in addi- 

 tion to the regular prizes offered for 

 amateur exhibits at the Mississippi 

 valley fair and exposition August 16 to 

 21. R. W. C. Rohlfs acted as superin- 

 tendent of the floricultural section at 

 the fair. 



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