July 28, 1921 



The Rorists" Review 



27 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Many stalls here are .untenanted, as 

 growers are sending nothing in, but are 

 busy planting in their carnations, roses 

 and other crops and making necessary 

 repairs. .Some of the more fortunate 

 ones are away on vacations, traveling 

 by automobile or resting at the seaside 

 or in the mountains. Supplies of flow- 

 ers are not large, but are more than 

 ample for all needs. Gladioli are now 

 the leading flowers and are of grand 

 quality. Prices on these have dropped, 

 iis tlie demand is not at all robust. 

 Some asters are arriving. Many more 

 will soon be here. 



There are still a few small carnations. 

 Morning Glow is far the best. Koses 

 are of fair quality for this hot period 

 and are more than sufficient for the 

 demand. Hardy gypsophila is over, 

 but supplies of the annual one are am- 

 ple. Sweet peas are few and poor in 

 (|uality. L. regale has passed, but 

 longiflorum, auratum and speciosum are 

 available. Such flowers as silenes, 

 Shasta daisies, platycodons, phlox, 

 larkspurs, gaillardias, veronicas, bach- 

 elor's l)uttons, candytuft, sweet sul- 

 tans, etc., are offerecf, while some Cat- 

 tleya Gaskelliana, gardenias and valley 

 satisfy the small number looking for 

 something choice. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Picnic. 



The eagerly anticipated picnic of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton was held at Cunningham park, East 

 Milton, Mass., July 21. For the first 

 time in nearly twenty years, the weatli- 

 er man was somewhat unkind, as Jupi- 

 ter Pluvius was on the job in the morn- 

 ing and gave us a couple of inches more 

 of precipitation. Kain fell heavily 

 until 10:30 and the skies remained dark 

 and dubious-looking until noon, -Avhen 

 the sun broke out and the remainder 

 of the day was perfect, with an ideal 

 maximum temperature of 7.1 degrees. 

 The drenching rain, accompanied by 

 thunder and lightning, kept many away, 

 but between 300 and 400 were on hand 

 and enjoyed the day. 



Games were delayed in starting some- 

 what, l>ut once under way they were put 

 through without a solitary hitch, and it 

 was 7:.30 p. m. before prizes had been 

 given out to the successful contestants. 

 The commercial ball team m.ade a few 

 fumbles, wliich cost them the game. The 

 real excitement ciimt" with the ladies' 

 baseball contest. The married ladies put 

 a lot of jH']) into their j)laying and led 

 comfortably ujitil the last innings, when 

 they took matters too easily and their 

 sprightly opi>oiients smashed out four 

 runs and won the game, amid great 

 cheering, by 10 to 9. 



The tug of war proved to be a gruel- 

 ing and close one. Captain H. H. 

 Rartsch's light-weight team lost hy 

 barely three inches .against a much 

 heavier team. The married ladies' 

 blindfold wheelb;irrow race produced a 

 host of entries and the human wheel- 

 barrow contest was another novel con- 

 test which caught on with the crowd. 



Superintendent Simf)son, of Cunning- 

 ham park, had the basei).'ill grounds, 

 tennis courts, quoit pitches, etc., in 

 splendid condition and left nothing un- 

 done to make th<vpicnic a success. He 

 was presented with a box of cigars for 

 his courtesies, and given a vote of 

 thanks. 



sccoiul; James 



8 ypiirs- 

 second ; 



-.\niiii 

 Helen 



X'isitors were present froni Ipswich, 

 Fitchburg, Newburyport, Wellesley, 

 Natick, Taunton, New Bedford, North 

 Easton, Manchester, Beverly Farms, 

 N e w p o r t, Wakefield, Framinghani, 

 Prides Crossing and other points some 

 distance from Boston. Herbert Holm, 

 of Minneapolis, was the guest of Henry 

 Penn. At the close of the cont-ests 

 l)rizes were distributed by President 

 William H. Judd. At the lunch hour a 

 caterer furnished tea, coffee and fruit 

 punches and ice cream to everyone, and 

 any who did not carry their lunches 

 were furnished with sandwiches. 



Tlie following is a summary of the 

 various athletic events and the winners 

 in each: 



Haseball iiiatch. iiimmereial Kniwers vs. pri- 

 vate Kanleiiers — Won l).v private Kai'deuers, 10 to 

 S. WiuniiiK team, I'aiil Eisenhardt, (;. A. Stell- 

 l)erger, K. F. Norberp, R. Swan, F. Coles, H. E, 

 Powers. F. S. Hrown. P. Wliyte. H. Coles. 



Knsetiall luateli, bo.vs under l'> years Donald 

 Oaiji's team beat .Tames Donald's team, Ifi to 0. 

 Winning team. Donald ('raid, Norman Craig, 

 W. Van Holt. C. Seaman, .1. McManus, G. Peder- 

 zini. 0. Kossi, F. Kogers, Paul Esty. 



Haseball match, married vs. single ladies- 

 Won by single ladies. 10 to 9. Winning team. 

 Misses Marguerite Duguid, I<inda , Kogers, Eliza- 

 beth Morrissey, .\lice Hrown. Dorotliy Coles, 

 Frances Peters, Eleanor Winkler, Kuth Hrown. 

 Esther Winkler. 



tiuoit match — Matthew S. Hrown, first: Tliomas 

 S. Hrown, second: Frederick Cave, third. 



Seventy-five-yard dash, girls over 12 years and 

 under l."> years — Linda Rogers, first ; Eleanor 

 Winkler, second; Ethel Woods, third. 



Fifty yard race, hoys under 8 years — Thomas 

 Hi'own, first: Edward Norberg, 

 Sutherland, third. 



Fift.v-yard race, girls under 

 Norberg.. first; Estlier Morris, 

 Hyan. third. 



Seveuty-five-yard race, girls over 10 years and 

 under IL' years — Keasy licnnon. first; Elsie Wal- 

 de<'ker. second: Eleanor Schriver. third. 



Seventy-flve-yard ni<e, boys over 10 years and 

 under 12 .vears — Mario Pederzini, first; (Jordon 

 n<dland. set'ond; Frank Duguid. third. 



PMft.v-.vard race, girls over 8 .vears and under 

 10 .vears — I^ena Waldecker. first; Kuth Esty, sec- 

 ond: Muriel (Jolby, third. 



Fifty-yard race, boys over 8 years and under 

 iO .vears — William Donald, first; Kenneth Fin- 

 layson. second; .\rthur Peters, third. 



Seventy-flve-yard race, three-legged race for 

 club members — Paul Eisenhardt and C. A. Stell- 

 berger. first; Kenneth Craig and Victor Heurlin. 

 sei'Ond. 



One-liundred-.Vilrd- race, boys over 12 .vears and 

 under l."> .vears -Norman Craig, first; Nelson 

 Hartscli. second: Orpheus Rossi, third. 



Fifty-yard wlieelbarrow race, blindfolded, mar- 

 ried ladles— Mrs. F. Kelley. first; Mrs. F. P. Doo- 

 le.v. second. 



Seventy five-yard 

 over, handicapped 

 lliffe. secimd. 



One hundred .yard 

 under 18 year> 

 Craig, second. 



One hundred -.vard race, 

 capped — First heat. M. 

 Hrown. second: (Jeorge 



heat. E, F, Norberg, first. Daniel lliffe. second; 

 Paul Eisenhardt. third. Final heat. M, S. Hrown. 

 first: T. S. Brown, second: Paul Eisenhardt. 

 third. 



Flag race, girls between 12 anil in years - 

 I.inda Rogers, first: <!loii.i Petersen, second: 

 Eleanor Winkler, third. 



Flag race, girls undi'r 12 years Heasy I^-n- 

 non. first: F^leanor Scliriver. sec'ond: Malx'l Noves. 

 third. 



Fifty y.ird human wheelbarrow race- Kenneth 

 Craig and Victor Heurlin, first : .\ndrew Rogers 

 and .\. Ta.vlor. second. 



Potato r.ice. Imivs under l."« years -Final heat, 

 Orpheus Rossi, first; Nelson Itartsch. second: 

 Frank Duguid. third. 



Tug of war — Captain .\rtliiir Hrown's team 

 beat (^aptain II. H. Hartsch's learn b.v three 

 inches, after a grueling contest. Winning 

 team. .Vrtliur Hrown. captain: W. Iiiirkin. Gefirge 

 Ilamer. Thomas Magner. George Hrown, Rich 

 ard Powers, P. Ij:inigan. .lames Donald, P. .7, 

 I^ennon, W. D. Nickerson. 



Fiftv-yartl r.ice. girls under 12 

 nil — Final heat, H(d(la Smith, first; 

 s«'cf>tid. 



Fifty yard race, boys under 12, 

 Thomas Hrown. first: .\rchie Will. 



A large swimming ])ool has now been 

 added at Cunningham park and water 

 contests will probably be feiitured at 

 next year's picnic. 



Herbert Holm, of Holm & Olson, Min- 

 neapolis, was an interested spectator 

 .and seemed to enjoy himself. He is 

 spending a few days combining vaca- 

 tioning with study and observation in 

 and around Boston. 



race. 

 Alic. 



race. 

 Roger 



girls. l."> years and 

 Itrown. first; Marion 



lH)ys over l."i years and 

 Swan, first: Kenneth 



I'lul) members. 

 S, Hrown. first; 

 Pickup, third. 



handi- 



T. S. 



Second 



years, open to 

 Edith Hrown. 



open t(i 

 second. 



all 



Among those whom the electrical 

 storm scared away were Peter Fisher, 

 James Wheeler and Sam (ioddiird. 

 Fred Palmer had not returned from his 

 New Hampshire vacation. 



One sprinter who astonished the 

 spectators was Daniel lliffe. The way 

 he outraced men forty years his junior 

 wiis a revelation. With five yards more 

 of u liandicap he would easily have won 

 the club members' 100-yard dash. 



Duncan Finlayson, the only member 

 who essayed driving a tciim to the pic- 

 nic, lost one of his wheels while half- 

 way over. Prohibition was not said to 

 be res])onsil)le for this. 



Kol)ert Cameron cjime down from 

 Ipswich with some of his attractive 

 farmerettes, visiting some of the 

 Brookline estates en route. 



Herman Bartsch's tug-of-war team 

 was at least '2')Q ])ounds lighter than 

 their opponents, but showed sa,fi|pB"ising 

 strength and their heavier opponents 

 were unable to budge them over three 

 inches. 



Various Notes. 



Interest in the Washington S. A. F. 

 convention is growing and strong ef- 

 forts are being made to secure a large 

 and representative ])arty in honor of 

 President Roland, than whom the S. 

 A. F. has no more staunch and loyal 

 supporter. The Federal exjiress route 



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CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The wliolesaiers nearly all speak in 

 terms of evident satisfaction with the 

 business of the last week. In spite of 

 the fact that the supply of stock still 

 is small and that the quality of most 

 of the flowers is below what one would 

 wish, sales have been running, ahead of 

 the daily totals of the same days in 

 1920. When it is remembered that 

 July of 1920 was the best on record 

 with most of the houses in the Chicago 

 market, to have run even a little ahead 

 this year represents no mean aceom- 

 jtlishment. There are not many lines of 

 l)usiness in Chicago in which the whole- 

 s;ile interests can report better business 

 than a year ago. 



The sustaining factor is the shipping 

 trade. Orders are not large, l)ut they 

 are numerous. The (,'hicago market is 

 being drawn upon for flowers by florists 

 over an unusually wide radius. The 

 weather has been so hot iind dry that 

 the entire middle west is in need of 

 tlow^^rs. Even if business is light, flo- 

 rists still must send to this market 

 whenever they get some orders. The 

 city trade is not especially active and 

 there is complaint that wholesale ])rices 

 are too higli in comparison with the 

 ((uality of the stock. On the other 

 hand, the growers say prices are too low 

 in comparison with the small jiroduc- 

 tion and continued high cost of doing 

 business. Most of the growers are get- 

 ting in their winter fuel supply and the 

 cost is giving them reason to take no- 

 tice. 



There are only three important items 

 in the cut flower list. These are roses, 

 gladioli and asters, in most houses rank- 

 ing in the order named, Init in some 

 places roses belong at the other end of 

 the enumeration. The supply of flow- 

 ers is so short that there is no trouble 

 to sell whatever good roses reach the 



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