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The Florists^ Review 



JuLt 29, 1915. 



.jasbAive of W. 8. Wells— Mrs. Geo. Pring, first; 

 vr-JtrB. Ro^C second. 



Klfty-yard dasli, men 45 years and over. In 

 charge of Walter Young — Jos. Hauser, first; J. J. 

 Beneke, second. 



Cigar race, for men, in charge of Paddy Patton 

 — The nan\es of the winners could not be learned. 

 Fourteen boxes of cigars were used and about 

 thirty contested. 



Clocli contest, open to all, in charge of O. C. 

 May — Fred Strobuieyer guessed the time at which 

 the clock stopped and was awarded the St. r^ouis 

 County Growers' Association's prize. 



Seed-guessing contest, open to all, was won by 

 W. J. Pilcher, who guessed the number of seeds 

 in a jar. 



Tug of war, for married and single ladies, was 

 won by the married ladies, to each of whom was 

 presented a box of candy. The losers also re- 

 ceived »mall boxes of candy. 



Tug of war, growers vs. retailers, was, as 

 usual, won by Jos. Hauser's team, composed of 

 growers. A box of cigars was the prize awarded. 



Ttie baseball game between the growers and 

 retailers resulted In a victory for the growert*^ 

 by a score of 22 to 20. Oscar Ruff, Ed. Sanders, ^ 

 Oliver Sanders and J. J. Windier made some great 

 plays. The umpiring of Henry Berning on the 

 bases and Al. Gumz behind the bat gave great 

 satisfaction to botli sides. 



The oldest person present at the 

 picnic was Luther Armstrong and the 

 youngest was Fred C. Weber III. The 

 heaviest person was Mrs. Jos. Hauser 

 and "Billy" Smith was her physical 

 opposite. 



The Windier family was voted the 

 largest present and was awarded the 

 first prize. The big auto delivery truck 

 conveyed the family to the grounds. 



C. W. Wors again presided over the 

 seed and clock guessing contest. This 

 is a yearly job for him and he seems 

 to enjoy it. 



Walter Young's fog-horn voice could 

 be heard all over the grounds while 

 the games were in progress. He was 

 the official announcer for the club. 



While the crowd was large, we missed 

 some of the old-timers, such as Messrs. 

 Fred Ammann, Beyer, Schray, Emunds, 

 Grossart, Fehr, Connon and Young. 

 Tiiey surely missed a good time. 



The Retail Florists' Association, the 

 County Growers' Association and the 

 Lady Florists ' Home Circle had a large 

 representation of members present to 

 enjoj' the hospitality of the Florists' 

 Club. J. J. B. 



THE WASHINGTON OUTING. 



Members of the Florists' Club of 

 Washington, with relatives and guests, 

 were given an opportunity to display 

 their skill in the many games incident 

 to the annual outing of the club, held 

 at Great Falls, Va. 



Among the events of the day were 

 the 100-yard dash and the quoit con- 

 tests. For the women there was a game 

 in which they were given an oppor- 

 tunity to show their ability in throwing 

 balls into a large basket placed in the 

 center of a circle, around which the 

 women stood. There were three such 

 contests. The first was for married 

 women and the prizes were awarded 

 to Mrs. George C. Shaflfer, first; Mrs. 

 David .1. Grillbortzer, second; Mrs. 

 George H. Cooke, third. Of the unmar- 

 ried women, Miss Marie Coli proved 

 the most adept; Miss D. B. Barry, sec- 

 ond; Miss Shaffer, third. The third 

 trial was for both married and unmar- 

 ried women and there were more than 

 fifty entrants, for the prize was a dia- 

 mond sunburst. There were a number 

 of ties and the prize was finally award- 

 ed to Miss Bernice Rigby, 



Harry Ley won a handsome stickpin 

 in the 100-yard dash, George C. Shaf- 

 fer coming in a close second. The 

 quoit singles were won by R. L. McLen- 

 nan, first; George H. Shaffer, second; 

 William Clark, third. The following 

 teams came out in the lead in the double 

 events: J. iJ>.i Baiiry and R. L. McLen- 



nan, first; George 0. Shaflfer and Arthur 

 J. Shaffer, second. In the three-legged 

 races the boys' team represented by 

 Albert Ford and Harry Kimmel were 

 declared prize-winners, while Albert 

 Schnell and F. G. Weaver were the 

 storemen favorites. 



The fun began when more than 300 

 pleasure-seekers boarded the special 

 cars awaiting them at the Georgetown 

 terminus of the line, at 2 o'clock. As 

 each person entered the car he received 

 a large shipping tag bearing the script, 



"Howdy? My Name Is . Glad 



To See You." To Jake Richards' skill 

 as a caterer considerable credit for the 

 success of the outing is due and these 

 honors are only to be divided with 

 Captain W. H. Ernest, who commanded 

 the submarine. A negro ragtime band 

 of six pieces played real old southern 

 melodies. A motion picture exhibition 

 and a display of fireworks completed 

 the day's entertainment. 



The winners in the other events were: 



Potato races, girls, 12 years and under — Rose 

 Minder, Elizabeth Dove and Mary Higbee. Small 

 jiiris — Helen Barry, E. Marche and M. Dauphin. 

 Boys, 12 years and under — Edgar Burnbam, Gran- 

 ville Gude and Teddy Schmld. Open to all — 

 Albert Ford and E. Smith. Women— Miss D. B. 

 Barry and Mrs. J. Richards. Boys, 7 years and 

 under — Ralph Minder. 



Flag race, girls 12 years and under — Rose 

 Minder, Mary Higbee and Mary Clark. 



100-yard dash for men — F. G. Weaver and 

 Arthur Shaffer. 



.'iO-yard dash for women — Miss Victoria Wilbur, 

 Miss A. Barry and Miss Marie Coll. 



100-yard dash for boys — Herbert Moreland and 

 George Hostetter. 



The stars of the ballfleld in the game between 

 the storemen and the greenhousemen were the 

 following: I^etallers — ^Charles E. Scarborough, 

 captain and pitcher; R. W. Doty, catcher; I. Ros- 

 nosky, 1st base; Frank Good, 2nd base; B. Car- 

 rick, 3rd base; John Cook, shortstop; E. Draper, 

 center field; Thomas Featherstone. right field; 

 James Daly, left field. Growers — Elmer Padgett, 

 captain and 2nd baseman; H. Sauber, pitcher; 

 Samuel Ball, catcher; Ehrieh Gebhardt, 1st base; 

 Leslie Dix. 3rd base; John Carroll, center field; 

 Walter Gordon, left field: Edward llenning, short- 

 stop: .Tohu Smith, right field. 



The committee in charge of the out- 

 ing consisted of George Cooke, joke 

 inspector; George C. Shaffer, chairman 

 general arrangements; Edward S. 

 Schmid, chairman prizes; Jake Richards, 

 in charge refreshments; Lloyd Jenkins, 

 information committee; Fred H. 

 Kramer, keeper of the zoo; William H. 

 Ernest, chairman humepatopcharox 

 (Russian for submarine) ; William F. 

 Gude, band leader; 'William Marche, 

 chairman transportation and fireworks; 

 Harry Lewis, chairman lost children 

 committee; G. Milton Thomas, chair- 

 man of sports; Theodore Diedrich, chair- 

 man dancing. C. L. L. 



A DOUBLE WHITE NARCISSUS. 



What is the best variety of double 

 white narcissus, for cut flowersf Is it 

 Sulphur Phoenix? G. K.— 111. 



Sulphur Phoenix is not exactly a 

 white narcissus, though it comes near 

 that shade. It is decidedly the best 

 of its color for forcing, but cannot be 

 liad in bloom before February in good 

 condition. It is fine outdoors, also. The 

 only double pure white narcissus, alba 

 plena odorata, is not suitable for forc- 

 ing. It succeeds well outdoors in deep 

 soil that holds the moisture well. You 

 should give it a trial. It is the latest 

 flowering of the narcissi. C. W. 



Wheeling, W. Va. — Miss Mary Dona- 

 hey, of the firm of Misses Forbes & 

 Donahey, has the sympathy of the 

 trade in the loss of her father. Rev. 

 Jos. H. Donahey. The remains were 

 taken to Denver, Colo., by Miss Donahey 

 and her brother, and were buried in 

 the family lot in Fairmont cfimetery. 



STOCK FOB HOME TBADE. 



I have just built a greenhouse 20x100 

 and I want to stock it up for the win- 

 ter. Will you please give me some ad- 

 vice on what to grow for my own town 

 trade? Should I buy the plants or plaait 

 the seeds! Would old, black soil from 

 peat land that has been planted for ten 

 years be good soil to put in the green- 

 house? I think I shall buy my carna- 

 tions and chrysanthemum plants. 



J. T. B.— Mass. 



If you can sell near home all you 

 grow, I think it would be well to plant 

 half the house with carnations if you' 

 can give them a suitable temperature, 

 50 to 52 degrees at night. Half of the 

 remaining space could be devoted to 

 chrysanthemums and the balance to mis- 

 cellaneous stock, which would include 

 some Asparagus Sprengeri, Boston 

 ferns, rubber plants, small palms, arau- 

 carias, azaleas, or such plants as you 

 would have a call for; or, if preferred, 

 you could devote the space to bedding 

 plants, particularly geraniums, which 

 are always in strong demand, especially 

 scarlet and pink shades. 



Good carnations to grow are Pink 

 Delight, for light pink; White Wonder 

 or Matchless, for white; Beacon, scar- 

 let, and Rosette, deep pink. Grow the 

 largest number of Pink Delight and 

 white, which have the best sale. You 

 would better buy field plants, which 

 will be offered in quantity soon by many 

 Review advertisers. Now is the time 

 to buy some rooted cuttings, or plants 

 from small pots, of such popular chrys- 

 anthemums as Polly Rose, Pacific Su- 

 preme, Ivory, Bonnaffon and Chieftain, 

 and plant them in benches. To follow 

 the chrysanthemums, you could grow 

 sweet peas or snapdragons, or, if pre- 

 ferred, part of the space could be re- 

 served for bedding plants, for whi'^h 

 you will have a good call. Also, you 

 could use the space for longiflorum 

 lilies, spiraeas and other Easter plants. 



Do not overlook bulbs. These can 

 be kept in a cellar or stored outdoors, 

 to be brought in as wanted. Some of 

 the most useful for you will be freesias, 

 Paper White, Golden Spur, Von Sion, 

 Victoria and Emperor narcissi; La 

 Reine, WhiPe Hawk, Murillo and Cou- 

 ronne d'Or tulips; Roman hyacinths, 

 Spanish iris, Gladiolus Peach Blossom 

 and Blushing Bride. 



You may also want to grow a few 

 hydrangeas, rambler roses or other pot 

 plants for Easter or Memorial day. For 

 the latter occasion you could also bench, 

 if preferred, some stocks or double fe- 

 verfew. The varieties to be grown 

 would depend on the class of trade you 

 have. The foregoing are merely sug- 

 gestions. You can start asters, salvias 

 and many other bedding plants from 

 seed. This season you will need to buy 

 carnations, chrysanthemums and most 

 of your other stock. 



The black soil you mention would not 

 be equal to sod or even good fibrous 

 loam from pasture land. The latter 

 should be mixed outdoors with well 

 rotted manure some months before be- 

 ing used, if possible. C. W. 



Canal Dover, O. — C. Betscher reports 

 that in spite of the lower prices pre- 

 vailing this year, profits have been good 

 on account of the large increase in his 

 sales. He hopes to continue the good 

 work of increasing stock and output. 

 He looks for peonies to be in heavy 

 demand in the fall. 



