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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 3, 1905. 



reports of very light business, in spite of 

 •which they are compelled to keep up ap- 

 pearances and retain their men, whom 

 they hope soon to need. The Wienhoeb- 

 er Co. reports thirteen employes on the 

 pay roll, certainly an unlucky number 

 ■when there is nothing doing. 



The A. Dietsch Co. reports this the 

 best season in its history. They will 

 have a new factory before another year. 

 Fred Dietsch will attend the convention. 



On another page of this issue is a re- 

 production of a photograph taken at the 

 annual picnic of the Geo. Wittbold Co. 's 

 employes at Edgebrook July 22. The 

 photograph shows some sixty-nine people 

 and six of the staff were unable to be 

 present. Louis Wittbold, secretary of 

 - the company, will attend the convention. 



Quite a number of the growers are 

 slow about benching carnations because 

 the growth of the plants has been re- 

 tarded by cool, wet weather. 



A. C. Kohlbrand has returned from a 

 two weeks' vacation spent at his old 

 home in Cincinnati. 



Vaughan & Sperry are handling some 

 nice Cochet roses. 



Peter Eeinberg, P. J. Foley and John 

 Schillo returned last evening from a two 

 weeks' trip to Yellowstone park. 



N. J. Wietor and family are at home 

 from an outing at Cedar Lake. 



Weiland & Kisch are cutting Killarney 

 rose. It sells well although nowhere near 

 in its winter form. 



George Eeinberg reports a fine call for 

 field-grown carnation plants. 



E. F. "Winterson Co. is handling lanci- 

 folium lilies cut with short stems. They 

 sell well and are fine for funeral work. 



John Zech is taking his vacation a 

 couple of days at a time, spending them 

 where florists are thickest. 



Among recent visitors were: J. A. 

 Peterson, Cincinnati, with samples of 

 Lorraine begonias; E. T. Oldham, Pales- 

 tine, 111., on vacation; H. W. Buckbee 

 and Mr. Kline, Rockf ord, 111. ; Miss Bar- 

 bara, daughter of John E. Hellenthal, Co- 

 lumbus, O.; Miss Hayden, of Samuel 

 Murray 's, Kansas City. 



Following are the scores made by the 

 bowlers July 30, when the convention 

 team was given a try-out: 



Regulars— Ist 2d 3d 



Ilauswlrth 145 1C2 171 



Klundpr 160 135 126 



Winterson . . .^ 171 167 110 



Scott 155 134 153 



Asmus 151 173 213 



Stollerys— Ist 2d 3d 



F. Stollery 145 179 187 



G. Stollery 174 142 139 



Heslev 200 155 169 



HowaVd 142 182 173 



Alwes 195 164 180 



Ladles— Ist 2d 3d 



Mrs. Asmus 110 100 109 



Mrs. Stollery 124 72 83 



Mrs. KreltUng 123 145 147 



Mrs. Scott 100 97 127 



Mrs. Hauswlrth 102 98 108 



Miss Moore 104 97 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



There is no material change in the 

 market since our last report. American 

 Beauties are coming in of good quality 

 and are bringing rather better prices. 

 Very few Brides and Maids arriving 

 now are of any value, but excellent 

 Kaiserins arrive from several growers. 

 Carnots also are seen of good quality. 

 Carnations sell a little better. A few 

 have made up to $2 and good stock has 

 averaged $1 to $1.50. Asters are more 

 plentiful and white varieties sell quite 

 well. Gladioli is also more abundant. 

 Sweet peas have improved a little with 

 the cooler weather, but the stems are 

 still very short, it being necessary to 

 cut the haulm with the flowers to make 

 presentable bunches. Lily of the valley 

 holds its own, as does adiantum and other 

 green stock. 



Florists' Clab Picnic 



As already briefly reported, the club 

 picnic on July 25 was a great success. 

 Weather conditions were perfect and 

 the attendance of the members, their 

 families and friends was nearly 250. 

 The day was too short for many. The 

 boat races were abandoned for lack of 

 time and foot races substituted. 



The baseball game made it apparent 

 that the men were not in it with the 

 boys and it was something of a relief 

 to the former when time was called. 

 The cricket contest came late in the 

 day, but seemed to excite more enthusi- 

 asm than the ball game. Many of 

 those playing had not handled a bat for 

 fifteen to twenty years, but it seemed 

 to come quite natural to them. Both 

 teams were out in fifty minutes, pretty 

 nearly a world's [record we should 

 judge. The score was: Palmer's team, 

 31; Wheeler's team, 35. A full list of 

 sports and winners is appended: 



Croquet game for ladles, Florence Palmer, 

 Florence Elsenhardt. 



Foot race, boys 10 years, Victor Heurlin, 

 George Manning. 



Race, girls of 10 years, Florence Lumsden, 

 Louise Bolton. 



Race, boys between 10 and 16, George 

 Palmer, Harold Hodgson. 



Race, girls betwen 10 and 16, Jennie Malkln- 

 son, Louise Elsenhardt. 



Race for married ladles, Mrs. A. Elsenhardt, 

 Mrs. J. Heurlin. 



Race for young ladies, Adie Hoxle, Ethel 

 Bay. 



Sack race, open to all, Harold Patten, Wil- 

 liam Collins. 



Race, 100 yards, club members only, William 

 Collins, Frank 0annell. 



Race, 100 yards, men over 200 pounds. James 

 Wheeler, Duncan Flnlayson. 



Race, men over 50 years, M. H. Norton, 

 J. C. Vaughan. 



Potato race for ladles, Adle Hoxle, Louise 

 Elsenhardt. 



Three-legged race for men, W. Collins and 

 F. McDermott, J. Wheeler and A. Low. 



Quoit match, A. W. Robertson. Geo. Jenkins. 



Running high jump, Alfred Martin, A. M. 

 Robertson. 



Running hop skip and Jump, W. Collins, 

 A. Robertson. 



Running long jump, W. Collins, A. Robertson. 



Throwing shot, W. Collins, A. Martin. 



Throwing hammer, W. A. Riggs, W. Collins. 



Consolation race, girls, Florence Lumsden, 

 Louise Elsenhardt. 



Consolation race, boys, John Slsson, Frank 

 Wheeler, Spencer Heurlin. 



Best looking baby, Gustaf Richard Peterson, 

 Dorothy Palmer. 



Best looking infant, Kenneth Reeves Craig. 



Picnic Pickings. 



Too bad M. H. Norton did not enter 

 in the 200-pound class also. He would 

 have given President Wheeler a close 

 calk' 



Charles Sander, owing to an injury to 

 an eye, could not attend. We missed 

 him. 



No amount of coaxing would induce 

 Alexander Montgomery to judge the 

 babies. We were fortunate in having 

 a judge who would soon be 1,000 miles 

 away. 



We were glad to see some of the Old 

 Guard present and to hear them say 

 they were having a good time. 



W. A. Koberts, the proprietor of the 

 grove, informed us that the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club people were a supe- 

 rior class and the best behaved he had 

 ever seen. We were out of cigars at 

 the time, but promised to remember him 

 later. 



W. J, Collins, who won W. E. Doyle's 

 handsome silver cup in the club mem- 

 bers' race, is one of David Weir's boys. 

 He also secured a pair of cuff links, 

 silver match safe, pocket compass, shav- 

 ing set and two scarf stickpins, enough 

 glory for one day. 



"Never felt so stiff and lame in all 

 my life," was the verdict of not a few 

 of the athletes the rest of the week. 



We would liked to have seen a race 

 between the presidents of the S. A. F., 

 Eose Society and Carnation Society. No 

 time to push it through. 



One result of the picnic was several 

 applications for membership. It looks 

 like 200 members by December 31. 



W. A. Eiggs proved an efiicient start- 

 er and a first-class hammer-thrower. 

 Eobert Cameron officiated acceptably at 

 the other end of the course. Mr. Cam- 

 eron had a nasty knock on the side of 

 the face from a baseball during the af- 

 ternoon. 



Sorry J. W. Duncan did not win any- 

 thing. He tried hard, but his feet 

 seemed to be in the way. Much credit 

 is due him, however, for the success of 

 the sports. 



W. H. Elliott jumped on those who 

 as^d him to run in the veterans ' class. 

 The asparagus king is still quite a little 

 on the sunny side of 50. 



Various Notes. 



H. H. Barrows & Son will show Neph- 

 rolepis Barrowsii at Washington, also a 

 new nephrolepis entirely distinct from 

 any yet introduced, which they class as 



50 years and over: M. H, Norton, J. C. Vaughan, T. J. Grey, W. Millar. 100 yards for club members, Pres. Wheeler on right. 



The Start of Two of the Races at the Outing of the Gardeners' and Florists' Qub of Boston. 



