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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



August 1, 11)07 



Baseball— Captain Fischer at the Bat. The Ladles' Potato Race. 



Sports at the Outing of the Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Qub» July 25. 



Society ought to have a quarterly pub- 

 lication. 



The committee voted to direct the sec- 

 retary to prepare and publish a report 

 of the society and to circulate the same 

 to all members. 



It was proposed to call a meeting of 

 the Kose Society to be held during the 

 S. A. F. convention at Philadelphia. 



President Simpson said that he would 

 leave for Europe July 31 and will not 

 be present at Philadelphia; that he ex- 

 pected while away to visit some of the 

 best establishments in England, Scot- 

 land and Ireland and hopes to bring 

 back some matters which will be of in- 

 terest to all interested in the rose. 



Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Old home week is expected to enliven 

 the market somewhat this week. The 

 city is more gaily decorated than ever 

 before in its history and is already 

 crowded with tens of thousands of visi- 

 tors. The supply of roses and carna- 

 tions continues to decline and there is 

 no trouble in disposing of blooms of 

 fair quality. No high grade blooms are 

 arriving. Sweet peas are abundant and 

 of good quality considering the dry 

 weather. Prices are better than a week 

 ago, when there was a considerable over- 

 stock. Asters are rather more abundant, 

 but keep up well in price. Some nice 

 outdoor gladioli are now arriving and 

 sell well this week. There is only a 

 moderate supply of lilies, but plenty of 

 good lily of the valley. Water lilies are 

 being freely used in window decorations. 

 Green stock is only in moderate request- 

 Club Picnic 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 was favored with perfect weather for 

 the annual picnic, which was held in 



Dorchester park July 25. The attend- 

 ance was the largest ever seen at a simi- 

 lar gathering, over 500 being present. 

 The picnic grounds, while close to the 

 city of Boston, are quite secluded and 

 being heavily wooded gave ample shade 

 from the sun's rays. The various sports, 

 as usual, attracted a great deal of inter- 

 est and contestants were more numerous 

 than ever. The following was the list 

 of the sporting events, with the winners, 

 the prizes comprising silver cups, ham- 

 mocks, cameras, watch charm, silver 

 watches, cuff links, suit cases, fountain 

 pens and a wide range of useful ar- 

 ticles: 



Baseball — Commercial growers and seedsmen 

 vs. private gardeners and park men, J. Wheel- 

 er's private gardeners' team beat F. E. Palmer's 

 commercials 7 to 6. 



Baseball — Boys under 15, Thomas Illffe's team 

 beat Harry Andrews' team. 



Throwing baseball — First, Carroll Davis, 266 

 feet 11 Inches; second, J. P. A. Guerlneau, 

 258 feet 3 Inches; third, A. E. Walsh; fifteen 

 entries. 



Handicap, 100 yards— First, Carroll Davis; 

 second, T. S. Brown; third, A. E. Walsh; ten 

 entries. 



Boys under 15, 100 yards — First, William 

 IlifTe; second, George Palmer; third, Thomas 

 West wood; eleven entries. 



Girls under 15, 100 yards — First, Florence 

 Lnmsden; second, Harriet Coles; third, Florence 

 Elsenhardt; nine ran. 



Saclc race, handicap — First race, W. J. Collins; 

 second, W. S. Grassie; seventeen ran. 



Men over 200 pounds, 100 yards — b^rst, James 

 Wheeler; second, A. Zlmgiebel; third, J. L. 

 Miller; eight ran. 



Married ladles, 60 yards — First. Mrs. Robert 

 Edgar; second, Mrs. Daniel Whyte; third, Mrs. 

 A. Elsenhardt; eleven ran. 



Ladles over 16, 100 yards — First, Miss Louise 

 Elsenhardt; second. Miss Anna Robb; third, 

 Miss Jean Westwood; six ran. 



Sack race, boys under 15 — First, Thomas 

 Westwood; second, John Sisson; third, George 

 Palmer; thirteen ran. 



Potato race, ladies — First. Miss Catherine 

 Lally; second. Miss Jean Westwood; third. Miss 

 Louise Elsenhardt; seven ran. 



Three-legged race — First, W. J. Collins and 

 John Reed; second. T. S. Brown and F. Coles; 

 third, Percy Vincent and A. Jay. 



Handicap, 240 yards— First, G. H. Grey; sec- 

 ond. A. E. Walsh; third, T. S. Brown; seven 

 ran. 



Quoit match — First, William Robb; second, 

 .Tohn McKensle; third, F. Coles; sixteen en- 

 tries. 



High Jump — First. W. S. Grassie. 6 feet 2 

 Inches: second. Frank Edgar; ten entries. 



Running long Jump — First, G. H. Grey, 16 



feet 5 inches; second, W. J. Collins, 16 feet 

 2 inches; third, T. S. Brown, 15 feet 7 laches; 

 fifteen entries. 



Putting 16-pound shot— First, W. S. Grassie, 

 30 feet 1 inch; second, John Reed, 29 feet 6 

 Inches; third, T. S. Brown, 28 feet 3 Inches; 

 seventeen entries. 



Potato race, boys under 10 — First, Thomas 

 IlifTe; second, Robert Smith; third, Charles 

 Clarckx; nineteen entries. 



Potato race, girls under 15 — First, Helen 

 Vears; second, Elizabeth Kennedy; third, Nel- 

 lie Coles; seventeen entries. 



Boys under 15—200 yards — First, William 

 Iliffe; second, Tliomas Westwood; third, George 

 Palmer; twelve entries. 



Throwing tennis ball, ladles — First, Miss Har- 

 riett Coles; second, Miss Louise Elsenhardt; 

 third. Miss F. Palmer; twenty-six entries. 



Boys 7 and under, 50 yards — First, J. L. Mc- 

 Kenzle; second, Willie Westwood; third, 

 Charles Clarckx; six ran. 



Girls 7 and under, 50 yards— First, Edith 

 IlifTe; second, Marjorie IlifTe; third, Ruth 

 Cartwrlght; twelve ran. 



Half-mile handicap — First, I. S. Brown; sec- 

 ond, John Reed; third, G. H. Grey; eleven 

 ran. 



Tug of war. commercial growers vs. private 

 gardeners — Private gardeners, captained by 

 James Wheeler, beat commercial growers, cap- 

 tained by W. J. Collins. 



Picnic Jottings. 



Once more the private gardeners 

 proved too strong' for the commercial 

 men. The winning team consisted of J. 

 Wheeler, captain; D. Finlayson, W. Ken- 

 nedy, M. Lally, W. Eobb, S. Bolton, J. 

 Campbell, J. G. Duguid, A. Lowe, W. 

 S. Grassie, P. Barker and J. L. Smith. 

 The commercials pulled for all they 

 were worth but were simply outclassed. 



J. A. Pettigrew's hosts of friends 

 were pleased to see him out again after 

 his sickness. 



J. Wheeler simply romped away from 

 the field in the fat men's race. He cap- 

 tained the winning ball and tug of war 

 teams and had a most strenuous day of 

 it. Wheeler is as good a sport as a 

 gardener. 



Kenneth Finlayson got a nasty knock 

 on the left side of the head with a 

 quoit. The cut required half a dozen 

 stitches. He pluckily returned to the 

 field later in the day and is improving 

 nicely. 



Peter Miller made an efficient starter. 



Fat Men's Race. Married Ladies' Race. 



Sporto at the Outing of the Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Club, July 25. 



