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August 29, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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At Belmont Mansion. 



JViday the Florists' Club of Philadel- 

 phia entertained at Belmont Mansion, 

 in the magnificent Fairmount park. It 

 was a beautiful *day for such an outing, 

 marred only by a shower just as the fes- 

 tivities closed. Nearly 1,000 enjoyed 

 the hospitality of the club, and enjoyed 

 it thoroughly. Automobiles of the 

 ' ' rubberneck wagon ' ' kind were provided 

 for the trip to the park, each with a 

 man to explain the points of interest 

 passed, which added not a little to the 

 pleasure of the trip. Arrived at Bel- 

 mont, a lunch was served, after which 

 the guests were at liberty to visit the 

 many points of interest in the park, or 

 to participate in the program of sports, 

 chief of which was a ball game, Phila- 

 delphia against the United States. The 

 teams were as follows: 



All U. S. Philadelphia. 



U. Scott c Saxton 



Grnliam p Dunding 



A. Poehlmann lb Eisele 



Lutz 2b Watson 



Seyhold 3b Hartley 



Xetsoh ss Swan 



Kessler If Davis 



Beneke cf Palmer 



Winterson rf Gibbs 



The score was 14 to 21 in favor of 

 • the visitors. The features of the game 

 were the pitching by Charles Graham, the 

 home run by K. Scott, the coaching by 

 E. F. Winterson and Israel Eosnosky's 

 umpiring. 



At intervals during the ball game 

 quoits, sack races, potato race, three- 

 legged race, wheelbarrow races and 

 dashes for men, women and children were 

 pulled off amid much hilarity. 



At 4:30 dinner was served in a big 

 tent, where 1,000 were accommodated at 

 once. After keen appetites had been 

 satisfied, the winners in the convention 

 sports received their trophies at the 

 hands of P. O'Mara. President Stewart 

 then said a few words of thanks for the 

 hospitality shown and called upon J. K. 

 M. L. Farquhar, of the committee on 

 final resolutions, who offered resolutions 

 thanking the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society, the Florists' Club, the Philadel- 

 phia ladies, W. F. Dreer and his asso- 

 ciates, Mr. Thilow, David Rust, the press 

 and everybody else, each for his part in 

 making the convention so pleasant. 



Rice's Rathskeller. 



One of the unique features of the con- 

 vention was the rathskeller in the b^e- 

 ment of the store of M. Rice & Co., 1220 

 Race street. This was open all the week 

 anil is reported to have fed as many as 

 2()(» people a day. The room was heavily 

 decorated with prepared evergreens, with 

 tables down each side, separated from 

 cacii other by decorated screens. Miss 

 Ric- and Mrs. Eschner saw to it that 

 the visitors were refreshed in this cool 

 spot before they were taken in hand 

 by tiie guides for a trip of exploration 

 through the building. 



Park People III. 



In recent years nearly every S. A. F. 

 convention has sent some one to the hos- 

 pital in the convention citv. This year 

 thoiv were two, both park people. J. W. 

 Ro.lK^ers, superintendent of parks in Cin- 

 cinnati, was taken to the hospital on 

 Thursday. August 22, suffering with 

 acute indigestion, but his condition was 

 not serious and he was able to proceed 

 to liis home in a few days. 



On Friday, August 23, E. A. Kanst, 

 assistant superintendent of floriculture 

 for the South parks, Chicago, complained 

 of illness and started to consult a phy- 



