Jlly 27, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



17 



Siandine. left to rlKlit-(i<"o. C. Weiland, Secietaiy; .lolin Mcieia, Joseph Sclioos, Auruki Jureens. Diri'ctors; Antoo Then, 'I'lrasun'i . 

 Sealpil, left to fitihl h'dw. Mcuret. Vice HicsldenI; -lohn F. Kidwell. Presidciit; Oito W. l"iest>. (leneral ManaKer. 



At riffht, (:!ha^^. W. McCaulo , Director. 



Directors of the Chicago Flower Growers' Association in Front of Their New Store. 



Will Smith ;ui<l Win. Kooiilvc have re- 

 lumed irom a fishiiii: tri]i at Lake 

 Manctau. 



Bertermaiui Uros. Co. has invested in 

 another auto for delivery purposes. 



The annual picnic ot the State 

 florists ' Association was held at Fair- 

 vie-.v I'ark Thursday. July 20, with a 

 lairly t;ood crowd in attendance. One 

 of tilt- main attractions was the ball 

 game. A team headed hy Adolph Baur 

 defeated one headed I'v ('has. Jones, 

 of Ki.-hmond, 4 to ]. One of the fea- 

 tures of the game was the liase run- 

 ning of Herman Schilling; after mak- 

 ing a hit he ran to third base instead 

 oi first. There were a number of out- 

 of-town florists in attendance, among 

 them being Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gause 

 and ]Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jones, of Kich- 

 mond: B. R Ilensley, wife and eight 

 •employees, of Knightstown. and Mr. and 

 ]Mrs. Maximer, of Alexander. 



Adolidi I'.aur and Irwin I'.ertermann 

 ha\e signified their intention (d' going 

 to the >'. A. 1\ convention. 



11. b. W. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



l'lowtr> of all kinds aio scan-e; lire 

 -demand is more than eipial to the su]) 

 ply. Gladioli are more plentiful than 

 last week. Carnations and roses aie of 

 ]ioor quality. 



Club Picnic. 



The annual outing of llie Cincinnati 

 Florists" Society was held Thursday, 

 July 20. The craft was well repre 

 sen'ted. It wa« held at Coney Island, 



and most of the jiartieipanis went on 

 the Or.'JO a. m. l)oat. There were con 

 tests of all kinds. The boys' baseball 

 game was won by the team captained 

 by Ben (Jeorge, the ])ri/,e being $4..50. 

 The boys' lOU-yard dasli for a glove, 

 donated by the lleckinaii Moral Co.. 

 was won liy (ieo. Culver. The l)oys ' 

 sack race for .+ 1, dt)nated by P. J. Olin- 

 ger, was won by Adolph Denider. The 

 girls' race for $2 was won by ]\[arie 

 Hoffmeister. The men's Ktd-yard dash 

 for a jiair rd" cuff links was won by 

 Chas. Windram. Tlie married ladies' 

 r:ice of fifty yards was won by Mrs. 

 Wilhelmv. tlie prize being a jardiniere 

 basket donated by E. G. Gillett. The 

 vsenior men 's ince was -tv on by Ed 

 M-iirphy, llie prize Vieing a box of 

 cigars, donated by Ji. Witlerstaetter. 

 The men's tug (>( war was \\on by the 

 side ( hosen by Louis Pfeilfer, the prize 

 a box of cigars donated by I'rank Im'iII. 

 The mill' run w;is one of llie greatest 

 features cif the day and was won by 

 Jf)seph Ludwig; first ])rize an iimhrtdla 

 donated by C. E. Critcliell; second jirize 

 a scarf pin. won by Ch uies Windram. 

 The men's ball game was tiie (.ii'oweis 

 vs. the Store ^len. The g;inie was pre 

 grt>ssing nicidy when ;i heavy slunver 

 interrupt e<|. and they adjourned te the 

 bowling alleys to detdde 'lie game. 

 whicli was won by the Gmw.MS. The 

 luize wa.s a tie ])in to eatli et' ihe win 

 ning team. The ladies' bdwiing contrast 

 was won by Irene Spt>ek, the prize La 

 Valliere, donated by Louis Kyrk. The 

 second prize was a veil pin, donated by 

 .lohn Jennings and won l)y Kate I'feif 

 fer. The booby prize was won by Mi>. 

 1.*. <". Witterstaetter. Tlu' men's" bowl- 

 ing contest for $'> was won by Win. 



Schumann. The second prize, leather 

 liDwling shoes, was won by Win. Sun- 

 di'rbruch. The booby prize went to Ed 

 Horning. The third prize, a watch fob, 

 was won by Eay Murphy. The prize 

 for highest score in one game, fifty 

 l>(dlii carnation cuttings, donated by 

 Win. Murphy, was won by 1\. C. Wit- 

 terstaetter. The jM'ize for the highest 

 number of strikes and sparr^s, a foun- 

 tain pen, donated by Lawrence Fritz, 

 was won by Wni. Srdiumann. The sec- 

 ond ]>rize, a knife, donated by J. M. 

 -McCullough 's Sons Co., was won by 

 b'ay Murphy. The committee on the 

 luiting deserves great credit for the 

 wav it conducted l Ik^ amusenients. 



0. M. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



\Ve liave been faxnred with more com- 

 fortable weather of late and. although 

 the temperature lias run u[) lo 90 de- 

 grees one or two days, this has seemed 

 cool by comi>arison with what we had 

 earlier in the month. There has been 

 no great call for flowers, but the quan- 

 tity of really good stock coming in is 

 s\irprisingly small, and it is sometimes 

 ditlicult to round up sufTicient material 

 for choice funeral designs. L'oses con- 

 tinue of fair quality and. as su|iplies 

 are miudi diminished, sales have lieen 

 (piite good. Carnations are of little ac- 

 count. Many growers are through for 

 the season, and a small number of them 

 only are sending presentable flowers. 

 White Enchantress, Queen, Pink De- 

 light and Fair Maid are still seen of 

 fair quality. 



Asters are rather more plentiful and 



