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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Adoust 3, 1911. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Eather more flowers are arriving than 

 a week ago, but the demand, for the 

 season, has been fair and all stock of 

 good quality has been readily disposed 

 of. Eecent heavy rains, while of im- 

 mense benefit to all outdoor crops, did 

 considerable temporary damage to 

 asters and other flowers and caused a 

 shortage for a time. Asters are becom- 

 ing more abundant and are realizing 

 excellent prices, as high as $3 per hun- 

 dred being paid for the best. The 

 quality, also, is improving. White is 

 most in demand, followed by pink and 

 blue. Sweet peas have improved in 

 quality and are seen with better stems. 

 Many, however, are hardly worth bunch- 

 ing. Gladioli from the open now in- 

 clude America, Brenchleyensis, May and 

 Augusta, but the spikes are not yet 

 good, nor the demand robust. 



Eoses, with few exceptions, are ex- 

 tremely small and short-stemmed, being 

 cut from newly planted stock. There 

 is still a fair call for Beauties, and My 

 Maryland is good, holding its color extra 

 well. Carnations are of little account, 

 asters being far superior in every way, 

 but quite a number of undersized, spi- 

 dery flowers are still seen. Valley is 

 good; the quality is better than the de- 

 mand. The summer crop of gardenias is 

 now in and there is a moderate sale for 

 these flowers. Lilies are not over- 

 abundant and sell well. Dahlias have 

 already made their appearance, but 

 there is no sale for them yet. There is 

 an adequate supply of cornflowers, gyp- 

 sophila, gaillardia, candytuft and other 

 outdoor flowers, with an uncertain call 

 for them. The demand for asparagus 

 and adiantum is about the same. 



Club Picnic. 



Glorious weather was once more en- 

 joyed by the 500 or more members and 

 friends of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston who attended the annual 

 club picnic at Caledonian grove, West 

 Boxbury, July 26. An inch of rain two 

 days earlier ended the prolonged 

 drought and put the grounds in perfect 

 condition for the occasion, which was 

 marred by no accidents a^d was thor- 

 oughly enjoyed by all who attended. 

 All the officials, from Peter M. Miller, 

 the president, downward, worked hard 

 and they felt well repaid for their 

 labors by the words of commendation 

 heard on every side. 



The results in the various sporting 

 events were as follows: 



Bnseball, Commercial Growers vs. Private 

 Gardeners. Commercials won by 10 to 7. The 

 winning team consisted of A. G. Walsb, W. S. 

 Green, J. McCarthy, George Palmer, M. F. Ruane, 

 Frank Edgar. B. Snyder. F. Pettlt, W. Aylward ; 

 pitchers, Aviward and McCarthy ; umpire, J. L. 

 Miller. 



One-hnndred-yard race, handicap, heat 1. E. 

 Holscher, J. Comerford ; heat 2. W. lliffe, T. S. 

 Brown, H. L. Pree ; final heat, H. L. Pree, 

 W. Ilitfe; ten entries. 



One-hundred-yard race, boys under 15, heat 

 1, E. Bingham, J. Rogers, A. Hull; heat 2, C. 

 Pree, E. Plummer, T. Iliffe; final heat, C. Pree, 

 T. Iliffe, B. Plummer ; twelve entries. 



Flag race, married ladles, Mrs. F. Coles, Mrs. 

 H. F. Woods ; six entries. 



Quoit match, F. Coles, A. K. Rogers; twenty 

 entries. 



Fifty-yard race, girls under 8, Mary Flood, 

 Marion Illfte ; seven entries. 



Flag race, girls under 18, heat 1, Harriet 

 Coles, Alice Iliffe, C. Lally ; heat 2, Margaret 

 Iliffe, Edith Harbison, Edith Iliffe; final beat. 

 Margaret Iliffe, Alice lUfle, C. Lally; twelve 

 entries. 



Putting sixteen-pound shot, J. Comerford, forty 

 feet four inches ; T. Mahan, D. H. Barnes ; nine 

 entries. 



Fifty-yard race, married ladles, Mrs. F. Coles, 

 Mrs. Q. H. Cray; seven entries. 



Fifty-yard race, unmarried ladies, Louise Elsen- 

 hardt, Bessie Brown, Jean Westwood ; eight 

 entries. 



Sack race, men, T. S. Brown, T. Westwood; 

 eight entries. 



Fat men's race, D. F. Roy, James Wheeler, 

 J. L. Smith ; seven entries. 



Broad Jump, J. Comerford, seventeen feet eight 

 inches; W. Iliffe, H. Coles; nine entries. 



Three-legged race, boys, final heat, Q. Palmer 

 and T. Westwood, first ; Edgar Parker and Arthur 

 Whyte, second ; eight entries. 



Half-mile race, H. L. Pree, D. H. Burns, 

 W. Iliffe; six entries. 



High jump, T. Mahan, J. Comerford, H. Bald- 

 win, five feet four inches ; eight entries. 



Tug of war, commercial growers vs. private 

 gardeners ; the latter team won and was as 

 follows: A. K. Rogers, W. B. ThornhiU, John 

 Reid, W. Robb, J. Will, J. L. Smith, D. H. 

 Burns, J. Burns, Q. H. Cray, J. Comerford, 

 T. Mahan. 



Fifty-yard race, boys under 8, Prescott Whyte, 

 W. Shield, J. Duquld; nine entries. 



One-hundred-.vard race, commercial growers 

 only, F. E. Palmer, W. S. Grassle, J. Wheeler; 

 six entries. 



Fifty-yard race, children under 5, Florence 

 Walke, Arthur Rogers, Norman Craig ; ten 

 entries. 



Flfty-ynrd race, girls under 8, Margaret Harbi- 

 son, Marlon Iliffe. 



Picnic Notes. 



The commercial ball team fairly beat 

 the privates this time. The latter be- 

 gan to score in earnest in their last 

 innings, however, and added no less 

 than five runs. Comerford brothers, 

 for the privates, and Aylward and 

 McCarthy, for the commercials, made 

 good pitchers. 



The fat men's race, as usual, was one 

 of the star events of the day and the 

 way I>. F. Eoy raced and beat the re- 

 doubtable Wheeler caused many a heart 

 to thrill. The privates led here. 



Where were all the local S. A. F. 

 boomers? We failed to see any of 

 them or hear any convention talk. They 

 lost a grand opportunity for booming 

 the Baltimore trip. 



The private gardeners made short 

 work of their opponents in the tug of 

 war. They had altogether too much 

 weight for the commercials, who needed 

 a few men of the caliber of W. A. 

 Manda to turn the scales. 



The executive committee furnished 

 coffee, sandwiches and ice cream to 

 all who had not brought ample lunches, 

 and did the work well. 



The group photograph includes only 

 about one-half those in attendance. 

 Ladies, as usual, were out in force and 

 took a keen interest in the athletic 

 events. 



The commercial growers' race for the 

 Benjamin Hammond trophy was a hair- 

 raiser; time for the 100 yards, less than 

 eleven seconds. F. E. Palmer ran as 

 never before in his life and touched the 

 tape a few inches ahead of W. S. Gras- 

 sie, with J. Wheeler close at their heels. 



Boston to Baltimore. 



In spite of the intense heat, quite a 

 little interest is being shown in the 

 coming Baltimore convention, which 

 promises to be largely attended from 

 Boston and vicinity. The fact that Bos- 

 ton will put forward a strong candi- 

 date for president is proving a great 

 attraction and the Hub's representa- 

 tives will make themselves heard on the 

 convention floor at Baltimore. The Bos- 

 ton delegation, it has been decided, will 

 leave the south terminal Sunday eve- 

 ning, August 13, at 6 o'clock, going per 

 Fall Eiver steamer to New York, where 

 they will join the New York delegation. 

 The single fare from Boston to Balti- 

 more will be $8.65, or, with the reduced 

 rate of one and three-fifths, the double 

 journey will be only $13.84. 



All wishing to go with"* the Boston 

 party are requested to write to W. A. 

 Hastings, state vice-president, Park 

 street, Boston, who will furnish all pos- 

 sible information and will also be glad 

 to enroll new members, the fee being 

 $5. The secretary of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club, W. N. Craig, will 

 also be pleased to answer any inquiries. 



Various Notes. 



The double fare for the Baltimore 

 convention from Boston is not $8.65, as 

 has been stated, but $13.84 on the cer- 

 tificate plan; berths extra. The Boston 

 delegation leaves South Terminal sta- 

 tion at 6 p. m. August 13, taking the 

 Fall Eiver steamer at 7:40 for New 

 York, and will accompany the New 

 York delegation, leaving at noon 

 August 14. W. A. Hastings, state vice- 

 president, has received an encouraging 

 number of responses from members 

 planning to attend and wants to get 

 many more, in order that Boston may 

 have a big, united body to work, talk 

 and vote for their presidential candi- 

 date, John K. M. L. Farquhar, who is 

 eminently fitted in every way to fill the 

 highest office in the gift of the S. A. F. 



S. J. Goddard sailed July 26 for 

 a trip to Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 

 wick. He had all carnations housed 

 before he left. His plants never looked 

 better at this season. Sprinklers were 

 kepu running among them all the time 

 they were outdoors. The new varieties. 

 White Wonder and Gloriosa, have stood 

 the dry summer well and are now grow- 

 ing strongly. Mr. Goddard will attend 

 the Baltimore convention. 



Mrs. E. H. Edgar, of the W. W. 

 Edgar Co., and Mrs. J. McHutchinson 

 are spending two weeks in New York. 

 The greenhouses here contain a splen- 

 did lot of Lorraine begonias, now in 

 5-inch pots, cyclamens and noinsettias 

 and many other holiday plants. 



J. T. Butterworth has been vaca- 

 tioning at Cape Cod and has returned 

 greatly benefited by the change. 



Eobert T. McGorum was an interested 

 spectator at the club picnic, but for 

 some reason failed to start in any of the 

 athletic events. This rather surprised 

 us, as we imagined he had considerable 



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The St Louii Floristi' Club on its Annual Outing, at Ramona Park, July 20, 191L 



