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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 24, 1911. 



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John J. Perry. .. 



(Cbairnwn Tninsportatloii Oommltto*.) 



cheers for Baltimore," which were 

 given with a will. 



Convention Notes. 



At its meeting to ratify the proposal 

 for a joint meeting at Detroit, Janu- 

 ary 10, 1912, with the American Car- 

 nation Society, the American Rose So- 

 ciety, on motion of J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, awarded a gold medal to M. H. 

 Walsh in recognition of the meritorious 

 collection of seedling rambler roses of 

 his own raising exhibited at Boston 

 and in recognition of his sucessful 

 work as a hybridizer. 



For the reception Thursday evening 

 at the Belvedere the ladies of Balti- 

 more furnished the splendid program 

 of music and recitations and the La- 

 dies' S. A. F. provided the refresh- 

 ments. While Mr. Graham was pre- 

 senting the trophies to the lady bowl- 

 ers he also presented jewels to Mrs. 

 Phillips, president, and Mrs. Maynard, 

 secretary, of .the Ladies' S. A. F. , on 

 behalf of the members. For the la- 

 dies' bowling team of Baltimore he 

 presented an elegant vase to Mrs L H. 

 Moss. 



The lecture on "Ornamental Horti- 

 culture Abroad," by J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, was postponed to Thursday eve- 

 ning, when a large audience was enter- 

 tained. ' Later some excellent views of 

 the Boston show, from photographs by 

 J. H. Pepper, were shown by the store- 

 opticon. 



"Our Day." 



When the Baltimore Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club printed the program of 

 entertainments for the convention, 

 they designated Friday, August 18, as 

 "Our Day" — and printed the words in 

 big type. It was a big day. It took 



two steamers to carry the crowd the 

 Baltimoreans took twenty miles down 

 Chesapeake bay for the outing. Just 

 after starting, the steamers passed fire 



boat quarters, where the Deluge lay 

 waiting to give an exhibition of its 

 strength. With all eleven of its streams 

 turned on, it was a great floating fotin- 

 tain, making a picture none who saw 

 it ever will forget. It seemed the boat 

 must fairly burst with its pent-up 

 pcrwer, but some of the growers wanted 

 to take it home to syringe with. A 

 box lunch was served going to Tol- 

 chester beach, and on arrival there the 

 sports were started at once. While the 

 gunners were busy on the bluff and 

 the ball game was in progress back in 

 the field, a sudden, fierce squall blew up, 

 lashing the bay until its wide, dark blue 

 water was covered with white caps, pre- 

 senting a sight that remains one of the 

 dearest memories of the day. The wind 

 was followed by a torrent of rain, but 

 there were plenty of shelters, and in 

 a few minutes the sun was out again. 

 The gunners went back to finish their 

 match and the races were run on a 

 somewhat slippery field, but the ball 

 players did not go back to finish. When 

 interrupted the score stood: S. A. F., 

 4; Baltimore Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club, 0. The teams were: 



S. A. F. Baltlmoro. 

 E. Ludwlg • B Orabain 



D. Scott c I Bka8 



C. Graham p Wagner 



H. Carney 1 b .Obrlsty 



Ludwlg. 1 t ....Eberle 



Adgate 2 b. ; Perry 



Swan 3 b Hallowuy 



R. Bate c f Wacnvr 



J. Manda r f Fortbubvr 



The gunners' contest, at twenty-five 

 clay pigeons, resulted as follows: 



Gnnner. Prize. 



T. C. Sterenson Gold, $20 



E. W. Sterenaon Gold. |15 



H. M. Altlck Traveling bag 



E. B. Sbaw.. , Gold. $10 



H. Brown Hunting coat 



G. Anderson Umbrella 



C. L. Seybold Gold, $2.60 



G. LuU Gold, $2.60 



F. Marquardt Gold, $2.60 



Z. D. BlackUtone Gold, $2.60 



T. C. SteTenson also won $10 for blfbest 

 average. 



George Morriioo. 

 (Chairman Reception Comiiiittee.> 



