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The Florists' Review 



August 29, 1912. 



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THE OUTING. 



Last week's issue of The Eeview cov- 

 ered the convention so completely that 

 nothing remains but to say a few words 

 for the outing. The closing day of the 

 convention, while the exhibition was 

 maintained open for the benefit of the 

 general public, was devoted to a picnic 

 at Eavinia park, twenty-one miles from 

 Chicago, on the North- Western railroad. 

 Two special trains were required to 

 carry the party, leaving the city at 

 9:20 a. m. Nearly 800 persons were 

 on these trains and many others came 

 by later trains, by automobile or by 

 electric car. The forenoon was devoted 

 to races and other contests. After 

 luncheon there was the annual ball 

 game between the local florists' club 

 and the All Stars, which Charles Gra- 

 ham has pitched to victory these many 

 years. At 6 p. m. a dinner was served 

 to all who cared to remain for the 

 evening affair, and these numbered al- 

 most 700. Those who did not care to 

 watch the ball game had the opportu- 

 nity in the afternoon of listening to 

 the Theodore Thomas orchestra, widely 

 known as one of the finest in America. 

 In the evening the Ravinia Park grand 

 opera company and the Thomas Or- 

 chestra gave the fourth act of Rigoletto 

 in the open air pavilion. A special train 

 of sixteen coaches took the crowd back 

 to the city, arriving at 10:50 p. m. 



The baseball game between the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club team and the All 

 Star aggregation recruited from the out- 

 of-town S. A. F. members resulted in 

 a ninth inning victory for the latter 

 squad, 11 to 10. The score: 



All Stars— R. 



E.LudwiK, 8.8 2 



D. Ludwlg, l.f 2 



Adgate, lb 1 



D. Scott, c 2 



Graham, p 1 



W. Plerson, r.f 1 



Carrie, 3b 



Jones, 2b 1 



Farenwald, c.f 1 



Total 11 



Chicago— R. 



BruDke, 3b 1 



W. Amling, 8.8 1 



T. Matcben, lb 1 



P. Miller, 2b 2 



P. Amling, c 3 



A. Miller, p 



OUlnger, r.f., c.f » 



Winterson, l.f 2 



J. Einweck. c.f 



T. Einweck, r.f 



Total 10 26 8 



Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 



All Stars 2 10 5 10 2—11 



Chicago Florists. ..10032210 1—10 



The results of the races were as fol- 

 lows: 



Girls' race, 10 years and under, 40 yards — 

 Florence Nieman, first; Bernlce Buckley, second. 



Boys' race, under 10 years, 50 yards — Florence 

 Amling, first; John Evans, second. 



Girls' race, 15 years and under, sixty yards — 

 Beatrice Asmus, first; Florence Vaughan, second. 



Boys' race, 15 years and under, 100 yards— - 

 WiUard Asmus, first; Walter Nieman, second. 



Single ladies' race, 50 yards — Esther Hartigan, 

 first; Mary Hancock, second. 



Married ladies' race, 50 yards — Mrs. G. Smith, 

 first; Mrs. V. Bergman, second. 



Men's race, 125 pounds and over, 200 yards — 

 E>. E. Lndwig. first; L. Koropp, second; John 

 Poehlmann, third. 



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Fat men's race, 10©^ yards — 0. B. Critchell, 

 first; Jos. Manda, second; T. Shober, third. 



Three-legged race — Curry and PoUworth, first; 

 Perkins and Gromley, second. 



Hot stuff dash for officers of S. A. F. — August 

 Poehlmann, first; George Asmus, second. 



Hop, skip and Jump — David Scott, first. 



Broad Jump — W. W. Warring, first; John 

 Poehlmann, second. 



High Jump— David Scott, first. 



Sack race— John Poehlmann, first. 



FINAli RESOLUTIONS. 



The committee on final resolutions got 

 no chance to present its completed 

 work to the convention and supplies the 

 following to the press: 



The committee on final resolutions de- 

 sires to present the following for ap- 

 proval: 



WHEREAS, The twenty-eighth annual con- 

 vention, now closing, will, we believe, live in the 

 annals of the society as one of the most suc- 

 cessful and enjoyable in the history of the 

 organization, and desiring to recognize the ef- 

 forts made to achieve these results, we there- 

 fore submit the following: 



BE IT RESOLVED, That the thanks of the 

 society are hereby extended to the officers and 

 members of the Chicago Florists' Club for their 

 lavish hospitality, the splendid efforts made for 

 our comfort and pleasure, and their untiring care 

 of us while in their midst. We desire to couple 

 with them, in this recognition, the men of the 

 allied trades in Chicago who worked hand in 

 hand with them. Our special thanks are due 

 to the Board of Park Commissioners for the 

 great interest manifested in the exhibition, and 

 their splendid display of plants which was such 

 a feature. We also desire that the thanks of the 

 society be extended to the various exhibitors 

 and the advertisers in the souvenir album. Our 

 thanks are also due to the daily press of Chicago 

 for the notices given of the convention and ex- 

 hibition. 



In closing, we wish to specially express our 

 appreciation of, and tender our heartfelt thanks 

 to, the ladies of Chicago and the Ladies' Society 

 of American Florists for all they did to enter- 

 tain the visiting ladies. We recognize that the 

 work done by them was a potent factor in the 

 social success of the gathering. 



PATRICK O'MARA, 



E. G. HILL, 



J. OTTO THILOW. 



THBIPS ON ASTEBS. 



I herewith enclose some aster leaves 

 which are infested with some pests 

 that are destroying a fine bed of asters 

 for us. Please tell us what they are 

 and how to get rid of them. 



A. N. S. 



The aster leaves are badly attacked 

 by thrips, which breed and spread rap- 

 idly in hot, dry weather, such as you 

 have probably been experiencing. This 

 is a hard pest to fight. All you can 

 do will be to keep the plants as moist 



at the roots as circumstances will per- 

 mit and spray with nicotine extract, 

 directing it below the leaves as much 

 as possible with a spray nozzle, which 

 will throw the spray upward. One 

 spraying may not check the pests, but 

 if gone over two or three times and 

 also hosed overhead on warm evenings 

 the plants should soon show an im- 

 provement. C. W. 



FUHIGATINa WITH SULPHUB. 



Please let me know how to fumigate 

 with sulphur without blackening the 

 paint, and how much sulphur should 

 be used to do a good job in a house 

 26 r 150, six feet to the gutters and 

 eleven feet to the ridge. P. J. S. 



A simple and safe way of fumigating 

 greenhouses with sulphur is to mix it 

 with an equiil quantity of slaked lime 

 and, after adding enough water to 

 make a thick paint, apply it to some 

 of the heating pipes, covering about 

 one-half of them when hot water is 

 used for heating, but not more than 

 one-fourth of the steam pipes. 



Another way is to boil and evapo- 

 rate about one pound of sulphur once 

 a week during the winter for from 

 10,000 to 15,000 cubic feet of space, the 

 amount varying according to the plants 

 and the need of the house. The evapo- 

 rating can be done in a double boiler, 

 such as is used by carpenters as a 

 glue pot, with safety and litlile trouble. 



USE FOE VACANT SPACE. 



We have a bench the entire length of 

 one house, 34x80 feet, thirty-two inches 

 from the bottom of the bench to the 

 ground. The glass at the back is six- 

 teen inches from the ground, with steam 

 pipes between the glass and the bench. 

 Is there anything that we can use this 

 space for? Could we grow anything in 

 it profitably? We will plant this house 

 with lettuce and radishes. C. B. G. 



The space referred to could be used 

 for forcing rhubarb, or onions, and at 

 the edges might be used for parsley, 

 beets, radishes, etc., if not too near the 

 steam pipes. 



NAME OF FLOWER. 



Will you please give me the name 

 of the flower which I am sending you 

 under separate cover? J. G. W. 



This is a form of Hibiscus Moscheu- 

 tos, commonly known as the swamp 

 mallow. It is a fine subject for plant- 

 ing on the edge of streams and ponds,, 

 and also succeeds well in the hardy 

 perennial border. C. W. 



The Fat Men^i Race at the S. A. F. Outing. 



