AUGUST 4, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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galers and buys from all of them. There 

 will be an opportunity to look him over 

 at the Eochester convention. 



SICHASD EICHLING. 



Biehard Eichling, the newly-elected 

 president of the New Orleans Horticul- 

 tural Society, comes from an old family 

 of florists. His grandfather held the po- 

 sition as head gardener at the estate of 

 the count of Leininger, in Kirchheimbo- 

 landen, Eheinpfalz, Germany, at the end 

 of the eighteenth century, and his father 

 was the pioneer florist in Kaiserlautern, 

 in the same domain, where Mr. Eichling 

 was born. He learned the trade in Eu- 

 rope and traveled there extensively, per- 

 fecting his knowledge of growing and de- 

 signing. 



Coming to America twenty years ago, 

 he resided for four years in New Orleans. 

 The next four years, 1894 to 1898, he 

 spent in the northern states, visiting dif- 

 ferent trade centers there and working at 

 various large establishments. Then he re- 

 turned to the Crescent City and accepted 

 a position as manager of U. J. Virgin's 

 nursery, retaining that position ever since 

 and winning, in an unusual degree, the 

 confidence of his employer and the esteem 

 •f his fellow workmen. During the last 

 ten years he has been an active member 

 of the New Orleans Horticultural Society, 

 laboring zealously to promote its welfare. 

 It is generally agreed that the society 

 could not have chosen a better man for 

 the presidency. 



In fraternal orders Mr. Eichling is well 

 known, being a past chancellor of the 

 Knights of Pythias and a past noble arch 

 of the Order of Druids. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Business showed a decline last week 

 as compared with its predecessor, due 

 in large measure to the hot weather 

 which prevailed, and the first week in 

 August finds trade quiet. Eoses are not 

 abundant, but are ample for all require- 

 ments. A few nice Beauties are still 

 seen, while Kaiserin is good. Quite a 

 number of Killarney and White Kil- 

 larney also are coming. Carnations are 

 growing beautifully less. Few of them 

 are of even decent quality. Another 

 week or two will end the old crop. It 

 will not be long before some of the new 

 crop arrives. Asters are coming in more 

 freely and prices on these have dropped 

 considerably, some going as low as 50 

 cents per hundred. Sweet peas are not 

 of good quality, but a fair number are 

 arriving, with prices not showing much 

 change. 



Lilium longiflorum is plentiful. Many 

 of the flowers are outdoor grown and 

 of fine quality. Gladioli are abundant, 

 America still remaining the leader. Sup- 

 plies of lily of the valley are small, 

 but the trade for it is now light. Cos- 

 mos is in good supply, while there is a 

 considerable variety of outdoor flowere 

 to be seen. The call for green stock 

 remains quiet. 



Club Picnic. 



Glorious weather once more favored 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club on 

 the occasion of the picnic at Pine 

 Banks park, Maiden, July 27, and the 

 attendance, considerably in excess of 

 500, was the largest seen on any simi- 

 lar occasion. The sports, as usual, ei- 



Rlchard Eichling. 



cited great interest and there were 

 strong entries in almost every class. 

 Pine Banks park made an ideal place 

 for a picnic. The park itself is pic- 

 turesque, while the sports fields are 

 roomy and afforded ample space for all 

 the athletic events. This year for the 

 first time the commercial team managed 

 to beat the private gardeners at base- 

 ball, but when it came to the last and 

 most strenuous event of the day, the 

 tug of war, the private gardeners had 

 no trouble in turning the tables on 

 their opponents. Last year the com- 

 mercial team won this contest for the 

 first time, but on the pre&ent occasion 

 the privates pulled the commercials 

 four feet over the line and held them 

 there, in spite of desperate efforts to 

 regain the lost grotind. 



The list of sporting events and the 

 winners was as follows: 



Baseball, Commercials vs. Private Gardeners, 

 won by Commercials, 6 to 3. The winning team 

 consisted of Solarl, Sim, Kuer, O'Brien, Filson, 

 Palmer, Walsh, Aylward and Ruane; umpires, 

 J. L. Miller and E. Holmes. 



Baseball boys, Westwood's team 'beat Hall's 

 team, 8 to 3. 



Hundred-yard race, handicap, first heat, Will- 

 lam Iliffe, W. J. Collins, J. Comerford, eight 

 ran; second heat, T. S. Brown, Harry Coles, 

 six ran; final heat, William Hlffe, T. S. Brown. 



Hundred-yard race, Iwys under 15, Thomas 

 lUffe, first; Thomas Lally, second; Arthur Whyte, 

 third; twelve ran. 



Fifty-yard race, handicap, married ladles, 

 Mrs. Fred Coles, first; Mrs. Harry Woods, 

 second; Mrs. John Kirkegaard, third; six ran. 



Quoit match, D. Flnlayson, first; William 

 Munro, second; K. Finlayson, third; sixteen 

 entries. 



Fifty-yards, handicap, girls under 8, Marlon 

 Iliffe, first: Frances Terry, second; Freda 

 Fisher, third; fourteen ran. 



High Jump, J. Comerford, five feet and one 

 inch; W. J. Collins, second; eight entries. 



Flag race, girls under 15, first heat, Margaret 

 Iliffe, first; Martha Lally, second; second heat. 

 Edith Iliffe, first; Maud Hall, second; third 

 heat, Freda Fisher, first; Ethel Fisher, second; 

 final heat, Martha Lally, first; Edith Iliffe, sec- 

 ond; sixteen entries. 



Putting sixteen-pound shot, 3. Comerford, first, 



thirty-six feet and eight inches; John Reid, 

 second; W. McGillivray, third. The winner 

 later made an exhibition throw of thirty-eigtrt 

 feet and three inches. 



Flag race, married ladies, Mrs. F. Coles, first; 

 Mrs. H. F. Woods, secoud; Mrs. Ferguson, third; 

 seven entrlbs. 



Fifty-yard race, unmarried ladles. Miss Har- 

 riet Coles, first; Miss Alice Iliffe, second; Miss 

 Eisenbardt, third; eight ran. 



Sack race, men, T. S. Brown, first; W. J. 

 CoULns, second; H. H. Bartsch, third; eight 

 ran. 



Sack race, boys, Thomas Westwood, first; 

 Jack Slsson, second; Thomas Iliffe, tltird; eleren 

 ran. 



Men's race. 240 yards, W. J. Collins, first; 

 J. Comerford, second; William Iliffe, third; 

 seven ran. 



Fat men's race, John Lally. first; Daniel Iliffe, 

 second; J. L. Smith, third; seven ran. 



Broad jump. W. J. Collins, first, eighteen 

 feet and two inches; H. Coles, second; William 

 Iliffe, third; six entries. 



Three-legged race, men, Collins and Reid, 

 first; Palmer and Iliffe, second; Cole and Brown, 

 third; eight entries. 



Three-legged race, boys, T. Westwood and 

 J. Sisson, first; W. Westwood and P. Har- 

 greaves, second; five entries. 



Half-mile race, John Reid, first: David H. 

 Bnrns, second; H. Coles, third; six ran. 



Fifty-yard race, boys under 8, Archibald 

 Terry, first; Prescott Whyte, second; Maldrfm 

 Craig, third: eleven ran. 



Consolation race, girls under 12, Margaret 

 Iliffe, first; Theresa Lally, second: fourteen ran. 



Consolation race, boys under 12, Fred Hol- 

 brow. first; James Rlggs, second; eleven ran. 



Tug of war. Commercials vs. Private Gar- 

 deners, won by the Private Gardeners, captained 

 by D. Flnlayson. The team was as follows: 

 William Robb, J. L. Smith. J. Comerford, P. 

 McKenzie, W. McGillivray, J. O. Duguid, David 

 Burns, Peter Scott, G. H. Cray, Fred Coles and 

 A. G. Sawyer. 



Silver spoons offered by J. C. Vaughan for 

 best looking babies awarded to Dorothy LiOaiae 

 Coles, Leo Boyle, Marjorle Sim. 



Picnic Pickings. 



Mrs. Peter Fisher, Mis. Kenneth 

 Finlayson and M. A. Patten oflSciated 

 as the judges of babies. We heard no 

 criticism of their awards, for they 

 wisely gave prizes to all entrants. 



Solari, the left-handed pitcher for 

 the Commercials, completely nonplused 

 R. W. Curtis' strong team. Sim proved 



