Florists' review (microform) (1912) (16686895602)

Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_34_2 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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AIGLST 2T, 1014. The Florists'Review THE CONVENTION AFTERMATH THE ENDING OF AN ENJOYABLE MEETING THE CONVENTION OUTING. Till' weather man is no friend of the Boston florists. He did his worst to gpoii the grand finale of the 1914 con- vention. The day of the outing dawned damp and showery. It was at first fean'il that the excursion would have to be called off, but as sailing time ap- proached the clouds lifted and the boat left rin hour after the advertised time with 1,080 persons on board, according to the purser's count of tickets. The Boston committee had planned, with special consideration for the vis- itors from the interior, to spend the greater part of the day on the waters of the harbor and only the inclemency of the weather interfered with their ar- rangements to make the outing historic in the annals of the S. A. F. To do the hospitalities the Boston florists, their families and friends turned out in large numl)ers. Considerably more than half the people on the boat were local, pres- ent to see that their guests spout an enjoyable day. The steamer Mary Standish, with a licensed capacity of 1,800, had been chartered. The trip down the harbor, always interesting to one not habitu- ated, held additional novelty because of the presence of many a war-bound boat flying a European flag. The first stop was at old Fort War- ren. This is an island, entirely covered by fortifications, at which boats ordi- narily are not permitted to land. The soldiers have a fine diamond on the parade ground inside the fort, the use of which had been secured through the issuance of a special permit by the Sec- retary of War. It was the first time most of the visitors ever had seen a United States harbor defense fort, much less the inside of one, and an hour was spent most enjoyably in parading the parapet and inspecting the quarters of the garrison and the big disappearing guns that have the power to throw a projectile twelve inches in diameter for a distance of ten miles. The baseball game. All America against the Convention City, was un- usually well contested, Old Charlie Gra- ham scoring another victory in the last half of the fifth inning by a score of 12 to 11. The Clevelander has been pitching the visitors to victory these many years, but his arm is not so good as it was in his younger days and suc- cess is less certain. His team this year was a veritable All American aggrega- tion, his catcher being Beuerlein, of Elmhurst, L. I., and his right fielder Ferrari, of San Francisco. The Boston battery was Marshall and Filson, both good, but Marshall was driven from the slab in the third inning and Celari, a left hander, was called in from center field to stem the tide. The grounds were soaked, making every plsiy a chance. After the liall game the races were started, only to be interrupted by the heaviest shower of the day and everj-- one ran for the boat, where 3,000 sand- wiches and quantities of coffee and gin- ger ale were, made quickly to disappear. The downpour held off just long enough to enable C. E, Critchell, of Cincinnati, to settle old scores with Robert Shoch, of Philadelphia, by heating him in the fat men's race. Last year at Minne- apolis the honors were the other way around. The prize this year was a ten- dollar gold piece, which Mr. Critchell promptly donated to the W. R. Smith Memorial fund. The prizes this year were all of exceptional quality and value and it is to be regretted that the events could not have been run off in such ideal surroundings under the cheer- ing influence of pleasant skies. When the shower drove the crowd to the boat an immediate start was made for a sail down the bay as far as Boston light. Then a course was set for Nantucket, where a shore din- ner was served at the new Rockland House, the best hotel on the beach. A shower that came up just as the boat land.ed at Nantucket drove everyone in haste to cover and settled down into a steady rain that put an end to outdoor amusements. At the dinner President and Mrs. Wirth w^ere presented with the chest of silver that annually falls to the lot of the presiding officer and his better half. The local chairman on entertainment was E. Allan Peirce and the local chair- man on sports was W. R. Nicholson. Each had many willing assistants and the affair certainly would have set a new mark for convention entertain- ments had it not been for the rain— the first time it has rained on Friday of convention week in more than ten years, ^\lthough there has been an occasional shower. The results of the athletic contests were as follows: KiiscliiiU ganip—All Stars. 0: Bostuii, s. Hoys' race—I'liil. Uolunil, first; Victor Iluer- liil. sccoiKl; T. Roliiud, third. fJlrls' nice—Margaret llliffo, first; A. Taliner, second: X. IMerce, third. .SiiiKlo ladk's' race—K. IllifTo, first: C. N'eil- si>. se<'oiid; .Mrs. K. J. Roitt'nu, tliird. Open race. 10(i yards—11. E. Jones, first; W. lllififc, second: Kisenhurdt, third. Fat men's race—C. E. rrltchell. tirst; Hobt. Sliocli, second; C. C. Taylor, third.
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General View of Indoor Plant Exhibits at the Boston Convention, with Henry A. Dreer's Display in the Foreground.

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