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this fancy plant. Ten thousand cut- 

 tings are in the sand and but a small 

 percentage will miss. 



Baroness Rothschild is one of the 

 best varieties to strike. Countess Er- 

 dody is seen in quantity. Two large 

 houses are devoted to begonias alone. 

 Messrs. Green *S; Underhill attribute 

 success in business to persistent ad- 

 vertising and originality. W. M. 



TRADE EXHIBITION AT OMAHA, 



Following are the latest rules and 

 regulations of the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists relating to the manage- 

 ment of the annual trade exhibition 

 of the society. The superintendent of 

 the trade exhibition this year is Mr. 

 S. B. Stewart, lilt North* 16th St.. 

 Omaha, Neb., to whom applications 

 for space should be addressed. 



1. The Society of American Florists shall, 

 through the Kxecutive Committee, control all 

 features of the trade exhibition. 



2. There shall be appointed annually at the 

 winter meeting of the Executive Committee a 

 superintendent of exhibits. The vice-president 

 of the S. A. F., or the local organization in 

 the place where the convention of the current 

 year is to be held, shall be invited to reccm- 

 mend such superintendent for election by the 

 Executive Committee, as aforesaid. Said super- 

 intendent shall have general charge of all de- 

 tails of the annual exhibition, and shall be 

 under seven days' full service and pav at and 

 during the convention. He shall receive all 

 applications fcr space and assign the same 

 in the order in which they are received by 

 him. He shall provide and arrange all neces- 

 .sary tables and staging. He shall furnish the 

 Secretary as full a list as possible of the 

 trade exhibitors by 1 P. M. on the day of 

 opening the convention, said list to be for the 

 use of the judges. He shall also furnish the 

 Secretary with a full report of receipts, ex- 

 I'enditures and other details of the exhibition, 

 the same to be embodied in the annual report 

 of the Society. 



3. Exhibition space shall be designated in 

 square feet, at a maximum charge of 25 cts. 

 per foot for all space less than 12 feet; more 

 than 12 and less than 50 feet, 21 cts., more 

 than 50 and less than 100 feet, 19 cts.. 100 feet 

 or more, 18 cts., no entry to be accepted for 

 less than J2.C0. No charge shall be made for 

 plants and flowers entered for exhibition pur- 

 I)oses onlj-. 



4. AVall space shall be measured four feet 

 in height, and when practicable a table not 

 less than one foot wide shall be added gratis, 

 if desired and applied for with entry. 



5. Exhibition classes to be arranged as fol- 

 lows: A— Plants; B— Cut Blooms: C— Boilers 

 and Heating Apparatus; D— Greenhouse Ap- 

 liliances. including Flower Pots; E— Florists' 

 Supplies, including Fancy Earthenware; F— 

 Bulbs and Seeds: G— Miscellaneous. 



ti. Exhibitors may group their goods togeth- 

 er, excepting in the case of living plants and 

 cut flowers. These shall be shown in a sepa- 

 rate department from the other classes. 



7. Judges shall be appointed by the president 

 and secretary at least a month before "the ex- 

 hibition. The president and secretary may 

 appoint substitutes in place of judges who 

 may be absent. 



S. Judges shall examine all exhibits and 

 make mention of such as are in their ov>iniun 

 of special value, and shall only award certi- 

 ticates to new plants, improved appliances and 

 approved florists' requisites, not previously ex- 

 hibited before the S. A. F. They shall be" gov- 

 erned by the merits of the article as exhibited, 

 and shall state in their reiwrt on what special 

 points of excellence awards were based. 



9. In case any article or device has' received 

 an award at a previous S. A. F. exhibition, 

 awards shall cover subsequent improvements 

 only. 



10. No award shall be made covering the 

 quality of seeds, fertilizers, paints and otlier 

 articles of such nature that an intelligent 

 opinion cannot be had without a practical test. 



11. The exhibition shall be closed between 

 the hours of 2 and 4 P. M. on the first day of 

 the convention, during which time the judges 

 shall pass on the exhibits, and they shall re- 



port promptly to the secretary on the same 

 day. Exhibitors shall be excluded from the 

 haU while the judges are at work. 



12. Exhibits not in position before 1 P. M. on 

 the first day of the convention may be ex- 

 cluded from the report of awards. 



13. Boors of exhibition shall be closed five 

 minutes before the opening hour of each ses- 

 sion of the Society, and remain closed during 

 the session. 



14. Exhibition to be open not less than two 

 hours before the opening of the morning ses- 

 sion, to remain open during the day, except 

 during the session hours, as provided in Sec. 

 13. and to remain open one hour after the 

 closing of the evening session. 



15. No article exhibited shall be remo\-ed un- 

 til after the c'.ose of the last day's session, 

 except by permission of the superintendent of 

 exhibition. 



16. All adjustments not covered by rules or 

 published action of the Executive Committee 

 shall be referred to that committee. 



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THE WRONG WEDDING. 



An amusing thing happened to a 

 very smart wedding not far from Lon- 

 don recently. The Ijride's parents sent 

 to some fashionable city florists to dec- 

 orate the chancel of the oarisli church, 

 but when the bridal party arriv :d not 

 a flower was visible, and the place was 

 as bare as a barn. Indignation and 

 surprise consumed all concerned, and 

 violent inquiries were sent by wire to 

 the fashionable florists to learn why 

 they had failed to obey instructions. 

 The answer came in due time with the 

 bill, and on inquiry it was discovered 

 that the smart 2 o'clock nupitals had 

 been preceded by another earlier wed- 

 ding. The florists had arrived just be- 

 fore and profusely adorned the church, 

 but as soon as the ceremony was ••iver, 

 supposing it to be "the" wedding for 

 which they were engaged, they care- 

 fully removed all the decorations.— 

 Daily Press. 





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