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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



falo early the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 

 (i, giving members of the Jiarty ample 

 time to secure hotel aeeommodations and 

 then reach the convention liall in time 

 for the opening session. 



THE SEVENTEENTH 



ANNUAL CONVENTION 



OF THE 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND 



ORNAMENT.\L HORTrClLTlRlSTS 



WILL BE HELD AT 



BUFFALO, N. Y.. 



AUGUST 6th to loth, 1901. 



J. Stewart. 78 Milk Street, Boston; Treas. 

 Beatty. Oil City. Pa. 



The annual dues. »3.00. may be remlited to the 

 secretary prior to the meeting and therel)y avoid 

 the crush at the secretary's desk on the opening 

 day. He will mail receipt and badge for 1901. 



The usual rate of one and one-third fares for 

 the round trip on the certificate plan has been 

 granted by the Trunk Line Association. By de- 

 positing your certificate with the joint agent at 

 the Exposition on or before August Hand paying 

 the sum of fl.UO you may obtain an extension ot 

 the return ticket to August 24. 



For Information about hotel accommodation 

 or rooms address W.A.Adams, chairman hotel 

 committee. 479 Main Street, Buffalo. N. Y. 



In regard to space in the special trade exhibi- 

 tion address Chas. H. Keltsch. Supt.. 270 South- 

 ampton Street. Buffalo. N. Y. 



PJIELIMINARY PROGRAM. 

 Tuesday, August 6, t90J. 



First Ikii/ — ()/ii)nnfi Srssioti. 



.— A.iare>> 



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a ,-pe. 



eonimittee.s. Jlis, (.Il.iin - l.ii^iiie.ss. 



First Dm, l;7, ,„.„,„. 

 2 p. m. — Ladic- ..niii^i, i i.lc, escort- 

 ed by la.lir- .,t null., In |-[.,ii-i-- fluh. 



pare thiii i.|i.ii- up m li.irl,. Kxhihit. 



Exhibition ilo>ed .liuiiiii .|ua.t; ng. 



First Day—Evrniit;i. 



8 p. m.— President's reception at tlie 



Convention Hall. Under the auspices of 



Buffalo Florists' Club. 



p. ill. — Lecture, "Horticulture 



with !-tcreopticon v'ews. J. K. M. 

 L. Farquhar. Boston. Kefreshments. 



■Wednesday, August 7, I90I. 



Second Day — Morniny Hession. 



10 a. m. — Presentation of New Con- 

 stitution and By-Laws under Charter. 



12 noon. — Selection of meeting place 

 for 1902. Nomination of officers for 

 1902. 



Second Day — Afternoon. 



2 p. m. — Annual meeting of Florists' 

 Hail Assoc'ation of America. 



4 p. m. — ileeting of American Car- 

 nation Society at Convention Hall. 

 Scriuiil Dun- /.'/r,,;,,., .V. vx/on,. 



8 p. ill.- I.I M III i ■ I > I- -II 1 HIS as Edu- 

 cators," Willi -in I .]ill.i.;i \ n w s. F. W. 

 Taylor, Supt. iXpl. llnilinilluie at Pan- 

 American Exposition. 



Thursday, August 8, J90J. 



Third Day — Morning Session. 



10 a. ra. — Election of officers. Polls 

 open until 12 noon. 



10:30 a. m. — A paper, "Flowering 

 plants and Their Treatment for Christ- 

 mas Sales," W. P. Craig. Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



11:30 a. m.— A paper. "Tbe Old and 

 the New Century in Horticulture," J. N. 

 May, Summit, N. J. 



Third Day— Afternoon. 

 Shooting Tournament. 



Third Day — Evening Session. 

 X p. m. — A paper. "The Fuel Question 

 , (;n.,.nli,Mi-c lliMlin-,- I'r.if. L. K. Taft. 



Ulirlllllinil ( olllLjr. .Mi.hlgan. Cover- 



mi lir fullovv illU! ii'iiiii-: Amount of each 



jnil of r.i.il inpiiir.l ii cvapiivatc a 



200. 



of c.iiil n -pnin.h. 'I'm Ii,' i..n.iuc,l bv 

 a di-.ii--inii l.\ M, ■--!-. < , W. Wiird. E. 

 Buettnii. K. ii. Wuud. 11. L. Biultv. and 

 others. 



The Question Box. 

 The Question Box w'll be, as hereto- 

 fore, an intcri-^liiii: fi.-.tinc of the meet- 

 ings. Meiulici- 11 1 r uipu-lrd to forward 



inquiries iin 

 practicable. 



the regular program. 



Friday, August 9, 1 90 J. 

 Buffalo Florists' Dav. \'isit tr 

 ara Falls as guests of the Buffal 

 ists' Club. 



Saturday, August JO, J90I. 

 Bowling tournament. '.I a. in.. : 

 man American Hall. 



BAY TREES. 



■riir ni-.oinp;,iiviii._' view at the Pan- 

 Vinriinin l-;\p.i-ir(.ii. -huwing the Char- 

 Mi I;. 11 r v> II li 1 lir I |mi 111 lilture building 

 I ■ iMikui.iiiii.l. I- in-i iii-ide the Elm- 

 wood cm ranee. I iir vi.u taken is a 

 circular plot and suii niiii.llii;.; tlic slatu- 

 arv are four large pMiiini.l I i\- and 



vpp, 



, It is a very striU- 

 roup and the first 

 ig the gates. 



W.\i. Scott. 



THE PAST CENTURY. 



[CONTIXI'ED FROM ISSL'E OF JUNE 2 

 THE DAHLIA. 

 The clo-e of tlie century saw th 



verti'il ,1 -iirjii' ll.i.M'i iiil'i a double one. 

 The lai'jr -In.xi and Ian \ varieties are 

 still «i.lil> ru]n\alc.l. .-pccially for ex- 

 hibition piupur,e:.; and the pompon vari- 

 eties have Ijeen greatly extended and 

 improved during the last thirty years. 

 About thirty yt^ars ago the sin'gli'-llow- 



of 



hmI 



lar estimatiun. In ISSO, Dahlia Juarczi 

 — the cactus dahlia — was introduced, 

 and its ])rogeny now form the most popu- 

 lar of all the 'sections. From tlie crim- 

 son flower 111 -I ill! r..ilii. ril there have 

 come a laiLri 1111111I..1 i.l varieties of 

 many shades and minlnnalions of colors, 

 all rctainiin: ilir lai 111- toini of the orig- 

 inal lilt 1 1'diiii loll. .,\\,\ indi'cd, showing 

 ini]ir.i\. III. Ill - ii]i'iii ii. W liile the flow- 

 ers lia\c undirguni' gii at iiitprovenients, 

 theie arc yet material defects of habit 

 in many of the newer introductions. 



The hollyhock, of which there were 

 about nine varieties, mainly double, in 

 1820, was improved by Cirarles Barno 

 sixty years ago. and latia liy i'anl, 1 ha- 

 ter, Bircham, I'ar-.ai-, llci.ikr imd nih. as, 

 until it had aU.nnrd i.i larai piruni- 

 nenee as an i-\lii!ai nni iln.Ma. Ilnn 

 about forty yeai- ij.- .ana ]\h- i.iilhieaU 

 of a fungous di-i a-.. »linli diiiiiiateil 

 collections and raii-.d 1 h inial loss ui 

 not a few of the liia-l \ a 1 1. 1 n- I 111 II I 111- 

 tivated. Of late yn- Hi, dl-.a-. , lia\- 

 ing become less \iiiil.iii. atl mpu are 

 being made to n--irii( ili,. Indian, k to 

 something of its old position in the esti- 

 mation of llorists. The single-flowered 

 varieties are also receiving attention as 

 border plants, but their value as decora- 

 tive agents is in danger of being over- 

 ci^timated. 



THE PAKSY. 



The old show' pansies, the selfs and 

 white and yellow grotmds, are now- 

 grown but little in the south, though 

 llj.\ lind laMir in the north. The fancy 

 paii-\, .11 ijinii. ,1 by John Salter, and 

 -'■ iiiia !i iiiipMi\cd bj' M. MUliez nearly 

 lili> 11 ai- au'i. with their larger, rich- 

 ly ml. aid I..1--.1111S and more vigorous 

 L;i.aMli. .11. iiiiich preferred, and occupy 

 a pr.iiiiin.ail place in many gardens. 

 I'itty .\ears ago pansy shows were numer- 

 ous; now the flower does not often find 

 a place in schedules of prizes. The viola, 

 an outcome of the last half century, is 

 now represented by a multitude of va- 

 rieties, to which additions are being 

 made annually, many of them, it is 

 feared, of inferior chiiracter. They are 

 esteemed for flower garden purposes, and 

 in our London parks some of the varie- 

 ties are seen to great advantage. Unfor- 

 liinatcly. comparatively few of the named 

 \.iii.ti.s appear capable of enduring the 

 li.at .iiul drought of our recent suin- 



TIIE PELARGONIUM. 



The show and fancy pelargoniums, 

 which fifty years ago, Beck, Hoyle, Fos- 



t.a. ikiiii.-. I lull-. 111. Fciquette, Ambrose 

 ami 111 In I-. ilid -M iiiiudi to improve, and 

 Iiii.ni lai.i 111 p.iiiit .if time, have ceased 

 to be uu.iiilLd uith .so much favor as 

 gieenhou.se decorative plants as former 

 ly: and yet they are not difficult to cul- 

 tivate, and they arc singularly showy 



cut day is due to the good work done 

 at the'Chilwell Nurseries. F'rora other 

 home sources, and also from abroad, have 

 coinr many new ami novel varieties; and 



tlii- a.li\ii\ u. .- Ill iiiiphasize the fact 

 til, 11 ilii'/iiiial pi la 1 uMiiiiim has lost none 



of its ,d.l piipiilalil \. 



With the decli I lli.' ril.an.l -ty'a ..f 



flower gardening .anil' al-.. a 1.--. niiiLj <<i 

 interest in the v.i 1 i. ^jal..! an. I Inmi/c 

 zoned types, and il is ..alain that tlicy 

 have materially declined in cultivation. 

 New varieties are now very rare indeed. 



