August 3, 1907 



HOKTiCULTURE 



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Payment of Dues. 



It is important that all members 

 forward their dues to the secretary 

 ia advance, as the possession of a 

 badge and a membership receipt for 

 1907 is absolutely necessary before 

 any individual can sign the roll book 

 and receive invitation cards for any 

 entertainment provided. On receipt of 

 J3.00 from those who have paid the 

 membei-ship dues for 1906, or of $5.00 

 from all others (in accordance with 

 our laws), the proper certificate and 

 the badge for 1907 will be mailed 

 from the secretary's office. Be sure 

 to bring with you to the session your 

 receipt for dues for 1907. The name 

 and address of the stecretary is P. J. 

 Hauswirth, 232 Michigan avenue, Chi- 

 cago, Illinois. 



PROGRAMME. 



The sessions of the convention 

 vvill be held in the "Broad Street 

 Theater," opposite Horticultural Hall. 



Opening Session, Tuesday, August 20, 

 1907, 2 P. M. 



The members will be welcomed on 

 behalf of the State by Hon. Edwin S. 

 Stuart, Governor, and on behalf of 

 the city by Honorable John E. Rey- 

 burn. Mayor. W. W. Castle, of Bos- 

 ton, Mass., will respond to the wel- 

 coming addresses. The annual ad- 

 dt'ess of the president of the society, 

 and the reports of the secretary, 

 treasurer, state vice-presidents, com- 

 mittees and other officials will ba 

 presented. 



Judging Exhibits. 



Immediately after the close of the 

 opening session the judg'es of the ex- 

 hibits will examine same and prepare 

 tiieir reports upon the novelties and 

 new inventions in the trade exhibi- 

 tion. 



President's Reception, 8 P. M. 



The president of the society will 

 receive the members at 8 P. M. in the 

 "Broad Street Theater" under the 

 auspices of the Philadelphia Florists' 

 Club. Music and reCreshments. 



Second Day, Wednesday, August 21, 

 9.30 A. M. 



Judges of exhibits will present re 

 ports. Addresses will be presented 

 on the following subjects: 



Hardy Shrubs — How to Plant and 

 Treat Them. S. C. Moon. 



The Effective Arrangement of 

 Hardy Perennial Plants. Ernest Hem- 

 ming. 



Hardy Bulbs and Tuberous Roote 1 

 Perennials. E. V. Hallock. 



Bedding Plants — Where and How 

 to Use Them. A. Frey. 



Selection of Next Meeting Place and 

 Nomination of Officers. 

 The s'election of the location of the 

 next meeting (polls open one hour), 

 nomination of officers and roll-call of 

 states for nominations for state vice- 

 presidents for next year will take 

 place at this session. 



Ladies' Auxiliary. 



Th'e Ladies' Auxiliarv will convene 

 in session. 



Trip Up the Delaware. 

 On invitation of H. A. Dreer, Incor- 

 porated, the society will board the ex- 

 cursion boat leaving Arch street 

 wharf at 1 P. M. sharp, for a trip up 

 the Delaware River to Riverton, N. J. 



Shooting Tournament. 



The team and individual shooting 

 contest will take place at the Florists' 

 Gun Club grounds, Wissinoming. For 

 entries and information, address A. 

 B. Cartledge, 1514 Chestnut street, 

 Philadelphia. Pa. 



Wednesday, 8 P. M., Illustrated Lec- 

 ture. 

 An illustrated lecture will be given 

 by J. Otto Thilow in the "Broad 

 Street Theater," the subject being 

 "The Flora of Yellowstone Park and 

 Puget Sound." 



Discussion of Recommendations in 

 President's Address. 

 Reports of Special Committees. 

 Third Day, Thursday, August 22, 9.30 

 A. M. 

 Subjects for discussion at the 

 morning session will be "Horticul- 

 tural Education": 



Horticultural Education in the Com- 

 mon Schools. V. Hallock. 



Horticultural Education in Agricul- 

 tural schools. Theo. Wirth. 



Horticultural Education by Horti- 

 cultural Societies and Clubs, includ- 

 ing a review of the work of the Bos- 

 ton Landscape Class. John K. M. L. 

 Farquhar. 



Discussion on Above Subjects. 

 Election of Officers, 10 A. M. 

 During the discussion on the above 

 subjects as prtsented covering Horti- 

 cultural Education the election of 

 officers for 190S will take place, the 

 polls being kept open one hour, and 

 until all legal voters in line at that 

 time shall have an oportunity to cast 

 their votes. 



Question Box. 

 The Question Box will be opened 

 and general discussion had upon the 

 subjects therein referred to. 

 Bowling Tournament. 

 The bowling contests for teams 

 representing the various Florists' 

 Clubs will take place at 1.30 P. M. 



The ladies' bowling contest will 

 take place at 2 P. M. 



Location of alleys will be an- 

 nounced later. For further informa- 

 tion inquire of Wm. Graham, chair- 

 n-cn Committee on Bowling, 104 

 South 13th street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Handsome trophies will be provide.!. 

 Annual Meeting Florists Hail Associa- 

 tion of America. 

 Broad Street Theater, S.30 P. M. 



Thursday Evening. 

 Session open 7.30 P. M. 



The National Flower Show. 

 Discussion will be had regarding 

 the National Flower Show to be held 

 in 1908. 



Unfinished Business. 

 Two-minute talks by m'enibers on 

 general subjects of advantage to the 

 society. 



American Carnation Society. 



Immediately after the adjournment 

 of the evening session a meeting of 

 members of the American Carnation 

 Society will be held. 



Friday, August 23. 



The program as arranged for the 

 fourth day, Friday, is as follows: 



10.00 A. M.— The society will be the 

 guests of the Philadelphia Florists' 

 Club, at "Belmont Mansion, " Fair- 

 mount Park. 



The visiting ladies will be taken to 

 Willow Grove and there entertained. 



Special announcements covering en- 

 tertainment will later bo made by the 

 Philad'Glphia Florists' Club. 



Saturday, August 24, 10 A. M. 



Meeting of Executive board. 

 Officers of the Philadelphia Florists' 

 Club. 



President, S. S. Pennock; Vice- 

 President, Pi'ed. Hahman; Secretary, 

 David Rust; Treasurer, J. William 

 Colflesh, 

 Chairmen of Convention Committees. 



Exhibits, David Rust, Horticultural 

 Hall; reception, S. S. Skidelsky, 824 

 N. 24th street; hotels, Joseph Hea- 

 cock, Wyncote, Pa.; entertainment, 

 Fred. Hahman, Harrowgate Lane; 

 finance, C. D. Ball, 3400 Rhawn street; 

 ladies, C. D. Ball. 3400 Rhawn street; 

 bowling, Wm. Graham, 104 So. 13th 

 street; shooting, A. B. Cartledge, 1514 

 Chestnut street. 



P. J. HAUSWIRTH, Secretary. 



ST. LOUIS TO PHILADELPHIA. 



In the rates and routes given Mr. 

 Wm. C. Young, State-Vice President, S. 

 A. F., the $25 rate quoted was in error 

 to Jamestown via Philadelphia, as this 

 ticket does not carry any stop-over. 



The sixty day, $30.60 ticket with 10- 

 day stop-over at Philadelphia via rail 

 to Norfolk, stop-over at Norfolk, via 

 boat to Washington, stop-over at 

 Washington, Baltimore, Harrisburg, 

 Pittsburgh, etc., is the best ticket and 

 will be used largely by the florists. 



Fifteen-day excursions to Atlantic 

 City, etc., leaving Buffalo at 9 A. M., 

 and 9 P. M., Aug. 16., and allowing a 

 lU-day stopover at Philadelphia on the 

 going trip are announced by the Penn- 

 sylvania railroad. This may be found 

 advantageous for some who may feel 

 inclined to start for the S. A. F. con- 

 vention as early as Aug. 16. 



The S A. F. convention is promised 

 a delegation of twenty-flve at least 

 from Detroit, while nearby towns may 

 furnish almost as -many more partici- 

 pants 



ELBERON (N. J.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. > 



The second annual flower show of 

 this Society was opened on July 24 

 with a characteristic speech by the 

 Mayor, introduced by President Wm. 

 D. Robertson. R. H. Hughes was man- 

 ager of the exhibition and he proved to 

 be "the right man in the right place." 

 Among the prominent commercial firms 

 represented in the displays were H. A. 

 Dreer, Phila.; Lager & Hurrell, Sum- 

 mit, N. J. The gardeners on the sum- 

 mer estates of Long Branch. Deal, As- 

 bury Park and Rumson were all in evi- 

 dence, among th'e large exhibitors in 

 this class being W. D. Robertson, Fred 

 Dottlinger, Peter Murray, Jas. Ken- 

 nedy, Anthony Bauer, Benj. WyckofC, 

 Aug. Grieb, Jas. Dowlin. J. H. Gram- 

 man and Eugene O'Rourke. The 

 judges were Alex. McKenzie of Glen 

 Cove, Wm. Turner of Oceanic and 

 Thos. Brannigan of New York. 



