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HORTI CULTURE 



July 27, 1907 



THE S. A, F, CONVENTION 



CONVENTION RATES TO PHILA- 

 DELPHIA. 



There has been considerable uncer- 

 tainly regarding reduced railroad 

 lates for all organizations, owing to 

 the two-cent rate agitation. In quite 

 a number of states the two-cent rate 

 has been made a law. 



I made application to the Trunk 

 Line Association (in whose territory 

 Philadelphia is situated) asking tor a 

 reduced rate of a fare and a third for 

 our session. After considerable cor- 

 respondeu'-r-, the Trunk Line Associa- 

 tion and New England Passenger As- 

 sociation granted the reduced rate and 

 so informed the various other Passen- 

 ger Associations. I also placed lay- 

 self in communication with these 

 Associations, but up to the time of the 

 date of this letter I have received no 

 word from any of the Associations, 

 excepting the Central Passenger Asso- 

 ciation, and this Association would 

 not grant the reduced rate of fare and 

 a third, although I was in personal 

 communication with the o'.iicials of the 

 Association. 



The only concession which I could 

 ojjtain from the Central Passenger 

 Association is as follows: 



They will charge a two-cent rate 

 in all the territory under their juris- 

 diction, but at ihe same time will 

 provide tickets, which will cover a 

 rate of fare and a third in the terri- 

 tory governed by the Trunk Line As- 

 sociation; in other words, a ticket 

 can be purchased in any city covered 

 by the Ceniial Passenger Association 

 through to philadelphic), but the tare 

 will be at ihe rate of I wo cents in the 

 territory covered by the Central Pas- 

 senger Association and at the rate o£ 

 fare and a third m the territory 

 covered by the Trunk Line Association. 



I would fiulher Inform you that this 

 special concession coveriui; the sell- 

 ing of a ticket through to Philadel- 

 phia is made only on the following 

 conditions: 



The Central Passenger Association 

 will iirovide a siii)iiiy of standard card 

 orders. These to be furnished to me, 

 and I will, upon application to me 

 by our members, send such cards as 

 may be necess.i.-y for their use. 



You will understand that the re- 

 duced rats covering the selling of a 

 through ticket to Philadelphia, can be 

 obtained, only through the use of the 

 CARD ORDRR, as received from me, 

 and these Cai'd Orders cannot be used 

 by any person except members of our 

 Society, or those attending our con- 

 vention. 



If you desire to travel in the ter- 

 ritory of the Central Passenger A.sso- 

 ciation, — and necessarily you nmst go 

 through the Trunk Line, Association-- 

 be sure to obtain from me in advance 

 a CARD ORDKR. 



As I havo s.ated to you abcve, I 

 have beeu able to secure a concession 

 cnly from the Trumc Lino and New 

 England Associition.'-i at one and one- 

 third tare rate, and from the Central 



Passenger Assomition of a two-copt 

 I ate in their territory, with a fhirmgh 

 ticket covering the territory of the 

 Trunk Line Association to I'hila.'cl 

 |hia. It is pot.oiblj that I may hear 

 f'-om the other Associations; :'.iid it 

 so, I will furnish the information 

 direct to the papers at the earliest 

 possible moment. 



I would call your attention to the 

 reduced rates as granted by all ihe 

 railroads to the Jamestown Exposition. 

 In case concessions are not made by 

 the other Passenger Associations, I 

 would suggest ll-.at vou make inquiry 

 at the railroad office in your city as to 

 the cheapest and best way to get to 

 the session, and at the same time t.ike 

 in the Jamestown Exposition. These 

 special tickets will permit you to stop 

 over in Philadelphia and New York. 

 P. J. HAUSWIRTH, Secretary. 



ST. LOUIS TO PHILADELPHIA. 



The St. Louis Florist Club has made 

 special arrangements for transporta- 

 tion to Philadelphia for the S. A. F. 

 Convention, via Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road The round trip rate will not 

 exceed $25. A special car has been 

 arranged for, and berths may now be 

 reserved in same by addressing Wil- 

 liam C. Young, 5512 Waterman avenue. 

 The sleeping car fare is $2.50 each way. 

 All who wish to do so are cordially in- 

 vited to travel from St. Louis with 

 this party. It is expected that many 

 from further west will travel on same 

 train from St. Louis on. The St. Louis 

 delegation promises to be large and a 

 pleasant time is assured. State Vice- 

 President Young has a way of enter- 

 taining in home-like fashion. Any 

 local or out-of-town florist who has 

 any intention of going with St. Louis 

 should let Mr. Young know at once as 

 he is the proper person to apply to for 

 any information on convention mat- 

 ters. 



S. A. F. LADIES' AUXILIARY. 



The secretary of the Ladies' Auxili- 

 ary of the S. A. F. would be pleased 

 to register as many members and send 

 pins to as many as possible before 

 date of convention, as the pins will 

 enable members to identity each other 

 quickly. Address Mrs. Charles H. 

 Maynard, 219 Horton avenue, Detroit, 

 Mich. 



THE INTRODUCER OF THE CHRY- 

 SANTHEMUM. 



In your issue of December 29 

 last I referred to a fund 

 having been started here to help 

 the two grand-daughters of M. 

 Pierre Louis Blancard, who introduced 

 the chrysanthemum into Europe in the 

 year 17S9. These old ladies have been 

 living in England for many years, and 

 are as before mentioned in feeble 

 health and straitened circumstances. 

 It is gratifying to be enabled to record 

 that the result of the joint appeal of 

 my colleague and myself has resulted 

 in the sum of $240.00 being collected to 

 relieve the present necessities or these 

 poor old ladies. 



The fund has been subscribed to by 

 French, English, Scotch and Belgian 

 admirers of the popular autumn flower. 



C. H. P. 



A LETTER FROM THE GINGER JAR 



Dear Mr. Editor:— What with the 

 Elks and the rain and John Westcott 

 the past week in Philadelphia it has 

 been unusually strenuous. To add to 

 the excitement we have had President 

 Stewart and Secretary Hausw irth on 

 our hands and their anxiety to see 

 whether all the convention fences were 

 in proper repair has kept the local 

 people keyed up to the highest pitch. 

 We are confident we have sent all 

 hands home feeling buoyant as to the 

 prospects for a good time in Philadel- 

 phia Aug. 20th to 24th. Our local 

 Florist Club members headed by Presi- 

 dent Pennock have been working quiet- 

 ly but effectively on the details, and 

 a successful convention is assured. The 

 president's reception on Tuesday even- 

 ing at the Broad Street Theatre will be 

 enlivened with music and refreshments 

 and with a moving picture show ap- 

 propriate to the occasion. The ladies 

 will be taken on a special trip to Wil- 

 low Grove and on the Friday there 

 will be a grand finale in the shape 

 of a trip to Belmont Mansion in Fair- 

 mount Park, winding up at that point 

 with a banquet. Sandwiched in be- 

 tween will be the bowling and shoot- 

 ing, ably presided over by Messrs. Gra- 

 ham and Cartledge respectively. I was 

 almost forgetting one of the best fea- 

 tures of all, namely the trip up the 

 Delaware River by boat to the Dreer 

 Nurseries at Riverton. This will take 

 place on Wednesday and will be very 

 enjoyable. The good people of this 

 good old town are really worried more 

 with what not to than what to give our 

 visitors. We have so much to show — 

 from Independence Hall and Betsy 

 Ross and Bartrans Gardens, to the 

 Mint and Fairmount Park and Girard 

 College and Cramp's and Carpenter's 

 Hall and hundreds of other places that 

 come crowding to our minds when we 

 think of it — that we are buried in a 

 plethora of good things and have to 

 pick out only a few and be content 

 with suggesting the rest. On one 

 point we are agreed; we will not at- 

 tempt to entertain too much, but will 

 maintain the happy medium of enough, 

 with a hearty welcome, and leave our 

 guests a little time to disport them- 

 selves in accordance with their own 

 sweet wills. Now, Mr. Editor, you 

 have been with us and have caught our 

 spirit and I trust you will tell the 

 whole country through Horticulture 

 just how the prospects are for the Phil- 

 adelphia meeting and assure them that 

 Mr. Penn with Mrs. Penn and the 

 whole Penn family have the latch 

 string out and that "the more the mer- 

 rier" will be the slogan. 



G. C. WATSON. 



Prof. Stone of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College accompanied the 

 officers of the gas light company to 

 Ludlow, Mass., to examine the elm 

 trees said to have been poisoned by 

 gas, and suggest the remedy. 



Complaint having come to the Board 

 of Public Works. Poughkeepsie. N. Y., 

 that many trees about the city were in 

 a dangerous condition, it has been de- 

 cided to have a forester examine them 

 in the hope that some of them may be 

 preserved. 



