August 31, 1907 



HORTICULTURE. 



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United States Express Co. was voted. 

 A prolonged discussion took place as 

 to the best uietuod of book-keeping 

 and accounting in the office of secre- 

 tary and treasurer. 



President Stewart thanked the mem- 

 bers tor their attention and earnest- 

 ness in the work that had been ac- 

 complished in the convention and a 

 vote of thanks to the president for 

 his efficiency in the chair was in turn 

 accorded. Adjournment was then 

 voted and thus amid the utmost good 

 nature and cordiality passed into his- 

 tory the great Convention of 1907. 



THE S. A. F. TRADE EXHIBITION. 



Oiir account of this exliibition and 

 list of exhibitors as given in last 

 voeks issue was unavoidably hurried 

 and s( mewhat incomplete. The fol- 

 lowing should Ije added: 



Fernery Greenhouses, Govanstown, 

 Md — A pure white semi-double spoit, 

 from Qaeen Alexandria daisy. 



FertiiiziM- Products Co., Jersey City, 

 X. 1.— Phint-Hlood, claimed to be an 

 ideal food and tonic for house planio 

 and the garden. 



C. 3. Ford, Philadelphia.— Florists' 

 imniortelle letter.!;, designs and flor- 

 istg' novelties. 



H. D. Gara Co., Philadelphia. — In- 

 secticides; Alco-Naptha. 



Keystone Sheet .Metal Co., Ambridge, 

 Pa.- Patent metal hot-bed sash. 



F. L. Moore, Chatham, N. J.— Sunny- 

 woods Hose 



Morehead Mfg. Co.. Detroit, Mich.- - 

 Morehead automatic steam tank, meter 

 and return traps. 



Gi'dfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia. — 

 Plants. Also a \ery rare old botanical 

 work in the German language. 



Crowl Fern. Co., Millington, Mass.— 

 Hardy cut ferns, laurel loose and In 

 roping. 



B. H. Cushman, &ylvania, O.— Blooms 

 of Lili'im philippense. 



A. D. Cnrpenter & Co., Cohoes, N. 

 v.— Plant tie 



Diller, Caskey & Keen, Philadelphia. 

 — Gieenhouse gutters and appliances. 



Advance Co., Richmond, Ind. — Veu- 

 tilatint, apparatus. 



G. >J. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.— P.jt 

 handle. 



H. .T. Smith. Hinsdale, Mass.— Haidy 

 terns, Christmas trees, ;?reens. 



AUimo Culture Co., Canfield, O.— 

 Asters. 



Carolina Glass Co., Columbia, S. C. 

 — Baskets. 



Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago. — Green- 

 house appliances. 



And7-ew Wilson, Summit, N. J. — 

 Plant oil. 



V.'arren Matthew^s, Dayton, O.— 

 Coleus, Dayton Gem. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



Messages of condolence were or- 

 dered by a unanimous vote to be sent 

 to ex-Pi-esidents Wm. Scott and M. H. 

 Norton, both of whom had been pre- 

 vented from attending the convention, 

 the former by illness and the latter 

 by an injury. 



The vote for president was very 

 close- 1G3 to 147— and the friends of 

 both candidates w^ere kept on the 

 anxious seat until pretty near the end 

 of the counting. 



■Widespread regret was expressed at 

 the enforced absence of Mrs. Stewart, 

 who has but recently recovered from 

 a severe illness. 



The Ladies' Auxiliary has reason to 

 be proud of its first season's work, 

 the list of members now reaching 109. 



A resolution of sympathy with Jo- 

 seph Heacock and family in their re- 

 cent severe affliction was adopted on 

 Thursday evening by a rising vote. 



For the first time in its history, the 

 S. A. F. consumed four days before 

 closing its business sessions. Despite 

 the many entertainments an unusual 

 amount of valuable work was put 

 through. The Executive Board also 

 made a record by holding two sessions 

 dviring the convention. 



The roof-garden reception at H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co.'s establishment 

 on Thursday was the most elaborate 

 private entertainment of its kind ever 

 provided for Convention visitors. 

 There was a sumptuous luncheon and 

 music, and Messrs. Bayersdorfer and 

 Berkowitz, with their ladies and a 

 host of employees, spared no effort 

 to make their many visitors happy. 

 The opportunity to inspect the goods 

 displayed on the various floors was 

 availed of by the visitors, and was not 

 the least of the instructive and en- 

 joyable features of the occasion. Two 

 coupes were in service all day carry- 

 ing the visitors to and from the Con- 

 vention hall. 



From all accounts the trip from New 

 York to Philadelphia reflected great 

 credit upon Messrs. Schultz, Nugent 

 and Rickards, the committee entrust- 

 ed with the duty of providing for the 

 material satisfying of the 130 healthy 

 appetites under their care. The old 

 Scotch definition of perfection in this 

 respect "A' fu' and nane left" was 

 well exemplified in this instance, for 

 everybody had enough, and the com- 

 missary was bare when Philadelphia 

 was reached. 



CONVENTION GINGER JAR. 



What did you think of the conven- 

 tion? Tha.t is the universal salutation 

 today— Monday. Personally, I think 

 it was O. K. I enjoyed every minute 

 of it from Monday morning to Satur- 

 day night, and I only saw one thou- 

 sandth part — and kept pretty busy at 

 that! 



1 have taken a few samples of 

 other's views today and append one 

 or two: 



Leo XiPs.^en — It was great — espe- 

 cially the Dreer trip. I never saw a 

 bigger or more congenial gathering. 

 But the service and merchandise at 

 Belmont was not so good as might 

 ha -e been. I can't say anything about 

 the tag. but I guess the bill will come 

 in all right. (Sententious as ever.) 



J. Herbert luman — Fine convention. 

 The feed at Belmont was great. Ev- 

 erything of the finest and served to 

 the minute. And the business I did 

 exceeded my most sanguine expecta- 

 tions. (Take your choice between 

 these two.) 



Willitim .1. Baker: It was no good. 

 I had no time to attend to anything 

 for shaking hands with iieople. Who 

 do they think I am — Pre.=iident Roose- 

 velt? 



Frank H. Traendly— It's not this one 

 that's worrying me now. It's the 

 next! Of course I'm proud but it's a 

 hie responsibility. 



Captain Lynch— On ethical and aes- 

 thetical grounds I would consider last 

 week's gathering a triumph of twen- 



tieth century civilization and an honor 

 to the most august body of men ever 

 assembled together for instruction and 

 amusement since the beginning of 

 time. Gastronomically and esoteri- 

 cally it was beyond all praise. In 

 other words, 1 think— "it was all to the 

 good!' 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar — I think you 

 have a great city here, and great op- 

 portunities. We Boston people, proud 

 as we are. see much to admire and 

 approve in your parks and public insti- 

 tutions and in the general spirit of 

 progressiveness everywhere. I go 

 home chastened, yet inspired and ex- 

 hilarated! That 'bus megaphone was 

 a fine feature. You remember when 

 the crowd passed the 3Sth street mar- 

 ket where the biggest vegetables in 

 the wo!-ld were sold? Where "the 

 vegetables were so large that three 

 policemen had been known to sleep on 

 one beat?" Yes! 'Well I have found 

 those beets were all grown from Far- 

 quhar's seeds! 



G. C. WATSON. 



SPOKANE ASTER FAIR. 



The Spokane Floral Association, of 

 which Mrs. John Gilson is president, 

 announces that silver medals will be 

 awarded for the best displays at the 

 twelfth annual aster show in connec- 

 tion with the Spokane Interstate Fair 

 in Spokane, Wash., Sept. 23 to Oct. 5. 

 It is expec-ted to have exhibits from 

 Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana 

 and British Columbia, and these will 

 be shown in a tent 40 by SO feet, in 

 connection with other varieties of 

 blooms. The central idea is not the 

 awarding of prizes, but a desire to 

 =how the visitors from the Inland Em- 

 pire of the Pacific Northwest, and from 

 other places, what may be done in the 

 culture of flowers in the Spokane 

 country. 



Systematic work is being done by 

 the ladies of the association to prevail 

 on those who have fine gardens to 

 place their flowers on exhibition, either 

 in competition for the prizes or other- 

 wise. Besides the regular prizes, blue 

 ribbons will be awarded in the various 

 classes by the Interstate Fair Associa- 

 tion. 



A new feature of the flower show 

 will be the exhibits from the parks 

 in Spokane, all of which have prom- 

 ised to send displays. The medal in 

 this department will be given by the 

 floral association. Liberty park, 

 Coeur d'-Mene park, as well as Corbin 

 and Manito parks, will be represented. 



Another feature of the fair that is 

 being given especial attention this- 

 year is the display of pottec'. plants. 

 All potted flowering plants placed on 

 exhibit will remain the property of the 

 exhibitor and the association will be 

 responsible for them. 



It is also planned to have exhibits 

 bv the children of Spokane and the 

 district. All plants exhibited in this 

 denartment must have been cared for 

 bv the exhibitor, the object being to 

 encourage the boys and girls in flower 

 culture. 



In the earlier days of Spokane the 

 floral association did much in the way 

 of providing seeds, even doing work in 

 the city parks. 



AUGUST WOLF. 



Spokane, Wash. 



