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HOBTICULTURE 



March 8, 1913 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 

 HORTICULTURISTS. 



Officers — President. J. K. M. L. Far- 

 guhar, Boston, Mass.; vice-president, 

 Theodore Wlrth. Minneapolis, Minn.; 

 secretary, John Young, 54 W. 28th St., 

 New York; treasurer, W. F. Kastlng, 

 ButTalo. N. Y. Next convention, Minne- 

 apolis, Minn., Aug. 19-22, 1913. 



For Full Information, Schedules, 

 Space for Trade Exlilliition, etc., write 

 to John Youn.e, Secretary and Man- 

 ager for Trade Exhibition, 54 West 

 28th Street. New Yorli City. 



NEWS FROM THE CONVENTION 

 CITY. 



The officers and board of directors 

 of the S. A. F. and 0. H. met in execu- 

 tive session at the Radisson Hotel, 

 Feb. 25th and 26th. The meeting was 

 called to order by President Farquhar 

 promptly at 10 A. M. the first day, and 

 by adhering, strictly and faithfully to 

 its work, the board was able to com- 

 plete its duty by the evening of the 

 second day. All members of the beard 

 were present with the exception of Sec- 

 retary John Young, who was detained 

 in New York through illness. Mr. Geo. 

 Asmus of Chicago acting as secretary 

 protem. Every member seemed to be 

 well pleased with the facilities offered 

 through the selected convention ha'l. 

 grounds, hotel accommodations, otlie ■ 

 local conditions and advantages. 



At 7 P. M. of the second day the 

 Twin City florists tendered their wel- 

 come visitors a banquet at the Radis- 

 son Hotel, which was a very enjoyable 

 affair; short remarks from every one 

 present, which were full of useful sug- 

 gestions, fine humor and good fellow- 

 ship, kept all together until nearly 

 midnight, when it became necessai-y 

 for members of the board to leave to 

 make midnight train connections for 

 the East. 



All participants felt the spirit dis 

 played at the meeting from beginning 

 to the end is a sure sign of a success- 

 ful convention, and everybody is going 

 to work to bring such results about. 

 The following were present at the 

 banquet: 



Officers and directors of the S. A. P. 

 and O. H. — President John K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Vice-President Theodore 

 Wirth, Secretary (John Young), by 

 Geo. Asmus, protem. Treasurer William 

 Kasting. Directors — E. Allan Peirce. 

 Harry A. Bunyard, C. H. Totty, John 

 A. Evans. August Poehlmann, Thomas 

 Roland, Richard Vincent, Jr. 



Twin City Florists — Wm. N. Steel, 

 H. Nicholson. C. N. Ruedlinger, C. A. 

 Bosson, Louis Boeglin, S. D. Dyslnger, 

 0. J. Olson, E. P. Holm. L. U May, 

 Hugh Will, A. S. Rice. Henry Will, O. 

 C. Swanson, G. A. Will. C. F. Rice, Mr. 

 Fred Busch, A. Klinkenberry, J. A. 

 Ridgway, T. Commandros, Louis Dan- 

 cik, L. G. Boughner, L. F. Nordeen, 

 Mack iviartin, John Rovik, Thomas 



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From a Minneapolis daiU/ paper. 



Hall, Walter Pier, Hans Rosacker, S. 

 A. Jamieson, O. N. Carlson, W. D. Des- 

 mond, R. A. Latham. J. G. Taylor, A. 

 Lauritzen, C. E. Schaffer, Max Kaiser. 

 LeRoy Cady. A. F. Longren, Wm. N. 

 Bofferding. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



Grand Central Palace, New York, 



April 5-12. 



With the opening of the Internation- 

 al Flower Show only one month away, 

 the management and the various com- 

 mittees are, naturally, most active in 

 their work of preparation for the big 

 event. 



Wm. Duckham, Madison, N. J., has 

 been appointed manager of the com- 

 petitive section of the show, and bis 

 appointment meets with the hearty ap 

 proval of the trade. He is a man of 

 wide acquaintance in all branches of 

 the florist industry, as well as in pri- 

 vate circles, and as manager of this 

 most important section of the exhibi- 

 tion he is very acceptable to both com- 

 mercial and private interests. He has 

 had considerable experience in stagin? 

 exhibits, his work In this direction 

 during the past 15 years at the shows 

 of the Morris Co. (N. J.) Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Society being particular- 

 ly commendable. 



Some changes have been made in the 

 dates of staging exhibits in certain 

 sections of the show. Exhibils in Di- 

 vision F, which covers retail florists' 

 rose displays, will be staged on Satur- 

 day. April 5, instead of Monday, April 

 7. Division G, covering collections ot 

 roses and open to private gar.leners 

 and amateurs only, will also be staged 

 on April 5. instead of April 7. Division 

 B, covering cut roses, will be staged 

 on April 7, instead of April 5. Thes > 

 divisions form part of the section al- 

 lotted to the American Rose Society. A 

 supplementary schedule has been pub- 

 lished and sent out, in which these 

 changes are noted, as well as many 

 new prize offers. 



The judging of the exhibits staged on 

 the opening day will be completed 

 prior to the formal opening of the 

 show. Seventy judges will pass on the 

 exhibits during the afternoon, the j\idg- 



ing to commence promptly at 3 o'clock, 

 and by 6 o'clock, when the doors open, 

 cards will be found on all the exhibits. 

 The corps of judges will include repre- 

 sentative men from all sections of this 

 country, and 12 or more from England 

 and Holland. 



An enormous attendance is expected 

 on the opening night, and it can be re- 

 lied upon that the exhibition will be 

 entirely in order and in readiness for 

 the public. 



Those in the trade who Intend mak- 

 ing exhibits in the trade exhibition, a 

 feature of the show, should lose no 

 time in arranging for space. Secre- 

 tary John Young can still provide some 

 excellent locations and will be pleased 

 to furnish any information regarding 

 accommodation on application to him 

 at 54 West 2Sth street. New York. 

 J. H. Pepper, 

 Chairman Publicity Committee. 



EASTER AT EDGAR'S. 



One of the most attractive plant 

 Krowing establishments in the Boston 

 district is the W. W. Edgar Co. place 

 at Waverley. Herman Bartsch. the 

 shrewd manager, can point with pride 

 to the display of Easter stock when 

 the Gardeners and Florists' Club visits 

 his domain on Saturday. 8th inst., in 

 accordance with time-honored annual 

 custom, for it never looked more 

 promising for the big holiday. Formosa 

 lilies nave been blooming ever since 

 Jan. 10. but the Easter crop is gigan- 

 teums mainly and they are nice and 

 healthy. A practice here is worth 

 noting — that of placing the short- 

 stemmed lilies in the back instead of 

 the front of the bench, where they 

 are induced to stretch up and 

 lengthen their necks in order to look 

 over the heads of their long-legged 

 fellows. There are lots of roses here, 

 Tausendschon leading in Ramblers 

 and, among the bush classes, Amer- 

 ican Beauty makes an ideal 6-in. pot 

 plant with lots of buds. Two thou- 

 sand pot-grown hydrangeas for May 

 sales are in cool quarters ready to 

 take the place when vacated by the 

 Easter lilies. Genistas in all small 

 sizes — neat little plants in short pots 

 —are high-liners this year. 



