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HORTICULTURE 



May 10, 1913 



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Personal 



A meeting of the Advisory Board 

 was held at which were present all of 

 the Committee, also C. E. Critchell, 

 Cincinnati, and John Young, Secretary 

 of the S. A. F. The general situation 

 regarding the trade exhibit was re- 

 viewed and plans laid out whereby the 

 exhibitors in the trade section would 

 be given sufficient space by widening 

 the aisles more than has been done in 

 past exhibitions of this kind. Both the 

 Auditorium and the Coliseum are mag- 

 nificent large light halls and all the 

 exhibition space will be on the ground 

 floors. 



All materials for structural work 

 will be placed in the Coliseum. At no 

 previous convention has there been 

 such favorable opportunities to make 

 displays. In view of the fact that the 

 "outing" day will be the fifth of the 

 convention, it will give the trade peo- 

 ple another day for business without 

 having any event to detract the atten- 

 tion. 



But the most impressive thing was 

 the wonderful work that had been ac- 

 complished by Vice-President Theo- 

 dore Wirth and others in Minneapolis 

 In conjunction with the outdoor plant 

 exhibition. Adjacent to the Armory. 



where the convention will be held, the 

 surroundings of the outdoor exhibit 

 are naturally beautiful, and it be- 

 hooves the growing interests to give 

 every support to this laudable under- 

 taking, this being the first time when 

 by arrangement the Society is in a 

 position to guarantee the plantsmen 

 that their exhibits will be cared for 

 and grown on under every favorable 

 condition, having the constant atten- 

 tion of competent help who will be 

 under the supervision of Mr. Wirth. 



Everything is ready for immediate 

 planting, but as the space is limited, 

 application for same should be made 

 at once to Secretary John Young, who 

 is Superintendent of the Trade Exhibi- 

 tion. He will forward applications im- 

 mediately to Mr. Wirth. This outdoor 

 plant exhibit will be a success and will 

 be one of the features of future con- 

 ventions. The price of space is nomi- 

 nal — only sufficient to cover the ex- 

 pense of planting and maintenance of 

 the plants during the season. 



Outdoor plant exhibits must be 

 shipped, charges prepaid, to Theodore 

 Wirth, Superintendent of Parks, Min- 

 neapolis, Minn. 



John You.ng. Secretary. 



We are sorry to hear that John 

 Barr of South Natick, Mass., is in the 

 hospital for an operation. 



Michael Mcllveen, a gardener of 

 Brookline, Mass., was overcome by the 

 heat on May 3, while working on a 

 lawn at Mrs. M. S. Blodgett's estate. 



Alex. F. Moore, manager for E. G. 

 Asmus & Son, 55 West 26th street, 

 New York, and Miss Mabel C. La Pe, 

 were married April 26th in West Hobo- 

 ken, N. J. 



William C. Rickards is now em- 

 ployed by S. D. Woodruff & Sons, the 

 well-known seedsmen of Dey street. 

 New York, and will immediately start 

 traveling in their interests. 



George H. Penson, who has been 

 painfully ill with an abscess in his 

 throat for some weeks, has now near- 

 ly recovered and hopes to be able to 

 resume his notes on Fruit and Vege- 

 tables Under Glass in our next issue. 



Boston visitors: J. Rider, represent- 

 ing J. Blaauw Co., Boskoop, Holland; 

 Robert Greenlaw, representing S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia; 

 Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.; E. 

 J. Harmon. Portland, Me.; F. R. 

 Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. ; C. B. 

 Weathered, New York; L. J. Endtz. 

 Boskoop, Holland. 



Cincinnati visitors: Mrs. W. H. 

 Gnadinger, Cynthiana, Ky.; John A. 

 Evans, Richmond, Ind., and Frank 

 Famey of M. Rice Co., Philadelphia. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Florists' Club of Philadelphia 

 held their regular monthly meeting on 

 the evening of May 6. It was a rather 

 disappointing meeting with little in it 

 worth reporting at length. 



On May 10th and 11th, the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York will give 

 an exhibition of spring flowers and 

 plants at the Museum Building in the 

 New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 Park. 



The inauguration of Dr. Edward T. 

 Fairchild as President of the State 

 College of Agriculture at Durham, N. 

 H., will take place on Wednesday, 

 May 21, at the college. The exercises 

 begin at 11 A. M. 



Bird's-eye View, Garden for Outdoor Plant E.\Mblts, Minneapolis Convention, Ready 



for Planting May 3. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 held its last session for the season at 

 the Parker House on Wednesday even- 

 ing, May 7. During the afternoon the 

 members enjoyed an auto ride through 

 the Boston park system and Arnold 

 Arboretum as guests of Deputy Park 

 Commissioner J. B. Shea. A lunch 

 was served at Mr. Shea's residence in 

 Franklin Park and nothing that hospi- 

 tality or courtesy could suggest was 

 overlooked by that prince of good fel- 

 lows. Among the party were: F. R. 

 Pierson. of Tarrytown. N. Y.; and 

 Chas. H. Totty, of Madison, N. J. 

 .Tackson Dawson, who has just got out 

 after a serious illness, was taken 

 aboard at his residence and partici- 

 pated in the ride. He was the recip- 

 ient of many hearty congratulations on 

 his recovery. 



