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HORTICULTUEE 



May 24. 1913 



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EVERYTHING 



FOR DECORATION DAY 



We mean Everything that there is any money in for you. 

 We are taking every possible precaution to insure the 

 sending out of good material. Our new storage vaults are 

 specially equipped — no gas used — and every facility for 

 delivering flowers as they should be, will be used. 



We Stand on the Reputation of Our Roses 



THE FINEST IN NEW ENGLAND 



Full Supply of all Greens and Decorative Requisites of 

 every kind. Preserved and Artificial Foliage and Flowers 



BAY TREES— Standard, $10 to $18; Pyr, $12 to $35 a pair— Heavy Selected Goods 



WE CAN PLEASE YOU 



N. F. McC ARTH Y(8^ CO. 



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112 ArcH St. 



BOSTON, MA55. 



31 Otis St. 



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Committees. 



Executive — Henry B. Chase. 



Co-operation with Entomologists — L.. A. 

 Berckmans. 



Lesislation — East of Mississippi River, 

 Vfm. Pitkin. 



Legislation — West of Mis!5lssippi River, 

 Peter Youngers. 



Publicity and Trade Opportunities — W. 

 P Stark 



Root Gall— E. A. Smith. 



Tariff — Irving Rouse. 



Transportation — Chas. M. Sizemore. 



Membership — James McHutchison. 



Program — Samuel Miller. 



Exhibits— I'. W. Power. 



Entertainment — J. B. Pilkington. 



Vice- Presidents — 



Election of Officers. 



Unfinished Business. 



Resolutions. 



ENTERTAINMENT. 



Wednesday Evening. 



Features to be announced by cnnimitteo. 



Friday, 12.00 Noon. 



Attendants are invited to become guests 

 of the Oregon Nursery Company on a 

 Trolley Trip to their Nurseries at Orenco, 

 where lunch will be served at 1.00 P. M. 

 After inspection of the nurseries and rec- 

 reation, the return trip will be made, ar- 

 riving at Portland late in the afternoon. 



On Saturday. 



Excursion on the famous Columbia 

 River, given by the Local Nurserymen. 

 Steamer "Bailey Gatzert," leaving at Alder 

 Street Docks. Time to be announced. 



This is considered one of the linest 

 scenic trips in the Duited States. 



SECRETARY'S BULLETIN. 

 Important Suggestions. 



The Secretary expects to bo in liis office 

 at the Hotel Multnomah, immediately after 

 the arrival of the "Rochester Special," at 

 10.35. Tuesday evening, June 17th. 



Each member must register at once on 

 arrival and receive his Badge. Don't leave 

 your Badge Book at home. 



Those desiring to join the .\merican As- 



sociation should see the Secretary or his 

 assistant. Membership fee is ?5, includ- 

 ing Badge Book of pages and Souvenir 



Badge. 



Address letters for the Secretary, be- 

 tween June 9th and 14th, only, care Hotel 

 Multnomah. 



Before leaving home leave plain instruc- 

 tions as to how you may be communicated 

 with. 



Members' Badge. 



The souvenir Badge is being prepared 

 by the Pacific Coast brethren, and will be 

 given to members after they have regis- 

 tered. Members not at the Convention will 

 receive their badges by mail later. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



As chainuan of the membership 

 committee of the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen, James McHutchi- 

 son reports that the campaign for new 

 members has resulted in the addition 

 of lis to this date. 



A peony show is scheduled for 

 Tuesday, June 3rd, at Horticultural 

 Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., by the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society. Ex- 

 hibits must be staged by 2 P. M. Ex- 

 hibition open to public from 3 to 10 

 P. M. 



was organized on May 1st, when the 

 following officers were elected: Presi- 

 dent, Geo. Stollery; vice-president, F. 

 O. Franzen; secretary. Herman Schil- 

 ler; treasurer, Louis Wittbold. The 

 club will endeavor to elevate the 

 prices of cut flowers so that dealers 

 will make a reasonable profit and will 

 also try to establish a standard sched- 

 ule of prices for bedding plants. 



The Hampden County Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club met at Holyoke, 

 Mass., May 13, members being pres- 

 ent from Northampton. Amherst, 

 South Hadley and Holyoke. The dis- 

 cussion was largely on landscape gar- 

 dening and a short talk was given by 

 Park Keeper Bray on the Holyoke 

 parks. A committee was appointed to 

 make arrangements for a flower show 

 to be given later. The club will not 

 hold any meetings during the summer, 

 but instead will get together and visit 

 the various gardens and parks in Hol- 

 yoke, Northampton and vicinity, and 

 will resume their indoor meetings in 

 the fall. 



The Brookland Rose Show which 

 *as opened on Tuesday last has broken 

 all records in point of beauty of the 

 display as well as of attendance. This 

 is an annual affair at Washington and 

 the rivalry for the awards is keen. C. 

 Leslie Reynolds, superintendent of 

 the Botanical Gardens, Miss Belle C. 

 Saunders, of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, and Dr. John B. Raymond, of 

 the Catholic University, are the judges. 



The North Shore Florists' and Nur- 

 serymen's Association. Chicago, 111.. 



At the meeting of the Cook County 

 Florists' Association held May 15th, 

 the amendment to the by-law was read 

 for the third time and voted favorably 

 upon, making it impossible for the 

 president or vice-president to hold the 

 same office two consecutive terms. 



Allie Zech, chairman of the sports 

 committee, reported that the bowling 

 league would play their last games be- 

 fore the next meeting. The prizes 

 will be awarded the winners at that 

 meeting and a little Dutch dinner will 

 be given. Th? publicity committee re- 



