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awaiting the maturity of this novel 

 exhibit. Large numbers ot entries 

 have been booked by Secretary John 

 Young and Mr. Wirth is following di- 

 rections of the exhibitors in the mat- 

 ter of planting. 



Plans for hotel reservations are be- 

 ing made which will take care of a 

 large attendance at the convention of 

 the Society of American Florists and 

 Ornamental Horticulturists, in Min- 

 neapolis. Aug. 19-23, 1913. Both the 

 Florists' Club and the Minneapolis 

 Civic and Commerce Association are 

 formulating plans designed to make 

 the stay of the visitors pleasant. The 

 Civic and Commerce Association has 

 assurances that there will be no in- 

 flation of hotel rates and that there 

 ■will be comfortable accommodations 

 for all who come, at reasonable prices. 

 The committee on hotels of the Min- 

 neapolis Florists' Club will soon send 

 out special information regarding ho- 

 tels, accommodations and rates to 

 every member of the S. A. F. & O. H., 

 and will take pains to make good res- 

 ervations for all who come to the con- 

 vention. 



The growing attention being given 

 to private gardens and the extensive 

 public work is rapidly adding to the 

 city's prominence as a place of flowers 

 and Minneapolis sees in the conven- 

 tion of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists a renewed impetus which will en- 

 able it in a brief time to outdistance 

 all contenders for the "Flower Citv" 

 title. 



The Minneapolis Civic and Com- 

 merce Association, which has general 

 charge of the ofiicial convention activ- 

 ities of the city has written a new 

 chapter into the history of convention 

 campaigns. Where the convention bu- 

 reaus of most cities make the proba- 

 ble expenditures of delegates the rul- 

 ing thought of their work, the Minne- 

 apolis organization devotes serious at- 

 tention to the value of national gath- 

 erings as educators for the people of 

 the city. Its newspapers give gener- 

 ous and intelligent treatment to the 

 proceedings of the conventions held in 

 Minneapolis and the Civic and Com- 

 merce Association strives to obtain 

 gatherings whose proceedings will 

 yield useful information to the com- 

 munity. This is particularly true of 

 the convention of florists and Mr. Mac 

 Martin, chairman of the Association's 

 Com^iittee on Conventions has public- 

 ly declared that this meeting will be 

 of more value to Minneapolis than a 

 score of other gatherings. 



In preparation for the meeting ot 

 florists, a special committee of the 

 Minneapolis Civic and Commerce As- 

 sociation is spurring business men to 

 display even more generously than in 

 past years, the window boxes and oth- 

 er floral decorations in the down- 

 town section which have won distinc- 

 tion throughout the country as "The 

 Hanging Gardens of Minneapolis." The 

 planting of vacant lot and home gar- 

 dens under the supervision of the 

 Garden Club of Minneapolis has ex- 

 ceeded the record of all previous years 

 and Minneapolis expects to surprise 

 the visiting florists with the abundance 

 of its displays. 



Under the supervision of Theodore 

 Wirth. superintendent of parks, the 

 outdoor exhibit is being planted at the 

 National Guard Armory, where the 

 convention sessions will be held. The 

 people of Minneapolis are anxiously 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED. 



A Preliminary List of Hardy Her- 

 baceous Plants for the Gardens of 

 Iowa. A 32-page pamphlet, in neat, at- 

 tractive form. The author is Wesley 

 Greene of Davenport, concerning 

 whose work as Secretary of the Iowa 

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 Mr. Greene is imparting instruction on 

 right lines when he disseminates con- 

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 this pamphlet contains, among the 

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 and those who follow the directions 

 given will escape many of the disap- 

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