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H K T I C U L T U K E 



March 29, 1913 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



GRAND CENTRAL PALACE, NEW YORK, APRIL 5-12. 



PROGRAM. 



Saturday, April 5th. 



6 P. M. Show Opens. General Ex- 

 hibition and Flowering Plant Day. 



7.30 P. M. Opening Exercises. Ad- 

 dress of Welcome. Response. 



9 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton of 

 London, "the King's Florist." "Eng- 

 lish Floral Art." With practical illus- 

 trations. 



11 P. M. Show Closes. 



Sunday, April 6th. 



10 A. M. Show Opens. General Ex- 

 hibition and Orchid Day. 



4 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton, 

 London; "The Arrangement of Flow- 

 ers and Color Schemes." Practically 

 illustrated. 



9 P. M. Lecture by E. H. Wilson of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, Boston: "China 

 and Chinese Plants." With stereopti- 

 con views. 



11 P. M. Show Closes. 



Monday, April 7th. 



10 A. M. Show Opens. Rose Day. 

 10.30 A. M. Meeting of the Society 



of American Florists & Ornamental 

 Horticulturists. 



4 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton, 

 London: "English Floral Art." With 

 practical illustrations. 



9 P. M. Lecture by J. Horace Mc- 

 Farland, Harrisburg, Pa.: "The Ar- 

 nold Arboretum." Illustrated with 

 stereopticon views. 



11 P. M. Show Closes. 



Tuesday, April 8th. 



10 A. M. Show Opens. Carnation 

 Day. 



10.30 A. M. Meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society. 



4 P. M. Lecture and Meeting Ameri- 

 can Rose Society. 



9 P. M. Lecture by J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, Boston, Mass.: "Japan and 

 Japanese Flora." Illustrated with 

 streopticon views. 



11 P. M. Show Closes. 



Wednesday, April 9th. 



10 A. M. Show Opens. Gladiolus 

 Day. 



10.30 A. M. Meeting American Car- 

 nation Society. 



4. P. M. Lecture by P. C. W. Brown, 

 Buffalo, N. Y.: "American Floral Art." 

 Illustrated with stereopticon views. 



9 P. M. Lecture by R. P. Felton, 

 London. "How They Arrange Flowers 

 in England." Illustrated with stere- 

 opticon views. 



11 P. M. Show Closes. 



Thursday, April 10th. 



10 A. M. Show Opens. Sweet Pea 

 Day. 



10. A. M. Meeting Florists' Tele- 

 graph Delivery Association. 



11 A. M. Meeting Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists & Ornamental Horticul- 

 turists. 



3 P. M. Lecture by R. P. Felton, 

 London: "Floral Art in England." Il- 

 lustrated with practical demonstra- 

 tions. 



4 P. M. Lecture by Arthur Herring- 

 ton, Madison, N. J.: "Whys and 

 Wherefore of Tree Planting." Illus- 

 trated with stereopticon views. 



9 P. M. Lecture by Otto Thilow, 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 

 HORTICULTURISTS. 



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

 quhar, Boston, Muss.; vice-president, 



i Theodore Wlrth. Minneapolia, Minn.; 



1 secretary, Jobn Young, 54 W. 2Stli St., 

 New York; treasurer, W. F. Kastlng, 

 Bulfalo. N. Y. Next convention, Minne- 

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



For Full Information. Schedules, 

 Space tor Trade Exhibition, etc., write 

 to John Young, Secretary and Man- 

 ager for Trade Exhibition, 54 West 

 28th Street, New York City. 



ran, Editor The Garden Magazine: 

 "Glimpses of Famous American Gar- 

 dens." Illustrated with stereopticon 

 views. 



11 P. M. Show Closes. 



Philadelphia, Pa.: "Rocky Mountain 

 Flora." Illustrated with stereopticon 

 views. 



11 P. M. Show Closes. 



Friday, April 11th. 



10 A. M. Show Opens. Floral Art 

 Day. 



10.30 A. M. Meeting American 

 Sweet Pea Society. 



4 P. M. Lecture by Geo. V. Nash, 

 Bronx Botanical Gardens, N. Y. C: 

 "Water Gardens." Illustrated with 

 stereopticon views. 



9 P. M. Lecture by Arthur Cowee, 

 Berlin, N. Y.: "The Gladiolus." Illus- 

 trated with stereopticon views. 



11 P. M. Show closes. 



Saturday, April 12th. 



10 A. M. Show Opens. General Ex- 

 hibition. 



10.30 A. "SI. Meeting of the Gladio- 

 lus Society. 



3. P. M. Lecture by R. P. Felton. 

 London: "English Floral Art." Illus- 

 trated with practical demonstrations. 



4 P. M. Lecture by L. W. C. Tut- 

 hill. New York City: "Frames and 

 Greenhouses for the Amateur." Illus- 

 trated with stereopticon views. 



9 P. M. Lecture by Leonard Bar- 



ADDITIONAL PRIZES. 



The following additional prizes are 

 announced: 



Philadelphia Rose Growers' prizes for 

 75 roses, any variety or varieties, except- 

 ing American Beauty, undisseminated, to 

 be staged April 10 — First prize, $75; sec- 

 ond, $50; third. $25. 



New York Cut Flower Co.'s prize for 200 

 cut roses, to be staged April 10, irrespet- 

 tlve of the number of varieties shown, ef- 

 fect of arrangement as well as quality to 

 count, American Beauty and uudisseml- 

 nated varieties excepted — Silver vase, value 

 1200. 



Toronto Horticultural Society's prizes 

 for a display of Hardy Outdoor Roses — 

 First, silver medal; second, bronze medal; 

 to be staged A^ril 10. 



Benjamin Hammond's "Special Grow- 

 ers' " prize.s — First, $15; second, $10; third, 

 $7. These prizes are meant for the actual 

 grower of any exhibit and not for the ex- 

 hibitor, excepting in the case where he 

 does his own growing. The awards go to 

 such three exhibits as, in the opinion of 

 the Judges, reveal the best specimens of 

 the growers' work in Rose growing. The 

 object is to recognize the man who actu- 

 ally does the good work. 



Harry O. May prize — Best pink "novelty" 

 Rose not in commerce, 25 blooms, $25; to 

 be staged April 10. 



Henshaw & Fenrich's prizes — Vase of 25 

 Richmond Roses, first $15, second $10; vase 

 of 25 Pink KiUarney Roses, first $15, sec- 

 ond $10; vase of 25 blooms, any yellow 

 Rose, first $15, second $10. To be staged 

 April 10. 



Corrections in Final Schedule. 



Omitted from Division C. American Rose 

 Society's section — Class 331A. 50 White 

 Killarnev Roses — First prize, $20; second, 

 $10. 



Class 331 of the Final Schedule is to be 

 known as the Bonnet & Blake prize — solid 

 silver cup. value $50. 



Class 276 is to be knuwn as the Tuxedo 

 Horticultural Society prize, and the first 

 prize award is a silver cup. 



Section H, Class 249, should be amended 

 to read "not less than 8 in. pots, not more 

 than 12 in. pots." 



Additional class to Section H — Class 

 200A, 25 plants Amaryllis vittata hybrids, 

 first $30, second $20; Julius Roehrs Co. 

 prize. 



Addition to Section F — Miniature model 

 of estate covering 4 sq. ft including resi- 

 dence, lawns, roadways and whatever the 

 ingenuit.v of the exhibitor may suggest — 

 First. $30: second, $20. Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston's prize. 



In Class 87. Section C. the Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago offers a grand silver 

 medal in plnce of a silver cup for a first 

 prize: and Class 91 is the grand bronze 

 medal of this Society. 



HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS. 

 Hotel Martinique will be S. A. F. and O. H. He 



Single Room 

 One Person 

 HOTEL Without With 



Bath Bath 



Martinique. Broadway and 32d St $2.00-$4.00 



Woodstock. W. 43d St., near Broadway. .$2.00 2.50 



Astor. Broadway and 4.3d St 2..'iO-$3.00 3.50- 5.00 



Mc.Mpln. Greeley Sq. and Broadway... 1.50-2.50 2.00-5.00 



($1.00 for each extra person) 

 Manhattan. 42d St. and Madison Ave.. 2.50 up 3.50 up 



Imperial. Broadway and 32d St 2.00 2..50 up 



Grand Union. 42d St., Grand Cent. Sta. 1.00- 1.50 2.50 



Grand. Broadway and 31st St 1.50 2.00- 2.50 



Prince George. 5th Ave. and 28th St... 2.0ft- 3.00 



CadiUac. Broadwav and 43d St 1.50 up 2.00 up 



Yorli. 7th Ave. and .36th St 1..50- 2.00 2.0ft- 4.00 



Wolcott. 31st St. and 5th Ave 2.00 3.0ft 



Murray Hill. Park Ave. and 40th St.. 2,00 3.00 



Holland. 5th Ave. and 30th St 2.0ft- 3.00 3.00-5.00 



Bristol. 122 W. 40th St 1.00 2.00 



Earle. 103 Waverly Place 1-50 



(10% discount to Florists — American and European plans) 

 Herald Square. 34th St. and Broadway. 1.50- 2.00 2.00 up 



Chelsea. W. 2.3d St 1.50 2.00 



Except as stated, all these hotels are conducted on the 



2.50- 3.00 3.00 up 

 European plan. 



