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HOETICULTUEE 



March 15, 1913 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



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



The board of management has made 

 the following dates for meetings of 

 the Co-operating Societies: 



April 7. Society of American Flor- 

 ists. 



April 8. American Rose Society. 



April 9, American Carnation So- 

 ciety. 



April 111. .Xational Association of 

 Gardeners. 



April 11. American Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety. 



April 12, American Gladiolus Socie- 

 ty. 



The meetings will be held at 10.30 

 A. M. each day. 



Each afternoon and evening during 

 the show the lecture room will be re- 

 served for public lectures on horticul- 

 tural subjects. In addition to the lec- 

 turers already announced. Arthur 

 Cowee. of Berlin, N. Y., will talk on 

 "The Gladiolus;" Arthur Herrington. 

 of .Madison, X. .1., on "The Whys and 

 Wherefores of Tree Planting." and 

 L. W. C. Tuthill, of New York, on 

 "Greenhouses and Frames for Ama- 

 teurs," 



Members of the Rose, Carnation, 

 Sweet Pea and Gladiolus Societies and 

 of the S. A. F. & O. H.. in good stand- 

 ing, will be furnished with tickets or 

 badges admitting them to the show 

 at all timei^. 



The show will be opened at 6 P. M. 

 on Saturday. April 5, with an appro- 

 priate ceremony, and on other days 

 will be open from 10 A. M. until 10 P. 

 M. Posters and hangers, in colors, 

 are now in course of distribution. 



The advertising forms for the Offi- 

 cial Program will close on March 15. 

 so that anyone who has not already 

 taken space in the same and intends 

 doing so should lose no time in mak- 

 ing his wants known to John Young, 

 secretary, 54 West 28th street. New 

 York, who also is still able to furnish 

 a few excellent locations for exhibits 

 'n the trade exhibition. 



J. H. Pepper, 

 Chairman Publicity Committee. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



, revised Dates of Staging and Special 



Prizes. 



Division A. Pots and tubs to be 

 staged Saturday, April 5th. 



Divisions F. and G. Cut flowers to 

 be staged Saturday, April 5th. 



Divisions B. and D. to be staged 

 with Division C. on Monday. April 

 7th. 



Division E. New roses not in com- 

 merce — 50 blooms, to be staged Mon- 

 day. April 7th. 



With Division E. the following spe- 

 cials: 



Hill-Totty Prize — 50 blooms, any 

 new rose, not in commerce. $25; 25 

 blooms Sunburst, $50, $30, $20. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Company 

 Prizes — 25 blooms, pink forcing rose, 

 not yet disseminated, either domestic 

 or foreign origin, $25; 25 blooms, red 

 forcing rose, not yet disseminated, 

 either domestic or foreign origin, $25. 



Pittsburgh Cut Flower Company 

 Prize — 25 blooms, white forcing rose, 

 not yet disseminated, either domestic 

 or foreign origin, $25. 



Divisions F. and G. to be staged on 

 Monday, April 7th. Division H. to be 

 staged on Wednesday, April 9th. 



New York Cut Flower Company 

 offers for 200 cut roses irrespective 

 of the number of varieties shown, ef- 

 fect of arrangement as well as qual- 

 ity to count, American Beauties and 

 undisseminated varieties excepted, to 

 be staged on Thursday. April 10th. 

 Silver cup valued at $200. 



Philadelphia Rose Growers' Prizes- 

 open to all, for 75 roses, any variety 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 

 HORTICULTURISTS. 



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

 qubar, Boston, Mass.; vice-president, 

 Theodore Wirtb, Minneapolis, Minn. ; 

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

 New York; treasurer. W. F. Kastlng. 

 Buffalo. N. Y Next convention, Minne- 

 apolis. Minn.. Aug. l!)-22, 1913. 



For Full Information, Schedules. 

 Space for Trade Exhililtion, etc., write 

 lo Jiil.n Younc. Secretary and Man- 

 ai-'pi for Trade Exhibition, 54 West 

 2>"tb Street. New York City. 



or varieties. excepting American 

 Beauties and undisseminated varie- 

 ties, to be staged on Thursday. April 

 10th— first. $75; second. $50; and 

 third, $25. 



Small Groweis' Prize — offered by 

 Moore. Hentz & Nash. Six roses in 

 each entry, no three to be of the same 

 variety, no stem to be longer than 20 

 inches. The roses of each variety to 

 be judged on their own merits and 

 not by comparison with the other va- 

 rieties. Silver cup, value $50. 



The Toronto Horticultural Society 

 Medals for the best display of hardy 

 outdoor roses. First prize, sliver 

 medal; second, bronze medal. 



Actual Growers' Prizes, offered by 

 Benj. Hammond. $15, $10 and $7. 

 These prizes are meant for the actual 

 grower of any exhibit and not for the 

 exhibitor, excepting in the case where 

 he does his own growing. The 

 above are to be awarde.1 to such three 

 exhibits of roses 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 actually does the good work. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 offer the following special prizes: 

 Rose "Silver Moon" in an eight-inch 

 pot or tub, or larger — first prize, $15; 

 second. $10. Rose "Dr. W. Van Fleet" 

 in an eight-inch pot or tub. or larger — 

 first prize. $15; second prize. $10. 



The Mrs. Gertrude JI. Hubbard Gold 

 Medal. The same to be given once in 

 five years to the raiser or originator 

 of the best rose introduced in the five 



years previous to the award — the 

 rose to be of American origin. The 

 first five years will be reached in 1914. 

 Mrs. Hubbard presented to the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society the sum of $250 to 

 be kept as a permanent fund, the in- 

 terest to be used every five years to 

 provide the gold medal as above. 



Mrs. Roche's Prize — $50 for a new 

 rose to be grown under glass, to re- 

 semble as nearly as possible in color, 

 the Marechal Niel. but with a stronger 

 stem. 



Benjamin Hammond, 



Secretary. 



Fishkill, N. Y. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Addition to the A. C. S. premium 

 list. Section G. Class 53.— Best six 

 pot plants carnations in 8-inch pots; 

 not over 30 inches high; no artificial 

 supports. Premium offered by Hy. 

 Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa., $10.00 in 

 gold. 



Please note that all entries in the 

 carnation classes must be in the hands 

 of Secretary A. F. J. Baur, Indianap- 

 olis, Ind., not later than March 26th. 

 A fee of $2.00 will be charged tor each 

 entry made after that date. Staging 

 of exhibits must be completed by one 

 o'clock on the days specified for the 

 various classes. Write for a schedule 

 of premiums. 



The Hotel Manhattan has been se- 

 lected as headquarters for the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society. Engage your 

 accommodations ahead, if you want to 

 be sure of stopping there. 



New carnations have been registered 

 as follows; 



By H. D. Rohrer, Lancaster, Pa. 

 Scarlet Wonder — Parentage unknown. 

 Color scarlet; size 3 inches; clean, 

 strong grower; stiff stem, non-bursting 

 calyx; fragrant. 



By A. Jablonsky, Olivette, Mo. 

 Wizard — Parentage seedling crosses. 

 Color variegated; size 3% to 3% 

 inches; sturdy, stocky strong growth; 

 stiff, long stems; ground color glisten- 

 ing white, delicately pencilled with 

 pink; perfectly formed fiower. 



By Henry J. Symonds, Decorah, 

 Iowa. Zoe Symonds — Parentage White 

 Perfection x Prosperity. Color cerise 

 pink; size 3^.4 to 3y2 inches; rapid 

 grower and unusually prolific bloomer; 

 stems very stiff and long; flower full 

 in centre. 



Decorah — Parentage Cardinal x 

 White Perfection. Color Harlowarden 

 shade; size 3% to 4 inches; plants 

 grow very large; a free bloomer and 

 not a cropper. 



A. F. J. Baur, Secy. 



Florists of Washington are discuss- 

 ing the possibilities of having a law 

 enacted by Congress which will pre- 

 scribe a license fee to be assessed on 

 the itinerant vendors who come here 

 from other cities at times like the in- 

 auguration and who do business on the 

 streets, often directly in front of the 

 stores of legitimate florists. Indigna- 

 tion is high at the methods used by 

 these men to dispose of their wares 

 and the District Commissioners will 

 probably be asked to do something to 

 eliminate this practice. 



