April 5, 1913 



HOETICULTURE 



507 



Aethub T. Boddington 

 Treasurer American Sweet Pea Society. 



a society clientage unequalled any- 

 where on the American continent If in 

 the world. 



Here are centered seed stores, hor- 

 ticultural manufacturers and dealers 

 known in every corner of the land 

 and each year sees their number mul- 

 tiply and their business expand. New 

 York, as a center of population and 

 business, is growing with inconceiv- 

 able rapidity, but the horticultural in- 

 dustries of New York are keeping 

 pace with her other activities and fill 

 no small part in the sum total of her 

 progress. 



New York has entertained two con- 

 ventions of the S. A. F. and frequent 

 gatherings of other influential horti- 

 cultural organizations. Hospitality is 

 lavishly bestowed on such occasions 

 and the event now about to mature 

 will be no exception. In the front 

 rank always, in the preparatory work 

 and its carrying out for the comfort 



Haeky a. Bun yard 

 Secretary American Sweet Pea Society. 



and enjoyment of the visitor, will al- 

 ways be found the New York Florists' 

 Club, without whose zealous efficiency 

 such a gigantic affair as is to blossom 

 forth on April 5, 1913, would be hardly 

 possible. We present in the accom- 

 panying pages the portraits of a few 

 of the public-spirited men who are of- 

 ficially at the helm, but there are 

 others, too, who are doing unselfish 

 work for the common cause and whose 

 only reward is the consciousness of 

 self-imposed duty well done and de- 

 light of having done their best to help 

 along the common cause. 



NATIONAL BOWLING TOURNA- 

 MENT. 



Entries to the bowling tournament 

 of the National Association of Garden- 

 ers, which will be held on Thum's al- 

 leys, Broadway and 31st street. New 

 York, on Wednesday, April 9th, must 



WjLUAM SIM 

 President American Sweet Pea Society. 



be filed with the secretary of the as- 

 sociation not later than nine o'clock 

 on the morning of the tournament. To 

 facilitate completing arrangements, 

 those intending to participate are earn- 

 estly requested to file their entries at 

 once, sending them to M. C. Ebel, sec- 

 retary, care Murray Hill Hotel, Park 

 avenue and 40th street. New York, 

 which will be the headquarters of the 

 association during the show week. The 

 secretary will be found at the hotel 

 daily from S o'clock to 10 o'clock in the 

 forenoon, during the show week, ex- 

 cepting Wednesday, on which day he 

 will be at Thum's alleys. No entries 

 will be accepted after the tournament 

 opens, nine o'clock in the forenoon of 

 April 9th. 



Teams of three men, members of a 

 local gardeners' or florists' club, and 

 members in good standing either of the 

 N. A. G. or S. A. F. will be eligible in 

 the team tournament. One team only 



M. C. Ebel 

 Secretary National Association of Garden- 



James Sttjabt 

 Treasurer National Association of Garden- 



W. H. Waite 



President National Association of Garden- 

 ers. 



