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HORTICULTURE. 



August 8, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



The Trade Exhibit. 



Instructions for shipping freight for 

 the exhibition. 



The following arrangements Eoi 

 shipping freight to the Niagara Falls 

 trade exhibition of the S. A. F. & O. H. 

 convention have been made: 



The Merchants' Dispatch freight 

 agency, whose representative will call 

 nn you. will wherever possible receive 

 freight and send it collectively to the 

 Falls. 



This office will supply you with ship- 

 ping tags, which kindly use, filling in 

 you] own name after the word 

 "From." 



If shipping by freight and you wish 

 your exhibit to be carted to the hall, 

 fill out the line on the tag: 



In care of: The Anderson Carting 

 Company. 



This company will carry all freight 

 from cars to exhibition rooms for 15c. 

 i > i cwt, CO. D. 



It you wish to avail yourself of the 

 Anderson Co. services, kindly mail 

 freight bill to said company. 



Address: H. W. Anderson, 320 1st 

 street, Niagara Falls. N. Y. 



If shipping by express, use tag vrith- 

 i hi tilling above line. 



All freight and express charges 

 must be prepaid to avoid confusion. 



Paragraph 3 of rules relating to the 

 management of the annual Trade Ex- 

 hibition reads as follows: 



"Exhibition space shall be desig- 

 nated ! n square feet. The charges for 

 space shall be as follows: 



.Minimum charge, $5.00 



Fifty ft. or less, per sq. ft., 26c. 



Excess over 50 and not over 100 

 feet, per sq. ft., 19c. 



Excess over 100 ft., per sq. ft., 18c. 



This shall be interpreted: 



1. The smallest amount of space 

 sold is |5.00. 



2. The first 50 sq. ft. or less of any 

 order shall cost 2'ic. per sq. ft. 



3. Additional to the first 50 ft., 19e. 

 per sq. ft. 



4. Additional to the first 100 bt, 18c. 

 per sq. ft. 



E'or example: 150 sq. ft. will cost 

 $51.50. 



Unless otherwise instructed, all 

 benches and tables will be neatly cov- 

 ered w ith dark green cambric free of 

 extra charge. There will also be a 

 sign paintei and card writer on hand. 

 who will do any work on the above 

 lines that exhibitors may wish, for a 

 nominal charge. 



Yours truly. 

 CIAS. H. KE1TSCH. 

 Superintendent. 



Special Bowling Trophies. 

 Chairman George W. McClure of the 

 Sports Committee of the S. A. F. asks 

 us to announce that he will be glad to 

 receive voluntary contributions of 

 spec'a! prizes to be awarded in the 

 bowling and other sporting contests. 



but particularly for the bowling con- 

 tests, in connection with the coming 

 convention. The time is now very 

 limited, and a prompt and generous 

 response will be appreciated. 



New York to Niagara Falls. 



At a recent meeting of the New 

 York Florists' Club it was unanimous- 

 ly decided to accept the offer of the 

 Lackawanna Railroad account of the 

 above meeting. 



We will have a special train leaving 

 New York Monday, Aug. 17, to run 

 through from New York to Niagara 

 Falls direct, leaving New York at 

 10 A. M. from the foot of Barclay, 

 Christopher or West Twenty-third 

 streets, due to arrive in Niagara Falls 

 at 9 P. M. Connection with this train 

 can also be made via the Hudson 

 River Tunnel. This train will be 

 equipped with combination baggage 

 and smoking car. the necessary num- 

 ber of high-class vestibule standard 

 day coaches and dining-car. Noonday 

 meal will be served on the la carte 

 plan and for the evening meal, we will 

 be served with an elaborate table 

 d'hote dinner at a cost of $1.00 per 

 capita. 



Tickets will be on sale on the cer- 

 tificate plan at one fare and three- 

 fifths for the round trip ($12.80). 

 Purchasers can apply at any Lacka 

 wanna ticket office: agent will furnish 

 certificate, collecting $8.00 at the time 

 of purchase for the going trip. This 

 certificate will be honored on the re- 

 turn trip for a ticket from Niagara 

 Falls to New York at a cost of $4.80; 

 in other words, the total round trip 

 will cost $12. SO. Lackawanna ticket 

 offices in New York city are located 

 at Broadway and Wall street, 429, 

 1183. 1434 Broadway; 251 West 125th; 

 Barclay, Christopher or West Twenty- 

 third street ferries; 339 Fulton and 

 954 Broadway. Brooklyn. N. Y. 



For the accommodation of florists 

 and their friends who live on the Mor- 

 ris & Essex Division of the Lacka- 

 wanna Railroad a stop will be made 

 at Dover. N. J. at 10.55 A. M. enroute 

 to Niagara Falls. 



On the trip from New York to Nia- 

 gara Falls over the famous Lacka- 

 wanna you will pass the beautiful 

 Delaware Water Gap, the dividing line 

 between the states of New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania; the magnificent Pocono 

 Mountains, thence through the coal 

 regions of Pennsylvania and the gor- 

 geous Genesee Valley into Buffalo. 



We extend a cordial invitation to all 

 to join us on the special train. 

 Very respectfully. 



PATRICK O'MARA, 

 Chairman Transportation Committee. 

 JOHN YOUNG. Secretary. 



51 W. 28th St.. New York City. 



Boston to Niagara Falls. 

 It is earnestly hoped that a goodly 

 number of members of the Boston 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club will at- 

 tend the annual convention of the S 

 A. F. at Niagara Falls, August 18th. If 

 all who intend to go would make up 



their minds early, so that concerted 

 action could be taken, the economy 

 and comfort of the trip would be great- 

 ly facilitated. This, of course, includes 

 any who desire to attend the conven- 

 tion, whether members of the club or 

 not. The only reduced rates available 

 are on the one and three-fifths certifi- 

 cate basis, making the round trip from 

 Boston $15.92 on the N. Y. Central or 

 $15.12 on the Fitchburg line. This is 

 exclusive of sleepers. 



There is no doubt in the wri i 

 mind that the S. A. F. is destined to 

 evolve into a national horticultural 

 society on a very broad basis, and that 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Clubs oi 

 the country will be the natural feeders 

 and correspondents of that society It 

 thai is the desirable objective, private 

 gardeners as well as all florists and all 

 other lovers of horticulture should at- 

 tend the meetings, and seek to direct 

 the policies of the S. A. F. into the 

 desired channels. 



The writer will be glad to assist in 

 bringing together those who propose to 

 attend the convention, and will 

 promptly give any information obtain- 

 able. Only don't put it off till the last 

 minute. 



F. E. PALMER, State Vice-Pres. 



Brookline, Mass. 



Florists' Club of Philadelphia. 



At the meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 

 after a lively debate it was decM ed 

 that the Philadelphia delegation go 

 to Niagara Falls by way of the Penn- 

 sylvania R. R. via Harrisburg and the 

 Northern Central. Train leaves 

 Broad Street station S.25 A. M., Mon- 

 day, August 17th, arriving Niagara 

 Falls 9.10 P. M. same day. The Phila- 

 delphia party from present indications 

 will be about seventy-five strong and 

 they expect to be Joined at Harrisburg 

 by the Baltimore and Washington con- 

 tingents. The rate is fare and three- 

 fifths. totaling $14.85 for the round 

 trip. Pav the regular one way fare at 

 start and get certificate from ticket 

 agent. A cordial invitation is extended 

 to all wishing to join the party wheth- 

 er members of the local or national 

 bodies or otherwise. 



I. Rosnosky read an interesting 

 paper on Lilium Formosum. Robert. 

 Craig strongly urged the members to 

 stop off at Cornell on way back. He 

 read a cordial letter of invitation from 

 Mr. Larzalere of the University. 



Office in Washington. 



It appears that under the charter 

 the society should maintain a perma- 

 nent office in the city of Washington, 

 D. C. President Traendly has appoint- 

 ed Mr. Wm. F. Gude as the official 

 representative of the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists and Ornamental Horticul- 

 turists in that city who will maintain 

 an office at 1214 F street, N. W., Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



W. N. RUDD, Secy. 



July 28, 1&08. 



