October Hi, 19ns 



COMING EVENTS. 



Boston, Mass., Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, exhibition of fruits 

 and vegetables, Oct. 10, 11; Chrysan- 

 themum show, Nov. 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Menlo Park, Cailf., Menlo Park Hor- 

 ticultural Society, exhibition, Oct 15. 



San Rafael, Calif.— Marin County 

 Horticultural Society, flower show, 

 Oct. 17. 



Pasadena, Calif., Pasadena Gardeners' 

 Association, exhibition, Oct. 22, 23, 24. 



Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Society, 

 chrysanthemum show, Oct. 28, 29. 



Madison, N. J., Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society, exhibi- 

 tion, Oct. 29, 30. 



St. Louis, Mo., St. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society, November 3-6. 



Hartford, Conn., Connecticut Horti- 

 cultural Society, chrysanthemum show, 

 Nov. 3, 4, 5, Unity Hall. 



Shreveport, La., State Fair, Novem- 

 ber 3, 4, 5. 



Worcester, Mass., Worcester County 

 Horticultural Society, annual meeting, 

 Nov. 4; chrysanthemum show, Nov. 12. 



Red Bank, N. J., Monmouth County 

 Horticultural Society, show, Nov. 4, 5. 



Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural So- 

 ciety, show, Nov. 4, 5, 6. 



Glen Cove, N. Y., Nassau County 

 Horticultural Society, Oct. 14, Dahlia 

 show; show, Nov. 5, 6. 



Red Eank, N. J., Monmouth Horti- 

 cultural Society ami Elberon Horticul- 

 tural Society, joint chrysanthemum 

 show, November 5, 6. 



Chicago, 111., National Flower Show, 

 Society of American Florists, Nov. 6-14. 



New Haven. Conn., New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society, show, 

 Nov. 10, 11, 12. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultu-ral Society, annual exhibition, 

 Nov. 10, 11, 12, 13, Horticultural Hall. 



Toronto, Ont., Ontario Horticultural 

 Society, exhibition, Nov. 10-14. 



Little Rock, Ark., State Floral So- 

 ciety, show, Nov. 10-25. 



New York, N. Y., American Institute 

 of New York, chryanthemum show, 

 Nov. 11-13, Berkeley Lyceum Building. 



HORTICULTURE M 



OFFICERS OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FLORISTS' ASS'N. 



Denison, Texas, Denison Civic Im- 

 provement League, show, Nov. 11, 12, 

 13. 



Washington, D. C— American Asso- 

 ciation of Farmers' Institute Workers, 

 Nov. 16, 17. 



New York, N. Y., Horticultural 

 Society of New York, annual exhibi- 

 tion. Nov. 17. IS, 19. 



We present herewith a gioup picturi 

 of the officers of the Minnesota State 

 Florists' Association. This Associa- 

 tion was incorporated last month un- 

 der the laws of the State and meets mi 

 the third Tuesday of each month at 



x p. in. in Columbia Hall, 1929 IJni- 

 ver? ity avenue. St. Paul. 



.\n persons professionally eng < 

 in floriculture or horticulture are eligi 

 ble for membership. It is earnestly 

 hoped thai all peisons in the trade in 

 the State will join the Association. 



FAIRS AND NEIGHBORHOOD 

 SHOWS. 



W. P. Lothrop, E. Bridgewater, 



dahlias, K. A. Amend, Danvers. dah- 

 lias. T. H. Olivers, Newburypoit, can- 

 pus, were among the prize winners a! 

 the Xiiieslmry, Mass.. fair which closed 

 October 1. 



At the Brockton. Mass.. fa r, whii 

 is the meeca for all pleasure-seekers, 

 R. * .'. Farquhar Co. showed the pus 

 sibilities of the dahlia in decorative 

 win]; with a fine representation of the 

 Old Mill at Newport, using 15,000 dah- 

 lias in i he design. W. D. Hatha 

 J. K. Alexander, W. P. Lothrop. G. A. 

 Walker, W. F. Turner ami Mis. H. A. 

 Jahn had large dahlia exhibits. A 

 certificate of merit was awarded Wab- 

 an Rose Conservatories for rose White 

 Killarney. H. E. Barrows, Lively & 

 Bond and E. F. Dwyer had attrai 

 displa 



A flower parade in which over a 

 thousand children participated, was a 

 feature of the annual fall festival of 

 Salt Lake City. Utah, and so well was 

 it carried out that it promises to be 

 lepeaii il in future festivals. 



MOUNT KISCO FAIR. 



This fair, which was held on Friday 



and Saturday, .- pt. 25 and 26, was 



vei y access nil. and although there 



. i .i M-tically no showing of florists' 



plants or flowers, the trade was well 



i nted in the visitois, especially 



the seedsmen'^ section. The show 



was held nude'.' large tents and in the 



etable and fruit classes was very 



il lasses being well filled and 



letition keen. The floral display 

 consisted mainly of hardy herbaceous 

 Wm. Scott, Geo. D. Hale and 

 W. C. Rickards served as judges 



AN HONOR WELL-WON. 



E. G. Hill, of Richmond. Indiana, has 

 just received a cable from Secretary 

 Forestier, of France, announcing the 

 awarding of the Grand Prize, the Gold 

 Medal of the Municipality, to the re 

 Rhea Reid as being the prem'er va- 

 riety among some 84 sorts entered for 

 the International Contest. 



AN AMHERST SHOW PLACE. 



A notable improvement has been 



adi i his year on the estate of E F. 

 Leonard, Amherst. Mass , under the 

 management of head gardener Th 

 Foulds. Shrubbery borders i , ■ 

 planted and a formal garden laid out 

 and planted with choice herbac 

 perennials, which in association with a 

 variety of annuals made a most ad- 

 mirable display throughout the s j ?son 



nd attracted many visitors. Other 



improvements are following, notably 



in the laying out of the vegetable gar- 



o and iis accessories in small frui's. 



Thomas Foulds, head gadener on 

 this estate, acted as judge for the flori- 

 c.iltnial department of the Three C 



Fair, at Northampton. \I ss 

 7 and 8. 



