THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



upon to have in hand its prize money and trophies before 

 they are offered, instead of trusting to pubhc support at 

 the time of the show, no matter how promising conditions 

 may seem. 



With best wishes, very truly yours, 



H. E. Dexegar. 



New York, February 6, 1913. 

 Mr. M. C. Ebel, Secretary, 



National Association of Gardeners, 

 Madison, N. J. 



Dear Sir : I have been instructed by the Council of 

 this society to extend to the National Association of Gar- 

 deners an invitation to hold their next convention, which 

 I understand is to take place this Fall in New York City, 

 at the American Museum of Natural History, as the guest 

 of the Horticultural Society of New York, at the time of 

 its Fall exhibition, October 31 to November 4, 1913, in- 

 clusive. 



Facilities will be provided, free of charge, for the hold- 

 ing of your meetings. I need hardly dwell upon the ad- 

 vantages of this fine building as a place of meeting. 

 Your association meeting with this society will be to the 

 mutual advantage of all, and can but lead to a closer bond 

 of union. 



I trust that your association may find it convenient and 

 advisable to accept this invitation. 

 Yours truly, 



Geo. V. Nash^ Secretary. 



The foregoing communication is simply another indi- 

 cation of the progress the National Association of Gar- 

 deners is making in the affairs of horticulture and flori- 

 culture in this country. It is rapidly gaining the recog- 

 nition of other important horticultural bodies, and as ex- 

 pressed in the letter, "our association meeting with this 

 society will be of mutual advantage to all, and can but 

 lead to a closer bond of union." 



The "get together" spirit among those interested in the 

 art of floriculture is becoming more and more active and 

 will redound to the benefit of all forces connected with it. 



The communication will be referred to the executive 

 meeting of the National Association for action. 



INTERNATIONAL SHOW MANAGER. 



The announcement just comes to hand that Mr. Wm. 

 H. Duckham, of Madison, N. J-, has been appointed 

 manager of the International Flower Show. Mr. Duck- 

 ham, who is one of the trustees of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners, will be ably assisted by his fellow 

 members by sending in their entries for their exhibits 

 at as early a date as possible. 



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FINAL SCHEDULE OF THE THIRD INTER- 

 NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The final schedule for the International Flower Show, 

 to be held in the New Grand Central Palace, New York 

 City, April 5-12, 1913, under the auspices of the Society 

 of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists and 

 contributing societies, has ben distributed. 



Space does not permit reprinting the entire details of 

 all classes in these columns, and z.\\y member, or reader, 

 who has not yet received a copy of this schedule may ob- 

 tain it by applying to Mr. John Young, secretary' of the 

 S. A. F., 54 West Twenty-eighth street, New York, 

 N. Y., or to M. C. Ebel, secretary of the N. A. C, Madi- 

 son, N. J. A postal card to either address will bring a 

 copy of the schedule to you immediately. 



Mr. J- H. Pepper, chairman of the publicity committee 

 of the International Show, in describing the schedule and 

 the general prograiniue, writes : 



"It embraces forty pages and is believed to be the most 

 comprehensive flower show schedule ever issued for any 

 show in the world, catering, as it does, not only to the 

 large grower, but to the private men and aiuateurs, and 

 covering everything in the line of plants and cut flowers. 

 It is gratifying to note that there are some twenty- 

 seven contributing societies in conjunction with the 

 S. A. F. & O. H. This will insure a unity of purpose such 

 as has never before been manifest in American horticul- 

 ture. 



The amount of cash premiums is very large, and in 

 addition there will be some thirty-five silver cups and 

 about the same number of gold, silver and bronze medals 

 to be competed for. Mr. Young has mailed a copy of 

 the schedule to every metnber of the S. A. F. & O. H. 

 The membership in the contributing societies will be 

 reached through their secretaries. The local committee 

 lueets weekly and is holding frequent conferences with 

 the management of the International Exposition Com- 

 pany, which is co-operating. 



"The feature programme for the show, while not yet 

 completed, will include free lectures to the public every 

 afternoon and evening. President Farquhar of the 

 S. A. F & O. H., will speak on 'Gardens of Japan.' Otto 

 Thilow, of Philadelphia, will lecture on 'A Trip Through 

 the Canadian Rockies.' E. H. Wilson, of Boston, will 

 speak on 'Chinese Plants.' F. W. Brown, of Buffalo, has 

 kindly consented to give his ideas on 'Floral Arrange- 

 ment and Art.' R. F. Felton, of London, England, it is 

 also hoped, will speak on 'Floral Decorations as Used at 

 the British Court.' Other well-known lecturers will be 

 Leonard Barron, of The Garden Magazine ; Geo. V. 

 Nash, of the New York Botanical Garden ; J. H. McFar- 

 land Publicity Company, Harrisburg, Pa., and Miss Bea- 

 trice Jones, of New York, the well-known landscape ar- 

 tist. The lecture room, which is on the third floor of the 

 Palace, will be used by members of the different societies 

 for their meetings in the mornings ; definite dates will be 

 set for each society, as soon as the programme is properly 

 arranged. 



"The board of jurors, composed of about sixty well 

 posted men in .Xmerican horticulture, will work in con- 

 junction with about a dozen European gentlemen, in 

 order that the show jnay be judged expeditiously and 

 the prizes all awarded before the building is opened" to the 

 public. 



"Arrangements are being made to have the music in 

 keeping v^ith the magnitude and importance of the event. 



"The International Exposition Company, through its 

 arrangements with the advertising agencies, will' have an 

 announcement of the show in all the surface, elevated 

 and subway stations, and in this way it will come to the 



