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HORTICULTURE 



August 3, 1918 



Nurseries Co., which will comprise a 

 collection of home grown bulbs, is di- 

 rected by Mr. Chas. W. Ward, presi- 

 dent of the Company, to be sold at 

 auction for the benefit of the S. A. F. 

 Red Cross Donation. 



DEPARTMENT OF PLANT REGIS- 

 TRATION 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 submits for registration the following 

 new Roses: 



Rose Premier — seedling of Ophelia 

 X Mrs. Chas. Russell; color deep pure 

 rose; very large in bloom; splendid 

 forcing qualities; a "big Rose" in 

 every way; exceptionally free bloomer. 



Rose Victor — seedling of Ophelia X 

 Killarney Brilliant; type of Killarney 

 Brilliant; very free; large in growth 

 and bloom. 



Rose Golden Rule— seedling of 

 Ophelia X Sunburst; a yellow Rose, 

 much like Ophelia in growth; good 

 color; excellent forcing qualities; 

 very free in growth and bloom. 



Rose Mme. Butterfly— A highly col- 

 ored sport of Ophelia. 



Any person objecting to these regis- 

 trations, or to the use of the proposed 

 names is requested to communicate 

 with secretary at once. Failing to re- 

 ceive objections to the registrations, 

 the same will be made three weeks 



from this date. 



John Young, Secy. 



July 27, 1918; 1170 Broadway, New 



York, N. Y. 



S. A. F .& 0. H. CONVENTION EN- 

 TERTAINMENT. 



Our convention this year it is true 

 should and will have more and longer 

 business sessions than any convention 

 we have ever had and it is the fore- 

 most idea in the mind of every mem- 

 ber of the S. A. F. & 0. H. in this 

 locality to help in every way possible 

 to impress everyone that the meetings 

 should be well attended. However, we 

 felt that a convention is not complete 

 unless there is just a bit of entertain- 

 n>ent in some form, but on account of 

 the time being so well taken up on the 

 three convention days, it behooves us 

 to ask all of our visitors to stay over 

 the fourth day, Friday, Aug. 23rd, and 

 have one day of entertainment, not an 

 elaborate program, but a pleasant day 

 with entertainment fitting and in keep- 

 ing with the present conditions. 



We aim to adhere to the warnings 

 of the officers of our society and ask 

 every member to attend each meeting 



session, this will have a tendency to 

 stimulate attendance for future con- 

 ventions and will show that we are 

 deeply interested and appreciate the 

 work accomplished by our officers and 

 directors in the past year. It is of im- 

 portance to every florist to know and 

 acquaini himself with the great work 

 being performed by the S. A. F. & 0. H. 



All of the ladies are invited to at- 

 tend, even though the three conven- 

 tion days are busy and occupied days 

 for the men, the ladies will be looked 

 after by our local folks and we might 

 add that St. Louis offers a great 

 variety of sight-seeing, many points 

 of interest for any sort of an inclina- 

 tion or temperament. 



We further add that on the evening 

 of the third convention day, Thursday, 

 Aug. 22, the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den will entertain all members and 

 ladies of the S. A. F. & O. H. in the 

 former's gardens. 



We once more ask all visitors to 

 stay over for the fourth day and take 

 advantage of the opportunity to see 

 everybody, to have that long wished 

 for talk with somebody, in short, enjoy 

 one day after three days of strenuous 

 business meetings. This will put you 

 into that (Gee, but the Boss must have 

 had a great time at the convention) 

 spirit, when you return home. It's 

 really the after effects of anything we 

 do that counts. We want you to carry 

 away from St. Louis an impression 

 that will be a pleasant memory to you 

 and a credit to our city. 



We welcome you. 



Entertainment Committee, 

 Fr-^nk a. Winuler, Chairman. 



JUST GONE FISHING. 



Lorimer said some time ago, "Say 

 less than the other fellow and listen 

 more than you talk, for when a man 

 is listening he isn't telling on himself 

 and he is flattering the fellow who is." 



Well, since our Publicity Campaign 

 has started I am sure that I've talked 

 considerably about National Cam- 

 pai.gns, but now for the next four 

 weeks me and mine hike to our hole 

 on the shore of Belgrade Lakes for a 

 solid month of quietness, fishing and 

 soliloquy. 



Mine has indeed been a pleasant and 

 interesting task and as I sit fishing 

 (without catching fish) will have am- 

 ple time to consider the fulfillment of 

 several plans in mind for next Fall's 

 campaign, and as we all like a little 

 flattery, will get mine by listening to 

 others, for the rest of the summer and 

 saying nothing for iniblication in the 



interval. So that the little squib 

 which our kind editor has inserted 

 weekly will cease until we are home- 

 ward bound heavily laden with fish 

 and the hope that Publicity has not 

 gone to seed because of our interest in 

 so fine a work as this our first cam- 

 paign. 



With kindest wishes to all for a 

 most pleasant vacation. 



Very sincerely yours. 



Henry Penn, Chairman. 



P. S. — I want to take this opportun- 

 ity of thanking, on behalf of our Puli- 

 licity Committee, all those who have 

 up to date sent in contributions. 



A GOOD RHODODENDRON. 



To a Rhododendron which is growing 

 in Mr. Hunnewell's garden at Wellesley 

 the name of Glennyi has been given. 

 This name is probably not correct, at 

 least it is not found in the catalogues 

 of garden Rhodendrons. There was 

 once, however, in England a Mr. 

 Glenny who raised hybrid Rhododen- 

 drons, for on the 5th of February, 

 1838, at a meeting of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society in London, "Mr. 

 George Glenny exhibited a Rhododen- 

 dron said to have been raised l)y him- 

 self from seed. It did not appear 

 different from a variety raised some 

 years since by Mr. Waterer, of Knap- 

 hill, and called in the gardens R. pul- 

 cherrimum. It is said to have been 

 a hybrid between R. arhoreum and R. 

 caucasicum, and was raised at Knap- 

 hill in 1832; it has pink flowers." 

 The plant in Mr. Hunnewell's garden 

 is evidently a hybrid of R. cauvasi- 

 viim, and has been growing there tor 

 fully fifty years. The original speci- 

 mens were certainly imported from 

 England and are now round-topped 

 bushes about six feet high. For at 

 least thirty years they never suffered 

 from heat or cold and have never 

 failed to bloom freely. The leaves 

 show the influence of R. catawbicnse 

 but the size of the flower-clusters and 

 the size of the white flowers, which 

 are a good deal like those of R. Boule 

 de Xeige, point to R. caucasicum . The 

 early flowers, for this Is one of the 

 earliest of the hardy Rhododendrons 

 to flower in this climate, show too the 

 caucasicum influence. But whatever 

 name it should bear and whatever its 

 parentage this Rhododendron is a val- 

 uable plant, for it is certainly one of 

 the hardiest hybrid Rhododendrons 

 which have been planted in this coun- 

 try. There are only small plants in 

 the Arboretum Collection where it has 

 not yet flowered. — Arnold Arboretum 

 Bulletin. . 



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