August 3, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



115 



Visitors^ Register 



Philadelphia— Harry R. Mitchell, of 

 the Germain Co.. Los Angeles, Cal.; 

 Alexander Forbes. Newark, X. J.; Mr. 

 Carter, of Carter & Son, Mt. Holly, 



N. J. 



Chicago— Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bell of 

 Okmulgee. Okla.: A. Jensen. Spring- 

 field, 111.: Thos. Wolfe, Waco. Tex.; 

 Ralph Bather and sister Edith Bather 

 of Clinton, Iowa.: J. B. Roy, Harrison. 

 N. Y. 



Rochester — P. M. Phillips, of the S. 

 A. Weller Co., ZanesyiUe, Ohio; C. M. 

 Archer, of the Roseville Pottery Co., 

 Julius Berg, New York; H. C. Neu- 

 brand. Manchester, Conn.; H. Kurth, 

 of Reed & Keller, New York. 



Washington, D. C. — Stephen Vin- 

 cent, White Marsh. Md.; W. Harry 

 Wheeler, Great Neck, N. Y.; E. M. 

 Jones. Charleston, W. Va.; E. J. 

 Pass, North Platte, Neb.: F. Herman 

 Cook, Baltimore. Jld.; Emile Fardel, 

 Great Neck, N. Y. 



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