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HORTICULTUEE 



August 10, 1918 



The seci-etaiy ultimately reached 

 St. Louis, where he at once took up 

 the work of the Convention. At inter- 

 vals between the present ume and 

 the Convention he will visit nearby 

 cities, in an endeavor to carry the 

 fund over the remaining stage. 



Who can say now that the Pub- 

 licity Campaign Fund of $.jO,000 is 

 not possible of accomplishment! 

 There is less than $8,000 now to col- 

 lect, and if all you gentlemen who 

 have been "waiting to see" will now 

 do what you have been intending to 

 do when your vision became clear 

 will act, the fund will be completed 

 on time. , You have noted the great 

 interest taken in the campaign by 

 your brother florists throughout the 

 country, and surely are impressed 

 sufficiently to reach for your cheque 

 books and do your bit. Send along 

 your contributions— or, had we not 

 better say, your insurance premiums, 

 for surely, no better insurance was 

 ever effected by florists. 



The following additional subscrip- 

 tions have been recorded: 



Annuall.v for Four Years— Howard A: 

 Smith. Los Angeles. Cal., $50; Wngl.s 

 Flower Shop. Los Angeles. Lai., $J.), lh( 

 Orchid, Pasadena, Cal.. .$25: F. Lichtenberg, 

 Los Angelea, Cal., ?-'5; Broadway tlonsts, 

 Los Angeles, Cal,, .$20; Superior Nursery 

 Co Los Angeles. Cal.. $10: Eldred Howei 

 Shop, Pasedena, Cal., $10: F. K. Hills. Los 

 Angeles, Cal.. $5: Redondo Pl.iral < ..., Los 

 Angeles Cal., $50; .T. Dieteruh Los 

 Angeles. Cal., $10; Polder Bros. Monte- 

 hello. Cal.. .$10; D. S. Purdie &<",•■ ^"^ 

 Angeles Cal., .$25; Potter Floral to.. El 

 Pa?o Texas. .$25; T. H. Keefe. Madison. 

 N j'.. $5; Albert Goldenson, Los Angeles, 

 Cal $5; D E. Law. Salt Lake City. T tab, 

 .$5- Salt Lake Floral Co.. Salt Lake City. 

 Utah, $.-.: B. C. Morris Floral Co., Salt Lake 

 Citv I'tah $10; Bailey & Sons Co.. Salt 

 Lake City, Utah. $15; Cramer Floral Co., 

 Salt Lake City, Utah, $10; Keith O'Brien, 

 Salt Lake City, Utah. $10; Ernest Lam- 

 bourne, Salt Lake City, Utah, $10 ; Kiug 

 Floral Co., Salt Lake City. 1 tali, .$10; 

 BoIdt-LnnilT House of Flowers, Denver, 

 Colo., .$10; Huddart Floral Co.. Salt Lake 

 City Utah. $10; William R. Gibson. Jack- 

 sonville. Fla.. !f5; F. B. Lalnsou, Council 

 Bluffs Iowa, .$15; G. C. Hargadure. Flor- 

 ence 'Xeb. .IJIO: .Tohu H. Bath, Omaha, 

 Neb.', $10; Haefeli Floral Co., St. Joseph, 

 Mo .$15; Park Floral Co.. St. Joseph, Mo., 

 .$15-' Sanuiid Murray. Kansas City, Mo., 

 $100; A F. Barbem. Kansas City. Mo.. $25; 

 Jacob Hepting. Kansas City, Mo., $2o; 

 Arthur Newell. Kansas City, Mo., $2.t; 

 John Stevens. Kansas City. Mo.. $2u ; Hum- 

 feld-Orear Floral Co.. Kansas City, Mo., 

 .i!23; \V, J. Barnes. Kansas City. Mo, $2o; 

 R s Brown A: Son. Kansas City. Mo., $15; 

 Ailnlph l>. Mcdir, Kansas City, Mo., .$10; 

 J R. McUrail, Kansas City, Mo., $10; 

 August Luther, Kansas City; Mo., $15; 

 Peterson Floral Co., Kansas City, Mo.. $10; 

 Teddy Peppers. Kansas City, Mo.. .|5. 



Fur One Year— Elmhurst Landscape & 

 Nursery Co.. Kansas City, Mo.. $10. 



Total .$T'.iO.00. Returns from Dealers 

 \id.i' $2.SS1.30. Previously reporten from 

 all sources, .$3.8..';:?8.75. Grand total, 

 .$42,010.23. 



Department of Plant Registration 

 Pi'blic notice is hereby given that 

 Botabink & Atkins, Rutherford, X. J., 

 submit for resistration the new seed- 

 lings of Pyrethrum roseum hen men- 

 tioned: 



Rutherford— Double red with light 

 cen.,er: President Wilson — ilduble, 

 deap rose-pink; Sylvia — Soft rose, dbl.; 

 Pink Beauty— Light rose pink, single; 

 Rosy Mem — Double rose with a lighter 

 center; Cactus — Deep rose petals quil- 



led and pointed the same as cactus 

 dahlias: Dainty— Semi-double deep 

 rose, center white; Favorite— Semi- 

 double deep rose, center white; Colum- 

 Ina — Dbl, deep rose, shading to white; 

 Delight— Shell pink, semi-double, white 

 center; Rose Pearl— Deep rose, like 

 cactus deeper, single; Purity — Dbl. 

 pure white. 



Any person objecting to these regis- 

 trations, or to the use of the proposed 

 names, is requested to communicate 

 with the Secretary at once. Failing 

 to receive objection to the registra- 

 tion, the same v.'ill .be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 as no objection has been filed against 

 the registration of Hydrangea Mrs. 

 Woodrow Wilson by Frederick H. 

 Dressel, Weehawken, N. J., same be- 

 comes complete. 



John Young, Secretary. 

 1170 Broadway, New York. 

 August 1st, 1918. 



HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS 

 Jefferson hotel will be hotel head- 

 quarters for the convention. As all 

 hotels in St. Louis are usually well 

 filled during the time when the con- 

 vention is held it is advisable for all 

 intending to be in attendance to re- 

 serve rooms now. The secretary will 

 be glad to make any reservations if re- 

 quested. John Young, Secy. 



1170 Broadway, 

 New York, Aug. 5, 1918. 



The hotel committee of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club has supplied a 

 list of hotels, together with their 

 rates, for the benefit of those who will 

 attend the S. A. F. convention, to be 

 held in St. Louis August 20 to 22. All 

 are European plan. 



CLEVELAND WANTS S. A. F. CON- 

 VENTION IN 1920 



Over 20 years have elapsed since 

 the Sixth City had the honor of hav- 

 ing an S. A. F. convention and the 

 opinion is unanimously voiced by the 

 Cleveland Florists' Club that the 

 time was again approaching for the 

 enjoyment of this distinction. A new 

 generation has arisen since the time 

 of the last gathering here, and men 

 at the helm in those days are no 

 longer taking an active part, and last 

 but not least, Cleveland as a trade 

 center has advanced by leaps and 

 bounds. Actuated by this thought, 

 representatives of the Florists' Club 

 at the St. Louis convention were em- 

 powered to invite the S. A. F. to meet 

 here in 1920. 



N'ominations of officers for the en- 

 suing year resulted as follows; Presi- 

 dent, Charles J. Graham; 1st vice- 

 president, Robert Weeks; 2nd vice- 

 president, James W. Wilson; treas- 

 urer, George Bate; secretary, James 

 McLaughlin. As the nominations 

 were unanimous, this will serve to in- 



troduce the men who are to steer the 

 destinies of the club for the year be- 

 ginning September 1918 and ending 

 September 1919. Some clever nomin- 

 ating speeches were made and the 

 new officials will take up their duties 

 with the feeling that every member of 

 the club is behind them. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



.Mrs. Julius Roehrs, president of the 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists, 

 has appointed Mrs. William Duckham, 

 Madison, N. J., to be auditor for the 

 year 1918. 



The annual meeting of the society 

 will be held in Convention Hall, Moo- 

 lah Temple, St. Louis, on Wednesday, 

 August 21st, at 10 o'clock. At this 

 time the reports of the officers will 

 be given, the election of officers held, 

 and any other business relative to the 

 society will be brought up and acted 

 upon. 



On account of the existing condi- 

 tions the annual reception will not be 

 held. 



Mrs. A. M. Hebr. Secretary. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The display of gladioli will be the 

 main feature at the August flower 

 show 'of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society which will be held at 

 Horticultural Hall next Saturday and 

 Sunday. 



There are numerous large growers 

 of this popular flower in the vicinity 

 of Boston, both private and commer- 

 cial, and the exhibit will be one of the 

 most brilliant and attractive of the 

 year. 



The schedule calls also for phloxes, 

 China asters, and other seasonable 

 flowering plants. Summer fruits are 

 now approaching maturity and the 

 first apples, pears, peaches, and plums 

 will be on exhibition. Large exhibits 

 of vegetables are expected, especially 

 as the competition for the William B. 

 H, Dowse trophy is becoming keen. 

 This trophy is a handsome silver vase 

 which is offered by Mr. Dowse for the 

 encouragement of vegetable growing 

 and will be awarded to the exhibitor 

 of vegetables winning the greatest 

 number of first prizes during the year. 



The exhibition is free to the public 

 and will be open Saturday from 12 to 

 c, and Sunday from 1 to 6 o'clock. 



Wm. p. Rich. Secretary. 



Newark, N. J. — The Essex County 

 Florists' Club held a successful out- 

 ing on August 1, several New York 

 florists and wholesalers rarticiiiating. 



