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HORTICULTURE 



August 28, 1909 



Springfield Floral Co., Sprlngfleia, O., 

 Nephrolepis Springfield. 



E. K. Stewart, Rives Junction, Micli., 

 gladioli. 



Standard Pump & Engine Co., Cleveland, 

 0., photographs of their specialties. 



Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 0., 

 nursery stock. 



Thompson & Norris Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 shipping cases. 



Underwood Machine Co., Cincinnati, O., 

 pot washing machine. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, bulbs 

 and plants. 



Vick & Hill Co., Rochester, N. Y. A 

 remarkable display of asters, comprising 

 fifty-one distinct varieties. 



James Vicks' Sons, Rochester. A bril- 

 liant display of asters of the highest type. 



Wertheimer Uros.. New York, ribbons. 



Wintei-son's Seed Store, Chicago, bulbs. 



E. G. Wilson, Brooklyn, N. Y., corsage 

 bouquet holder 



Wilson Plant Oil & Fertilizer Co. An 

 ingenious and very practical Pot Washing 

 Machine; Tub Carrying Device; Hose; 

 Plant Oil, etc. 



Wolf Machine Co., Dayton, 0., ventilat- 

 ing apparatus and sifting and dumping 

 device. 



Zanesville Stoneware Co., ZanesvlUe, O., 

 green tinted florists' vases, etc. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



Jobn Evans, the veteran from Rich- 

 mond, handled a golden chain continu- 

 ously in the exhibition hall. His de- 

 vices were all gilded and he had an 

 interesting audience about him all the 

 time, listening to his demonstration of 

 how to ventilate. 



A party of visitors went to J. A. 

 Peterson's greenhouses at Westwood, 

 early Wednesday morning and feasted 

 their eyes on Farleyense, Lorraines 

 and dracaenas of high degree. Mr. 

 Peterson estimated that no less than 

 300 visited his place that day. Two 

 special cars were kept busy. 



The happiest surprise of the conven- 

 tion was the unexpected presence there 

 of the Society's best beloved friend 

 and ex-president, Wm. R. Smith, fully 

 restored to his old-time vigor. His 

 talk on the nobility of the gardener's 

 calling at the meeting on Thursday 

 afternoon was easily the gem of all 

 the addresses the Society has ever lis- 

 tened to. 



Vice-President Miller is right. The 

 way to get new members is to go after 

 them and make a personal effort. Any 

 state vice-president who will do that 

 with the same persistency as though it 

 was his own business will soon be able 

 to make a creditable showing for his 

 state. The vice-president who is not 

 disposed to do so should send in his 

 resignation. 



The omission of the customary open- 

 ing addresses of welcome and response 

 was commented on quite generally, a 

 few matter-of-fact members approving 

 the immediate getting down to busi- 

 ness, but most of them expressing re- 

 gret that this picturesque and inspir- 

 ing feature had been cut out of the 

 program. The organ voluntaries which 

 preceded each session were much en- 

 joyed by the music lovers. 



Nephrolepsis vii-idissima — not N. ele- 

 gantissima as stated in our report last 

 week, was the fern winning honorable 

 mention in the exhibit of F. R. Pierson 

 Co. N. viridissima is a sport from N. 

 superbissima. The frond is stiff, al- 

 most plain and of a remarkably bright 

 and glossy green. N. elegantissima 



compacta as shown in this group, was 

 greatly admired. More symmetrical 

 and finely finished plants could not 

 be imagined. 



The setting apart of one day on 

 which the public might be admitted to 

 the trade exhibition was an excellent 

 move. It left the hall free for the 

 transaction of business during the bal- 

 ance of the time and turned in quite 

 a good sum of money to the local club 

 from the sale of tickets. The rule pro- 

 hibiting sales at retail by exhibitors 

 also contributed matei'ially to the cor- 

 diality which existed throughout be- 

 tween all classes, local and visitors. 



"This society fiolds a charter of un- 

 precedented character* and dignity in 

 the T'nited States. Why should not 

 all horticultui-al interests appreciate it 

 and make tise of it? The historian will 

 see in the horticultural ti-ade press of 

 today a soul elevating agency that no 

 church can equal. Hold up your head. 

 Tal^e pride in your work, piide in 

 your profession. The S. A. F. has 

 nothing in its historv to be ashamed 

 of." 

 (Extract from speech of Wm. R. Smith.) 



On Wednesday afternoon, those 

 ladies and others not desiring to at- 



F. w. Vick 



Vice-President Elect, S. A. F. & 0. H. 



tend the bowling contest, were given 

 a trolley ride to points of interest 

 about Cincinnati. Eight cars, decor- 

 ated with gladioli were required to 

 carry the party of about 400 people. 

 Among the interesting places iwinted 

 out on the way were the Rookwood 

 Pottery, Art Museum, reservoir, St. 

 Johns Park, Spring Grove Cemetery, 

 Burnet Woods, Public Library and 

 Garfield Park and statue. 



In our humble opinion, the armadillo 

 baskets which have had a run for the 

 past year or two are the most repul- 

 sive things ever ottered to the florist 

 trade. There is surely enough appro- 

 pi iate and beautiful material from 

 which plant and flower baskets may 

 be constructed in endless variety with- 

 out encouraging the slaughter of these 

 harmless creatures, which until now 



have been permitted to live unmolested 

 and fill their place in Nature's econ- 

 omy as insect eaters. The florist 

 should be the last man to give his 

 support to such business. 



FRED W. VICK. 



Vice-President of tlie S. A. F. and O. H. 



F. W. Vick is a nephew of the late 

 James Vick and a member of the Vick 

 & Hill Company of Rochester, N. Y. 

 The mail order trade and the aster 

 seed business are the specialties of 

 the Vick & Hill Company and they 

 have achieved a wide popularity for 

 these goods. Mr. Vick is president of 

 the Rochester Commercial Florists' 

 Association, the members of which 

 hold him in high esteem and he can 

 be counted on as an influential factor 

 in malting the convention at Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., next year a worthy succes- 

 sor of its forerunners. 



THE SHOOTING CONTEST. 



This interesting event was held at 

 the grounds of the Northern Kentucky 

 Gun Club, Thursday afternoon, the 

 members of the Society of American 

 Florists being the guests of the club. 

 There were five-men team events, sin- 

 gles and doubles, and prizes were of- 

 fered as follows: To the man break- 

 ing the greatest number of birds in all 

 events, a 16-gauge repeating shotgun, 

 offered by J. Charles McCuUough; five- 

 men team prize, diamond stickpin for 

 each man on winning team. 



Singles — Twenty-five birds; 1st prize, 

 silver cup, offered by Charles Esberger, 

 of Cincinnati; 2d prize, 15-shot repeat- 

 ing 22-cal. rifle, offered by Evans Bros. 

 Hardware Company, Cincinnati; 3d 

 prize, safety razor, offered by the Pick- 

 eiing Hardware Company. 



Doubles — Twenty-four birds; 1st 

 prize, gun case; 2d pi-ize, fishing rod; 

 Kuhn, of Cincinnati. 



The winners and their scores are 

 appended: 



Event 1, 25 targets— 1st, Altick of 

 Dayton, 24, silver cup; 2d, Brown, 

 Springfield, 22, i-ifle; 3d, Rasmussen, 

 16, razor. 



Event 2, 12 pair — 1st, Brown, gun 

 case; 2d, Rogers, fishing rod; 3d, Al- 

 tick, cane. 



Team Score: S. A. P. team — Altick 

 22. Brown 23, Rogers 22, Gardner 15, 

 Shaw, 19; total 101. Northern Ken- 

 tucky team — Woodbury 24, Damonon 

 24, Keefe 23, Miss Astherr 22, Gonod 

 19; total 112. Altick and Brown were 

 tied for high average with 37 out of 

 49. In the shoot-off for the gun, at 

 ten targets, Altick won with 10 straight, 

 Bi'own getting 9. 



LADIES' BOWLING. 



Mrs. George Shaffer of Washington 

 was tlie winner of the beautiful Rein- 

 berg cup and the prizes for highest 

 single game and greatest number of 

 strikes. Mrs. C. McKellar of Chicago 

 was second, winning the Darling 

 cup and the prize for greatest number 

 of spares. The other contestants 

 achieving glorj' in greater or less de- 

 gree were Mrs. Meinhardt, St. Louis; 

 Mrs. Critchell, Cincinnati; Mi-s. Kill, 

 Chicago; Miss Pfeifler, Foit Thomas, 

 Ky.; Mrs. Winterson, Chicago; Mrs. 

 Guy, Belleville, 111.; Mrs. Herr. Lan- 

 caster, Pa.; Miss Meinhardt, St. Louis. 



