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HOKTICULTUKE 



August 2, 1913 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Arrangements have been made with 

 Skellet Company, 201 South Fifth 

 street, Minneapolis, Minn., to do the 

 hauling of freight at the time of the 

 Convention. The rate will be 50 cents 

 minimum from depot to Armory, and 

 10 cents per hundred. Freight arriv- 

 ing before the Convention will be 

 stored by them free of charge. It 

 will avoid a great deal of trouble if 

 the shipments are billed direct to the 

 Skellet Company, or, at least, in care 

 of the Skellet Company. If you have 

 not already done so you should let me 

 know about signs, whether you wish 

 benches erected, etc. Benches will 

 cost you about 6 cents per square foot. 

 If you wish benches or tables covered 

 with green burlap, it will cost 10 cents 

 per yard laid. Roll-top desks with 

 chairs may be hired for the tour days 

 of the Convention at a cost of $5.00. 

 It will avoid delays and confusion if 

 you would give these matters your im- 

 mediate attention. 



Following is a complete list of those 

 who have taken space in the Outdoor 

 Planting Exhibition: 



Thomas Meehan & Sons, Dresher, P;i.; 

 C. N. Ruedlinger, Minneapolis. Minn. ; R. 

 & J. Farquhar & Co.. Boston. Mass.; 

 Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 Rosehlll Nursery, MinneanoHs, SUnn. ; W. 

 A. Manda, South Orange. N. J., Holm & 

 Olson, St. Paul, Minn.; .Tohn Lewis Childs. 

 Flowerfleld, N. Y. ; A. T. Boddington. New 

 York, N. Y. ; Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. ; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago. 111.; North- 

 rup. King & Co., Minneapolis. Minn.; Con- 

 nrd & .tones Co.. West Grove. Pa.; Henrv 

 F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; William 

 Tricker, Arlington, N. J. ; K. Vincent. Jr., 

 & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.; C. Malm- 

 Quist, Minneapolis, Minn. ; F. H. DeWitt 

 & Co., Wooster, Ohio; A. Henderson &.Co., 

 Chicago, 111.; C. A. Sohaefer, La Crosse^ 

 Wis.; Max Kaiser, Merriam Park, Minn.; 

 Nagel Greenhouses. Minneapolis, Mimi.; 

 L. S. Donaldson & Co.. Minneapolis, Minn. ; 

 H. B. Whitted. Minneapolis. Minn.; Will 

 Bros., Minneapolis, Minn.; Erie Floral Co., 

 Erie, Pa.; Wm. F. Kasting Co., Butfnln, N. 

 T. ; E. P. Winterson Co., Chicago, III.: L. 

 Xj. May Co., St. Paul, Minn. ; Lakewood 

 Cemetery Greenhouses, Minneapolis, Minn.; 

 Minneapolis Floral Co., Minneapolis. Minn. 



The following are additional names 

 to the list of indoor trade exhibitors: 



Schloss Bros.. New York; G. E. Travis 

 Co., Henry, 111.; J. F. Wilcox & Sons, 

 Council Bluffs. la.; Peirce Bros. Co., Wal- 

 tham, Mass. ; E. B. Stackhouse, Waretown. 

 N. .T. ; Wertheimer Bros.. New York; Hol- 

 ton & Hunkel, Milwaukee; Minnesota 

 Weatherproof & Glazing Co.. Minneapolis. 

 Minn.; Hummel & Downing Co., Milwau- 

 kee, Wis. 



John Yoxtng. 

 Superintendent Trade Exhibition. 



BOSTON TO MINNEAPOLIS. 



But two weeks away and Minnpap- 

 olis will be the Mecca for many flor- 

 ists and horticulturists and from pres- 

 ent indications it will be one of the 

 best conventions in the history of the 

 Society. Massachusetts will be repre- 

 sented and that worthily by those who 

 have already signified their intention 

 of taking the trip, but the number is 

 all too few under the circumstances- 

 Taking into consideration the beauty 

 of the trip and the excellent arrange- 

 ments made for the comfort and 

 pleasure of those who will go must 



be added the fact that there are two 

 other very important reasons for a 

 large delegation from this vicinity. 

 We have the honor of a Massachu- 

 setts man as President of the Society 

 and furthermore it is hoped that Bos- 

 ton will have the convention in 1914, 

 which the delegation is going to work 

 for, re-enforced by a special represen- 

 tative from the city government who 

 will carry an invitation from the city 

 of Boston. Up to the present time 

 about twenty-five have signified their 

 intention of joining the special party, 

 but it is hoped that the party will 

 number at least fifty. Undoubtedly, 

 there are many more who will attend, 

 but it is absolutely necessary that the 

 committee should be informed, not 

 only to make berth arrangements but 

 for hotel accommodations in Minneap- 

 olis. August 8th is the very latest 

 possible date that this can be done. 

 The tour will be personally conducted 

 and everything possible will be done 

 by the committee for the comfort and 

 convenience of those going. Train 

 leaves the North Station at 8 P. M., 

 Friday, August 15. Saturday will be 

 spent in Montreal on special invita- 

 tion. Write at once to the Chairman 

 of the Committee, W. P. Edgar, 5 Park 

 Square, Boston, or to Horticultural 

 Hall, for all particulars or of your in- 

 tentions. 



W. P. Edg.vr. 

 Vice-President for Eastern Massachu- 

 setts. 



PHILADELPHIA TO MINNEAPOLIS. 



The Florists' Club of Philadelphia's 

 Minneapolis Convention party. Chair- 

 man .lohn AVestcott, announces that 

 they will leave Broad street station, 

 Pennsylvania R. R., on the 10.25 A. M. 

 train, Sunday, August 17th. Any one 

 wishing to join the party should com- 

 municate at once either with the chair- 

 man, Mr. Westcott, or with the secre- 

 tary of the club, David Rust, at Horti- 

 cultural Hall. Broad and Locust street, 

 as there may be a saving — according 

 to the number in the party. Act at 

 once on this and be sure to advise one 

 or other of these gentlemen before 

 buying your ticket. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club commit- 

 tee of twenty-five met with Manager 

 Frank Robinson of the Coliseum 

 Flower Show on Tuesday, July 25, to 

 devise some plans to raise $2,000 for 

 prizes for the down-town stores for 

 window decorations for Flower Show 

 Week. A subscription started at once 

 and $700 was raised by those present 

 and the committee will raise the other 

 $1,300 by August 15th. The members 

 enjoyed a pleasant evening and at the 

 close refreshments were served by Mr. 

 Robinson. 



The Florist Club meeting will be 

 held on Thursday, August 7th, one 

 week ahead of the regular meeting 

 day. Election of ofhccrs, convention 

 and Flower Show matters will be the 

 features of the meeting. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The American Rose Society will hold 

 its summer meeting during the com- 

 ing annual convention of the Society 

 of American Florists at Minneapolis. 

 At this gathering the new president 

 assumes control and direction of the 

 Rose Society's interests. 



Roland D. Gamwell, of Bellingham, 

 Wash., who has been visiting East, 

 showed great interest in the spread of 

 the American Rose Society's work. 

 One point he mSde was that the rose 

 plant growers of this country do not 

 realize their advantage in the work 

 of the American Rose Society in cre- 

 ating a widespread interest all over 

 the land in rose bushes for home 

 planting. 



The directors of the Panama Expo- 

 sition at San Francisco, to be held in 

 1915, are awake to the fact that the 

 rose grows on the Pacific Slope to a 

 degree of profusion perhaps not 

 equalled elsewhere. A prize of $1,000 

 is offered for a new rose. The divi- 

 sion of Horticulture of the Exposition 

 wish to have emphasized the effort 

 which is to be made to bring about 

 the most extensive show of roses in 

 all phases during the time of the exhi- 

 bition, and to do this the interest of 

 rosarians the world over is invited. 



The certificates of merit awarded at 

 the Hartford Test Garden examination 

 have been sent out. This Hartford 

 Rose Garden Show seems to have ex- 

 ercised considerable quiet interest in 

 its results. Superintendent Parker of 

 Hartford ascribes very high praise to 

 Theodore Wirth, now Superintendent 

 of Parks at Minneapolis, for the work 

 in planning the garden at Hartford. 

 At Minneapolis the American Rose So- 

 ciety asks for a large attendance of 

 its members, and would be glad to re- 

 ceive many new members. "A Rose 

 for every Home, a Bush for every Gar- 

 den." The new president is Wallace 

 R. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn.; the 

 new vice-president is Robert Pyle, of 

 West Grove, Pa.; the new members of 

 the executive committee are J. H. 

 Dunlop, Toronto, Ont., Canada, and S. 

 S. Pennock, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Bex.t.\min H.oimoxd, Sec'y. 



Fiskill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Members of the American Carna- 

 tion Society will please make the fol- 

 lowing corrections in the annual re- 

 port recently mailed out from this of- 

 fice: 



Add Chas. B. Critchell to the list of 

 contributors toward the Fred Dorner 

 Memorial Fund. 



In the list of registrations of new 

 varieties, H. W. Field's address should 

 be Northampton. Mass. 



The name of the variety Pacific, 

 registered by R. Diener & Co.. has 

 been changed to Debutante. 



The address of J. A. B. Haugh 

 should be Anderson, Ind., instead of 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



The address of E. L. Graves should 

 be Northampton, Mass., instead of 

 Holyoke, Mass. 



The name of the variety. Magnifi- 

 cence, registered in last year's report, 



