July 30, 1910 



HOKTI CULTURE 



1S9 



HOTEL SENECA 



Rochester's Leading Hotel 



Headquarters S. A. F. Etc. 



A. M. WOOLLEY 



Manager. 



For tickets apply to ticket offices of 

 the Lehigh Valley Railroad, at No. 30 

 Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, 140, 355 or 

 14G0 Broadway, New York. Tickets on 

 certificate plan will be sold August 

 12-17, inclusive, returning, good until 

 August 23. 



Representatives of the Lehigh Val- 

 ley Railroad will accompany the spe- 

 cial train, and will assist in evei-y way 

 possible, in caring for the party. 



Please advise Mr. Frank H. Traend- 

 ly, chairman committee on transpor- 

 tation, 131 W. 28th street. New York 

 City, at the earliest moment, of your 

 intention to take special train so that 

 proper arrangements may be made for 

 your comfort. 



The itinerary is as follows: Monday, 

 Aug. 15 — Leave New York, Penn. fer- 

 ries. West 23rd street, 9:40 a. m.; 

 Cortlandt and Desbrosses streets, and 

 the Hudson Terminal, 9:50 a. m. 1:45. 

 Dinner at Glen Summit Springs Hotel, 

 Glen Summit, Pa., as guests of the 

 New York Florists' Club transporta- 

 tion committee. Arrive Rochester 

 7:45 p. m. 



The committee has engaged the 

 sixth floor of the Seneca Hotel, Ro- 

 chester, N. Y., for the accommodation 

 of the members of the Club and their 

 friends. This hotel is within easy 

 walking distance (about four blocks) 

 of the Convention Hall and Exhibi- 

 tion. 



The transportation committee will 

 have a diagram of the floor and 

 rooms on the train, so that assign- 

 ments can be made and reservations 

 allotted, saving much time and worry 

 on arrival at Rochester. Rates are 

 from $1.50 per day up (European plan) 

 according to location. 



It is advisable, and particularly re- 

 quested that members, their friends 

 and delegates, notify the committee as 

 early as possible as to their intention 

 and number of the party who will 

 travel with us on this special train 

 de luxe. Entertainment and refresh- 

 ment will be a special feature of the 

 trip as usual. 



From Quebec. 



Vice-President Robinson writes that 

 he expects a fairly good representation 

 from Quebec. The intention of several 

 of the craft is to attend the Conven- 

 tion of the Canadian Horticultural 

 Society at St. Catherine's and take in 

 the S. A. F. convention the following 

 week at Rochester — a trip which every- 

 one will thoroughly enjoy. Final ar- 

 rangements will be made next week. 



DIRECT PURCHASE FROM FRENCH GROWER WITH- 

 OUT PASSING BY DEALER 



Hyacinths White Roman, Etc. 



Narcissus Grandiflora P. W,, Trumpet Major, Etc. 



Freesia Refracta Alba. 



Etc., Etc., Etc. 



SOLEILLET, Horticulteur, Toulon, France 



From Florida. 



Vice-president E. N. Reasoner writes 

 that so far, no one in Florida has ac- 

 tually promised to attend the Conven- 

 tion, but as some of the members are 

 already in the north on vacations he 

 hopes that they will be in attendance 

 and get all the good there is coming. 

 He calls attention to the fact that 

 Florida is growing now probably fast- 

 er by influ.x of new people from other 

 states and foreign countries, than any 

 other state of the Union, and the flor- 

 ists and nurserymen are, of course, 

 getting in shape to care for the in- 

 creased business in sight. 

 From Texas. 



Texas State Vice-president Robt. 

 Millar writes from Dallas that he has 

 not heard from all as yet, but has the 

 promise of six to eight new members. 

 All have expressed interest in the Con- 

 vention, but there will not be a very 

 large delegation to attend, although 

 the R. R. offers vei-y good rates for 

 those who wish to go. At several 

 southern places — New Orleans in par- 

 ticular — the wish has been expressed 

 that the Convention would meet oc- 

 casionally in the south. It would 

 tend to increase interest and attend- 

 ance among the many southern flor- 

 ists. 



From St. Louis. 



Otto G. Koenig, state vice-president 

 for eastern Missouri, has sent out bul- 

 letin No. 1 as to his arrangements for 

 the St. Louis delegation to Rochester. 

 The arrangement is to take the 

 "Knickerbocker Special" over the Big 

 Pour R. R., leaving St. Louis Monday, 

 August 15, at 1 p. m., and arriving at 

 Rochester Tuesday morning at 9:20. 

 The fare is to be $23.16 for the round 

 trip and ?4 each way for sleeping 

 berths. It is not thought at this writ- 



ing that the local delegation will be 

 large, but those going should advise 

 the state vice-president at once. 



THE SHAW BANQUET. 



The twenty-first annual banquet to 

 gardeners, florists and nurserymen pro- 

 vided for in the will of Henry Shaw, 

 will be given at The Southern Hotel, 

 St. Louis, on August 11th, 1910, at 

 7 p. m. 



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A few surplus plants from the best 



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100 plants well branched, 3 inch pots, 

 $10.00. 100 plants well branched, 4 

 inch pots, $15.00. Cash. 



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