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HORTICULTURE 



August 13, 1910 



none finer can be found, and the 

 menu cannot be equalled anywhere. 



It can furnish one of the most con- 

 venient meeting and exhibition halls 

 that the society has ever met in. 

 Within the past few years it has be- 

 come the metropolis of the South in 

 more ways than one and especially 

 as a horticultural centre. 



It will meet the society with the 

 wide-open arms of Southern hospital- 

 ity and every one may feel assured of 

 a healthy and sincere welcome within 

 its gates. 



ROCHESTER FLORISTS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



Sixty-five members were in attend- 

 ance at the regular monthly meeting 

 and all showed keen interest in the 

 preparations being made for the 26th 

 Annual Convention of the S. A. F. & 

 O. H. Members of the local club will 

 be given each two buttons and will 

 be entitled to two tickets for the out- 

 ing. Those wishing extra tickets can 

 purchase them for one dollar. 



Application for tickets and badges of 

 the R. F. A. must be made to H. B, 

 Stringer, secretary, at the office In 

 Convention Hall. The rules of the 

 national society governing the giving 

 out of tickets will be strictly adhered 

 to. A reception committee was ap- 

 pointed and parties will be stationed 

 at all depots to welcome our guests 

 and to assist them in every way pos- 

 sible. H. B. STRINGER, Secy. 



OFFICERS OF ROCHESTER FLOR- 

 ISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



President, F. W. Vick; vice-presi- 

 dent, E. P. Wilson; secretary, H. B. 

 Stringer; treasurer, W. L. Keller. 



Standing Committees for 1910. 



Entertainment and Essays— H. B. 

 Stringer, chairman; John Dunbar, C. 

 H. Vick, R. G. Salter. 



Exhibition— C. H. Vick, chairman; 

 George B. Hart, F. J. Keller, A. H. 

 Salter, J. M. Keller, E. P. Wilson. 



Membership— C. H. Ogsten, chair- 

 man; P. R. Schlegel, W. L. Keller, 

 Charles Puhr. 



Auditing— E. S. Osborne, chairman; 

 W. H. Dildinp, Geo. T. Boucher. 



Bowling and Sports— A. F. Vick, 

 chairman; H. B. Weller, George J. Kel- 

 ler, Walter Salmon. 



Special Committee in charge of all 

 the arrangements for the Convention — 

 F. W. Vick, chairman, and H. B. 

 Stringer, secretary. 



Chairmen of the various sub-com- 

 mittees of the Executive Committee 

 are the following: Entertainment, F. 

 W. Vick; Ladies, C. H. Ogsten; 

 Finance, W. T. Fonda; Souvenir Al- 

 bum, C. H. Vick; President's Recep- 

 tion, George B. Hart; Bowling, A. F. 

 Vick; Decorations, F. J. Keller; Music, 

 E. P. Wilson: Shooting, R. G. Salter; 

 Ball Game, J. M. Keller; Transporta- 

 tion, E. S. Osborne; Printing Pro- 

 grammes and Press, E. F. Rowe. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY 

 OF AMERICA. 



*rhere will be a meeting of the Na- 

 tional Sweet Pea Society of America 

 at Rochester, at 9 a. m. (place an- 

 nounced later) on August ISth. 



This is in response to a request from 

 the secretary of the S. A. F. to such 

 societies who wish to hold a meeting 

 at the annual convention in Rochester 

 and is in accordance with the resolu- 

 tions passed by the executive commit- 

 tee of the S. A. F. at their spring 

 meeting. 



HARRY A. BUNYARD, Sec. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



There will be a meeting of the 

 board of directors held at Rochester, 

 N. Y., on August 19 at 9.30 A. M. 

 Much important business is to come 

 before this meeting, and it is hoped 

 there will be a good attendance. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The society badge of the American 

 Gladiolus Society will be furnished to 



L .Merton Gagk 



all members that attend the Rochester 

 meeting, on application to the under- 

 signed at Convention Hall. 



L. MERTON GAGE, Cor. Sec. 



members who have paid their dues. 

 Do not forget to bring them to the 

 convention as two badges will not be 

 issued on one receipt. 



From the reports and letters re- 

 ceived the attendance at the coming 

 convention promises to be the largest 

 in the history of the Society. 



Mr. A. L. Miller, vice-president from 

 eastern New York, says that about 200 

 from New York City will attend the 

 meeting. 



The Executive Board recommends 

 that the Society hold a special meeting 

 at the time of the National Flower 

 Show in Boston. 



H. B. DORNER, Sec. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



Members will find the secretary at 

 Exhibition Hall all day Tuesday, Aug. 

 16. Please come and get your badge 

 and tickets for reception and dance, 

 Wednesday evening, Aug. 17. 



Directors meeting at 9.30 a. m., 

 Aug. 17. Annual meeting at 10.30 

 a. m., Aug. 17, at Pastors, Hotel 

 Seneca. 



Don't forget your badge pins. 



MRS. CHAS. H. MAYNARD, Sec. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The National Flower Show Com- 

 mittee will maintain an office at the 

 exhibition hall during the time of the 

 convention. The office will be in 

 charge of Mr. Chester I, Campbell, who 

 has been appointed manager of the 

 coming show. 



A circular has been sent out among 

 S. A. F. members, from the Secretary's 

 office, asking for individual opinions 

 as to the advisability of abandoning 

 the August Conventions and holding 

 the annual meeting in the spring. 

 The replies to this proposition will, 

 we presume, be counted up and the 

 result announced at the Rochester 

 Convention. 



We are in possession of the list of 

 those who, up to one week previous 

 to the start, have registered to go 

 from New York to Rochester with the 

 N. Y. Florists' Club party. They 

 number upwards of ninety. Adding 

 those who go in advance to set up 

 their exhibits, etc., and on trains 

 other than the special it looks as 

 though the New York representation 

 would come pretty near the estimate 

 of two hundred, made by President 

 Miller. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



The Secretary has received notice 

 from the St. Louis Florists' Club that 

 an invitation will be extended the So- 

 ciety to hold its 1911 meeting in St. 

 Louis. 



Badges have been mailed to all 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the fern, "Nephrolepis 

 Dreyerii," by Kessler Bros., 52 W. 28th 

 street, New York, and G. Dreyer, 

 Woodside, L. I., becomes complete. 

 H. B. DORNER, Sec. 



August 4, 1910. 



Registration of Carnation. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Henry Eichholz, of Waynesboro, Penn- 

 sylvania offers for registration the 

 carnation described below. Any per- 

 son objecting to the registration or to 

 the use of the proposed name, is re- 

 quested to communicate with the Sec- 

 retary at once. Failing to receive ob- 

 jection to the registration, the same 

 will be made three weeks from this 

 date. 



Raiser's description — Alvina x Vic- 

 tory; of dwarf growth, forming quick- 

 ly a very large plant in the field; will 

 produce from early struck cuttings 

 plants furnishing 100 and more blooms 

 per season; adapted to a pot plant tor 

 Christmas sales; color of the true 

 poinsettia scarlet. 



Name — "Christmas Cheer." 



H. B. DORNER, Sec. 



August 4, 1910. 



We learn from L. Merton Gage, that 

 his gladioli are showing up remark- 

 ably well this year with hardly a trace 

 of disease. This he accounts for by 

 the fact that he has been using freely 

 the formaline treatment. 



