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HORTI CULTURE. 



August 27, 1910 



S. A. F. Convention Ladies on Auto Bide 



THE SHOOTING CONTESTS. 



Prize for greatest number of bi'rds in 

 all events, H. M. Altick, Dayton, Ohio, 

 $20.00 in gold. 



Five men team, only eight shooters 

 present, so two teams of four men were 

 formed. Winners were: Z. D. Black- 

 istone, Washington, D. C; H. Brown, 

 Richmond, Va.; E. Reid, Philadelphia, 

 Pa.; and E. H. Vick, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Each a diamond stick pin. 



Singles, twenty-flve birds. First, H. 

 M. Altick, $20.00 in gold; second, Z. D. 

 Blackistone, fishing rod, value $10.00; 

 third, H. Brown, stick pin. 



Doubles. First, H. M. Altick, $20.00 

 in gold; second, E. H. Vick, gun case, 

 value $10.00: third, E. Reid, fishing 

 rod, value $5.00. 



It seems to the committee that un- 

 less there are more gunners at future 

 meetings the shooting contests should 

 be abandoned, or else modify the value 

 of the prizes, as it is quite an expense 

 to the local society haying the con- 

 vention in charge. 



R. G. SALTER, 

 Chairman Shooting Committee. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



Manager Campbell of the National 

 Flower Show did a big business at the 

 convention in the sale of exhibition 

 space for the trade display section of 

 the show. Over 6,000 sq. ft. of floor 

 space has already been contracted for. 



Much regret was expressed over the 

 illness of Assistant Superintendent 

 Dunbar of the Rochester parks, which 

 prevented his delivering the promised 

 illustrated lecture on "Trees, Shrubs 

 and Flowering Plants." 



On the recommendation of the Ex- 

 ecutive Board, the unexpended balance 

 of $400 left in the National Flower 

 Show fund was placed at the disposal 

 of Chairman Pierson for the benefit of 

 the next National Flower Show. 



The discussion on the use of cement 

 in greenhouse construction was one of 

 the most enlivening and practical 

 which the Society has ever listened to. 

 It is a real live topic as was evidenced 

 by the number and the standing of the 

 men who took part in it. 



of Experiment Stations to Ornamental 

 Horticulture," contained enough con- 

 densed common-sense advice and per- 

 tinent facts to fill a volume. It should 

 be carefully read by every floricultur- 

 ist in the country. Its sentiments are 

 indisputable. 



The pretty maple leaf badge of the 

 Canadian brethren was quite generally 

 in evidence among the convention at- 

 tendance, and the spirited invitation 

 voiced by Mr. Dunlop to bring the con- 

 vention to Montreal next year, or the 

 year following, showed still further 

 the live interest taken in the S. A. F. 

 by the fraternity across the border. 



Our illustration shows the ladies of 

 the convention on their automobile 

 outing on Wednesday afternoon. This 

 is only one incident in the continuous 

 round of enjoyment provided for the 

 ladies by the Rochester people. The 

 Ladies' S. A. F. now numbers 211 

 members and is growing fast, and it 

 is a very potent force today in bring- 

 ing out a good convention attendance. 



The perfection of arrangements and 

 smooth-running system in every de- 

 partment of local committee work con- 

 nected with the business and the en- 

 tertainment of the convention was a 

 subject of repeated comment by the 

 visitors. The Rochester fraternity 

 have worked it down to a science. 

 Everyone knows his place and his duty 

 and everything works in harmony like 

 the wheels of a watch. 



W. N. Rudd's paper on the "Value 



The report of progress by J. K. M. 

 L. Parquhar for the National Flower 

 Show Committee called attention to 

 the sacrifice that the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society is willingly mak- 

 ing in not holding during the same 

 year their own usual spring exhibition 

 from which it is assured of a hand- 

 some net return. Mr. Farquhar's re- 

 marks were optimistic and were re- 

 ceived with many evidences of enthusi- 

 astic approval. 



Invitations to visit trade and private 

 establishments in the vicinity of Ro- 

 chester wei'e many and cordial. Quite 

 a number went to see the nurseries of 

 EUwanger & Barry, and on Friday 



morning previous to the Manitou ex- 

 cursion a large party went by special 

 cars to inspect the trial grounds of 

 James Vick's Sons. An invitation from 

 Mrs. F. F. Thompson, through her 

 gardener, R. E. Ballantyne, to visit 

 her estate at Canandaigua, was also 

 accepted by several. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



On Thursday. August IS, the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society met in Convention 

 Hall, Rochester, N. Y., thirty-four 

 members present. August T. Poehl- 

 mann, of Morton Grove, 111., was pres- 

 ent as retiring president and William 

 H. Elliott of Brighton, Mass., the new 

 president, assumed the chair, after in- 

 troductory words by the secretary. 



The statment was made that the So- 

 ciety had invested its permanent fund 

 to the amount of $3,000 in guaranteed 

 mortgages at a rale of 5 per cent, dat- 

 ing from July 1st; that there was a 

 balance in the treasury of something 

 over $100, and that up to that date 

 all bills were paid, with one exception 

 —a matter of some $9.20. 



The present Executive Committtee is 

 as follows: Philip Breitmeyer, De- 

 troit, Mich.; Peter Bisset, Washing- 

 ion, D. C; William F. Kasting, EUicott 

 street, Buffalo, N. Y.; Wallace R. Pier- 

 son, Cromwell, Conn.; August F. 

 Poehlmann, Morton Grove, 111.; J. A. 

 Valentine, Denver, Colo. The secre- 

 tary, Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y., and the treasurer, 

 Harry 0. May, Summit, N. J., hold 

 over and Mr. Adolph Farenwald, of 

 Roslyn, Pa., is vice-president. 



The chief matter of interest that 

 came up before the meeting was the 

 coming National Flower Show to be 

 held in the city of Boston, the latter 

 part of next March and to continue for 

 one week. Frank R. Pierson, Chair- 

 man of the National Flower Show, was 

 present and submitted (he proposition 

 from his committee, whcih was for the 

 Rose Society to adopt their schedule 

 of prizes for roses in pots or tubs, to 

 which they had allotted $730 as pre- 



