July 11, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



41 



CONVENTION CITY NOTES. 



Intending visitors to the Boston S. 

 A. F. Convention are advised that there 

 are three hotels in Boston bearing 

 somewhat similar names and care 

 should be exercised in making reserva- 

 tions, as otherwise there are liable to 

 be misunderstandings. 



"The Copley-Plaza" (headquarters) 

 is located at the corner of St. James 

 and Dartmouth streets; "The Copley 

 Square" is 49 Huntington avenue; 

 "The Plaza" is on Columbus avenue, 

 near Dartmouth. 



These hotels are all in the same 

 neighborhood, near the Convention 

 Hall. P.\TRicK Welch, 



Chairman Hotel Committee. 



GERANIUM HELEN MICHELL. 



Our cover illustration depicts a view 

 in Boston Public Garden, a famous 

 spot which, no doubt, all the Conven- 

 tion visitors will want to see. This is 

 the first of quite a series of views of 

 horticultural interest in and around 

 Boston which we shall present from 

 now on until Convention time. We 

 should be glad, however, if everyone 

 who reads these lines could come in 

 person on this important occasion and 

 see for themselves the instructive ex- 

 amples of advanced horticultural art 

 which these pictures so inadequately 

 portray. There is no section of our 

 great country so rich in horticultural 

 achievement as the territory surround- 

 ing the metropolis of New England. 



PANAMA-PACIFIC HORTICULTU- 

 RAL EXHIBITS. 



William Plumb, who has been indus- 

 triously canvasing the growers in the 

 eastern section of the country, reports 

 a gratifying interest displayed in this 

 great event and has assurances of sup- 

 port and fine contributions by many 

 leading concerns. But the time is now 

 short and there are many who, with 

 best of intentions, yet are dilatory in 

 signing up for their space, being in 

 most cases too busy, thus far, to at- 

 tend to it. Now that the slack time 

 has come, the first duty of all is to get 

 in communication with Mr. Plumb and 

 have these preliminaries duly attend- 

 ed to. Communications addressed to 

 him at 53 W. 28 street, New York, will 

 reach him promptly. 



The State of Massachusetts through 

 Secretary Wilfred Wheeler of the 

 State Board of Agriculture has se- 

 cured for its out door horticultural ex- 

 hibit one of the most eligible locations 

 in the Panama-Pacific grounds, com- 

 prising an area of over 21,000 sq. ft. 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co., of Boston, 

 will be among the large individual ex- 

 hibitors from the extreme east. 



A GERANIUM TEST. 



We note in the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden Bulletin for June the interest- 

 ing statement that there are being 

 tested out during the present summer 

 in the garden trial beds no less than 

 367 recently purchased varieties of 

 geraniums. A complete list of these 

 varieties is given. It is hoped that in 

 this large number of varieties some 

 will prove to be valuable additions to 

 the, at present, small list of varieties 

 generally planted. 



The accompanying picture shows a 

 4-inch pot plant of this promising new 

 zonal pelargonium, grown by Wm. Rob- 

 ertson, gard. to Mr. J. W. Pepper, 

 Jenkinstown, Pa. 



As recorded in our notes of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society's exhibi- 

 tion last week, Mr. Robertson was the 



winner of the first prize offered by H. 

 F. .Michell Co., for exhibit of this ger- 

 anium, $50 in gold. The plant which 

 won first prize had 16 flower trusses 

 on it, a remarkable number for a 

 plant in 4-inch pot. This novelty is 

 well thought of wherever it has been 

 shown. 



SYRACUSE ROSE SHOW. 



The recent Rose Show held in Syra- 

 cuse breaks all previous records tor 

 attendance, interest and merit of exhi- 

 bit. Imagine over two hundred vari- 

 eties of the queen of flowers skillfully 

 staged. They made the spacious hall 

 a bower of beauty and fragrance. Mr. 

 Robert Pyle. Vice-President of the 

 American Rose Society gave a beauti- 

 fully illustrated address the first night 

 of the show on "Famous Rose Gardens 

 I Have Visited." Two successive years 

 Mr. Pyle has delivered the annual ad- 

 dress and acted as judge. This soci- 

 ety has in four years grown to have 

 an active membership of nearly three 

 hundred. James M. Gilbert took first 

 honors in winning the silver medal of- 

 fered by the American Rose Society 

 for the best exhibit. Every village of 

 any considerable size, except one, with- 

 in thirty miles of Syracuse, has mem- 

 bers in this organization. Through the 

 inspiration of this society hundreds of 

 new rose gardens have sprung up, and 

 many already in existence have been 

 greatly enlarged and improved. Among 

 the direct results of the work of the 

 year Syracuse is to have a Municipal 

 Rose Garden, and Syracuse University 

 is planning for a rose garden which 

 will probably be located in front of 

 the Carnegie University Library Build- 

 ing. — Extract from Xnrihcrn Christian 

 Advocate. 



A CORRECTION. 



We are apprised that an error crept 

 into our list of prize awards by the 

 Sweet Pea Society, in our issue of last 

 week. The American Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety offered a gold medal for the larg- 

 est and most meritorious exhibit and 

 this medal was awarded to W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co. The gold medal award- 

 ed to A. T. Boddington was a special, 

 as an appreciation of his artistic ar- 

 rangement. 



Red Bank, N. J.— Edgar A. Slote of 

 Middletown has been appointed direc- 

 tor in charge of the horticultural de- 

 partment of the Monmouth county fair. 

 Mr. Slote has selected five experienced 

 flower growers outside of New Jersey 

 to act as judges. These are W. H. 

 Waite, superintendent of the Grey- 

 stone estate at Yonkers; John F. John- 

 ston, Fratt estate at Glen Cove; 

 Thomas W. Logan, Crosswicks farms, 

 Jenkintown, Pa,; Alexander McKenzie, 

 Cragston estate. Highland Falls, N. Y.; 

 and George Middletown, Rockwood 

 Hall, Tarrytown, N. Y. These will also 

 act as judges in the exhibits of vege- 

 tables made by professional garden- 

 ers. A new feature in the vegetable 

 department this year will be an open 

 class for collections of twelve varieties 

 of vegetables, arranged for effect, and 

 occupying a space of 3x6 feet. 



