August 15. 19 1 4 



HORTICULTURE 



Floor Plan^ Mechanics Building, Boston, Mass. 



Exhibition Classes Arranged as Follows: 



A— Plants. B— Cut Blooms. 



C— Boilers and Heating Apparatus. 



D— Greenhouse Structures. 



E — Florists' Supplies. 



F — Bulbs. Seeds and Garden Requisites. 



G— Miscellaneous. 



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LIST OF EXHIBITORS IN THE BOS- 

 TON CONVENTION GARDEN. 

 Bidwell & Fobes, gladioli; A. T. Bod- 

 dington, gladioli and montbretias; Car- 

 ter's Tested Seeds, clock dial in 

 plants; John Lewis Childs. gladioli; H. 

 R. Comley. cosmos and white chrysan- 

 anthemums; Conard & Jones Co., can- 

 uas; A. Cowee. Gladiolus Peace; Henry 

 A. Dreer. Inc.. nymphaeas: Eastern 

 Nurseries, collection of nursery stock: 

 W. W. Edgar Company, heliotrope and 

 lilies; R. & J. Farquhar & Co.. exten- 

 sive formal garden and Japanese ar- 

 bor; F. \V. Fletcher, antirrhinums; S. 

 J. Goddard, Begonia Gloire de Chate- 

 laine; P. Henderson & Co.. Geraniums 

 Gen. Funston; A. H. Hews & Co., 

 planted vases and pottery; Knight & 

 Struck, buddleia and cosmos; H. Mag- 

 nuson. salvias; W. A. Manda, exten- 

 sive general display; Mt. Desert 

 Nurseries, phloxes, astilbes, spiraea, 

 etc.; F. E. Palmer, Petunia Veilchen- 

 blau and marigolds; Boston Park & 

 Recreation Dept., formal bedding; A. 

 N. Pierson. Inc.. extensive display of 

 Baby ramblers, perennials and gera- 

 niums, foliage plants and cannas; 

 Wm. Sim, Snapdragon Pride of Clit- 

 tondale; E. E. Stewart, gladioli; B 

 Hammond Tracy, gladioli; Wm. Trick- 

 er, aquatic plants; Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, cannas; James Vick's Sons, 

 Gladiolus Rochester White; R. Vin- 

 cent, Jr. & Sons Co., geraniums; A. M. 

 Davenport, coleus and euonymus; 

 Thomas F. Galvln, formal bedding. 



in recognition of the merits of the rose 

 Radiance. Other matters in a general 

 way will be taken up. particularly the 

 efforts being made to extend the use- 

 fulness of the American Rose Society 

 among local associations throughout 

 the country. This Is a movement that 

 every commercial rose grower in the 

 country, and especially the plant men, 

 would be benefited in seeing carried 

 out. The American Rose Society has 

 grown steadily, and the time may now 

 be at hand where a large advance in 

 its membership may be secured. 



Theodore Wirth. President of the 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



At the Society of American Florists' 

 Annual Convention to be held next 

 week. August 18 to 20, there will be a 

 meeting of the American Rose Society, 

 at which time the Hubbard gold medal 

 will be presented to M. H. Walsh of 

 Woods Hole, Mass.. and the silver 

 medal to John Cook of Baltimore, Md., 



S. A. P., and Superintendent of Parks 

 at Minneapolis, Minn., writes: "I have 

 something which may be of value to 

 some rose growers, particularly ama- 

 teurs. We have been very successful 

 in subduing mildew by using the fol- 

 lowing preparation: 3 gals, water, 6 

 ozs. soap (soft), 2 ozs. potassium sul- 

 phide. We dissolve the soap in water, 

 then add the potassium sulphide. This 

 spray is also very good for aphis and 

 will help along blighted buds. For 

 mildew, as I have already said, it is 

 the best thing we have ever tried. I 

 am giving this to you for general in- 

 formation." 



Roses this year have certainly 

 shown up in fine condition in many 

 sections. Come to the meeting of the 

 American Rose Society when you go 

 to Boston next week. 



Bemj.\min H.\mmond, Sec'y. 



Beacon, N. Y. 



WiixiAM P. Rich 



Secretary Massachusetts Ilortiiultiiral 

 Society. 



CHICAGO TO BOSTON. 

 Niagara Falls Stop-off. 



On the way to the convention city, 

 as already announced, there will be a 

 stop-off at Niagara Falls from 12.04 

 o'clock to 3.50 P. M., Monday, August 

 17. The fare from Chicago to Boston 

 and return is $30, good for 30 days. 

 Berths. Chicago to Boston (one way), 

 lower, $5.50; upper. $4.40. The fore- 

 going rates apply only to Boston and 

 return. 



The Chicago Florists' Club, at its 

 meeting of August 6. instructed its 

 transportation committee to arrange 

 for through Pullman cars Chicago to 

 Boston so that it will not be necessary 

 to transfer baggage at Niagara Falls. 

 There will be an additional charge of 

 r.ii cents for this accommodation. 

 MicHAEr, BMtKEt!. Chairman, 

 Chicago Florists' Club. 

 Transportation Committee. 



