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HORTICULTURE 



September 5, 1914 



HOT HOUSE GRAPES 



BlacK Hamburg, Muscat of Alexandria, Alicante, Appley 



Towers, Gros Colmar, Gros Guillaume. Lady DoAvne's 



Seedling, Madresfield Court, BlacK Muscat 



The above are grown in our own grreenhouse and can be shipped immediately, if desired 



Strong Fruiting Canes Planting Canes 



R. O. J. FARQUHAR (Q. COMPANY 



6 SOUTH MARKET STREET 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Manufacturers, Sales Managers, Advertising 

 Men, Editors and Publishers, Bear in Mind 



THE ANNUAL CONVENTION 



Of the Federation of Trade Press Associations, at the 



CONGRESS HOTEL, CHICAGO 



September 24, 25 and 26, 1914 



Tliree days wbii.Ii will l>e yiven over to a discussion of tiuostioiis vital to the |iul_tlisliers and advertisers ot tbe country. Three 

 days, durinf,' wbieh there will be several big guns and a lot of grape fired at many existing advertising and publishing fal- 

 lacies. Three days of united effort to furthering the efficiency of Business Building through the Business Press. 



This convention will interest the manufacturer, sales manager and advertising manager, as well as the editor and pub- 

 lisher. Your interests are interwoven with those of the Business Building Press. 



So come and bring several members of your sales force with you. It will be a profitable Investment of time. 



The Federation of Trade Press Associations Includes In its membership 250 of the leading class, trade and technical pub- 

 lications of tlie country. 



Its publications are read by millions of subscribers constituting the bone and blood and sinew of our country's techni- 

 cal and commercial development. 



It stands for Truth and Honesty In Circulation and Advertising— and the Highest Ideals in Business and Publishing 

 Ethics. For further information address 



E. R. SHAW, Chairman Committee on Arrangements 

 537 South Dearborn Street. Chica^iso 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Sluis & Groot, Enkhuizen, Holland 

 Seed Crop Report and Prospects for 

 Season. 



Leamon G. Tingle, Pittsville, Md. — 

 Price-List of Strawberry Plants, 1914. 

 A good berry-growers' guide. 



J. J. Wilson Seed Co., Newark, N. 

 J. — Autumn Catalogue of Bulbs, Har- 

 dy Herbaceous Perennial Plants, etc. 

 Pocket size, illustrated. 



D. W. C. Ruff, St. Paul, .\Iinn.~ 

 Catalogue and Price List of Choice 

 Herbaceous Peonies. Ari extensive 

 list including tlie fancy novelties of 

 leading American and European intro- 

 ducers. 



Thos. J. Grey Co., Boston, Mass. — 

 Autumn Catalogue 1914. Bulbs, Har- 

 dy Perennials, Seeds for fall sowing 

 and a complete line of Garden Imple- 

 ments, make this a very timely and 

 useful publication. 



Orenco Nursery Company, Orenco, 

 Ore. — "Orenco Roses." This 24-page 

 Illustrated catalogue is devoted to 

 roses exclusively. The list of offer- 

 ings is extensive including many 

 promising novelties. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 

 City — Midsummer Catalogue for 1914, 

 A luscious dish of Fall-fruiting Straw- 

 berry Americus "with fixings", in na- 



tural colors forms an appropriate cov- 

 er illustration to this very complete 

 catalogue of summer trade material. 



H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia — Autumn 

 Catalogue, 1914. Hyacinths and Giant 

 Trumpet Narcissi have been selected 

 as cover illustration. These are done 

 in duotone green with pleasing effect. 

 The offerings in this catalogue cover 

 the entire field of seeds, bulbs, plants 

 and sundries for late summer and au- 

 tumn purposes; 84 pages. 



Sutton & Sons, Reading, England — 

 "Sutton's Bulbs for 1914." A superb 

 publication on a par with Messrs. Sut- 

 ton's annual seed catalogue and a 

 model of perfection in arrangement 

 and in beauty of typographical work. 

 A department of plants and vegetable 

 and flower seeds for Autumn sowing 

 is included. The section devoted to 

 narcissi is a leading feature, with 

 beautiful flower portraits. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York- 

 Autumn Catalogues. 1914. An elegant 

 and impressive publication, covers 

 adorned with Dutch bulb garden pic- 

 tures in colors in panel on white 

 enamel surface. The compact tabu- 

 lated system followed in the contents 

 allows of the condensing of a very 

 large amount of information and illus- 

 tration within the 80 pages of this pub- 

 lication. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Cincinnati — Sara Seligman, New 

 York, N. Y.; Mr. McCabe. representing 

 A. L. Randall Co.. Chicago; Chas. 

 Baum and A. J. McXutt, Knoxville, 

 Tenn. and Mr. Jensen of Buck Co., 

 Washington C. H., Ohio. 



Philadelphia — Ferrari Bros., San 

 Francisco, Cal.; H. Plath, San Fran- 

 cisco; D. MacRorie, San Francisco; 

 Henry S. Pennock, Jupiter, Fla.; 

 Harry Papworth. New Orleans, La.; 

 W. R. Cobb, sales manager Lord & 

 Burnham Co., New York City; Victor 

 Groshens, Hillside, Pa.; Charles H. 

 Uttley and wife, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Chicago — R. R. Davis, Morrison, 111.; 

 Mrs. W. S. Evans, La Salle, 111.; John 

 Reardon, Ames, Iowa; Emil C. Volz, 

 Ames. Iowa; J. W. Bommersbach, Deca- 

 tur, 111.; Miss Kaber, of The Kaber 

 Co., and H. F. Janssen, Springfield, III.; 

 Calvin D. Kinsman, Austin, Minn.; 

 Mrs. H. Bills, Davenport, la.; Mr. 

 Peterson, Hoopestown. 111.; Conrad B. 

 Wolf, Hibbing, la.; Wm. L. Rock & 

 Son, Kansas City, Mo.; Geo. A. Kuhl, 

 Pekin. 111.; Harry Papworth. New Or- 

 leans, La.; Dan. MacRorie. H. Plath, P. 

 Ferrari and V. Ferrari. San Francisco. 

 Cal.; Mr. Bentzen. of Bentzen Floral 

 Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



