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HORTICULTURE 



June 23, 1917 



There was a meeting of the National 

 Flower Show Committee at the Jeffer- 

 son Hotel, St. Louis, June 8-9, to com- 

 plete arrangements for the 1918 Na- 

 tional Flower Show to be held in St. 

 Louis, April 6-15. 



There were present: George Asmus, 

 Chicago, 111., chairman; John Young, 

 New York, secretary; J. J. Hess, 

 Omaha, Nebr., treasurer; Patrick 

 Welch, Boston, Mass.; Adolph Faren- 

 wald, Roslyn, Pa.: Robert C. Kerr, 

 Houston, Texas, president of the S. A. 

 F., and A. F. J. Baur, Indianapolis. 

 Ind., secretary of the American Car- 

 nation Society. 



While the Coliseum building, where 

 it was originally intended to house 

 the show, was still available, it was, 

 in the opinion of the committee, en- 

 tirely too small for the purposes of 

 the exhibition, and for the meetings 

 and the Convention of the S. A. F., 

 which will be held at the same time. 

 It was finally decided to lease Moolah 

 Temple, 3821 Lindell Boulevard, and 

 also the adjoining vacant lot, 155 x 300 

 feet upon which a temporary building 

 will be erected for the flower show. 

 This temporary building will be con- 

 nected, by a passageway, to the second 

 or lower floor of the Temple, where 

 the trade exhibits will be located. 



At no previous National Flower 

 Show were conditions more adequate 

 for exhibits in the trade section. The 

 floor space dimensions are about 200 x 

 100 feet, and the quarters at present 

 are used as the dining hall for the 

 members of the Temple after their ses- 

 sions. The main floor, about 200 x 75 

 feet, is expected to be used for exhibits 

 and displays of retail florists. The 

 business meetings of the Society will 

 be held in one of the side rooms on 

 this floor. 



The lot upon which the temporary 

 building which is to house the Na- 

 tional Flower Show will be erected is 

 located at McPhersnu and Van de 

 Venter Aves.. one of the best resident- 

 ial sections of the city. As the ex- 

 hibits in the temporary building will 

 be placed on the bare ground there 

 will be no danger of damaging any 

 hardwood floors, consequently there 

 will be unsurpassed water facilities. 



The decision of the Society to hold 

 the Convention and National Flower 

 Show at the same time, in the Spring, 

 is approved by the S. A. F. members 

 in all sections of the country, and 

 even at this early date, before the floor 

 plans have been issued, exhibitors are 

 reserving space in the trade section. 

 so the outlook is very encouragiir 

 as to the financial success of the ex- 

 hibition. From now until the date of 

 the show, there will be erected on the 

 site of the temporary building a huge 

 sign l.oard, tn be used for publicity 

 purposes. 



The Schedule Committee will meet 

 at an early date, to revise the schedule 

 already issued, which was compiled to 

 meet the somewhat limited space 

 afforded by the floor area of the Co- 

 liseum. The new arrangements en- 

 sure ample room for the exhibits of 

 rock gardens, rose gardens, and other 

 displays, if it is decided to have such 

 exhibits. 



The Committee also held a confer- 

 ence with Mr. George W. Simmons, 

 head of the American Red Cross in St. 

 Louis, and it may be that the Red 

 Cross organization will co-operate in 

 the entertainment plans, if such 

 course does not conflict with their 

 rules and regulations, on lines similar 

 to those followed by the organization 

 at the New York Show. 



The Committee are grateful for the 

 many courtesies extended during their 

 session, by the local florists' interests, 

 especially to Jlessrs. D. S. Geddis, F. 

 H. i\leinhardt, Wm. C. Smith and 

 Frank Gorly, who w^ere indefatigable 

 in their efforts to assist the commit- 

 tee in their work. 



Now that the question of the build- 

 ing for the exhibition has been decid- 

 ed upon, the work of the Show will 

 be pushed with vigor. The Flower 

 Show Committee will, of course, con- 

 sult the St. Louis Florists' Club and 

 local florist interests before going 

 ahead with any of the arrangements, 

 and the wishes of those bodies will be 

 considered wherever possible. With 

 every one working in a spirit of har- 

 mony, there is no question but what 

 the Fifth National Flower Show will 

 be as successful as any held in the 

 past. 



The following have placed their 

 names on the Guarantors' List, and 

 the total subscribed is a few hundred 

 dollars less than the ten thousand re- 

 quired, so if you are interested we 

 would ask that you send in your sub- 

 scription promptly so that the list may 

 be closed: Peter Henderson & Co., 

 Louis Burk, Thomas Roland, W. R. 

 Nicholson, A. S. Burns. Jr., Jackson & 

 Perkins Co., William A. Burnham, 

 Storrs & Harrison Co., Alfred T. Bun- 

 yard, Wm. F. Kasting Co., John Young. 

 Albert Pochelon. C. E. Critchell, Flor- 

 ists' Publishing Company, H. P. Kno- 

 ble. A. N. Pierson, Inc., Samuel Mur- 

 ray, A. L. Miller. Joseph Heacock Co., 

 Patrick Welch. W. N. Rudd. Kroe- 

 schell Bros. Co., The Friedley Co., B. 

 Hammond Tracy. J. J. Hess, Chas. H. 

 Totty. Bertermann Bros. Co., F. A. 

 Danker. Benjamin Hammond, Lord & 

 Burnham Co.. H. G. Berning, Otto G. 

 Koenig. Henry Eicholz, S. A. Ander- 

 son, Fred'k Lautenschlager, C. T. 

 Guenther, Alban Harvey & Sons, De 

 La Mare Ptg. & Pub. Co., The McCal- 

 lum Co., George L. Stillman. Harry K. 

 Rohrer. C. M. Hamilton. Wm. C. 

 Gloeckner, Harry I. Randall. James 

 Duthie. James W. Begbie, W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co., John A. Evans. U. C. 

 Wanner. Joseph H. Hill, William O. 

 Jahn, Philip Breitmeyer. George As- 

 mus. Schiller (Chicago), Some Flor- 

 ists (Twin Cities) Minnesota. The 



Wendland & Keimel Co., G. Van Bo- 

 chove & Bro., Jacob Schulz & Co., C. 

 W. Ward, A. C. Zvolanek, George Mor- 

 rison, John Lewis Childs. W. A. Rowe, 

 Marcellus A. Patten, The Conard & 

 Jones Co., J. W. Dudley & Sons Co., 

 F. R. Pierson. W. J. Cowee, J. F. Am- 

 mann. Emil Buettner, W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey. Max Schling, Eric James, Jo- 

 seph Straudt. Hans Plath, Fred C. 

 Weber, Wm. F. Ekas, Wm. L. Rock 

 Flower Co., Robert Craig Co., Henry 

 A. Dreer, Inc., S. S. Pennock-JIeehan 

 Co., The Leo Niessen Co., George Bur- 

 ton, Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., C. A. 

 Kuehn. John Burton, Fred H. Mein- 

 hardt, A. Farenwald, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., Pelicano, Rossi & Co., C. F. Beyer, 

 F. J. Fillmore, S. B. Boyd, F. A. Wind- 

 ier Co., Stuppy Floral Co., Foley Mfg. 

 Co.. Robert Simpson, Hitchings & Co., 

 J. C. Moninger Co., R. Witterstaetter, 

 D. MacRorie. John S. Carter. Nicotine 

 Mfg. Co. 



John Yotjng. Secy. 

 June 15, 1917. 



FLOWER SHOW AT CHESTER, PA. 



The second annual flower show, un- 

 der the direction of the Horticultural 

 Society of the Civic League, New Cen- 

 tury Club, opened in the Sixth Regi- 

 ment Armory on June 8 and was 

 largely attended. Mrs. Casper How- 

 arth was awarded the silver med- 

 al, donated by the H. F. Michell Co. of 

 Philadelphia, tor receiving the great- 

 est number of points. Second honors 

 went to E. M. Rosenbluth, of Walling- 

 ford. who was given a bronze medal. 

 Mrs. Garnett Pendleton was awarded 

 a rose vase tor the largest peony and 

 Miss Janet McAllister, of Media, was 

 given a silver rose vase for the larg- 

 est rose. The show, which was con- 

 tinued two days, won the highest 

 praise for the committee in charge by 

 the many visitors. The exhibits were 

 attractively placed and the great in- 

 terest displayed by amateur gardeners 

 was a source of considerable appre- 

 ciation to the promoters whose object 

 is to create more enthusiasm in flower 

 cultivation. Among the special com- 

 mercial exhibits were those of the 

 Rose Shop, Cross Company. Hart's 

 Flower Shop. Bickmore Farm, H. E. 

 Bloom. Michell Co. of Philadelphia. 

 Reliable Furniture Co., and the Jlor- 

 row Palmer Novelty Co., Phila. 



ROSE AND STRAWBERRY SHOW 

 POSTPONED. 



On account of the backwardness of 

 the season it is necessary to change 

 the scheduled dates of the Rose, Peony 

 and Strawberry exhibition of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society from 

 June 23 and 24 to Saturday and Sun- 

 day, June 30 and Julv 1. This exhibi- 

 tion is one of the most interesting and 

 brilliant of the year and is free to the 

 public. It will be open Saturday from 

 12 to 6 and on Sunday from 1 to 6 

 o'clock. 



Wm. p. Rich. Secy. 



