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HOBTICDLTDRE 



July 28. 1917 



HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS. 

 For the lucuiiiniodntloii u( visitora 

 at the coiivontloii of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists, the New York Com- 

 mittee of ArninKcments lias made a 

 careful selection of hotels. A list of 

 these hotels with a schedule of their 

 rates follows: 



nOTKL AI.GONQflN, 60 WcBt Hth St.— 

 Single, and bnth, ^.50. Double, and l>atl]. 

 J>.'1.(«". 



lldTEI, ASTOn, Itrondwny and 4-ltli SI. 

 — SliiKl.'. with. .lit hnth, f2.00-$.S.riO. SIiibIi-, 

 with liiiili. $:; 00 |«I.(I0. Doulilr. without 

 bnth. »:i.UO'|;C.iiU. U.iublc, with bntb, $4.00- 

 |t><.(IO. 



IIKI.MONT. Park Ave. and 42d St.— Sln- 

 rK'. without b.nth, $2..'iO-^.00. Double, with 

 l.ath. fS.OO-ftl.Oll. Double, without batb, 



*r..oo. 



HIl.TMOUE. Mndlson Ave. and 43d St.— 

 SliiKli'. with bath, J3.50-J0.00. Double, with 

 linth. $*'..iM). 



HHISTOI,. 1^2 West 4!>th St.— Single, 

 Euro.. $l..'Ki-$l'.00: Amcr., *.'!.00-$3.50. Dou- 

 lili'. Euro.. $-J..'ii)-?.t.OO : .\mi.r.. ?5.00-$S.80. 

 (Evor.v ro.iin with [.rlvate bnth). 



KI.ANDKK.S. i:'.;i West 47th St.— Single, 

 with bath, Jl..'iO-$L>..',0. Double, with bath. 

 J-'..'." ja.OO. 



IKITEI. I.OXGACRE. 157 We8t 47th St.— 

 llociiii. without bath, $1.00. Room, with 

 bath. $l..'iO-$l'..''>o. 



MANHATTA.N". Madison Ave. and 42d St. 

 —.Single. wlth..ut bath. $2.50. Single, with 

 bath. $;i.iX)-$5.00. Double, without bath. 

 $4.00-$S.(iO. 



.McAI.PIX, Broadway and 34tli St.— Sin- 

 gle, without bath. $2.0O-$3.00. Single, with 

 bath. $2..'j0. Double, with bath, .$l.00$7.00. 



SO.MERSET. 150 West 47th St.— Single, 

 without l.ath. $1.00-$1.L>5. Single, with bath, 

 $1..''><|.$2.0((. Double, with bnth, $2.00$2.50. 



W.^I.LICK. Brondwnv and 43d St.— Sin- 

 gle, without bath. $1.50$2.00. Single, with 

 bnth. $2.00-$2.00-$3.00. Double, without bath, 

 $2.,'K)-$100. Double, with batb, $4.0O-$o.00- 

 $(1.00. 



WEBSTER, 40 West 4.5th St.— Room and 

 bath. 1 person. $3.00. Room and bath, 2 

 persons. $3. ,50. 



WOODSTOCK. 43d St., near Broadway- 

 Single, without bath, $2.00. Single, with 

 bath, $2.50-$3.00. Double, without bath, 

 $3.00. Double, with bath, $3..50-$4.00. 



nOTEL WOODWARD, Broadway and 

 .5.5th St.— Single, with bnth, $2.00-$2.50. 

 Double, with bath. $;j.00-$3.50. Single, with- 

 out bath. $1.50-$2.00. Double, without bath, 

 $2.00-$2.5«. 



Write anyone of the hotels in the 

 list, stating explicitly what you de- 

 sire in the way of accommodations and 

 ask them that reservations be made. 

 You will receive prompt and courteous 

 reply. 



All of the hotels listed are conven- 

 ient to the Grand Central Palace, the 

 exhibition building in which all of the 

 sessions of the convention will be held 

 and where registration headquarters 

 will be located. 



As some of these hotels will be quite 

 busy at the time of the convention, it 

 is urgently recommended that reserva- 

 tions be made in advance. 



W. A. Spebung, 

 Sec'y Hotel Com. 



DAHLIA FARMING IN MARYLAND. 



"BUSINESS AS USUAL." 

 When the war with Germany began 

 the first doctrine preached was that of 

 economy. The immediate result of 

 that was a violent contraction in cer- 

 tain cases, and a limitation of pur- 

 chases on the theory that in no other 

 way could the problems of the war be 

 met. Fortunately, there have been 

 clear-headed men who have undertaken 

 to preach the gospel of "business as 

 usual," pointing out the dangerous 

 effects of unnecessary economy. The 

 time has not passed when tliis propa- 

 ganda should be permitted to lapse. 



The accompanying pictures show 

 Dahlia planting on a large scale as 

 done on the dahlia farm of R. Vincent, 

 Jr., & Sons Co. at Whitemarsh, Md. 

 The tractor is preparing the ground. 

 Afterwards the planter follows with 

 three men on it; one drives the two 



hand. I n , rage about 2o,000 two- 



inch pot dahlia plants per day, and 

 have done the same with three-Inch 

 canna plants. With the shortage of 

 labor tliey find this a great labor 

 saver and the tractor a great horse- 

 power saver, as It will do what It 



hoi..-i->, ki-i;ijin,5 them in iijieaiul llie iwu 

 men sitting low put the plants in, one 

 setting one plant, the other man setting 

 the next, etc., alternately. The ma- 

 chine marks the next row off as they 

 go along, opens the trench, and as the 

 men set the plants presses them as 

 good or better than it can be done by 



would lake Inmi luur to six hor.ses to 

 accomplish and only one man is re- 

 quired, where with horses from two 

 to three men would be required. 

 Messrs. Vincent say that they are hav- 

 ing a very wet season and stuff plant- 

 ed out is suffering for dry weather 

 and sunshine. 



There must be preached continuously 

 the necessity not only of business as 

 usual, but business better than usual, 

 and the necessity of rational economy 

 only. 



It is unreasonable or irrational 

 economy which is dangerous, but there 

 is difficulty sometimes in distinguish- 

 ing between what is rational and what 

 is unnecessary or irrational. If the 

 people of the country are to reduce 

 their buying or their expenses ten, 

 fifteen, twenty or twenty-five per cent, 

 there will be a sharp contraction which 

 will have a serious effect on industry 

 and indirectly on themselves. Unfor- 

 tunately, there is always a tendency 

 among the moneyed class to economize 

 even before the middle class or poorer 

 people begin to do so, and it is these 

 persons who have money to spend who 

 should set the example of continuing 

 their normal ways of living. — The In- 

 dustrial Economist. 



seed pods are put in flour bags, all 

 carefully tagged and suspended in long 

 ranks from clothes lines to dry. It Is 

 quite a sight to see the quantities of 

 seed, many bushels at a time, passing 

 through the drying process, after 

 which they go through a cleaning and 

 .sifting machine which separates the 

 fine plump seeds from the inferior. 

 Great care is exercised to keep 

 strains, varieties and colors pure In 

 the process of growing, selection and 

 gathering. Mr. Frost has built up a 

 tremendous business in his specialty, 

 not only by his cultural care and busi- 

 ness Integrity, but also by the Influ- 

 ence of a sunny disposition and ever- 

 considerate courtesy towards all with 

 whom he comes in contact. He has 

 many customers among HoRTicuLTtmE 

 readers. 



A PANSY SEED FARM. 



Charles Frost, the pansy specialist, 

 of Kenilworth, N. J., is now harvest- 

 ing his seed — that is, when the 

 weather is dry enough, which has been 

 but seldom of late. He employs six 



or eight pickers at this season. The 



Newport, R. I. — Because of war 

 times, the Newport Garden Club, head- 

 ed by Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman, of 

 New York, has abandoned the annual 

 flower show intended to be the big fea- 

 ture in their new home on Bellevue 

 avenue. Instead little shows will be 

 held from time to time with a series 

 of lectures for the benefit of the Red 

 Cross. Norman Taylor, of the Brook- 

 lyn Botanic Garden will open the lec- 

 ture season in August. 



