August 4, 1917 



HO ETl CULTURE 



119 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



AND 



ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



The New York Convention^ August 21^ 22 and 23 



The trade in New York is greatly 

 elated over Convention attendance 

 prospects. Reports coming in from 

 State Vice-Presidents point to a banner 

 delegation from many sections, and 

 there appears to be little room for 

 doubt that the convention will be the 

 biggest, and, from a business point of 

 view, the best on record. 



The announced curtailment of the 

 customary entertainment for visitors 

 does not seem to be at all detrimental 

 to the success of the gathering; judg- 

 ing from many communications re- 

 ceived, the absence of anything func- 

 tional in character is a most welcome 

 feature of the programme. Still, as a 

 precedent the desired policy of no gen- 

 eral entertainment is hard to establish 

 and many little surprises await the 

 visitors. New York has always been 

 conspicuous at conventions through Its 

 large delegations, whose enjoyment of 

 the hospitalities extended by conven- 

 tion cities has been most marked, and 

 it goes sadly "against the grain" of the 

 New Yorkers to have to give the first 

 push to the new order of things. 



The success of the trade exhibition 

 Is practically assured. The display 

 will be staged on the main floor of the 

 Grand Central Palace, the home of 

 New York's big annual flower show, 

 and the meeting quarters will be adja- 

 cent. The convention management was 

 most fortunate in being able to house 

 the convention in this fine building. In- 

 coming exhibits will be very con- 

 veniently handled — in fact, will be re- 

 ceived practically on the floor where 

 they are to be staged. There is an 

 excellent cafe and restaurant in the 

 building, and other conveniences such 

 as telegraph, telephones and post office 

 chutes. Adjoining the secretary's office 

 will be found the Bureau of Informa- 

 tion, where attendants will be con- 

 stantly at the service of visitors. 



Visitors upon arrival should report 

 Immediately at the secretary's office, 

 which will be found at the left of the 

 main entrance to the building. 



John Young, Secy. 



cordial invitation to all members and 

 friends from west and southwest to 

 join them at Chicago and other mem- 

 bers enroute. Special sleeping cars 

 have been set aside for the exclusive 

 use of the florists on the following 

 schedule: 



Lv. Chicago, Sunilav, Aug. lU, 11.45 P. M. 



Lv. Toledo, Monday, Aug. 20, 5.00 A.M. 



Lv. Cleveland, Monday, Aug. 20, 8.00 A. M. 



Lv. Erie, Monday, Aug. 20, 11.02 A. M. 



Ar. Buffalo, Monday, Aug. 20, 2.50 P. M. 



Lv. Buffalo, Monday, Aug. 20, 3.15 P.M. 



Ar. N. Y. City. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 5.05 A.M. 



CHICAGO TO NEW YORK 



The Chicago florists bound for the 

 New York Convention will leave La 

 Salle Street station at 11.45 P. M. 

 Sunday, August 19th, and extend a 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The second preliminary schedule of 

 the Fifth National Flower Show has 

 been received from Secretary John 

 Young. This great exhibition, under 

 the auspices of the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists and Ornamental Horti- 

 culturists, co-operating with the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society, the American Car- 

 nation Society, St. Louis Florists' Club, 

 American Sweet Pea Society, Amer- 

 ican Gladiolus Society, National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners, Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America and Florists' Tele- 

 graph Delivery, will be held in Moolah 

 Temple and Auxiliary Buildings, St. 

 Louis, Mo., April 6-15 (inclusive), 1918. 

 The plant classes are, we presume, 

 practically complete in this issue of 

 the prize list. The cut flower classes 

 will be included in the final schedule 

 which will appear in due time. As In 

 the previous National Flower Shows 

 the "commercial" and "private" 

 classes are not yet numbered, but 

 there are about 250 numbers in this 

 plant list alone and they cover a wide 

 range. Space will not permit of a re- 

 production of the list here and no use- 

 ful purpose would be served by our so 

 doing, as copies complete may be had 

 for the asking by anyone applying to 

 the secretary for same, but the follow- 

 ing lists of the more important 

 "group" classes may be of general In- 

 terest and will give some idea of the 

 large scale on which the enterprise is 

 planned. 



Private Classes. 



Acacias — Group covering 200 sq. ft. 

 Prizes, $400.00. 



Flowering Plants and Bulbs— Group 

 covering 150 sq. ft., arrangement for 

 effect. (Orchids excluded). Prizes, 

 $175.00. 



Flowering and Foliage Plants — Col- 

 lective group, 100 sq. ft., arrangement 

 for effect. Prizes, $150.00. 



Orchids, Plants — Collective group 

 25 sq. ft., arrangement for effect. 

 Prizes, $75.00. 



Bulbs in Bloom — Arranged as a gar- 

 den, 200 sq. ft. Prizes, $250.00. 



Commercial Classes. 



Acacias — Collection to cover 300 sq. 

 ft. Prizes, $600.00. 



Flowering and Foliage, Stove and 

 Greenhouse Plants — Arrangement for 

 effect 100 sq. ft. Prizes, $125.00. 



Forced Shrubs, Herbaceous Plants, 

 Bulbous Plants, or Any Other Stock, 

 including Trees and Vines, arrange- 

 ment for effect to cover 400 sq. ft. 

 Prices, $500.00. 



Hydrangeas — Arrangement for effect 

 to cover 150 sq. ft. Prizes, $150.00. 



Rhododendrons — Arrangement for 

 effect to cover 150 sq. ft. Prizes, 

 $150.00. 



Lilies — 50 pots arranged for effect. 

 Prizes, $80.00. 



Orchid Plants — Arranged for effect 

 to cover 250 sq. ft. Prizes, $1,000.00. 



Crotons — Arranged for effect, 50 sq. 

 ft. Prizes, $115.00. 



Open Classes. 



Bulbs, Etc. — Arranged as a bulb gar- 

 den, covering 500 sq. ft. Prizes, 

 $500.00. 



Rose Plants — Any or all classes, ar- 

 ranged as a rose garden, 500 sq. ft. 

 Prizes, $500.00. 



Rock Garden — 300 sq. ft. Prizes, 

 $600.00. 



Roses — In pots or tubs. Arrange- 

 ment for effect, to occupy not less than 

 150 sq. ft. Prizes, $150.00. 



Azalea Indlca — Best display of 

 American grown plants, not less than 

 6 varieties, 5 plants of each. Prizes, 

 $100.00. 



For schedules or Information regard- 

 ing space in the Trade Section, apply 

 to John Young, Secretary National 

 Flower Show Committee, 53 West 28th 

 St., New York. 



As the S. A. F. and O. H. Conven- 

 tion is to be held in conjunction with 

 the show more than ordinary interest 

 attaches to the trade section of the 

 show, which, naturally, will absorb the 

 usual Convention Trade Exhibition. 

 The advantage this presents to ex- 

 hibitors is being recognized, and reser- 

 vations of space for extensive displays 

 are already being made. Among the 

 concerns who have booked space are 

 Lord & Burnham Co., Chicago; A. L. 

 Randall Co.. Chicago, and the Fulper 

 Pottery Co., Flemington, N. J. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



A now Constitution and By Laws 

 will come before the above society for 

 consideration at its annual meeting, 

 Aug. 22. Members please take notice. 

 By order of the president. 



Mbs. Chas. H. Matnabd, Secy. 



