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II (» 1;T I CULTURE 



Suptomber 8, 1917 



vldlDK a resting place where a beauti- 

 ful vie*- cun he had. 



Connectea with this Is another hall, 

 lorly feet wltlc aud one hundred and 

 iweiily-rive feet long, which will be 

 used for lectures The public at the 

 liast shows have .shown a ureal inter- 

 est In nitendinK il»? lectures and it Is 

 the Intention of the ronimittee to run 

 them more often during the exhibition. 

 The hall has been designed expressly 

 lor this purpose. Immediately to the 

 le.i aud right of each entrance are 

 beautiful ollice rooms, one of which 

 ran be used by the secretary and offi- 

 cers of the Society of .\merican Flor- 

 ists, the other for the show committee 

 and press work. There are also suit- 

 able plaA?s for the meetings of the 

 society and in fact any of the auxil- 

 iary organizations to hold their meet- 

 ings or conventions. 



All things considered, the commit- 

 tee thinks that we have the best 

 equipment for conducting the show 

 and convention than we ever had. The 

 (ost for the erection of the temporary 

 building used for the main exhibit. 

 H is estimated, will compare favorably 

 with what we have paid in the past for 

 rental, and we have good prospects of 

 leasing to the automobile people for 

 their exhibition and also to the "Good 

 Road" Convention, and also several 

 other exhibitions which we hope to 

 secure and receive rental from. 



The committee havo arranged to 

 have several leads of water |)ipe run 

 through the ground with three or four 

 outlets. This would enable us to 

 thoroughly water without any damage 

 and also to keep off all dust and dirt 

 of exhibition. It is the intention of 

 the committee to design this in a beau- 

 tiful vista effect with rose gardens and 

 groupings of foliage and flowering 

 plants and with the heli) and support 

 of the florists' trade, this ought. In- 

 deed, to be a wonderful spectacle to 

 view. 



In a very short time, the committee 

 will gather in St. Lrouis to appoint the 

 working committees and open the 

 office and start the publicity campaign 

 in earnest. There is a possibility of 

 the leading merchants of the city of 

 St. Louis conducting a spring pageant 

 at this time which will bring thou- 

 sands df people from out of town to 

 the city. The convention bureau 

 through Mr. Hatfield, the manager, 

 have been and are very active in their 

 work with our committee. 



The second preliminary schedule 

 has been sent out by Secretary John 

 Young and it is hoped that this -will re- 

 ceive the consideration of the growers 

 throughout the country and I wish, 

 once more, to impress upon the trade 

 the importance of supporting your 

 committee in doing the work. 



A National Flower Show is one of 

 the greatest exhibitions that is held In 

 the country and the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists can be well proud of the 

 exhibits as they are being conducted 

 and it is hoped that every considera- 

 tion will be given to the members of 

 this committee for their loyal support 

 and hard work in this stupendous un- 

 dertaking which involves much care- 

 ful financing as well as being a very 

 laborious project. 



Once more. I also wish to repeat 

 tiiat your committee believes that the 

 importance of these exhibitions de- 

 mands their being staged every spring 

 in some city. The results of this ex- 

 hibition are very pleasing, in the fact 



Itat we are accomplishing some of the 

 things aa originally thought of by the 

 lirst promotors of these shows. It Is 

 a source of pleasure aflcr the hard 

 work, to llnd that all concerned are 

 well pleased, not only the public who 

 view the show, but the exhibitor who 

 spends much time and money and the 

 effect gained Is more than worth the 

 time, trouble and expense. 



.Just a word to the promoters of 

 Mower shows throughout the country. 

 The men of the National IHower Show 

 committee have been selected for 

 their experience in conduitlng past ex- 

 hibitions. Secretary John Young has 

 statistics at hand with the information 

 which committee would be pleased to 

 impart for the asking. I believe that 

 a number of mistakes made by those 

 handling tliese exhibitions coukl be 

 corrected if they were to ask the 

 chairman of our conrmlttee, or secre- 

 tary for such information. 1 also wish 

 to call attention to the society's med- 

 als which are available as prizes. We 

 are only too glad to offer them where 

 demand is made upon us. 



.\lso there is a likelihood in the 

 near future of a clashing of dates of 

 large shows in this country. It would 

 be better for all concerned if exhibi- 

 tions could be so arranged as the auto- 

 mobile trade do now. by allotment of 

 dates. It brings a hardship upon the 

 exhibitors, both in the trade and in 

 the premium classes should shows 

 conflict. .\lso. where an out-of-town 

 attendance is looked for. it would 

 avoid a number of prominent exhibi- 

 tors and trades' people being absent 

 by attending a show In another local- 

 ity. 



M the present time, the only large 

 spring exhibition that we know of 

 next year is in New York and as their 

 dates are fixed from March 14th to 

 21st, just prior to Easter, it will be 

 .seen that there will be no conflict 

 there. Thus, by arrangement, there 

 need be no conflicting of the dates of 

 exhibitions. Several times in the 

 l)ast. one instance being last spring 

 when St. Louis and New York exhibi- 

 tions were being held at about the 

 same dates. A number of people in 

 the trade informed me that they were 

 sorry as they wished to attend both 

 shows. This also was true in the 

 case of the last big fall show in Cleve- 

 land and Chicago, whose dates were 

 also identical. 



Before closing, I wish to congratu- 

 late the horticultural interests of New- 

 York upon their taking advantage of 

 the National Show and staging suc- 

 cessful and better shows following. 

 While every city in the country could 

 not conduct an annual show on so 

 large a scale, yet our committee be- 

 lieves that if the National Flower 

 Shows were followed up by exhibitions 

 on a similar scale every two or three 

 years. It would help keep up what was 

 started by the National Flower Show. 



NEW YORK DAHLIA SHOW. 

 The Dahlia Show of The American 

 Institute of the city of New York 

 and The American Dahlia Society will 

 open at the Engineering Building. 25 

 to 33 West 39th Street, between 5th 

 and fith Aves., New York, on Tues- 

 day. September 25th, from 7 p. m. to 

 10 p. m., and continue on Wednesday 

 and Thursday September 26th and 

 27th, from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Ad- 

 mission free. 



During Recess 



Sewlckley Horticultural Society. 



The second annual picnic was Bchod 

 uled to take place on the beautiful 

 estate of Mrs, Wm. Thaw, Sewlckley 

 Hts., on August 22. It promised to be 

 the event of the season. There was 

 a large attendance and competition In 

 the various sports bid fair to be keen 

 and exciting. The Initial event (a 

 quoit match) was well under way 

 when a terrific storm of long duration 

 put a damper on all enjoyment and 

 turned the event in a "Dutch picnic," 

 as someone colloquially remarked. It 

 must have been cspecialy disappoint- 

 ing to Mr. Jones, supt. for Mrs. Thaw, 

 who had put In a lot of hard work to 

 have everything in readiness. The 

 sports events were played off on the 

 following Saturday, but unsettled 

 weather was responsible for a sn'.all 

 attendance and competition was by no 

 means keen. Thanks are due to the 

 many donors of prizes, all of which 

 were worth keener competition. 



The second annual fall exhiblilon 

 will be held on September 28-29. Spe- 

 cial inducement is offered to amatears, 

 those who have cultivated war gar- 

 dens, and school children. Ribbons ind 

 medals will be the only awards and 

 the proceeds will be all turned over to 

 the Sewlckley Valley Auxiliary, Wt & 

 Comfort of the Red Cross. 



John Carman, Sety. 



New York vs. Philadelphia. 

 There was just one bowling event 

 during the progress of The S. A.. F. 

 Convention at New York and that was 

 between the two old rivals— New 

 York and Philadelphia, in compe.ition 

 for a $25 prize offered by Hitcaings 

 & Co. New Y'ork took the trlcl and 

 the money. Scores were as foLows: 

 NEW YORK. 



Ist -Jd .-Jrt 



game gump game 



A. Donaldson 157 180 147 



Rom.nn J. Irwin 161 157 139 



.Tos. Kenrk-li 113 163 140 



.John Donaldson 109 ur> 133 



.r.'lin MIesem 141 IM 140 



I'iriL.\DKLPHIA. 



lat 2d 3d 



game game game 



.r. M. Brown 145 178 148 



\V. H. Wagner 121 1.30 128 



c'liaa. Gray 138 145 124 



W. H. Engler 1.36 101 102 



ITarrv Elsele 152 125 131 



LECTURES AT BRONX PVRK. 



Free public lectures will Ik deliv- 

 ered in the Lecture Hall of the 

 .Museum Building of the H)tanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, New York, Sat- 

 urday afternoons, at four o'cock, as 

 follows: 



September .S.— "The Origin and History 

 of Soils." hy Dr. A. Ilolllek. 



Septemlier l.l. — "Growing Fredi Vege- 

 tables In the Hack Yard." by H. G. Par- 

 S"nH. 



September 22. — "Some Botanleal Features 

 i.f Northern Cape Breton." by Er. G. E. 

 Nichols. 



Exhibition of dahlias. September 22 and 

 23. 



September 20,— "Growing Nut TJ-ecs," by 

 Dr. W. C. Demlng. i 



October 6. — ".Xutumn Coloratlonf' by Dr. 

 A. B. Stout. I 



October 13— "The Relation of Borests to 

 Water Supply," by Dr. G. C. Fisier, Cats- 

 kill Aqueduct celebration lecture, i 



October 20. — "Fall Planting iinl Winter 

 rroteitlon." by G. V. Nash. 



