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HORTICULTURE 



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other variety White, any other variety 

 Pink, any other variety Yellow, any 

 other variety Red. The prizes for 

 each of these new classes will bo 

 115.00, $10.00 and »5.00. 



The Cnrnntlon xeotlon has also been 

 enlarged by adding the following: 

 100 blooms in onch of the various 

 colors, white, llesh pink, light pink, 

 dark pink, scarlet, crimson, and any 

 other color. The dark pink to be as 

 dark or darker than Mrs. C. W. Ward. 

 The premiums for these seven new 

 classes will be $15.00, $10.00 and $5.00. 

 This will make the Carnation section 

 much more interesting to the Commer- 

 cial Growers. 



One of the last things F. C. Bartels, 

 who was chairman of the Premium 

 Committee, did on Saturday, Septem- 

 ber 15th. was to go over the final re- 

 vision of the list with iM. A. Vinson, 

 the show manager. As told elsewhere 

 In the paper, Mr. Bartels was shot and 

 killed by a burglar about 4 o'clock on 

 September 15th. Mr. Bartels will be 

 missed greatly by bis associates among 

 the Flower Show Committee, as he 

 was most active and gave much of his 

 time In the advance planning for the 

 coming big event. 



FLORAL EXHIBITION AT SPRING- 

 FIELD, MASS. 

 The Eastern States Exposition, 

 which takes place at Springfield, 

 Mass., October 12-20, has assigned a 

 limited space for free entry of floral 

 exhibits. This is the first year that 

 an attempt has been made by these 

 people for a floral display. The flower 

 exhibit will be placed in the Horticul- 

 tural Building where will be Jioused 

 the first National Vegetable Show in 

 co-operation with the Vegetable Grow- 

 ers' Association of America, and an 

 extensive apple display. No premiums 

 are offered. Plans are being made for 

 an attendance of over 300,000 visitors. 

 Last year there was an attendance of 

 297,000. 



NOTES OF THE EXHIBITIONS. 



The annual flower show at Wayne, 

 Pa., was held on Wednesday, Septem- 

 ber 19. Ribbon prizes were given. 



There will be an • exhibition of 

 Dahlias at the Museum Building of 

 the Nevv- York Botanical Garden on 

 Saturday and Sunday, September 22 

 and 23. 



On Saturday,. September 29, the Pat- 

 erson (N. J.) Floricultural Society will 

 hold its seventh annual flower show 

 at the Young Men's Christian Asso- 

 ciation. 



Owing to the ravages of frost last 

 week the exhibitions that were to 

 have been held at Andover, Mass., 

 and Lawrence, Mass., were necessarily 

 cancelled. 



The flower and vegetable exhibition 

 at Gloucester, Mass., which closed on 

 September 13, was attended by the 

 largest crowds on record for flower 

 shows in that city. 



The fourth annual children's garden 

 exhibit at the Brooklj-n (N. Y.) 

 Botanic Garden was held last week. 

 Benjamin Hammond and J. Harrison 

 Dick awarded the prizes. 



The CoUingswood (N. J.) Horticul- 



THE NATIONAL PUBLICITY 

 FUND. 



I suppose you have read with 

 much Interest the great movenieiit 

 that was started in New York to- 

 ward raising $5ii,u00 for National 

 Publicity Fund. The central com- 

 mittee has been appointed, and 

 sub-coninilttees are in the process 

 of appulnlnient. 



To my mind, this was the great- 

 est thing that was ever started for 

 the benefit of the florists at large. 

 Think of a national publicity cam- 

 paign on the use of flowers along 

 the same lines as Uneeda Bis- 

 cuit, Coca Cola, Velvet Joe, 

 Shredded Wheat and other similar 

 products that have been given a 

 wonderful national consumption, 

 by a national publicity campaign. 

 None of them appeal to the people 

 as much as flowers. I believe you 

 realize the importance of this 

 movement. We have now close on 

 to $15,000 subscribed, nearly all of 

 which was raised on the conven- 

 tion floor in a few minutes' time. 

 This money will be handled by our 

 own committee, with an advertis- 

 ing expert in charge, and you may 

 rest assured that every cent will 

 be spent judiciously. 



I trust the members of the trade 

 will rally to the support of this 

 cause. Do not wait for the com- 

 mittee to call, but send in your 

 agreement to the secretary, stat- 

 ing what amount you will sub- 

 scribe per year. You will note 

 from a list of subscribers how 

 these subscriptions are running. I 

 sincerely trust we shall be able to 

 complete this fund by October, in 

 order to get down to business by 

 Thanksgiving. Do not hesitate, be 

 liberal. It is money well invested. 

 For further information, write the 

 General Chairman, George Asmus, 

 2221 W. Madison St., Chicago, 111. 

 Y'ours respectfully, 

 R. C. Kf-br, Pres. S. A. F. 



tural Society will have its second an- 

 nual flower and vegetable show in The 

 Carnegie Library building on Friday 

 and Saturday, October 5 and 6. 

 Charles Thomas is secretary. 



The third annual flower carnival and 

 Chautauqua, at Seneca Falls, N. Y., 

 opened at the Masonic Temple on Sep- 

 tember 7. The floral and vegetable dis- 

 play was one of the largest ever seen 

 in Seneca Falls. 



Judge and Mrs. Josiah T. Marean 

 opened their gardens at Daybreak, 

 their country place in Greens Farms, 

 Conn., on Sept. 15 for a "Dahlia Show 

 and Tea," in aid of the Red Cross and 

 American hospitals in France. 



The annual exhibition of the 

 Houghton Horticultural Society, of 

 Lynn, Mass., was held in Odd Fel- 

 lows' Hall last Tuesday, Wednesday 

 and Thursday. The exhibition was 

 the largest and best In the history of 

 the society. 



The Garden Club, of Huntington, N. 

 Y.. will hold its fall exhibit of flowers. 



frultH and vegetables on WodncHday 

 afternoon. Sept, 2G, 1917, at the Isbister 

 liullding, lldston Po.si Road. Prizes are 

 ciffered for flowers, fruit, vegetables 

 and "war gardens." 



The Norwood, Pa., Horticultural 

 Society held its fourth fall flower and 

 vegetable show, on Saturday evening, 

 September 15. The flower and vegetable 

 show has been a success from the be- 

 ginning, and an interesting feature of 

 the social life of Norwood. 



The annual dahlia show of the Wor- 

 cester (Mass.) Horticultural Society 

 held on Thursday, September M, 

 was almost destitute of dahlias on ac- 

 count of the damage by the freeze but 

 there was a good showing of other 

 fall flowers, fruit and vegetables. 



The flower show In connection with 

 the 43rd annual fair of the Washing- 

 ton County Agricultural Society, at 

 Kingston, R. I., last week was disap- 

 pointing. A killing frost the night 

 before the fair opened caught the big 

 growers and they did not show. Row- 

 land G. Hazard was given a gratuity 

 for his greenhouse collection. 



The Germantown, Pa., Horticultural 

 Society had a varied exhibition of 

 flowers, fruit and vegetables in the 

 Free Library, Vernon Park, on Mon- 

 day evening, September 10. An- 

 nouncement was made that at the 

 next meeting Richard Rothe would 

 talk on the subject of "Rock Gar- 

 dens," illustrating his remarks with 

 a number of attractive lantern slides. 



As an instance of the increased In- 

 terest in flower and vegetable garden- 

 ing in Easthampton, Mass., the past 

 year, the school children last Satur- 

 day, held their annual flower and veg- 

 etable show in the Town Hall, and 

 both in extent and merit it was the 

 best in the long series of such events. 

 Among the special prizes were three 

 for essays — "The Story of My Gar- 

 den." 



At the annual Stockbridge (Mass.) 

 Grange Fair in Stockbridge Casino on 

 September 14, Miss Helen C. Butler, 

 of New York, won the silver grange 

 trophy for the best all round display 

 of vegetables, fruits and flowers. Mr. 

 Bemhard Hoffman was second. Miss 

 Butler also won first award for the 

 best display of flowers alone, and Miss 

 Ellen King, of Washington, for the 

 best collection of vegetables. Mrs. 

 Joseph H. Choate had a large non-com- 

 petitive exhibit that was much admired. 



At the flrst annual show of the West 

 Elmwood (R. I.) Improvement Asso- 

 ciation held on September 10 and 11, 

 vegetables, fruit and flowers of many 

 varieties were shown by a total of 

 about 60 exhibitors; At the conclusion 

 of the affair the spectators took the ex- 

 hibits home with them to enjoy at 

 their leisure, everything being sold at 

 auction by Auctioneer James Tate. 

 The show was attempted as an experi- 

 ment, and, according to the committee 

 in charge, was successful beyond all 

 anticipations. Medals attached to 

 badges were awarded to the winners. 

 Palms and ferns furnished by George 

 Johnson & Son, florists, added to the 

 attractiveness of the rooms. 



