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HORTICULTURE 



October 20, 1917 



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Any person objcctlnn to the roKls- 

 tnitions or to the iiae of tlir propiiHoil 

 names is requested to conimiinicuto 

 with the Secreniry iit once. Kiiillng 

 to receive nn objecllon to the reKlstra- 

 tions, same will be made three weeks 

 from date. 



John Yoinq, Secy. 



October tJlh. 1917 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 

 Shipment of Exhibits. 



II. I*. Knoble. chairman of the (.;»mi 

 eral I'onimltlees of the C'levelainl 

 Flower Show, called a special mcetlnn 

 for .Monday October IStli, of all the 

 committeemen in charge of the vari- 

 ous departments of the show work. 



One of the most important Ihincs 

 decided upon was to aiipoint special 

 representatives in each of the large 

 shipping centers for the purpose of 

 workin.e out cletail with the expres.s 

 companies and railroads regarding 

 the best train for exhibitors to take 

 and, more important, the arrange- 

 ments with the express companies for 

 special car service so that all exhibits 

 will reach Cleveland before 8 A. M.. 

 on the morning of November 8th, when 

 the Chrysanthemums will be staged 

 and again November 9th, for Roses 

 and Carnations. The following men 

 have been appointed in the different 

 districts: 



Hoston. Mass.. Patrick Wolcli, E. Allan 

 Pplrcp. Waltham, Mass. New York, X. Y.. 

 ,Tolm Yuuug, Ali-x ,1. Giittman. of Guttman 

 & Ravnor. Inc.: W. A. Sperling, of Stumpp 

 & Walter Co. I'liilailelplila. Pa., K. .T. Fan- 

 i-ourt. Adolpli Karenwald, Fred Cowper- 

 thwaite. Pittsliurg, I'a.. Mr. Clark, of 

 Pittsburs Cut Flower Co.: Mr. McCallum, 

 of tlip McCallmu Co. Ci.UmiiIiii.s. Obio. The 

 I.lvliiffstone Seed Co. Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 Chas. K. Critchell. Imlianapolis. Ind., O. E. 

 Steinkuiiip. Chicago. III,. .T. Michaelsen. of 

 K. C. Amling Co.; .1. C. Vaughan. Fred 

 I.entensehlager. I.ake Forest, III.. F. 

 Kuehuie. Lake Geneva. Wis., A. J. Smith, 

 Si I.ouis. Mo.. ,T. .T. lieneke. Milwaukee, 

 Wis.. Iloltou & Ilunkel. Uetrolt, Mich., 

 Roitt Rahalev, of Michigan Cut Flower Co., 

 Buffalo, N. Y.. Wni. F. Kasting Co., S. A. 

 Vndcraon. W. J. Palmer. Rochester, N. Y., 

 Geo. 1".. Hart. Toronto. Ont., G. M. Ger- 

 aghtv. of J. U. Dunlop Co. Special, Samuel 

 Sellgnian. New York. Walter Cook, rep. 

 Stumpp & Walter Co. 



They have all been asked to obtain 

 as soon as possible the time of leav- 

 ing for express from each city and 

 announce this to both the private and 

 commercial growers in their district 

 and also spread this information 

 through the trade papers before the 

 show. 



The serious congestion of express 

 matter in the east was discussed and 

 if there are similar congested condi- 

 tions at the time of shipping exhibits 

 to Cleveland it was suggested that ex- 

 hibitors plan on reserving Pullman 

 drawing rooms and then load all ex- 

 hibits in the Pullman instead of using 

 the express car. thus assuring the ar- 

 rival oi" all exhibits on the same train 

 with the exhibitors. 



NEV YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The meeting of this Cinb on Mon- 

 day evening. October 8. was a real 

 ■•hummer." No less than one hundred 

 and fifty members being present. 

 Visitors were: E. Allan Peirce. Wal- 

 tham, Mass.: Louis J. Renter. West- 

 erly, R. I.: Prof. E. A. White, Ithaca, 

 ■^tSf'L'^- *-"■ "^'aughan. Chicago: S S. 





.Kiiilili'nialir r..Mldli>g al West Park, PillHliurgli, Pa. .lameii Mu 



Pennock. Philadelphia, and F. E. 

 Rockwell. Uoyleslon, Pa. There was 

 a lively deliate on the proposition to 

 make a Club suliscription of $I,ihi(i to 

 the S. .\. F. National Publlcily Fund, 

 the result being a standing vote in 

 favor. The visitors were called upon 

 for addresses and all acquited them- 

 selves nobly. Various regular and 

 special committees made interesting 

 reports on past and proposed future 

 doings. Resolutions were adopted and 

 committees appointed on recent deatlis 

 of members or friends of the Club. 



.-V number of interesting exhibits 

 were made on which the awards com- 

 mittee reported as follows: Chas. H. 

 Totty, chrysanthemums. October King, 

 October Herald, Queen Mary and 

 Early Singles, highly commended : 

 E, W. Fengar, Chrysanthemum Bronze 

 Unaka; Geo. W. Crawbuck Co., 

 Chrysanlheinum Chrysolora; George 

 Sehlegel. Dahlia Mrs. George Schle- 

 gel, pink seedling, preliminary certifi- 

 cate. An invitation was received 

 from the BulTalo Florists' Club asking 

 tlie Club to meet with them in No- 

 vember. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The following rose has been of- 

 fered for registration in the American 

 Rose Society by The Montgomery 

 ("nnipany. Incorporated. Hadley, .Mass- 

 acliusetts. Unless objections are re- 

 ceived within two weeks from the 

 publication of this registration, it 

 will be accepted: 



Name. "Boston": class. Hybrid Tea: 

 parentage, Mrs. George Shawyer and 

 a Montgomery seedling. 



Description: Habit of plant, very 

 vigorous; character of foliage, abun- 

 dant, round and medium green; free- 

 dom of growth and hardiness, free 

 grower, long, erect stems, flower me- 

 dium size and full to centre; color, 

 one-toned medium pink; form, globu- 

 lar: fragrance and bud, decidedly 

 fragrant; petalage, average 75 petals; 

 freedom of bloom and lasting quality, 

 very free bloomer and good keeper. 



This rose is similar to Mrs. George 

 Shawyer, but superior in that it is a 

 deeper one-toned pink; is much more 

 fragrant and a freer and stronger 

 grower. 



R. A White. Secy. 



Massachusetts! Horticultural Society 

 announces today the following list of 

 candidates for the various offices of 

 the Society to be filled at the annual 

 meeting. November 17: 



President Richard .M. Saltonstall. 



Vice-President (for two years) — 

 Charles S. Sargent. 



Trustees (for three years) — Thomas 

 .Mien. Walter llunnewell, Charles W. 

 .Moseley. Thomas Koland, 



Delegate to State Board of Agricul- 

 ture (for three years) — Samuel .1. 

 Goddard. 



Nominating Committee — -John S. 

 Ames. Robert Comeron, Thomas Ro- 

 land, Edwin S. Webster. E. H. Wilson. 



In accordance with the by-laws of 

 the Society two weeks are allowed for 

 further nominations should any be 

 desired. W.m. P. Rich, Secy. 



Horticultural Hall. Boston. 



OBITUARY. 

 G. Pappas. 



Gust. Pappas. of Chicago, died on 

 Tuesday, October 16, at the Presby- 

 terian Hosiatal in that city after an 

 illness of only two days. Mr. Pappas 

 was born in Greece in 1876, coming to 

 this country when a young man. Like 

 so many of his nationality he allied 

 himself with the florist's business and 

 was counted among the successful 

 ones. He was a member of the Alpha 

 Floral Co., of Des .Moines, la., for 

 many years, which interest he sold re- 

 cently and after the death of Geo. 

 Economopolus of the Alpha Floral Co. 

 of Chicago, he made his home in 

 Chicago. He was a member of the 

 .Vlpha Floral Co.. of this city, at the 

 time of his death. Mr. Pappas leaves 

 two sisters and a brother who is a 

 florist ill Torre Haute, Ind. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The nominating coinniiltep of the 



John H. Hale. 



.lohn Howard Hale, nurseryman, 

 member of the Connecticut Public 

 I'tilities Commission, one of the fore- 

 most peach crowers in the United 

 States and former president of the 

 -American Pomolo.eicai Societj', died 

 at his home in South Glastonbury on 

 Friday morning, October 12. 



,Tohn Howard Hale was born at 

 Glastonlinry. November 2.5, 1853. He 

 received his early education in the 

 public schools of Glastonbury, and 

 while there laid the foundation of 

 that splendid executive ability which 

 was always apparent in all his long 



