February 12, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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turned to conform to the general ef- 

 fect aimed tor. 



An orchestra of 36 pieces will pre- 

 sent a splendid musical program twice 

 daily, and will be stationed at a point 

 furnishing the best acoustic possibili- 

 ties. 



Sectional and sister societies, desir- 

 ing to have booths or stands at which 

 they can look after the interests of 

 their respective organizations will be 

 accorded space in the balcony floors 

 for the purpose. Arrangements are 

 being made for quarters for Miss 

 Jarvis, founder of the Jlothers' Day 

 Association and the actual founder of 

 Mothers' Day, a day of much interest 

 to florists, which booth will be pre- 

 sided over by Miss Jarvis in person. 



The work of compiling the Official 

 Souvenir Program is well under way. 

 and the pages to be set apart for trade 

 advertising are being taken up in a 

 satisfactory manner. To meet the 

 wishes of many of the advertisers and 

 Philadelphia interests, it has been 

 decided to charge ten cents for all 

 copies of the Program distributed in 

 the Exhibition Hall. The rest of the 

 circulation will be gratuitous as pre- 

 viously arranged. Chairman Therkild- 

 son of the Committee on Publicity has 

 arranged to have copies of the Pro- 

 gram on every dining, buffet club and 

 parlor car arriving in Philadelphia 

 during the show. 



Chairman E. J. Fancourt of the Com- 

 mittee on Trade Tickets reports a con- 

 siderable number of these tickets al- 

 ready taken up and without a doubt 

 the demand for the whole issue con- 

 templated will materialize, 



Tuesday, March 28. has been decided 

 upon as the day when the New York 

 Florists' Club with its guests will visit 

 the show, and this day will be known 

 as New York Day. The Club's Commit- 

 tee in charge, with A. L. Miller as 

 chairman, is perfecting arrangements 

 for transportation and a dinner en 

 route to Convention Hall. It is ex- 

 pected that at least 400 persons will 

 comprise this party. 



JoHjf YorNG, Sec'y. 



PUBLICITY RAMPANT. 

 The Philadelphia Record for Sun- 

 day, January 30, gave an extended 

 illustrated notice of the National 

 Flower Show to be held in Pliiladel- 

 phia next month. This is a part of 

 the energetic campaign being carried 

 on by the publicity bureau for this 

 great event. The Sunday Magazine 

 which w'as a part of tlie issue men- 

 tioned, was devoted largely to topics 

 of garden interest with many illustra- 

 tions ot tree and shrub groupings and 

 other subjects of interest for the com- 

 ing planting season. It contained also 

 an interesting article by George W. 

 Kerr of Burpee's on the culture of 

 sweet peas and the title page is given 

 over exclusively to a portrait in color 

 of the sensational sweet pea novelty, 

 Fiery Cross, from a painting by Miss 

 Winifred Walker in England. The 

 Sunday Magazine has a circulation 

 of 2,000,000 copies. 



The annual show of the American 

 Gladiolus Society will be held in con- 

 junction with the August exhibition of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety on Aug. 11, 12 and 13, 1916. The 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 will donate $400 in prizes. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



NEW YORK. APRIL 5 to 12, 1916. 



The Flower Show Committee is 

 gradually bringing to completion the 

 Final Schedule of Premiums to be 

 awarded at the New York Interna- 

 tional Flower Show, and it is ex- 

 pected that it will be ready for distri- 

 bution about March 1. Numerous 

 additions to the classes as set forth 

 in the Premium Schedule have been 

 made, and quite a number of special 

 prizes will be announced. 



The Committee on Special Prem- 

 iums, of the New York Florists' Club, 

 F. L. Atkins, chairman, is meeting 

 with considerable success in its 

 efforts to influence the donation ol 

 prizes and it is hoped by the end of 

 the month all who intend to assist tlic 

 show in this way will communicate 

 tlieir desires to the Committee or to 

 the Secretary. A similar committee 

 trom the Horticultural Society of 

 New York, F. H. Newbold, chairman, 

 is doing like work in its own field. 



It has been arranged that trade 

 tickets for admission to the show 

 shall be supplied at the same rates 

 as last year, and all applications for 

 same must be made to the Secretary. 



The Official Souvenir Program is in 

 course of preparation. The edition 

 will lie placed on sale during the 

 show at the price of 10 cents per 

 copy. The program this year will 

 show considerable improvement over 

 the publiiation of last year. 



Exhibition Manager Herrington is 

 maiiing frequent trips among pros- 

 pective exhibitors, and his reports are 

 quite enthusiastic as to the support 

 promised, and it would seem that 

 there need be no apprehension that 

 the show will be anything but a huge 

 success and much superior to the 

 show of last year. Tlie trade section. 

 too, promises to greatly excel that of 

 last year, the reservations already 

 made showing a considerable increase 

 in the number of exhibitors. 



The ladies will again operate the 

 tea garden, the proceeds to go for the 

 purposes of charity to be announced 

 later, and the whole of the east end 

 of the second floor has been relegated 

 to their use. They are very busy just 

 now promulgating ideas, and it is ex- 

 pected that their plans when matured 

 will cover some novel features in the 

 way of entertainment and service. 



The Committee has had prepared a 

 "sticker" or stamp poster, to be used 

 on trade stationery, and is sending 

 supplies of these stamps to all who 

 will use them. If any of our friends 

 who can use a supply of these stamps 

 will communicate with the Secretary 

 the same will be sent and the com- 

 mittee will greatly appreciate the 

 courtesv of their use. 



Two of the great feature classes of 

 the show will be very creditaby fllled, 

 it is pleasing to know. At least five 

 entries are promised for the class 

 covering rose gardens, and there are 

 to be three entries in the rock 

 garden class. 



The work of obtaining publicity 

 for the show has been placed in the 



Irnnils of the Korbel-Colwell organiza- 

 tion, which very creditably gave the 

 same service last year. 



It has been arranged that the booth 

 of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York shall this year be located on 

 the second fioor of tlie Palace, instead 

 of the main floor as formerly, this 

 making tlieir old location available 

 lor trade exhibits. 



.-Vbout February 1.5th the committee 

 V. ill decide upon the days to be set 

 apart for the exhibits in the cut 

 flower sections, — Roses, Carnations, 

 Sweet Peas, etc., and proper an- 

 nouncement of same will be made 

 as soon as possible after a decision 

 has lieen reached. 



Joii.N- Young, Sec'y. 

 •"•:: W. 28th street, New York. 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 



National Rose Society. 



At the annual meeting of the Na- 

 tional Rose Society, held in London 

 in January, the Council reported that 

 owing to the war the marked progress 

 which had regularly been recorded for 

 many years had naturally not contin- 

 ued, but having regard to the circum- 

 stances the present lar.ge membership 

 must be considered highly satisfactory. 

 The Council feel that the stability of 

 the society in the face of such adverse 

 influences was most gratifying and of 

 good promise for the future. During 

 the year 302 new members had been 

 added to the societv, brin.ging the to- 

 l:il to .'i.Tll. 



A January Show. 



The Royal Horticultural Societv 

 commenced its 191G list of fixtures 

 with a very successful show on Jan. 

 lltb. Orchids made a rich and regal 

 display. Charlcsworth & Co. staged a 

 magnificent group, for which a gold 

 medal was awarded. Amongst the dis- 

 play was Laelio—Cattleya Antinous (L. 

 C. Myra x C. Enia), which received a 

 first class certificate. J. Gurney Fow- 

 ler. J. and H. McBean. and Sander & 

 Sons received silver medals for splen- 

 did orchid collections. In addition 

 Messrs. McBean obtained an award of 

 merit for Cattle.va chocoensis McBean's 

 var. By way of contrast to these floral 

 treasures was the modest violet. J. J. 

 Kettle, who cultivates these flowers in 

 Dorset, showed 50 different varieties, 

 and he is still i-aising new sorts. A 

 first class certificate was granted to 

 .Vbies bracteata. shown by Lieut. -Col. 

 Barcla.v. An award was also made to 

 Begonia Norbury White; this is a sport 

 from His Majesty, the white blooms 

 being tinged with pink at the edges. 

 It was exhibited by George Kent. 

 Fletcher Bros, exhibited tiny fruiting 

 plants in pots ot Auciiba japonica 

 fructa alba, the berries being pale yel- 

 low. H. J. Chapman. Ltd., found manv 

 admirers for their Narcissus Reveille. 

 This has been raised from N. princeps 

 X N. pallida. The trumpet Is deep sil- 

 ver yellow, and the perianth cream 

 >'^""w. w. H. AnsETT. 



