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March 18, 1S16 



A SUMMER FLOWER SHOW FOR 

 NEW YORK 



l'\>IlowlnK u Kenoral moctliiK that 

 was held at the renldiMico of Mrs. Chim. 

 F. Hofrman, 630 Fifth avenue. New 

 York City. Presldfiit of the Inter 

 national Garden t'liib, on Fob. 24, to 

 discuss the holding of a flower show at 

 the i-lub house and grounds at Pelhani 

 Manor, I'olham Bay I'ark, New York 

 City, a nu'ctinK of those who had been 

 invited to Join the schedule coniniittei- 

 was held at the Hotel Breslin, Now 

 York City, on Thursday last. .Mar. !t. 

 There were present Harry A. Bnnyard, 

 New York; Julius Hoehrs. Rutherford. 

 N. J.; John K. I.ager, Suinnilt. .\. J.; 

 P. \V. Popp. Maniaroneck. N. Y.; W. 

 A. Mnnda, bo. Orange, N. J.; Wni. H. 

 Duckhani. .Madison, .\. J.; I. S. Hen- 

 drickson. Floral Park. h. I.; Leonard 

 Barron. Garden City, L. I., and J. Har- 

 rison Dick. New York. Harry A. Bun- 

 yard was elected chairnian of the com- 

 mittee, J. Harrison Dick, secretary. 



The dale of the show was very •• 

 thoroughly discussed and June 1-4 was 

 proposed for the consideration of the 

 executive committee of the Inter- 

 national Garden Club. A preliminary 

 schedule and prize list was also pre- 

 pared and submitted for the approval 

 of the International Garden Club, 

 which guarantees a sum of at least 

 13000. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 regular meeting Thursday, March 9th. 

 The chief event was a talk on sales- 

 manship by H. T. Tolles. The phase 

 of the subject he dwelt upon may be 

 imagined from his topic which was 

 called "Keeping Step With the Times." 

 One of the leading ideas was the 

 necessity for adjusting one's method 

 of talking to the mental attitude of 

 one's customer. Many salesmen talk 

 too fast and the effect is lost on the 

 slower mind action of the purchaser. 

 Different types of men as indicated by 

 the shape of the face and head and 

 the importance of the ability to cor- 

 rectly size up a customer were ex- 

 plained at length. 



A WILDERNESS IMPROVED. 

 Our cover illustratiou this week 

 shows a part of a 72-acre tract of in- 

 accessible woodland opened out and 

 made into a delightful picture of rus- 

 tic beauty without destroying its wild, 

 natural character. To do just enough 

 and not overdo it in such cases should 

 be the purpose of the designer, who 

 should be a gardener and an artist be- 

 fore being intrusted with such an un- 

 dertaking. W. A. Manda, under whose 

 supervision this admirable scheme 

 was perfected, has good reason to feel 

 proud of his work. 



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