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HORTICULTURE 



May ti, lan; 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORIST 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Amendment* to Constitution and 

 By-Laws. 



In (lie notice apiii'iirhiK in Hit! liinl 

 imperii of the nmeiuliiunt.s approved \n 

 the Exwiillve Hoard for presentation 

 at the lloiiiiton Convention, the folio" 

 Ine was omitted: 



Amendment to Article II. 



Article II. Section 2— Kleitioiis an I 

 Appointments. 



A<l<l Ici PariikTiiiili (III. "Til.' rri'HliUMii 

 ihiill mIko iippoliii (III llir llrsi (hiy iif .Tiiii- 

 iiurv of I'iK'li .vrar a ri-prcsi-iilatlvu at 

 WiiKMiiirton. I), f.. wlio shall as siicli iiW" 

 In- n iiii'iiiliiT of IliP Hoard "f lllreclor-^. 

 anil wliiisf liTiii of ntlii-c shall lii> f-ir mi.' 

 ycii r." 



Members' Buttons. 



Any member Joinins the society or 

 paying dues at Philadelphia, during 

 the period of the National Flower 

 Show, who did not receive the annual 

 badge button will receive one Imme- 

 diately upon application to the secre- 

 tary. 



National Flower Show — Philadelphia. 



The following awards were made in 

 the trade section: 



.Ids. G. Neldlnger. Philadelphia: New 

 Styles in Baskets— certificates of 

 merit. 



Schloss Bros., New York. Florists' 

 Ribbons— certificate of merit. 



Fulper Pottery Co.. Flemington. N. 

 J. Florists' Art Pottery — certificate 

 of merit. 



W. H. Dugan. New Rochelle. N. Y. 

 Shades for Greenhouses — honorable 

 mention. 



John G. Moninger Co., Chicago, 111. 

 All-steel-frame Greenhouse Construc- 

 tion—certificate of merit. 



Mathews Gardencraft Co., Cleveland. 

 O. Garden Accessories — certificate 

 of merit. 



Kirke Chemical Co., Brooklyn. N. Y. 

 Device for Attachment to Hose for 

 nistribution of Fertilizers and Insec- 

 ticides—certificate of merit. 



Pfaltzgraf Pottery Co.. York, Pa. 

 Florists' Flower Pots — honorable men- 

 tion. 



A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, 111. Orig- 

 inal and Unique Designs in Flower and 

 Plant Receptacles, Vases and Florists" 

 Designs— certificate of merit. 



Any exhibitor desiring duplicate ex- 

 hibitors' cards or ribbons won at the 

 show should communicate with the 

 secretary. 



All cuts and plates used in the Offi- 

 cial Souvenir Program have been re- 

 turned to advertisers. 



Vouchers for all cash prizes awarded 

 at the show are now in hand for pay- 

 ment and cheques will be sent out in 

 a few days. 



In the list of Guarantors published 

 in the final schedule and Official 

 Souvenir Program, the entry "Some 

 Florists of Minneapolis" should have 

 read "Some Florists of the Twin 

 Cities." 



John- You.vg, Sec'y. 



Meetings Next Wcfk 



Monday, May 8, 



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< h'V.-laliil I'hirlHlN' I'lilh. 



1. M..f.l. ('li'V.'hiliil. «lhl". 



' I. iiitb' iiiii! KlorlBtH' fliili >•< 

 I <.'n>. KlorlKl Kxi'haiii:!- Mall. 



N' u York KlorlHtH* I'liilt. ilraiiil 

 I'luTii lloiiHi*. Nfw York City. 



ICorhi'StiT I'^lnrlHtH' ANHOclilt itill. '.>.'• 

 Mllll St.. KaMi Koi-lTi'Ht.T. .N V 



Tuesday, May 9. 



l-'InrlNtH' aiifl tianh-iiiTH' riiil* "i 



M..|yciki> anil .Niirthaniptiiii. Miihh. 



\i-«|iiirt llorllrultiiral Soil.-iv, 

 \ «l'"rt. It. I 



Wednesday. May 10. 



<°lni'innntt Klorlsts' .Surli-tv, .lain/ 

 Klllott KlowiT Markit, I'liuliiiiatl, n. 



Iiiiti'hi'KH County Ilortli-ultiiral ."<" 

 "■i..ty. roliehkoopHlo. N. Y. 



MorrlH County Florists' ami Cnr 



■ h-niTs' Society. Madison, N. ,T. 



.Nassau County Horticultural Si. 



■ i'ty, IVinbrokf Hall. r,li-n Com-. 

 .N. Y. 



.New York Stnte Federation of 

 Uorthiilture Societies and Cluhs 

 Ithaca. N. Y. 



Friday, May 12. 



• 'onnectlcut Horticultural .Si.cl.lv. 

 County ISIdd.. Hartford. Conn. 



Westchester and Fnlrtlel.l Ili.rll- 

 cultural Society, Doran'sBnll. Gre.n 

 wich. Conn. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS 



May 111-11, Honlun. May Sliiiw 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 llcrtlculturnl Hall. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



An exhibition will be held by this 

 society on Saturday and Sunday. .May 

 13th and 14th, in the Museum build- 

 ing. New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park. Prizes are offered for 

 collections of herbaceous plants and 

 shrubs and trees, tulips, narcissus, 

 orchids, sweet peas and snaiidragons. 

 Prizes are also offered for plants of 

 pelargoniums and calceolarias. Special 

 prizes may bo awarded by the exhibi- 

 tion committee for any exhibit of 

 special merit. Schedules are now 

 ready for distribution and will Ije sent 

 on application to tlie secretary, George 

 V. Xash, Mansion, New York Botani- 

 cal Garden. Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 

 George V. NyVSH, Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS MEETINGS FOR MAY. 



St. Louis County Growers' Associa- 

 tion, Wednesday, May 3rrt. at the 

 Eleven Mile House. 



St. Louis Florist Club. Thursday 

 afternoon. May 11th at 2 o'clock, in 

 Odd Fellows' Building. 



Lady Florists' Home Circle, at the 

 home of Mrs. A. Windier, Virginia 

 avenue. Wednesday. May loth. 2 P. M. 



Retail Florists' Association, special 

 meeting, Monday, May 15th, 8 P. .M. 

 in Mission Inn Garden, a general re- 

 view of the Easter Imsiness will be 

 on tap. 



The regular meeting of the Cinciii 

 nati Florists' Society will be held Mon- 

 day evening. May 8th. 



I , : , s HORTICULTU 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



riii- piiseiit \car iipiioars to be oii't 

 I more than usual intereHt in horti- 

 I iilliiral exhibitions. The snccess of 

 tlic two recent Mower HhoWH in I'hila- 

 ili'lphla and New York shows this very 

 I'liiphatically. The next Important hor- 

 ticultural event will be llie Grand May 

 Flower Show of the .MassacliuHctt^ 

 1 loilii iilliiral Society which is to be 

 Ill-Id in lldrlii'iiltural Hall, Boston, 

 May 10 to 14, incluKive. 



The nianagemeiit of the society is 

 making active preparations for this 

 event and no effort is being spared to 

 make the exhibition a notable success 

 ill every way. In addition to the lib- 

 eral appropriation for premiums made 

 by the society many special prizes are 

 iilTered by a number of prominent and 

 influential members which will make 

 this show the most brilliant and com- 

 inehensive in recent years. 



The best products of many of the 

 noted private collections in the vicin- 

 ity of Boston will be offered to public 

 view, as well as the specialties of the 

 most famous growers of plants and 

 Mowers in this and other states. Not- 

 able features will be the collections of 

 orchids, rhododendrons, roses, and ar- 

 tistic displays of flowering and foliage 

 plants. A class for miniature Japa- 

 nese gardens will be one of the novel- 

 lies of this exhibition. The show will 

 open W'ednesday, May 10, at noon, con- 

 tinuing through Thursday, Friday and 

 Saturday from 10 A. M. to 10 P. M., 

 and Sunday from 1 to 10 P. M. The 

 Bostonia Orchestra will furnish music 

 every afternoon and evening from 3 to 

 :> and from 7.30 to 9.30 o'clock. 



Commercial grow-ers, especially, will 

 find this exhibition an unusual oppor- 

 tunity to call public attention to the 

 products of their greenhouses and 

 nurseries. The iiremium list which 

 amounts to upwards of $5000 will be 

 sent on application to the secretary at 

 Horticultural Hall. Boston, and special 

 trade tickets will be sold in lots of 

 twenty-five or more at half the admis- 

 sion fee. 



Wir.LiAM P. Rich, Sec'y. 



GARDENERS' ESSAY CONTESTS. 



The gardeners' essay contest of the 

 National Association of Gardeners for 

 K.x-President Everitt's gold prizes was 

 recently decided by the following 

 judges, Messrs. Edwin Jenkins, Arthur 

 Smith, : William Downs. William J. 

 Stewart' and J. Harrison Dick, as fol- 

 lows: 



Class I. — Subject, "Horticulture as 

 a Profession from the Standiioint of a 

 Gardener," awarded to John Johnson, 

 Southampton. X. Y. 



Ci.AS.s III. — Subject, "Preparation 

 of Ground for, and General Treatment 

 of Hardy Herbaceous Perennials," 

 awarded to H. E. Downer, Northamp- 

 ton, Mass. 



Class IV.— Subject, "A Year's Veg- 

 etable Supply," awarded to John S. 

 Doig, Southborough, Mass. 



Cr<ASS II. — Subject, "The Proper 



