May 13, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE MACNIFF HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 



52, 54 and 56 Vesey Street, NEW YORK CITY 



THE LARGEST HORTICULTURAL AUCTION ROOMS IN THE WORLD 



Sales Every Tuesday and Friday at 1 1 o'clock A. M. 



tanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York 

 City, in co-operation with the garden 

 on May 13 and 14. The exhibition will 

 be open from 2 to 5 on the first day, 

 and from 10 to 5 on the second day. 

 The schedule provides for herbaceous 

 flowers, bulb flowers, orchids, sweet 

 peas, antirrhinums, pelargoniums, cal- 

 ceolarias, etc. The annual meeting of 

 the society will be held in the lecture 

 hall of the museum at 3.30 P. M. A 

 lecture, illustrated with colored lan- 

 tern slides, will be delivered at 4 I*. M. 

 in the lecture hall by Arthur Herring- 

 ton, on "Irises for American Gardens." 



HOUSTON CONVENTION NOTES. 



The meeting of the Pittsburgh F'lor- 

 ists' and Gardeners' Club on the even- 

 ing of May 2 was in the Dutch Room 

 at the Fort Pitt Hotel. A. A. 

 Leach showed Narcissus Mrs. Lang- 

 try, King Alfred daffodils, Darwin 

 tulips and Carnation Gorgeous, blooms 

 of the latter measuring 41/2 inches. 

 Jas. Moore showed Hydrangea Otak- 

 sa of a high order of merit. Herman 

 Rapp, hydrangea and calceolarias. 

 Carl Becherer, bellflowers. All were 

 awarded cultural certificates and the 

 commendation of the Club. Carl 

 Becherer brought in a large collection 

 of wild flowers, which were examined 

 and named by O. E. Jennings, botanist, 

 Carnegie Museum. 



The illustrated talk on the Flora of 

 the State of Washington was post- 

 poned to the June meeting. Coffee and 

 sandwiches were served in honor of 

 the speaker. Dr. O. E. Jennings, and 

 (lis assistant. 



H. P. Josr.iN, Secretary. 



A GREAT CONVENTION HALL FOR 

 CLEVELAND. 



The citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, over- 

 whelmingly endorsed tlie building of a 

 convention hall and the issuing of 

 bonds for ?2,500,000 for the construc- 

 tion of same. Plans roughly sketched 

 by City Architect Betz show a struct- 

 ure 270 feet wide by 430 feet long. 

 The stage will be 116 feet across l)y 50 

 feet deep — the largest in tlie country. 

 The amphitheater will be 114 liy 300 

 feet. Seats on the main floor will be 

 removable, thus making 92,000 sq\iare 

 feet of display space available. The 

 seating capacity will be 15,7ri2. When 

 completed no public hall in tlie world 

 will come within 4,000, so far as seat- 

 ing capacity Is concerned, according to 

 Betz. 



While no decision has yet been 

 reached the hall probably will be faced 

 with granite, to match the federal 

 building, courthouse and new city hall. 

 Especial attention will be paid to 

 acoustics, while not a post will break 

 the stretch of main floor. 



The site Is being appraised now. The 

 location is on the mall and the build- 

 ing will be one of Cleveland's famous 

 group plan of public buildings. Every 

 effort will be made to finish the build- 

 ing in time to hold the next national 

 flower show in It, according to the 

 promise of the Mayor. 



CoxvE.Mio.\ Hall, Hoisto.n, Tex.vs 



Three Blocks from the Rice Hotel, 

 tion 



I wish to call the attention of the 

 trade that it is not too late to receive 

 exhibits for the Convention Garden. 

 Our Garden is now an assured success. 

 We have a great many substantial ex- 

 hibits. The members of the trade 

 should avail themselves of this oppor- 

 tunity of putting stock before the flor- 

 ist of the South. Remember that we 

 will have a record breaking attendance 

 from the South. 



The southern florists are heavy buy- 



Five Blocks from the Conveii- 

 Garden. 

 ers. This is possibly the richest field 

 for the wholesaler of any section of 

 the country. Space rates are: Shrubs, 

 evergreens, etc.. 5c. per sq. ft. Bloom- 

 ing plants, 10c. per sq. ft. 150 to 250 

 sq. ft. will make an attractive medium 

 exhibit. 



Make shipment to C. L. Brock, Park 

 Superintendent, Houston. Tex. Re- 

 member the florists of the South ex- 

 pect vour co-operation. 



R. C. Kebk. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



St. Louis— Guy Reyburn of A. Hen- 

 derson Co., Chicago.; Morris Le Vine. 

 New York; Frank Farney, Phila. 



Cincinnati — Milton Alexander. Ne%v 

 York: Mr. Anderson, Dayton; Geo. 

 Lampert, Xenia: J. E. Jones, Rich- 

 mond, Ind. 



Pittsburgh— Milton Alexander, New- 

 York ; S. Gieger, Robert Craig Co.. 

 Phila.; Mr. Van Leeiiwen and son, Sas- 

 senheim, Holland. 



Philadelphia— Thomas R. Fries. I.iiu- 

 caster. Pa.; Mrs. B. B.- Carpenter, 

 Pittston, Pa.; Mrs. Albert M. Herr. 

 Lancaster, Pa.: Antoine Leuthy. Ros- 

 lindale, Mass. 



Chicago— W. C. Kalier. l.a Porte. 

 Ind.; T. B. Comandros, St. Paul, 

 Minn.; Walter Mott, representing Hen.i. 

 Hammond, Beacon, X. Y.; John Lepes. 

 Cedar Rapids, Iowa: John P. Hauck. 

 Cleveland, 0.; John M. Parks, Cleve- 

 land. O.; Thomas Hookedis, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. 



Boston — F. R. Pierson. Tarrvtown. 

 X. Y.; J. R. Fotlieringham. San Fran 

 Cisco, Cal.: A. K. Th.itcher. liar Har- 

 bor, Me.: F. ('. Green. Providence. H. 

 I.: W. A. Manda, South Orange. X. .!.; 

 Robert Kift, Pliiladephia: John Can- 

 ning, Ardsley. N. Y.; Wni. Anderson. 

 So. Lancaster. Mass.: C. S. Strout. 



Biddeford, Me.: Eber Holmes, So. 

 Orange, N. J.; William Shields, Pasa- 

 dena, Cal. 



Washington, D. C. — Linwood K. 

 Johnson, with F. Mosmiller, Richmond. 

 Va.: George W. Strange. New York: 

 C. Ph. Frenks. Paran Deursen. Sassen- 

 heim. Holland; Joseph J. Goudy, repr. 

 H. A. Dreer, Phila.; A. Scbravendell, 

 repr. Segers Bros., Lisse, Holland; 

 G. Papendrecht, repr. Van Zonneveld 

 Bros., Sassenheim, Holland: Charles 

 Niemann, repr. C. F. Meyer. New 

 York; Sidney H. Bayersdorfer, Phila.: 

 1. Rosnosky, Phila.; L. G. P. Aallers- 

 berg, repr. Aug. Corndis. Meirelbeke, 

 Belgium. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Niles. Mich. — Niles Nursery Co., 

 capital stock $25,000. 



Chicago, III. — Mangel & Co.. capital 

 stock, .$5,000. Incorporators. John 

 Mangel, John Canger and Mrs. John 

 Mangel. 



New York, N. V. — Henshaw Floral 

 Co.. Inc.. florists, capital stock. .$10,000. 

 Incorporators, W. R. Pierson, E. C. 

 Worden and A. M. Henshaw. 



Cincinnati— Miss Edith F. Kyrk is 

 the recipient of the sympathy of her 

 friends over the loss of her mother, 

 Mrs. F. D. Kyrk, who died last Friday. 



