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May 15, 1916 



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ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

 The Uocliester Chamber of Com- 

 merce has started a movement for the 

 beautlflcation of Rochester. The com- 

 mittee Is known as the Flower City 

 Committee of the Rochester Chamber 

 of Commerce for the City Beautiful, 

 and this committee has divided itself 

 Into ten districts, each district headed 

 by a captain, with a sub-committee 

 called a team. The movement has 

 been received very enthusiastically by 

 the press of the city, and has the co- 

 operation of city officials, the endorse- 

 ment of the Rochester Florists' Asso- 

 ciation, the Federation of Women's 

 Clubs, and the clergy. Some of the 

 larger corporations of the city have 

 taken up the Idea, and are not only 

 going into beautifying their own prop- 

 erties, but are lending valuable aid to 

 the movement by loaning the services 

 of their expert engineers, etc. The 

 landscape architects of the city, and 

 the florists, as well as seedsmen are 

 all taking up the Idea and pushing It 

 with vigor. There will be prizes offered 

 for the general effect of lawns 50 feet 

 and under, and 50 feet and over, and 

 the best general effect of buildings in 

 the business center of the city. 



Of course, this idea has been carried 

 ■out successfully In other cities, but 

 Rochester is the first in this section of 

 the State to take up such a movement 

 in earnest. The committee has just 

 gotten under way, and are holding 

 meetings in various parts of the city, 

 working through schools, churrlips and 

 community centers, and \\ ' too 



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early to Judge as to results, the Indi- 

 cations are that Rochester In another 

 year will be a more beautiful city than 

 it is at the present time. 



Another thing that will be of inter- 

 est to readers of Hoktuii.tuke Is the 

 fact that the Rochester Exposition 

 which is to be held the last week in 

 August, and the first two weeks In Sep- 

 tember, has turned over to the Roches- 

 ter Florists' Association and vegetable 

 growers of central and western New 

 York State building No. 5 150 feet 

 in length, and 100 feet in width, for 

 the purpose of a flower show and vege- 

 table exhibition. Stationery is being 

 printed, and the committee on the 

 Flower Show is now at work, so that 

 notice will be sent out to various 

 growers and exhibitors in the very 

 near future, interesting them in 

 this coming show. There will be no 

 charge for space to exhibitors, which 

 should be a very attractive feature. 



The idea is to bring as many grow- 

 ers and those interested In horticul- 

 ture and floriculture as possible, to- 

 gether at Rochester, the last week in 

 August, and from present indications 

 they will see an exhibit of representa- 

 tive horticulturists that will class up 

 very favorably to any shows given in 

 the past. 



The bedding plant demand is fully up 

 to the record this season, .Mr. Wood 

 told us, but the nursery trade (which 

 with them is principally retail) haa 

 been rather slow. In the sales of young 

 roses Hadley, Sunburst and Kussell 

 are prime favorites this year. Of the 

 older kinds Bride and Bridesmaid still 

 sell well, as does Sunrise. Hilllngdon 

 will be dropped from the list next sea- 

 son. The chrysanthemum sales hold 

 up well, amounting to 150,000 young 

 stuff this season. In carnations the 

 interest centres largely about Match- 

 less. In geraniums the old favorites 

 — Nutt, Poitevlne, Doyle, La Favorite, 

 Ricard, etc. — still maintain their place, 

 Harrison being preferred by some over 

 liicard; Rev. Wm. Atkinson single 

 scarlet, Mme. Julien, semi-double pink, 

 Mme. Chas. Molln, single salmon pink. 

 Countess of Harcourt, double pure 

 white and Mrs. E. G. Hill a grand 

 single pink, are all placed in the first 

 class by Mr. Wood. The propagating 

 house has no empty spots or idle mo- 

 ments these days. 



FISHKILL, N. Y. 



Fishklll still blooms on the map. al- 

 though the old "Fishkill-on-Hudson" 

 section has been set off as Beacon. We 

 took occasion to slip up to Fishklll a 

 few days ago and found it, as always 

 at this season of the year particularly 

 a veritable paradise. Apple trees were 

 huge bouquets of pink and white, lilac 

 in rare exuberance nodded a fragrant 

 welcome over the rural fences and 

 doorways and wisterias rollicked over 

 piazzas and verandas in inimitable fes- 

 toonry. We have written before about 

 Wood Bros., Fishkill's leading horti- 

 cultural establishment — their exten- 

 sive range of plant houses, the central 

 feature of a 50 acre tract of rich up- 

 land meadow, where bedding plants, 

 young chrysanthemums, roses and car- 

 nations seem to find their ideal of pure 

 air and stimulating elements. 



We found business humming along 

 as usual and seasonable young stock 

 being crated for transportation East, 

 West, North, Soutli to florist buyers. 



Washington, N. J.— The Warren, N. 

 J.. TidinKs' Industrial Booster Edition, 

 published May 5, gives an illustration 

 of the greenhouses and grounds of 

 Alonzo J. Bryan and a very compli- 

 mentary descriptive article occupying 

 a quarter page space. It refers to Mr. 

 Bryan as a "wholesale florist with a 

 national reputation," which is correct, 

 as Mr. Bryan is a regular advertiser 

 in HoKTicui.TiRE. Mr. Bryan contem- 

 plates making many changes and im- 

 provements during the coming sum- 

 mer, which will greatly beautify and 

 enhance the property when completed. 

 The place comprises about 130 acres. 



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