May 22, 1915 



HOETICULTURE 



685 



IMa-tional 



■ oral Oorpora-tion 



pul-ilic — tbe people who buy — 



Thi- iiiil.v iiruauizalioii iii tbe United States lor tUe sole piu|juse of educating the jjeuei'al 

 to liiiy more flowers, especially as gifts to friends out-of-town in place of other presents. 



It does not conflict with the Florists' Telegraph Delivery, or any other reciprocal arrangements between florists. 

 -No coinniissiou to he paid for the orders received. 



The business will come direct from tbe customer. All the Xatioiial Florist will have to d 

 good taste and in good order, and keep the cash. It will be a t-ash with order luisiness 



The National Floral Corporation wants one exclusive representative florist in each city 

 take care of the orders which will be created by tlie advertising service this corporation w 

 best tl^.irist i.s wantcil. 



There Will Be One National Florist in Your Town Will It Be You ? 



Send for liooklet Kixin:; 

 the Horist. Voii will lie <lfl 



lull iletails of what thi> Natii>nal Flornl Corporation \iill do 

 nhtfd with the iilaii. Write today and learn how to he that 



National Floral Corporation, 220 Broadway, New York 



June Flower Show to be held on the 

 10th, in Unity Hall. Pratt street, Hart- 

 ford. The committee in charge is 

 made up of G. H. Hollister, Ed. A. 

 Brassill, J. M. Adams, C. O. Becher, 

 William Deming and Alfred Dixon. 

 The entire profits of this exhibition 

 will be turned over to the Union for 

 Home Work, a local charitable organ- 

 ization. 



The next meeting. May 28th. will be 

 "Hardy Perennials" night. 



' Ai.KREi) Dixox. Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB 



The St. Louis Florist Club held a 

 very interesting meeting on Thursday 

 afternoon, May 13th, in Odd Fellows' 

 Hall. Ex-President W. J. Pilcher, pre- 

 sided over the meeting. All commit- 

 tees reported progress. The trustees 

 were instructed to prepare plans for 

 the annual picnic during the month of 

 July. The committee who has the ar- 

 rangements in hand for the American 

 Carnation Society meeting, January 

 26-27, 1916, were invited to meet with 

 the County Growers' Club on Wednes- 

 day. June 2. Chairman Fred Amniann 

 accepted the invitation for the com- 

 mittee. This meeting will take place 

 at Hugo Gross' place in Kirkwood. 



Letters from President Welch of the 

 S. A. F.. and the Cleveland Florist 

 Club were read with interest and filed 

 for later reference. Delinquent mem- 

 bers were given until next meeting to 

 pay dues. The next meeting, June 

 10th, will mark the 29th anniversary 

 meeting of the club and plans are be- 

 ing made to entertain the members. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 

 S. A. F. Convention Gardens. 

 Applications for space in the Con- 

 vention Garden of the Society of 

 American florists at San Francisco 

 continue to come in. and some of the 

 exhibits are already being installed. 

 C. W. Ward, of Eureka. Cal.. and 

 Queens, N. Y., will make a display of 

 annuals and flowering jilants. Frank 

 Pelicano, of Pelicano. IJossi & Co.. has 

 taken space for a fine collection of 

 dahlias. The Santa Barbaia Xurseries 

 will install a collection of ornamental 

 plants. An exhibit of dahlias and 

 peonies will be made by Fred Grohe. 

 of Santa Rosa, Cal. Early flowering 

 chrysanthemums will be shown by 

 Chas. H. Totty. W. Atlee Burpee has 

 reserved space for a fine collection of 

 sweet peas. Cinerarias will be re- 



placed from time to time with other 

 plants by E. James, of Elmhurst. Cal. 

 Richard Loring, of San Rafael, will 

 display dahlias. Domoto Bros, will 

 make a big display of Japanese trees 

 and shrubs. A special line of orna- 

 mental plants and oranges in tubs 

 will be shown by the Fancher Creek 

 Nurseries. Fresno, Cal. An exhibit of 

 new dahlias will be made by Henry A. 

 Dreer, Philadelphia. Henry Turner, of 

 Montebello, Cal., has installed a large 

 display of rose 'September Morn. The 

 MacRorie-McLaren Co. will exhibit 

 plant material used in landscape work 

 in California, the display being ar- 

 ranged more to show the different 

 specimens than for landscape effect, 

 as the varieties are too numerous to 

 permit of such an undertaking in the 

 limited space. Other exhibitors will 

 be mentioned later. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 The Conard & Jones Company, West 

 Grove, Pa., offer for registration the 

 canna described below. Any person 

 objecting to the registration or to the 

 use of the proposed name, is requested 

 to communicate with the secretary at 

 once. Failing to receive objection to 

 the registration, the same will be made 

 three weeks from this date. 



Raiser's description: — Mrs. Alfred F. 

 Conard x Venus. This remarkable 

 canna produces flowers in great pro- 

 fusion on erect branching stalks. Color 

 of flower a rich, glowing pink, deeper 

 than Mrs. Alfred F. Conard. Early 

 bloomer, very free. Green foliage. 

 Height 31/2 feet. 



Name: — "City of Portland." 



JoH.N Y<)i'N(i. Sei'y. 



May 15, 1915. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



An exhibition of this society, in co- 

 operation with the American Rose So- 

 ciety, will be held on Saturday and 

 Sunday, .June 5th and 6th, in the Mu- 

 seum building, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park. The features will 

 be roses and [leonies. Schedules will 

 be sent on application to the secretary, 

 George V. Nash, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



The American Rose Society offers 

 the following medals as sweepstake 

 prizes: silver medal, for the best col- 

 lection of outdoor grown roses; bronze 

 medal, for the best vase of outdoor 

 grown hybrid teas; bronze medal for 



the best vase of outdoor grown hybrid 

 perpetuals. 



An invitation is extended to all lov- 

 ers and growers of hardy roses to take 

 part in the exhibition. And to those 

 interested In the peony a like invita- 

 tion is extended. Premiums are also 

 offered for exhibits not provided for In 

 the schedule. 



George V. N.\sh. Secretary. 



NEW ORLEANS FLOWER SHOW. 



The exhibition given under the 

 direction of the New Orleans Horti- 

 cultural Society, both from the stand- 

 point of exhibits and interest taken 

 by the public, was a gratifying suc- 

 cess. Financially it is not unlikely 

 that there will be a surplus. Any 

 surplus is to be divided among the 

 several ward leagues having in charge 

 tlie direction of the "City Beautiful 

 Camiiaign " in the several sections of 

 tlie city. 



The measure of success already as- 

 sured, according to Peter A. Chopin, 

 president of the New Orleans Horti- 

 cultural Society, assures the repetition 

 of the event every spring. Future 

 shows, said Mr. Chopin, speaking for 

 the association, will far out-do the re- 

 cent one, for in future there will be 

 more time to grow exhibits. The 

 present show was arranged on short 

 notice in connection with the "City 

 Peautiful" movement and so was not 

 so thoroughly prepared for as it 

 might have been otherwise. 



Instead of being an exhibition of 

 rarity and so of interest chiefly to 

 those well versed in flowers it was 

 what it started out to be, a massed 

 illustration of the uses to which flow- 

 ers may be put in making homes more 

 beautiful. Landscape work, beds, 

 both foliage and flowering, window 

 boxes and hanging baskets were 

 largely featured. 



One of the big features of the ex- 

 hibit, a minature bungalow with 

 garden attached and showing the use 

 of window boxes and hanging baskets 

 and all other floral artistries applica- 

 ble to homes, was shown by Peter A. 

 Chopin. Mr. Chopin also displayed a 

 fine bank of hydrangeas as an entrance 

 attraction. Newsham & Scheurmann 

 showed orchids and a bridal arch of 

 smilax, roses and orchids. A bridal 

 bower by J. Reyes & Co. was a prime 

 attraction. Carpet beds of foliage, 

 plants were arranged by A. V. Dam- 

 merau, American Beauty roses and 

 ferns by Abele Uros., and Bermuda 



