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at the Secretary's desk, and every- 

 tliing will be remedied at once. 



On arriving in the city you may 

 leave your baggage checks or bag- 

 gage at the depot with official baggage 

 master at the Union Station, who will 

 take charge and it will be delivered to 

 your hotel, or boarding house at once. 



Do not hesitate to make known 

 your wants. If you want any help in 

 "finding accommodations, either hotels 

 or boarding houses, do not hesitate to 

 make it known to 



J. B. HEISS. 



FLORIST CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Philadelphia wants the convention 

 in li)U7! The question was brought up 

 by W. K. Harris at the regular month- 

 ly meeting of the chib on the 7th ins-t., 

 and it was voted unanimously to ex- 

 tend an invitation, and a committee 

 with Robert Craig at its heaa was ap- 

 pointed to lay the matter formally be- 

 fore the convention. This may seem a 

 tame proposition but it must be re- 

 membered that this is the first time in 

 twenty years that Philadelphia has 

 formally instructed her delegates to ex- 

 tend an invitation. We have had the 

 convention twice (in '8(j and '94), more 

 by acclamation than invitation, and 

 we feel that after twelve years it is 

 up to us to again extend our hospital- 

 ity and to do so in the most cordial 

 manner. At the same time we want 

 no brass-band, placard-and-button idea 

 in.iected into the invitation. We wish 

 the delegates to feel entirely at lib- 

 erty to decide where they want to go. 

 If it's Philadelphia, we welcome them; 

 if it's some other place, all right. We 

 are the same loyal crowd either way. 



Of course, we have an irrestible at- 

 traction in having Atlantic City at our 

 door step, and some of the finest hor- 

 ticultural establishments to visit, be- 

 sides many interesting historical asso- 

 ciations clustering around our old 

 town, and after twelve years we must 

 be an un-opened oyster to the younger 

 generation. We don't see how they 

 can resist accepting our invitation. 



Routine matters such as transporta- 

 tion, hotels, etc., took up some time 

 and were satisfactorily disposed of. 

 Mr. Westcott announced that $i.j.(!7 

 was the best rate he had been able to 

 get from the railroads and that the start 

 would be made on the afternoon train 

 of Monday, the 20th. All going must 

 notify Mr. Westcott at once, so as to 

 secure proper accommodations. Don't 

 put this oft. do it now. soon as you 

 read this 



The special subject tor the Septem- 

 ber meeting will be a review of the 

 convention from various standpoints — 

 retail, commission, seed trade, grower, 

 etc. The essayists will be announced 

 in due course. 



CONVENTION SPORTS. 



In addition to the regular bowling 

 tournament, for which elegant teajn 

 and individual prizes have been pro- 

 vided, a suitable number of prizes will 

 be provided for competition by the 

 trap shooters. 



The skill of the florist shooters hav- 

 ing been exploiteil in this city has 

 called forth a challenge from one of 

 our local clubs, for a friendly teaiii 

 shoot, either five men or ten men 

 teams. 



We hope that all florists skilled in 



this sport will bring their guns with 

 Ibem so that we may quality a team 

 that will uphold our reputation and 

 that will be able to hustle these local 

 shooters, and there are some "good 

 ones." H. M. ALTICK. 



Chairman Local Committee on Sports. 



The Florists' Club of Columbvis, 

 O., will have a special meeting this 

 week to arrange the various details of 

 the Dayton trip; it now looks a-s if 

 over fifty would go from there. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting and 

 floral display of this society took place 

 on the 3rd instant. The exhibition of 

 flowers maintained the excellence of 

 previous shows this season. Lager & 

 Hurrell staged a variety of their 

 choice products, prominent among 

 which was a new hybrid Laelio-Catileya 

 exhibited for the first time, named 

 Lady Bernice. the product of Cattleya 

 gigas atropiirpurea x Laelia purpurata. 

 The blooms measured seven inches 

 across, were lilac in color suffused 

 with purple, dark purple lip, throat 

 yellow and maroon. It received a 

 first class certificate. Joseph A. Man- 

 da exhibited some rare cypripediums 

 and a vase of epidendrum, the first 

 products of his new houses in West 

 Orange. The private estates of Henry 

 Craves and William Barr furnished 

 rare orchids: The first the exclusive 

 hybrid cattleya, Henry Graves, Jr., 

 and the second, Cattleya Loddigesii 

 and gigas for competition, and a 

 miscellaneous collection for display. 

 A large miscellaneous exhibit of 

 seasonable herbaceous plants was sent 

 in from the Colgates, William Runkle, 

 John Crosby Brown, Chas. Hathaway, 

 Stewart Hartshorne, Col. H. A. Potter 

 and others. 



The paper for the evening was read 

 by Arthur W. Bodwell, gardener for 

 William Barr. upon "The Culture of 

 Orchids as Viewed by a Private 

 Gardener." It was entertaining both 

 for itself and the discussion it pro- 

 voked in which Jos. A. Manda. John 

 E. Lager. Henry Hurrell, Geo. Von 

 Qualen and others took part. Robert 

 Berry was present and acted with A. 

 T. Capani and M. McRorie as judges. 



The society decided to have a special 

 fall flower show. 



JOS. B. DAViS. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The E.xecutive Committee helil a 

 meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New 

 York City, and took up the matter of 

 preparing the way for the next annual 

 meeting and show at Washington. 

 The Washington Florists' Club have 

 joined hands to make a strong efl:"ort 

 for a handsome showing. 



The committee went over the prize 

 schedule of last year and spent some- 

 time in devising means to secure 

 ample prizes for the exhibit. 



The effort is being made to gather 



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