July 3, 1915 



HOKTICULTUEE 



YARRAWA 



The SWEET PEA Par-Excellence 

 For Winter Flowering Under Glass 



We> were awarded Certiflcatos of Sferit for this superb novelty at the 

 Iiitenmtionnl Flower Show in New Vnrk, March, 1914, and at the Spring 

 Show of the Pennsylvania llortioultural Society, Pliiladelpbia, March. 1915. 



YARRAWA is absolutely fixed— and true to color and type. 



is ;i n ♦.'.isy Mild j;ood "doer." iiivarhibly gi\ iu^ au 

 ex«'i'llt*iit at'count of itself whether grown in pots, 



boxes, nii^.-d bonrlips or solid beds. 



YARRAWA 



YARRAWA 



has tlie boavv foliage and rank strong growtb of 

 the sumniprilowcring type and is a true winter 

 bioomine Spenier. From seed sown early in October at Fordbook Farms, 

 tbe plants came into bloom December 20th and Howered profusely until 

 May. Tbe flowers are exquisitely waved and when well grown will averane 

 two and one-balf inches in diameter, many of them being duplex, or double flowered, 

 (bus adding greatly to the general effect of tbe bunch. They are borne usually in 

 fours on extra long, strong stems. The color is most pleasing shade of bright rose 

 I>ink. with light wings. 



As tbe supply of seed will be limited we advi.se ordering early. 

 Floradale-grovsrn seed exclusively 

 1-4 oz. $1.00; per oz. $3.50; per 1-4 lb. $12. SO 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., 



Seed.. 



Burpee Buildings, PHILADELPHIA 



la.; vice-president, John Watson, New- 

 ark, N. Y.; secretary, John Hall, Ro- 

 chester, N. Y.; treasurer, Peter Young- 

 ers, Geneva, Neb. Milwaukee. Wis., 

 was chosen as the meeting plaie for 

 1916. 



ROCHESTER PLANS BIG FLOWER 

 SHOW 



Rochester, N. Y.. is arranging for a 

 big flower show from August 30 to 

 September 11. It is to be held under 

 the auspices of the Rochester Exposi- 

 tion, declared to be the biggest muni- 

 cipal exposition in the United States, 

 now in its eighth year and attended 

 annually by upward of 250,000 people. 

 This is the first year of the flower 

 show, and it it meets with the same 

 success as have the other depart- 

 ments of the exposition, the Rochester 

 Flower Show will soon be recognized 

 as a national event. 



The exposition includes many of the 

 best features to be found at big state 

 fairs and is attended by people from 

 all over the country. Co-operating 

 with the management of the exposi- 

 tion is a committee of five members 

 of the Rochester Florists' Association, 

 which has an enviable record for the 

 artistic nature of its flower shows. 

 The members of the committee are 

 George B. Hart, chairman, who is the 

 president of the local Florists' Asso- 

 ciation; Charles H. Vick, of James 

 Vick's Sons; Harry E. Bates, of Lord 

 & Burnham Co.; Fernando J. Keller, 

 of J. B. Keller's Sons, and A. H. Sal- 

 ter, of Salter Brothers. Until last 

 year, Mr. Vick was superintendent of 

 the flower show at the New York 

 State Fair at Syracuse and is well 

 known to growers and florists every- 

 where. This year he is devoting his 

 entire energy to the Rochester Flower 

 Show. 



It is the hope of the committee to 

 make Rochester the meeting place for 

 the grower and the florist, the seeds- 

 man and the importer. As an induce- 

 ment for the big growers and seeds- 

 men to exhibit their plants, flowers 

 and other products at Rochester, the 



committee makes the very attractive 

 proposition of free space for all ex- 

 hibitors. There is to be absolutely 

 no charge of any kind for space or 

 entry fees. 



One of the best buildings at Exposi- 

 tion Park, which is owned by the 

 municipality, has been assigned to 

 the flower show. It contains upward 

 of 20,000 square feet of unobstructed 

 floor space, with high skylight roof, 

 well equipped with water and sewer 

 outlets; in fact, having been con- 

 structed specially for exhibition pur- 

 poses, it is provided with every con- 

 venience, and those who go to Roches- 

 ter will undoubtedly find it to be the 

 most ideally adapted hall for a flower 

 show that they have yet encountered. 



Not only does the committee pur- 

 pose to exert every effort to have the 

 biggest growers in the country make 

 exhibits, but they also intend to see 

 that the retail florists and others in- 

 terested in the trade go to Rochester. 

 It is believed that the Rochester show 

 will furnish a splendid opportunity for 

 business, bringing the growers and re- 

 tailers together to get acquainted. 



The city of Rochester has a popu- 

 lation of 250,000, with another three- 

 quarters of a million within a radius 

 of fifty miles. With this immense 

 population and with the personal in- 

 vitations to be sent out to the florists 

 of all the eastern states, there will un- 

 doubtedly be a big attendance. Not 

 only the interests which appeal to the 

 growers directly, but also to their 

 i^amilies, will be an extra inducement 

 to visit the Rochester show. The Ex- 

 position's motto is "entertaining, edu- 

 cational and inspirational." Its Horse 

 Show is second to none in the coun- 

 try. The best known stables in the 

 country exhibit their blue-ribbon 

 horses. The At{ Loan Exhibit brings 

 together oil paintings and water colors 

 by the famous artists of America. 

 The display of fruits and vegetables is 

 unrivalled in this country. The cen- 

 tral location of the city, with its 

 numerous railroads, affords excellent 

 facilities for easy access; its excel- 

 lent park system, its beautiful drives, 

 its flne residential sections, with their 

 lawns, shrubbery and planting, will 



attract growers both private and com- 

 mercial, as well as the trade in gen- 

 eral. 



HONOR FOR A ROSE LOVER. 



The gold medal of the Massachustts 

 Horticultural Society has been be- 

 stowed upon Miss Sarah B. Fay, of 

 Woods Hole, Mass., by vote of the gar- 

 den committee in recognition of her 

 devotion to the rose. The committee 

 visited Miss Fay's rose garden on 

 Thursday, June 24, and found an un- 

 precedented display of H. P. and H. T., 

 and other June roses, probably the 

 most extensive collection of estab- 

 lished plants in this country, com- 

 prising many thousands of specimens 

 in many hundred varieties. There is 

 also a superb collection of rambler 

 roses, but these were not in bloom at 

 the time of the committee's visit. The 

 estate has been under the care of 

 M. H. Walsh tor many years, and 

 while the cultural Success is, of 

 course, due to him. yet his achieve- 

 ment is owing to Miss Fay's sup- 

 port and encouragement and would 

 not have been possibly w-ere it not 

 for her devotion to the rose, and so 

 the highest award in the Society's 

 power was most worthily bestowed. 



BOTANICAL GARDEN AT FRED- 

 ERICK, MD. 



Frank C. Hargett, has been named 

 superintendent of the Educational and 

 Botanical gardens of Frederick, Md. 

 Besides being in charge of the gar- 

 dens Mr. Hargett will conduct experi- 

 ment work with valuable plants and 

 flowers in Frederick. Observations 

 and returns from these experiments 

 will be filed with the United States 

 llepartment of Agriculture. Plants 

 and flowers from all sections of the 

 weild will be placed in this garden 

 liy the governmental authorities for 

 exiiorimental purposes. 



The board of trustees of this new 

 institution are William F. Gude, Wash- 

 ington; Richard Vincent, Jr., White 

 .M.irsh, Md., George W. Hess, superin- 

 tendent of the United States Botanical 

 Cardens, and .Mavor Lewis H. Fraley, 

 o: Frederick, Md. 



