July 24, 1915 



HOKTICULTUEE 



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Newport Garden Association Special 

 Prizes (open to all) — For tub of any while, 

 cream or cream-yellow variety : 1st, Stuart 

 Duncan; I'ud, Miss Edith Wetmore ; 3rd, 

 Mrs. T, J. Kmery. Tub of any scarlet, 

 crimson, rose of carmine: 1st, Mrs. W. G. 

 Weld: L>nd. Mrs. T. J. Emery. Tub of any 

 lavender, uiauve. purple or blue: 1st, Stu- 

 art L)unfan ; 2iid, Mrs. T. J. Emery. Tub 

 of any pink, orange or salmon : 2ud, Mrs. 

 T. J. Emery. Display arranged on table 

 space of a ft. by 10 ft. Only the artistic 

 arrangem,ent of the exhibit considered in 

 judKins: 1st. silver cup. Mrs. \V. fi. Weld; 

 L'nd. -Mrs. T. J. Emery; .3rd, John Fletcher. 



Newport Horticultural Society Special 

 Prizes lopeu to all) — Sixteen classes, for 25 

 sprays in specified colors, of which Giraud 

 Foster won thirteen Ists. The other Ists 

 were .Mrs. French Vanderbilt. two; Mrs. 

 Kobt. Winthrop. one. Winners of linds 

 were Miss Edith Wetmore. Mrs. T. .1. Em- 

 ery, Mrs. Itiilit. Winthrop, Miss Alice Vet- 

 eltas, gard. W. J. Watson; Giraud Foster, 

 Robt. W. Goelet. 3rds were also awarded 

 in most classes. The F. R. Pierson cup for 

 most winning entries in this section was 

 won by Giraud Foster, who also won The 

 Garden Magazine medal of achievement for 

 the finest vase in this section with the va- 

 riety Doris Usher. 



Section G, for Amateurs Only — Nine reg- 

 ular classes all fully competed for and 

 awarded. R. & J. Farquhar & Co.'s prizes 

 for 6 distinct varieties, open to private 

 growers only: S. W. Cokjuist. gani. to 

 Mrs. Robt. Winthrop. The William B. 

 Scott & Co.'s prizes and Broadway Hard- 

 ware Co.'s prizes were awarded to exhibits 

 from children's gardens. 



Newport Garden Club prizes for private 

 gardeners and amateurs — Table Decoration: 

 Silver cup and 1st, Mrs. Thos. .T. Emery. 

 Display for effect on round table: 1st. Mrs. 

 W. Watts Sherman ; 2nd, Mrs. H. Mortimer 

 Krooks, gard. James Bond. 



Special Awards. 



Neil Ward, Lonsdale, L. I., certificate of 

 merit for collection of sweet peas. 



W. A. Manda, So. Orange, N. J., ifrtifl- 

 cate of merit for collection of plants. 



R. .V: J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, certifl- 

 cate of merit for collection of plants and 

 cut flowers. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, cer- 

 tificate of merit for collection of water 

 lilies. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., honorable mention 

 for colieitiou of sweet peas. 



Bolibink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J., 

 honorable mention for collection of peren- 

 nials. 



Miltonia Conservatories, Providence, E. 

 I., certificate of merit for collection of cut 

 cattleyas. 



Oscar Schultz. Newport. R. I., honorable 

 mention for .lapanese iris. 



Mr. IJolilnson, cultural certificate for 

 Rose Ophelia. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS 



WILLIAM GRAY, 

 President-Elect of The American 



Sweet Pea Society 

 The gentleman whose portrait 

 adorns our cover page this week stands 

 very high in the gardenin,? fraternity 

 as an able exponent of the best cul- 

 tural skill and the American Sweet 

 Pea Society will have an efficient and 

 earnest president for the coming year. 

 Mr. Gray has been superintendent of 

 the estate of Mrs. William B. Leeds at 

 Newport, R. I., for the past five years. 

 He is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, 

 having been Ijorn on the Arbarthnot 

 estate "Mavis Bank, " on April 20, 1874, 

 where his father was gardener at that 

 itime. the profession of gardening hav- 

 ing been followed by father and sons 

 through several generations. The fam- 

 ily came to America in 1883 and set- 

 tled in Middletown, N. Y., where the 

 father secured the position of florist 

 at the State Hospital. After leaving 

 school Mr. Gray served apprenticeship 

 under his father and followed this up 

 with an experience as assistant gar- 

 dener on several private places in the 

 vicinity of New York and in Newport. 

 He then became head gardener to Hor- 

 ace Russell at Southampton and after 

 five years' service there assumed the 

 position he now holds. 



Preliminary program for the Thirty- 

 first Annual Convention, to be held in 

 The Civic Center Auditorium, San 

 Francisco, Cal., August 17, 18, 19, 1915. 

 First Day, Tuesday, August 17. 



(ll'KNl.Nc; SESSION. 



2 P. M. — Opening exercises in Hall 

 H, east side. Fourth Floor, Civic Cen- 

 ter Auditorium. Address of Welcome, 

 by Hon. Jas. Rolph, Jr., Mayor of San 

 Francisco; Response, by W. F. Gude; 

 President Welch's Address; Reading 

 Minutes of Executive Board; Report 

 of the Secretary; Report of the Treas- 

 urer; Reports of State Vice-Presi- 

 dents; Consideration of Invitations for 

 Meeting Place for 1916. 



EVENING SESSION. 



S P. M.— Balloting for Meeting Place 

 for 1916, at St. Francis Hotel; Recep- 

 tion to President Welch, at the St. 

 Francis Hotel. Music; Dancing; Re- 

 freshments. Strictly informal. 

 Second Day, Wednesday, August 18. 



MORNING SESSION 



9 A. M. — Meeting of The Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery. 



10.30 A. M.— Annual Meeting of The 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists. 

 Session S. A. F. and O. H.; Report of 

 the National Flower Show Committee; 

 George Asmus, Chairman; Discussion; 

 Nomination of Officers for 1916; Re- 

 port of the Judges of the Trade Ex- 

 hibition and the Convention Garden; 

 Report of the Committee on the Presi- 

 dent's Address; Discussion. 



.\ETEBN00N SESSION. 



2 P. M.— Bowling Contest of The 

 Ladies of the S. A. F. 



2 P. M.— Session S. A. F. and O. H.; 

 Discussion, "Are Not Insurance Rates 

 on Modern Greehouse Establishments 

 Too High, in view of the lighter risks 

 accruing from better and less danger- 

 ous construction?" Led by Wm. F. 

 Kasting; Report of the Committee on 

 National Publicity — Irvin Bertermann, 

 Chairman; Discussion. 



Third Day, Thursday, August 19. 



MOKMNG 1.ESSION 



9 A. M.— Meeti:-.g of The Florists' 

 Hail Association. 



10 A. M. — Time alloted for Meetings, 

 Rose, Carnation, Chrysanthemum and 

 Gladiolus Societies if desired. 



11 A. M.— Election of Officers of the 

 S. A. F. and O. H. for 1916; Polls open 

 from 11 A. M. to 12 M. 



AFTEKNOON SESSION. 



2 P. M.— Question Box; Deterred 

 Business. 



2 P. M. — Annual Bowling Tourna- 

 ment, S. A. F. and 0. H., at Granip 

 alleys, 924 Market St. 

 Essays. 



In view of the many and varied at- 

 tractions of the Convention and Con- 

 vention City, the Executive Board de- 

 cided that it would be unwise to take 

 up the time of the convention with the 

 reading of essays. Realizing, however, 

 the value of the presentation of essays 

 at the Society's conventions, the sec- 

 retary was instructed to invite essays 

 from various gentlemen willing to pre- 



pare them, such invitations and the 

 number of them to be within his discre- 

 tion, the essays to be furnished to the 

 trade papers for publication during 

 the convention period, and to be print- 

 ed as part of the proceedings of the 

 convention. 



The following essays are presented; 



"Is it Advisable for the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists to Establish a National 

 Credit and Collection Department?" by 

 August F. Poehlmann, Morton Grove, 

 111. 



"The Problems Attending the Estab- 

 lishment of Permanent Convention 

 Gardens," by Theodore Wirth, Super- 

 intendent of Parks, Minneapolis, Minn. 



"The Necessity of National Publici- 

 ty to Advance the Interests of Commer- 

 cial Floriculture in the United States," 

 by Albert Pochelon, Detroit, Mich. 

 Fourth Day, Friday, August 20. 



S. A. F. and 0. H. Day at the Pana- 

 ma-Pacific International Exposition. 



The Secretary's office will be near 

 the main entrance of Halls H, I and 

 J, east side, fourth floor, in the Civic 

 Center Auditorium, where all members 

 should report as soon as possible after 

 their arrival in San Francisco. Mem- 

 bers who have not paid their 1915 as- 

 sessment can make payment at this 

 office and receive the official badge but- 

 ton, but the work of the office will be 

 greatly facilitated if members wil! 

 make remittances to the secretary 

 prior to the convention. 



The address of the secretary from 

 July 15 is care of Daniel MacRorie, 

 430 Phelan Bldg., San Francisco. 



PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the monthly meeting of the Paci- 

 fic Coast Horticultural Society various 

 matters of mutual interest were dis- 

 cussed, including preparations for the 

 Fall Flower Show, the S. A. F. Con- 

 vention, and a Fall Picnic. H. Plath 

 announced that the prize list for the 

 Fall Flower Show is much in demand, 

 which shows that considerable inter- 

 est is manifest in that event. On be- 

 half of the program committee, Mr. 

 Plath reported that the souvenir pro- 

 gram is practically ready. A commun- 

 ication was read from the secretary 

 of the Gardeners' Association, outlin- 

 ing plans for their convention. In re- 

 gard to the Fall Picnic, the committee 

 proposed to wait until September and 

 recommended that it be held in Grand 

 Canyon Park. A standing invitation 

 was extended froii Messrs. James, 

 Plath and Fotheringham, present jury 

 on garden exhibits at the Exposition, 

 to hold field day at the gardens on 

 Saturday afternoons while their work 

 is in progress. Much interest was 

 shown in the evening's exhibits. An 

 exhibit of Mrs. Francis King gladiolus 

 from F. Pelicano took 90 points; a 

 showing of Primula obconica from H. 

 Plath was rated at 90 points; and a 

 large display of statice from J. Gill 

 took 80 points. 



