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HOETICULTURE 



September 25, 1915 



CHICAGO GRAND FLORAL FESTI- 

 VAL. 



At a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the Chicago Grand Floral 

 Festival, held at the offices of the 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., September 16, 

 much routine business was transacted, 

 A. Henderson, W. N. Rudd, W. J. 

 Keimel, N. P. Miller. George Asmus 

 and M. Barker in attendance. Consid- 

 erable space was reported sold in the 

 trade exhibits' department, including a 

 number of the prominent retailers. 

 Arrangements were made to materially 

 extend the private gardeners' section 

 of the premium list so as to conform 

 to the wishes of exhibitors. A number 

 of additional committees were suggest- 

 ed which will be announced as soon 

 as completed. 



The preliminary premium list is now 

 ready and copies may be had on appli- 

 cation to X. P. Miller. 17!t-183 North 

 Wabash avenue, Chicago. The exhibi- 

 tion will be held at the Coliseum, No- 

 vember 9-14, and the liberal prizes in- 

 clude the following: 



Class 15A— Best display chrysanthemum 

 cut flowers, one or more varieties, arranged 

 for effect, to contain not less than loO 

 large blooms; foliage, smaller chrysanthe- 

 mum flowers, plants and other accessories 

 permitted. 1st, $200; 2nd, $150: 3rd, $100. 



Class 76A — Best display cut roses, one or 

 more varieties, arranged for effect, to con- 

 tain not less than 500 flowers, foliage and 

 other accessories. 1st, $125; 2nd, $90; 3rd, 

 $60. 



Class 31 — Best group of chrysanthemum 

 plants arranged for effect, to occupy not 

 less than 150 sq. ft. 1st, $100; 2nd. $80; 

 3rd. $60. 



Class 33 — Best display orchids (not less 

 than 25 plants). 1st, $100; 2nd. $50. 



Class 46 — Best group of palms and deco- 

 rative plants to occupy not le.'ss than 150 

 square feet of space. 1st, $100; 2nd, $75; 

 3rd. $50. 



M. Barkek. 

 Chairman Publicity Committee. 



ing, September 17, the following im- 

 portant action was taken because the 

 three associations — Ohio Horticultural 

 Society, Cleveland Florists' Club and 

 the Garden Club of Cleveland, guaran- 

 teeing the $12,500 expense of the 

 Cleveland Flower Show — are not in the 

 show business for an enormous finan- 

 cial gain, the trade exhibitors will re- 

 ceive an equal share of the possible 

 total net profits likewise with the 

 three associations, 25 per cent, of the 

 net profits to be divided pro rata 

 with all trade exhibitors. The share 

 of each one, however, is not to exceed 

 50 per cent, of the total amount of cost 

 of space occupied by each exhibitor. 



This action was passed unanimously 

 after financial report made by Chair- 

 man H. P. Knoble. who is directing 

 the work of ten sub-committees in 

 charge of the various details of the 

 show. 



The following were in attendance: 



H. P. Merrick of Lord & Bunjliiiin Co.; 

 C. U. Russell. Jones-Russell Co.; Gc". 

 Bate, Cleveland Cut Flower Co. ; Herljert 

 Bate, Cleveland Cut Flowen Co. ; F. C. W. 

 Brown, J. M. Gasser Co.; Timothy Smith, 

 Smith & Fetters Co. 



The executive committee was repre- 

 sented by 



Chairman S. Prentiss Baldwin of Gates 

 Mills, O.; Wm. G. Mather, president of the 

 Ohio Horticultural Society ; H. P. Knoble. 

 general chairman of all committees, and 

 P. A. Friedley, secretary of the James 

 Eadie Co. 



It was predicted at the meeting, 

 which was a very enthusiastic one, 

 that the few remaining spaces would 

 be taken immediately. When all the 

 space is sold it will leave the com- 

 mittees free to devote all their time 

 in developing the artistic side of the 

 show and in spreading the publicity 

 throughout the country among the 

 trade. 



CLEVELAND SHOW TO SHARE 

 PROFITS WITH EXHIBITORS. 



The enterprising florists and grow- 

 ers of Cleveland are not to be outdone 

 by the much advertised citizen of a 

 sister Lake City in the matter of profit 

 sharing. For the first time in the his- 

 tory of floral exhibitions the exhibitors 

 are to reap a double reward from their 

 part in the show. All trade exhibitors 

 in the Cleveland Flower Show to be 

 held at the Coliseum, November 10 to 

 15, will have returned to them twenty- 

 five per cent, of the net profits of the 

 show. 



This action was taken by the execu- 

 tive committee, all Cleveland growers 

 and dealers, when it appeared that the 

 success of their venture was guaran- 

 teed. Not being interested in the 

 show from a profit standpoint and be- 

 ing assured that their cash guarantee 

 was safe from the sale of space, they 

 decided to make the event truly co- 

 operative, and to share the profits 

 with the trade exhibitors who have 

 responded so liberally in the matter 

 of taking space in the show. 



Widespread interest in the coming 

 Cleveland Show indicates a record- 

 breaking attendance. The prospect of 

 good returns from admissions added 

 to the large proportion of the Colise- 

 um space already sold makes it cer- 

 tain that there will be a considerable 

 sum in the fund to be returned to the 

 trade exhibitors. 



At an executive committee meeting 

 of the Cleveland Flower Show, held 

 in the Hollenden Hotel, Friday even- 



THAT RHODODENDRON PEST. 



Editor Hijutiiultuke: 



Dear Sir — I notice in your paper of 

 Sept. 4th an item headed "A pest of 

 the Rhododendron," in which Mr. 

 Pauls, from Palisade Parks, N. J., com- 

 plains that he has trouble with what 

 we call in Holland "Mobiums," which 

 come from Holland. That does not 

 mean that Holland is the only place 

 where this bug exists as I have seen 

 places here which had more of the 

 bugs on the square foot than we have 

 in Holland on the square acre. Mr. 

 Hatfield says it is caused by a little 

 white grub about the size of a grain of 

 wheat. They must have large grains 

 of wheat in Massachusetts as when the 

 larvae are full grown they are about 

 an inch in length and live in winter 

 time as larvae in the ground and pre- 

 fer Taxus above anything else to feed 

 on. In the summer they grow to black 

 bugs of the size of peas and during the 

 night attack the leaves of the Rhodo- 

 dendron and other plants, hiding them- 

 selves during the day time under the 

 leaves on the surface of the ground. 

 If the gentlemen will keep the ground 

 clean of leaves and put a few small 

 boards on the ground under the Rho- 

 dodendrons or Taxus, they will iind in 

 the morning many bugs on the under- 

 side of the board and it is easy to get 

 rid of this pest by a little trouble and 

 attention. 



Your respectfully, 



P. OtJWBRKERK. 



Weehawken. N. J. 



FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER 

 SHOW, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Preparations for the Fourth National 

 Flower Show, to be held in Philadel- 

 phia, March 25th to April 2d next, are 

 in active progress. Space in the areas 

 set apart for the trade exhibits is be- 

 ing freely reserved, and at present the 

 bookings amount to over $4,000 in the 

 aggregate. One exhibitor who had en- 

 gaged a liberal space recently in- 

 creased his booking to 1,200 sq. tt. 

 equivalent to a $1,200 stand. 



Chairman George Asmus, of the 

 National Flower Show Committee, will 

 call a meeting of his committee short- 

 ly, at which the second preliminary 

 schedule will be settled. The schedule 

 will include the American Carnation 

 Society's premiums and the Carnation 

 section; this section will, it is ex- 

 pected, have more than usual promi- 

 nence for the reason that the A. C, S. 

 is to celebrate its twenty-fifth anni- 

 versary or Silver Jubilee at this show. 



The Rose Society and American 

 Sweet Pea Society premiums, with the 

 sectional premiums, will also appear 

 in the new schedule. Special prizes 

 offered by H. A. Dreer, Inc., H. F. 

 Michell Co.. John Cook. Zanberger 

 Bros, of Holland, and others will also 

 be announced. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety has decided to abandon its cus- 

 tomary Spring Show tor 1916 and to 

 throw its influence into the work of 

 the National Flower Show, and to this 

 end has appointed W. F. Therkildsen, 

 Robt. Craig and David Rust a com- 

 mittee to act in conjunction with the 

 National Flower Show Committee. 



J. Otto Thilow. chairman of the 

 lecture committee has the work of his 

 committee well in hand and the lec- 

 tures will be an important feature of 

 the show. The Committee on special 

 features and the other local commit- 

 tees are all making good progress and 

 have their plans well on the way to 

 completion. 



Much favorable comment by the 

 trade has been passed upon the two 

 plantings outside the exhibition hall 

 which have been very conspicuous this 

 summer and have helped considerably 

 to attract attention to the forthcoming 

 show. H. A. Dreer, Inc., and H. F. 

 Michell Co., who provided these plant- 

 ings are to be commended for their in- 

 terest and forethought. 



Treasurer F. R. Newbold of the 

 Horticultural Society of New York, 

 who is taking a very active and kindly 

 interest in the show, has obtained 

 promises of assistance from the mem- 

 bers of several ladies' garden clubs 

 and societies, and he reports that all 

 seem ambitious to even outdo the 

 efforts of the ladies whose excellent 

 assistance was such an important 

 feature of the success of the 1915 New 

 York Show. 



That the show has the interest and 

 attention of the trade in all its 

 branches throughout the country is 

 evident from the letters received at 

 the secretary's office, and there is 

 every prospect that the National Ex- 

 hibition of 1916 will eclipse all pre- 

 ceding flower shows. 



John Youxg. Sec'y. 



Sept. 17th, 1915. 



