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HORTICULTURE 



October 23. 1915 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 



The display of orchids from the 

 Dale Estate. Brampton, Ont.. will 

 be one of the features of the Cleve- 

 land exhibit. Other exhibits coming 

 from beyond the borders of the United 

 States include one procured by Am- 

 bassador W. C. Sharp, at Paris. This 

 will embrace, it is expected, selections 

 from the private conservatories of 

 President Poincare. Hawaii is send- 

 ing a collection of twenty-four hibiscus 

 blooms selected from the horticultural 

 station at Honolulu. The Japanese 

 contribution will be a miniature Jap- 

 anese garden designed by Mr. Tange. 

 Japanese Tea Merchant of Cleveland, 

 who also conducts a landscaping con- 

 cern to meet the demand for Japanese 

 gardens throughout this part of the 

 country. 



CHICAGO GRAND FLORAL FESTI- 

 VAL. 



Space is now well taken in the non- 

 competitive trade section of the Grand 

 Floral Festival, to be held in the Col- 

 iseum. November 9-14. The few good 

 locations remaining will be sold to the 

 first applicants. The rate for space 

 Is very low, 30 cents per square foot 

 in the main hall and 20 cents per 

 square foot in the annex, the minimum 

 for space being $25. Applications for 

 space in this section sliould be ad- 

 dressed as early as possible to A. Hen- 

 derson, 369 River street. Chicago. 



The jurors for the show thus far ap- 

 pointed include E. A. Kanst, superin- 

 tendent of Lincoln Park, chairman; J. 

 J. Hess, Omaha, Neb.: James S. Wil- 

 son, Des Moines, la.; W. A. Kennedy. 

 Milwaukee, Wis.; J. E. Matthewson, 

 Sheboygan, Wis.; John Reardon, Ames, 

 la.; A. J. Smith, Lake Geneva, Wis., 

 Donald McNaughton, Lake Forest; Ed- 

 ward Boulter, Winnetka; August Koch, 

 West Park System; H. N. Bruns, A. 

 Lange, Ernst Wienhocber and Chas. A. 

 Samuelson. 



A large array of special prizes in 

 the form of cups, trophies, etc., has 

 been secured, including a magnificent 

 series donated by the greenhouse build- 

 ing concern located in this vicinity 

 and valued at $500. 



H. B. Howard and James Morton 

 have been added to the executive com- 

 mittee and both were on hand at the 

 last meeting, October 14. 



MiCH.VEL B.iKKER, 



Chairman Publicity Committee. 



MARKET FLOWER SHOW. 



An exhibition will be held at Me- 

 chanics Building. Boston. Mass.. on Oc- 

 tober 23 to 30, 1915. under direction of 

 Boston Co-operative Flower Market. 

 The following schedule of prizes is of- 

 fered by Chester I. Campbell. 



Roses: American Beauties and other 

 varieties, not less than 100 flowers, 

 $25; Ophelia; 50 Russell; 50 Had- 

 ley or any red; 50 Killarney or 

 any pink variety; 50 any pink variety 

 not Killarney; 50 Killarney white or 

 any other white; 50 Sunburst or any 

 other yellow; Cecil Bruuner and other 

 Pollyantha roses, display not less than 

 100, $10 in each class. 



Roses grown from 40,000 feet of 

 glass or less— 25 Ophelia; 25 Russell; 

 25 Hadley or any red; 25 Killarney or 

 any pink variety; 25 Killarney white 

 or any other white, $5 in each class. 



Carnations— 50 white, Ist prize, $5, 

 2nd prize.$3; 50 red, 1st prize, $5, 2nd 



Of Interest to all Wholesale and 



Retail Florists and Commercial 



and Private Growers 



The complete list of live Manufacturers and 

 Dealers in every supply and equipment needed 

 in the Greenhouse and Florist Shop (large or 

 small) who are planning to place some interest- 

 ing exhibits in the Cleveland Flower Show, 

 will be published next week. They will all 

 extend you an invitation to 



Come to Cleveland Nov. 10th to 14th to see them. 



prize, $3; 50 pink, 1st prize, $5, 2nd 

 prize, $3: 50 variegated, 1st prize $5, 

 2nd prize, $3; vases, 100 mixed, 1st 

 prize $10, 2nd prize, $5; 6 vases or 

 more, 25 flowers each, 1st prize, $15, 

 2nd prize. $10. 



Chrysanthemums — Vase of 50. white, 

 1st prize, $8, 2nd prize, $3; 50 yellow, 

 1st prize, $8 2nd prize, $3: 50 pink, 1st 

 prize, $8, 2nd prize, $3; 100 mixed, 

 $15: display of Pompons, $10; display 

 in pots, $25. 



Miscellaneous — Display of violets. 

 1st prize. $5. 2nd prize, $3; display of 

 pansies, $3; 100 lily of the valley. 

 1st prize. $6. 2nd prize. 4: display of 

 bachelor's buttons, $2; display of 

 callas, $2; general display of cut 

 flowers, 1st prize, $10, 2nd prize, 

 $5; group of commercial foliage and 

 flowered plants and other foliage, 1st 

 prize, $35, 2nd prize, $25: display of 

 nursery stock (evergreens and bay- 

 trees), 1st prize, $25, 2nd prize, $15; 

 table decorations, 3 prizes, 1st, $35, 

 $25, $15. 



New York, N. Y.— The first of the 

 series of monthly flower shows and 

 lectures will be given at the Country 

 Life Permanent Exposition, over the 

 Main Waiting Room in the Grand Cen- 

 tral Terminal. Charles H. Totty. of 

 Madison. N. J., will deliver a lecture 

 on "Hardy Chrysanthemums," on Mon- 

 day afternoon. November 1. at 3 

 o'clock. A sepcial musical program 

 will be provided in the Music Hall 

 at 4 P. M.. on Monday and Tues- 

 day. Competition open to all private 

 and amateur gardeners. Trade ex- 

 hibits are invited but not for competi- 

 tion. No admission charged. 



The Eighty-fourth annual exhibition 

 of The American Institute of the City 

 of New York, will be held on Wednesday, 

 Thursday and Friday, November 3, 4, 

 and 5, at the Engineering Building, 

 25 to 33 West Thirty-ninth street. 

 Chrysanthemums, orchids, roses, car- 

 nations, ferns, palms, fruits and vege- 

 tables are all liberally provided for in 

 the prize schedule. 



GARDENERS' DAY AT THE EXPO- 

 SITION. 



The principal feature of the formal 

 programme in commemoration of "Gar- 

 deners' " or "Landscape Engineers' 

 Day" at the Exposition on October 

 9th, was the presentation of a hand- 

 some trophy to John McLaren in recog- 

 nition of his able services in connec- 

 tion with the landscaping of the ex- 

 position grounds. The exercises were 

 held on a platform erected at the east 

 entrance of the Palace of Horticulture. 

 The speaker's stand was almost hid- 

 den from view with the many floral 

 pieces brought by an admiring public. 

 When McLaren stepped on the plat- 

 form, the Exposition band struck up 

 a medley of Scotch melodies, and the 

 audience arose spontaneously and 

 cheered. Mayor Jas. Rolph, Jr.. made 

 a hurried trip from his ranch in the 

 Santa Clara mountains that he might 

 be present to help honor McLaren for 

 his wonderful work in the beautiflca- 

 tion of San Francisco and the Exposi- 

 tion. The cup presented by him was a 

 huge silver trophy, mounted on a ped- 

 estal of Italian marble. It was pur- 

 chased with the dimes contributed by 

 thousands of friends and admirers. 

 Donald McLaren, his son and assistant, 

 was presented with a special plaque 

 by the Exposition. Nor did this end 

 the presentations. On behalf of the 

 school Children of San Francisco, lit- 

 tle Margaret O'Connor presented the 

 landscape expert with several baskets 

 and a wreath of flowers. The ceremo- 

 nies were attended by many garden- 

 ers, nurserymen and florists, about 

 thirty members of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society attending in a 

 body. The great day was rounded into 

 a perfect memory in the evening, 

 when Mr. and Mrs. McLaren received 

 a few friends at "The Lodge" in 

 Golden Gate Park. During the dinner 

 hour a handsome silver vase arrived. 

 It was a present from the Bohemian 

 Club to Jon McLaren and Mrs. Mc- 

 Laren. 



