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HORTICULTURE 



July 26, 1919 



further north than the other American 

 Ash-trees, and is a common New Eng- 

 land tree. It mows naturally in deep 

 cold swamps and on the low banks of 

 lakes and streams, and long resisted 

 every effort made to establish it in the 

 Arboretum until Mr. Dawson tried the 

 experiment of grafting it on roots of 

 the White Ash. These grafted plants 

 although still small are growing well 

 in peat soil on the left-hand side of the 

 Meadow Road near the Rhamnus Col- 

 lection. 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica, the so- 

 called Red Ash. is another tree widely 

 distributed over the eastern part of the 

 continent from New Brunswick and 

 southern Dakota southward. It is a 

 smaller tree than the White Ash, rare- 

 ly growing more than fifty or sixty feet 

 tall, with a trunk less than two feet in 

 diameter a narrow head of thin fo- 

 liage, and branchlets covered with 

 pubescence. The inner surface of the 

 bark of this tree is sometimes red 

 when first cut; the wood is about as 

 valuable as that of the White Ash, but 

 for shade or ornament Fraxinus penn- 

 sylvanica is not worth planting. 



The Green Ash is now usually con- 

 sidered a variety of Fraxinus pennsyl- 

 vanica (var. lanceolata), and is most 

 abundant in the valley of the Missis- 

 sippi river and westward. It is easily 

 distinguished by the bright green color 

 of the two surfaces of the usually nar- 

 row leaflets. Seeds of the Green Ash 

 germinate easily and quantities ot 

 seedling plants are found on the sand- 

 bars and banks of many western riv- 

 ers. It is a popular tree, therefore, in 

 western nurseries, and, although not 

 suited for the purpose, has been largely 

 planted in the west as a street and 

 shade tree, and occasionally also in 

 the east for American nurseries have 

 often substituted it for the White Ash. 

 Another Ash of the Mississippi Valley, 

 the Blue Ash of popular tree books, 

 Fraxinus quadrangulata. owes its 

 scientific name to its four-angled 

 branchlets. This is one of the noble 

 trees of the American forest, almost 

 rivalling the White Ash in size. This 

 tree grows naturally in limestone soil, 

 but it has grown well in the Arboretum 

 where it is helped by occasional appli- 

 cations of lime. 



Two southern trees related to the 

 White Ash. Fraxinus biltmoriana, 

 with densely pubescent branchlets, of 

 the southern Appalachian region and 

 westward, and F. texensis with round- 

 ed leaflets and a native of central and 

 western Texas, are established in the 

 Arboretum. Three species of the 

 southeastern states and the five species 

 of New Mexico and Arizona will prob- 

 ably never live very long in Massachu- 



setts, although the curious little Frax- 

 inus anomala with square branchlets 

 and leaves usually reduced to a single 

 leaflet at one time flourished in the 

 Arboretum during several years. 



HOTELS WILL BE CROWDED. 

 Reservations for Detroit Convention 

 Should Be Made Early. 

 The S. A. F. Convention Headquar- 

 ters will be at Hotel Statler on Grand 

 Circus Park, ten minutes by the Wood- 

 ward Avenue car line from the Con- 

 vention Auditorium (Arcadia), 615 

 Woodward Ave. 



It is highly important that everyone 

 intending to come to the Convention, 

 August 19-20-21, make reservations at 

 the hotel here as soon as possible as 

 there are to be two other big conven- 

 tions held here the same week. The 

 Hotel Committee of the local florists 

 will aid all who will make known their 

 prospective requirements and address 

 the same to the chairman, E. A. Fet- 

 ters, 17 East Adams Ave., Detroit. 



A list of the principal hotels and 

 their rates and distance from head- 

 quarters (Hotel Statler) follows: 



Hotel Statler. 



Room with shower bath only, for 1 



person, $2.50 per day. 

 Room with shower bath only, for 2 



persons — double bed — $3.50 per 



day. 

 Room with tub and shower bath for 



1 person, $3.00 to $5.00 per day. 

 Room with tub and shower bath for 



2 persons — double bed — $4.50 to 

 $7.50. 



Room with tub and shower bath for 

 2 persons — two beds — $5.50 to 

 $7.50. 



Room with tub and shower bath for 



4 persons — three beds — $8.00. 

 Hotel Tuller, Grand Circus Park, ad- 

 jacent to Headquarters. 



Double rooms only — inside — $4.00 

 and up per day. 



Double rooms only— outside — $5.00 

 per day. 

 Hotel Pontchartrain, Woodward Ave., 



5 blocks from Headquarters. 

 Rooms with single beds and running 



water, $3.00 and up per day. 

 Rooms with double beds and run- 

 ning water, $4.00 and up per day. 

 Rooms with bath, $6.00 and up per 

 day. 

 Hotel Charlevoix, near Grand Circus 

 Park 1 block from Headquarters. 

 Rooms with single beds and bath. 



$2.00 per day. 

 Rooms with single beds, without 



bath, $1.50 per day. 

 Rooms with double beds and bath, 

 $4.00 per day. 

 Hotel Cadillac, Michigan Ave., 4 blocks 

 from Headquarters. 



Rooms with twin beds and bath, 

 $o.50, $6.00, $7.00 and $8.00 per 

 day. 

 Rooms with dcuble beds and bath, 



$5.00 per day. 

 Rooms witli twin beds without bath, 



$2.00. 

 Rooms witli double beds without 

 bath, $3.50. 

 Hotel Grlswold, Grand River Ave., 

 2 blocks from Headquarters. 

 Rooms with single beds, without 



hath, $1.50 per day. 

 Rooms with single beds and bath, 



$2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 per uay. 

 Rooms with double beds and bath, 



$3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per day. 

 Rooms with douhle beds without 

 bath, $2.50. 

 Hotel Plaza, John R. Street and Madi- 

 son Ave., 4 blocks from Head- 

 quarters. 

 Rooms with single beds, $2.50 and 



up per day. 

 Rooms with double beds, $3.00 and 

 up per day. 

 Hotel Madison, Madison Ave. and Ran- 

 dolph St., 5 blocks from Head- 

 quarters. 

 Rooms with single beds and bath, 



$1.50 and up per day. 

 Rooms with double beds and bath, 

 $2.50 and up per day. 

 Hotel Fort Shelby, Lafayette and First 

 St., 7 blocks from Headquarters. 

 Rooms with single beds and bath, 



$1.50 and up per day. 

 Rooms with double beds and bath, 



$2.50 and up per day. 

 Parlor bed room and bath, $4.00 per 

 day. 

 Hotel Ste. Claire. Monroe and Ran- 

 dolph St., 6 blocks from Head- 

 quarters. 

 Rooms with bath, $1.25 to $2.50 per 



day. 

 There are, of course, many smaller 

 hotels at which accommodations may 

 be had but the list abo\e include the 

 best and largest. 



ROCHESTER. 

 Business has been on the quiet side 

 the past week. Carnations are small 

 and none too plentiful; roses are fairly 

 plentiful. Sweet peas are arriving in 

 small quantities. The market is over- 

 stocked with garden flowers; gaillar- 

 dia. coreopsis, hollyhocks, cornflower, 

 snapdragon and sweet William. 



Geo. T. Boucher had the decorations 

 for the Opticians' Convention at Con- 

 vention Hall. 



The employes of the Rochester Flo- 

 ral Co. were entertained at a sausage 

 roast at the home of Mrs. Bashford of 

 Sea Breeze, N. Y., on Wednesday of 

 this week. 



