July 1, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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Fordhook Countess; Fordhook Hercu- 

 les; Fordhook King. This exhibit was 

 In charge of Harry F. Buckman, from 

 the Floradale Seed Farm at Lompoc. 



The L. D. Waller Seed Co., of Guada- 

 lupe, put up a delightfully fresh ex- 

 hibit and one marveled at the condi 

 tion of the flowers after their journey. 

 The large exhibit of R. F. Felton, Ed- 

 ward Cowdy and Dobhie's Cream made 

 a striking background. The quality of 

 R. F. Felton was particularly good. 

 This firm also sliowed a new cream, 

 under the name of "New Buttercup." 

 The depth of the color was quite re- 

 markable. 



Waldo Rohnert had a meritorious 

 display of all the standard varieties of 

 Spencers. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SHOW. 



Bar Harbor, Maine, July 15th-16th. 



We wish to call the attention of 

 those interested in this Show to the 

 following schedule of transportation 

 service: 



E. S. S. Co., ltu.ston-Bar Harbor. All Water. 



Leave Bcston 0.00 P. M. every day ex- 

 cept Sunday. 



Arrive Bar Harlior noon next day. 



Leave 15ar Harbor 1.30 P. M. every day 

 except Sunday. 



Arrive Boston "i.lo A. M. 

 E. S. S. Co., New York-Bar Harbor. All 

 Mater. 



Steamships Massaehusetts and Bunlier 

 Hill, leave New Yorli daily at 6 P. M. Con- 

 nection at Boston as above. 

 M. C. B. B. Co.. Boston-Bar Harbor. All 

 Ball. 



Leave North Station. Boston. 10.00 A. M. 

 and 10.00 P. M. 



Arrive Bar Harbor (i.05 P. M. and S.20 

 A. M. 



Leave Bar Harbor 11.45 A. M., 4.15 P. M.. 

 or 9.00 P. M. 



Arrive Boston 9.00 P. M., 4.45 A. M., or 

 7.30 A. M. 



Maine Cent. R. R. Co., Xew York-Bar Har- 

 bor. All Rail. 



Leave New York 7.15 P. M. 



Arrive Bar Harbor 12.30 P. M. (Next dav) 



Leave Bar Harbor 3.00 P. M. 



Arrive New York 7.56 A. M. 



It is very essential that those in- 

 tending to attend the Sweet Pea Ex- 

 hibtion should engage sleeping accom- 

 modations at once, otherwise discom- 

 fort may ensue, as travel "down east" 

 is very heavy at this season. 



HOUSTON CONVENTION OUT- 

 LOOK. 



We have received copies of letters 

 from El Paso, Alvin, Dallas, Sherman 



ing a large and enthusiastic attend- 

 ance in Houston next August. 



TPicker's i^^zjuHc G^rcU n 



•ni'ptcfi 7 f-^'- ii'oyfi itintf ,<oii^. ajt~mt. 



and other Texas cities, Nashville, 

 Tenn., and Guthrie, Oklahoma, promis- 





THE HOUSTON TRADE EXHIBIT. 



Secretary Young is now prepared to 

 receive space reservations for the con- 

 vention exhibit in Houston. There is 

 a great deal of enthusiasm among the 

 southern florists, and you may take it 

 from me that there has never been an 

 occasion when so many southern flor- 

 ists have been assembled in one body. 

 Tliere is not a question of doubt 

 that this is now an opportunity for 

 dealers to display goods and get them 

 before the florists in this section at a 

 very economical cost. 



At our last two Texas conventions, 

 we had something like 125 florists from 

 within the state. We are expecting at 

 least 200 florists this summer from 

 within the state and it is reasonably 

 believed that we will have 300 or 400 

 florists scattered through the South at 

 this convention, which will give us at 

 least 5<t0 southern florists. This alone 

 is worth while making an exhibit at the 

 Houston Convention. There is a great 

 interest throughout the country to take 

 advantage of this trip to see the South- 

 land, and I am convinced that we may 

 expect several hundred florists from 

 other sections of the United States. 

 We have set our mark tor 1,000 florists 

 in attendance at the Houston Conven- 

 tion. Up to date, there has never been 

 a convention when there has. been 

 given so much wide publicity as the 

 Houston Convention. We are just be- 

 ginning on this publicity work, and 

 you may rest assured that we are not 

 going to miss our mark very tar. 



Don't miss this opportunity. Send 

 your reservation to Mr. John Young 

 immediately and get the best space. 

 As the indications are, we will have 

 our hall crowded to the limit with 

 trade exhibits. Attend to it now. 

 R. C. Kerr, 

 Vice-Pres. S. A. F. 



S. S. M.\SSACHUSETTS 

 On the "All Water Route" Between New York and Boston via Cape Cod Canal. 



TARRYTOWN JUNE EXHIBITION. 



Tlie annual June exhibition of the 

 Tarrytown (N. Y.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety of roses, sweet peas, strawber- 

 ries, hardv flowers, etc., was held in 

 the Y. M. C. A. building on Tuesday 

 afternoon and evening, June 20. On 

 account of the lateness of the season 

 and the inclement weather, the exhibi- 

 tion was not up to the usual standard, 

 but, taking everything into considera- 

 tion, was equally as good as previous 

 seasons. 



The exhibits of hybrid tea and hy- 

 brid perpetual roses was excellent, and 

 of strawberries was exceedingly fine. 

 Owing to a continual downpour of rain 

 the week previous, sweet peas were 

 not exhibited as in previous years. 

 The exhibits of the school gardens 

 were particularly interesting and en- 

 couraging. 



Chas. H. Tibbits' "excellence prize' 

 was awarded to the F. R. Pierson Com- 

 pany for the best exhibit of the show. 

 This consisted of the roses Ophelia, 

 American Beauty, Francis Scott Key, 

 Richmond. Hoosier Beauty, and 

 Sweetheart or Mignon, beautifully 

 arranged in baskets and flower bowls, 

 which are now so popular: also other 

 flowers, like gaillardias, coreopsis, 

 and cornflowers. The judges of the 

 exhibits were George Middleton, gar- 

 dener for William Rockefeller, Tarry- 

 town, Arthur GrifHn, superintendent 

 for Samuel Untermyer, Yonkers, and 



