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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The Eighteenth Annual Convention 

 of the American Association of Park 

 Superintendents will be held in the 

 city of New Orleans, October 10-11-12, 

 1916. 



Inasmuch as this is the first conven- 

 tion of the organization to be held in 

 the South, it is confidently expected 

 that there will be a larger and more 

 representative attendance than ever 

 before, bringing together park execu- 

 tives from all sections of the United 

 States and Canada. 



Eminent men of the profession will 

 participate in a program of lectures, 

 papers and discussions; the loial park 

 authorities are preparing a social pro- 

 gram which will demonstrate the 

 famous Southern hospitality; there 

 will be an opportunity to inspect the 

 remarkable development along recrea- 

 tional lines which has taken place in 

 the progressive cities of the South and 

 most important of all, will be the man 

 to man discussion of methods and 

 ideas, which is only possible on an oc- 

 casion of this kind, where there are 

 present men who have had to deal 

 with every problem whiih ever pre- 

 sents itself to a park executive. 



A trip to the New- Orleans conven- 

 tion will be educational as well as re- 

 creational and every park executive 

 should embrace the opportunity to 

 spend his vacation in this way. Re- 

 member the dates, October 10-1112, 

 and plan your vacation accordingly. 

 A detailed program will be published 

 later. Special parties will be arranged 

 from different sections. 



Roland Cotterill, Sec'y. 



Seattle. Wash. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Sayville (N i.) Garden Club 

 will hold a fall flower show in the 

 opera house, Sayville. on September 1 

 and 2. 



The newly organized Sewickley 

 (Pa.) Horticultural Society has elect- 

 ed officers as follows: President, G. 

 Wessenaur; vice-president. R. Boxel, 

 treasurer, William Thompson. Jr.; 

 secretary M. Curran; executive com- 

 mittee, Alexander Davidson, J. Car- 

 man, Willliam Thompson, Sr.. J. Har- 

 nett and Charles Patton. The presi- 

 dent appointed the following commit- 

 tee on by-laws; William Thompson, 

 Jr., Charles Patton and J. Barnett. 



Notwithstanding the various natural 

 handicaps that have, throughout the 

 season, been delt out to garden lovers 

 and flower growers, the first show of 

 the season held at Stockbridge. .Mass., 

 Saturday afternoon, July 29. came 

 through with a very considerable 

 amount of credit. Regardless of the 

 fact that the season of sweet peas was 

 considerably past its height, the class 

 for this popular flower was well filled, 

 and all things considered, made a very 

 commendable showing. The hardy 



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HENRY A. DREER, seeds. Pbnts, Bulb s, and sappiies, 714 Chcstnut Street Philadelphia,' Pa. 



perennials were the most flourishing 

 and sturdy part of the exhibition, the 

 annuals showing in a more or less gen- 

 eral way the effects of the very recent 

 heavy rains. Decorative arrangements 

 by the ladies of the summer estates, 

 suitable for the guest chamber, the hall, 

 the dining table, brought out the high- 

 est artistic taste of the competitors. 



Obituary 



Michael Donohue. 



Michael Donohue. who had been em- 

 ployed as gardener at Roger Williams 

 Park, Providence, R. I., for over 25 

 years, died Saturday, July 15th, aged 

 61 years. He was born in Ireland and 

 came to Providence 32 years ago. 



Richard H. Dunbar. 

 Richard H. Dunbar, florist and 

 dealer in antique furniture for many 

 years, died on July 28, at his home in 

 Bristol, R. I., following an illness from 

 kidney trouble. Mr. Dunbar was 58 

 years old and a native of Bristol. 



George Roney 

 George Roney. senior member of the 

 firm of Roney Bros, florists. West 

 Grove, Pa., met with a fatal accident 

 on July 22nd. It seems that they 

 were moving a boiler and the wire 

 slipped and Mr. Roney was caught 

 between the boiler and the steps and 

 instantly killed. 



John Supper. 



John Supper, 70 years old, a promi- 

 nent florist. Lakewood, N. J., com- 

 mitted suicide by firing two shots into 

 his side last Saturday night. He left 

 a note that he wished no flowers at 

 his funeral and wanted to be buried 

 in the back yard. Friends are at a 

 loss for the man's act. Mr. Supper is 

 survived by a widow and two sons. 



John W. Lyon 



Friends in Chicago are pained to 

 learn of the death of John W. Lyon, of 

 Lyon & Anderson, of Belvidere. III., at 

 the Freeport. 111. hospital, July 28th. 

 The funeral was held at Belvidere on 

 Sunday, July 30th. 



John W. Lyon was a man highly 

 esteemed .and had held places of trust 



and honor in civic life, being at one 

 time mayor of Belvidere. 



Mrs. T. Kalish. 

 Edward and John Kalish of The Ka- 

 lish Bros. Floral Co., St. Louis. Mo., 

 are extended the sympathy of the trade 

 in the loss of their mother, Mrs. T. 

 Kalish, who died July 24th, after an 

 illness of ten days. Mrs. Kalish was 

 one of the company since her husband 

 died, and acted as treasurer. The fun- 

 eral took place on Thursday, July 27. 

 Many beautiful floral pieces were sent 

 by the trade, of whom many attended 

 the funeral services. 



William Thomas Logan. 

 William Thomas Logan, seedsman, 

 died at his home, Brighton street, 

 Rochester, N. Y., on July 19th. aged 67 

 years. He was first employed by 

 James Vick's Sons, later with Mande- 

 ville. King & Co., and finally became 

 manager of the retail seed department 

 of Crosman Bros. Co. Less than two 

 years ago he purchased the seed busi- 

 ness of this- concern. It is understood 

 the business will be discontinued. He 

 is survived by one brother and two sis- 

 ters. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The marriage of De Forrest W. Lud- 

 wig and Jliss Irene Collins of Meyers, 

 will be an event tor October. 



William M. Turner, of Wilkinsburg, 

 and party are on a six weeks' motor- 

 ing trip through the east. George Mc- 

 Callum has returned from Atlantic 

 City. 



Augustura Frishkorn, manager of 

 Beckert's Seed Store, and son have re- 

 turned from a lake trip. H. Grabert 

 of the same firm is camping in Michi- 

 gan. 



Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller and 

 their son are visitin.? in Cleveland. 

 Miss Mathilda H. Schmidt, a sales- 

 woman for the E. C. Ludwig Floral 

 Co., Is at Atlantic City. 



,— STANDARD FLOWER-n 



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 mllei of the Capitol, write us. we can 

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W. H. ERNEST 

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