286 



contributed for the Official Souvenir 

 Program by the following experts: 



Cbarles Downing Lay. . Robert Kift, 

 Adolph lluUer, Edwin Jenkins, Charles H. 

 Tnttv the ate Wm. Tricker, George H 

 ^°etfrson''j.'otto Thilow. John E. Lag^r.^. 

 S Hendrickson. Maurice Fuld, Prof. i. A. 

 White, George C. Thomas, Jr. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety cooperated in the work of the 

 exhibition, and had a booth in the 

 exhibition hall for use of their mem- 

 bers The ladies of the Garden Club 

 of Philadelphia and vicinity formed an 

 organization with Mrs. J. Willis Mar- 

 tin, chairman, and conducted a tea 

 garden, all of which assisted veiy 

 much towards the success of the ex- 

 hibition. 



Financial Report. 



GENERAL RECEIPTS. 



Guarantors 50% Subscription ?i'21J-?? 



Rentals and Concessions li.za.ii 



Signs and Rentals of Stands 148.i0 



Paid Admissions — Exbi- 



bition Hall *'-H?i-In 



Trade and Special Tickets. 12,11(.50 „^ ,,^ „ 



34,115.25 



Sales of Badges Use, Associate 



Members, Sunday, April 2nd ^'Sil-SX 



Rent, Spellman's Circus 800.00 



Rent, Meadowbrook Club (John ^^. .. 



Wanamaker) oV'Sx 



Rebate, Unused Badges 24.00 



Sale, Unused Sod „ ~,„XX 



Advertising in Program ■^•liSTi 



Sales of Programs 598.18 



Sales of Carnations, Miss Anna 



Jarvis Dav »l-0" 



Electric Current used by Exhibi- 

 tors 245.70 



Special Cash Prizes ottered through 



S. A. F. & O. H .$2,008.50 



Am. Rose Society 1,160.00 



Am. Carnation Society... 490.00 



3,658.50 



Interest. Phila. Bank, Account 



Ticket Committee 6.94 



$62,273.16 

 DISBURSEMENTS. 

 Advertising Committee. 



Signs .$323.50 



Blue Felt Pennants 1,'!2.44 



Buttons e..™ 



General fixpense ."iO.Oli 



Dally Press '. 1,987.65 



Animated Advg. Co 50.00 



$2,530.12 



Publicity. 



General Publicity $3,844.17 



Expenses, Publicity Com- 

 mittee 202.20 



$4,046.37 



Reporting Flower Show Committee 



Meeting, Chicago 41.50 



Printing and Stationery 1,459.48 



Drawing Preliminary Floor Plan.. 10.00 



Premiums Paid 11.498.50 



S. S. Pennock, Trustee (L. P. Vol- 



ler's Premium) 85.00 



Premiums, Aquarium Society 2.35.00 



Music 1,136.00 



Appropriation. Philadelphia Office. 1.000.00 



Rent of Exhibition Hall 700.00 



Printing and Expense of Program. 



including Commissions 4,005.74 



Commission, Selling Space. Trade 



Section 1,286.90 



Ticket Committee. 



Rental of Uniforms $21.00 



Doormen. Ticket Takers, etc. 283.(30 



Clerical Assistance 84.00 



Incidentals 6.00 



Alfred Burton, car fares... 10,00 

 Mark P. Mills, expenses... !).00 



Signs 4.30 



Printing Tickets 315.13 



$733.03 



Lease and Hall Committee. 



Electric Sign $240.00 



Decoration and Construc- 

 tion Work 3.944.09 



Insurance 248.69 



$4,432.78 



Telephones and Telegrams 52.81 



Rental, Invalids' Chairs 20.00 



Removing Rubbish 344!00 



Expense, Tea Room 413!64 



Freiglit, Express and Trucking, 



Freight and Express $29.36 



Trucking 29.20 



$58.56 



Incidentals at Exhibition Hall .357.02 



Sign Holders 77.50 



Taxi Hire (Trips to Bank, etc.1... 120.00 



A. Herrington (Manager) 300.00 



Guy W. French (Asst. Manager) . . 173 60 



A. A. Niessen (Local Secretary)... 300.00 



HOETICULTUEE 



August 26, 1916 



AMERICAN BULB COMPANY 



172 N. AA/abasl-i A.ve. 

 CMICAGO, - lUl-.. 



We are now ready to book orders for French and Dutch 

 Bulbs, Lilies and other Florists' Necessities. 

 WRITE US FOR PRICES 



P Welch, services and expenses... 202.00 

 George Asmus. Chairman, fare, ex- 



penses and 14 days' services J33.dO 



Wm. F. Kasting: --„ „„ 



Expenses and services. . . ?o0.00 

 Services, Special Clerk... 50.00 



P'-^'^S^ ^°°° 110.00 



C. H. Totty, services and expenses 100.60 



A. Farenw.ild, fares, etc 26.04 



Miss Anna Jarvis, account Mother's ,„„„„ 



13jiy 100.00 



Henry A. Dreer. Inc., replacing 



Miss Thomson Exhibit 30.90 



Electric Current, Exhibition Hall. 8i9..'« 



Badges, Associate Members 350.00 



Judges' Badges 21.12 



Prize Award Badges So.OO 



Sod "5.00 



Expenses, Committee on Exhibits. 5i.l9 

 Southern Smilax for Decorating 



Hall -428.70 



Labor 850.33 



Banquet to Jurors and Officials 356.80 



Bureau of Information 139.15 



Expenses. Committee on Lectures. 429.31 

 Hotel Expenses, Chairman, Asst. 



and Secretary 196.56 



Rebate. Account Circus 100.00 



Signs for Exhibition 58.50 



Incidentals. Secretary's Office 70.39 



Heating Exhibition Hall: 

 Engineering Services, etc. $736.76 



Co.il 521.30 



1,258.06 



Expenses, Art Gallery 40.00 



Office Furniture 34.00 



A. N. Pierson. Inc.. difference be- 

 tween freight and express rate 



(Rose Garden Exhibit) 77.75 



Clerical Assistance. Stenography, 



etc.. Secretary's Office 288.00 



Mileage, Flower Show Committee. . 265.45 

 Office Expenses, Chairman of Com- 

 mittee 388.95 



Traveling Expenses. Secretary of 



Committee 73,00 



Police 297.00 



Postage Stamps 343..">7 



Guarantors' Fund returned 4.917.50 



Dividends paid Guarantors 967.00 



Engraving 3.10 



Engrossing Certificates 5.00 



$49,876.19 

 RECAPITULATION. 



General Receipts $62,273,16 



Disbursements 49,876.19 



Profit $12,396.97 



From this amount the cost of Dies and 

 Medals will be deducted. 



{Continued on pape 302\ 



SEED TRADE 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York, 

 of horticultural material, for the week 

 ending August 11, were recorded as 

 follows: 



Bulbs.— France, $40,255; Nether- 

 lands, $6,794; Bermuda, $651; Hong- 

 kong, $130. 



Plants.— Belgium, $383; Denmark, 

 $152; Netherlands, $105; Bermuda, $31; 

 Brazil, $21; Colombia, $161. 



Red clover seed.— France, $3,281, 



Clover seed. — France, $6,553; Neth- 

 erlands, $4,500. 



Grass seed— Russia, $17,361; New 

 Zealand, $5,955. 



Other seeds. — France, $1,774; British 

 India, $1,079: Hongkong, $237; Japan, 

 $320; Morocco, $7,723; Italy, $882; 

 Netherlands, $675: Russia, $9,301. 



Nitrate of soda.— Chile, $236,142. 



Other fertilizers.— Scotland, $138. 



Notes. 



Clarinda, la. — The A. A. Berry Seed 

 (Company has increased its capital 

 stock from $150,000 to $300,000. 



We learn from reliable sources that 

 there will be probably a shortage of 

 50 per cent, on Roman hyacinth bulbs 

 this season. 



J. Henry Joyeux, field seed manager, 

 and Claude B. Ramsey, advertising 

 manager of J. Boligiano & Son, have 

 just returned from a week-end trip, 

 spent with Charles J. Bolgiano at his 

 mountain home near Mountain Lake 

 Park, Md. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynee 



Park, London, England. Send for Ccitalogue 



1C6 Chamber of 



'ce Bidg., Boston, [Mats. 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., co„ J 



KELWAY & SON 



W'hoh'sale Seed Growers and Merchants 



LANGPORT, ENGLAND 



liave pleasure in ainmuncins tlint their 



Mr. H. A. Naldrett 



is now taking a business trip through- 

 out the I'nited States and Canada. Mr. 

 Naldrett's address during this period 

 will be 



c/oSIESSBS. THOMAS ME.\DOWS & CO. 



8-10 Bridge Street, 

 Battery Park, NEW YORK 



where please write him. 



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SEEDS, BULBS, PUNTS, &c. 



9B Chambers Street, New York 



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