HORTICULTUEE 



October 28, 1916 



BOSTON AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW. 



The autumn exhibition of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society will be 

 held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 Wednesday to Sunday, November 1 to 

 5 inclusive. "While chrysanthemums 

 will be the chief feature of this show 

 there will ue fine exhibits of flowering 

 and foliage plants from private es- 

 tates in the vicinity of Boston and 

 from commercial growers in this and 

 other states. The schedule of prizes 

 includes also exhibits of fruits and 

 vegetables. The Bostonia Ladies' Or- 

 chestra will furnish music every after- 

 noon and evening from 3 to 5 and 7.\i0 

 to 9.30 o'clock. 



The commercial growers and florists 

 of Boston and vicinity will find it to 

 their advantage to be represented at 

 this exhibition and their cooperation 

 is requested in order that the show 

 may maintain Boston's prestige in hor- 

 ticultural matters. The admission fee 

 to this exhibition will be fifty cents 

 but tickets to the trade will be sold in 

 lots of twenty-five or more at twenty 

 cents each. 



James Wheeler. 



Chairman Com. on Prizes and Exhi- 

 bitions. 



IOWA AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW 



The Department of Horticulture of 

 the Iowa State College has announced 

 an Autumn Flower Show, which will 

 be held Friday and Saturday, Xovem- 

 ber lOth and 11th. 



In connection with the show a spec- 

 ial effort is being made to further the 

 floricultural interests of the state. 

 The flower show of the present day 

 is recognized as an influential means 

 of educating people to use more flow- 

 ers, and it is the aim of the college to 

 stimulate the interest of the people of 

 Iowa by an attractive exhibition. 



It is expected that the flower show 

 will have a far-reaching effect since 

 it will be visited not only by the 5000 

 students who come from all over the 

 state, but by the florists and people 

 about the. state, as well as by the 

 townspeople. 



The florists about the state are co- 

 operating with the college. Nineteen 

 competitive classes, which are only 

 open to the commercial florists of 

 Iowa, have been provided. Entries in 

 the various classes are now being 

 made. The various exhibits will be 

 judged and awards made by a com- 

 mittee of .ludges. 



In addition to the exhibit of the 

 commercial florists the college will 

 have a large exhibition of chrysan- 

 themums, including many specimen 

 plants and single stem flowers, which 

 will be of interest both to the florists 

 and the public. Several attractive 

 features are to be introduced and 

 some student competitions in floral 

 decoration are being arranged. 



A. S. Thueston. 



Coming Exhibitions 



Oct. 27-29, Mount Kisco. N. T.— 



Fall show of tbe Northern Westches- 

 ter County Hort. and Agrl. Soc. 



Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Greenwich, Conn. — 



Fall Flower, Fruit and Vegetable 

 Show of the Westchester and Fair- 

 field Horticultural Society. 



Nov. 1-6, Boston.— Grand Autumn 

 Exhibition of Plants, Flowers, Fruits 

 and Vegetables, Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Horticultural Hall. 



Nov. 1 to 3, Tarrytown, N. Y. — 



Chrvsanthemum show of the Tarry- 

 town Hort. Soc. In Music Hall. 



Nov. 2-3, New Bedford, Mass.— 

 New Bedford Horticultural Society, 

 Annual Chrysanthemum Show. 



Nov. 8, Philadelphia.— Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America In con- 

 junction with Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Nov. 8-10. New York.- Annual 

 Chrysanthemum show of the Ameri- 

 can Institute. Engineering Society 

 Bldg., 25-33 W. 39th St., New York. 



Nov. 9-10, BloomlnKton, HI. — Fall 

 Flower Festival. Illinois State 

 Florists' Association. 



Nov. 9-11, I.«nca8ter, Pa.— Fall 

 flower show. 



Nov 9-12, New York— Fall exhibit 

 Horticultural Society of New York 

 at Museum of Natural History. 



Nov. 10-12, Cleveland, O.— Second 

 Annual Flower Show, Hotel Hol- 

 Icndeii. 



Nov. 11-19, New Orleans, la. — 

 Flower show. 



Nov. 14-16, Providence, B. 1. — 



Flower show of K. I. Hort. Soc. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK 



It is only a short time now to the 

 Pall Exhibition of this society, which 

 will be held at the American Museum 

 of Natural History. November 9 to 12. 

 Do not forget to make your entries 

 early, thus enabling the manager to 

 make a better display and the secre- 

 tary to have things in such shape that 

 the manager may work intelligently. 

 Everything points to a large show. 

 Prizes are offered for bush chrysan- 

 themum plants, and other prizes for 

 cut chrysanthemum blooms of all 

 kinds, both for commercial and non- 

 commercial growers. Prizes are also 

 offered for roses and carnations, and 

 for orchid plants and flowers. 



The Society's Silver Cup, valued at 

 $100 is offered as part of the first 

 prize for a group of greenhouse foli- 

 age and flowering plants and in ad- 

 dition a cash prize of $50. Prizes are 

 also provided for bay trees, collections 

 of conifers, begonias, palms and ferns. 



Schedules are now ready for distri- 

 bution, and will be sent on application 

 to the secretary, George V. Nash, 

 Mansion, New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Sec. 



SECOND ANNUAL CLEVELAND 

 FLOWER SHOW. 



Two new classes have been added 

 to the Premium List, one of which 

 ought to prove interesting to non-com- 

 mercial growers and the other to spe- 

 cialists in American Beauties. The 

 new classes read as follows; 



No. 1. Group of orchid plants 

 in variety, to cover 

 not over 25 sq. ft. — 

 3'x8' — accessories and 

 greens allowed $50 $'.i^» •'i'lO' 



No. 2. Vase 50 blooms Amer- 

 ican Beauties arranged 

 for effect 50 M 20 



The committee is working on an- 

 other feature that will prove interest- 

 ing to the Cleveland public and that 

 is decorated tables arranged by pri- 

 vate gardeners or the owners of pri- 

 vate greenhouses. This feature has 

 never been developed in Cleveland be- 

 fore. The committees have a few en- 

 tries at this time and think that a 

 large number of the members of the 

 Ladies' Garden Club of Cleveland and 

 the Ohio Horticultural Society will 

 compete. These tables will be feat- 

 ured on Saturday, Nov. 11. 



Frank A. Friedley, chairman of the 

 Show Committee, has mailed a letter 

 to all exhibitors, urging them to send 

 in their entries early so that the com- 

 mittee will show how many exhibits 

 they will have to plan on staging. 



CHICAGO TO BLOOMINGTON. 



The Fall Flower Show of the Il- 

 linois State Florists' Association will 

 be held at the Coliseum. Bloomington, 

 November 9-10. Treasurer Frauk L. 

 Washburn of the state organization 

 advises that the Chicago & Alton 

 gives the best service between that 

 city and Chicago. The train sched- 

 ule from Chicago to Bloomington is as 

 follows: 



Leave — 

 Chicago 9.00 A. M. 

 Chicago 10.15 A. M. 

 Chicago 12.01 P. M. 

 Chicago 1.15 P. .M. 

 Chicago 6.30 P. ^\. 

 Chicago 9.00 P. M. 

 Chicago 1020 P. M. 



Due— 

 Bloomington 12.55 P. M. 

 Bloomington 1.20 P. M. 

 Bloomington 3.15 P. M. 

 Bloomington 5.15 P. M. 

 Bloomington 9.40 P. M. 

 Bloomington 12.55 A. M. 

 Bloomington I.IOA. M. 



The fare from Chicago to Bloom- 

 ington is $2.54, round trip $5.08. This 

 is the flat two-cent rate and there is 

 no party or other reduced rate be- 

 tween these points. The train leaving 

 the Union station at 10.15 A. M., 

 Thursday, November 9, has been se- 

 lected for the Chicago delegation and 

 it is hoped our city and club will be 

 well represented, the Bloomington 

 show being the only one of importance 

 in the state this year. 



The regular meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club has been postponed to 

 November 16. especially to permit 

 members to attend the Bloomington 

 exhibition and meeting of the state 

 association. 



Luncheon will be served at Bloom- 

 ington, Thursday evening, November 

 9, at seven P. M. 



Michael Barker, 



Chairman Transportation Com.. 



Chicago Florists' Club. 



