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HOETICULTUBE 



November 4, 1916 



pass any previous show mad-^ by the 

 affi)iated associations. The great Fifth 

 Regiment Armory, containing 60,000 

 square feet, -svill be crowded with ag- 

 ricultural exhibits of all kinds. The 

 floor plan has been completely 

 changed for this year's show, and it 

 is believed will add to the general at- 

 traction of the exhibition. The ,1oral 

 display made by the Baltimore fiorists 

 under the direction of Chairman 

 George Morrison, will be an especially 

 attractive feature. In addition a spe- 

 cial section will be set apart tor the 

 amateurs in Baltimore City and su- 

 burbs which will be quite interesting. 

 The exhibit by the members of the re- 

 spective associations in fruits, vege- 

 tables, cereals, dairy products and 

 honey will, it is believed, surpass pre- 

 vious years. 



The packers of canned goods in 

 Maryland will make an exhibit in the 

 Armory and on Wednesday evening, 

 discuss questions of mutural interest 

 and importance to the grower and 

 packer of canning crops. This is an 

 enormous industry in this State. A 

 joint meeting of packers and growers 

 for the purpose of discussing ques- 

 tions of mutual welfare is planned. 



Postmaster Swenn has kindly con- 

 sented to install a temporary Post 

 Office in the Armory during "Mary- 

 land Week," so that all visitors to Bal- 

 timore may have their m-dl directed 

 to the Fifth Regiment Armory. 



The State Board of Forestry will 

 co-operate with the organizations as 

 ■n the past, and make an especia'ly 

 attractive exhibit, showing the differ- 

 ent phases of the Board's work in the 

 State. 



The Conservation Commission 

 State Weather Service and allied or- 

 ganizations will make special exhibits. 



IOWA STATE COLLEGE EXHI- 

 BITION. 



The Annual Fruit and Flower Show 

 of the Department of Horticulture of 

 the Iowa State Colle.ge will be held 

 Friday and Saturd-av, November 10th 

 and 11th. 



In connection with the show this 

 year a special effort is being made to 

 further the floricultural interests of 

 the state. Florists believe that the 

 people should be educated to use more 

 flowers and it is aimed to teach the 

 people to have a greater appreciation 

 of flowers, which will result in more 

 business for the florists. At the pres- 

 ent day the flower show seems to be 

 a very influential means of educating 

 people in the use of flowers. Such a 

 flower show as the college is planning 

 for seems to offer great opportunities 

 for accomplishing such an object, be- 

 cause of the free admission, the great 

 number of students here from all parts 

 of the state and the effort which is to 

 be made to attract people from a wide 

 area. 



With this in view several competi- 

 tive classes are provided which are 

 only open to the commercial florists of 

 Iowa. This plan has already received 

 the approval of some of tlie florists, 

 who have said they would enter in all 

 classes. 



In addition to the classes exhibited 

 by the commercial florists the depart- 

 ment is planning on several unique 

 features. Of course tlierc will be on 

 exbih'tion in the .greenhouses Mr. 

 Reardon's fine specinipn chrysanthe- 



mum plants. Also there are to be 

 special competitive classes provided 

 for the senior girls in Home Econom- 

 ics, in which the various ways of using 

 flowers in the home will be brought 

 out. For this purpose such classes as 

 Table Decorations, Vase Arrangements 

 and Basket Arrangements are intro- 

 duced in the schedule. Other interest- 

 ing exhibits will also be staged with 

 the idea of educating the public. Also 

 disseminators of some of the newer 

 varieties will be asked to send in ex- 

 hibits of the same. 



An effort is being made to make this 

 the best flower show possible. We are 

 all working to a common end — a more 

 general use of flowers. The show will 

 be given wide publicity in the papers 

 in an endeavor to attract as many peo- 

 ple as possible. 



All entries should be made at once, 

 in order that the final plans may be 

 made for staging and accommodating 

 exhibits. All material for exhibition 

 may be sent express collect. Ship- 

 ments of fiowers should be sent so 

 that they will be received not later 

 than Friday noon, November 10th. Ad- 

 dress them to A. S. Thurston, Depart- 

 ment of Horticulture. Iowa State Col- 

 lege, Ames, Iowa. 



MT. KISCO SHOW. 



The annual flower show of the 

 Northern Westchester Horticultural 

 and Agricultural Society opened at 

 Mount Kisco, Oct. 27, with the largest 

 showing of flowers and vegetables ever 

 had at an exhibition under the aus- 

 pices of this society. The award for 

 the best twenty-four cut chrysanthe- 

 mum blooms exhibited Friday was 

 won by Mrs. E. S. Bayler, who also 

 ca'^tiired the prize for the largest 

 bloom in the show. Mrs. Bayler won 

 the society's cup for the twelve best 

 chrysanthemums and for the best col- 

 lection of fifteen varieties of vegeta- 

 bles. 



Mrs. A. W. Butler won the prize for 

 the best collection of fruit. Mrs. F. E. 

 Lewis, of Ridgefield. Conn., received 

 the prize for the best eighteen blooms 

 of chrysanthemums. She algo was the 

 winner for the best collection of roses. 

 The prize for the best display of single 

 cut chrysanthemums went to Mrs. 

 Eugene Meyer, Jr. Mrs. Meyer also 

 won the award for the best display of 

 eight varieties of vegetables. Other 

 awards were to Mrs. W. .T. Sloan, for 

 the best display of twelve varieties of 

 vegetables, and to Mrs. Moses Taylor, 

 for the best dinner table decoration. 

 Among the exhibitors were Mrs. Mor- 

 ton F. Plant, of Groton, Conn.; Mrs. 

 J. H. Flagler, of Greenwich, Conn.: 

 Mrs. J. C. Brown, of Mount Kisco; 

 Mrs. H. .J. Hammond and Mr. Maurice 

 Brill. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N. 

 Y. — Trade Catalogue, season of 1916- 

 1917 of Choice Gladioli, and other sum- 

 mer-flowering bulbs and plants. An 

 up-to-date descriptive list. Illustrated. 



W. A. Manda, Inc., South Orange, 

 K. J.— Novelty and General Catalogue. 

 A progressive, freely illustrated cata- 

 logue of plants, both hardy and tender. 

 Also Bulb Catalogue, including other 

 seasonable stock for fall planting and 

 forcing. 



CHICAGO FLORAL ART DISPLAY 



THE Chicago Florlats Club extends 

 to you and your friends an in- 

 vitation to attend the Floral Art 

 and Novelty Display, to be held under 

 the auspices of the Chicago Florists 

 Club in the Grand Ball Room of the 

 Hotel La Salle, Madison and La Salle 

 Streets, Chicago, Sunday afternoon and 

 evening, November 12. 1016. The ex- 

 hibiJ:ion will consist of a beautiful col- 

 lection of the newest varieties of cut 

 flowers, chrysanthemums, roses, carna- 

 tions, flowering and decorative plants, 

 also charming and dainty floral arrange- 

 ments for all social occasions. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS CLUB, 



Ales. Henderson, President. 



Several thousand invitations like 

 the foregoing have been sent to 

 Flower Lovers of Chicago and vicinity 

 by the Hotel La Salle, Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago, Chicago Florists' 

 Club, the retail florists of Chicago, and 

 a large attendance of the right people 

 is assured. 



The retailers of Chicago have been 

 invited by the Chicago Florists' Club 

 to make an exhibit. There will be 

 absolutely no charge for space — no 

 prizes — no awards — no exhibits for 

 competition. 



This is to be strictly an Art Show 

 to give the retailer an opportunity to 

 display to the public, novelties in flow- 

 ers and plants, and feature their 

 adaptability for dainty and charming 

 floral arrangements for all social oc- 

 casions. 



The Grand Ball Room of the Hotel 

 La Salle is an admirable place to hold 

 this exhibition. The room is 46 ft. 

 wide by 140 ft. long, decorated in 

 ivory, gold and old rose. The lighting 

 effect is supurb. 



The flower show management has 

 arranged to locate all retail exhibits in 

 the center of the Grand Ball Room 

 which will afford the exhibitor every 

 advantage to display his art. 



This is the retailers' opportunity to 

 show what is possible with flowers and 

 plants. Only natural flowers and 

 plants are to be used but all kinds of 

 accessories will be permissible. 



Why not make this the occasion to 

 name new varieties of cut flowers and 

 plants for the newly elected President 

 and the First Lady of this Grand 

 Land, the U. S. A.? 



Growers of novelty plants and cut 

 flowers send us your exhibits, and we 

 shall have artists on hand to arrange 

 same. 



The Chicago examining committee 

 of the C. S. A. will be on hand to 

 score new chrysanthemums. Growers 

 sending flowers for this purpose should 

 address same to N. J. Wietor, Chair- 

 man. 



Novelties of other flowers and plants 

 sliould be addressed to C. W. Johnson. 



Have all shipments for exhibits 

 arrive Saturday afternoon, Nov. 11, or 

 Sunday morning, Nov. 12, sending all 

 shipments express prepaid to the 

 gentlemen mentioned above, in care of 

 The Floral Art and Novelty Display, 

 Grand Ball Room, Hotel La Salle, Chi- 

 cago, Illinois. Our representative will 

 be on hand to take charge of all ship- 

 ments upon arrival. 



F. Lautenschlageb — Publicity. 



Members of the executive committee 

 of the New Jersey State Horticultural 

 Society and the local reception com- 

 mittee have completed arraneoments 

 for the annual convention in Burling- 

 ton. Dec. 12, 13 and 14. Efforts will be 

 made to attract south Jersey fruit and 

 truck growers to compete. 



