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HORTICULTUKE 



July 27, 1912 



ing Secretary Young's office in the 

 Coliseum Building. 



Prof. H. H. Whetzel, of Cornell 

 University, official pathologist, will 

 have on exhibition an extensive col- 

 lection of specimens and descriptive 

 material covering plant diseases. The 

 educative value of this exhibit will 

 make it an important feature of the 

 convention. 



NEW YORK TO CHICAGO. 



Arrangements have been made with 

 the New York Central Lines to oper- 

 ate special train. New York to Chi- 

 cago, for the accommodation of New 

 York members and their friends who 

 will attend the S. A. F. Convention in 

 Chicago. Special train will be sched- 

 uled to leave New York, Grand Cen- 

 tral Terminal, at 10.30 A. M., Monday, 

 August 19th, due to arrive in Chicago 

 about 8.45 A. M., Tuesday, August 20th. 



The cost of Pullman accommoda- 

 tions. New York to Chicago, will be 

 $5.00 for lower berth; $4.00 for upper 

 berth. Should the party be made up 

 of sufficient numbers to justify the 

 New York Central operating special 

 train, the railroad fare will be $18.15 

 per capita in each direction. If, how- 

 ever, the number of persons should 

 not be sufficient and will number ten 

 or more traveling together, the rail- 

 road fare will be $18.15 per capita, in 

 addition to which an excess fare of 

 $5.00 each person will be charged, in 

 which case equipment will be handled 

 in regular train. It is, therefore, urged 

 that everyone attending this meeting 

 from points in Greater New York, New 

 Jersey, and contiguous territory, ar- 

 range their plans so that they may 

 join the special train party, giving suf- 

 ficient numbers to assure of its suc- 

 cess. 



All applications for reservations 

 should be made to W. V. Lifsey, Gen- 

 eral Eastern Passenger Agent, New 

 York Central Lines, 1216 Broadway, 

 New York, or to Walter F. Sheridan, 

 Chas. B. Weathered, Arthur Buckholz, 

 Anton Schultheis. Jr., Frank H. Traend- 

 ly, chairman, 131 West 28th street. 

 New York City, Committee on Trans- 

 portation. 



ST. LOUIS TO CHICAGO. 



There seems to be some misunder- 

 standing regarding the official route 

 for the delegates to the S. A. F. Con- 

 vention from here. At the last meet- 

 ing of club it was voted to make 

 the Wabash the official route but let- 

 ters sent out by State vice-president 

 F. H. Weber, state that the delegation 



will leave here on the C. & E. I. R. R., 

 on Monday, August 19th at 9 A. M., ar- 

 riving at Chicago at 5 P. M. same day, 

 and that the fare would be $11.60 for 

 the round trip. More will be known 

 as to who are going at the next club 

 meeting. Any one contemplating mak- 

 ing the trip should send names in at 



once. 



PERSONAL. 



William Nicholson, Framingham, 

 Mass.. returned on July 18th from his 

 trip to England. 



Postal cards received from R. M. 

 Ward locate that versatile traveler at 

 Hong Kong and Peking. 



Robert Craig in the Role of Grandpa 

 I Note luiw well it beconies liiiu.i 



Francois A. Morse, formerly with 

 the Rosebud Greenhouse Co., is now 

 in charge of the greenhouses of E. J. 

 Byam, Rome. N. Y. 



Miss Lulu Heimlich has been en- 

 gaged as manager of the flower store 

 scon to be opened by F. W. Hecken- 

 kamp, Jr., in the St. James Hotel, 

 Quincy, III. 



Wm. J. Stewart of Boston has been 

 invited by the President and Secre- 

 tary of the Royal Society of Horti- 

 culture and Arboriculture of Bruges, 

 to officiate as one of the jury at the 

 International Exposition to be held at 

 Bruges, Belgium, on August 10. 



Chicago Hotel Rates. 



This list includes all the iiupurt.Tiit hotels ea.sily reached from the plrt' e of meetiu" 



with the spei ifll rates offered for the convention. "' 



The Single Slnsle nouble Double 



Hotels. Without Bath. With Bath. Without Bath. With Bath 



Auditorium .f 1..50 to $2.50 .S2..5() to §4.00 .?3.(!0 to $1.(10 Sii 00 to $6 OO 



Bismarck l.CX) to 1.50 l.."i(] to 2..jO 2.00 to .-j.OO .1 00 to s'oo 



Black-stone 2.50 .^(K1 to 5.(10 5 no to 800 



Brevoort I..1O to 2..50 2..50 to 4.00 3.00 to 4.00 4 00 to .I'OO 



Congress 2.00 to .3.00 3..-|0 to 5.00 3.00 to 4.00 5 00 to 700 



Grand Pacific 1.50 2.00 2.00 300 



Great Northern 1.50 to 2.C0 2..50 to 4.f)0 2..50 to .3.50 3.50 to 600 



Kaiserhof 1.00 to 2.00 2.00 to 2..50 2.00 to 3.00 3.00 to 4 00 



La Salle 2.00 to 3.00 3.00 to 5.00 3.flO to 5.00 5.00 to 800 



Lexington l.OI to 2.00 2.00 to 3.00 2.(VI to 3.00 3.00 to 4 00 



Morrison 1.00 to 1.50 2.00 to 3.00 2.00 to .3.00 3.00 to 5 00 



Palmer ]..5n to 2.00 2.50 to 3.50 2.00 to 3.00 3.00 to 4 00 



Saratoca 1.00 to 2.00 1.50 to 2.50 2.00 to 4.00 .3.00 to n'oO 



Sherman 2.00 to 4.00 3.00 to 6.00 



Stratford 1.50 2.00 to 4.00 2..50 3.00 to 6.00 



Reservations ma.v be made through the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the local h tel 

 committees, as follows: 



.T. B. DEAMUD. ROBERT NEWCOMB, 



160 North Wabash Avenue. Chicago. 31 West Randolph Street. Chicago. 



T. E. WATERS. WM. LANOHOUT, 



.32 East Randolph Street. Chiraco. 31 West Randolph Street. Chicago. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



D. M. Cumming's new Lord & Bum- 

 ham house is just completed. Knut 

 Loefeng is the gardener. 



Stock is showing the effects of the 

 recent hot wave to a marked degree. 

 It was not the excessively higli tem- 

 perature, but the great humidity which 

 accompanied it that took the life out 

 cf the flowers and injured the plants. 



The usual friendly but keen rivalry 

 exists between the private gardeners 

 at Lake Forest, 111., as the annual ex- 

 hibition draws near. The Lake For- 

 est Horticultural Society has taken 

 the broader name of North Shore Hor- 

 ticultural Society and will hold the 

 mid-summer exhibit on July 31st. 



The first steps were taken by the 

 West Park Commissioners last weelt 

 to add still another small park to Chi- 

 cago's already long list. The new one 

 is on the West Side between Central 

 and Austin avenues and a little to the 

 south, between Adams and Harrison 

 streets, covering 154 acres and costing 

 $500,000. 



Geo. F. Crabbe. of Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., in his recent visit here said 

 the escape from severe loss of life in 

 his city during the storm, which 

 amounted to a cyclone, was wonderful. 

 The roof of the baseball grand stand 

 wa.s lifted and dropped into the vege- 

 table market upon the teams. The 

 conservatories of John Ball Park suf- 

 fered the loss of a large smoke stack. 

 Not a chimney was left in the path of 

 the storm. 



Personal. 



Michael Fink has moved to 5219 

 Strong street to his new home recent- 

 ly purchased. 



Miss G. Harper has accepted a posi- 

 tion as assistant bookkeeper with Bas- 

 sett & Washburn. 



Florence Scriven is a new member 

 of the office force at the Chicago 

 Flower Growers' Association. 



John Young, superintendent of trade 

 exhibition for the S. A. F. and O. H. 

 Convention in this city, August 20-23, 

 arrived Monday and opened an office 

 in the Coliseum. 



A. L. Vaughan is back from a vaca- 

 tion spent in wading in the deep 

 streams of Michigan, fishing. He is 

 several inches smaller in circumfer- 

 ence and several pounds heavier. 



Mrs. W. Romaine. daughter of the 

 late John Thorpe, who has been dan- 

 gerously ill in a Chicago hospital, is 

 now convalescing nicely at the home 

 of her sister, Mrs. D. W. Evans, 3478 

 Archer avenue. 



C. Pruner and F. Longreu are both 

 in from trips which practically closed 

 the season. They say they are finding 

 it much harder to kill time than to 

 sell goods. They are planning a big 

 year ahead for E. H. Hunt. 



Visitors: Henry Dresel, New Or- 

 leans, La.; Louis Dresel, Detroit, 

 Mich.; Eric Benson, E. A. Russell and 

 Knut Loefeng, Lake Forest, 111.; Geo. 

 F. Crabbe. Grand Rapids, Mich.; G. H. 

 Sinclair, Holyoke, Mass. 



On Wednesday, July 24, John I. 

 Raynor of New York while motoring 

 from Portland to Boston, accompanied 

 by Mrs. Raynor had the misfortune to 

 break two axles. Luckily no one was 

 hurt. 



