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HOETICULTUKE 



September 21, 1912 



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NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, NEW 

 YORK, 1913. 



Chairman Chas. H. Totty of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show Committee an- 

 nounces the following prizes for com- 

 petition in addition to the prizes pre- 

 viously announced: 



The Duchess Co. (N. Y.) Hort. Soc. 

 will take up Class 210 of the Prelimi- 

 nary Sched\ile, covering six stove and 

 greenhouse foliage plants, distinct, ex- 

 clusive of palms, not less than S-in. 

 pots or pans, prize value $50. 



The Newport (R. I.) Hort. Soc. will 

 offer a silver cup, value $25, and the 

 silver and bronze medals of the so- 

 ciety, for competition by private gar- 

 deners, in classes to be determined up- 

 on by the management. 



M. C. Ebel, Apiiine Mfg. Co., Madi- 

 son, N. J., offeis seven-piece silver tea 

 service, value $100, for a group of flow- 

 ering plants arranged for effect, cover- 

 ing 50 sq. ft., orchids, bulbs and flower- 

 ing plants excluded. 



The Morris Co. (N. J.) Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Society offers a cash 

 prize of $50, to be awarded in the dis- 

 cretion of the committee. 



The Nassa\i Co. (N. Y.) Hort. Soc. 

 offers a silver cup, value $50, to be 

 awarded in one of the classes for pri- 

 vate gardeners. 



Albert Vick of Rochester, N. Y., of- 

 fers a silver cup, value $30, for award 

 in any manner the committee may 

 deem desirable. 



Trade Exhibits. 



The trade exhibition will be a prom- 

 inent feature of the show. John Young, 

 secretary of the S. A, F. and O. H., and 

 manager of the trade exhibition at 

 the show, has prepared diagrams show- 

 ing the proposed layout of the thiee 

 floors of the building to be used for 

 the show and the spaces allotted to 

 trade exhibits, and much space has al- 

 ready been taken. Rates for space are: 



Main floor, $1.50 per sq. ft.; second 

 floor, $1 per sq. ft.; and third floor. 75 

 cents per sq. ft. Copies of the dia- 

 grams may be had on application to 

 John Young, 54 West 2Sth street.. New 

 York. 



Foreign Exhibits. 



Foreign exhibits will be admitted 

 free of duty under act of Congress ap- 

 proved March 4, 1911, for the free en- 

 try of articles imported for exhibition 



at expositions to be held in New York, 

 the term of which act was recently ex- 

 tended three years. Any merchandise 

 entered for exhibition under the act 

 may be sold at any time during the 

 exhibition (but withdrawal of it will 

 not be allowed until after the close of 

 the exhibition) subject to prompt cus- 

 toms entry at the close of the period of 

 exhibition, and upon such enti-j' the 

 merchandise will be appraised and due 

 allowance made for diminution or de- 

 terioration by reason of exposure or 

 incidental handling. Merchandise not 

 so entered within thirty days after the 

 close of the exhibition will be sent to 

 general order stores as unclaimed; or 

 it may be entered for warehouse in the 

 regular way. Copies of the act and the 

 regulations in full, carrying same into 

 effect may be obtained on application 

 to Mr. Young. 



Growing for a Foreign Exhibitor. 

 If any grower would care to giow 

 bulbous plants for a foreign house, for 

 exhibition at the show, he can learn 

 particulars by communicating with C. 

 H. Totty, Madison, N. J., who would 

 appreciate the inquiry. 



J. H. PEPPER, 

 Chairman Publicity Committee. 



THE SOUVENIR ALBUIVI. 



The Souvenir Album of the Chicago 

 Convention is a most elaborate ana 

 beautiful production, worthy of the 

 name and a credit to everyone con- 

 cerned in its making and we advise 

 cur readers to be sure to obtain a copy 

 before they are all distributed. We 

 are informed by C. W. Johnson, Sec- 

 retary of the Souvenir Album Commit- 

 tee, that copies can be purchased as 

 follows: Single copies including post- 

 age, 35 cents; five copies by express, 

 collect, for $1.00. Address George 

 Asmus, 2221-2223 West Madison street, 

 Chicago. 111. 



All members of the S. A. F. & O. H. 

 who did not obtain a copy at Chicago 

 will have one mailed to them as soon 

 as the committee can get the names 

 checked up. 



DIOON SPINULOSUM. 

 Our cover illustration shows one of 

 the six plants which won the first 

 prize, a silver cup, for W. A. Manda at 

 the Royal International Exhibition. 

 The first record we can find of this 

 rare Mexican cycad was over the sig- 

 nature of W. R. Smith in the Ameri- 

 can Florist, January 7, 1892. Mr. 

 Smith there spoke of it as promising 

 to be a very popular decorative plant. 

 The plant we illustrate was taken 

 from South Orange, N. J., to England 

 and back and since that time has pro- 

 duced a magnificent crown of new 

 leaves which speaks well for its sturdi- 

 ness and tenacity. 



Stuart Low 

 In liis offlce at Biisli Hill Tiirk Narseries. 



The sixth annual Dahlia and Flower 

 Show will be held at Vincent's Dahlia 

 and Canna Farm, Cowenton, Md., B. & 

 O. R. R., in connection with the Har- 

 vest Home Festival of Ebenezer M. E. 

 Church, on September 24. 25, 26 and 

 27, 1912. Special features to be seen 

 are the largest greenhouse establish- 

 ment in the state, the largest assort- 

 ment of geraniums in the country, the 

 great dahlia show of 80,000 flowers in- 

 cluding over 300 varieties artistically- 

 arranged in the large exhibition hall, 

 the dahlia and canna field of 65 acres, 

 and an attractive display of Middle 

 River Neck farm and household prod- 

 ucts. Lunch will be served by the la- 

 dies. R. A. Vincent, is chairman. 

 White Marsh, Md., Harvest Home Com- 

 mittee. J. N. Lea.e:ue, Chase, secre- 

 tary. 



