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HORTICULTURE 



October 26, 1912 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



THE ST. PAUL FLOWER SHOW. 



The Minnesota State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation iias arranged for its second 

 fall stiow to be held in the St. Paul 

 Auditorium, November 8 to 12. The 

 newly elected officers of the State As- 

 sociation are Hugh Will of Minneapo- 

 lis, president; O. J. Olson of St. Paul, 

 vice-president: E. P. Holm of St. Paul, 

 treasurer; S. D. Dysinger of St. Paul, 

 secretary. Theo. Wirth and C. N. 



L. L. M.\Y, 



President St. Paul Flower Show Associa- 

 tion. 



Ruedlinger of Minneapolis, L. R. Cady 

 and L. L. May of St. Paul, executive 

 committee 



The show is to be held under the 

 auspices of the State Association but Is 

 financed and managed by the St. Paul 

 florists, under the following oiganiza- 

 tJon: L. L. May, president; O. .1. Ol- 



son, vice-president; C. F. Vogt, treas- 

 urer; S. D. Dysinger, secretary; with a 

 full complement of committees includ- 

 ing all the prominent members of the 

 trade In Minneapolis. 0. R. Eckhardt 

 is chairman of the finance committee. 

 Max Kaiser of the show committee, O. 

 J. Olson of the publicity committee, 

 and E. W. Reid of the decorative com- 

 mittee. 



An ample guarantee fund, pledged by 

 the St. Paul florists, has been sub- 

 scribed and a large portion of it already 

 paid In with the understanding that 

 all premiums awarded to outside ex- 

 hibitors shall be paid first. The show 

 committee has enlisted the services of 

 society ladies of both St. Paul and 

 Minneapolis who will act as patron- 

 esses of the show and will attend the 

 opening evening in colonial costume. 

 The debutantes of the season will sell 

 flowers at a finely decorated booth in 

 the center of the hall. The Guild of 

 Catholic women — an organization with 

 1,200 members^will serve light re- 

 freshments in another well arrargeil 

 commodious booth. 



•On the second day the schoal chil- 

 dren will be admitted during certain 

 hours at a reduced rate. In this con- 

 nection Prof. Finney, superintenden 

 of the city's school gardens, will ex- 

 hibit model gardens in the hall anl 

 will distribute prizes awarded the past 

 season for the best kept gardens ,o 

 the winners, who will be the guests o' 

 the show for the occasion. On Sun:"a ■ 

 the Symphony Orchestra will give a 

 popular concert in the hall — which has 

 a seating capacity of about 10,000. It 

 is expected that this will prove a very 

 profitable drawing card. On Monday 

 and Tuesday evenings Mr. J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar of Boston, president-elect of 

 the Society of American Florists, will 

 give lectures in the hall illustrated 

 with lantern slides of views taken on 

 his world-wide trips in Europe, Japan 

 and many other countries of the globe. 

 On other evenings the Scandinavian 

 and German Singing Societies with 



choruses of several hundred voices 

 will entertain the crowds. An orches- 

 tra of twenty pieces will discourse mu- 

 sic every afternoon and evening and 

 prominent vocal soloists will also lend 

 their assistance. 



The show has been strongly en- 

 dorsed by the Association of Com- 

 merce in a letter mailed to each of its 

 1,200 members, and a delegation of its 

 members will solicit the sale of sea- 



Hugh Will, 



President Minnesota State Florists' 

 Association. 



son tickets among the merchants of 

 the city. The local newspapers have 

 had a daily news item regarding the 

 show for several weeks past. Othe:' 

 and various forms of publicity have 

 been or will be announced — posters in 

 store windows, street car signs, news- 

 paper advs., etc. 



O. J. Olson, 



Vice-President Minnesota State Florists' 



Association. 



S. D. Dysinger, 



Secretary Minnesota .State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation. 



E. P. Holm. 



Treasurer Minnesota State Florists' 



Association. 



