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HOBTICULTUKE 



March 7, 1914. 



recent years and the displays at the 

 spring show will exceed those of any 

 previous year. 



The exhibition will open on Thursday, 

 March 12, at noon, continuing through 

 Friday and Saturday, from 10 A. M. 

 to 10 P. M., and on Sunday from 2 to 

 10 P. M. 



The first Corps of Cadets Orchestra 

 will furnish music every evening from 

 7.30 to 9.30, and on Sunday afternoon 

 from 3 to 5. 



Wm. p. Rich, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The nest meeting of the Essex Co. 

 (N. J.) Florist Club, March 19th, will 

 be Ladies' Night, with a banquet. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club will 

 meet on Thursday, March 12th, in 

 Odd Fellows' Hall. It is going to be 

 an important meeting and Secretary 

 Beneke's notices request all mem- 

 bers to be present at 2 o'clock prompt. 



The New Haven (Conn.) Horti- 

 cultural Society has appointed John 

 H. Murray, J. Kydd and R. Paton a 

 committee to prepare plans for bi- 

 weekly exhibits in competition for a 

 gold medal which has been offered by 

 Lord & Burnham Co. 



At the annual meeting of the New 

 England Nurserymen's association 

 held in Hartford, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 

 John R. Barnes of North Main street 

 and junior member of the firm of 

 Barnes Bros., of this place, was elect- 

 ed president of the organization for 

 the ensuing year. 



At the recent meeting of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society, at Man- 

 chester, Mass., after the talk on Green- 

 house Building by Fred Elder, there 

 was an interesting discussion on the 

 acceleration of circulation in hot- 

 water heating system, etc., by the 

 Castle Circulator, pumps, etc. 



The meeting of the New Jersey 

 Floricultural Society at Orange on 

 Monday evening Mar. 2, had a very 

 poor attendance on account of the 

 storm. Vice-president Henry Halbig 

 occupied the chair in the absence of 

 the president. We had quite an in- 

 teresting meeting, and proceedings 

 were taken on the Annual Dahlia, 

 Fruit and Vegetable Show to be held 

 In October. A prize of $5 was award- 

 ed to Max Schneider for a fine speci- 

 men of Beeonia Glory of Cincinnati 

 and $3 to John Hoffman for a splen- 

 did vase of sweet peas. 



Geo W. Stbange, Secy. 



The combined meeting of the State 

 Florist Associations of Illinois and In- 

 diana will take place at Danville, 111., 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday March 10 

 and 11. The Danville Florists' Club 

 are making big preparations for the 

 entertainment of the visitors. The 

 program is as follows: 



Introductory remarks, by H. E. 

 Smith, president Danville Florists' 

 Club. 



Address of welcome, by Mayor Lew- 

 man. 



Response and welcome to the Indi- 

 ana State Florists' Association, by A. 

 C. Kohlbrand, Chicago. 



Response by W. W. Coles, Kokomo, 

 Ind. 



President's address, by Charles Love- 

 ridge, Peoria, 111. 



Report of secretary, by J. F. Am- 

 mann, Edwardsville, 111. 



Report of treasurer, by F. L. Wash- 

 burn, Bloomington, 111. 



Unfinished business, new business, 

 public exhibition, remarks by visiting 

 Indiana florists, general discussion, 

 nomination and election of officers, 

 adjournment. 



THE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER 

 SHOW AT NEW YORK. 



The perfecting of arrangements for 

 the big Flower Show in New York, 

 March 21st to 28th, in the New Grand 

 Central Palace, proceeds apace, and 

 the prospects are that the show will be 

 like its predecessor, an immense suc- 

 cess. 



At the last meeting of the commit- 

 tee in charge, contributions of several 

 special prizes were reported. Silver 

 cups, valued at $75 each, have been 

 offered by the following hotels in New 

 York: The Ritz-Carlton, McAlpin, 

 Biltmore, Vanderbilt, Plaza, Waldorf- 

 Astoria, St. Regis, and Sherry's. Mrs. 

 H. Clay Frick and Mrs. C. F. Seuff 

 have contributed cups valued at $100 

 each. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs. 

 C. F. Hoffman have offered cups val- 

 ued at $50 each. The latter four cups 

 were donated through the solicitation 

 of Mrs. Hoffman and the International 

 Garden Club. Samuel Thorne offers a 

 cup valued at $50 and W. T. Carring- 

 ton a cup valued at $75. An anony- 

 mous member of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York offers a cup valued 

 at $25, and H. H. Charles offers a cup 

 valued at $50. Joseph A. Manda of 

 West Orange, N. J., has been appointed 

 manager of the show. George V. Nash, 

 C. H. Totty, and W. A. Manda have 

 been appointed a committee on lec- 

 tures. 



Among the important features of the 

 show will be an orange grove in 

 fruit, and a most complete Japanese 

 garden, both staged by retailers. The 

 Ladies' Orchestra, which was a fea- 

 ture of last year's show, has been en- 

 gaged for the show this year. 



To date upward of $12,000 worth of 

 Trade Exhibition space has been sold, 

 and about $3,000 worth of space has 

 been taken up in the Souvenir Pro- 

 gram. Intending exhibitors should 

 lose no time in taking up locations as 

 there are still a few choice positions 

 available. 



J. H. Pepper 



Chairman of Publicity Committee. 



The Additional Preliminary Schedule 

 in the Plant and Cut Flower Sections 



of the International Flower Show, 

 which has just been received, tabu- 

 lates a large number of tempting 

 premiums for miscellaneous cut flow- 

 ers, table decorations, winter flower- 

 ing sweet peas, carnations, orchids, 

 roses, as well as additional plant 

 premiums, in separate classes for 

 commercial and private growers. All 

 who are interested can have a copy 

 by writing to the secretary, John 

 Young, 53 W. Twenty-eighth street. 

 New York City. The prizes are very 

 liberal and will be captured by some- 

 body; why not you? 



I wish to call attention to the terms 

 and conditions by which trade tickets 

 may be bought for the coming Inter- 

 national Flower Show, to be held in 

 New York, March 21-28, 1914. 



Tickets in blocks of 25 to 100 may 

 be purchased with the words "Com- 

 pliments of" and then your firm name 

 inserted, at the rate of twenty-five 

 cents each. In blocks of 100 or more 

 similarly worded, the price will be 

 $20.00 per hundred. The sale becomes 

 absolute; the price is net, and there 

 will be no rebate for unused tickets; 

 tickets are to be paid for when re- 

 ceived by the purchaser. 



As a great many orders are being re- 

 ceived for these tickets, at the present 

 time, we wish that all who desire such 

 tickets would, to avoid any disappoint- 

 ment or delay, kindly let me know Im- 

 mediately how many tickets they want. 

 John Young, Sec. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



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The Service Bureau 



OF THE 



National Association Of 

 Gardeners 



Is maintained for the purpose of providing opportunities for efficient 

 and auil>itious men engaged in the profession of gardening. 

 Tbls department of the Association Is at the disposal of thoM who 

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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



