May 2, 1914 



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NOTES FROM THE PANAMA- 

 PACIFIC EXPOSITION. 



More than two hundred and twenty 

 conventions, at which more than 500.000 

 accredited delegates are expected to 

 assemble, will meet at San Francisco 

 in 1915. Among these are 21 agricul- 

 tural societies, 20 business, 22 educa- 

 tional, 35 fraternal, 7 genealogical, 23 

 Greek letter fraternities, 15 govern- 

 mental and civic societies, 5 historical 

 and literary, 15 industrial, 9 labor, 13 

 professional, 8 religious, 19 scientific 

 and 7 social service. 



The National Potato Association of 

 the United States will organize an in- 

 ternational potato congress to deal 

 with the production, distribution and 

 marketing of potatoes, and to convene 

 at the Exposition. There will be a 

 similar gathering in regard to alfalfa. 



No flowering plant not in full bloom 

 will be allowed to remain upon the 

 grounds at any time throughout the 

 Exposition year, but, according to 

 plans by Director of Landscaping 

 McLaren will be removed in the de- 

 cline of its blossoming to make way 

 for another in full bloom. The tem- 

 perate climate of San Francisco will 

 make this continuous procession of 

 blooming flowers throughout the 

 grounds for the entire ten months. 



The greatest tulip exhibit ever pos- 

 sible anywhere outside Holland, will 

 be a part of the national exhibit of The 

 Netherlands. Two acres will be de- 

 voted these gorgeous flowers. 



The twelve main exposition palaces 

 which are now either completed or in 

 course of construction upon the 

 grounds are: The Palace of Machin- 

 ery, the Palace of Education, the Pal- 

 ace of Food Products, the Palace of 

 Agriculture, the palace of Mines and 

 Metallurgy, the Palace of Varied In- 

 dustries, the Palace of Liberal Arts, 

 the Palace of Manufactures, the Palace 

 of Transportation, the Palace of Horti- 

 culture, the Palace of Fine Arts and 

 Festival Hall. 



The Panama-Pacific International 

 Exposition authorities have set aside 

 $1,065,000 for the building of a huge 

 auditorium of permanent fire-proof 

 construction. The main hall will seat 

 lO.OOO and several lesser halls from 

 60(' to 1000. 



RHODODENDRONS. 



RhoUODENUUONS against BACKGBODNi) OF CONIFERS 



Our cover illustration shows a rho- 

 dodendron corner at Holm Lea, Pro- 

 fessor Sargent's home in Brookline, 

 Mass. The other picture, shown on 

 this page was made, if we are not 

 mistaken, at the H. H. Hunnewell 

 estate, Wellesley, Mass., several years 

 ago. Both places, above mentioned 

 are famed tor their rhododendrons. 

 The scene, when they are in bloom, is 

 magnificent in the extreme. The past 

 winter has been one of the severest 

 in a generation and in the wide-spread 

 destruction of spring flowering ma- 

 terial it might reasonably be expected 

 that the hybrid rhododendrons would 



be among the worst sufferers. But it 

 appears that they are not; in fact, they 

 appear as well, perhaps as in any re- 

 cent year. The foliage is uninjured 

 and flower buds give promise of a full 

 crop. We write only of local condi- 

 tions on the north side of Boston, hay- 

 ing had no opportunity yet to in- 

 vestigate farther, but with a midwin- 

 ter test of many consecutive days with 

 the mercury at zero or far below, this 

 is cumulative evidence that low tem- 

 peratures alone have no terrors for 

 rhododendrons of the type of Carac- 

 tacus, Everestianum, Charles Bagley, 

 Album Elegans, and a score of other 

 equally well-known varieties. 



The color scheme of the Exposition 



will, under the direction of Jules Guer- 

 in, the famous artist, be so well de- 

 veloped, that the very tones of pave- 

 ment and roadway and the color of 

 flowers in the beds of the great exposi- 

 tion gardens will be made to conform. 



A FLORICULTURAL CLUB AT THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 



The eleven students now registered 

 in floriculture at the University of Illi- 

 nois, at a recent meeting, organized a 

 club to be known as the Floricultural 

 Club of the University of Illinois. The 

 object of the club is "to advance flori- 

 cultural knowledge and interests by 

 means of papers, talks and discussions, 

 and to promote good fellowsliip." Mr. 

 August Hecht, a senior, was elected 

 president. Mr. E. G. Lauterbach, vice- 

 president and Mr. Horace Ingalls, sec- 

 retary-treasurer. 



PERSONAL. 



Friday, April 24, was Prof. C. S. Sar- 

 gent's 73rd birthday anniversary. 



R. M. Ward of New York left for a 

 visit to Japan last week in the interest 

 of his lily bulb business. 



Miss Winnifred Dallachie daughter 

 of A. G. Dallachie, florist, has been ap- 

 pointed supervisor of the work of the 

 home and community gardens of the 

 public schools of Millbury, Mass. 



Nine membeks of thk fi.oku iiltural club of the i'Nivtu<H!i v of Illinois 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Van Wert Civic Club has se- 

 lected Rosa rugosa as the official city 

 flower of Van Wert, Ohio. 



The May meeting of tho Kansas City 

 Florists' Club will be held at T. J. Noll 

 & Company's store, 1109 Grand Ave. 



