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HORTICULTURE 



June 13, 1914 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



THE CONVENTION GARDEN. 



The open air garden of the Boston 

 S. A. F. Convention to be tield in Au- 

 gust, now bids fair to being the great- 

 est event of its kind ever held in this 

 country. The late spring and a rather 

 slow response on the part of the grow- 

 ers made the outlook somewhat du- 

 bious at first, but such a generous re- 

 sponse has been made during the past 

 week from the active work of the Ex- 

 ecutive and Garden Committees, that 

 .a very large portion of the garden — 

 nearly 30,000 square feet — has already 

 been planted. Deputy Park Commis- 

 sioner Shea, who is chairman of the 

 Garden Committee, ably assisted by 

 the other members, Patrick Welch, 

 John K. M. L. Farquhar, Thomas Ro- 

 land, E. Allan Pelrce, Wm. J. Ken- 

 nedy, and Wm. J. Stewart, have done 

 energetic work and a great success is 

 assured. However, more exhibits are 

 needed yet to bring it up to the stand- 

 ard hoped for. It is a great mistake not 

 to be represented, as the occasion 

 will be one long remembered in Horti- 

 culture and productive of great results 

 to those who participate, as it is es- 

 timated that over 500,000 people will 

 view the garden during the summer. 

 The time is growing short and those 

 who have not already taken space at 

 the small cost required, should do so 

 at once. Many fine plots from $10 and 

 up for the season are still available. 

 This includes all costs of planting, 

 preparation, and maintenance. All 

 goods should be shipped to James B. 

 Shea, Chairman Convention Garden, 

 Back Bay Fens, Boston, Mass. For 

 particulars, address James B. Shea, 33 

 Beacon Street, Boston. 



Among those who have already 

 taken large spaces are: Robert Craig, 

 Inc., Knight & Struck, Arthur Cowee, 

 A. H. Hews & Co., Bidwell & Fobes, 

 A. T. Boddington, A. N. Pierson, Peter 

 Henderson & Co., F. W. Fletcher & 

 Co., R, & J. Farquhar & Co., John 

 Lewis Childs, William Tricker, W. A. 

 Manda, Henry A. Dreer, Carter's Test- 

 ed Seeds Inc.. James Vick's Sons, E. E. 

 Stewart, Samuel J. Goddard, B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy, Mt. Desert Nurseries, 

 Harry Quint. The Conard & Jones Co., 

 Henry R. Comley, W. W. Edgar Co. 

 and William Sim. 



BOSTON CONVENTION HOTELS. 



Boston is noted as a great conven- 

 tion city, and it is anticipated that the 

 1914 S. A. P. Convention will pull out 

 the strength of the society. From all 

 over the country letters are coming in 

 from the members, announcing their 

 intention of attending this convention. 



The Hotel Committee has made ex- 

 cellent arrangements and, with but 

 few exceptions, can hold reservations 

 until August 15th. It will be best to 

 write direct to the hotel for reserva- 

 tions, but the Committee would su.g- 

 gest intending visitors sending dupli- 

 cate announcements to the office of 

 General Secretary, 120 Boylston street, 

 Boston, Room 702, as a record, as it 

 is the desire to help members in every 



way. Besides the hotels below listed 

 there are a number of other excellent 

 family hotels in the vicinity of the 

 garden and hall and innumerable first- 

 class furnished rooming houses and 

 reasonable priced restaurants. 



People intending staying at Back 

 Bay hotels (these are designated by 

 a *) or looking for furnished rooms, 

 should leave trains via N. Y., N. H. & 

 H. R. R. and Boston & Albany R. R. 

 at the Back Bay and Huntington Ave- 

 nue stations of those roads, and also 

 have their baggage checked accord- 

 ingly. For the down-town hotels the 

 South Terminal Station will be equally 

 convenient. Patrick Welch, 226 De- 

 vonshire street, Boston, is chairman of 

 the Hotel Committee. 



List of Hotels. 



•Tlie Copley I'laza. Coplev Siniire 

 Selppted by the Executive Board" as Olficiai 

 Ileaaqunrters. One block from tbe Back 

 Bay and Huntington Avenue R. R. Stations 

 i-w rooms. } 



Witb bath, one person. $.3.00, $3.50, .« 00 • 

 two persons, $.5.00, .SO.OO, .^S.OO per day 



'Copley Sijnare Hotel (2.50 persons). 4'.i 

 Ituutington Ave., close to Exbibition Hall 



day, $1.00 per day additional for two per- 

 sons in one room. 



♦Hotel Lenox (150 rooms). Boylston and 

 txeter bts. (Clo.se to Hall, ten minutes to 

 (>araen.) 



Sinsle room. $1.50, .$2..50; with bath, .$2.50 

 •t-i..>0 per day. Double room, ,$2.50. .$.3 00- 

 with bath. $3.50. .$5.00. ' 



♦Hotel Nottingham (75 persons). 25 

 Huntington Ave. (Close to Hall, ten min- 

 utes to Garden.) 



c.o?n°SV -'?,"<l P'^'"^°'>' -^-OO. *2..50; with bath. 

 •V.3..50, $4.o0, $0.00 per day. Each additional 

 person in room $1.00 dav extra. 



Young's Hotel (50 roo'msl. Court .Square 

 (Twenty minutes from Garden and Hall ) 



With bath. $2.50 to $6.50 per dav; with- 

 out bath. $1.50 to .$4.50 per day. 



Hotel Bellevue (25 rooms). 21 Beacon St 

 (Half hour from Garden and Hall ) 



Without bath. .$2 to $3.50 per dav; with 

 bath, $3..50 to $6..50 per dav. 



New American House (150 people), Han- 

 over St. (Half hour from Garden and 

 Hall.) 



Widi bath, .$2 to $4.50 per day; without 

 bath. $1 to $2.50 per day. 



•Hotel .Somerset (250 people). Common- 

 wealth Ave. (Close to the Convention 

 Garden.) 



With bath. $.3 to $4 per day; without 

 bath, .$2.50 to $3.50 per day. 



"Hotel Thorndike. Boylston St. (F'ifteen 

 minutes from Garden and Hall.) 



Without bath, one person. $1.50 to .$2 .50 

 per day: with bath. $2 to .$4 per day 



Hotel Touraine (25 rooms). Tremont and 

 Boylston Sts. (Fifteen minutes from Gar- 

 den and Hall.) 



Without bath, .$2..50 to .$4 per day; with 

 bath. .$3 to $6..50 per day. 



Adams House (50 rooms), 553 Washing- 

 Ion St. (Fifteen minutes from Garden and 

 Hall. Shopping district.) 



Without bath. $1.50 to $4 per dav; with 

 bath. $2..50 to $5 per day. 



Parker House (.5<^) rooms). School and 

 Tremont Sts. (Twenty minutes from Gar- 

 don and Hall. Business district.) 



With bath. $2.50 to $4.50 per day; with- 

 out liath. Sl.oO to $3 per day. 



Hotel Essex, near South Station. (Forty- 

 Hve minutes to Garden and Hall. Poor 

 connections.) 



With bath, $2.50 per day ,ind upwards; 

 without bath. $1.50 per day and upwards. 



*Hotel Brunswick (150 rooms). Ten min- 

 utes to Garden and Hall. 



Without bath. $1..50 per day and up- 

 wards; rooms with baths, $2. .50 per day; 

 when occupied by two persons, $1 per day 

 extra.' 



Ilurlburt's Hotel, Washington St. 

 (Twenty minutes to Garden and Hall. 

 Business and shopping district.) 



Without bath, $1 to $2.50 per day; with 

 bath, $2 to $3 per day. 



♦Westminster Hotel (.30 rooms), Copley 

 Sq. (Ten minutes to Garden and Hall.) 



Room and bath. $1..50; two-bed rooms 

 and liatb. four in rooms, $2. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



H. A. Bunyard will lecture before 

 the Michigan Garden Club at Detroit, 

 about June 24, with a fine set of 

 stereopticon views of herbaceous gar- 

 den plants, etc. 



Harry A. Bunyard lectured before 

 the Staten Island Garden Club, at 

 Dongan Hills, L. I., N. Y., on Satur- 

 day afternoon, June 6. His subject 

 was a broad one — hardy perennials, 

 sweet peas and rhododendrons — and 

 the sixty laides who made up his audi- 

 ence were appreciatively demonstra- 

 tive. 



At the Chicago Florists' Club meet- 

 ing, June 4th, M. Barker, chairman of 

 the Peony Committee, announced that 

 owing to the extreme warm weather 

 the Peony Show would be held June 

 9th and 10th in the Art Institute, in- 

 stead of June 12th and 13th as origi- 

 nally planned. The Transportation 

 Committee made its report on rates, 

 etc., for the trip to the Boston S. A. P. 

 Convention, via Lake Shore R. R. The 

 Picnic and Sports Committee were in- 

 structed to make arrangements for 

 the regular yearly picnic. Poehlmann 

 Bros, exhibited some very nice carna- 

 tions. J. B. PoiJiY. Secy. 



The schedule for the annual rose 

 show of the Nassau County (N. Y.) 

 Horticultural Society has been pre- 

 pared. The exhibition is to be held at 

 the Nassau Country Club on June 16, 

 at 2.30 P. M. Thirty classes are pro- 

 vided for, among them ten for roses, 

 ten for other outdoor flowers, six for 

 vegetables, three for fruit and a class 

 for table decorations, which will be a 

 feature. A. G. Hodenpyl offers a cash 

 prize for a collection of 12 kinds of 

 vegetables. Among the prominent ex- 

 hibitors will be W. "V. Hester, Herbert 

 L. Pratt. W. E. Kimball, Mrs. P. S. 

 Smithers, A. G. Hodenpyl and Mrs. B. 

 Stern. 



At the meeting of the New Bedford 

 Horticultural Society, held June 2, 

 daces were fixed for the June shows as 

 follows: Peony show on the 17th and 

 the rose show on the 24th. Additional 

 prizes amounting to $50 were received 

 from Chase Brothers Nurseries. These 

 exhibitions are free to the public. 

 Premiums were offered in both the 

 amateur and professional classes for 

 the person making the most successful 

 exhibits at the regular meetings of the 

 society. The speaker of the evening 

 was Thomas J. Grey, the veteran 

 seedsman of Boston, who entertained 

 the members with an interesting re- 

 cital of his experiences in his trip to 

 .Minneapolis to attend the annual 

 meeting of the Society of .American 

 Florists. 



