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LOCALITY SHOULDN'T COUNT. 



in Bome things thi bumai 

 flay Is very wise, Pot Instant « h m 

 uis oui to tad iii 



tlcular aeeda, ii cares noth- 



■ i i locality. Copenhagen, Mai 



blehead, Kamschatka, Kalam 

 South Carolina n or Timbuc- 



too are all the Bame to them so 

 as thej g< ' the goods, Bu 

 . ting ;m offlci 

 ,nal Socletj well then they 

 to Indulge in such foolishness 

 hi belong to our \i 

 what is his religion; Is bi an v P 

 . he ;i prohibitionist; la he a 

 Quaker; is he a Dunkard; does he 

 pari iiis balr In the middle; do< he go 

 down Btalrs to dinner in his shirt 



slee\ be believe In 



lar hypothesis; and a whole lot ol 



other things thai are not germi to 



the i( ;i 1 1 . Why can 



same wisdom be displayed In select- 



m officer us we e\ ideticc in 



lug i ble. The best fltti d tor 



the Job is what is wanted, no matter 

 where located. Genius knows no lati- 

 tude, in. longitude, it may happen 

 anywhere in the littlest hami. i or 

 Mi. biggest city. What we as enthu- 

 siasts In the welfare of our i 

 profession should strive tor is to get 

 the beat man irrespective ol locality. 

 This crj "well, then' should be some- 

 thing tor the North as well as for the 

 South" sounds sensible and fair; but 



inalysla is the rankest non 

 and moreoi er, it Is worse it is a mis 



ChieviOUS and dangerous doctrine It 



leads man] well meaning but unthink- 

 ing people astray. Manj of us do not 

 look far beyond our town, country or 

 state and the big men near us seem to 

 us good enough for the rest of th 

 world. They may be; but we must 

 first compare them with the best that 

 other parts can offer, and then for- 

 get our own little bailliwick for the 

 good of the country. Sectionalism is 

 the commonest of human failings. Let 

 us not delude ourselves into the be- 

 lief that this failing is a virtu.-. Let 

 us rise above that, and say: the best 

 is what we want wherever it comes 

 from! Give us the best our country 



not the t.est in our little burg; 

 but the best the United States can 



us. GEORGE C. WATSON. 



INTERIOR VIEW OF S. A. F. EXHIBIT. JN HALL, BALTIMORE, MD. 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 

 Amongst the Roses. 

 The trade growers were well ren- 

 ted : 1 1 the annual show of the 

 National Rose Society, in the Botanic 

 Gardens, Regent's Park, on July 7th. 

 Competition was keen in most depart- 

 ments, with the result that a mag- 

 nificent collection of the "Queen of 

 flowers" adorned and sent. I the 



spacious marquees. In the nursery- 

 men's classes, the championship was 

 won by Hush Dickson, of the Royal 

 Nurseries, Belfast. He received a gold 

 medal for Mrs. Sam Ross, a delicately 

 tinted 11. T., and Mrs. K. Diaper, a H. 



T. of a pleasing pink shade; also a sil- 

 ver gilt medal tor Souvenir of Portland, 

 Oregon, a H. T., of a crimson cerl 

 iiu. Rev. .1. H. Pemberton, of Haver- 

 Ing-atte-Bower, Essex, secured a silv. r 

 gilt medal for Danae, a perpetual- 

 flowering yellow (luster rose. Cards 

 of commendation were awarded to the 

 following: Miss Muir Mackean, Nancy 

 Williams, and British Queen, shown 

 by S. McGredj & Sons; Sunburst, by 

 G. Beckwith «t Son; Coronation, Hugh 

 Dickson, and Ethel, by Charles Tur- 

 ner. In the classes for the best 

 blooms. Hugh Dickson received a sil- 

 ver medal for Mrs. Stewart ("lark, as 

 the best H. T.; G. Prince, had a sim- 

 ilar award for Mine Jules Gravereaux, 

 the best Tea variety, and Harkness & 

 Son, for Hugh Dickson, the best H. P. 

 variety. The decorative classes were 

 particularly well filled, some artisti- 

 cally arranged designs being shown. 



The Sweet Pea Show. 

 Sweet pea enthusiasts have • 

 reason to be satisfied with the atten- 

 tion given this year to their favorite 

 flower. One of the daily papers has 

 gi\.n the sweet pea a "boom," and is 

 organizing this month a great show at 

 ii.. Crystal Palace for the thousand 



pounds prize offered by the proprietors. 

 This has evoked an enormous number 

 entries from all parts of the United 

 Kingdom. The annual exhibition of 

 National Sweet Pea Society in 

 London on July nth and 12th was a 

 gratifying success; crowds of visitors 

 admired the high standard of excel- 

 M e prevailing in most departments. 

 W Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia, re- 

 uewed acquaintance at the show with 

 many of his British confreres, and 

 cast a critical eyi the exhibits in 



the .lass for the best American varie- 

 ties. The first prize in this section 

 fell to Sir Randolph Baker, who was 

 to the fore as a prize taker in other 

 classes. A distinguishing feature was 

 the success of the Irish growers, who 

 are evidently forging ahead as suc- 

 il growers of this popular flower, 

 as well as of the rose. There were no 

 striking novelties. The awards were 

 is follows: First — class certificates — 

 Barbara, orange self. Robert Holmes, 

 Tuckswood Farm. Norwich; Dobbie's 

 Thomas Stevenson, orange scarlet, 

 Dobbie & Co., Edinburgh, N. B. 

 Awards of merit— F. Seymour Davis, 

 rosy pink. V Seymour Davis, Farn- 

 ham. Surrey; May Campbell, cream, 

 bed with red, and Mauve Queen, 

 rose lavender, after the style of R. F. 

 Felton. both shown by Dobbie & Co.; 

 Mrs B. Gilbert, white, suffused pale 

 purple, Gilbert .v- Son, Bourne, Lines; 

 Red Star, crimson, A. Malcolm. Duns, 

 Scotland W. H. ADSETT. 



Our Seventh Annual Convention Number 



<J Will be issued und r date of August 12, 191 I. It will be full of interest for those who go 

 to the Convention at Baltimore, and equally so for those who stay at home. It will be widely 

 distributed and in pul licity value to the advertiser will have no superior. Take a generous sized 

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