HORTICULTURE 



Vol. XXXII 



AUGUST 14, 1920 



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THE TALK OF THE TRADE 



The S. A. F. tonvention is about to 

 start and all indications now point to 

 one of the most successful conven- 

 tions ever held by the National soci- 

 ety. Cleveland is an ideal city to 

 visit in many ways, — easy to reach 

 and. regardless of what one plans to 

 do when he goes to the convention, 

 whether it is business, sightseeing or 

 a combination of the two, we are as- 

 sured of a satisfactory \'isit. The 

 Park System of Cleveland alone is 

 worth the trip. About fifteen hundred 

 acres are taken up in parks, the most, 

 important of which are Monument 

 Park right in the city, and then the 

 chain of parks connected with drive- 

 ways and boulevards including Doan 

 Park, Gordon Park. Rockefeller Park 

 and the small Lake View Park. 



Besides the parks as an item of in- 

 terest, there are ample opportunities 

 for water trips, and pleasant excur- 

 sions can be made for either short or 

 long distances by boats, thus avoid- 

 ing unpleasant railroad travel. 



The florist who wishes to visit 

 greenhouses will have plenty to in- 

 terest him such as the Bate Bros, 

 range at East Cleveland, the Friedley 

 Company. J. M. Gasser Co., and a 

 short distance from Cleveland the 

 Storrs & Harrison Co., and Merkle 

 Bros, and Carl Hagenburger at Men- 

 tor. There is also the large range of 

 glass under the name of Adam Gra- 

 ham & Son founded by an ex-president 

 of the S. A. F.. Adam Graham. The 

 above-mentioned include only part of 

 a number of very successful and pros- 

 perous florists in and around Cleve- 

 land. 



Everyone who has either visited 

 Cleveland or reads the trade papers 

 knows well that this city can boast 

 of a crop of retail flower stores equal 

 to any in America. 



Secretary Young has been on the 

 ground in Cleveland since July 27th, 

 and everything has been whipped into 

 shape now in preparation for the 

 opening day. We are told that hotel 

 accommodations will be well takon 

 care of. Many of us can remeuibor th' 

 disagi'eeable e.\periences in Detroii, 

 and it is pleasing news for us that 

 this trouble will not be gone through 

 with this year. The program for the 

 convention assures everyone of plenty 

 of intere -'ing matter, both in the way 



t.-VTEST rlCTl-RE OF PKES. MII.I.ER 



of business and recreation: and in 

 the way of sports, the bowling match 

 promises to be a hotly contested 

 battle. Cleveland is out to show the 

 visiting bowlers something about the 

 game, so watch for a good fight. 



There is sure to be a large trade ex- 

 hibition in Cleveland as space was 

 taken up early and for the full amount 

 that was available. It appears now 

 that Cleveland will have the opportun- 

 ity to set a new record for business 



at the convention, as there is a grand 

 chance to break any previous mark 

 set. 



Samuel Goddard, of Framingham, 

 started for the convention with a 

 light heart because he had seen his 

 coal bunkers filled to the top shortly 

 before. Like all of the other growers 

 around Boston, he had felt more or 

 less uncertain, and was very happy 

 when the coal showed up. The price 

 of $14.00 a ton didn't tend to increase 

 his happiness. Still he wasn't making 

 any complaints, when I saw him last. 

 Indeed, if anything, the smile for 

 which he is famous was a little broad- 

 er than usual. He told me that a 

 number of other growers were also 

 getting their supi)ly at the same fig- 

 ures. I understand that Mr. Strout, of 

 -Maine, was able to make an arrange- 

 ment with a nearby manufacturing 

 concern by which he gets his coal for 

 less than $12.00. Strout, however, al- 

 ways was a lucky chap. Certainly his 

 arrangement seems like a fortunate 

 one to other Maine growers who are 

 paying anywhere from $14.00 up. Still, 

 it isn't the price that counts tliis year. 

 It's the fact of having the coal. 



.JOHN YOING 



.**pcreliir.v of the S. \. 



I have not been surprised to hear 

 that Mr. Richard M. Wyman has now 

 become the proprietor in fact of the 

 Framingham Nurseries. It seemed in- 

 evitable that he should become the 

 full owner. For the last five years he 

 has been managing the Framingham 

 place, and has had a pretty free hand 

 so that a change of ownership does 

 not mean much as it might if some 

 outsider were buying in. Mr. Wyman 

 is making a name for himself as an 

 enterprising grower of novelties. He 

 believes that within a certain definite 

 limit the work of growing the newer 

 things for the trade can be made profit- 

 able, as well as doing a good turn 

 for the garden lovers of the country. 

 Much depends upon a man's ability to 

 forecast what are going to prove popu- 

 lar and salable items. I suppose 

 that a good nurseryman has the nat- 

 ural faculty of smelling out worthwhile 

 novelties wherever they may be. 

 having a fifth sense which is some- 

 what akin to the newspaperman's pro- 

 verbial nose for new-; Mi- Wvman 

 says: 



"I am not making any aiif^mlit, I'j 

 grow all the latest thin^. nor even 



