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CROWDS COLLECT AT CORNELL. 



Enjoy Lectures and Exhibits. 



The department of floriculture at Cor- 

 nell University recently staged the big- 

 gest and most largely attended event 

 that has ever occurred at that institu- 

 tion. This took place on the occasion 

 of the college of agriculture's annual 

 Farmers' week, at Ithaca, N. Y., from 

 February 13 to 18. The facilities of the 

 department were taxed to the utmost 

 to take care of the throng of visitors 

 and the lecture room was crowded to 

 its utmost capacity. 



The number of Farmers' week visitors 

 was considerably increased by the com- 

 mercial florists and others who came to 

 Ithaca to attend a meeting of the New 

 York Federation of Horticultural So- 

 cieties and Floral Clubs, which was in 

 session at the same time. 



A constant succession of events was 

 provided in the program. There were ex- 

 hibits and there were lectures. Each lec- 

 ture was of one hour's duration, and 

 nearly all were illustrated with lantern 

 slides. The lectures of the floricultural 

 department were given by members of 

 the departmental staff, and also by 

 guests of prominence who came to Ithaca 



to speak on various phases of floricul- 

 tural work. Among these speakers were 

 Charles Henry Fox, of Philadelphia, Pa., 

 and Edwin Jenkins, of Lenox, Mass. 



The Exhibits. 



The main floricultural laboratory was 

 given over to exhibitions of the work 

 of the students and to the display of 

 flowers sent in by several prominent 

 growers. The room was decorated by 

 the students, who carried out a decora- 

 tive scheme in amilax and evergreens. 

 In the center of the floor was a small 

 Dutch garden designed by Harold A. 

 Pratt. At one end of the room was 

 placed a long bridal table, with suitable 

 bouquets for the bride and her attend- 

 ants. A large doll dressed to represent a 

 bride occupied a conspicuous position 

 here. In the other end of the room were 

 three dining tables, decorated. Around 

 the sides of the room were the other 

 exhibits. Those by the students con- 

 sisted of decorative arrangements of 

 ))oth potted plants and cut flowers, ar- 

 ranged in vases, baskets and trimmed 

 pots. Among the exhibits was a won- 

 derful collection of roses sent by F. R. 

 Pierson, of Tarrytown, N. Y. The va- 

 rieties represented were Crusader, Co- 



lumbia, Madame Butterfly, Premier and 

 Francis Scott Key. Ethan A. Coon, 

 of Rhinebeck, N. Y., sent some hand- 

 some Marie Louise violets. Strout's, 

 Inc., of Biddeford, Me., contributed car- 

 nations of Maine Sunshine, Donald and 

 Rosalind varieties. Charles Henry Fox, 

 of Philadelphia, Pa., left a quantity of 

 valuable materials for the exhibit, after 

 demonstrating their use in flower ar- 

 rangement. The Bool Floral Co., of 

 Ithaca, N. Y., furnished an interesting 

 exhibit of vases, baskets and other ac- 

 cessories. In this connection, credit 

 should be given Alex Lurie and Herbert 

 Bool, of the Bool Floral Co., for valuable 

 aid rendered in staging the exhibits. 

 The greenhouses in connection with the 

 department were also open and were in- 

 spected by many visitors. 



The Lectures. 



The program began Tuesday morning, 

 February 14. The first two days wero 

 practically devoted to a consideration 

 of the problems of outdoor gardening 

 and amateur floriculture. Professor A. 

 H. Nehrling treated of the several 

 classes of plants grown for outdoor 

 work. After this A. W. W. Sand dis 

 cussed "Iris Gardens and Garden Iris.'' 



Tuesday, February 14, the principal 

 feature was an address by Edwin Jen- 

 kins, superintendent of the Bellefon- 

 taine Gardens, Lenox, Mass. Mr. Jen- 

 kins spoke on the outdoor culture of 

 sweet peas, and the points he particu- 

 larly emphasized were the thorough 

 preparation of the soil, proper drainage 

 and early planting. To account for the 



