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New Retail Establishment of Frank R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



eyes and hair, heavily tattooed on 

 chest, arms and back. Of course he 

 disappeared the day the merchants 

 cashed the checks, but Mr. Snyder 

 hopes he may soon have the pleasure 

 of hearing that he has again taken up 

 his residence at Eddyville. 



Dover; vice-president, Mrs. A. H. Austin, 

 Wayland; executive committee, H. J. 

 Alford, Garrettsville; M. Crawford, 

 Cuyahoga Falls, and E. E. Huntington, 

 Painesville. 



FIERSON'S PALACE. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from the first photograph of 

 the horticultural palace the F. R. Pier- 

 son Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., recently com- 

 pleted on the main automobile thorough- 

 fare from New York to Albany. The 

 retail business had increased steadily 

 until it reached a point where Mr. Pier- 

 son felt that it would justify a really 

 first-class store building and equipment. 

 The plans were prepared by Lord & 

 Burnham Co., Mr. Cobb, of that con- 

 cern, being a close friend of Mr. Pier- 

 son, and how well the work was done is 

 apparent from a glance at the illus- 

 tration. The building had its dedica- 

 tion a few weeks ago, before it was 

 finished, by being used for the June 

 show of the local horticultural society. 



OHIO GLADIOLUS SHOW. 



Wilbur A. Christy, secretary and 

 treasurer of the Gladiolus Society of 

 Ohio, has issued the premium list for 

 the second annual show of the organiza- 

 tion, to be held at the Hollenden hotel, 

 Cleveland, August 14 and 15. Copies 

 may be had by addressing Mr. Christy 

 at Warren, O. The medals of the Amer- 

 ican Gladiolus Society are offered for 

 exhibits by amateurs and prizes are 

 donated by Joe Coleman, C. Betscher, 

 H. F. Michell Co., the Perkins-King Co., 

 Munsell & Harvey, W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co., E. E. Stewart, H. J. Alford, N. L. 

 Crawford and the A. H. Austin Co. 

 Aside from the secretary, the officers 

 are: President, C. Betscher, Canal 



CANADIANS TO MEET. 



The Canadian Horticultural Associa- 

 tion will 'hold its • seventeenth annual 

 conventioil • at f Toronto next week, Aug- 

 ust 4 to 7. 'This is the organization of 

 the florists in tlte ©ominion and an 

 unusually large attendance is expected 

 this year, as Toronto is an excellent 

 meeting place. Five business sessions 

 will be held, on Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day, morning and evening, and on 

 Thursday morning, with papers and dis- 

 cussions by leading experts. Enter- 

 tainment features planned are many and 

 varied, including visits to local estab- 

 lishments, the Dale Estate and Rich- 

 mond Hill, the association banquet, an 

 evening at Scarboro Beach park and a 

 trip to Niagara Falls. The trade ex- 

 hibit will be staged in St. George's 

 hall. Elm street, in charge of George 

 Douglas. Julius Luck, of Montreal, is 

 secretary of the association. 



A CALL FOE FUNDS. 



Members S. A. F.: — Your committee 

 appointed at the Chicago convention 

 for the erection at the national capital 

 of a suitable memorial to the late Wil- 

 liam Robertson Smith, "the Father of 

 our Charter," has been continuously at 

 work, and has decided that the monu- 

 ment should be useful as well as orna- 

 mental, in the shape of a memorial 

 building or educational garden. 



It is hardly necessary for your com- 

 mittee to remind you that Mr. Smith 

 was for more than fifty years superin- 

 tendent of the United States Botanical 

 Garden, at Washington, D. C, and an 

 honored member of the Society of 



Florists from the time of its organiza- 

 tion. 



Your committee, therefore, asks that 

 you now send your subscription, ad- 

 dressed to William F. Gude, chairman, 

 1214 F street, N. W., Washington, D. 

 C, so that the memorial may take 

 tangible form at the earliest possible 

 date. 



We trust that your contribution will 

 be a liberal one for this worthy cause, 

 that the florists of the United States 

 may show their appreciation of the 

 man who did so much towards promot- 

 ing and uplifting our calling. 



Awaiting an early and favorable re- 

 ply, we are. 



Respectfully, 



Wm. F. Gude, Chairman, 

 Richard Vincent, Jr., 

 Harry Papworth, 

 J. A. Valentine, 

 John K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 William Robertson Smith Memorial 

 Committee. 

 July 22, 1914. 



LAURUSTINUS NOT FLOWERINO. 



I have some laurustinus which were 

 planted four years ago, but have never 

 bloomed. They are growing fast, and 

 the rapid growth may be one reason 

 why they do not bloom. Is root prun- 

 ing advisable? I have done it with 

 good results to fruit trees, but do not 

 know how it would work on laurustinus. 

 J. A. I. 



The laurustinus, or Viburnum tinus, 

 is probably making too strong a growth 

 and a root pruning will be of assistance 

 in promoting floriferousness. Do not 

 prune too radically; cut a trench, say, 

 three feet away and chop off all roots 

 clean which reach that distance away. 

 C. W. 



Hanover, Mass. — The greenhouse 

 which is being erected by J. W. Beal 

 is nearly completed. 



