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JUMB 24, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



During the last six months much im- 

 portant work has been done by the 

 National Flower Show committee of 

 the S. A. F. in connection with the 

 fourth national flower show, to be held 

 in Convention hall, Philadelphia, March 

 25 to April 2, 1916, and arrangements 

 are rapidly assuming definite form. 

 Chairman George Asmus, of Chicago, 

 has been in attendance at several of 

 the meetings of the local executive 

 committee in an advisory capacity, and 

 the committee has had the full benefit 

 of his experience with such exhibitions. 

 The local executive committee is well 

 organized and in no other city have the 

 different horticultural interests been so 

 well represented on an exhibition board 

 as in this instance in Philadelphia. This 

 committee will hold regular meetings 

 from the present time until the close 

 of the show. 



The various sub-committees, too, are 

 well organized, and are working on the 

 various details of preparatory work har- 

 moniously and with a zeal which leaves 

 no doubt as to the successful outcome 

 of the undertaking. These committees, 

 with their chairmen, are as follows: 



Press, Publicity and Advertising— W. F. Ther- 

 kildson. 



Securing Exhibits— Wimam Kleinhelnz. 



Decorations — John Habermehl. 



Special Premiums — William P. Craig. 



Special Features — Charles Grakelow. 



Lease and Contracts — A. Farenwald. 



Music — Leo Niessen. 



Printing — S. S. Pennock. 



Concessions — Henry F. Michell. 



Trade Tickets — E. J. Fancourt. 



Lectures— J. Otto Thllow. 



Bureau of Information — Frederick Cow- 

 perthwalte. 



Secretary and Treasurer — A. A. Niessen. 



Committee-at-Iarge — George Burton, Louis 

 Burk, Robert Craig. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety has been invited to assist in the 

 work of the exhibition and, through 

 Hartman Kuhn, its president, the ladies 

 of the different garden clubs in the vi- 

 cinity of Philadelphia have been in- 

 vited to take part in the exhibition, 

 and are already at work on plans to 

 have a tea garden, or something sim- 

 ilar, on lines followed by the ladies of 

 the Red Cross at the recent New York 

 show. Sufficient space will be allotted 

 them by th^^management for the pur- 

 pose. 



An unusual feature and attraction 

 will be exhibits by different societies 

 devoted to aquarium fish and aquarium 

 plants. This section of the show is 

 being taken care of by Franklin Bar- 

 rett, whose personal exhibit alone will 

 cost almost $600 to stage. 



The trade exhibition in connection 

 with the show will be most extensive 

 and comprehensive, and applications 

 for space are coming in rapidly. The 

 H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, has 

 booked up for Block 30, and Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., Riverton, N. J., and Phila- 

 delphia, for Block 1, each containing 

 1.026 square feet. A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 Cromwell, Conn., is among other large 

 exhibitors in this section. Floor plans 

 have been distributed and extra copies 

 may be had upon application to the 

 superintendent of the trade exhibition. 

 [Or see page 21 of The Review for 

 June 10.] 



The guarantors' list will soon reach 



$10,000, the amount authorized to be 

 raised by the National Flower Show 

 Committee. Subscribers to the guar- 

 antors' list, by states, are, so far, as 

 follows: 



CALIFORNIA. 

 Hans Plath, 

 Daniel MacRorle, 



E. James, 

 Ant. Zvolanek. 



CONNECTICUT. 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc. 



INDIANA. 

 Bertermann Bros. Co., 

 Baur & Stelnkamp, 

 John A. Eyans. 



KANSAS. 

 Chas. P. Mueller. 



ILLINOIS. 

 Oporge Asmus, 

 W. N. Rudd, 

 IMiIUp J. Foley, 

 Kroeschell Bros. Co., 

 Hassett & Washburn, 

 The Florists' Review, 

 Ernst Wlenlioeber Co. 

 Fred Lautenschlager. 

 John C. Monlnger Co., 

 Emil Buettner. 

 Schiller Co., 

 The American Florist. 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 C. M. Hamilton. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Patrick Welch, 

 L. Merton Gage, 

 Harry I. Randall, 

 Wm. 0. Jahn, 



A. N. Cooley, 

 M. A. Patten, 

 Thomas Roland, 

 S. J. Goddard, 



B. Hammond Tracy. 



MINNESOTA. 

 Some Florists of 

 Minneapolis. 



MISSOURI. 

 W. L. Rock Flower Co. 

 Samuel Murray, 



F. J. Fillmore, 

 Fred H. Meinhardt. 



C. O. Kuehn. 



MICHIGAN. 

 Philip Breltmeyer. 

 Albert Pochelon, 



Chas. H. Plumb. 



NEW YORK. 

 Peter Henderson & Co. 

 Benjamin Hammond, 

 A. S. Burns, Jr., 

 McHutchlson & Co., 

 W. J. Cowee, 

 Arthur Cowee, 

 Chas. A. Dards, 

 S. A. Anderson, 

 Jackson & Perkins Co., 

 Wm. H. Slebrecht, 

 F. R. Pierson, 

 Traendly & Schenck, 

 H. A. Bunyard, 

 Florists' Exchange, 

 Moore, Hentz & Nash. 

 C. T. Guenther, 

 John Lewis Childs. 



NEW JERSEY. 

 Julius Roehrs Co., 

 Chas. G. Roebllng, 

 L. B. Coddlngton, 

 Chas. H. Totty. 



NEBRASKA. 

 J. J. Hess. 



OHIO. 

 H. P. Knoble, 

 C. B. Crltchell, 

 C. L. Humphrey. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 

 W. Atlee Burpee, 

 H. F. Michell Co., 

 A. Farenwald, 

 Leo Niessen Co., 

 Conard & Jones Co.. 

 Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 

 S. S. Pennock-Meehan 



Co.. 

 Henry Elchholjs, 

 S. S. Skidelsky, 

 Harry K. Rohrer, , 

 Pittsburgh Cut Flower 



Co., 

 Geo. Burton, 

 Wm. Kleinhelnz, 

 Wm. R. Gibson, 

 Joseph Heacock. 



WASHINGTON. D. C. 

 Gude Bros. Co. 



So it may be truly said, "The Big- 

 gest Floricultural Event of 1916 will 

 be the Fourth National Flower Show in 

 Philadelphia." John Young, Sec'y. 



THE COMING CONVENTION. 



The attention of the members of the 

 society, and of the trade at large, is 

 now quite naturally diverted to the 

 thirty-first annual convention, to be held 

 in San Francisco, August 17 to 19. Re- 

 ports received from the transportation 

 committees of the various local organi- 

 zations throughout the country indicate 

 that the attendance at the convention 



will be considerably larger than was at 

 first anticipated. 



President Welch expects that the 

 party from Boston and the east will be 

 large enough to fill a car. .The New 

 York party as already booked' numbers 

 fifteen, and in all probability this book- 

 ing will be at least doubled. These 

 bookings are, of course, exclusive of the 

 attendance of those whose duties will 

 require them to be in San Francisco in 

 advance of the convention dates. The 

 glowing reports concerning the horti- 

 cultural features of the great exposition 

 in progress in San Francisco, as pre- 

 sented by Chas. H. Totty and others 

 who have returned from the coast, wijl 

 undoubtedly influence many in their dp- 

 cision to attend the convention, so that 

 a good average general attendance is 

 confidently expected. 



The Welch Prize. 



Vice-president Daniel MacRorie is the 

 only one to comply with the rules and 

 regulations governing the President 

 Welch prize offered for the member 

 sending in the greatest number of ap- 

 plications for membership before July 1. 

 Mr. MacRorie has already sent in al- 

 most 100 names, and reports that he 

 will complete the hundred by July 1. 



Tbe Trade's Display. 



Floor plans of the Memorial audito- 

 rium, where the business sessions of the 

 convention and the trade exhibition are 

 to be held, have been sent to all mem- 

 bers. These plans show the spaces al- 

 lotted to exhibitors, and the great adftp- 

 tability of the building for exhibition 

 purposes. While exhibitors from the 

 far east, owing to distance and high 

 transportation charges, will not occupy 

 such generous display spaces as they 

 have done at other exhibitions, the fol- 

 lowing have contracted for liberal areas 

 and will make fine displays: 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. 



M. Rice Co., Philadelphia. 



John A. Evans, Richmond, Ind. 



The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind. 



The secretary will be in San Fran- 

 cisco considerably in advance of the 

 convention, and will cheerfully care for 



THE HOTELS OF SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Hotel Committee of the Pacific Coast Horticultural Society supplies the 

 following list of the hotels of San Francisco, with their rates, for the benefit of 



All are European 

 J, Bertrand, care 



those who will attend the S. A. F. convention August 17 to 20. 

 plan. For further information write the chairman, Frederic 

 Joseph's, 233 Grant street. 



Name and Location 



Argonaut, 44 Fourth St 



Baldwin, 321 Grant Ave... 

 Bellevue, Geary at Taylor.. 

 CUft, Geary and Taylor Sts. 



Court, 555 Bush St 



Fairmont, Calif, at Mason. 

 Golden West, 112 Powell St. 

 Goodfrlend, 246 Powell St.. 



Granada, 1000 Sutter St 



HHIcrest, 1200 California., 

 Inside Inn, at Exposition.. 

 Lankershlm, 56 Fifth St... 

 Manx, Powell at O'Farrell. 

 Palace, Market at Montg'y. 

 Plaza, Post at Stockton.... 

 Stanford, 250 Kearny St... 



Stewart, 368 Geary St 



St. Francis, Geary at Powell 



Turpin, 17 Powell St 



Victoria, 698 Bush St 



Washington, Grant at Bush 



Rates for One Person 



For Am. 

 Rates for Two Persons Plan 



With 

 Bath 

 $2.00 to $3.00 

 2.00 to 4.00 

 4.00 to 

 2.50 to 

 2.00 to 

 4.00 to 

 2.00 to 

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 3.00 to 

 1.50 to 

 2.50 to 

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 3.00 to 

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 2.00 to 

 2.50 to 

 3.00 to 

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 2.00 

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Without 

 Bath 

 $1.00 to $2.00 



0.00 



4.00 

 6.00 

 7.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 2.60 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 7.00 

 6.00 

 2.60 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



1.00 to 4.00 



2.00 



1.50 to 

 1.60 to 

 2.00 to 



1.50 to 

 1.50 to 

 2.00 to 

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 1.60 to 

 2.00 to 

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 1.60 to 

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 1.00 to 



2.60 

 3.00 

 3.00 



2.66 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 2.60 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 1.60 



With 



Bath 

 $3.50 to $5.00 

 2.50 to 4.50 

 5.00 to 7.00 

 4.00 to 6.00 

 2.50 to 7.00 

 7.00 to 10.00 

 2.50 to 4.00 

 2.50 to 

 4.00 to 

 2.00 to 

 4.00 to 

 2.50 to 

 4.00 to 

 5.00 to 10.00 

 3.50 to 7.00 

 3. 00 to 3.50 

 4.00 to 6.00 

 6.00 to 10.00 

 3.00 to 6.00 

 2.50 

 2.50 to 4.00 



Without Add per 

 Bath Person 

 $1.50 to $2.50 



1.50 to 5.00 



6.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 7.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 



2.00 to 

 2.00 to 

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3.50 

 3.50 

 4.00 



3.00 to 

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 3.00 to 

 3.50 to 

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 2.50 to 

 3.50 to 

 3.50 to 

 2.00 to 

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 1.50 to 



4.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.50 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 7.00 

 4.00 

 2.. "50 

 2.00 



$2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



2.00 

 2.00 



2.00 



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