May 28, 190S. 



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Plan of Main Floor of the Cataract House, Niagara FaIIs» Wfiere the S. A. F. Convention Will be Held August 1&-23, 1908. 



California it is perfectly safe to get 

 them out in May. In some parts of 

 California the tender sorts will even 

 winter in the open ponds. In our north- 

 ern states, however, we have the best suc- 

 cess by waiting until early June. Such 

 nymphaeas as Zanzibariensis, dentata 

 and Devoniensis, with many others of 

 more recent introduction, are among the 

 tender group. Remember that none of 

 these regal aquatics will thrive unless 

 they have an ample supply of compost. 

 As well try to grow good celery and 

 cabbages in gravel as to plant water 

 lilies in a pond without liberal beds of 

 loam and cow manure. You cannot give 

 the plants too much root run, and if 

 one-fourth to one-third is cow manure 

 you will not go far wrong. 



Brief Reminders. 



Get your new stock of bedding plants 

 into the field without delay. Do not 

 depend on any left-overs. 



Spray hardy roses with whale oil soap 

 for aphis. This pest will also be found 

 on euonymus and other shrubs, and 

 should be given no quarter. 



Disbud peonies if you want large flow- 

 ers. Mark specially good kinds as they 

 flower, so that you can increase your 

 stock of them. 



Do not neglect the ramblers for next 

 Easter. These should now have made 

 nice canes. Keep them tied up and do 

 not stand them outdoors for some weeks 

 yet. 



It is still seasonable to plant gladioli 

 outdoors. These late planted bulbs are 

 better set a trifle deeper than the ear- 

 lier ones. 



Pot oflf cuttings of ficus rooted by the 

 mossing process. Keep close and spray 

 freely until well rooted in the pots. 



Spray Ccelogyne cristata overhead each 



afternoon, unless the weather is damp 

 and cloudy. 



Keep show pelargoniums cool and 

 shady, to prolong the flowering season. 



Plant out bouvardias, stevias and any 

 other winter blooming stock needing field 

 culture. 



Ply the cultivator freely among all 

 outdoor crops. The more you stir the 

 ground, the faster will the plants grow. 



Shear genistas into shape. Pot over 

 and plunge outdoors. Do not plant these 

 out, as they lift poorly. 



Keep the little primulas cool and airy. 

 Prepare a frame for them as soon as 

 the bedding rush is over. 



Spray candidum lilies and hollyhocks 

 to counteract disease, using Bordeaux 

 mixture of standard strength. 



THE TRADES' DISPLAY. 



Charles H. Keitsch has lost no time 

 in getting to work since his appointment 

 as superintendent of the trades exhibi- 

 tion at the S. A. F. convention, to be 

 held at Niagara Falls in August. At 

 the time of the meeting of the directors 

 of the society at Niagara Falls, arrange- 

 ments were made for the use of the en- 

 tire first floor of the Cataract House, 

 which is one of the largest hotels at the 

 Falls and one of the world's famous hos- 

 telries. The main floor gives an area of 

 nearly half an acre and there is outdoor 

 space for those who wish to make such 

 exhibits. The accompanying diagram 

 shows the plan of the main floor of the 

 hotel and the tabling which Mr. Keitsch 

 will provide for exhibitors. The arrange- 

 ment is perhaps the most convenient 

 which it ever has been possible for the 

 society to make for one of its annual 

 meetings. 



Buffalo, as was emphasized at the time 



of the Pan-American exposition, is situ- 

 ated within one night's ride of more peo- 

 ple than are within an equal distance of 

 any other American city. Niagara Falls 

 is practically Buffalo, and probably the 

 largest attendance ever recorded at an 

 S. A. F. convention will be on hand Au- 

 gust 18 to 22. Naturally the trade ex- 

 hibition will be large. The address of 

 Superintendent Keitsch is 810 Main 

 street, Buffalo. 



DICKSONS' AT LAW IN DUBLIN. 



Referring to the cabled note on the 

 Dickson case at Dublin, which appeared 

 in the Review of May 14, 1908, an Eng- 

 lish correspondent writes: 



Before the Master of the Rolls in the 

 Chancery Court, Dublin, Ireland, an ac- 

 tion has just been heard in which Alex- 

 ander Dickson & Sons, Ltd., of Newtown- 

 ards and Dublin, sought an injunction 

 against Alexander Dickson & Sons, 

 Woodlawn Nurseries, Dundrum, Dublin 

 county, and at Parliament street, Dublin, 

 restraining them from selling roses or 

 seeds not grown or propagated by the 

 plaintiff company as Dickson's roses 

 or seeds or as Dickson's Irish roses or 

 seeds, and from carrying on the business 

 of nurserymen and seedsmen under the 

 style of Alexander Dickson & Sons, with- 

 out taking reasonable precautions to 

 clearly distinguish the business from 

 that of the plaintiff company. 



Mr. Henry, K. C, counsel for the 

 plaintiff, said the business was founded 

 by Alexander Dickson in 1836. In 1900 

 the business was formed into a company, 

 trading as Alexander Dickson & Sons, 

 Limited. Their business was known all 

 over the world and their output amounted 

 to nearly half a million roses annually. 

 They had been awarded 2,850 prizes. 



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