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SECOND FLOOR PLAN 



Plan of South Wing of Music Hall^ Cincinnati^ Wliere the S. A. F. Trade Exhibit will be Placed. 



The W. W. Rawson silrer medal, Class D, 

 for the best twelve vases, distinct varieties. 



The Stumpp & Walter prize, Class E, $10 in 

 gold, for the best six vases, distinct varieties. 



We would also suggest other classes, as 

 follows: For the best single vases, distinct 

 varieties and colors, first prize, $5; .second 

 prize, $3; third prize, |2. 



Perhaps you would like to offer a prize along 

 these lines or malse other suggestions. 



Great interest is being talsen in the vicinity 

 and it will be a great boom for the sweet pea 

 in this country, and an organization of this 

 Itind is essential to promote the love for and 

 interest in this popular flower. 



I shall be glad to write you further and 

 answer any questions. 



The following letter has been sent to 

 all the horticultural societies in the 

 United States and Canada: 



The above proposed society is now talking con- 

 crete form. You have doubtless seen in the 

 horticultural press mention of this organization. 

 The objects of the society, briefly stated, are to 

 promote the love for the sweet pea (the poor 

 man's orchid) among amateurs, to discard old 

 and superseded varieties, to attend to nomen- 

 clature, and advance and educate the public to 

 newer and more advanced types and varieties 

 of this valuable flower, also to hold annual 

 exhibitions. 



We expect to hold our first annual exhibition 

 In New Yorl£ city about July 7 and 8, place 

 to be stated hereafter, where a convention will 

 be held to further organize and elect perma- 

 nent officers and transact such business as may 

 come before the convention. Several promi- 

 nent seed bouses have offered cups and con- 

 tributions to be competed for at the exhibition, 

 and many horticultural societies and amateurs 

 have promised moral support. 



We write to asl£ if your society will give 

 its support to this society and send a delegate 

 to the convention with power to act on your 

 society's behalf. 



The schedule of prizes to be competed for at 

 the exhibition will be ready about the middle 

 of Jane. 



If you will kindly send me a list of your 

 members, I will send each a copy. 



Kindly let me l£now the date of your next 

 meeting and I will endeavor to be on hand. 



Greenfield, Mass. — A brick store, 22 

 x30 feet, with show windows on two 

 sides, will be built on Davis street, at 

 the rear of the Colonnade block, and a 

 five-year lease on the new building has 

 already been secured by P. E. Burtt, the 

 florist who is now in business on Chap- 

 man street. 



CINCINNATI TRADE EXHIBIT. 



The S. A. F. never had a better place 

 for the trade exhibition, which is one of 

 the principal features of the convention, 

 than will be afforded by the south wing 

 of Music Hall. It is 100x320. Two 

 floors are available, as shown in the ac- 

 companying diagram. The charges for 

 space are slightly different from those 

 heretofore in force. The smallest amount 

 of space will be $4; fifty square feet, 

 $10; 100 feet, $17; 150 square 

 feet, $23; 200 feet, $29; 250 feet, $35; 

 300 feet, $41; 350 feet, $47; 400 feet, 

 --$53 ; 500 feet, $63. Wall space for signs 

 will cost at the same rate. Exhibitors 

 must furnish at their own expense all 

 tables, cloth, signs and other accessories. 

 The superintendent, William Murphy, 

 311 Main stret, Cincinnati, will make ar- 

 rangements in advance so that these may 

 be ready when exhibitors arrive. He also 

 will supply printed copies of the rules, 

 which it is important exhibitors observe. 



OBITUARY. 



W. D. Chase. 



Watson D. Chase, senior member of the 

 firm of W. D. Chase & Son, of New Lon- 

 don, 0., died May 30, at the age of 61 

 years. He was born August 21, 1847. 

 His early life was spent in FitchviUe 

 township. At the last call for volunteers 

 in '64 he enlisted in the 196th regiment, 

 O. V. I., serving under Sheridan until 

 the close of the war. December 31, 1868, 

 he was united in marriage to Miss Jose- 

 phine Low. To this union were born two 

 sons, one dying in infancy, and Clifton, 

 who is living. 



All but three years of Mr, Chase 's life 

 was lived in Huron county, Ohio, mostly 

 in FitchviUe and New London. His last 

 residence in New London dates from the 



autumn of 1895. For thirty years he was 

 engaged in the nursery and florists' busi- 

 ness, which gave him opportunity for a 

 wide acquaintance. Because of his hon- 

 esty, integrity, fairness in business trans- 

 actions and uniform courtesy to all, he 

 won to himself a wide circle of admiring 

 friends. While serving his country he 

 contracted the disease which caused his 

 death. He leaves a wife, one sister, one 

 son, and four grandchildren. 



Charles Zuber. 



Charles Zuber, the youngest son of 

 Vincent Zuber, the largest and best 

 known grower of Brunner roses for the 

 New York market, died at the family 

 home at Whitestone, L. I., June 4, after 

 only one week's illness. The young man 

 was 22 years of age and was associated 

 with his father, who had been a rose 

 grower at this place for over forty years. 

 The funeral was held Sunday, June 6, 

 and was largely attended. Interment was 

 at Flushing, L. I., in St. Mary's ceme- 

 tery. 



Norman C. Cookson. 



All orchid growers, of whatever coun- 

 try, will regret the news of the death 

 May 15 of Norman C. Cookson, one of 

 the most successful of English hybrid- 

 izers. He raised many good cattleya and 

 odontoglossum seedings, but was espe- 

 cially successful with calanthes, phaius 

 and dendrobium. He also reproduced 

 from home-raised seeds the coveted 

 Cypripedium Lawrenceanum variety Hye- 

 anum. 



Bristol, K. I. — For the last eight years 

 S. L. Booth has had charge of the 

 grounds surrounding the residence of ex- 

 Governor A. O. Bourne. Mr. Booth has 

 sent to the Eeview a postal card showing 

 a beautiful view of the gateway of the 

 residence. 



