AUOOST 18, 1914. ' 



The Florists* Revko/ 



10 



subjects pertaining to the profession of 

 gardening and horticulture in general. 



All members in a position to attend 

 the summer meeting should make every 

 effort to do so, to show an interest in 

 their national association. The trip to 

 Boston offers several days of pleasant 

 vacation. Visitors will find much to 

 entertain them from the horticultural 

 point of view. There are few places 

 to be visited in this country which 

 would prove more interesting than a 

 trip to Boston and its vicinity. 



An executive meeting of the trustees 

 and directors, as provided in the by- 

 laws, will be held on Wednesday morn- 

 ing, August 19, at 9 o'clock, at the 

 Copley Square hotel, the headquarters 

 of the association. 



Many of the members going by way 

 of New York have decided to travel 

 by the outside line of steamers, leaving 

 foot of Murray street, Monday, August 

 17, at 5 o'clock. M. C. Ebel, Sec'y. 



CHSYSANTKEMUM SOCIETY. 



Owing to the absence in Europe of 

 President Kleinheinz, Vice-president A, 

 P. J. Baur will preside at the meeting 

 to be held in the Paul Revere hall, 

 Mechanics building, Boston, at 9:30 

 a. m. on Wednesday, August 19, 1914. 

 Members attending the convention are 

 requested to be present and to bring 

 up any suggestions they may have for 

 the good of the society. The prepara- 

 tions by the State Florists' Association 

 of Indiana for the annual meeting and 

 exhibition to be held at the German 

 House, Indianapolis, Ind., November 6 

 to 8, 1914, are going on right up to date. 

 A splendid exhibition as well as a rec- 

 ord attendance from members, florists 

 and the public is expected. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec 'y. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



Mrs. Chas. E. Critchell, president of 

 the Ladies' S. A. F., gives notice that 

 the date of the ladies' reception has 

 been changed from Thursday, August 

 ^0, to Wednesday, August 19, at 8:45 

 p. m., at the Copley Plaza hotel. 



Members of the society will find the 

 secretary at her office in Mechanics 

 building, Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 ihursday. Members will please 

 register. 



. A meeting of the board of directors 

 •8 called for Tuesday evening at the 

 Copley Plaza by Mrs. W. N. Rudd, 

 chairman. 



Mrs. Chas. H. Maynard, Sec'y. 



THE CONVENTION SPORTS. 



'^'''c program for the Boston conven- 

 sT l*/""*^ arrived from Wm. R. Nichol- 

 ■M. I 4V. }^^^ ^^8ue had been made up 

 Mm ,7"^f«'e too late for pubUcation. 



ISM... i"f ^l ^ ^°« lo* of prizes for the 

 >;;"al list of events. Keen competition 



tt. . • ^^f^red when the visitors see 

 P''^ ITizesin the convention hall. 



^AILEY'S~^CLO^IA, VOL. H. 



I'.' ""'".^Baiuv* Cyclopedia of Horticulture." 

 r." N.w Yorb^" „^"l'»8he<l by the Mncmlllan 

 I ■" • '" 1.2(KI fi.nj'j!!"^^ ". containing pages 

 L" "'■ tm and Ilth'"f ,?'*^ ''"»' en|ravlng8 

 Ir'-'ii' ted In bV, j^*' 'ull-page plates. To be 



I """ ' In cloth, 16 ] "^*" *''"'*^ ^^ volume. 



♦i'>V of\l°" ^O'^^Jis ago the publica- 

 iBailcv's!, °^^* volume of Professor 

 1'" thUp "T *^y^^0Pe<iia was announced 



F"" is rpaJ"'^"^- ^^"^ the second vol- 

 «aay for its introduction to th« 



Wreath by George C. Shaffer for the Wilson Funeral. 



public. The present reviewer said some 

 emphatic words in praise of the first 

 volume, feeling sure — absolutely sure — 

 that he was safely within the boun- 

 daries of the truth in doing so, and 

 the second book in the big sextette 

 seems to be worthy of as strong com- 

 mendation. The great expectations 

 aroused in the first volume are not dis- 

 appointed in the second onfe. The sec- 

 ond volume, like the first one, bears 

 unmistakable evidence, not simply of 

 careful and scholarly revision, but of 

 the rewriting of entire articles when- 

 ever brand-new matter was desirable. 



But, while thus drawing attention to 

 the changes that have been made in 

 the cyclopedia, while laying stress on 

 the differences between the old cyclo- 

 pedia and the new one, it may be well 

 also to speak of the resemblances be- 

 tween them, for the resemblances are 

 as striking as are the differences. Some 

 of the characteristics of the former edi- 

 tion, especially its general style of ar- 

 rangement, would have been difficult to 

 improve and therefore they remain un-. 

 altered in the new books. Hence the 

 pages, on the whole, have the familiar 

 appearance of old friends. 



For instance, one of the features 

 which distinguished the old edition of 

 Bailey's cyclopedia from some other 

 horticultural dictionaries was Bailey's 

 manner of arranging the names of spe- 



cies under the name of the genus, and 

 this method of arrangement is retained 

 in the new edition. The different va- 

 rieties in a genus or family of plants 

 are not arranged alphabetically under 

 the name of the genus, but are grouped 

 according to their horticultural connec- 

 tion or affinity, and are quickly found 

 by means of a separate alphabetical 

 index which accompanies the descrip- 

 tion of each genus, except in cases 

 where the genus is so small as not to 

 require such an index. In other words, 

 the names of the members of a plant 

 family, like the names of the individ- 

 uals in the successive generations of a 

 human family, are placed in order ac- 

 cording to their genealogy, their his- 

 tory, their family resemblances and 

 other peculiarities of relationship. 

 Users of the cyclopedia soon become 

 accustomed to this arrangement and 

 appreciate its advantages 



After all, Bailey's cyclopedia is not 

 greatly in need of commendation, since 

 there is scarcely anyone who would 

 dispute its high standing or its prac- 

 tical usefulness, but there are many 

 people who just need to be reminded 

 that they ought to possess a first-class 

 horticultural cyclopedia and that a new 

 edition of such a cyclopedia is now 

 being prepared for them. It is for sale 

 by The Review on the same terms sis 

 are offered by the publishers. 



