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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Jolt 28, 1910. 



Strike out the word "seven" (page 

 14, ninth line) and insert in place 

 thereof the word "six." 



These amendments to Article III are 

 merely changes made necessary by the 

 above amendments to Articles II and 

 III. H. B. Dorner, Sec 'y- 



Urbana, 111., July 25, 1910. 



Convention Preparations. 



The superintendent of the trade ex- 

 hibit is specially anxious that all ex- 

 hibits be ready on the first day of the 

 convention, and therefore requests "all 

 exhibitors who intend entering novel- 

 ties and new devices to be submitted 

 for awards at the S. A. F. convention, 

 Rochester, X. Y., August 16 to 19, to 

 send their entries at once. The list 

 must be ready for the judges on the 

 morning of the first day, Tuesday, 

 August 16." 



These entries should be mailed to 

 Chas. H. Vick, superintendent, 191 

 Main street, Rochester, N. Y. 



Bowling teams holding permanent 

 trophies should advise the chairman of 

 the S. A. F. bowling committee (A. F. 

 Yick, P. O. Box 613, Rochester, N. Y.) 

 whether the cup will be forwarded bj' 

 express in advance of the convention, 

 or brought by some member of the 

 team. The local committee would pre- 

 fer to have the trophies in Rochester 

 several days before the convention. 



The trade exhibit promises to be the 

 banner show in the history of the S. A. 

 F. According to Superintendent Vick's 

 diagram of Convention hall, most of the 

 space on the ground floor of the main 

 building is engaged; only a- small 

 amount remains in the annex, and a 

 number of representative firms have se- 

 cured space in the basement. And, by 

 the way, the basement is not an un- 

 desirable place; it is light, well ven- 

 tilated, cool, and affords ample space 

 for any line ot goods. E. F. R. 



Hotels at Rochester. 



The hotels at Rochester are preparing 

 to accommodate all who may attend the 

 S. A. F. convention, but the wise visitor 

 will engage his room at an early date. 

 Although Rochester is well supplied 

 with first-class hotels, it is not at all 

 improbable that they will be crowded 

 during convention week. Even now 

 various clubs have booked advance 

 orders for their members. The follow- 

 ing are the leading hotels and their 

 rates; all of them are near Convention 

 hall: 



Hotel Iloflicstor. Main street west. European 

 plan. Rates. $1.50 to $2.50 without batti, 12.50 

 to $3.50 with bath. 



Powers Hotel, Main street west.- European 

 plan. Rates, $1..V> to $4. 



Hotel Seneca, Clinton avenue south. European 

 plan. Rates, $1.5U to $3.50, single; $3 to $5, 

 two persons. 



Osburn House. 104 South avenue. American 

 plan. Rates, $2.50 to $3.50. 



Hotel Eggleston, 150 Main street oast. Euro- 

 pean plan. Rates, $1 to $2. 



Whltcomb House, 209 Main street east. Euro- 

 pean plan. Rates, $1 to $3. 



Kastern Hotel, 102 Clinton avenue south. 

 Men only. European plan. 



The Bristol, 25 Central avenue. European 

 plan. 



Clinton Hotel, South avenue and Court street. 

 American plan. Rates, $2. 



Parties to Bochester. 



There will be a number of special 

 trains, or private cars, carrying conven- 

 tion parties to Rochester. Not all ar- 

 rangements can be completed until it 

 is known how many will go. Write. 



The New York Florists' Club will 



L Merton Gage. 



have a special train on the Lehigh 

 Vallev, leaving at 9:50 a. m., August 

 15. Address F. H. Traendly, 131 West 

 Twenty-eighth street, New York city. 



The Chicago Florists' Club has not 

 yet set the hour of departure, via the 

 Lake Shore, August 15. Address L. H. 

 Winterson, 45 Wabash avenue, Chicago. 



Boston will have a special car. Ad- 

 dress E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, Mass. 



St. Louis expects a car. Address J. 

 J. Beneke, secretary Florists' Club, 

 1216 Olive street. 



Philadelphia will have at least one 

 car. Address John Westcott, Bidge 

 and Lehigh avenues. 



CANADIANS TO MEET. 



The Canadian Horticultural Associa- 

 tion, which is the florists' organization 

 in the Dominion, will hold its anftual 

 convention August 10 to 12 at St. Cath- 

 erines, just a week before the S. A. F. 

 meets at Rochester. H. E. Philpott, of 

 Winnipeg, is president, and W. H. Hall, 

 of Montreal, is secretary. They have 

 worked hard and e'xpect the best meet- 

 ing yet held. Here is the program: 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1910. 

 Carnegie Library — Opening session, 2:30 p. m. 

 Address of welcome — J. M. McBride, mayor of 



St. Catherines, Ont. 

 Response — E. I. Mepsted, Ottawa, Ont. 

 I'renldenfs address — H. E. Philpott. 

 Report of secretary — William C. Hall. 

 Report of treasurer — Hermann Simmers. 

 Paper, "Carnations" — C. H. Janzen, Berlin, Ont. 



WEDNESDAY, 7:30 P. M. 

 Discussion of president's address. 

 Discussion — On the values and the future of cut 



flowers and plants at holiday seasons — E. I. 



Mepsted. Ottawa, and George A. Robinson, 



ifontreal. 

 Illustrated lecture on civic improvement — Prof. 



R. L. Hutt, Ontario Agricultural College, 



Guelph, Ont. 

 Question box. 



THURS'bAY, AUGUST 11, 11 A. M. 



Paner — The trynd of horticulture in the Cana- 

 dian West — H. L. Patmore, Brandon, Man. 

 Report of Judges of trade exhibit. 



Paper — How can the Agricultural College assist 

 floriculture ?— Prof . W. S. Blaln, ifacdonald 

 College, Quebec. 



Choice of place for next meeting. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Unfinished business. 



Paper — Retail trade of today up to date — Miss 



Flora Scrim, Ottawa, Ont. 

 Paper— By A. M. Terrllle, Calgary. Alta. 

 Election of officers. 



THE ai.ADIOLUS SECBETABY. 



One of the busiest men in the busi- 

 ness the last few weeks has been L. 

 Merton Gage, secretary of the newly 

 formed Gladiolus Society. Working 

 with President Hendrickson and the 

 other prime movers, Secretary Gage has 

 given this society an impetus thtkt prom- 

 ises to carry it through its first Season 

 with a rush; no yearling organization 

 ever had a better start. A large list 

 of special prizes has been secured for 

 the exhibition to be held at Bochester 

 August 16 to 18, which promises to be 

 one ot the specially attractive features 

 of the S. A. F. convention. 



OBITUABT. 



Daniel Spillane. 



Daniel Spillane, head gardener on the 

 estate of Gen. S. C. Lawrence, at Med- 

 ford, Mass., died July 12, at his home 

 on Postoffice avenue, in his sixty-eighth 

 year. He had been in rather poor health 

 for the last few years, but had not been 

 confined to bed for more than a month. 

 He was born in Cork, Ireland, Novem- 

 ber 12, and came to America when 14 

 years old. He became gardener on the 

 Lawrence estate more than forty years 

 ago, and had held the position of snper- 

 intendent for many years. 



Dighton, Mass. — A. Elery Briggs is 

 making some substantial improvements, 

 including the building of a concrete 

 foundation for one of his greenhouses. 



