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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 28, 1910. 



Strike out tlio word "seven" (page 

 14, ninth line) and insert in place 

 thereof tlio word "six." 



These aniendments to Article III are 

 merely changes made necessary by the 

 above amendments to Articles II and 

 III. ][. B. Dorncr, Sec'y- 



Urbana, 111., ,7uly 25, ]91U. 



Convention Preparations. 



The supoiintondont of the trade ex- 

 hibit is specially anxious that all ex- 

 hibits bo ready on the first day of the 

 convent inn, and therefore requests "all 

 exhi))it(irs who intend entering novel- 

 ties and nmv devices to be submitted 

 for awards at Ihe S. A. P. convention, 

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

 send thi'ir nitrics at once. The list 

 must ])(' rcaily for the judges on the 

 morning or' llic first day, Tuesday. 

 August in. ■ ' 



Thcs(^ I'll! lies sliould bo mailed to 

 Chas. ir. Vicdv. superintendent, 191 

 Main street. Rochester, N. Y. 



Bowling teams holding permanent 

 trophies should advise the chairman of 

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

 Yick. r. (). Box ()i:{, Rochester, N. Y. ) 

 whetlier the cup will be forwarded !)>■ 

 express ill advance of the convention, 

 or brought by some member of the 

 team. The hical committee would pre- 

 fer to have the trophies in Rochester 

 several days before the convention. 



The trade exhibit ]iromiscs to be the 

 banner show in the history of the S. A. 

 F. According to Superintendent Vick's 

 diagram of Oimvention 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 rejiresentative firms have se- 

 cured space in the basement. And, bj' 

 the way, the basement is not an un- 

 desirable ]ilace; it is light, well ven- 

 tilated, cool, and afl"ords ample space 



for anv line ot goods. 



E. F. R. 



Hotels at Rochester. 



Tiie hotels ;it Rochester are preparing 

 to accommodate all who may attend the 

 S. A. F. convention, ])ut the wise visitor 

 will engage his room at an early date. 

 Although Rotdiester is well supplied 

 with first-(dass hotels, it is not at all 

 improbable that they will be crowded 

 during convention week. Even now 

 various clu1>s have booked advance 

 orders for their members. The follow- 

 ing are the leading hotels and their 

 rates; all df them are near Convention 

 hall: 



Hotel UdcJK stcr. .Main strcpt wpst. Kurnppan 

 plan. Uiil.s, $l..-,0 to !i;2..">0 without bath, $2.50 

 to $.S.r.0 with tiatli. 



Powers Hotel. Main street west.- European 

 plan. Kates. ifL-Vl to .$4. 



Hotel Seneca. Clinton avenue south. Kuropean 

 plan. Kute>^. ."<l.."ii) to .$;!., "ill, sin!,'U': Sfli to .$5, 

 two persons. 



osburn House. 104 South avenue. .\nierican 

 plan. Itafes, l<2.,"jO to $,3..-)0. 



Hotel Kggleston, l.'i!) Main street east. Kuro- 

 pean plan. Kates. .«! to .$2. 



Whitronil) House, 2o0 .Main street east. Kuro- 

 pean plan. Itates, .*1 to $."5. 



Kastern Ilotel. I(t2 (Minton aveinie soutli. 

 Men onl.v. European plan. 



The liristol, 2."» Central avenue. Kuropean 

 plan. 



Clinton Hotel. South avenue :\ui\ Ci>urt stret't. 

 American iilaii. Itates, :f2. 



Parties to Rochester. 



There will lie a number of special 

 trains, or jirivate cars, carrying conven- 

 tion jiarties to Rochester. Not all ar- 

 rangements can be completed until it 

 is known how manv will go. Write. 



The New York " Florists ' riub 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, 

 121(5 Olive street. 



Philadelphia will have at least one 

 car. Address John Westcott, Ridge 

 and Lehigh avenues. 



CANADIANS TO MEET. 



The Canadian Horticultural Associa- 

 tion, which is the florists' organization 

 in the Dominion, will hold its annual 

 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 expect the best meet- 

 ing yet held. Here is the program: 



WKDNE.SDAY, AUGUST 10, 1910. 

 (':ni'.p.sie Lihrar.v — Opening session, 2:30 p. m. 

 .\(!<lress of welcome — J. M. McBrido, mayor of 



.St. Catherines, Ont. 

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

 I'residonl's address — H. E. I'hilpott. 

 Kejiort of secretary — William C. Hall. 

 Keport of treasurer — Hermann Simmers. 

 raiK-r, "Carnations" — C. H. Janzen, Berlin, Ont. 



WEDNESDAY, 7:30 P. M. 



Discussion of president's address. 



Discussion — On tlie values and the future of cut 



tlowers and plants at holiday seasons — E. I. 



.Mepsteii. Ottawa, and George A. Uobiusou, 



Montreal. 

 Illustrated lecture on civic Improvement — Prof. 



K. I,. Hutt, Ontario Agricultural College, 



Uuelph, Ont. 

 Question box. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST II. 11 A. M. 



I'aner— The trend of horticulture in the Cana- 

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

 Report of judges of trade e.vhibit. 



Paper — How can the Agricultural College assist 

 llorlculture?— Prof. W. S. Blaln, Macdonald 

 College, Quebec. 



Choice ot place for next meeting. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 

 Unfinished business. 

 Paper — Retail trade of today up to date — Miss 



Flora Scrira, Ottawa. Ont. 

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

 Election of officers. 



THE GLADIOLUS SECSETAKT. 



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 that 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 Rochester 

 August 16 to 18, which promises to be 

 one ot the specially attractive features 

 of the S. A. F. convention. 



OBITUARY. 



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 super- 

 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. 



