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Oc,"UBE U, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



55 



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Da V 1.1 Neely, one of San Francisco's 

 pioneer nurseryinen, is on the sick list at 

 liig home in West Berkeley, Cal. 



The ' oming fall exhibition of the Cali- 

 fornia State Floral Society and the Pa- 

 cific (Oast Horticultural Society, which 

 is to fake place at the Fairmont hotel, 

 October 14 to 16, promised to be a large 

 affair. Practically all the floor space 

 has been taken already by the various 

 exhibitors. __^_ G- 



SAN FRANCISCCyS BIG SHOW. 



This is the week of the big Portola 

 celebration in San Francisco and under 

 the auspices of the Pacific Coast Horti- 

 cultural Society and the California State 

 Floral Society, the florists of the vicinity 

 will give the largest flower show ever 

 held on the coast. The dates are Octo- 

 ber 14 to 16 and the location is Norman 

 hall, Hotel Fairmont. The management 

 is in the hands of H. Plath and Dan 

 MacRorie. There is a premium list of- 

 fering liberal rewards for first-class en- 

 tries and including a large variety of 

 stock. Not only have local florists and 

 business firms contributed trophies, but 

 big eastern florists also are represented 

 on tb(! premium list. There are a dozen 

 or more silver cups and cut glass vaaes 

 for the professionals. There also will be 

 classes for amateurs and for school chil- 

 dren, also a department of the exhibition 

 'or fruits. 



Vegetable Forcmg. 



U ' )JEE the heading of Chrysanthemums 

 in ti .^ issue is a paper by B. H. Thome, 

 widi . known as a successful forcer of 

 'eg* tbles at Wooster, O., who discusses 

 the um as a catch crop in the vegetable 

 hou- s. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAOX— Sacceulon, Flat Dutch and Savoy. 



tl.00 per 1000; tS.M per 10,000. 

 CKUBKT -White Plume and Golden Self 



Blanchlnf . 91.00 per 1000; $8.50 per 10,000. 

 PAR8LST-25C per 100; $1.25 per 1000. 



Oaata with order. 



WU«eHank. 



' 5GETABLE GROWERS MEET. 



1 Greenhouse Vegetable Growers' 

 Ass. iation of America is holding its sec- 

 ond annual meeting this week at Ashta- 

 ^^ ■ O., and the meeting, together with 

 the opportunity of inspecting the many 

 'eg" able growing establishments there, 

 whifh are among the largest, most mod- 

 ern and most successfully conducted in 

 the middle west, has drawn a good at- 

 ten< lance of the vegetable growers of 

 that section, and the representatives of 

 the allied trades. Through the efforts of 

 ^- H. Rice there also is a considerable 

 display of wares by the manufacturers 

 ^f greenhouse materials and heating ap- 



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paratus and the dealers in supplies re- 

 quired by growers of vegetables under 

 glass. There also is a display of the 

 greenhouse products by the members. 



The Ashtabula growers, headed by 

 President Dunbar, had made elaborate 

 preparations for the meeting and much 

 pains was taken in the preparation of 

 the following three days' program: 



TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12, 10 A. M. 



Call to order — E. A. Dunbar, president. 



Welcome address — H. D. Cook, mayor of 

 Asbtabula. 



Respontie — Richard Hittlnger, Belmont, Mass. 



President's annual address — E. A. Dunbar, 

 Ashtabula, Ohio. 



Report of secretary. 



Report of treasurer. 



Report of state vice-president. 



Discussion. 



1:30 p. m. — General Topics: "New Crops for 

 Forcing." 



"Cauliflower" — Thomas L. Brown, South Man- 

 chester, Conn. 



"Rhubarb" — W. R. Lazenby, Columbus, Ohio. 



"Fall Tomatoes"— M. M. Mlesse, Lancaster, 

 Ohio. 



"Chrysanthemums" — B. H. Thome, Wooster. 

 Ohio. 



"Radishes"— C. W. Wald, New CarUsle, Ohio. 



All who Intend to be present are asked to 

 be prepared to give their experience on this 

 vital topic. Experiments In the forcing of 

 celery, asparagus, muskmelons or any flower' 

 that goes well with a vegetable crop should 

 be reported. 



Paper: "Importance of Uniformity In Varietal 

 Character in Vegetable Seeds" — W. W. Tracy, 

 U. S. Departnient of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Discussion. 



7:30 p. m.— Address— R. L. Watts, State Col- 

 lege, Pennsylvania. 



Picture Talk: "From Farm to Family Fresh" 

 — H. B. FuUerton, Huntington, L. I., Illustrated 

 by lantern slides. 



WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 9 A. M. 



Appointment of nominating committee. 



Paper: "Local Organizations" — Franklin De- 

 Kleine, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Paper: "Diseases of Gteenbouse Vegetables 

 and Their Prevention" — A. D. Selby, Wooster, 

 Ohio. 



1:30 p. m. — Visit to greenhouse plants, in- 

 cluding those of the Ashtabula Greenhouse Co., 

 R. W. Griswold, Jr., Dunbar & Hopkins, Frank 

 Luce, Griswold & Adams, Adams & Sons, Gallup 

 Bros., and the Griswold Greenhouse Co. 



6 p. m. — Banquet. 



THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, A. M. 



Report of Committee on Uniform Packages. 



Report of Committee on Publicity. 



Paper: "Celery Culture" — B. H. Thome, 

 Wooeter, Ohio. 



Pat^r: "Some Pointers for Market Garden- 

 ers" — J. S. Brlgham, Ohio. 



Discussion. 



1:30 p. m. — Report of Committee on Crop and 

 Market ConditldhB. 



Report of Committee on Nominations. 



N« Grower of Vq;etibles mder flass cm 

 iffonl to do witkoNtthc WittboMsyateaof 



Watering 



— becaoM with It a boy can do as much 

 as two men can do in a whole day with 

 ifae hose— and do it better. 



The lyitem is equally vahiable oat- 

 doon, and for many other crept beildea 

 vegetables— wherever yoa need water. 



Send for oar booklet— with teatimon- 

 ials- read and you'U aend in your order. 



E. H. HUNT 



Ixelnilve Salei Aceal 

 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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IVE ACRES with the 

 Skinner Irrigation will 

 produce as much crops as 

 TEN ACRES without it 



The SUnner Irrigation Go. 



TROT, O. 



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JoLiET, III. — C. "W. Shepherd, for 

 years a landscape planter in this city, 

 and son of William Shepherd, manager 

 of the Joliet Nurseries, has taken charge 

 of the retail store of the Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., at the corner of Cass street 

 and Casseday avenue. He will conduct 

 the store in connection with his regular 

 business. He plans many improvements. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — Carl C. Eeck has 

 remodeled and redecorated the interior of 

 his store, on Main street, and has made 

 such alterations as will provide much 

 more floor and window space. The wood- 

 work is Flemish oak, and the furniture 

 and fittings throughout are finished in 

 harmonizing shades of green. He cele- 

 brated the completion of the improve- 

 ments by placing some unusually fine dis- 

 plays in the window. The stock comes 

 from his own greenhouses. 



