Apkii. 9, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Sketch Showing the Site of the Convention Garden of the S. A. F., for the Boston Meeting in August. 



THE CONVENTION GABDEN. 



The convention garden committee, of 

 which Jamea B. Shea is chairman, and 

 the park and recreation commission, of 

 Boston, of which John H. Dillon is 

 chairman, are sending out letters to 

 round up the exhibitors who are going 

 to use space in the convention garden, 

 a plan of which is shown herewith. In 

 order to carry jst their purpose of 

 making the exhVtion the largest on 

 record, those in charge are particularly 

 desirous of getting an early start and, 

 for that reason, of receiving prompt 

 responses from exhibitors. A large 

 number of inquiries have already been 

 received and the expectations are for 

 the largest display of the kind ever 

 made in the country. The full support 

 of the trade is desired to this end, and 

 intending exhibitors should make their 

 space requirements known to the com- 

 mittee at once. 



The only charge will be for planting 

 and care of plants throughout the sea- 

 son, which will be at the rate of 10 

 cents per square foot of space occu- 

 pied. For a large area special arrange- 

 ments can be made by consulting with 

 the chairman. All the arrangements, 

 grouping and control of the exhibits 

 will be under the direction of the park 

 and recreation departinent of the city 

 of Boston and no exhibit may be re- 

 moved until that department gives au- 

 thority for such removal next autumn. 



The tent space will be devoted to 

 tender plants requiring protection from 



sun and wind. Space G is a space 

 shaded by large trees and should be 

 devoted to evergreens, shrubbery, etc. 

 The other groups — A, B, C, D, E and F 

 — are all open, level land, available for 

 general exhibits. The small bays in 

 the adjacent Fens pond bordering on 

 sections E and F are admirably adapted 

 to water gardening, semiaquatic and 

 shore planting. Allotments will be 

 made with reference to earliness of ap- 

 plication, which, together with all in- 

 quiries and correspondence, should be 

 addressed to James B. Shea, deputy 

 commissioner, Department of Parks 

 and Recreation, 33 Beacon street, Bos- 

 ton. It is the desire of the committee 

 that all allotments be completed by 

 May 1. 



DIBECTOBS' MEETING. 



At the meeting of the board of di- 

 rectors of the Society of American 

 Florists at the Parker House, Boston, 

 March 17 and 18, were present Presi- 

 dent Theodore Wirth, Vice-president 

 Patrick Welch, Secretary John Young, 

 Treasurer Wm. F. Kasting, Directors 

 John K. M. L. Farquhar, Charles H. 

 Totty, John A. Evans, August Poehl- 

 mann, Thomas Roland, J. A. Peterson 

 and J. J. Hess; also W. F. Gude, the 

 Washington representative, and George 

 Asmus, chairman of the national flower 

 show committee. 



Mr. Farquhar and the other Boston 

 members of the board had made every 

 arrangement in advance, so that the 

 work of the board was transacted with- 



out any delays or intermissions. Lunch- 

 eon and dinner had been provided for 

 in an adjoining room; so no time was 

 lost in journeying to places of refresh- 

 ment, and the meetings of the board 

 were practically continuous. The local 

 members reported in detail the progress 

 already made towards carrying out the 

 details of the convention and that for 

 the outdoor planting exhibition a plot 

 of ground containing about ten acres in 

 the Back Bay section had been obtained 

 and was being prepared and laid out 

 for the use of the society. 



It was decided that the outdoor plant- 

 ing exhibition should be known here- 

 after as the convention garden. It was 

 decided that details connected there- 

 with be left in the hands of the local 

 committee. The price to be charged for 

 space is to be not less than 5 cents per 

 square foot and not to exceed 10 cents 

 per square foot; as this plot of ground 

 is in the park department, a charge for 

 rental could not be made, and the 5 to 

 10 cents per square foot will be charged 

 to the care and maintenance of the ex- 

 hibit, carrying out the arrangement 

 made with the authorities of Boston. It 

 was necessary that the sum of $1,500 be 

 deposited with the treasurer of Boston, 

 to insure the city against any losses 

 which may incur. Any profits that may 

 be derived from the convention garden 

 will be turned into the treasury of the 

 society. 



Awards for the exhibitors in the 

 convention garden will be in the form 

 of medals, certificate? or diplomas; there 



