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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Makch 23, 1911. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The National Flower Show, which the 

 S. A. F. and the special flower soci- 

 eties have had in preparation for three 

 years, will open at Boston Saturday 

 evening, March 25, and continue to the 

 evening of Saturday, April 1. It will 

 be the great trade event of the year 

 and; the floor space of the large Me- 

 chai^ics building will be none too great 

 to accommodate the flower show and 

 the ^trade's display. As reduced rail- 

 road fares have been granted as far 

 west as the Mississippi river, a large 

 attendance of those in the trade is as- 

 sured. 



THE NATIONAL SHOW MANAGER. 



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F^ank B. Pierson, chairman of the com- 

 mittee of the S. A. F. charged with the 

 arrangements for the National Flower 

 Show of next week, congratulates himself 

 that the happiest stroke in the months 

 of work which have been done was the 

 selection of Chester I. Campbell as gen- 

 eral manager of the exhibition. The com- 

 mittee discovered, early sifter its organi- 

 zation, that it was impossible to find a 

 florist who had all the necessary qualifi- 

 cations for handling the infinite amount 

 of detail connected with the management 

 of the show. No florist could take froni 

 his business a sufficient amount of time, 

 and no florist could be found with ex- 

 perience in the management of such a 

 mammoth and costly affair as was con- 

 templated. In Mr. Campbell the com- 

 mittee found a professional showman of 

 wide experience, a man of such infinite 

 tact and pleasing personality that it was 

 habitual with him to get what he wanted, 

 and get it without friction. Mr. Pierson 

 and the committee early realized the hap- 

 piness of their selection, and the ex- 

 hibitors and the trade at large will come 

 to appreciate it when they find with 

 what rare foresight every contingency has 

 been provided for. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



F. R. Pierson, chairman of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show Committee, has re- 

 quested the secretary of this society to 

 issue orders for members' season tick- 

 ets to all who have paid their dues for 

 1911. Members will find the secretary 

 at exhibition hall ready to receive dues 

 and issue orders. Be sure to bring 

 your order, as no duplicate will be is- 

 sued. Please wear your badge pin. 

 Mrs. J. V. Phillips, Pres., 

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



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



At next week's rose show in Boston 

 the Brant-Hentz Flower Co. will exhibit 

 a new rose, Madison, and says of it: 

 "This rose is a cross between Bride, 

 Pearl and Meteor, has foliage resem- 

 bling holly foliage, flowers white, re- 

 sembling Bride, large buds, foliage 

 nearly iriipossible to take mildew on 

 account of its hardness; the plants will 

 bloom five flowers to Bride's three. 

 There is little blind wood and cuts con- 

 tinually throughout the whole year. ' ' 

 E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., will 

 show Sunburst, to be distributed next 

 year. Stockton & Howe, Princeton, 

 N. J., will bring out one called Prince- 

 ton. S. J. Renter & Son bring out two 

 new roses: Double Improved White 

 Killarney, a pure white sport from the 

 Waban strain of White Killarney, 

 which they describe as much larger 

 bud, double the size of the ordinary 



Chester I. Campbell, 



(General Manager, National Flower Show.) 



White Killarney, stronger and more 

 vigorous in growth, making a larger 

 plant, with heavy foliage, an excellent 

 summer white and the ideal white for 

 winter; Cerise Pink Killarney, a deep 

 pink sport from Killarney, having a 

 velvety sheen and beautiful shading, 

 deeper than Killarney at its best and 

 having a heavier bud. 



The State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana a year ago invited the Rose 

 Society to go to Indianapolis in 1912 

 and the invitation has now been re- 

 newed. Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



MR. WIRTH DISCLAIMS CREDIT. 



On the list of guarantors of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show Theodore Wirth's 

 name appears in the schedule. Credit 

 shoHld be given not to Mr. Wirth per- 

 sonally, but to the Minnesota State 

 Florists' Association, of which Mr. 

 Wirth is president. The Minnesota 

 State Florists' Association, wishing to 

 show its interest in the affairs of the 

 national association, was among the 

 first to subscribe to the guarantee fund. 

 Proper credit is given on the station- 

 ery of the National Flower Show, but 

 through some inadvertence in the sched- 

 ule only Mr. Wirth ''s name appears. 

 It should be the Minnesota State Flo- 

 rists' Association, Minneapolis, Minn. 



ANOTHER SHOW IN BOSKOOP. 



In commemoration of the fiftieth 

 anniversary of the Pomological Society, 

 a flower exhibition will take place from 

 April 5 to 20. 



,,His Royal Highness Prince Henry 

 of the Netherlands has accepted the 

 patronage of this exposition, while the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and 

 Commerce and the Commissioner of the 

 Queen for South Holland have accepted 

 the place of honorary chairmen. Fur- 

 thermore, the Under-Secretary of Agri- 

 culture and the Mayor of Boskoop will 

 act as honorary president and presi- 

 dent of the committee of honor. 



The great number of exhibits, which 

 will demonstrate the great variety of 

 plants Boskoop produces for export, will 

 be judged by an international jury 

 composed of sixty of the best known 

 horticulturists from twelve different 

 countries. J. C. de Marez Oyens, L. 

 D. D., chairman of the Dutch Horticul- 

 tural Council, has kindly consented to 

 act as chairman of the jury. 



D. A. Koster, Chairman, 

 D. Frets, Secretary; 



of the Committee. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., has 

 offered the following special prizes for 

 the exhibition of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America to be held at St. 

 Louis in November: For the best ten 

 ■•iDlooms of Emberta, $10; for the best ten 

 blooms of Wells' Late Pink, $10; for 

 the best ten blooms of Golden Gem. $10. 

 C. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



Delphos, O. — Walter Trentman has 

 taken charge of the business- of his 

 father, the late John H. Trentman. ^ 



