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One of Several Groups Staged at the Loodon International Show by "W, A. Manda, South Orange, N. J. 



NO BONES BROKEN. 



The reports from London, to the 

 effect that J. A. Evans, of Eichmond, 

 Ind., had suffered one or more broken 

 bones as the result of a fall while alight- 

 ing from a vehicle, prove to have been 

 exaggerated. Mr. Evans' friends will 

 be pleased to learn that no bones were 

 broken; X rays showed no fracture. 

 Mr. Evans did, however, sustain several 

 bad bruises, especially on the hips. 

 After a few days in a hospital he was 

 able to resume his travels. 



NOTES OF THE LONDON SHOW. 



On all W. A. Manda's numerous 

 groups there were small British and 

 American flags with the staffs crossed. 

 Mr. Manda put the United States on 

 the horticultural map, all right. 



B. Hammond Tracy attended the 

 meeting of the National Gladiolus So- 

 ciety of Great Britain, held in connec- 

 tion with the International show. His 

 exhibit won a silver cup. 



Following the exhibition, J. S. Brun- 

 ton, who guided the party of British 

 visitors to America last spring, started 

 off on a fortnight's tour of Germany, 

 France and Holland, leading a party of 

 British and American members of the 

 trade. In the American delegation 

 there were: A. H. Brown, grape-fruit 

 grower of Manatee, Fla.; Henry Daille- 

 douze and Paul Dailledouze, Flatbush, 

 N. Y.; A. Farenwald, Eoslyn, Pa., who 

 expected to meet Mrs. Farenwald in 

 Germany; A. Junge, Secaucus, N. J.; 

 William Nicholson, South Framingham, 

 Mass.; H. Papworth, New Orleans; E. N. 

 Reaaoner, Oneco, Fla.; B. Hammond 

 Tracy and Mrs. Tracy, Wenham, Mass., 

 and R. Vincent, Jr., and Mrs. Vincent, 

 White Marsh, Md. C. H. Totty and 

 H. A. Bunyard went to Paris and other 

 places of interest, and E. G, Hill, John 

 Evans, J. A. Peterson, Louis Dupuy, 



Leonard Barron and E. Bonnot also 

 went their own way. J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar and M. A. Patten returned home 

 immediately, as did W. A. Manda. 



The Perpetual Flowering Carnation 

 Society gave a banquet May 2S at the 

 Holborn restaurant, at which most of 

 the American visitors were among the 

 guests. R. Vincent, Jr., replied to the 

 toast, "Our Guests." E. G. Hill pro- 

 posed the toast to "The Perpetual 

 Flowering Carnation Society," and H. 

 A. Bunyard proposed the toast to ' ' The 

 Dinner and Entertainment Committee." 

 Other speakers included Mrs. B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy and W. A. Manda. An- 

 nouncement was made by Mr. Totty 

 that the American contingent would 

 provide the society with a silver cup 

 valued at $50 in recognition of the 

 event. On the following Saturday the 

 American visitors were taken to W. E. 

 Wallace's nursery. Mr. Wallace made 

 many friends in America when he vis- 

 ited growers last spring and much in- 

 terest was taken in his methods of cul- 

 ture. Luncheon was provided by Mr. 

 Wallace, after which the afternoon was 

 spent at the famous Rothschild place at 

 Ascot. 



The King of England conferred 

 knighthood upon Harry J. Veitch, of 

 James Veitch & Sons, during the Inter- 

 national. 



At one of the conferences a paper on 

 "Horticultural Education in America," 

 by Prof. L. H. Bailey, was read by the 

 secretary, the author not being present. 



The International exhibition is said 

 to have cost between $90,000 and $95,- 

 000. The admission fee the first day 

 was approximately $10, and the day's 

 takings were about $3,450. Each day 

 after the first the admission was re- 

 duced one-half, until it got down to 25 

 cents. On the day when the admission 

 was half a crown 20^000 people were 



present. Including the income from 

 donations, the financial success of the 

 show was early assured. 



The big event of the occasion, outside 

 of the exhibition itself, was the ban- 

 quet given May 24 by the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society in honor of the foreign 

 guests. Leading men of the trade the 

 world over were among the guests. 

 Among the Americans present were 

 noted the following: Leonard Barron, 

 E. Bonnot, H. A. Bunyard, Henry Daille- 

 douze, P. Dailledouze, Louis Dupuy, 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Adolph Faren- 

 wald, E. G. Hill, A. Junge, W. Nichol- 

 son, Harry Papworth, Marcellus A. Pat- 

 ten, J. A. Peterson, C. H. Totty and B. 

 Hammond Tracy. 



E. G. Hill was one of three, all from 

 different countries, who responded to the 

 toast "Our Brother Rosarians from Be- 

 yond the Seas" at a dinner given by 

 the National Rose Society, following a 

 conference at which the world's noted 

 rose men were present. 



There were dozens of excursions to 

 places of interest, that kept the foreign 

 visitors on the go every waking minute 

 they were in London. 



BEAI. INTERNATIONALISM. 



' ' An international exhibition of horti- 

 cultural produce that will do justice to 

 all concerned is an impossibility," says 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle, London. "It 

 has been tried over and over again, 

 with the invariable result that the 

 home country has always been an easy 

 first and the rest nowhere. The present 

 exhibition at Chelsea is no exception. 

 Those of us who know the capabilities 

 of horticultural producers in France, 

 Belgium and Holland recognize that, 

 excellent as are many of their exhibits, 

 they do by no means iuU justice to the 

 admirable skill of the continental grow- 

 ers. Circumstance renders this result 



