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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
FALL EXHIBITIONS 
SPRAY MACHINERY AT COUNCIL BLUFFS EXPOSITION 
One of the features of the National Horticultural Con¬ 
gress exposition held at Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 10 
to 19 was a spray machinery competition wherein mechani¬ 
cal tests were made of the different spray machines entered. 
These tests were under the direction of agricultural en¬ 
gineers and horticulturists who have given special attention 
to spraying machinery. The results of this competition 
are to be published in pamphlet form as soon as the data is 
all compiled. 
FLOWER SHOW, BOSKOOP, HOLLAND 
FORCED SHRUBS A SPECIALTY 
The exhibition of forced shrubs and perennials, which 
will be held in April, 1911, has met with very good support, 
and will in extent and importance fairly surpass all the 
Committee’s expectations. His Royal Highness Prince 
Henry has consented to become a patron of the Exhibition 
and the Royal family have promised several medals. The 
hundreds of exhibits will require much more space than 
was expected at first, so that the space occupied by the 
Exhibition will be at least 3400 square meters. There will 
be exhibits in almost every class. The number of novelties 
amounts already to 77. One can therefore easily under¬ 
stand that Boskoop is working with enthusiasm and that 
everything possible will be done to make the Exhibition one 
of the most successful that has ever taken place in Holland. 
NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW IN BOSTON, MARCH, 1911 
The interest is increasing in the second National Flower 
Show to be held in Boston, March 27th to April 1st, inclu¬ 
sive, 1911. This will be held in Mechanics Building, one of 
the best halls in the country for this purpose, containing 
as it does over 105,000 square feet of exhibition space as 
well as a number of fine convention halls in connection. 
The exhibition will be held by and in connection with the 
annual convention of the Society of American Florists, 
assisted by the American Rose Society, the American 
Carnation Society and the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society, and one of the grandest displays of flowers and 
plants, as well as general trade exhibits ever brought to¬ 
gether under one roof seems assured. 
Over $10,000 in prizes will be awarded in the various 
classes and it is expected that this large sum will stimulate 
the interest of growers throughout the country. In the 
trade departments the space is selling particularly well. 
Some of the best known concerns in the trade have already 
applied for space, realizing that the comparatively small 
cost of exhibiting their manufactures will be more than 
compensated by meeting the trade from all over the 
country. 
Among those already allotted space in this department 
are, The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.; Arthur T. Bod- 
dington, New York; Boston Plate & Window Glass Co.; 
Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.; Bowker Fertilizer 
Co., Boston; Best Oil Co., New York; Robert Craig Co., 
Philadelphia; Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.; The A. T. 
Stearns Lumber Co., Boston; Geo. M. Garland Co., Des 
Plaines, Ill.; J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md.; A. H. 
Hews Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.; Wait Inter-Locking 
Steel Co., Newburgh, N. Y.; Lord & Burnham, Irvington, 
N. Y.; Hitchings & Co., Elizabeth, N. J.; Hammond 
Paint & Slug Shop Works; F. R. Pierson & Co.; Kroeschell 
Bros. Co., Chicago, Ill.; Means & Thatcher, Boston; United 
States Radiator Co.; N. F. McCarthy & Co., Boston; J. 
Jamdahl, Cambridge, Mass.; H. M. Robinson & Co., 
Boston; S. S. Pennock-Meehan, Philadelphia; The Chilton 
Co., and others are in correspondence. 
Even at this date the preferred positions are getting 
scarce and an early application is urged upon intending 
exhibitors. Chester I. Campbell of 5 Park Square, Boston, 
is the general manager and to him should be addressed all 
communications and applications. 
FALL FLOWER SHOWS 
NEW HAVEN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
This society held its tenth annual exhibition in the com¬ 
modious Music Hall, New^ Haven, November 1 to 3. The 
decorations of American flags, bunting, and golden eagles, 
which had been allowed to remain in place after having 
been used by the “Eagles,” afforded an unusual addition 
to the floral display. The center of the room was occupied 
by a group of palms and rare decorative plants, and there 
were six other groups of palms and ferns exhibited by John 
N. Champion. The rest of the exhibits consisted largely of 
orchids, chrysanthemums and violets. Among the names 
which appeared frequently on the list of awards, are Adam 
Peterson, gardener for Miss M. T. Cockcroft, and J. T. 
Burns, gardener for Miss C. A. Bliss. 
GOVERNMENT CHRYSANTHEMUM EXHIBITION 
This annual chrysanthemum display of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry, Washington, D. C., opened on November 2. 
There were on exhibition no named varieties of the tall 
single stem Japanese type, 44 named varieties of Pompons 
for outside planting, 70 varieties of named seedlings, and 
140 unnamed seedlings. The Pompons were placed on 
benches at the side of the hall, while the tall plants were 
ranged down the center. One of last year’s seedlings, 
having attained the extraordinary height of 11 feet, was 
too tall for the exhibition room. Several of this year’s 
plants which give promise as commercial varieties are as 
follows: Elise Papworth, white; Oroba, white; Alice 
Lemon, flesh color; Mrs. J. Wells, wine color; Mrs. D. Syme, 
white; Mrs. H. Stevens, gold salmon bronze; Calvat 189, 
pink, and W. Mease, pink. 
