The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . las if they do not intend to go on toHouston. We understand there will be fifteen daysallowed on going and fifteen allowed on returning,giving ample time for side trips. ??Owing to the fact that the fruit crop in East Texashas turned out to be very light, the failure being caus-ed by cold, excessive rains, it is doubtful in the mindsof the Texas committees whether we should urge theEast Texas fruit-belt trip. That matter, however, isstill pending. ?Regarding the hotel accomodat
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . las if they do not intend to go on toHouston. We understand there will be fifteen daysallowed on going and fifteen allowed on returning,giving ample time for side trips. ??Owing to the fact that the fruit crop in East Texashas turned out to be very light, the failure being caus-ed by cold, excessive rains, it is doubtful in the mindsof the Texas committees whether we should urge theEast Texas fruit-belt trip. That matter, however, isstill pending. ?Regarding the hotel accomodations, it is thoughtbest that parties desiring to reserve rooms shouldwrite the clerk of the Oriental Hotel up to 10. On Monday, June 11. the arrangement com-mittees will have a fully equipped otfice in the Orien-tal Hotel and will do what they can for the comfortof the visitors. To reach that committee, addressStanley H. Watson, care of the Oriental Hotel. The Texas committees feel safe in saying that thearrangements have been well made and we feel thatthe convention will be well taken care Fruit of Cratsegns Cocclnea. Fruit of Crataegus Coccinea. Among old-time thorns the Cratajgus coccineaholds a prominent place, both for the beauty of Itsflowers and its fruit. The term old-time is usedbecause the dozen or so of speciesof thorns comprising the list Inold botanies have now been to hundreds. We thinkwe can say hundreds, for the listof new species now given must bein the hundreds, and the list isnot finLshed yet. Of those fairly well known in:ollections and to be found in nur-series keeping a collection of na-tive thorns the one of our illus-tration, Crataegus coccinea, place. It is one of the firstto flower in Spring and the firstto ripen its fruit. The large whiteflowers are in flat corymbs, as arethose of all the hawthorns, white,as are all the wild species. It is the fruit of this thorn thatgives it such value in an ornamen-tal way in
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