Show world katr recent recen t issues of german horticultural journals report wide aud and active interest in the proposed displays at the chicago Chicag go worlds fair meetings called balled in various places to awaken such euch interest and make practical arrangements for contributing have been largely attended and at one held in berlin beren where not only local horticulturists but bu also those from distant towns were present almost every person announced ced his intention of exhibiting actlis at ali is meeting the govern pent ment grant of marks for the assistance sistan si of exhibitors was voted farl far W small to cover needful expenses as aa these would involve for example the immediate dispatch of an agent to remain ill ia chicago until the close of tho the exhibition and nd it was therefore decided that all expenses in excess of this grant be shared between the exhibitors since last january a committee bw ba been actively at work in hamburg tbt contributions from this thia place will be particularly numerous and a special trade exhibition has been arranged foi fbi the month of september at one onetime time german exhibitors were warp discouraged by report that certain american firms bad threatened by letter to withdraw their patronage nage from germ german ri firma fines should these exhibit at chicago bat mr mason our consul at at frankfort has bo now made public a telegram received from the director of tha aba horticultural section in thi chicago cago which declares il 1 l there is difino no the rumor of a boy cott I 1 and aad haa as pro promised mi sad to investigate the sources of the tha rumor and to becom mend that if such threats ats have indeed been made those who made them shall ishall themselves be ba excluded from the exhibition hibi tion such a punishment would be none too great for conduct of eo selfish h shortsighted hort sighted and disloyal a sort but we wa cannot believe that any american horti lihs has indeed been guilty of this conduct garden U pu and bor forestt i I 1 at it I 1 |