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HORTICULTURE 



March 10, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL 

 DEVOTED TO THE 



FLORIST, PLANTSMAN, LANDSCAPE 



GARDENER AND KINDRED 



INTERESTS 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



II HAMILTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS. 



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WM. J. STEWART. Editor and Manager. 



The next issue of this paper will be a 

 ° ur notable one in honor of the approach- 



rose number j n g meeting and exhibition of the 

 next week American Rose Society at Boston. Rose 

 topics will lead and there will be many 

 fine illustrations besides a splendid colored supplement, 

 depicting the beautiful new H. T. rose, J. B. Clark. 

 Don't fail to get a copy. 



Our frontispiece shows a beautiful view 

 ° ur in Grenada for which we are indebted 



frontispiece to Robert Cameron of Harvard Botan- 

 ical Garden. It serves as an appropri- 

 ate accompaniment for the excellent contribution on 

 tree ferns which appears in this number, from the pen 

 of that eminent fern authority, Amedee Hans. The 

 scene of the picture is in the mountains 1800 feet 

 above sea level. 



We read some amusing stories of wonder- 

 Humbugs workers in foreign lands which show that 

 abroad we have no monopoly of the humbugs. 

 The Frenchman who has turned a radish 

 into a potato is now in the lime light and that student 

 of psychology — also a Frenchman — whose plants droop 

 when he feels melancholy and respond with animation 

 when he is happy, is still going the rounds of the maga- 

 zines and daily papers. 



An. uneasy feeling prevails among the 



Florists' florists in English cities concerning 



working hours the prosecution of several of their 



number for infringement of the pro- 

 visions of the Factory Act, so-called, and a disposition 

 is manifested to resist the placing of their business 

 under the operation of this act. In this country the 

 florist has not had much interference, thus far, with 

 the generally accepted hours of labor, which, it must 

 be admitted, are at some seasons very long and at all 

 times very irregular. Such is the nature of the business, 

 however, and so transitory are the goods handled, that 



an arbitrary restriction of the hours of employment 

 would seem impracticable. Perhaps one reason why 

 florists' employees are so resigned to the demands made 

 upon them is their fondness for their work. As a rule, 

 however, employers here are reciprocally appreciative 

 and, very properly, grant considerable freedom of time 

 when conditions permit. 



The executive board of the Society of 

 Tne American Florists and Ornamental Horti- 

 Dayton eulturists has been holding its regular spring 

 outlook session at Dayton this week. The conven- 

 tion in the attractive little Ohio city next 

 August should afford a timely opportunity for the intro- 

 duction of unique features and no doubt the executive 

 board under its hustling young president will have taken 

 full advantage of the situation. It is generally con- 

 ceded that in the smaller cities where the cociety has 

 convened the absence of outside allurements has con- 

 tributed not a little towards that condition of unanimity 

 and concrete enthusiasm which counts for so much when 

 the final summing up comes and the record made of the 

 work that has been done. We look for substantial and 

 far-reaching results from the Dayton convention and 

 hope to see the cause of American horticulture greatly 

 advanced through the well-directed efforts of the S. A. 

 F. throughout the year. 



It is very gratifying to read of 

 American carna- the rapid advancement of the 

 tions winning rec- American carnation in the esti- 

 ognition in England mation of growers and the public 

 in England. Until quite recently 

 the prejudice there against the class of carnations pop- 

 ular in this country, on account of their fringed petals 

 and other characteristics, was deep-seated. Now a 

 special society devoted to the interests of this "winter- 

 flowering" section, as it is designated over there, has 

 been formed and has the promise of enthusiastic sup- 

 port. At the recent show of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society in London, American varieties were conspicu- 

 ous, high awards being won by collections containing 

 Lawson, White Lawson, Enchantress, Victory, Nelson 

 Fisher, The President, Lady Bountiful and many 

 others in our list of favorites. As our British brethren 

 never stand still in matters horticultural it is reasonable 

 to expect something from them before long in the way 

 of advancem-ent. One English journal, commenting 

 on the present movement, expresses the view that 

 further breeding for size is not advisable but that 

 increased fragrance should now be sought. We heartily 

 coincide on the point of fragrance, and believe that it 

 should be given greater prominence in our judging 

 scales for carnations and also for roses. 



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