April 7. 1906 



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Part of Spring Exhibition gf Massachusetts Horticultural Society 



member to another for critical in- 

 spection. Also daffodils in variety, 

 well-grown Henry Irving looking par- 

 ticularly well; jonquils and a pot of 

 Nicotiana Sanders in bloom; tulips in 

 variety, of which Ophir d'Or seemed 

 the best yellow. Prince of Austria, the 

 best scarlet, and Albion or White 

 Hawk, the best white. 



The Park showed hyacinths in great 

 variety. La Grandesse was perhaps 

 the best white, and Prince of Saxony 

 the worst of any color shown. Norma 

 and Goethe were fine in the light col- 

 ors. Cavaignac was admired by some. 



For the next meeting, "Bedding 

 Plants and Palms" will be the subject. 

 H. P. JOSL1N. 



greenhouses of W. W. Edgar Co. and 

 Pierce Bros., where they inspected with 

 much pleasure the Easter crops, and 

 were sumptuously entertained. 



Robert Craig addressed the Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia on Easter plants 

 on the 3rd inst. He traced the prog- 

 ress of this industry for the past 20 

 years and pointed out the newest good 

 things that should be used today, a 

 very able and interesting paper, which 

 will be found in its proper place in our 

 columns. 



Recent visitors in Philadelphia: W. 

 W. Edgar, Waverly, Mass.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. R. J. Halliday, Baltimore, Md.; 

 Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd G. Blick, Norfolk, 

 Va. 



ROSE GROWING FOR CUT 



FLOWERS. 



Paper read before the American Rose So- 

 ciety by J. J. Curran. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen: When 

 I undertook to read a paper before 

 your society on this subject, I had 

 little thought that after my researches 

 into the newer methods I should find 

 so little that was really new. It is an 

 old saying, and a true one, that there 

 is nothing new under the sun, and I 

 am somewhat inclined now, to he of 

 that opinion also, for just as I would 

 be congratulating myself on having 

 found or heard of something new, 

 along comes one of the old boys and 

 tells me that this same method has 

 been followed in years gone by. After 

 a few of these disappointments I made 

 up my mind to give you such facts as 

 I have gathered in my researches. If 

 they contain anything new, so much 

 the better; if they are old, they may 

 bring back pleasant recollections to 

 some of us, and renew the scenes of 

 our youthful battles. 



When starting to review the newer 

 phases of rose culture it will be ap- 

 propriate to start with the beginning 

 of the rose plant. By this I do not 

 mean the cutting or scion which, of 

 course, is no new plant, but simply a 

 perpetuation of a branch of the ori- 

 ginal plant. I mean the product of 

 the hybridist's art. The skill, care and 

 untiring energy which these gentle- 

 men have brought to bear on this 

 branch of the business has been of in- 

 finite benefit to the craft, inasmuch as 

 we now have a larger field from which 

 to choose our varieties, and I may also 

 add that we have finer and more suit- 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Association of Indianapolis 

 was held April 3. Final arrangements 

 were made for the Spring Show, 

 April 9. 



The Messrs. Farquhar of Boston en- 

 tertained the members of the New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society with an 

 illustrated lecture on "The Bulb Grow- 

 ing Industry of Holland," on the 

 evening of March 27. 



Dennis T. Connor, the Philadelphia 

 representative of the Lord & Burnham 

 Co., will give an address on "Green- 

 house Building; the Latest Improve- 

 ments," at the May meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia, Tues- 

 day evening, May 1. 



The members of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston, to the num- 

 ber of about sixty, had a field day 

 on Saturday, March 31, visiting the 



Group of Hard-Wooded Gri i shouse Plants 

 of Massachusetts Horticultura 



at Spring 



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