66 HORTICULTURE January 16, 1909 



■«^^%"I>'W*¥^^¥ T'l' *¥*¥ Tl^'K^ entine and to all those officially associated with him in 



^*-^^ the good work to which the national society is commit- 



YQjL jjj JANUARY 16, 1909 NO. 3 '^1 that his words be given respectful and thoughtful 



— consideration. Furthenuore, every individual depend- 



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_ .„ ,^ ^^ ent upon auy department of the noricultural industry 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. , , J ,. ^ ,r, <^ ia u . / 



11 Hamilton Place. Boston. Ma... o^^'^s it to himself— even from the most selfish stand- 

 Telephone, Oxford J92 point — to give such aid as he can in the struggle to 

 WM. J. STEWART, Editor .nd M.u.ger ^.,^,^^^.^, fovliim relief from burdens which are costing 

 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE lii,„ ,iearlv. "-fiod helps those who help themselves." 



(aa Tear, in advance, $l.oo: To Foreign Couotries, l.oo: To Canada, $l. jo 



ADVERTISING RATES ^Wc .shall not bc surprlscd if within 



Par lach, JO ioche« to page $i.oo. 



Dta««nti oaCoDtract. for consecutive in.er«on. a. foii^^^^^ Chrysanthemums a voar or two the offering of care- 



0«« month (4 times) 5 per cent. ; three months (13 times) lo per cent. , o 



ris moBthi fie times) ao per cent.: one year (52 times) 30 per cent. f„^^„ ca^rj r 11 c ^-t i t j; a. 1 l 



Page and half paee spaces, special rates on application. from seed fnHy fertdlZcd SCcds of at Icast One 



t^lnT,^., A^^\,,, matter December 8, .904, at the Post Office al Boston, Mass. (las? of chrySanthcmUmS the Sin- 



under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



-1 :1 — - — — gle earlies — .should be taken up as a specialty by firms 



CONTENTS Page in this country and abroad who have heretofore dealt 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Begonia Gloire de Lorraine only in young plants under name. These varieties pro- 



in ns an .„^ ., „ „• z,r <luce seed in abundance and the raising of plants from 



ROSES UNDER GLASS— J. E. Simpson 65 , . . , , /^, , 



LORRAINE BEGONIAS-Wm. McM. Brown 65 ^^ed IS Simple enough. Chrysanthemum growers are 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNATION SOCIETY Well aware of the fact that plenty of varieties equal in 



— C. Harman Payne 61 ^jj j-ggpects to the named parents can be found in any 



PROMOTING ROOT GROWTH IN ROOT CROPS 67 , , , j, -,,• j. ,, . mv 1 • 1 



batch of seedlings from these sorts. This was plainly 



NEWS OP THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: , i ^ .q ■ ^i, i, t-i, 1 ^ tj + 1 1 



Pittsburgh Florisfs- and Gardeners' Club— Chicago demonstrated m the chrysanthemum show at Boston last 



Florists' Club; George Asmus, Portrait— American fall when an extensive array of seedlings from W. N. 



Carnation Societ.v — New Jersey Floricultural So- ^ . „ i ,, • . " • -j,, j.i i -i -x 



ciety-Connecticut Horticultural Society 68 Craig suffered nothing m comparison with the exlnbits 



New York Florists' Club: President Hallock's Beef- of the best imported named ' varieties. As small pot 

 steak Dinner, Illustrated — Lenox Horticultural So- i , , , n , 1 • r-c, • 

 gjgty. 69 plants to be sold at popular prices, as are Lhmese prim- 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— Club and ^ roses and cinerarias, for instance, the general florist 

 FloHsfs' Hafl 'A^sociaxion^y^V^[[V^V.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. n ought to do a big and profitable trade in season with 

 A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT OP THE S. A. F. 71 these easily grown subjects. 



OBITUARY: Eeports received from the important 



J. T. Montgomer.v — George Burnham — S. S. Bren- 

 neman--S. L. Smith— Lewis B. Paine— Robert The flower flower centres indicate the usual reaction 



Smith— Martin Griffin — Carew Sanders 70 „,„!,„♦ t i • 1 j; 1 n j 



market and shrinkage of values generally from 



SEED TRADE: ° 



Where Reform Is Needed— Thomas L. Brown 76 holiday standard to the scale of prices 



The Western Flower Seed Trade — Samples of Seeds ... ■ m ± ■ 1. j.t rti ■ l j.- ■± 



for Department of Agriculture— Notes-Catalogues wluch were m effect previous to the Christmas activity. 



Received 76 j^^ assurance that even these rates would run along 



SOME INTERESTING CARNATIONS 78 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS' without material change until Easter would undoubt- 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Indianapolis. Philadel- edly be hailed with joy by the growers but there is n& 



New' York'iVIarket 83 ^'^^^°^ to doubt that the customary slump may be looked 



T.«^c,^r-.T T A xTT-r^TTc. for about the time Lent comes in and the plants begin 

 MISCELLANEOUS: ' " 



Publications Received 67 to respond to the warm sun of early spring and conse- 



Our Exchanges 67 quently much anxiety is now felt over the situation for 



During Recess; P. F. Kcssler, Portrait ^0 . . 



Lonsdale on Hybridization 71 it is much easier to break prices than to restore them. 



An Assignment 71 ^^^ jj. jg ^j^j natural that solicitude should be ex- 



Appraisers Decisions 71 •' 



Elm Court Farm Club Room 71 pressed as to the duration of the present inactivity and 



News Notes 72-83 j|.g influence upon the standard of values for the few 



Patents Granted 72 ^ 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 72 critical weeks in which lies any hope of reimbursement 



Incorporated 77 j^j. ^j^g year's labor. Extreme fluctuations are always 



Steamer Departures 78 •' •' 



Business Changes 78 to be deplored but nobody has yet perfected any prac- 



Personal . ^ 79 ^^^^^ ^.^^ ^q prevent their recurrence in the course of 



New Retail Flower Stores 79 ■ ^ 



Philadelphia Notes , 81 a business dealing with a product not only perishable 



=^= but uncertain as to supply and demand. Wliile this re- 

 in his little address to the florists of mains true there will be periods in which the product 

 Support America which appears in this issue, must be sold below cost and therefore we must also 

 the S. A. F. President Valentine makes a reasonable have compensating periods when the goods must return 

 and well-grounded appeal to the sense more than a reasonable profit, otherwise disaster is inev- 

 and good judgment of the trade. It is due to Mr. Val- itable among the producers. 



