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HORTICULTURE 



January 9, 1909 



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VOL. IX 



JANUARY 9, 1909 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Primula obconica grandi- 



flora. 

 ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAMBLES— L. H. Pammel— II- 



lustrfl,t6cl 



SINGLE GERANIUMS— Wm. McM. Brown- Illustrated 33 



ROSES UNDER GLASS— J. E. Simpson 34 



HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION— A. E. White— Illus- 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA 35 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



National Chrysanthemum Society— Chicago Carna- 

 tion Show 37 



Society of American Florists: New Governing 

 Board," Judge W. J. Vesey, Eugene Dailledouze, 

 portraits. State vice-presidents and other appoint- 

 ments 



American Carnation Society— Kansas Horticul- 

 tural Society— Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion 



Pasadena Gardeners' Association — American Rose 



Society 40 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 41 



Florists' Club of Washington— Florists' Club of 

 Philadelphia— North Shore Horticultural Society 

 — Tarrytown Horticultural Society— New London 

 County Horticultural Society— Cleveland Florists' 

 Club— Club and Society Notes 42 



SEED TRADE 44 



Catalogues Received 44 



Lawn Making— G. C. Watson 45 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Chicago Holiday Aftermath— Steamer Departures 

 —New Retail Flower Stores 46 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washing- 

 ton 49 



New Y'ork 51 



OBITUARY: 



Margaret McClements— Arnold Reckhard— Chris- 

 topher Cordes— Chas. Kaehlert, Jr.— Arthur E. 

 Clark— W. F. Cooper 49 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal ' ' 



A Commendable Project 37 



1909. Poetry 37 



L. E. Marquisee Greenhouses Sold 42 



Another Valuable Device— Illustrated 42 



Incorporated 45 



Holiday Mishaps 47 



News ' Notes 47-51 



Business Changes 47 



During Recess 49 



Movements of Gardeners 49 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 58 



For the past few weeks we have devoted eon- 

 Useful siderable space to what florists have been do- 

 hints ing in the way of store adornment and win- 

 dow decoration to attract the attention of the 

 passer-bv. Such notes are made, not for the purpose of 

 puffing or flattering the individual mentioned but to 



serve as useful hints for those of our readers who are 

 engaged in similar lines. The wise and provident mer- 

 chant will draw suggestions from such paragraphs and 

 jot them down for use when the season comes around 

 again next year, not to be copied but to be used as a 

 stimulant to thought as to how to individualize and 

 amplify them when ])lans are being made for the sea- 

 son's campaign. 



"You are not right on if your limousine isn't 



Worthy of decorated with fresh cut flowers every day. 



Imitation The fashionable florist has standing orders 



for the favorite blooms that "go with" the 



furnishings of madame's car, not to mention the dress and 



furs she wears." — Boston Herald. 



We don't know the author of the above lines but it 

 bears the impress of some good sensible florist who made 

 wise connection witli some equally sensible newspaper 

 correspondent. How much better for the florists' in- 

 dustry and for those engaged in it, how much more re- 

 fining for the flower-buying public this is than the sensa- 

 tional stories so often poured into the ears of credulous 

 reporters by some charlatan about the scarcity of flow- 

 ers, the rapacity of growers and inflation of prices, with 

 tlie result that page after page of newspaper space is 

 devoted by ignorant and silly writers to persuading the 

 public that the florist is a robber, his products undesir- 

 able and that artificial flowers are to be preferred to the 

 real article. If the florists in every community would 

 make it their business to supply their local newspaper 

 with some such note as the one above quoted, don't you 

 think it would help the flower trade? Wonder how 

 many florists know that an "auto vase" to hold fresh 

 flowers is one of the novelties of the present season. 



Protests against the use of evergreens 



Christmas as Christmas trees are again being cir- 



trees and the eulated through the daily papers by 



forests well-meaning people who imagine they 



are doing something practical to stop 

 foiest destruction. The argument against the time- 

 honored use of these trees, that they are sources of 

 danger to life and property from fire, is a strong one, 

 as all will admit, but that the practice contributes in any 

 appreciable degree toward the threatened forest famine 

 is not worth serious consideration. Hon. Gilford Pin- 

 chot's views, as widely published, and commented upon 

 in these columns last year cover that question fully. 

 Trees suitable for the holiday use are not found in the 

 forests nor in dense young growth, as a rule, but as 

 isolated specimens on cleared land and there is no reason 

 why they should not be as legitimate and profitable a 

 crop for the owners as anything else that might be 

 planted thereon. To those who wish to read up on 

 practical forestiy we would recommend Conservation, a 

 monthly periodical published by the American Forestry 

 Association, Washington, D. C. Tlie price is $1.00 per 

 year and this includes annual membership in the As- 

 sociation. Each issue contains from 50 to 60 pages of 

 interesting reading, handsomely illustrated, and every_ 

 citizen of the United States should be enrolled as a 

 member. 



