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"^' ^CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVER ILLUSTRATION— Japanese Garden at Boston 



Spring Show. 

 CATASETUM MACULATUM— M. J. Pope— Illustrated, 425 

 THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 



EXHIBITION IN BERLIN -Frederick Moore 425 



SODIUM CYANIDE AND POTASSIUM CYANIDE— 



Dudley M. Pray 427 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 427 



RECOLLECTIONS OP FATHER TERRY— C. S. Har- 



427 

 rison 



NEWS OF CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



American Rose Society— N. Y. and N. J. Associa- 

 tion of Plant Growers— Buffalo Florists' Club- 

 Royal Horticultural Society 429 



New York Florists' Club— North Shore Horticul- 

 tural Society — American Carnation Society — Club 

 and Society Notes 430 



THE EXHIBITIONS: 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society— Spring Show 



at Philadelphia *^^ 



Boston Music Hall Market Exhibition— Illustrated, 432 



0BITX7ARY: 



Marie C. Hauswirth, Portrait— Mrs. Emily Rose 

 Youell 433 



ROSE TOPICS: 



What to Do Among Roses in March, Frederick 



Moore— My ^Maryland Rose 434 



Rose Harry Kirk 435 



NOTES ON EASTER PLANTS: 



A Visit to Craig's. G. C. W 436 



A Look-in at Schultheis— Easter Plants in Chicago, 438 



SEED TRADE: 



The Season's Record— Bean Scarcity— About 



Onion Seed 440 



Demoralizing Cuttings— The Free Seed Answer- 

 Hearing on Proposed Seed Inspection Law at Al- 

 banj — Tariff Committees of American Seedsmen, 

 Florists and Nurserymen 442 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Washington Notes— Steamer Departures— Detroit 



Notes 444 



Flowers by Telegraph— New Flower Stores 445 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Philadelphia, Indianapolis 447 

 New York ■ 449 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



During Recess 430 



Pierson's Display of White Killarney at Buffalo- 

 Illustration 430 



A Letter to the Donors of the Scott Memorial 



Fund 433 



An Effective Spray 438 



Personal 44o 



News Notes 436-456 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 457 



Business Changes 457 



Catalogues Received 457 



Fire Record 457 



Incorporated 45 ( 



The American Eose Society is to be 

 An opportune congratulated on the substantial gift 

 gift received from Mrs. Gardiner G. Hub- 



bard' of Washington, as announced in 

 our news cohinms last week. Mrs. Hubbard has been 

 a life-long patron of horticulture, formerly at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., and later at Twin Oaks, Washington, 

 D. C, from whence have come some widely-known pro- 

 ductions — notably nymphseas raised by her very pro- 

 ficient gardener, Peter Bisset. We hope to see Mrs. 

 Hubbard's good example followed by others not only in 

 the interests of the rose but to encourage and advance 

 the improvement of other floral products. We cannot 

 have too many such friends of the "art which doth mend 

 Nature." 



While perhaps less altruistic in sentiment. 

 Still they the gift to the Rose Society from our con- 

 come temporary. The Garden Magazine, is cer- 

 tainly a generous one and the award of 

 the medals offered, in the manner as proposed, cannot 

 fail to awaken an appreciative response. The recogni- 

 tion of meritorious achievement as distinct from com- 

 petitive preeminence is a step worthy of the highest ap- 

 probation and if carried on with due care and wisdom 

 will undoubtedly prove a healthy incentive to zealous 

 effort for cultural excellence and in the production of 

 new races and improved types. With the two medal 

 funds above mentioned, three thousand dollars in the 

 treasury, and the cordial support of so many of the most 

 intelligent and progressive men in American Horticul- 

 ture, a brilliant future seems now assured for the Amer- 

 ican Iiose Society. 



The problem of securing the 

 A new support of the public at hor- 



feature In ticultural exhibitions, with 



horticultural exhibitions the double end in view of 

 making these affairs financial- 

 ly protitablo and educating the people in flower appreci- 

 ation and garden art, is far from being satisfactorily 

 solved in this country. To the extent that the spring 

 show now in progress in Boston is an effort in that direc- 

 tion its outcome will be peculiarly interesting and may 

 have a far-reaching bearing on the manner of planning 

 and carrying out future enterprises of like character in 

 Boston and elsewhere. Not all halls are fitted for the 

 placing of such an exhibition as the one under consider- 

 ation. Adaptability for concerts, balls and similar 

 social affairs and adaptability for garden shows where 

 water may be thrown around with impunity, are not ex- 

 actly reconcilable under one roof and in this connection 

 it may be stated that the Japanese garden which is so 

 strong a feature in the present show is the only attempt 

 since the completion of the Horticultural building, to 

 take advantage of the peculiar features of this hall on 

 the lines as intended by the gentlemen responsible for 

 its planning. Because of these very departures from the 

 conventional style and construction of assembly halls 

 this building has been the subject of more or less criti- 

 cism. While it is conceded that radical changes must be 

 made before the hall can be rented to advantage and 

 made to yield the much-needed annual revenue, yet it is 

 gratifying that at last a partial demonstration of its 

 possibilities as oi'iginally planned has been given the 

 members and the public. Those who visit this show 

 will perhaps better understand what we have had in 

 mind when urging the necessity of breaking away from 

 the antiquated and uncared-for system of long tables 

 with rows of flower vases and rows of fruit plates if we 

 expect to awaken public interest in horticultural exhi- 

 bitions. 



