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HORTICULTURE, 



August 17, 1907 



horticulture: 



VOL. VI 



AUGUST 17, 190? 



NO. r 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 ODONTOGLOSSUM HARRYANUM— James Hutchin- 

 son — Illustrated 197 



GINKGO BILOBA— Edwin Lonsdale 197 



GYPSOPHYLLA PANICULATA AND ITS DOUBLE 



FORM — Frederic J. Rea— Illustrated 198 



SEASONABLE CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES— Andrew 



McKendry 198 



THE ROCKERY — David Miller— Illustrated 199 



ABOUT PENTSTEMONS— John Thorpe 199 



ACANTHUS LONGIFOLIUS— Robert Cameron— Illus- 

 trated 200 



ROSES UNDER GLASS— J. E. Simpson 200 



EDUCATION FOR "JOB" — Robert Cameron 201 



UNCLE SAM MISREPRESENTED 203 



LOVERS' LANE>— Poetry— Illustrated .■ 203 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



Preliminary Program, 23d Annual Convention — 

 Horticultural Hall. Philadelphia, Illustration — 



President William J. Stewart, Portrait 204 



Vice-president John Westcott, Portrait — Treasurer 

 H. B. Beatty, Portrait — Secretary P. J. Hauswirth, 



Portrait 205 



Broad Street, Philadelphia, Illustration — William 

 Graham, Portrait — David Rust, Portrait — -List of 



Bowling Trophies 206 



Independence Hall, Philadelphia — George C. Wat- 

 son, Portrait — J. William Colflesh, Portrait — Birds- 

 Eye View from Fairmount Park, Illustration.. 209 

 Department of Plant Registration — Prizes tor Es- 

 says 222 



DURING RECESS 



Detroit Florist Club Picnic 210 



H. A. DREER SEED STORE— Illustrated 210 



HOUSE OP COCOS WEDDELLIANA— Illustrated 210 



SEED TRADE 212 



Seed Adulteration— W. D. Ross 212 



1907 REVIEW OF SWEET PEAS— G. C. Watson 213 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN ESTABLISHMENT— Illus- 

 trated 218 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Florists' Club of Washington 218 



New Bedford Horticultural Society 218 



Georgia State Horticultural Society 222 



St. Louis Florists Visit Shaw's Garden — Illustrated 222 

 LEO NIESSEN CO.'S ESTABLISHMENT— Illustrated 220 

 FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Indianapolis, New York, Philadelphia, 



Washington 225 



THE LANDSCAPE GARDENER AND HIS FIELD— 



G. Bleioken 234 



THE FACTOR OF SNOW IN GREENHOUSE CON- 

 STRUCTION— L. W.— Illustrated 238 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Personal 210 



Philadelphia Notes 220 



More Wonders Promised 220 



Business Changes 225 



Obituary — Portrait 225 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 233 



Good Fertilizers— List of Patents 233 



HoBTicTJLTURE greets its read- 

 "Oid Home Week" ^rs in a new dress, this week, 

 for the s. A. F. specially made in honor of the 

 City of Brotherly Love and the 

 brethren whose hospitality the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists is about to 

 enjoy. We stand on the threshold of a noteworthy oc- 

 casion in the history of the national society. It is now 

 twenty-one years since the society met in Philadelphia, 

 although once in the meantime the convention has been 

 held under the auspices of the florists of that city. It 

 was a great meeting, unique in many respects. It is 

 pleasant to realize that most of the men active in the 

 affairs of the Florist Club of Philadelphia on that mem- 

 orable occasion will be again on hand to extend to their 

 visitors from all over the Union the right hand of fel- 

 low.ship, for the ranks in Philadelphia have not been 

 depleted to the extent that they have in some other 

 cities. We hope that the size of the attendance at this 

 meeting will be proportioned to the size of the welcome 

 that is in store. Xo one engaged in any horticultural 

 pursuit can afford to absent himself. Prom a business 

 standpoint the advantage accruing from attendance on 

 such an occasion is very great. But the man who lives 

 entirely for utility is, after all, only a plodder and the 

 social and recreation spirit which prompts many to at- 

 tend these delightful annual summer reunions of the 

 craft is far from being the least of the considerations 

 which combine to make conventions successful. 



HoRTiCDLTUHE extends cordial 

 The advertiser's greetings to the trade on tliis 

 claim on the reader most auspicious Occasion. The 

 S. A. F. convention is, to quite a 

 lai'ge section of the business, the dividing line between 

 summer depression and the resumption of activity for 

 the new business season. Our advertising pages are a 

 good illustration of the wide-awake and sanguine spirit 

 that is stirring in anticipation of a fall trade which 

 we have every reason to believe will excel any hitherto 

 recorded. Next to attending the trade exhibition at 

 Pliiladelphia a careful perusal of the advertisements in 

 tliis paper will afford a comprehensive idea of what 

 tlie best houses in the country have to offer. We hope 

 and trust that onr readers will do all their buying, as 

 far as possible, from the establishments using Horti- 

 culture as a medium of publicity. They can render 

 no more practical service to the paper, and as the firms 

 herein represented stand among the best in the world 

 in every quality of business enterprise and integrity, 

 rhey can do nothing better for their own interests than 

 to deal with Horticulture's advertisers. This is 

 our third convention number and we know our many 

 friends all over the country will be glad to note the 

 excellent support it is receiving from advertising houses 

 known to keep tareful watch on results and whose steady 

 patronage is the best sort of evidence that advertising 

 in HoRTiCT-LTURH pavs. There is, however, always 

 room for more and we'll get them in course of time. 



The 



During tiie pa=t wcelco we have taken 



occasion to call frequent attention to the 



secret of approaching contention and urged upon 



success m,,- readers the duty which they owe to 



themselves of participating in this most 



notable event of the horticultural year. We hope that 



