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HORTICULTURE, 



August 10, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. VI 



AUGUST 10, 190r 



NO. 6 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 FRO XTISPIECE — Hedge of Hydrangea paniculata 

 grandiflora 



ORNAMENTAL CONIFERS— A. Hans— Illustrated 161 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 162 



LIBRARY NOTES— C. Harnian Payne 163 



SEEN AT CRAIG'S— G. C. W.— Illustrated 165 



THE GHENT QUINQUENNIAL— C. H. P 165 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



American Association of Park Superintendents — 

 Lenox Horticultural Society — Society of American 

 Florists — National Flower Association of the 

 United States — North Shore Horticultural Society 

 — Massachusetts Horticultural Society — New Lon- 

 don County Horticultural Society — Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society — New Jersey Floricultural So- 

 ciety — St. Louis Horticultural Society 166 



American Rose Society 167 



American Carnation Society 167-168 



Florist Club of Philadelphia 168 



Club and Society Notes 169 



S. A. F. CONVENTION PRELIMINARY NOTES 



Railroad Rates to Philadelphia — Chicago to Phil- 

 adelphia — New York to Philadelphia — St. Louis to 



Philadelphia ' 16S 



DURING RECESS 



Slogan— G. C. W 169 



SEED TRADE 170 



The Lilv Bulb Outlook 170 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston. Buffalo, Detroit. Indianapolis, Newport. 



New York, Philadelphia, Twin Cities 177 



HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA 184 



OBITUARY , 185 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Massachusetts Agricultural College 169 



Catalogues Received , 170 



Incorporated 174 



Movements of Gardensrs 174 



News Notes 173 



Bayersdorfer & Co.'s New Building. Illustrated.. 177 



Business Changes 179 



Shrub Chat 184 



Demand for Nursery Stock in China. .-. 185 



A Record Price for a Chrvsanthemum Bloom — C. 



H. P 185 



Publications Received 185 



Victims of Hail Storms 185 



Rumored Drowning of Edward Heacock 185 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated. 186 



List of Patents 186 



The country is swarming witli 

 "ad-=niitlis." and "ad-writers" 

 — turned out by correspond- 

 ence .schools and similar insti- 

 tutions, presumably ready equipped to show the business 

 man how to advertise his goods. Effective advertising 



Advertising 

 methods, old and new 



is an accomplishment of which but few business men 

 are masters and tlierc is undou!)tedly a place for the 

 intelligent assistant in this important department of 

 Inisiness but. sooner or later, there i.s sure to be a reac- 

 tion from the gush and superfluous small talk of present 

 day publicity methods and a return to the use of simple 

 straight-forward announcements of the kind of goods 

 offered and their prices. 



Our foreign news notes on another 

 A hint for page of this issue tell of the great 



foreign exhibitors Quinquennial Exhibition to be held 

 in Ghent, Belgium, in April. 1908. 

 As our own national flower show is to take place in 

 Chicago a few months later, this important Eurojwan 

 exhibition would seem to furnish those actively engaged 

 in the work of preparation for the American affair a 

 good index to the sensational novelties and other val- 

 uable things not yet known or appreciated here as they 

 .-rhotdd be and an effort in the direction of inducing the 

 exhibitors to participate in the exhibition here might 

 yield some good results. Foreign growers of new varie- 

 ties should make a note of the American National Sho%v 

 and arrange to put in an appearance. They will find 

 the profession here most appreciative. 



The action of the United States Express 

 A duty Company in only complying with the strict 

 to yourself letter of the ruling of the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission is a disappointment 

 tomany flower shippers who had reason to believe that 

 the order of the Commission would bring them reliet 

 as well as their neighbors. There is no question that 

 their interests will be protected in due time but the 

 incident is an eye-opener as to the character and pur- 

 ])Oses of the.se monopolies whose services are indespensa- 

 ble to the flower and plant shipper. The most disquiet- 

 ing feature of the situation is the reluctance of so many 

 of those who are suffering from the exactions of trans- 

 portation companies to line up in support of the society 

 which is practically the only medium through which 

 relief may l)e obtained. Why not come to Philadelphia 

 and help by your presence and advice in this and other 

 movements which are under way for the benefit of your- 

 self and your neiglibors? 



As a curb to the reckless tyranny of the 



A remedy common carriers the proposed parcels post 



in sight seems to promise well and were it not for 



the powerful opposition of the Express 

 Company interests in Congress a parcels post would 

 undoubtedly have l)een established long ago. Are vou 

 interested? As a dealer in seeds, small plants, flowers, 

 bulbs, cuttings and other articles which might be car- 

 ried promptly, safely and cheaply by the Post Office 

 Department, have you considered v.-liat the enactment 

 of the proposed po.stal law might mean to you and the 

 conduct of your business? If you have ideas on this 

 subject bring them to Philadeljihia. Action on such 

 matters by the national society carries with it strength 

 only in proportion to its numerical support. Individual 

 activity in every Congressional district will compel 

 attention. Come to the convention and assist in the 

 adoption of some policy on which all can unite and then 

 go out and work. 



