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HORTICULTURE 



September 14, 1907 



•tI^^'gJ'¥*¥^^T T¥ 'TpW I'D "ET i^arcels post will certainly be a great boon for the horti- 



^*- Vi^ *V M. K V.^ \J M.^ M. V/ fV Al^ cultural industries, and we hope our progressive Post- 



^^^^ SEPTEMBER 14. 1907 S^HT ^'^fter General may succeed in promptly putting this 



]-eform into operation. Ofijjosition oi the most stren- 



puBLisHED WEEKLY BY iious character is sure to be encountered as soon as the 



^9^'L^^Hh'^^^ '*"5*'i**""t? .F**' advocates of a parcels post begin to get busv in Congress. 



11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. „^ , . ^ i x i i i u " ■ i- -a u 



Telephone, Oxford 292 We advise ouF readers to do what thev can individually 



WM. J. STEWART, Editor aod Mapager j^ ^^j^ ^^p j^^^^j sentiment in favor of the movement and 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE scG to it that their representatives in Congress are fully 



One Year, in advance, *'^~^To_Forei^n co^°«^i|». »■<»: To Canada, $1.50 .^ppj.jgpf] gf tj^gip eamcstness in demanding favorablc ac- 



Per Inch, 30 inches to page ................ $1.00. tion on tliis long-defcrred refonn. 



Discounts on Contracts for consecutive insertions, as follows : -^ 



One month (4 times) 5 per cent.; three months (13 times) 10 per cent.; Jg there to be a floWCr shoW in VOUr 



■iz months (26 times) 20 per cent. ; one year (52 times) 30 per cent. ■' 



Page and half page spaces, special rates on application. Help tl^e local neighborhood this fall? If SO, be 



copvRiQHT, 1907. BY HORTICULTURE PUB. CO. flower show gure to give it open-lieartcd en- 



Enieredassecond-classmatter Decembers, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass. „r,nn..5rrQrv,Qr,i- • i-f T,ni- +1iqt. incl-f, nnc r,f 



under the Act of Congress oi March 3, 1879. couragemcnt , il not, tlien makc One 01 



your own in the way of a "fall opening" or something of 



CQ JJTENTS '^h'lf sf'i't- Whenever and however there is launched any 



Page miblic project for an affair where plants and flowers are 



FRONTISPIECE-Flower Garden at Wiantenock, Conn. {^ ^^ .j^^^ prominence the man of all men who should 



A PLEA FOR MORE SHADE TREES — Edwin Mat- , , '7,. , ■ ^ i ■ -j 1 4. • j.- .a • j. 1 j 



th w 3-15 ™ ^ S^^^ ''' "^"°^^' 1^ ^'^^ florist who de- 



GINKGOlVlLOiiA—WaiVenj.Chaninery.y. '.'.".'.'.'. '.'.'.'.. :J45 nends for his business suppoxi upon the community in- 



PE.4R BLIGHT— S. S. Rogers 347 tercsted. If there are others in the same line of busi- 



TIMELY CHRYSA.WHEMUM NOTES— Andrew Mc- _^ ness they should be induced to bear a hand also. The 



4FTER^ADJbrRNMENT!.'.'.'.'.'.^ 348 '"'^ *""'" f"*^^"'<-' advantage should be made on the broad 



WIANTENOCK. .!....' '.".'.'.'.'..'.'....'.'.'.'.'.'. .' 34ci policy of bringing the goods rather than the individual 



ZON4L PELARGONIUM DAGAT A— Illustrated 34S directlv to a position of higher favor in the public es- 



NBWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES timation. The first essential is to develop a demand for 



New York Flonsts' Club-New Bedford Horticul- ,, ^^^ ^ ^^ ^ , g,, ji^^pj ^.^^^ com- 



tural Society— Pittsburgh and Allegheny laorists -.i ,1 1 1 n ' i t ■ '' .1 . i 



and Gardeners' Club-American Carnation Society pare with the local flower show as conducive to that end. 



American Rose Society— New England Oahlia So- Contrilmte, then, of your best and show the eommunity 



ciety— Club and Society Notes 343 fi,,, possibilities in advanced graden and house culture. 



^^Cri^ulturf '^°"^*^' "^ ^''''^ York-Congress ot ^_^ jj^^^-^ compete against them and thus discourage them; 



DURINg'^^RECESS .......v............... '330 enter as "not for competition" and let them have the 



A GROUP OF C.AN.4DIAN FLORISTS— Illustrated 350 prizes. Your reward will come in another and more ' 



PLYMOUTH EMULATES DAYTON 350 profitable form. 



THE EXHIBITION SEASON . ^ j. i- i i -li. 

 Recent Flower Shows-Floral Society of Avon, A gardener of unquestioned ability, 

 Fail-port Floral Society, s'loral Society of Pitts- A question of industry and good habits, with a four- 

 ford Grange, Grand Trunk Horticultural Society ^^e hour teen-vear record in hi/bi<t iio«ition 

 Melrose Horticultural and Improvement Society, teen) ear lecoia m nis last position 



Southampton Horticultural Society, Massachusetts (commercial) called at our office re- 

 Horticultural Society, Exhibition at Montreal, centlv in quest of a new situation. He told of having ap- 



Awards at the Boston Exhibition -joI ^■ i\ ±1 ■ 1. s 1 i. 1 t i ± ■. 



Coming Flower Shows- Nassau County Horticul- plied to the proprietor of a very large establishment and 



tural Society, State Floral Society ot Arkansas, having been offered a position at $1.7.5 a day. This is 



Lenox Horticultural Society, "W appingers Dahlia tlie price of unskilled Italian labor. The incident is not 



Society. New Jersey Horticultural Society Newport ^,,^ exceptional one bat the issue it brings Ul) is one of 



Horticultural Society, Tarrytown Horticultural So- i. . i*. J, i 



ciety, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Mary- very serious imp.irtance which is liouud to find promi- 



land State Horticultural Society 352 nence in the immediate future. When we consider eco- 



FOR HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN THE PUB- ^ nomic conditions as they exist today and tliink how far 



Lie SCHOOLS 353 .^ dollar will go it must be phiin to everyone except the 



?,^i,^^-l,p^- ■„ 354 man of frozen heart and iron hook that the wages of 



bj!iJl.D IKAUH. 1 11 1 T 1 il 11- • , 



.AN IMPORTANT NEW BOOK ON PLANT BREED- skilled gardeners, whether employed m a commercial or 



ING — R. G. Leavitt 3oi5 urivate capacity, are inadequate for the knowledsre and 



THE PHILOSOPHY OP WHOLESALING-Charles E. ^^^^ .pp^ice required, especially in the latter class. >here 



FLmVER MARKET REPORTS ' '^ °f, ^"^^'ty ^^^ thegood gardener that is rarely, if ever, ; 



Boston, Bufl'alo, Fetroit, New York, Philadelphia. . 361 paid tor — one ot whicJ? but few other industries can take 



MISCELLANEOUS advantage — the love for his work which is nearly always 



Personal 34S .j pf,j.^ gf j-,jg make-up. "To business that we love we 



So'gueTR^^ived '"'"°!^::.: i:: :::::::::: I If^ '•''' i^^^ime, and go to't with delight,- is a sentiment 



Publications Received 355 peculiarly applicable to the worker in horticulture. Long 



Detroit News— Business Changes 361 and IrregTilar is the "day" of the snrdener and of his 



Incorporated— News Notes 361 lirother the retail fiorist who rarelv complains even when 



wiwnS"™ Topics:::::::::::;:;:::::;:;::: 36o the dav extends ^ mto the nigk or because Sundays 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 370 and holidays exacc even gi'eater sacrifice. For the well- ^ 



Hail in Des Moines, la 370 being of the profession and that it may offer induce- 



.^^=r===^=^===^=^=^^=:=^=^= ment to men of the highest ability to enter the ranks, 



Among the several postal improve- and espousing the eaii^e of the "square deal" for every- 



For a parcels nients recommended by Postmaster body, let iis elirne.stly consider what can be done to take 



post General Meyer are a domestic parcels the'gardfner now and forever out of the "day laborer" 



post and postal savings bank. The class. 



