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HORTICULTURE 



October 19, 190t 



■KJ'^%"MJ'¥*¥^^¥ Jl' np¥ 71} li^ Ws would suggest to those who are 



KaVJ^ M. K^^KJ M^ M. V/.KVJ> Give the young concerned in the filling of the oiSces 



VOL. VI OtroobR 19, 1907 HO. 16 '"^" something in tlie club or bociety for the coming 



— to do year that they do not overlook the 



PUBLISHED WKEKLY BY young mcn. This advice is not 



"?.'*X*^"!:*^*t^-^-"««i.«„^il«« new but it will bear repetition as not infrequently we 



11 Mamilton «'iace, Doston, .Mass. ,, ,,. i ^•,, , ^ t r , 



leiephone, uxiord 193 sce the ottices and committee work confined much too 



WM. J. STEW^KT. Emtor and Manager ^.j^^^j^, ^,j^j^j^ ^j^,^ jj^^^.^ ^j ^j^^ ^jj^^. j^^gj^^bcrs of an 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Organization. Tlie gi-cat value of old and experienced 



One Year, in advance, ji-oo; To Foreign Countries, ».oo: To Canada, $150 members in work of importance Can not be questioned 



Per Inch, 30 inches to p^e^.*"*^"*!"'' ."^^.''f $i-oo. but it is equally true that any organization which is 



Disowius on Contracts lor consecutive insertions as foiio^^^^^ carcful to divide the work and' responsibilities between 



One month (4 times; 5 per cent.; three months (13 times; 10 per cent., jr 



•ii months (26 times; 20 per cent.; one year ija times; 30 per cent. jtg old-time representatives and its vounger adherents 



Page and hall page spaces, special rates on application. • . 1 • xi, i, x j ■ i j iU 1 i 



' >■ t »■ ■- jg taking the best and, indeed, the only course to assure 



copVRiQMT, 1907, BY MOKTicULTURE PUB. CO. unflagging efi^iciencv and continuous prosperity. Give 



Bniered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the I'ost Office at Boston. Mass. ^YiQ VOUnK lUCn SOmethinS to do 1 thcV will appreciate 



under the Act ol Congress ol March 3, 1879. ,,1 t i , , • 1 - i- i^ii- ii i ,• 



tlie honor and take much pride m lulfiilmg the duties 



r'Qf^'T'Ki'N'rS ^^^^^ imposed upon them. The busier they are kept the 



Page more loyal and enthusiastic they will prove to be. 



FRONTISPIECE— Cattleya Hardyana Xo one who reads Mr. Canning's 



SENECIO CLIVORUM-HH. Thomas-Illustrated.... 505 Design in practical advice in regard to the 



ROSE RICHMOND— .T. E. Simpson 50;) i3„Hcr=>n. wnrU i j- t • • f i ir 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE-W. H. Adsett 50? landscape work value of system m private and public 



GARDENIAS— David Miller o07 improvement work, which we present 



CATTLEYA HARDYANA ■"■0" iu another part of this issue of Hohticulture, will 



NEM'S OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: have much diflftculty in calling to mind instances where 



New York Florists Club— Pennsylvania Horlicul- . J «■ ,•" t , . , 



taral Society-Gardeners' and Florists' Club ot the dignity and artistic effectiveness of an estate or park 



Boston— St. Louis Florists' Club— Massachusetts reservation have been sadly impaired by haphazard 



Horticultural Society 5(»cS planting, and anangement of grades, walks etc. Per- 



American Pomologica! Society-Chrysanthemum .^ -^ jg j^j^ ^^^ ^^^^ . p^j.^apg it is a neighbor's and. 



Society of America — Club and Society Notes oil ' . 1 ii vi 1 • 1 i. 1. ij? 1 i 1, 



Dutchess County Horticultural Society at Uplands unfortunately the blemish never rights itself but be- 



Illustrated ^^'^ comes more and more apparent as the years pass. No 



NEW OFFICIALS OF THE OLDEST FLORISTS' ^ ^ argument should be needed to show that foresight and 



CLUE— Illustrated — =>^'' systematic design bv some one familiar with the material 



THE EXHIBITION Sl'-^SON „„^,. „,,,„.^, „„„i„f,. and proficient in its use is fully as essential in outdoor 



Recent Shows: Massachusetts Horticultuial bociet> f .,..,,..•' , . , 



—Worcester County Porticaltural Society— New arrangement as it is m the indoor planning of a home. 



London County Horticultural Society— -Nassau _ This i« even more apparent in the larger and more com- 



County Horticultural Society ^.. olo prehen.sive Questions of town improvement and no 



Coming Shows: Massachusetts Horticultural So- ^^^^ ^^ ^. j..^ ^j^ j^ ^ undertaken without expert 



ciety— Horticultural society of Chicago .'lU • . i j • . c^ i.-, 1x1 



San Diego Floral Association— Other Shows 511 advice, or intrusted, as is too otten the case, to the 



A SCOTCH PRIZE-WINNING GROUP — Illustrated 511 judgment of commissions or boards composed of men 



N.A.TIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY— C. Har- _however good and public-spirited they may be— 



man P^yne. .............•.•••■•■••• •■^■- • — ■_■• — which have not at least one member of recognized pro- 



SYSTEM.^TIC PLANTING IN IMPROVFMP>NT t ■ ^ ■ i 1 ii- • iU ■ t _i. 



WORK— E J Canning 512 fessional experience and ability in the various depart- 



SEED TRADE 514 ments of landscape work. 



FLOWER MARKET RFPORTS: ^t^ can think of no general duty which a 



Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Indianapolis. Sew York, . „,*!«„, 1 -i i ^ t u 



Philadelphia, Washington 521 ^ "=*'°"=' city government owes to itself as a munici- 



THE ADVANTAGE OF BtJlLBR INSURANCE- R. T. question jiality and (o its Citizens individually and 



McCJorum ^'"^^ collectively more important than the pro- 



MISCELLANEOUS: tection and preservation of its trees. That this re- 



PubllcatiOTs'' Rewh-ed. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'.'.".'.'.'. '■ '. '. 514 sponsibility has not been fully realized in the past is no 



News Notes 516, 51S excuse for neglecting it now and public officials should 



Plant Imports 516 be held to strict account where the life of a mature tree 



A First Prize Auto Decoration- Illustrated 51S ig concerned. In every agitation of this question there 



Uicor OT^Ued S'°'"^^-^"'^'°^'^ ':!'''.'!f ^ ;.■.■;. ; ; : : : : 521 '« but one place for the gardener and florist and that is 



Maine's .Apple Crop Damaged. 520 on the side of the tree as against road makers, monu- 



List of Patents 52;) ment buiider.=, gas companies, line men and tree ene- 



Duty on Christmas Trees. 529 ^lies generally, of whatever ilk. The struggle now 



Greenhouses Building or Projected 530 ^^^^^ ^^ -^ Washington to prevent the invasion of the 



==^ Botanic Garden and the needless destruction of trees of 



It is asserted that a custom prevails great patriotic and historic interest to make room for a 



Measuring the vrith some importers of French bulbs, gtatue of General Grant should call forth an emphatic 



bulbs Japan lilies, etc., the prices which are support from horticulturists evervwhere, whose duty it 



based upon specified measurement of ig to take advanced position before the people in such 



bulbs, to sell according to sizes not mentioned in the im- niatters. As between these beautiful trees which Mr. 



port invoice. For instance, Itoman hyacinths paying duty Smith has affectionately nurtured for half a century 



as 11— 15s are alleged to have been sold as 12— 15s. ^rid the blocks of "shacks" which disfigure the neigh- 



If this be true, buyers can of course easily ascertain by borhood of the Capitol and that otherwise magnificent 



measurement of the smallest bulbs supplied to them thoroughfare, Pennsylvania Avenue, it should not take 



and, on finding a mixture of undersized bulbs, their long to decide which should be removed to make room 



right to reparation can admit of no question. for a statue. 



