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H O R T 1 C U L T U R E 



December 7, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



?0L. VI 



DECEMBER 7, 1907 



NO. 23 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— Exhibition. Society of Indiana Florists. 

 THE CHRYSANTHK.MrM IN DECORATIVE USE— 



Ulustrateu 72!1 



DAHLIAS IN FRANCE— C. Harman Payne 73'! 



SAN JOSE SCALE— S. S. Rogers 7;:ii 



ROSES UNDER GLASS— .1. E. Simpson 731 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsetl . 733 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



American Rose Society — Tarrytown Horticultural 

 Society — Chrysanthemum Society of America — 

 Southampton Horticultural Society — Society of 

 American Florists — Florist Club of Philadelphia — 



Club and Society Notes 731 



THE EXHIBITION SEASON: 



Orleans Chrysanthemum Show — The Denison Ex- 

 IMbition — Flower Show News — Local and Florists' 



Shows "35 



OUR NATIONAL FORESTS 73r> 



OBITUARY— P. J. Hauswirth, Portrait— Geo. E. Dav- 

 enport. Portrait— James H. Veitch — J. M. Gower— 



Victor Thompson 73<; 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS— C. Harman Payne 73tJ 



SEED TRADE 73X 



PLANT IMPORTS 738 



THE GINKGO AS A STREET TREE— W. R. Smith... 740 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS 740 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo. Detroit, Indianapolis, New Y'ork, 



Philadelphia, Twin Cities, Washington 743 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal ''34 



Publications Received 735 



Business Changes 73'j 



Catalogues Received 738 



Mushrooms — Illustrated 7.39 



Incorporated ''''^^ 



News Notes 742-743-7:33 



New Retail Stores 743 



Fruit Growers' Feathered Friends 753 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 753 



New Heating Apparatus 753 



List of Patents 753 



According to reports in tvans-atlantie 

 Business journals a quite general business de- 



conditions are pression i.« prevalent in Great Britain, 

 encouraging ^^i, wo are not alone in our recent 

 expcrieiu-e?:. It is to lie hoped that 

 the trouble will lie a.* short-lived with our English 

 cousins as the "bankers' i^inic'" promises to be in our 

 case. Every indication at the present time is favor- 

 able for uuinterru]itc(l industrial progress and we find 



among tlie liortictiltural trades a very different and 

 more sanguine sentiment than was in existence two 

 weeks ago. yiioitld the tightness of money induce the 

 hitherto lavisli spenders for holiday gifts to turn from 

 diamonds and costly furs to plants and flowers as a 

 more economical twpenditure, as has been suggested by 

 one or two New York florists, it will be an illustration 

 of the truth that it is "an ill winde that bloweth no 

 man to good."' However, the prosjiects are snfticiently 

 encouraging in every respect to warrant every florist in 

 making preparation for a holiday trade equal to if not 

 greater than tliat which he enjoyed last year. 



The notes a|i[i('ariiig in this issue 



Give the regarding Ihc I'd-nit investigation of 



birds a chance the relation of the birds to the fruit 



industry of California and the con- 

 clusions reached will be read with delight bv our friends 

 who have been convinced all along that reckless and un- 

 controlled bird slaughter is one of the chief causes of 

 the enormous losses suffered every year through insect 

 ravages and the overwhelming spread of weed pests. 

 l)e Montaigne, over three hundred years ago said, "Let 

 us a little permit Nature to take her own ■way ; she bet- 

 ter understands her own affairs than we." In the 

 wanton destruction of birds and small wild animals, 

 the laying waste of forests and other interferences that 

 modify and obstruct the operations of Nature, thought- 

 ful observers have long discerned the presage of evil 

 days to come. That these apprehensions are no longer 

 limited to a few btit are becoming wide-spread is one 

 of the most cheering signs of the times. We are glad 

 the awakening has come. 



'The coming weeks belong essentially 

 Preparing |,, the florist. The nurseryman and 



for the holiday others interested in outdoor material 

 *''3'^^ have come to tlie close of their op- 



erations, garden bulli trade is over 

 and I lie seedsman's principal employment for a while 

 will lie the preparation of the catalogues for the coming 

 season but the florist now faces his busiest time, his 

 largest responsibility in the course of the whole year. 

 What to do in the way of preparation, how far to go 

 in the line of investment in holiday material and what 

 are the best sources of supply are questions that call for 

 careful thought. No better means of enlightenment on 

 these problems can be found tlian is provided in the 

 advertising columns of a journal such as Horticulture. 

 How'ever useful and in.structive the reading columns 

 may be it is yet true that the quality and trend of ad- 

 vancement are most distinctly reflected in the business 

 advertisements of the progressive houses thus repre- 

 sented. Read the advertisements carefully. By so 

 doing 3'ou will benefit the man behind the advertise- 

 ment, YOU will benefit noRTicxTLTUiiE and. last but not 

 least, you will materially enlighten and benefit yourself. 



Our contentions but nevertheless es- 

 An Incurable teemed friend, the editor of the Flor- 

 case ists' Exchange, seizes uy)on the contro- 



versy over the alleged renaming of 

 TTvdranoea arborescens var. stcrilis as "ll\clraiigea 



