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HOETICULTUKE 



January 18, 1913 



horticulture: 



VOL. XVII 



JANUARY 18, 1913 



NO. 3 



Pt BLISI1KI> WKEKLV BY 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 

 11 Hamilton Place. Boston. Mass. 



Telephone. Oxford 3a2. 

 \VM. J. STEWART. Editor and Manager. 



Entered .is second-chi-ss matter December 8, 1001. at the Post Offli-e 

 at Boston, Mass., uutler tlie Act of Congress of March 3, 18T9. 



CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Phlox amoena as a Rockery 

 Plant. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Care 

 of Carnations — Tuberous Rooted Begonias — Bedding 

 Plants — Easter Flowering Shrubs — Orchids — ^Vincas 

 —John J. M. Fan-ell 69 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Mov- 

 ing Vines — Pot Trees in Flower — Making a Melon 

 Bed — Making a Cucumber Bed — George H. Penson.. 70 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Black-spot— Tem- 

 perature in Dark Weather — The Cuttings — Arthur G. 

 Ruzicka 71 



SPRING FLOWERING HARDY PHLOXES— Kicftord 

 Roi/te- Illustrated 72 



FALLACIES AND AXIOMS— Editm Jenkins 73 



RED SPIDER— George F. Stewart 73 



A VALUABLE DENDROBIUM— Illustrated 76 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



New York Florists' Club — Pittsburgh Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club — St. Louis Florist Club — National 



Association of Gardeners 75 



Florists' Club of Washington — Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston — National Flower Show, New 

 York — Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural So- 

 ciety — Nassau County Horticultural Society — New 



Jersey Floricultural Society 76 



Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association — Rochester 

 Florists' Association — American Gladiolus Society. . 77 

 Club and Society Notes 98 



SEED TRADE — Good Resolutions— Beans Enough— 



An Unfounded Assertion — A Warning 78 



The Rate of Postage on Seeds — About Half Price 

 Packets — Alexander Forbes — Notes 80 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 84 



Flowers by Telegraph 85 



Publicity in Minneapolis — C. N. Ruedlinger 85 



Co-operation from a Retailer's View Point — Charles 



Henry Foj: 86 



The Retailers' Inning — (J. C. Watson 86 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 89 



Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia 91 



Providence, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington 96 



DURING RECESS— Tarrytown Horticultural Society- 

 New York and New Jersey Association of Plant 

 Growers — Cook County Florists' Association Bowling 96 



OBITUARY'— James B. Kidd— John T. Temple— Sam- 

 uel Reisner — Mrs. Montague Chamberlain — Angelo 

 Tassi — James W. McNary 97 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



New Calanthes 77 



Cincinnati Notes — Chicago Notes 87 



Personal — In Bankruptcy i 87 



A Sensational Carnation Deal 87 



Philadelphia Notes — News Notes 96 



Hitchings & Co. Branch Out 96 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 98 



It is not plea.sing to see the plant registra- 



A growing tion department of a society taken advan- 



evii tage of by introducers of new varieties, for 



free advertising purposes as is frequently 

 done. Any and all distinct characteristics which would 

 serve in the identification of a variety should be care- 

 ftilly recorded ; nothing more. "Non-burster," "strong 

 constitution," "rapid grower," "will supersede every- 

 thing in its class," "profuse bloomer," etc., etc., mean 

 nothing for the legitimate purpose of a registration rec- 



ord, as every grower knows. All such boastful claims, 

 although they may be honestly believed by the owners 

 who put them forward, should be struck out, without 

 fear or favor, by the registration official whose duty it 

 is to make the record and should he feel timorous or 

 doubtful of his authority to do so, his society should lose 

 no time in- giving him stringent instructions to that 

 effect. 



The Massachusetts apple growers have 

 "Boosters" jugt had a rousing convention in Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, in conjunction 

 with an interesting exhibition. Many addresses were 

 made, replete with practical hints and sound busi- 

 ness advice. A lecture by Samuel Fraser of Geneseo, 

 N. Y., on "Planting Fruit Trees Propagated from 

 Strains of Known Worth," under the auspices of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, attracted an 

 audience of over six hundred and the discussion was so 

 animated and long-drawn out that it was with difficulty 

 that the chairman finally got the session to adjourn. It 

 is gratifying to see our eastern fruit growers waking up 

 to this extent. They will have to move pretty lively, 

 though, to keep up to the pace set for them by their 

 brethren of the far west. Think of the leading men of 

 the city acting as waiters and serving apple pie free to 

 all comers, as we are informed they did at a recent apple 

 show in Spokane, Wash. ? "That's going some !" We 

 wonder whether we shall ever see local public enthusi- 

 a.sm such as that on behalf of the rose, carnation, sweet 

 pea, gladiolus, or any other floral product. There would 

 be nothing very unreasonable about such a proposition. 

 Why should not a community where flower-growing is 

 an important commercial industry feel jubilant over it 

 and take a public-spirited interest and pride in its 

 growth? A "publicity" campaign ably conducted and 

 supported with unselfish unanimity by all the local hor- 

 ticultural interests would be a practical means to such 

 an end. Fall in ! 



Those of our readers who are inter- 

 The troubles of ested in the cut flower business will 

 the cut flower fl^j jq this issue some pertinent 

 views from several writers on the ever- 

 lasting controver,~y between the grower and the retail 

 dealer as to which of the two is most responsible for the 

 peculiar vicissitudes and trj'ing uncertainties from which 

 the flower business eontintially suffers. Horticultdek 

 lias no prejudices eitlier way and our columns are open 

 for the expression of opinions as to causes and the sttg- 

 gestion of remedies by any and all who are disposed to 

 debate seriously and fairly on the problem. That there 

 is room for very great improvement at both ends of the 

 business we are fully satisfied and we should lil^e to see 

 and to help along as much as possible any promising 

 effort to solve for the benefit of all, this burning ques- 

 tion of the distribution and sale of the flower growers' 

 product. We find today in the ranks of the growers, 

 wholesalers and retail dealers, a nnich higher average of 

 business ability and liberal education than was the case 

 a few years back and the advancement is steadily going 

 on. These men should be able to give us something bet- 

 ter than the old stock arguments which were nothing 

 more nor less than "the pot calling the kettle black." 

 Conditions and theory are very often at variance and we 

 firmly believe that if a clear-headed, impartial survey of 

 the situation in all its bearings could be undertaken by 

 some body in which all interests would be represented by 

 their best informed and most influential men a good 

 start would then be made which would soon result in a 

 Ijetter mutual understanding and great ultimate good to 

 all concerned. 



