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HORTICULTURE 



January 4, 1913 



Horticultural Society was the appoint- 

 ment of W. P. Edgar as publicity 

 agent. This is a new office and con- 

 templates a lively and continuous cam- 

 paign through the newspapers and 

 other approved methods of attracting 

 public attention to this society's activ- 



W. P. Edqab 



Ities. Mr. Edgar is already well- 

 known to many members of the 

 florist and associated trades through 

 his work as advertising man with 

 Manager Campbell at the National 

 Flower Show in Boston in 1911. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington will be 

 held on January 6, when numerous 

 matters of importance will be dis- 

 cussed. 



The thirty-first annual meeting of 

 the American Forestry Association 

 will be held at the Hotel Wlllard, 

 Washington, D. C, on Wednesday, 

 January 8, 1913, starting at 12 o'clock 

 noon. Experts are to make addresses 

 and lead discussions on important 

 phases of forestry. 



Meetings of the different St. Louis 

 clul)s and societies this month are: 

 The St. Louis Florist Club on Thurs- 

 day, Jan. 9. Feature — "Review of the 

 Christmas Business." The Retail 

 Florists' Association on Monday, Jan. 

 19th. Feature— a paper by Theo. Mil- 

 ler. The Engelmann Botanical Club, 

 Monday, Jan. 12. 



The inaugural meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 year 1913 will be held at eleven o'clock 

 A M., on Saturday, January 11, 1913, at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston. The busi- 

 ness of the meeting will be an inaugu- 

 ral address by the president, the re- 

 port of the board of trustees, the 

 report of officers, and the reports of 

 the chairmen of the various commit- 

 tees. 



A MUNIFICENT GIFT. 

 As a Christmas gift to the city of 

 Newport, R. I.. George Gordon King 

 has offered his entire estate with the 

 request that the grounds be used as 

 a public park and the dwelling house 

 as a library. This estate, which con- 

 tains about eight acres situated near 

 the centre of the city, has long been 

 kept in excellent condition and is well 

 furnished with shrubs and large hand- 

 some trees, which should make It an 

 ideal park. 



NIAGARA 



One of the wonders of the G LADIOLUS world 



In type the variety resembles "America," but the flowers appear 

 to be somewhat larger, measuring 414 inches across. In color the 

 flowers are a delightful cream shade with the two lower inside 

 • petals or segments blending to canary yellow. The flower spike is 

 very erect and stout and is wrapped with broad, dark green foliage. 

 The variety is evidently destined to lead in the cream colored va- 

 rieties. 



AwardSm 1911— Certificates of Merit from Mass. Hort. Society, 

 Boston, and Dutch Bulb Society at Haarlem, Holland. 1912— Amer- 

 ican Gladiolus Society, open class award for finest yellow. 

 Fine Bulbs. $3.50 per dozen, 125.00 per 100. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 



FLOWERflELD, L. h, M. Y. 



^^ li" ^^ U I ^^ l^ V^ ^9 Per 100 Per 1000 



American, pink $3.50 $30.00 



Augusta, white 2.25 18.00 



Mrs. Francis Kins, scarlet 2.75 22.50 



Taconic, pink 4.50 40.00 



Plushtnff Brirlp. white, pirik blotch 75 6 00 



fl. HENDERSON & CO., pi-q" nan^oiph 2511 352 N. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 

 The Christmas Flower Market. 

 The increased attention now being 

 given to floral adornment in the 

 Christmas decoration schemes each 

 year ptits a greater strain on the Co- 

 vent Garden market machinery in 

 London. At this period the many 

 market florists on the outskirts of the 

 metropolis contribute their best. 

 These home supplies are augmented 

 by the French consignments, which 

 usually reach the market bright and 

 fragrant despite their cross-channel 

 journey. Chrysanthemums, of course, 

 play a prominent part in the Christmas 

 stock-in-trade, and generally there are 

 lavish supplies available from the flor- 

 ists who specialize in this particular 

 line. This time, however, these popu- 

 lar flowers were not so plentiful, and 

 prices were unusually high. The short- 

 age was due to the early frosts in Oc- 

 tober. White blooms were particular- 

 ly scarce and dear. White Thompson 

 was to be seen on several of the 

 stands; Madame Therese Panckoucke 

 and Niveus are two useful late whites. 

 Nagoya is the principal yellow; other 

 late sorts in favor are: Framfield 

 Pink, Winter Cheer (deep pink), and 

 Tuxedo (bronze). The larger selection 

 of perpetual-flowering carnations in 

 cultivation has caused these attractive 

 blooms to be more extensively utilized 

 for Christmas embellishment. The 

 supplies were not equal to the in- 

 creased demand. The chief market 

 varieties include; Britannia, En- 

 chantress, Mrs. H. Burnett, Mrs. T. W.. 

 Lawson, White Perfection, Winsor, 

 Beacon, Mayday and British Queen. 

 The French flowers also showed a 

 shortage, the blooms on sale compris- 

 ing violets, mimosa, narcissi, ranun- 

 culus and anemones. 



Awards for Novelties. 

 At a recent show of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society in London awards 

 of merit were made to a number of 

 floral and fruit exhibits as follows: 



Three chrysanthemums, by Wells i& 

 Co., Mrs. A. Brooker, decorative Jap- 

 anese, chestnut crimson; Eric Wild, 

 single-flowered pink; Mrs. Wingfield 

 Miller, single-flowered rose pink. The 

 same firm showed carnation Bonfire, 

 the American variety. A. F. Dutton, 

 staged his new carnation, Mrs. A. F. 

 Dutton. This is stated to be a sport 

 from White Perfection, and is of a 

 pleasing shade of pink. J. J. Parker 

 & Co., exhibited Asplenium divarica- 

 tum elegans, a very useful fern tor the 

 market grower. W. H. ADSETT. 



HORTICULTURAL EXPOSITION AT 



ST. PETERSBURG. 



(From Consul General John H. Suodgrass, 



Moscow.) 



This office has been advised by the 

 Russian Department of Agriculture at 

 St. Petersburg that an International 

 Horticultural Exposition will be held 

 in that city in April, 1913. 



The exposition will consist of the 

 following sections; Flower culture; 

 decorative horticulture; hothouse 

 plants and outdoor plants; pomology; 

 fresh and preserved fruits; vegetables; 

 preservation and use of fruit and vege- 

 tables; grains; bee culture; silkworm 

 culture; house plants; scientific sec- 

 tion; scholastic section; tools, instru- 

 ments, and material for horticulture; 

 floral art; and a commercial section. 



There is to be a series of awards for 

 each exhibit, the most Important of 

 which are to be presented by His Ma- 

 jesty the Emperor. This exposition is 

 being arranged to commemorate the 

 300th anniversary of the reign of the 

 Romanoff dynasty. 



OBITUARY. 

 Mrs. George HarDison. 

 Mrs. George Harbison, wife of 

 George Harbison, superintendent at W. 

 H. Elliott's establishment at Brighton, 

 Mass., died on December 23 after quite 

 a long illness. Mr. Harbison has the 

 sympatliy of the trade in this section. 



