HORTICULTURE 



January 4, 191" 



HORTICULTURIL 



VOL. XVII 



JANUARY 4, 1913 



HO. 1 



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CONTENTS 



Page 



COVKR ILLUSTRATION— Aristolochia gigas Hookerii. 



NOTt;S ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Coe- 

 log.vne cristata — Bedding Plant Cuttings — Cyclamen — 

 Ferns from Spores — Poinsettias for Stock Plants — 

 Spireas — John J. M. Farrell 5 



RED SPIDER— Edicin Jenkins 6 



PERENNIAL HELIANTHUS— i?Jc?tar(Z ffo(he— Illus- 

 trated 6 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— The Dark Weather 

 — The Cuttings — The Pots — The New Roses Again — 

 A Good Investment — Arthur C. Ruzicka 7 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Bottling 

 Grapes — Top-Dress Strawberries — Cucumbers — On- 

 ions and Leeks — George H. Penson 8 



ARISTOLOCHIA GIGAS HOOKERII 8 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Lancaster Florist Club — Society, ot American Flor- 

 ists — J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Thomas Roland, August 

 F. Poehlmann, portraits — Horticultural Club of Bos- 

 ton — Massachusetts Horticultural Society Creates 



New Office 10 



W. P. Edgar, portrait 12 



Club and Society Notes 10-12 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. U. Adsctt 12 



OBITUARY— Mrs. George Harbison 12 



SEED TRADE— A Seed Trade Bomb — G. C. Watson— 

 Notes — Catalogues Received 14 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures 16 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 17 



A Texas Flower Store — Illustrated 18 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York.... 21 

 Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis 23 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



A Munificent Gift 12 



Horticultural Exposition at St. Petersburg 12 



News Notes 16-17-19-23-30 



Washington Notes — Philadelphia Notes 18 



Chicago Notes 19 



Publications Received 28 



Cincinnati Notes 28 



New York Notes — Personal 28 



To Exterminate Ground Moles 29 



Incorporated 30 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated — Patents 

 Granted 30 



It will lie universally coneedtHl tluit 



Excellent President Farquhar's two appointee.'^ 



appointments on the Executive Board of the S. A. F. 



are eminently well (jualified to (111 the 



pof^ition. Both are self-made men who started from the 



bottom of the ladder. Each represents trade interests 

 of no small magnitude, built up by assiduous application 

 and business ability of a high order. As representatives 

 of the cut flower and florists' plant industry respectively, 

 both gentlemen are recognized leaders and personally 

 they stand high in the respect and esteem of the craft. 

 The national society is to be congratulated on being able 

 to draw upon the .services of men like Adolph Poehlmann 

 :mil 'I'hniiiMs liolaiid. 



ill pii'-^ciiliiia our coniiiliiiieiit'^ lo 

 Congratulations J'residtnt Fiin|uhai' on his accession 



to the highest honor which the na- 

 tiiuiiil society can bestow we must couple with it our sin- 

 cere congratulations to retiring President A'incent on the 

 material prosperity which has come to the organization 

 during his administration and on his earnest work and 

 fidelity to the trust given into liis keeping by his fellow- 

 members. Mr. Farquhar, we know, assumes the duties 

 c r his otiiee with an e(|ually deep and earnest spiiit of 

 loyalty and a sincere purpose to promote in every way 

 |)ossible the welfare of the society and, through it, the 

 best interests of its members, individually and collec- 

 tively, to the end that every branch of American horti- 

 culture may be advanced and spurred on to new activity. 



After the test of another year the system of 

 Credit credit control devised and put into operation 

 control by the wholesale flower dealers in Xew York 

 city has still further proven its utility and, 

 we are informed, a somewhat similar ariangement, since 

 ado]ite(l in Chicago, is also accomplishing its object. It 

 is worthy of notice that retail dealers in New York who 

 were at first (lis])osed to be antagonistic to the regulations 

 ini])osed have now assumed an attitude of cordiality and 

 approving acquiescence. We do not think that any hon- 

 estly disposed dealer, either wholesale or retail, would 

 care to see the old slip-shod conditions of reckless credit- 

 giving ever again resumed in New York. Other cities 

 and other departments of the trade might advantage- 

 ously fall in line. 



It is a good omen and most encouraging 

 Getting sign for the advocates of modern publicity 

 there methods in Society work when a conserva- 

 tive body like the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society gives practical evidence of its faith in the 

 movement by employing a trained publicity agent to 

 care for its outside interests during the coming year and 

 arouse a greater public appreciation and support for its 

 exhibitions and lectures. Let us hope that the day of 

 flower shows composed of superb examples of cultural 

 skill and empty aisles has gone never to return. The 

 appointment of Mr. Edgar to the position o,f publicity 

 agent is not an untried experiment in Boston. His suc- 

 cess in a similar capacity in connection with the Na- 

 tional Flower Show of I'.lll, the ,la]ianese and Italian 

 gardens, and the last cln'ysanthemum show in Boston, 

 indicates what we may look for now that he has a per- 

 manent officijil responsibility. 



