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HORTICULTURE 



April 12, 1913 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— International Flower Show. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK— Bou- 

 galnvilleas — Camellias — Flowers for Memorial Day — 

 Hardy Roses — Planting Shrubs — Pansies — John J. M. 

 Farrell 549 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Cher- 

 ries Ripening — Muscat of Alexandria in Flower — 

 Keeping Melons — George H. Penson 550 



OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Jerusalem 

 Artichokes — String Beans — Musk Melons — Care of 

 Exhibition Stock — Globe Artichokes — Special Mixtures 

 for Raspberries and Strawberries — Edicin Jenkins .550-551 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Nitrate of Soda- 

 Lime — Houses that are to be Planted Early — Among 

 the Young Stock — The Repotting — Arthur C. Ruzicka 551 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Illustrated 553 



List of Awards 554-555-556 



Trade Exhibits 557 



Meetings and Lectures — American Rose Society 558 



American Carnation Society 560 



National Association of Gardeners 562 



Notes of the Exhibition 564-565 



ADVERTISING TALKS— B. M. Ward 562 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — Boston Retail Florists Or- 

 ganize 568 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 569 



Competition — Pittsburgh Florists and Gardeners' 

 Club 570 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati 573 



New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 575 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 

 Lancaster County Florists' Club 575 



OBITUARY— J. W. Pratt- Mrs. J. W. Arnold— Miss 

 Janette Eadie — George Rosmarin — Frank Williams.. 581 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal 569 



Philadelphia Notes 571 



News Notes 571-575-580 



Chicago Notes 580 



During Recess 580 



Incorporated 581 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 581 



The first four days of the Third National 

 A triumph Flower Show, which is as far as we can 



go at present writing, appear to have set- 

 tled beyond any question the complete success of this 

 stupendous undertaking. The name "International" .•hs 

 applied to it proves to have been rather a misnomer, but 

 in all other respects the most sanguine hopes have been 

 realized. When and where the next in the series will be 

 located is, of course, a question for the future but wo 

 should not be surprised to see New York making a most 



emphatic bid in due time for that honor. No doubt can 

 exist now that a similar enterprize in the same hall two 

 or three years hence would be a success as great as, or 

 even greater than the present one. 



One thing, often demonstrated in the past 

 Popular and again in evidence at the New York 

 classes Show, is the partiality of the public for dis- 

 plays of cut roses and carnations and florists' 

 decorative work. The interest manifested in the special 

 cut flower exhibits from day to day was very noticeable 

 and the throngs that surrounded the sections devoted to 

 these classes were made up of all degrees of society in- 

 cluding the most exclusive. The dinner table entries 

 were especial centres of attraction and might advantage- 

 ously have been doubled in number even if it became 

 necessary to increase the number of prizes offered. 



Wliile the American Rose Society is said to 

 Between be slowly forging ahead as to membership 

 two fires it would seem from the report of Secretary 

 Baur that the American Carnation Society 

 has been losing some ground in that respect. Mr. Baur 

 may be right in his explanation of the cause for this 

 falling oft' and if he is correct then nobody can con- 

 sistently blame the Carnation Society if it should return, 

 as Mr. Baur urges, to its former plan of independent 

 meetings and exhibitions in mid-winter. It is quite 

 possible, however, that the root of the trouble lies else- 

 where and that a withdrawal of the Carnation Society 

 from its alliance and co-operation with the S. A. F., the 

 Rose Society, and others, would fail to bring about the 

 desired result. The proposition strikes us as inopportune 

 — a retrograde expedient which if adopted might injure 

 rather than benefit the Society. Certainly no other one 

 of the affiliated bodies has suffered from the joint ar- 

 rangement which Mr. Baur from his viewpoint depre- 

 cates. 



President Farenwald's comments on 

 Commercial the membership question as expressed 

 versus amateur fn his address to the American Rose 

 Society at its meeting in New York 

 this week are worthy of thoughtful perusal by every one 

 interested in the rose and its position, not only commer- 

 cially but in the estimation of the public. We are in 

 full accord with Mr. Farenwald as to the futility of try- 

 ing to rally the amateur to the active support of an 

 organization such as the American Rose Society. If the 

 Society will put all its energy into securing a compact, 

 loyal following among the trade and the professional 

 gardeners, it will grow strong and lusty and will then 

 be in a position to deal liberally as to providing medals 

 and other inducements to encourage the formation of 

 local guilds as missionary agencies for the advancement 

 of rose knowledge among the amateurs through neigh- 

 borhood competition and in other ways. This is the 

 position we have held for years on this much-discussed 

 question and after hearing all the arguments to the con- 

 trary we see no reason to change our opinion. 



