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HORTICULTUKE 



February 15, 1913 



HORTICULTURi: 



VOL. XVII FEBRUARY 15, 1913 KO. 7 



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CONTENTS 



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COVER ILLUSTRATION— New Grand Central Palace, 

 New York City. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Be- 

 gonia Gloire de Lorraine — Care of Adiantum Far- 

 leyense — Dutch Bulbs for Easter — Euphorbia Jacqui- 

 naeflora — Frames of Pansies, etc. — Geranium Stock 

 Plants— J'ofen J. M. Farrell 213 



OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— The Orchard 

 — Pruning Young Trees — Old Trees and Tree Surgery 

 — The Making of Hot Beds — Edwin Jenkins 214 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Thin- 

 ning Peaches and Nectarines in Pots — Setting Cher- 

 ries — A Red Spider Digression — George H. Penson.. 215 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Potting Cuttings- 

 Watering During Cold Weather — Lime — Liquid Ma- 

 nure — Lime and Liquid Manure — Manure for the 

 Spring Mulches — Making Room for the Young Stock 

 — Arthur C. Ruzicka 217 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Illustrated 218 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Florists' Club- 

 Lancaster County Florists' Club — Pittsburgh Flor- 

 ists' and Gardeners' Club 219 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Baltimore — Club and 

 Society Notes 220 



THE BOSKOOP ROSE SHOW 220 



BOSTON'S NEW FLOWER MARKET— Portraits 221 



CARNATIONS AT PETER FISHER'S— T. D. Hatfield. 221 

 SEED TRADE— An Inconvenient Postal Ruling — Sur- 

 pluses and Tardy Contracts 224 



A New Departure — German vs. Canada Peas — "Free 

 Seeds" and The Surplus — The Canners' Convention 226 

 OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — Detroit Windows This Week.. 228 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 229 



DURING RECESS— Cook County Bowling 230 



OBITUARY— W. A. Talbot— Charles H. Barrett— Fred 

 C. Schmeling — A. J. Furbush — Joseph Fink — Walter 



Tickner 231 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati 233 



Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washing- 

 ton 235 



THE FLORIST AND HIS MARKET— IVanace R. 



Pierson 240 



OUT OF THE GINGER JAR— G. C. Watson 241 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Boston Co-operative Flower Market 222 



Catalogues Received 226 



Incorporated 228 



Chicago Notes — Washington Notes 230 



Philadelphia Notes — News Notes 231 



Publications Received 241 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated — Fires 242 



Expensive Deer 242 



The business world generally, and espe- 



For a eially the flower growers and dealers, 



"fixed" Easter will hail with satisfaction the news 



that a practical scheme for rearrang- 

 ing the calendar so that Easter may be a fixed date, is 

 under consideration by the Congregation of Eites at the 

 Vatican. Ecclesiastical changes so radical as are here pro- 

 posed require long deliberation and we can hardly ex- 

 pect to see this reform accomplished at once, but it has 

 been advocated repeatedly by the Swiss and Gemian 

 governments and it is at least a hopeful sign that it is 

 receiving attention from the only tribunal that can put 

 it into practical effect. For the flower and plant indus- 

 try it would be a great boon to have the Easter celebra- 

 tion come on a unifomi date each year. 



The daily papers give accounts of the 



A" destruction of many valuable orchids and 



atrocity other plants that can never be duplicated, 



at the Royal Gardens, Kew, England, by the 



militant sufl'ragettes. It is very difficult to convince 



one's self that members of the fair sex, of good breeding 



and refined associations, could ever be guilty of such an 



atrocious act of savagery. 



"O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee 

 To temper man; we had been brutes without." 



Thus sang the poet over two hundred years ago. Is it 

 possible that the time is coming when the sentiment will 

 have to be reversed? We are sorry for Kew, for, in a 

 way, its loss is the loss of the entire horticultural world. 

 We are sorry for the misguided marauders who imagine 

 they can help their cause by venting their fury upon the 

 flowers ! 



Sarah Bernhardt's recent comment on 



Flowers the average American's indifference to 



for everybody flowers amounts almost to a reproach. 



In France, she tells us, the desire for 

 the possession of flowers and growing plants is universal 

 among all classes — the very poorest as well as the rich. 

 There is not a street in the big towns where a flower 

 shop cannot be found. Every householder, even in the 

 most obscure byways, likes to have growing plants in the 

 window and a few flowers on the table is the rule in 

 all homes and not the exception as in this country. The 

 actress instances also the general use of plants in the cot- 

 tages, flowers on automobiles and elsewhere, and the 

 wearing of corsages by the ladies, in England as con- 

 trasted with the absence of these adornments here. Just 

 why our people are so dormant in this respect may be 

 variously explained hut it will be generally admitted that 

 the criticism is well justified. Horticulture thinks the 

 florist trade blameworthy in part, and has so stated at 

 various times. The American public are not naturally 

 unappreciative of the beautiful things which Nature has 

 so lavishly given but the condition of commotion and 

 unrest in a new and rapidly developing country have 

 diverted their attention to other matters. The time is 

 now here, wo firmly believe, w-hen they are ready to- listen 

 and learn from the florist and gardener how to make use 

 of and enjoy the loveliness which is at their call and 

 wliich can add so much to the joy of living. And it is 

 most inspiriting to see the eviclences all about that the 

 florist trade is really beginning to wake up to its duty 

 and its opportunily. 



