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HORTICULTUEE 



March 8, 1913 



horticulture: 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION — Group of Cypripedium 



insigne. 

 NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK— 

 Acacias — Callas — Easter Preparations — Orchids — 



Potting Soils— Ventilation— /oftra J. M. Farrell 321 



PRIMULA AURICULA— 7?icfta;d Roffte— Illustrated. . . 322 

 A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE BLEEDING OF 



GRAPE VINES— £di(ui Jenkins 322 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Peach 

 Trees Stoning — Pot Vines — Pests of the Vine — Green- 

 fly — Red Spider and Thrips — Mealy Bug — Mildew — 

 The Vine Weevil — Rose Bugs — George H. Penson. . . . 323 



AMHERST REVISITED— Edivin Jenkins 324 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Setting Re-potted 

 Plants on the Benches — Pinching Buds on Young 

 Beauty Stock — Scraping and Cleaning — Soil for the 

 Final Potting — Greenfly — Liquid Manure — Arthur C. 



Ruzicka 325 



A MENACE TO THE FLORIST— Jlf. C. Ehel 327 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New England Nurserymen's 

 Association — Carnation Night at Madison, N. J. — 

 Elberon Horticultural Society — Florists' Club of Phil- 

 adelphia 328 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston — Cook Coun- 

 ty Florists' Association — Club and Society Notes.... 329 

 DURING RECESS— International Flower Show Bowl- 

 ing Tournament 329 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— News from the 



Convention City — Sketches of Executive Officers 330 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 330 



THE IRIS— C. S. Harrison 331 



OBITUARY— E. L. Remier— J. A. Bolgiano 336 



SEED TRADE — Reluctant Contracting— "Free Seeds" 



Doomed? — Next Canners' Convention 338 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores 340 



Flowers by Telegraph 341 



Steamer Departures 342 



Utilizing Rubbish 343 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis 345 



New York, Philadelphia 347 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



A Sign of Spring 329 



Easter at Edgar's 330 



The Iris Next to the Orchid 332 



Publications Received 332-347 



Small Fruit Culture .- 333 



Personal 336 



Chicago Notes 341 



Rochester (N. Y.) Notes 343 



Fires 343 



News Notes 343-347 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 352 



Catalogues Received 353 



Patents Granted 353 



The discussions on several all-impor- 

 "Many men tant topics -which have been going 

 of many minds" on in our Columns of late have cre- 

 ated widespread interest throughout 

 the country, for the participants are all men of extensive 

 practical experience of acknowledged eminence in their 

 profession. It has been well-said by one thoughtful 

 reader of these articles that in questions of cultural work 

 we have the least license of any profession to be positive 

 in our assertions. That which seems to some to be a 

 certainty is very easily refuted by others and so long as 

 this is so there will be room for all to differ and to study 

 and investigate over again at each change of location and 

 environment. Thus it may be reasoned that it is not 

 well for a gardener to stay too long in one place if he 

 wants to be broad-minded and retain a reputation for 

 infallibility, a course of reasoning which in itself also 

 may be successfully attacked as being fallacious. 



Our readers may be interested to 



That free seed know of U. S. Senate Document 1104, 



business being a letter from the Secretary of 



Agriculture giving the expense of free 

 distribution of seeds from 1909 to 1913, showing a total 

 expense of $1,110,933 for this form of graft. Public 

 sentiment has never been as strong as it is today in dis- 

 approval of the employment by public officials of such 

 perquisites as this seed distribution admits of. The 

 custom, as followed, has nothing to its credit but very 

 much to its disrepute. Let us hope it is now nearing its 

 end. It is worthy of note that several western legisla- 

 tures have passed resolutions recently asking Congress to 

 stop it. This fact together with the vote of disapproval 

 in the U. S. Senate leads us to feel that this foolish 

 expenditure will soon pass into history never to be res- 

 urrected. The cost, as given, enormous as it seems, does 

 not include the expense of transportation of the seeds, 

 which would probably total a quarter million dollars, 

 for no credit is given the Post Office Department for 

 carrying the packages under the Congressman's frank. 



President Page of the American Seed 



An absurd Trade Association has called attention to a 



seed bill somewhat mischievous bill introduced into 



the Senate by Senator Gronna. Impossi- 

 ble standards are arbitrarily established by this bill. For 

 instance, it forbids inter-state shipment of any field, 

 garden or flower seeds containing over 5 per cent of 

 foreign seed — any variety — 3 per cent of weed seeds, and 

 all seeds must show a germination of not less than 90 

 per cent. It is hardly necessary to point out the impos- 

 sibility of complying under all circumstances with the 

 provisions of this bill, and this fact will doubtless have 

 an important bearing on the efforts that will V)e made 

 to prevent its passage. Just why so many legislators, — 

 both state and national, — are showing such remarkable 

 zeal in the matter of restrictive legislation affecting the 

 seed business is liard to explain. Doubtless the primary 

 motive is to please the farmer, but under the terms of 

 the bill referred to the farmer would be unable to sell 



