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nORTlCULTUBE 



February 22, 1913 



horticulture: 



VOL. XVII 



FEBRUARY 22, 1913 



NO 8 



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CONTENTS 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION — New Hydrangea Madame 

 Maurice Hamar. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Cro- 

 tons— Care of Violets — Decorative Foliage Plants — 

 Fancy-Leaved Caladiums — Primulas — John J. M. 

 Farrell 249 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Spider— Mildew- 

 In the Propagating House — Watering — Selection o£ 

 Wood for Propagating — Arthur C. Ruzicka 250 



THE VALUE OF A PRACTICAL TRAINING — William 

 Gray 250 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Trellis 

 Trees in Flower — Treatment of Apples and Pears in 

 Flower— Fig Houses— Thinning Pot Vines— Cucum- 

 bers — George H. Penson 251 



FALLACIES AND AXIOMS— Bleeding of Grape Vines 

 Fallacies Concerning Book Knowledge — Questions for 

 the Wise Ones — Edwin Jenkins 253 



A BEAUTIFUL NEW HYDRANGEA 253 



BOSTON'S NEW FLOWER MARKET— Illustrated 254 



SOCIETY OP AMERICAN FLORISTS 255 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW — American Rose 

 Society 255 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINA ASTER— Illustrated 256 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



New England Nurserymen 256 



New York State Federation of Floral Clubs— New 

 Jersey Floricultural Society — Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston — Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America — Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 



Society 257 



Club and Society Notes 260 



OBITUARY— Mrs. Jacob Flicker- Mrs. E. V. P. Ritter 

 — William D. Ellwanger 260 



SEED TRADE — Canners' Convention — Seed Trade Hon- 

 ored—Cutting Contract Prices — Notes 262 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures 264 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 265 



Florists' Telegraph Delivery 266 



DURING RECESS— Cook County Bowling 266 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 269 



New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington 271 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal 260 



New York Notes — Incorporated 265 



Chicago Notes 266 



Philadelphia Notes 267 



News Notes 267-277 



Catalogues Received 276 



Publications Received 276 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 277 



Fires — Patents Granted 277 



No one who chanced to look in upon 

 A display of the stirring jubilation at the opening of 

 virility Boston's new wholesale flower market 



last Saturday would ever tliink that any 

 cares or anxieties ever troubled the mind of the merry, 

 merry, fiow^er grower. Light-hearted and sanguine they 

 thronged around the spacious mart, admired its appoint- 

 ments and congratulated one another on the grand devel- 

 opment of their business which it seemed to presage. 



The turn-out was a decided surprise to everyone and al- 

 together was a good proof that there is a great latent 

 force in the florist industry not half realized by even the 

 most optimistic. 



The proposition to provide instruction 

 To educate classes in floral decorative art and sales- 

 retailers manship as presented by President Ken- 

 nedy for the consideration of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston has the merit of 

 novelty to say the least. Whether it can be put into 

 successful operation or not remains to be seen but we 

 should like to see it tried. That it is much needed will 

 not be denied although it must ever be remembered that 

 if artistic perception is not inborn artistic ability will 

 not be easily acquired. Yet as Browning has so well 

 put it: 



"When the fight begins within himself, 

 A man's worth something." 



Perhaps Mr. Kennedy's proposal will solve the prob- 

 lem of how to get the young retail florist element inter- 

 ested in the club. If so he will have a big mark to his 

 credit. 



It would look as though the La Fol- 



To restrict igtte bill which provides that no 



working hours women shall be employed in any 



of women business establishment in the District 



of Columbia for more than eight 

 hours in any one day will be enacted into law. Quite a 

 number of women are employed in the florist business in 

 some cities and such a law will bear hard on many of 

 them if passed, as, although the usual hours per day are 

 not excessive, it sometimes happens that the help in a 

 flower store must stay for a longer period as well as an 

 occasional call on Sunday and unless the bill be amended 

 so as to apply to men, also, the result will be that men 

 will replace the women in many cases. Our Washington 

 correspondent in calling our attention to this matter, 

 says that this bill was introduced upon the request of a 

 number of ladies formed in an organization called the 

 Xational Consumers League who desire it passed there 

 so that it can be passed by the different State legisla- 

 tures. It would be a serious matter with the florists of 

 the Capital City as it would preclude Sunday or over- 

 time work of their female employes and this would be 

 especially inconvenient during the holidays. 



The alleged drift of experience in 



An encouraging coinmercial horticulture towards iso- 



forecast lated specialization has been duly 



bemoaned by many writers in recent 

 years who have seen in the changed conditions the 

 passing, never to return, of the broad-gauge culturist 

 thoroughly equipped in all departments and capable of 

 growing successfully the plants of all climes. A gloomy 

 outlook for horticulture it has seemed to many as they 

 have seen the big flower factories develop and the labor 

 of producing the roses, carnations and violets for the 

 great flower marts taken out of the control of the trained 

 gardener and divided among troupes of employees each 

 with his one specified duty to perform and with little 

 prospect of ever learning or caring to learn how to do 

 anything else. Yet, today, when the flower factory has 

 reached a magnitude beyond all expectation and is un- 

 doubtedly pregnant with still greater surprises for the 

 future it is an indisputable fact that the call for the 

 fully-equipped highly educated and proficient gardener is 

 more insistent than ever before. And we look to see the 

 demand increase. The forecast carries with it every in- 

 ducement for the young man to put out his best en- 

 deavors to acquire a wide experience and liberal educa- 

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