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HORTICULTURE 



June 14, 1913 



horticulture: 



VOL. XVII 



JUNE 14, 1913 



NO 24 



riBLISIIED WEEKLY BV 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Hydrangea Sargentiana. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— 

 Cosmos — Cypripediums — Ficus elastica — Hydrangeas 

 — Mignonette — Lemon Verbenas — John J. M. Fanell 885 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Thrips 

 on Grapes — The Hard and Fast Rule — Tying Young 

 Peach Trees — Georac H. Penson 886 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— The Outside Roses 

 — Watering Potted Stock — Spreading or Spacing the 

 Plants — The Sod Heaps — The Required Number of 

 Men — The Manure for Fall Mulching — 'Arthur C. 

 liuzicka 887 



HYDRANGEA SARGENTIANA— B. H. Wilson 887 



SEEN WITH FOUR EYES 889 



CATTLEYA DOWIANA— Illustrated 889 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Florists' Club- 

 American Sweet Pea Society — Society of American 



Florists — Horticultural Society of New York 890 



Minneapolis Florists' Clulj — Spring Flower Show — 

 Club and Society Notes 891 



RHODODENDRON AND PEONY SHOW 891 



ARE WE GIVING EACH OTHER THE SQUARE 

 Deal?— .S'. .s'. tikidclsky 892 



SPRING FLOWERING BULBS AT SOUTH LANCAS- 

 TER, MASS— Illustrated 892 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SPRING SHOW 

 —W. H. A (isril 893 



SEED TRADE 896 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures 898 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 899 



Graduations 90fl 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 903 



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

 ton 905 



DURING RECESS— Bowling 910 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal 889 



Retarding Peony Blooms 89G 



Detroit Notes 899 



Chicago Notes — St. Louis Notes 900 



Philadelphia Notes 901 



New York Personal Notes 905 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 910 



Patents Granted — News Notes 910 



It i.^ nnieh to be regretted that the Governor 

 Sulzer's nf New York has chosen to veto the bill 

 mistake which had pa.ssed through the legislature 

 carrying an appropriation for a projier 

 equipment for instruction in floriculture at Cornell. The 

 protest which has been expressed by the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club should also be voiced by every similar organ- 

 ization in the State of New York and by ever}- individ- 

 ual who would like to see l\orticulture accorded the posi- 

 tion of dignity and importance to which its character 

 and extent now entitles it among the great industries of 

 New York. Governor Sulzer must have been sadly lack- 

 ing in knowledge of the facts, otherwise we cannot con- 

 ceive of his putting the seal of official disapproval on a 

 proposition so meritorious, thus refusing to tlie plant 

 and flower growers of his State that recognition which 

 several other States have gonerouslv accorded. 



HoKTK'ULTi'iiE lias from first to last been 

 Affiliation ., c-on.sistent and persistent advocate of the 

 principle of federation between organiza- 

 tions, local and national, working for the interests of 

 any department of horticulture. There are very many 

 of these bodies scattered over every section of the country 

 iiiiw — clubs, societies and associations — all with com- 

 mendable aims and the majority of them strong in num- 

 bers and .able financially. Lack of cohesion and facili- 

 ties for joint consideration of problems common to all or 

 united action on matters appertaining to the general 

 \\elfare has, however, and will still continue, until some 

 practical co-operative system has been adopted, to pre- 

 vent any commanding demonstration of the aggregate 

 sliengtli of the great horticultural industries of our 

 cnuntry. We agree with Mr. Farenwald that the only 

 practical means through which the needed concentra- 

 tion of purpose and action may be effected is by an alli- 

 ance under the broad mantle of the S. A. F., v^hose 

 natioital charter and wide scope affords room for any 

 and all departments to get together and help one another. 

 It can be done. 



Tliat the sea.son of bu.sy activity for tlie 

 Be fidrist, seedsman and nurseryman, is rap- 



thankful jiily waning is apparent to all and if there 



are any at whose door prosperity has thus 

 far failed to knock the few weeks that yet renmin offer 

 little opportunity to recoup. For the city flower dealer 

 the end comes into sight tliis year with unusual sudden- 

 ness. The part which the automobile plays in thus 

 shortening the flower-buying season may not be easily 

 determined but that it is a factor will hardly t)e ques- 

 tioned. Looking back over the season as a whole we are 

 inclined to regard it as a fairly successful one, more so 

 tlian we, perhajis, liad reason to expect, considering the 

 many disturbances and upheavals, political, economic 

 and social, tliat have marked its progress and called a 

 temporary halt, at least, in many lines of commercial 

 enterprise. We believe that most florists have done as 

 well as usual in the season now closing, wliich is a proud 

 record as coinj)arcd with that of many otlier avocations 

 and, this being so, there is little reason for growling 

 now even if the bottom has fallen out of things rather 

 abruptly. Those who have averaged up well in the 

 aggregate should be thankful, for it might have been 

 much worse. 



We Inok forward with mucli ])leasurable 

 The antici]tation to the approaching exhibi- 



Sweet Pea tion of the American Sweet Pea Society 

 which, as stated in Secretary Bnnyard's 

 prospectus in this issue, will be held in Boston on Satur- 

 day and Sunday, July ,5th and 6th. It has been objected 

 by some that these dates will find the public pretty well 

 scattered out-of-town, many people taking advantage of 

 the July 4th coming on Friday to extend the holiday 

 over to Monday, and that the attendance will suffer 

 from that cause. This is probably true but, on the 

 other hand, it ought to work to the advantage of florist 

 trade people who are interested in the sweet pea, afford- 

 ing them an excellent opportunity to also take a couple 

 of days' vacation with Boston and the sweet pea show as 

 tlicir objective ix)inl. Nothing but a repetition of last 

 year's atrocious weather conditions can ju'cvent this 

 affair from being the most wonderful display of sweet 

 peas ever seen on this continent. It will practically 

 mark the finish in the old grandiflora type so far a.s the 

 exhibition board is concerned. The Spencers will un- 

 doubtedly carry everything and witli favoring weather 

 for tlu^ next four weeks they will make a show wortli 

 traveling many miles to see. 



