^^^ HORTI CULTURE June 28, 1913 



HOR 1 ICULTURF). ^^,® ^^OP^ ^lieir numbers will continue to increase rapidly. 



^;--^__^__^_^____^________^_^__ Xo greater service can the friends of Horticulture ren- 



VOL. XVII JUNE 28, 1913 NO 26 '^'^^ ^^^^^ *° recommend the paper to those whom thev 



' "le'^t- The more widely the paper is read the greater 



ppBtisHED WEEKi-Y Bx its value to the advertisers. And upon the advertising 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. support received largely depends the size and quality of 



11 Hamilton Place. Boston. Mass. each weekly issue. So recommend the paper and recom- 



Teiephone, Oxford 292. mend its advertisers to your friends at every possible 



WM. J. STEWART, Editor and Manager. Opportunity. The ncw volume which starts "with our 



O.. .ear, . ^..ZT^':.r.\^;'^%......^, ,3.00, T. Z^ ^^^ ''^''' '"^ ^"^""^^^ "PP"^^^^^^- "^ '^^^ ''^^ 



Canada, ?1.60. gOOa WOrK. 



Per Inch, 30 Inches to pas?.'^'^.'.'!!'. . ?''*^*^* ,100 The following Communication comes 



Discounts on Contracts for consecntlTe ImotHom; m follows: ' '"^ Smith fjQjj^ -^y. f. Gude, chairman of the Wm 



One month (4 times), 6 per cent.; three months (IS times), 10 Memorial T? Smith Arpinr^rial PnrY,.v„-++^„ 



per cent.; six months (26 times), 20 per cent.; one year (6* tlmis), omiin xUemonal Committee. 



"p' "°'' . „ , . The Committee appointed by the Society of American 



Page and half page space, special rates on ap pUctlon. Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists ai Chicago last 



Zr~~, ~ ' " ' year, to solicit funds for the erection of a siiitahle memn. 



"Vt^So^s?or&^rdertrA?rT^rn|terif''C;ch^°3"l^r T^ r '"^^ T J-\ R- S^'t'^ at the° naUoL?cZol h"°e 

 about completed all the preliminary work, and are now 



r*OTWririWr« ready to start an active campaign to see what can be done. 



^^*^ ■■•'''' *^ Would, therefore, ask in the name of the Committee. 



rnVFR IT T TTcjTRATTriM -(n^ ■ tt. , ^ J Page that from now on, you give this proposition all the nub- 



Decorative Plants — Sowing Perennials — Outdoor ^^e willniglv comply with the committee's request and 



Farenimld . "AKi* uKU A. ^^^ service. W . B. Smith was a man of sterling nobilitv of 



IXIAS AND ANTHURIUMS— illustrated.. 950 c'laracter and represented the highest tvpe of the prac- 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Plants to be Run tical gardener. In his unique personality he com- 



l^'tTh^'^-M""! '?.'? Old Plants-Plants That Are manded universal respect and he enioved, as well the 



not to be Moved— Disbudding-Spraying and Fumi- sincere affeptinn nf hi^ fnll^w,^„t. ^^^^.^t^". as well, rne 



gating— Ariftur €. Ruzicka 950 951 ^i^'f ^^ artection ot his tellowmen. He was a benefactor 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Grapes *° ^'^^ National Society and well worthy of all the grati- 



Cracking— Pears in Pots— Propping Apples— The tude which it is possible to express in a Memorial such 



P^nsol "°"^^*^"°"°^''«'-s in Frames-Georf;e H. as is contemplated. We hope the aid and support of 



diseased' PRlMULAS-yoftn J ' m'. Farrell 953 ^''? fraternity which he loved so much will be generously 



GARDENERS AND POLITICS— ilf. C Ebel 953 extended to the committee and that the means may be 



A VISIT TO WM. SIM '.'.'."." S53 readily forthcominsj to provide a tribute worthy of the 



^ScIITp^eSnT so^ety". .^■:°°'": ::;:::: 9^^ "'" '°' '''^''''''' '° '^' ^'°^'''^'^- 



CLUBS AND societies— Rose and Strawberry Show Judging from the comments 



at Bostgn— Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural ''"'^^ imitation flower ,,„,] ^jje discussions occasional- 



Society— American Sweet Pea Society 955 and its place ],. Upgrd at tbic; earlv Hatp +Ko 



Lancaster County Florists' Club— Rhode Island Hor- i / '^ ^ '! ^^ ^^*^' *^® 



ticultural Society— National Association of Gardeners r, • . , determining of the National 



—American Rose Society— Gardeners' and Florists' f^ociety s attitude toward the preserved or artificial 



Club of Boston 956 flower industry is likely to bring out some prettv lively 



cul3 Soci^Tv ^""^ '"■"'' Show-Oyster Bay Horti- talk at the Minneapolis Convention of the S." A. F 



SEED TRADE-American' Seed Trade 'Association""' 959 ?"*.*V^° aside for the time being the question of the 



Crop News— Seed Laws— Plant Trade in Chicago Ssociety s indebtedness to the dealers in these supplies 



r,T??MrrlD^^I;,- ;^A •;,-,; Seo for their very substantial support extended during its 



%e^™sTea™er^eal^fe^°^^^^^^ 962 Tnder r'^'^'^f «-, P-'^^i- .-^ich belong to tltem 



Flowers by Telegraph 963 ^^'^^^ ^'^^ constitution of the organization, it is our belief 



DURING RECESS— Florists' Club' of 'phiiadeiphia 'in- ^^^^ *^^ artificial or dried flower holds a position of 



nual Picnic 964 usefulness in the decorative floral industry which can be 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: made to help rather than hinder and in no respect usums 



Bost^on. Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati. Detroit, Phila- the rightfu/prerogatives of the fresh mateS' In one^? 



New York, Rochester, St. Louis 969 ''^"^ leading flower stores of Boston a number of large 



MISCELLANEOUS: paintings of chrysanthemums and other flowers are a 



P^^fin^i^l .^''^f:"'^ 953 "luch admired decorative feature. Who will say that 



The'wa?e^o\n°Opening 'of. ^^^ 'f.^i^hment of these pictures from the walls of that 



Personal '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '964-969 ^ftablishment or, for instance, the removal of the imita- 



Chicago Notes V. ....'.".".'.'.'.'.'.'. 965 ^lon flower canopy from the store window mentioned in 



Publications Received— Incorporated '. 974 our Chicago notes would increase by one cent the fresh 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated-News Notes. 974 flower sales of either place or add in the least degree to 



' — — the repute of the flower trade or the prosperity "of the 



Close V ^^'%Pi'^f'i*^ ^ss'ie HoRTicuLTUEE-s flower growers? In what respect is the dignity or the 



Of Volume 17 fl-''^"'"'.^^ 'f^Tl ^T^^^*^" ^'"^^ ""''"^^ ^'^^^^^^ °^ ^'^^ ^'^^^^^^^^ o'^traged by the expos- 



of volume 17 flies entirely too fast when one is en- ure of these "counterfeit presentments" of floral art' 



.f ti ,q -f • P^ . '"i congenial work anci the writer When it comes to taste in arrangement we must say that 



of these editorial notes finds it hard to realize that the "the woods are full" of so-calfed floral artists who in 



npTr at b^'f ' w ^^"^ 1 ^ yesterday, as it were, is so their occupation of design-making might well take a 



near at hand. We may be pardoned, perhaps, if we take lesson in form and color effect f rom somf of the artificia' 



this opportunity to say to our many kind readers tliat goods now offered by the supply dealers 



