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HORTICULTURE 



July 11, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. VIII 



JULY 11, 1908 



NO. 2 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVER ILLUSTRATION— Circular Curvilinear U-Bar 



Palm House 

 NOTES FROM THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM— Alfred 



Render 33 



RHODODENDRONS AT REGENTS PARK— C. Har- 



man Payne 33 



PRIMULA KEWENSIS— H. J. Moore— Illustration .. . 35 



CONSERVATORIES OF H. J. HEINZ 35 



THE MOST USEFUL OF THE CATTLEYAS— George 



E. McClure 36 



WINTER FLOWERING SWEET PEAS— William Sim 37 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 38 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



American Rose Society — Florists' Club of Phila- 

 delphia — Florists' Club of Washington — American 

 Carnation Society — New York Florists' Club, Illus- 

 tration 39 



A VISIT TO THE PEONY FARM OF J. F. ROSEN- 

 FIELD— C. S. Harrison 40 



THE CULTIVATION OF GLADIOLI— Arthur Cowee 40 

 OBITUARY— Edward A. Hitchings— James Cole, Sr. — 

 Robert Boeck — The Late George T. Sambrook, Por- 

 trait 42 



OUTDOOR GROWING OF LILY OF THE VALLEY— 



W. H. Siebrecht 43 



TRAINING THE CATALPA 43 



SEED TRADE 45 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS— Frank 



Danzer 46 



Steamer Departures 46 



New Retail Flower Store 47 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago. Indianapolis, New York, 



Philadelphia 49 



DURING RECESS 49 



Philadelphia Recreations — Picnics in Prospect... 49 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Business Changes 42 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 44 



List of Patents 44 



News Notes 47 



Incorporated 47 



Personal 47 



In and About Detroit 47 



Cincinnati wants the S. A. F. for 

 Cincinnati for 1909 the twenty-fifth anniversary, 1909. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Society 

 will extend the invitation at Niagara Falls. Hokti- 

 ctjltuke heartily seconds the motion. It is a most ap- 

 propriate move. Much i f the strength and enthusiasm 

 of the early years of the Society of American Florists 



was directly due to the inspiration of that first meeting 

 at Cincinnati and the unostentatious hospitality of the 

 Cincinnati florists which was the more notable because 

 they had no predecessors to set the pace for them. By 

 all means let us go to Cincinnati in 1909 and make the 

 event as glorious in history as was that memorable occa- 

 sion a quarter of a century ago. 



By the time these lines come to the 

 Are you going eyes of our readers the annual 

 to Niagara Falls? Convention of the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists and Ornamental Hor- 

 ticulturists will be but five weeks distant. In every 

 community of any horticultural importance there is a 

 certain number who can be depended upon to attend an 

 S. A. F. Convention and most of these would consider 

 it a grievous privation from a recreative, social or busi- 

 ness standpoint if obliged to forego the privilege of 

 being present. But there are others — and it is to be 

 regretted that in some cases these are in the majority — 

 who have not been in the habit of going to these annual 

 gatherings of the craft and have thus far missed the 

 helpful and inspiring influences which their neighbors 

 have learned to prize so highly and it is to these that 

 we would now appeal, with the hope that they will 

 take the step this year, knowing that they will after- 

 wards feel grateful to us for whatever part we may have 

 in inducing them to go. We have never known anyone 

 to complain of the time and expense consequent upon 

 attending an S. A. F. Convention or to express regret 

 for having linked his name to the list of progressive, 

 well-informed men who make up the greater part of 

 the membership of this organization. 



Probably never before in the his- 



What the tory of any art have the elements 



Convention offers of business and pleasure been so 



happily provided in elastic pro- 

 portion to fill the requirements of every taste and pref- 

 erence for old and young, sportive or sedate, as in the 

 typical S. A. F. Convention. In the present instance 

 there is no need to more than allude to the manifold 

 majestic and romantic attractions which the meeting 

 place presents. The national Society is particularly for- 

 tunate in the selection of Niagara Falls for the Conven- 

 tion of 1908, which, in itself, assures a large attend- 

 ance. But there are other and stronger reasons than 

 the diversions offered by the world-famous resort which 

 should draw the commercial horticulturist to the Niag- 

 ara Convention. It is generally accepted that the com- 

 ing season will see the expected great business revival 

 well under way. The key note of horticulture's part in 

 it will be struck at this meeting. Niagara Falls is very 

 central and the Convention will draw strength and en- 

 thusiasm from many sources. A vast trade exhibition 

 is assured at a point so accessibly located and here es- 

 pecially will the business man come in contact with 

 every element representing modern material advance- 

 ment in all departments of his art and typifying the 

 present-day standards of horticulture. That anyone 

 can remain indifferent to all this and still hope to excel 

 or even hold his own in the horticultural business world 

 seems simply preposterous. Niagara Falls may be seen 

 at any time! but this Convention, considering every cir- 

 cumstance, presents unique opportunities the value of 

 which cannot be over-estimated. 



