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HORTICULTURE, 



September 12, 1908 



horticulture: 



TOL. VIII SEPTEM BER 12, 1908 NO- 11 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVER ILLUSTRATION— I. ilium speclosum rubrum 



var. Magnificum. 

 NOTES FROM THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM— 



Alfred Render '^ 



LILIUM SPECIOSUM RUBRUM VAR MAGNIFICUM.. 345 



RAMBLES IN THE ROCKIES— C. S. Harrison 347 



NEWS OF THE CI DBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Pittsburg Florists' and Gardeners' Club — New 

 Jersey Floriculture] Society— Society of American 

 Florists— New York Florists' Club— Florists' Club 

 Of Washington— Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 B, -ion— New York and New Jersey Association of 



Plant Growers— Chicago Florists' Club 348 



Club and Society Notes 349 



Detroit Florist Club :;:,:; 



Two NEGLECTED ANNUALS— Illustrated 34!) 



FERTILIZERS AND FERTILITY— J. F. Cowell 349 



SEED TRADE 356 



DOUBLE FORM OF LILIUM AURATUM— A. H. Fewkes 3u7 

 OBITUARY— Joseph D. Calvin, Portrait— Frank E. 



Manning ' ,:i 



FLOW EIR MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit. Indianapolis, 



New York. Philadelphia, Winnipeg 161 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 331 



Scott Memorial Fund 354 



Loss by Fire :;:, ' ; 



News Notes 353-35G 



Movements of Gardeners 356 



Publications Received 35*3 



New Retail Flower Stores 358 



Steamer Departures 358 



Fairs and Neighborhood Flower Shows 358 



Coming Events 359 



1 ' i-sonal 359 



Business Changes 361 



Incorporated '' ,1 



Philadelphia Notes 



I n Bankruptcy 363 



W. C. Barry, in his talk before the S. A. 

 A patriotic f. ;1 | Niagara Falls, said thai every time 

 obligation a ni;m plants a rose bush or induces 



- body to do so he "does something for 



or other similar in & 

 n iterate reiterated and much has 



i year, with the same purposi in 

 view of wakin < er and dealer in these 



g I- to the possibilities which lie in his way but thus 



far there is little evidence that the well-meant advice 

 has been beard or heeded. Engrossed with the details 

 of bis work Er a cos cercial or professional stand- 

 point, the horticulturist lias Eound little time to con- 

 sider the patriotic aspects which touch so closely upon 

 ii- avocation that attention to them seems almost a 

 duty. None of us tieed go Ear Er ur home neigh- 

 borhood to find abundant evidence of lion much is 

 needed and how little is being doa 



Among the signs of awakening busi- 



The travelling Qess ;n i i \ it \ the travelling salesman 

 salesman shines conspicuously. Since Septem- 

 ier l>! ls be abroad in the land stir- 

 is up with his optimistic predictions of good trade 

 for the coming season and infecting all with whom he 

 comes in contact with his hopeful confidence and his 

 spirit of dogged bustle which knows qo such word as 

 fail. Listen to him and be revived. Take a lesson 

 from him in the art of salesmanship and strive to ac- 

 quire a good supply of that convincing persuasiveness 

 which sells the goods and makes the purchaser feel that 

 he has been honored in the privilege. Yes. these peri- 

 odical visitors are well entitled to recognition as among 

 the most effectual trade promoters. Trained and sea- 

 soned by continual contact with every phase of the busi- 

 ness with which he is identified, obliged to study individ- 

 uality and to size up men and conditions as he finds 

 them under varying circumstances, the travelling man 

 i- a good lelh.w to know and what he has to tell you is 

 well worth listening to. We like him and no visitor to 

 our sanctum is i wel ■ Long may he wave. 



Contemplating the various philanthropic 

 A worthy agencies for the uplifting of humanity 

 cause nll( ] the development of ideals which tend 

 to mold refined character and incidentally 

 promote a wider appreciation of and love for the 

 products of the horticulturist, we think of none more 

 worthy tiMin our point of view than the incentives pro- 

 vided h\ generously-inelined individuals and by various 

 organizations to encourage the cultivation of flowers in 

 windows, on roofs or in patches of neglected ground in 

 the crowded tenement districts. It is easy to imagine 

 how a little well-directed work on these lines may influ- 

 ence and often completely change the course of a child's 

 reasoning so that when he conn- to the parting of the 

 he shall choose that road which lead- on to good 

 citizenship with all that this implies. There are the 



best of reasons why the florist trade should ver ready 



to accord approval and encouragement to these benevo- 

 lent movements and. from the nature of things, it is in 

 an excellent position to do so mosl effectively. While 

 guarding againsl an} eourse that might lead to an un- 

 derestimate of the cosl and cash value of the florists' 

 products there an yet frequent opportunities for dis- 

 creet donations of surplus and discarded stock which 

 would other 31 1 lost entirely. Disposed of in this 

 manner it is seed wisely sown which will surely return 

 itable 1 rop in due time. 



