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horticulture: 



y 0L . vill N OVEMBER 7, 1908 NO. 19 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVER ILLUSTRATION Chrysanthemum Virginia 



Poehlmann. _, 



EARLY FLOWERING CHKYSAXTHEMUMS-Chas. 



H Totty 601 



SEASONABLE ' REQUIRKMENTS OF ORNAMENT- 

 AL EVERGREENS— N. F. Flitton 601 



INDOOR FRUIT CULTURE— Wm. Downs 603 



A GLADIOLUS OF MERIT— Illustrated 603 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Florists' Club of Philadelphia— Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society— American Rose Society- 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America— Society of 

 American Florists— Florists' Club of Washing- 

 ton—Buffalo Florists' Club— Club and Society 



Notes *>04 



FOUR GREAT CHRYSANTHEMUMS— E. G. Hill- 

 Illustrated 605 



THE EXHIBITIONS: 



Lenox Horticultural Society— Dutchess County 

 Horticultural Society— U. S. Department of Ag- 

 riculture — Illustration 606 



Pasadena Gardeners' Association— Marin County 



Horticultural Society— Madison, X. J 607 



Pittsburgh— Local Flower Shows— Coming Events 60S 

 NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Short Trips for Vis- 

 itors 610 



SKKD TRADE 612 



PHILIP BREITMh'YF.R— Portrait 61o 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit. Indianapolis, 



Philadelphia, Washington 617 



New York 619 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



A Hitchings House 605 



An Invitation 605 



Catalogues Received 605 



Philadelphia Xotes , 605 



Plant Imports 605 



Where the Red Flag Floats in Peace 613 



Incorporated 613 



Xew Retail Flower Stores 614 



Business Changes 614 



Steamer Departures 614 



News Xotes 614-619 



An Anniversary Celebration 615 



Something New 615 



roal 615 



Chicago Not es 617 



Obituary -Richard Coombs 617 



luilding or Contemplated 626 



Saxon Forest Pest 626 



.I leaving no opening for 

 Effect of uncertainty or apprehension, just as we 

 the election a ]] would wish to have ii. regardless of 

 political preferences; the national 

 promptly and business men 

 may now settle down to confident activity in the land- 

 able pursuit ol' i>t prosperity. We are sure 

 ■ majority - adi rs are satisfied that 



the result of the elect inn was a most commendable dem- 

 onstration "I' common sense on the part of the Ameri- 

 can people and the balance will surely agree that it 

 ses well for a quickening into new life of our 

 - and a new impulse for the current 

 tie enterprise the stopping of which had so 

 rudelj interrupted the prosperity of all branches ol' 

 commercial horticulture. 



We give space gladly in this issue and 

 For the in others of recent date to notices of the 

 public good public displays of chrysanthemums and. 

 er greenhouse flowers which at this 

 season of the year arc given in the conservatories of 

 philanthropic citizens of means or at the greenhouses 

 connected with the public parks of many cities. Prob- 

 abh no public expenditure of equal amount goes further 

 as an elevating and refining influence. The tremendous 

 crowds which, as we all know, cannot be coaxed into 

 a flower -how ef the prevalent type, but take fullest 

 advantage of the park displays, afford sufficient evi- 

 dence of popularity and. viewed in this light, there can 

 be no doubt of the wisdom of providing the people with 

 these gardens under gla^s witli their sweetness and 

 cheer during the dreary months when outdoor verdure 

 is gone. A great public park system any where outside 

 the limits of perpetual summer and lacking the adjunct 

 of well-kept conservatories certainly falls far short of 

 its possibilities for usefulness. 



We take pleasure also in chronicling 

 The right kind the little local shows given at their 

 of a florist places of business by enterprising and 

 public-spirited florists, as fall open- 

 ings to attract the people and interest them in the pro- 

 ducts of floriculture. A closer acquaintance on the part 

 of the people with the goods which the florist, seedsman 

 or nurseryman have to offer is at all times to be de- 

 sired and any prestige and stimulus to the business of 

 the toiler in any department of horticulture deserves to 

 succeed, from whatever standpoint we may view it. The 

 man who has the will and the energy to undertake 

 the extra labor and expense of turning his establish- 

 ment into an attractive and well-advertised show place 

 for a lew days at this season of the year is the sort of 

 florist Horticulture likes to encourage. He is pursu- 

 ing the right policy and is in no danger of annihilation 

 by his rivals who neglect these wise means to an end to 

 attract the notice and foster the good will of the com- 

 munity within their reach. 



The aggravating conditions which bavi 

 Stagnation pinched our flower growers so sevei 

 at home and during the past few months seem to 

 abroad have a sort of counterpart on the other 



of the Atlantic, where they at- 

 tributi ress principally to the extraordinary 



We road in a London contem- 

 porary ding of the markets with abnormal 

 quantities of floral produce has brought about the 

 downfall of prices in every section, "not a lessened de- 

 mand 1ml a I supply" and "at the hour of 

 closing arket, each day. hundred- ol ' such 

 perishable stuff as cut liliums, valley, gladiolus and 

 chrysanthemums remain unsold." "'Ask me what 

 - flowers are fetching this morning.' said a well- 

 known salesman, 'and t will tell you, any money that 1 

 get.'" This remark sounds very familiar to one 

 who lias had occasion to traverse the wholesale flower 

 marts on this side and has undoubtedly been uttered 

 in almost identical words hundreds of times during the 

 past few weeks in Xew York. Philadelphia and Boston. 

 Tbe buyer, if any. has been making the price of late. 



