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November 14, 1908 



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COVER ILLUSTRATION— The National Flower Show 



THE NATURALIZATION OP FLOWERS— Wm. McM. 

 Brown— Illustrated 633 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT 635 



CYPRIPKMI \I OODFROYAE LEUCOCHILUM— Illus- 

 trated 635 



THE EXHIBITIONS: 



National Flower Show at Chicago — The Chrysan- 

 themums and Carnations, Wallace R. Pierson... 636 



The Awards Friday and Saturday 637 



Monday's .Awards — The Banquet — Concise Com- 

 ments 638 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society — Illustrated.. 639 



The Event of the Year in Philadelphia. : 640 



St. Louis Horticultural Society — Elmira, N. Y. — 



Nassau County Horticultural Society 641 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society — Connecticut 

 Horticultural Society — Local Flower Shows 642 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Detroit Florist Club — Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Baltimore — New York Florists' Club- 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 643 



Society of American Florists — The Horticultural 

 Society of New York — Pittsburg Florists' and 



Gardeners' Club 644 



New Bedford Horticultural Society— Club and 

 Society Notes 646 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Points of Superiority in a Display Ice Box 650 



New Retail Flower Stores 651 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, 



Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Washington 653 



New York 655 



OBITUARY— Andrew Groll— James Lowe— W. Greiner. 653 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal ". 635 



Philadelphia Notes 643 



New Store of the Geo. Wittbold Company— Illus- 

 tration 646 



Catalogues Received 648 



Publicaton Received 648 



Plant Imports 648 



News Notes 648-651-662 



Bermuda Lily Bulbs 648 



Business Changes 655 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 662 



Patents Granted 662 



Hearings on proposed tariff revision 

 Tariff have already commenced at Washing- 



revision is on ton before the Ways and Means Com- 

 mittee. On inquiry we are informed 

 that November 18 is the date fixed for the consideration 

 ■ if agricultural and similar products. Hon. Sereno F. 

 Payne is chairman emmittee. Now, if you have 



any vic«> a- to duties on an} goods imported to this 

 country make ii your business to promptly communicate 

 with S. A. V. Secretary W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park, 111., 

 "or else hereafter forever hold your peace." It will be 

 many years in all probability before the opportunity for 



satisfactory adjustment occurs again, There are many 

 defects in the present schedule which are serious obstruc- 

 tion- and a perpetual annoyance to the importer and 

 user of horticultural products. We believe those en- 

 trusted with the work of revision earnestly desire light 

 on the problems they are called upon to solve for the 

 benefit of one and all and that upon proper presentation 

 of our needs they will try to adjust matters in accord- 

 ance with our recommendation. So, if you have any- 

 thing to communicate, get busy at once. 



Considering the general complaint of hard 

 An limes and scarcity of cash in florists' pock- 



inspiring ,.| S the attendance al the National Flower 

 example Show is inspiring and suggestive. No 



wonder floriculture goes ahead by leaps 

 and bounds when we stop to think of the amount of 

 traveling done every year by its followers. Carnation 

 convention in January, rose convention in March, S. A. 

 F. convention in August, and a score of minor events all 

 draw their hundreds successively from all parts of the 

 land to one central spot and those who make intelligent 

 use of the advantages thus opened for acquiring knowl- 

 edge, soon come to a realization of the great mental en- 

 largement and practical business gain which must ac- 

 crue from a regular attendance. The florists have "got 

 the habit" and what it has done for them as compared 

 with other closely related occupations is plainly in evi- 

 dence. The example of the S. A. F. and its lively off- 

 spring seems to have at last awakened some of the pro- 

 gressive spirits in the "•truck" growing and forcing in- 

 dustry, with the result that a promising start was made 

 a few days ago at Cleveland on lines of action very sim- 

 ilar to those followed by the S. A. F. A very good move 

 and one that mighf wisely have been made years ago. 

 The new organization has our best wishes and we pre- 

 dtet for it a prosperous course so long as it takes the 

 blithesome, lusty, virile S. A. F. for its pattern. 



According to the National Flower 

 A satisfactory Show all that anyone can claim for 

 beginning and jt. it remains notably a fact that there 

 bright promise has been presented very little in any 

 department which stands out as 

 marking a distinct advancement either in variety or cul- 

 tural skill. This is probably equally true of the Boston 

 show and, we might add, of Philadelphia and other 

 places, but it was naturally expected that the Chicago 

 affair with its long preparatory work and opportunities 

 for stirring up special interest at home and abroad would 

 gather in from so many available sources valuable ma- 

 terial which in the aggregate would make the event ex- 

 ceptional in this respect. That it did not noticeably 

 do so should not discourage those who have so eloquently 

 championed the idea of a series of national flower shows 

 and dilated upon the great potentialities within reach 

 through this means. Of necessity the first essential in 

 this initial attempt was to make sure a financial suc- 

 cess, the reasons for which are sufficiently obvious and 

 every reader of these lines probably understands that 

 had the enterprise fallen short in financial returns it 

 would have meant the cessation of all efforts in this 

 direction for many years to come and thus our floricul- 

 tural progress might suffer a serious retrogression in 

 consequence. The absence id' specially sensational cul- 

 tural accomplishments on this occasion does not imply 

 that the limit has been reached by any means and at 

 the n, At National Show, held at a more favorable season 

 for varied displays and with strengthened confidence in 

 tin financial outcome, we may look for something sur- 

 passing. 



