H O RTl CU LTU RE. 



January 4, 190S 



horticulture: 



VOL. vn 



JANUARY 4, 1908 



NO. 1 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— A Gold Medal Decorative Group 

 A NEW DISEASE OF THE PEONY— E. W. Morse. . 5 

 CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS— Daniel W. Clarke... 5 



TWO NEW WHITE CARNATIONS— Illustrated 7 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



American Forestry Association " 



New York State Fruit Growers' Association — 

 American Carnation Society — Connecticut Horti- 

 cultural Society. Portrait Pres. J. F. Huss — De- 

 troit Florist Club— Tri-City Florists' Association 



— Newport Horticultural Society 8 



Society of American Florists, Portrait. Secre- 

 tary W. N. Rudd — American Rose Society — 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society — Club and 



Society Notes 9 



SEED TRADE 10 



OBITUARY 



George Wainwright— John Clark. Portrait— Reu- 

 ben H. Warder — Myrtle Rosenfield — Walter 



White 12 



Francis Quintan — Arthur B. Howard — Evei-ett B. 

 Clark— Mrs. W. H. Gunther— Mrs. Julius E. 

 Schray 13 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo. Detroit, Indiauaiiolis, Newport, 

 New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Twin 

 Cities 1" 



STORAGE COMPANY LIABLE 24 



THE POTATO— Walter L. Jagger -25 



MISCELLANEOUS 



A Letter of Gratitude 7 



Popularity of the Sweet Pea 10 



List of Patents 10 



Plant Imports 10 



Incorporated 10 



A New Firm 11 



Philadelphia Notes 14 



Personal 14 



News Notes 14,15 



Business Changes 14 



Incorporated 14 



A Seed Trade Tribute, Illustrated 14 



New Retail Flower Stores 15 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 26 



New Heating Apparatus 26 



SUPPLEMENT— Index to Vol. VI. 



To our readers, arlvertisers, friends and well- 

 1908 wishers everywhere, Hoeticultuke extends the 



compliments of the season and heartiest good 

 wishes that prosperity, comfort and happiness may come 

 to them in overflowinj!: measure during the year upon 

 which we now enter. Let each make resolution to do 

 his part in the advancement of our art and the uplifting 

 of every hraneh of indu.^try connected with it. Better 

 equipment, hetter products, better busine.ss methods and 

 a better market — these are objects for the attainment of 



wiiiili all siiould strive .iiid fNcry forward ^tcp in this 

 direction will hasten the realization of 

 .\ Happy New Year. 



W'c read of one teacher in a 

 The scope siliool where gardening has 



of school horticulture |„.,.|i taught wlio finds fault 

 w ith some of the boys who pre- 

 fer growing vegetables to llowers and ailvocates compul- 

 .-ory flower culture on the ground that the growing of 

 vegetables fosters the mercenary sjjirit, whereas the 

 object should be to teach the children how to appreciate 

 the beauties of nature. A^ we understand it tlie pri- 

 mary object in school horticulture is to educate the 

 children away from the idea that the city is the only 

 place for those who seek a road that leads on to fortune, 

 to develop in them an appreciation of the comforts and 

 the opportunities that a country life offers, to e.xpancT 

 their minds on healthy lines, to cultivate the heart, 

 brain and hands and to build up character as it can only 

 be built up by association with nature. As with all 

 other movements of a pbilanthro|)ic sort there is danger 

 of theorists and extremi.-^ts nullifying much well-meant 

 effort in this school-garden movement. The .-^chool 

 teacher 'who objects to the boys" vegetable gardens should 

 he passed on to another job. 



It is otir purpose to make the coming vol- 

 What we ume of HoirncuLTLTRE better than any of 

 promise its predecessors in every jjossible respect. 



This means that it will be still more em- 

 phatically the foremost horticultural journal of Amer- 

 ica. As heretofore its policy will be to serve tiie inter- 

 ests of and promote the fraternal spirit among those 

 engaged in horticulture out of doors or under glass 

 and the allied industries by securing for its reading 

 columns the experience and views of the most intelli- 

 gent, progressive and successful plantsmen. florists and 

 gardeners on practical subjects and presenting weekly 

 full reports of the doings of all local and national or- 

 ganizations devoted to horticultural advancement and 

 education. Its influence and support will be extended 

 to every movement tending to elevate and dignify Amer- 

 ican horticulture. All ne\vs of value to the trade from 

 every section of our country and abroad, market and 

 crop reports and forecasts, current prices, etc., will be 

 carefully compiled for our weekly issues. Editorials 

 on seasonable topics and signed contributions from the- 

 foremost horticultural writers and educators on matters 

 of Scientific and artistic interest will fill a prominent 

 ])lace. On our staff of writers for the coming year are 

 included Jackson Dawson. Daniel A. Clarke. J. A. Pet- 

 tigrew. Theodore Wirtli. A. Hans, T. D. Hatfield and 

 other eminent authorities on, tree and landscape topics. 

 Edwin Lonsdale, Robert Craig, Robert Cameron. D. 

 Mcintosh, Kenneth Finlayson, George Moore — all 

 ])lantsmen of high repute, E. 0. Orpet, James Hutchin- 

 son and John E. Lager on orchids, J. E. Simp.son on 

 roses. Will. Sim on violets, F. J. Rea on herbaceous 

 ]>lants. Edw. ilcKendry on chrysanthemums. Wil- 

 frid Wheeler on small fruits. Dr. George E. Stone on 

 vegetables under glass, R. L. Adams on plant diseases, 

 Dudley M. Pray on fertilizers, and many other eminent 

 writers on special subjects, George C. AVatson and our 

 rapidly growing staff of local correspondents, and the 

 foreign field will be covered by W. H. Adsett. Harry H. 

 Thomas. C. Harman Payne, Edgar Elvin, F. Gomer 

 Watcrer and other interesting contributors from time to 

 time. We intend that subscribers to Horticulture 

 shall have the best dollar's worth ever given in horti- 

 cultural literature. 



