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HORTICULTURE 



January 25, 1908 



horticulture: 



VOL. VII 



JANUARY 25, 1908 



NO. 4 



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CONTENTS 



Page 



FKONTKSPIECK-Wliite Fair Maid. 

 CYnL\MENS TN ENGLAND— Wm. MoM. Brown— Il- 

 lustrated yy 



BRnnSH HORTICtlLTT-RE— W. H. Adsett 95 



TOMATOES L.NDER GLASS— Wm. Sim 96 



PLANT, PLANT!— C. S. Harrison 9G 



EUONYMUS ALATUS— D. A. Clarlie 97 



\BOrT liT'lRTILlZERS AND THEIR USE— Dudlev M. 



Prav 99 



THE HYDRANGEA CONTROVERSY— E. G. Hill 99 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT 100 



OBITUARY 100 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



Portraits of Oiflcers 101 



Program and Scliedule 101 



Transportation 1"2 



SOME PROMISING CARNATION NOVELTIES' 



House of Afterglow, Illustrated Ili2 



President Seelye, Illustration 102 



Three Promising Carnations, Illustrated 104 



White Fair Maid 104 



Andrew Carnegie, Illustrated 105 



A GROUP OF WASHINGTON'S BUSY" MEN— Portraits 103 

 -NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Newport Horticultural Society — American Breeders' 

 Association — Engelman Botanical Club — New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society — New President of 

 Chicago Florists' Club, Portrait of Leonard Kill — 

 Detroit Florist Club — Minnesota Crop Breeders — 

 ■Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston — Green- 



■wicli Gardeners' Society lOtJ 



Southampton Horticultural Society — Ginseng Grow- 

 ers — Society of Americar Florists — Florists' Club 

 of Washington — American Rose Society — Club and 



Society Notes HiT 



DURING RECESS 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society — Sporty New- 

 Haven — Fun at Madison 109 



SEED TRADE 112 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, BuPfalo, Detroit, ludiauajiolis, New York. 



Philadplphia. ^^'asbingtol\ 117 



.VIISCELLANEOUS 



Personal; D. F. Roy, portrait 100 



Carnations in New Bedford 104 



Home Production of Lily Bulbs 105 



Appraisei-s' Decisions 105 



A New Nursery 105 



An Interesting Seedling 105 



Ne.w Forester at Iowa State College lOS 



Botanic Gardens and Thrir Uses — A* S. Kinney 108 



Catalogues Received 110, 111 



Publications Received Ill 



Plant Imports 112 



Philadelphia Notes 114 



Dayton News 114 



New s Notes 114 



Fire Record 114 



Business Changes 115 



New Retail Stores 115 



Incorporateil 115 



Greenhouses Building (jr Cimtemplated 125 



Salutation. 



According to custom Hoisticulture for 

 (he fourth time taives up its annual pre- 

 rogative and extends cordial greetings to 

 the caiiiiilicin industries of our country and the Society 

 which so ahly represents them. In preceding issues we 

 have urged the value of the meetings and exhibition 

 wiiich are ahoiit to open in Washington and the impor- 

 tance of attendance ami participation by every gro'wer 

 of tlic divine flo'wer wlio has any aspiration for excel- 

 lence or prosperity. We hope to see the largest gath- 

 ering in the Society's history and tliat (he proceedings 

 may widen the sphere, elevate the standard and fire the 

 ardor of those whose lives are dedicated to the interests 

 111' this flower of the people. 



.fiisi ]\nw far the winning of high 

 Two standards honors under the exacting rules of 

 of value ijjg exhibition table as to form, size. 



etc., will go as an endorsement of a 

 \anety toi' e\cry day tlorists' needs is no new question 

 with tlie carnation society or. indeed, any society sim- 

 ilarly devoted to the iinpro\enienl on precise lines of 

 any special flower. Some of the (pialities that make 

 for utility and serviceable a \ai lability for the florist 

 whose primary demand u|)on a carnation must be that 

 it '"brings grist to his mill" as a cut llower, are not 

 easily made apparent on the exhibition table and as 

 advancement towards the iileal goes on from year to 

 year tlu' problem may lie exjiected to grow in impor- 

 taiiee. l''or the dealei' enjoying the su|iport of critical 

 buyers willing to pay for fine finish iioihiug can be too 

 gooil. lie should encourage with tiu' utmost liberality 

 the striving for high grade material whicli is the key- 

 note of successful competitive exhibiting. But the 

 lack of superiority in these points is not enough in itsell' 

 to condemn a carnation for every day market use.'-. 



Catalogues, catalogues, by every mail, 

 from all points, domestic and foreign. 

 What an enormous expenditure, or invest- 

 ment rather, they represent in the aggre- 

 gate! 1"o any one who has had occasion 

 to ['(jllow lip llic catalogue industry the remarkable ad- 

 vancement in ((uality. within a decade even, is conspic- 

 uously apparent. Half-tone illustrations of high artis- 

 tii' excellence have replaced the crude productions of a 

 few years ago and the chea]) wood cut has |)ractically 

 disappeared. In cover adornment, quality of paper and 

 beauty of typogra])liical work no expense has been 

 sjiared. apjiareiitly. and after the book is completed then 

 comes the outlay for mailing — an amount little I'calized 

 by most of us. Ami yet, Avhile prices of everything 

 which appertains to catalog-uo making have vastly in- 

 creased, the prices mi seeds, plants, and sundries as 

 quoted are no higher but in many instances lower than 

 they were in years gone by. The seed and nursery cat- 

 alogue makers have contributed much to the general 

 store of popular horticultural knowledge; in intelligence, 

 liberality and enterprise they stand in the front rank ol 

 the )irofession and are entitled to the respect and grat- 

 iliule of every one who likes to see horticulture flourish. 



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