100 HORTICULTURi: February 8, 1908 



ww^^nnpf/^f Tf nrf TUir '^^ cultural requirements do not differ from those of 



liUlv Jl 1^^ V-/ J-^ 1. V Iv JL< {i,e parent and that those growers who have grown the 



=^=^^=^=^==^^^^^^^^^^^^^ hitter successfully can undertake the cultivation of the 



VOL. VII FEBRUARY 8, 1908 tiO. 6 ^^^^^.^^ ^,j^j^ greater confidence as to results than would 



=^=^=1^:==^^^=^=^=^^^^^^^^^^^^^ he the case with a seedling. This point was not 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY l.TOught out in the discussion but it is an important one 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. .^^ ^ »^^ ^^^ retention of the name of the parent in the 



11 "•-'"^"^^^.^f^Jf^*^*;,^^^ f^****"' ^•'"- title by which the sport is known conveys directly to the 



wM. ]. STEWART, E ditor and Manager purchaser this vcry uscful knowledge as to its charae- 



t eristics. 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 



Oae Year, in advanccSi.oo To Foreign Countries, J.0O, To Canada.Sl 50 ^Yg understand that planS are being 



Per Inch 30 inches to page *>■">• Again made to ask the Secretary of State, on 



'"■?SriSSth°4^Tm»'^';ercVnt'thre"mon"h^ the Charter behalf of the Society of American Flor- 



all months 36 timesi 20 per cent., one year (52 times] 30 per cent. i. i tt i.- ij. • i. i 



Page and hall page spaces, special rates on application. ists and Ornamental Horticulturists, to 



Bniared as second-class matte7D7cembe78, 1904, at the l-ost Office at Boston. Mass e.xtend an invitation tO foicign Cxllibitors tO participate 



^ ""d" ■h' Act of Congress o< March 3. .879 . .^ ^^^ National Flowcr Show at Chicago next Novem- 



CONXENXS ber. Holding, as it does, a National Charter "for the 



^^°^ development and advancement of floriculture and horti- 



ruff\Td ^I'^^U-ZE^Kunderd-inustrated. 165 culture in all their branches, to increase and diffuse the 



BRITISH HORTICI'LTURE— W. H. Adsett 165 knowledge thereof, and for kindred purposes m the in- 



P\St"aND present experience with terest of floriculture and horticulture" this organiza- 



MEALY BUG IN VINERIES-.lames Wheeler. ^.^ 167 ^- ^^^^^ ^j^g utmost proprietv ask for this co-oper- 



'"'^'^^^I^S-^^J^^'^'^'':''.^. 1- ation on the part of tli'e Ltional Government and 



HIPPOPHAE RHA.mnoides— D. A. Clarke 167 favorable action on the part of the latter may reason- 



AKTER AD.IorRNMENT 16S ably be expected. That scoffing querv "What good is 



NATIONAL SOLDIERS' HOME, TOGUS, ME.— ^^^ charter" bids fair to be again answered in a most 



Campbell Walker- Illustrated 166 ,,,.„„|;„„i maniipr 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY— The Conven- piactical mannei. 



tion Story Concluded— The Banquet 169 rpj^^ ^^^^ lesson to be learned from 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: c » 1 xi , ^ ^, j- j- ■ f 



Alabama State Horticultural Society— The Na- Essentials the plant-breeding discussions ot 



tional Council of Horticulture— Tarrytown Hor- ,„ hybridization the past week at Washington is the 



ticultural Society— North Shore Horticultural J ,. x u • <- 



Society- Florists' Club of Philadelphia— Secre- fundamental one that brains must 



taries for lUOS 1^^ bg freely drawn upon if any success is to be expected in 



Club and Society Notes 174 -' ' z^. • • , 



Western New York Horticultural. Society 176 the production of new things. Indiscriminate guess 



WHAT THE GROWER SHOULD EXPECT FRO.Vi ^^^^ jg practically useless in hybridization. An intel- 



THE INTRODI.rCER OF A NEW SEEDLING— ,■ , ■ , „■ ^i * ,1 i .1, u 4-1, j 



S S Skidelsky 171 ligent purpose, intelligently followed, through methods 



SPECIAL POINTS ON CARNATfON HYBRIDIZ- intelligently chosen, is the only road worth traveling. 



ING— R. Witterstaetter 172 j^^ ^j^g paramount quality which must be retained and 



'^^Sn^'^S Ch'icTgo Detroit. New York, reinforced in every operation is stamina. Physique 



Philadelphia 181 must stand first, for, if it is sacrificed in the lea-st de- 



OBITl.'ARY: gree, eventual failure is a certainty. The history of 



Andrew De Voe-Edward P. Stannard-John ^^^ pj^^^ hybridizing is strewn with the defunct reUcs of 



MISCELL ANEOT'S- ]n-oductions, beautiful and promising in every other 



New England Conference ou Rural Progress... 169 respect, but deficient in this one essential. The weak- 

 Catalogues Received 174 ijug jg doomed from the start. 



Publications Received 174 



Celsia Arcturus 175 1 he next horticultural meeting ot 



Incorporated 175 a rose grower's a national character will be that of 



Personal 1 ' ® 



Philadelphia Notes 176 duty the American Rose Society at 



News Notes |j^8 Chicago, seven weeks hence. Secre- 



Business Changes l'» °- , 



New Retail Flower Stores 179 tary Hammonds appeal for a more general support ot 



A Staunch House-Illustrated ••;■••■• 18» this useful organization by the rose growers and rose 



Exempting Forest Lands from Taxation 189 o j ,,,,,„, 



Controlling ihe Codling Moth 189 dealers throughout the country should call forth a 



Missouri Botanical Garden 189 spontaneous and hearty response. If every man to 



List of Patents 189 ^ ^ a • if . ,: •' c j. ui 



\ Prosperous Pottery 190 whom the queen of flowers has brought a comtortable 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 190 livelihood should now take membership in this organ- 

 New Heating .Apparai us 190 ization established to further promote their interests 



the American Eose Society would have no reason 



On the whole, we think the Car- henceforth for anxiety as to the wherewithal for prose- 



The nomenclature nation Society followed the wisest cuting its work on a scale commensurate with its impor- 



of carnation sports course in deciding against the tance. It is not creditable to florists or nurserymen 



advice of the nomenclature com- "^''t ^l''* Society should suffer for lack of interest or 



.,,.,.,... i 11 i. -iv, 4. lick of funds. Both of these should be accorded to it 



mittee to give distinctive names to all sport, without ^^..^^^ ^,^^^ j^^^^^^jj^^ ^^^ characteristic of the horticultural 



reference to the parent variety. One advantage which profession when once it awakes to a realization of its 



a sport carries with it is that, in the majority of cases, duty. 



