:U HORTICULTURE, January 11, 1908 



¥-¥/^'0'l*¥^^¥ T¥ np¥ TWIT tarily misses the opportunity presented in this Wash- 



, ington convention deserves to get left in the upward 



VOL. VII JANUARY 11, 1908 NO. 2 and onward movement which is carrying his more en- 



~ terprising fellows to ftivor. fame and fortune, as he sure- 



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HORTICUI^TURE PUBLISHING CO. ly will if he continues unmindful of the advantage? 



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 WM. J. STEWART, Editor aod Manager 



■z==^^^=:=^^^^^^=:=^:=^^:^:^:^^ Xow that the fimincial flurry is apparently 



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"•^rmo°SthrA?m«;^'r" «^t"hr.\'mo°n^'hs'(/^^^^^^^^ cnt.; fuHj Comprehended it remains for all con- 

 •^ g:g:''.' n^'h.'.'f'°p' ^e°sg.".V.Vpeci^% "a'» i? I'p' g"c.^o''n" "°^ kerned to get down to active business once more and, 

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 under the Act of Congress of March 3, iS7q. . . , ^ , < ■ , , 



_ gmnmg ot a new year but, as many believe, on the 



CONTENTS threshold of a new and more healthy business develop- 



FRONTISPIECE-New Violet •Boston.- ^"^^ ™^°* «^^ ^°^' ^^ ^^^^ opportunity of a life-time-that 



SWEET PEAS AT CHRISTMAS— Wm. Sim, lUus- "tide m the affairs of men which taken at the flood, leads 



trated 33 on to fortune."' Years hence men will look back to 



THE- PAEON Y DISEASE— E. J. Shaylor 33 this juncture not so much as an emergency as an op- 



WEIGHTS AND AREAS FOR FERTILIZERS- ^^ portuuity and they will designate by name the men who 



BRmsH hort/culture-w.' h'. Adsett ':''.'^.''^. 35 ^^^ to the opportunity and improved it. It is no time 



ROYAL GARDENS, KEW— Thos. Bunyard 35 now to moum over the past or cringe at the imaginary 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT 36 future. Let every one get right into harness and 



HOUSE OF VIOLET '■BOSTON"- Illustrated 36 do business at the old stand with double the old 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 37 enthusiasm. 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: ^ promising sign of the times is the 



Western New York Horticultural Society— Wor- u<.i„i„„ -J i. -n- t u-^i, i -j 1 



cester County Horticultural Society-North ""'P'"^ evident willingness of hitherto widely 



Shore Horticultural Society— New Jersey Horti- °"« another separated branches of horticultural in- 



cultural Society — Southampton Horticultural So- dustry to get together and work in una- 



ciety 3S nimity in those directions where their interests are iden- 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society-Society of ^^ ^_.^^j ^^ ^^^^ ^,^^ occasion- to note this tendency in 



„, . , „, V, e T1U-1 J 1 il- m^!.i^to' rii„v, r.f several recent instances — notably the Miimesota Horti- 

 Florist Club of Philadelphia — Florists Club or J 



Washington— Club and Society Notes 42 cultural Society, whose jjresident in his annual address 



SEED TRADE 40 said that "the policy of our society is that of doing any- 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED 40 thing in a horticultural way that may be helpful to 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: ma-nkind," and the Marvland Horticultural Society un- 

 Bostou, Buffalo, Detroit, Indianapolis, New . j. ," , ,• /-> 1 -1 tt ■ 



,. , T,,,-, 1 , v.- m 1 J itr„ i,i„„t„„ 4=; der the guidance of such sterhng men as Orlando Rarn- 



Y ork, Philadelphia, Toledo, Washington 45 = & 



MAINTAINING SOIL FERTILITY 53 SOU, and Prof. Symonds — both societies representing 



OBITUARY' 53 strong fruit-growing communities but welcoming 



Everett B. Clark, Portrait 53 (q fu^ participation in the meetings and ex- 



MISCELLANEOUS: hibitions the representatives of floriculture with 



,, ,., .„ a fraternal cordialitv equalled only by the 



News Notes 42-43 ,"•,,,,, 



New Retail Flower Stores 43 willingness and enthusiasm with which the lat- 



Business Changes ■ 45 ier entered upon their joint duties. The eon- 



A Profitable Aster— Illustrated ... , 52 ditions which worked to segregate these interests in 



Good Results of Inspection Laws 52 ^j^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ t^^ recounted ; it is sufficient to 



Posts Made Durable 54 , , 



„ ^ „ .... ^ . ^ ^ A xA Icnow that we have outlived and largely overcome them 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 54 '^ •' 



and he who would seek to perpetuate them is no friend 



We are reminded of the rapid flight of ^^ liortieulture. It is well that the distiuctly divergent 



^, . , , •,,,,/-, needs ot the many sections of horticulture should be 



The time by the near approach of the Car- ^ j, i • i i , ■ l- mi 



^. . ^ , ,. r. . , 7. . TT, 1 ■ , cared for by independent organizations. The more we 



carnationists' nation Society meeting at Washington. , j, ,, , . • , , .i , xx n 



_^ ., ^ , , -^ , ■, 1 -1 have ot these engaged m special work the better will 



opportunity Qnlv three weeks away; and yet it „ , , , , ^ i , ^^ i j ^ i i... -j -, 



■ , . , . -I lundamental details be attended to and the wider and 



seems but a few weeks since we said , -n xi j, t ^ /, ^i j_ ^ ^ ■. i x 



, , .,,,„, , . ^-r ^ y . .-, deeper will the feeding roots of the great tree extend but 



adieu to the hospitable Torontonians. jNo doubt the ^, • x x- x x i ■ ^ a 



f . . , .J, X there are many points oi contact where union ot eiiort 



gathering at Washington will equal, if not exceed, any ^^n ^ring increased vigor and robust strength to hor- 



conclave of carnationists ever held. Anyone interested ticulture in its broadest sense and we are glad to see 



in the divine flower (and what florist is not) who volun- things heading that way. 



