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HORTICULTURE 



March 7, 1908 



horticulture: 



VOL. VII 



MARCH r, 1908 



NO. 10 



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CONTENTS 



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FRONTISPIECE — Pyrus floribunda 



FLOWERING APPLES — Daniel A, Clarke— Illustrated 293 



MARKET EXHIBITION AT BOSTON 295 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT 297 



ORITUARY— C. N. Nesmith— Fred. C. Miller— John A. 

 Freeman — Ewald Suder — Lewis D. Robinson 297 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Connecticut Horticultural Society — Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society — Illinois State Horticultural 



Society 29S 



New York Florists' Club — Tarrytown Horticultural 



Society — Massachusetts Horticultural Society 299 



Huntington Horticultural and Agricultural Society 

 — Florists' Club of Philadelphia — Twin Cities 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club — Society of American 

 Florists— Club and Society Notes 300 



SEED TRADE 302 



Catalogues Received 302 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL, FLORISTS 



A Well Made Wreath— Illustrated 306 



Washington — Chicago — New Retail Flower Stores 307 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Indianapolis, New York, 

 Philadelphia, Washington, Twin Cities 309 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Roses from Sand are Cuttings, not Plants 295 



Lilies Shy of Bloom .' 297 



Personal 297 



Rose Party from Philadelphia to Chicago 297 



News Notes 297, 302, 306, 317 



Plant Imports 302 



Philadelphia Notes 306 



Incorporated 309 



Business Changes 309 



An Orchid Society Proposed. 317 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 318 



List of Patents 318 



Fire Record 318 



"Slowly but surely" tiie single flow- 

 The single cred varieties of the violet are wiu- 

 vioiet a winner ning the poj)ular preference and the 

 once regal ilarie Louise and other 

 double forms are being obliged to give way to the Prin- 

 cess and Boston with their strong-stemmed, pansy-like 

 flowers which, in classic Boston, have already held the 



precedence for several years but which until recently 

 have failed of appreciation in most of the other large 

 flower-buying communities. In fragrance these single 

 varieties far outclass their double-flowered, cousins and 

 under wise culture their strength, vigor and general 

 liealth and adaptability will suely win the day for them 

 especially with growers who have found Marie Louise 

 unmanageable. We look to see the single varieties in- 

 crease in popularity with each passing season and 

 beyond a doubt, this means the solution of the problem 

 of a local violet su]iply in many places which hitherto 

 have been comjjelled to get their supply from remote 

 sources. 



Kobert Craig's paper on the "Private 

 The gardener Gardener,"' which appears in this is- 

 of the future g^^g ^yju ])(> j.g;,j with interest, and also 

 with much profit, by many who know 

 that anytluug Mr. Craig has to say is always worth lis- 

 tening to and worth recording. In this valuable address 

 he views the gardener as he is, the gardener as he might 

 be if he is to attain to the full possibilities of his vo- 

 cation in the future. To reach the standard set by Mr. 

 Craig the aspiring young gardener will find his time 

 and mind well occupied and little opjxjrtunity for friv- 

 olous pastimes. It means hard w'ork, mentally and 

 physically, and much self-sacrifice at times but the 

 course once adopted and diligently jjursued w'ill soon 

 become almost second nature and its exactions will be a 

 delight at each step of advancement. Unpromising, 

 indeed is the outlook for the gardener who will draw no 

 inspiration from Mr. Craig's words. Thoughtful, logi- 

 cal, sympathetic and far-seeing, they should serve as an 

 incentive and encouragement to every gardener who 

 would "look up and not down," with a courageous de- 

 termination to win for himself a position of honor in 

 the history of his profession. 



It is especially worth remembering 



Where education that Mr. Craig's counsel is equally 



points the way applicable to the gardener bent 



upon a commercial career as to him 

 whose preference is for a position in a private capacity. 

 It has often been shown that the most intelligent and 

 successful of our commercial florists and nurserymen 

 have usually come from the ranks of the "private" gar- 

 deners, a fact which is due to the greater facilities en- 

 joyed by the man in a private position to study and 

 acquire experience and ripe judgment on broad lines 

 and further to the perseverance and patience with 

 which these men have taken advantage of such oppor- 

 tunity. Education is the best prerequisite for success 

 and that this will become more and more indispensable 

 in the immediate future must be apparent to all who 

 will give the subject serious thought. In our last issue 

 we took the liberty to call attention to the desperate 

 odds against the antiquated greenhouse under the pres- 

 ent conditions and prospects in commercial flower and 

 plant growing. Let us now in like manner warn 

 the gardener and florist if he. him.self. be indifferent to 

 the progress going on all around him, of the still greater 

 handicap he will now have to carry, crippled and un- 

 fitted to compete with the well-informed and progres- 

 sive rival who has taken advantage of the grand op- 

 portunities for self-help which are now at his disposal 

 and which ;Mr. Craig has so earnestly and convincingly 

 called attention to. 



