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HORTICULTURE. 



June 27. 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



Y%U VII 



JUNE 27, 1908 



NO. 26 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVRR ILLUSTRATION— Crocuses in Ihe Grass. 

 NOTES FROM THE \RNOLU ARBORETUM— Alfred 



Rphder 845 



BRITISH HORTICIII-TURE— W. H. Adsett 845 



ABOt'T SOME PEONIES— John Thorpe 846 



A TEST OF PEONIES— C. S. Harrison 847 



A PROTEST 849 



CROCUSES IN THE GRASS 849 



A SPRIG FROM THE SPICE BUSH— G. C. Watson.. 849 

 NFWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES' 



MassachusPtts Horticultural Society — New Orleans 

 Horticultural Society — New Haven County Horti- 

 cultural Society — Morris County Gardeners' and 

 FlorJsts' Society — New Bedford Horticultural So- 

 ciety — Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 850 



CUU, and Society Notes 851 



DURING RECESS- 



A \A aretown Pastoral — New York Florists' Club — 

 Picnics in Prospect — Florists' and Gardeners' Club 



of Rhode Island, Illustration 851 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY: 



Sixth Annual Meeting; at Ithaca, N. Y. — Reports- 

 Check List — Frauds — Next Place of Meeting — Elec- 

 tion of Officers — Report of the Secretary 852 



OBITUARY- The Late Alexander Wallace, Portrait— 



Emanuel Hippard — John Cammack 85;j 



CATTLEYA GIGAS SANDBRIAN.A— Illustrated 854 



PROPOSED LAW AFFECTING INSECTICIDES— 



Benj. Hammond 85C 



SEED TRADE 857 



American Seed Trade .Association 857 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Women in Chicago F'orist Trade — Steamer Depart- 

 ures — New Retail Flower Stores 858 



FLOWER .MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Indianapolis, New York, 



Philadelphia 861 



MISCELLANI20US: 



The Express Monopoly 84;) 



Freight Rates on Japan Bulbs : 849 



The !>aris Salon • 849 



Monsieur Abel Chatenay 85;! 



The Alaska-Yukcn-Pacific Exposition 854 



Ghent Quinquennial Show 854 



Newa Notes 854 



Business Changes 855 



Detroit Park Board vs. San .lose Scale 856 



Personals 859 



Personal Items from Madison, N. J 859 



Incorporai ed 85'J 



On the Al'eys 861 



List of Patents 868 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 869 



Xow that the spring riisli days are over 

 and the school graduation and the "June 

 wedding" almost passed into histoiy. it 

 will he in order to give a little thought 

 to the fall exhihitions. Whether these he of modest or 



The fall 

 exhibitors 



of pretentious j)roportions as planned, it is the duty of 

 every ])lant. flower, fruit or vegetable grower to con- 

 tribute in .some way towards the success of those at 

 least that are in his immediate neighborhood, tins not 

 iinly from the standpoint of disinterested lijjerality but 

 also in pursuance of self-interest in a business way. 

 As the basis of all exhibiting must be a desire to excel, 

 ])reparatory work should be Ijegun as early as possible 

 and one uppermost aim should be to bring forward 

 something sufficiently novel to excite public interest. 



The feature of novelty should be 

 To arouse made a cardinal point in the prepar- 

 pubiic interest alion of the prize Schedule of every 

 show where public iiiteresl is sought. 

 We have dwelt on this subject several times already 

 but it will do no harm to dilate further on its various 

 phases for it is what must, in all such enterprises where , 

 expense is assumed, stand between the promoters and 

 disaster. Unless puljlic enthusiasm is made to follow 

 on and supplement professional enthusiasm, the Ijest 

 show in the world from a professional viewpoint, will 

 turn out a flat failure financially. And here a word of 

 caution may not be amiss; novelty is not necessarily 

 oddity and public enthusiasm is something dift'erenr 

 from mere curiosity. Let it be clearly understood that 

 the public soon tire of the fine cultural distinctions 

 which to the gardener are of such vital concern, but 

 will always be found ready to respond to a practical 

 demonstration of the j)roper disposal and artistic uses 

 of plants and flowers about the home or for social 

 events in which liuman interest centres. Without this 

 element a "paying"' show is a gamble, with the odds 

 against you. 



While on the subject of exhibitions 

 The national ijio long-talked-of national ilower show 

 flower show is a timely topic. Less than five 

 months away, looms up that stupen- 

 dous project at Chicago. We believe that, if the 

 growers throughout the country do their best the 

 ]XH)ple in and about Chicago may be depended upon for 

 enthusiastic and substantial support. Much is made of 

 the importance of getting together a big representation 

 of all the horticultural interests and, from the stand- 

 point of the professional horticulturist, the advantage 

 to be gained thus cannot be too strongly urged. The 

 event, if carried out as propo.sed, cannot but result in a 

 vivifying such as no other single event in American 

 horticultural industry has ever brouglit about. But of 

 e(|ual or even greater importance is the awakening of 

 the ptddic eagerness and zeal and to this end, nur 

 Chicago friends who must, of necessity, take the 

 lalwring oar, are entitled to and should have, some- 

 thing uwiT than mere contributions of dozens, 

 hundreds or even thousands of well-grown flowers. Tf 

 each exhibitor will seriously consider what he can 

 ])resent that will, by its impressiveness or novelty, com- 

 mand special attention from the daily press, the grand 

 restilt need not be for one moment in doubt. 



