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horticulture: 



February 2, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. V 



FEBRUARY 2, 1907 



NO. 5 



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CONTENTS 



FRONTISPIECE— Fred. H. Lemon, President-elect, 

 American Carnation Society 



MASDEVALLIA TOVARENSIS— Jas. Hutchinson— 

 Illuslrated 125 



CYCLES OF THE AMARYLLIS— John Thorpe 12r. 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adseit 126 



THE CYCLAMEN FOR CHRISTMAS— John W. 

 Prince 127 



GROWERS' ORGANIZATIONS— R. L. Adams 127 



AN OPPRESSIVE BOILER INSPECTION LAW— 

 R. T. McGorum 129 



CALANTHES— Illustrated 129 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



Second DIay's Proceedings — The Banquet, 



Illustrated 130 



Canada's Possibilities— C. W. Ward 131 



Additional Notes of the Convention — The Visit 

 to Brampton 132 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society — Illinois 



State Florists' Association 132 



American Rose Society — Detroit Florist Club — 

 Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club 133 



Columbus Florists' Club — Toledo Florists' Club — 

 New London Horticultural Society — Society of 



American Florists 134 



Elberon Horticultural Society — Club and 

 Society Notes 135 



SEED TRADE 



Seed Catalogues Received — Statement of Plant 

 and Seed Imports-rFree Seed Distribution 130 



SALVIA ZURICH— J. L. Schiller 140 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Columbus, Detroit, Louisville, 

 New York, Philadelphia, Twin Cities 143 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Carnation Mabelle, Illustrated 132 



Obituary 135 



Incorporated 135 



News Notes 140-143 



Personal 140 



Philadelphia Notes 141 



Fire Record 141 



Business Changes 143 



Catalogues Received 149 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 150 



We are conscious of a lively respon- 

 Fragrance give sentiment when reading John 

 a chief attribute Birnie's plea for a better recognition 

 of the (]ualification of fragrance in 

 the production and the judging of carnations. A car- 

 nation or a rose devoid of fragrance is to the average 



being a disappointment. Hybridizers who keep this in 

 mind and are successful in the efforts to intensify fra- 

 grance in the progeny produced will, wo think, find that 

 they have made no mistake in so doing. Tlie carna- 

 tion's popularity will be materially strengthen'ed when 

 fragrance shall have "caught tip" to 25resent achieve- 

 ments in size, color, and form. 



The communication in this issue con- 

 Wholesaling cerning Growers' Organizations among 

 Problems the fruit producers, from the pen of 



.E. L. Adams, has some very familiar 

 strains in it for anyone who has had to deal with the 

 problems of wholesale cut flower marketing. The 

 agreement to submit all sorting and grading to one's 

 neighbors is especially interesting, and has something 

 in it that makes it worth watching. The results of 

 the arrangement will be observed with interest, and 

 we hope Mr. Adams will make a later report on its 

 workings. Fruit marketing and flower marketing have 

 considerable in common and we all have much to 

 learn. 



We publish m this issue the 

 Preparing list of special trophies 



for the Queen of Flovi/ers which have been contrib- 

 uted towards the. premium 

 list for the annual exhibition of the American Rose 

 Society which is to open in Washington, D. C, on 

 March 13; A perusal will convince anyone that the 

 Washington brethren and the rosarians generally are 

 fully determined to make this event the equal (or bet- 

 ter) of the great event at Boston last March which was, 

 in many respects, the most notable occasion in the 

 history of rose culture in America. The regular sched- 

 ule of the American Rose Society together with these 

 special prizes and the liberal premiums offered by the 

 Washington Florists' Club in the general exhibition 

 classes, would seem to insure a fine display and a large 

 gathering of the craft. The rose, in its relation to the 

 florist tr.ade and to the public, is certainly worthy of 

 all the pre-eminence that can be given it on this im- 

 portant occasion and the Rose Society should have the 

 loyal enthusiastic support especially of every one whose 

 livelihood depends in whole or in part upon the pros- 

 perity of the Queen of Flowers. 



The Toronto carnation con- 



The Carnation vention was a success from 



Society and its debtors every point of view. The 



society is stronger, fraternal 

 relations have been established anew, incentive and 

 encouragement have been absorbed and carried to re- 

 mote places, the literature of the carnation has been 

 enriched and the industries which hold fellowship with 

 the divine flower will reap material and permanent 

 benefit. Second to none in the functions of such an 

 organization is the bringing into cordial personal rela- 

 tions men widely separated but with a common aim, the 

 making of friendships which, working ever as a unify- 



