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HORTICULTURE 



February 16, 1907 



horticulture: 



VOL. V 



FEBRUARY 16, 1907 



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CONTENTS 



FRONTISPIECE — Caruatiou Winsor 



CEDRUS LIBANI AND C. DEODAJIA— J. P. Johnston 



—Illustrated 189 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 190 



ROSES UNDER GLASS— J. E. Simpson 191 



CULTURE OP AMARYLLIS— John Thorpe 191 



SWEET PEAS AND DAHLIAS AS A WINTER CROP 



— G. H. Higgins 193 



PETUNIA THE OUEEN — Illustrated 193 



AZALEA PHARa'iLDE MATHILDE— Aug. Haerens. . 193 

 NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Ciiib- Florists' Club of Washington — Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston— Dobbs Perry Horti- 

 cultural Association— New Bedford Horticultural 

 Society— Newport Horticultural Society — Detroit 



Florist Club 19* 



American Rose Society — New York Florists' Club . 195 



Club and Society Notes 197 



CARNATION WINSOR IN DECORATIVE WORK— 



Illustrated 195 



A FEW WORDS FOR THE ROSE SOCIETY— P. 



Joseph Lynch 196 



AN AMATEUR WITH A RECORD— Geo. M. Anderson 



—Illustrated ISJ' 



EXPERIENCE WITH THE CARNATION— J. E. Haines 19S 



OBITUARY 



George A. Sutherland— John P. Loftus— Mrs. Mary 



Somers — John Brick 199 



SEED SOWING — D. Mcintosh 200 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Cincinnati. Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, 



New York. Philadelphia 207 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Movements of Gardeners 193 



San Francisco Notes 193 



Personal 19'^ 



Library Notes — C. Harman Payne 198 



Two Canadian Trophies— Illustrated 198 



Business Changes 199 



New Dracaena Pere Charon — Illustration 199 



List of Patents 199 



Catalogues Received 200 



Salvia Zurich — Theo. Wirth 202 



Incorporated 202 



News Notes 204 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 204 



Philadelphia Notes 205 



Condensation on Store Windows 207 



Jt was 110 small imdertaldng to get three thousand 

 liloonis together and .«end them in special care from 

 Xew York to Toronto Init no one who saw the display at 

 Toronto will question the wisdom of the move or doubt 

 that the cost was well repaid in results. Given a good 

 rose, carnation or other flower, well-grown, and its mis- 

 sion is far from accomplished until it is well-sold. We 

 know of no more direct way to attain this desired result 

 than to show to the public in attractive form the various 

 uses to which these flowers may be put. 



A correspondent in an Englisrh con- 

 The position temporary refers to the sweet pea as 

 of the sweet pti "next to the ever-supreme rose, in- 

 dubitably the flower of the future." 

 'J'his is a bold i^red'ction — one which our friends, the 

 carnationists, will view with an eye half-closed, undoubt- 

 edly — l)ut stranger things than this have happened and 

 to those who have watched the wonderful development 

 of the sweet pea in this country and abroad during the 

 past few years no firediction will seem incredible. Great 

 as has been the improvement in varieties for general cul- 

 ture the advancement that appeals most strongly to us 

 is in the winter-flowering section which, under the subtle 

 mastery of such growers as William Sim, is already in 

 a secure place among the choicest popular favorites in 

 the cut flower market. And each year sees marked 

 progress in some desirable characteristic. 



It is announced tliat the growers 



A suggestion whose .sensational displays contrib- 



in regard to the uted SO much lustre to the Rose 



Rose schedule Show at Boston last year are to 



exhibit again in this year's exhi- 

 bition at Washington. This is good news and gives 

 assurance that the American Eose Society is in a way to 

 fully equal, if not surpass, the notable success of a 

 year ago. That this knowledge will tend to greatly in- 

 crease the professional attendance at Washington and 

 swell the membership of the Society, goes without say- 

 ing. We miss from the schedule, however, the decora- 

 tive classes, such as the mantel and table centre piece 

 competitions, which proved such strong attractions at 

 Boston, especially with the general public and this is 

 to be regretted as Washington can boast of florists with 

 abilities in this line second to none in the world. Per- 

 haj^s the omission may yet be remedied, as it should be, 

 in the interests of the Society and the flower for which 

 it stands. 



On another page we call attention to the 

 A clever innovation of an exhibitor at the Carna- 

 innovation tion Show in Toronto, who, not content to 

 stop at the customary vase displays, ar- 

 ranged to have his leading specialty shown in such man- 

 ner as to depict its decorative value for various purposes. 



Planting will soon be in order. One liit of planting, 

 as important as any, and alwaj's in season you perhaps 

 have overlooked or deferred. We mean an advertise- 

 ment in HoRTicuLTDRH. It will take but a few minutes 

 of your time to attend to it and once done it will be 

 like Sandy's tree, "growin' while you're sleepin'." Start 

 now with a contract for at least 70 cents' worth each 

 week during the coming year. It will yield an abundant 

 crop. 



