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HORTICULTURE, 



June 22, 1907 



horticulture: 



TOL. V 



JUNE 22, 190r 



NO. 25 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE — Darwin Tulip Gretchen. 

 USEFULNESS OP THE LATE TULIP— Robert 



CAMERON— Illustrated S09 



ROSES UNDER GLASS— J. E. Simpson 810 



STOP THE BIRD SLAUGHTER— G. H. Higglns 811 



OUR WINGED FRIENDS— K. Finlayson 811 



AFTER AD.JOURNMENT 813 



WHOLESOME CHESTN UTS 813 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Massachusetts Hortitultuial Society— Lenox Horti- 

 cultural Society— St. Louis P'lorist Club— St. Louis 

 Horticultural Society — Engelniann Botanical Club 

 Pasadena Gardeners' Association— Morris County 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Society— Gardeners' and 



Florists' Club of Boston 814 



American Association of Nurserymen — Colun^bus 

 Florists' Club — The Annandale Rose Show — Notes. 815 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM— Chas. H. Totty 816 



RAMBLER ROSE PARADISE— Illustrated 817 



SEED TRADE 818 



CELERY IN IRONDEQUOIT— H. R. Peachey 818 



SPECIAL CULTURE OF THE KENTIA— G. C. Wat- 

 son — Illustrated 820 



AMERICAN CARNATIONS IN DENMARK— P. Riise.. 822 

 CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, New York, 



Philadelphia, Twin Cities, Washington 82-5 



OBITUARY — Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, Portrait— Other 



Deaths S25 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Distinction Between Rose Cuttings and Plants. 813 



New Plants— The Best Lilacs 813 



Shrub and Tree Chat 813 



Maryland Strawberries at .Tamestown Exhibition.. 815 



Blocked by the Express Companies — Personal 815 



Incorporated — Movements of Gardeners 319 



I Fire Record 819 



Newport Personal? 822 



News Notes 823 



Business Changes 825 



Philadelphia Flower Notes 827 



Sowing Vegetable Seeds S33 



Publications Received— Why Wc Import Apples... 833 

 Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 833 



The increasing scarcity and advancing 

 To retard prices of timber for railroad ties, tele- 

 timber decay graph poles and mining and other 

 worlds gives an impetus not only to the 

 industry of wood production but to the preservation by 

 chemical process of the wood we now have. Experi- 

 ments with coal tar creosote are being conducted by gov- 

 ernment experts and it is believed possible to so retard 

 decay that the life of timber will be trebled in length. 

 The greenhouse industry is a very insignificant item in 

 the sum total of the interest.? which will profit Ijy the 

 perfecting of the wood-preserving art but. to those en- 

 gaged in it, any procpss that will treble the life of a 



greenhouse structure in any of its parts will be a most 

 welcome boon. 



Professor S. W. Collett who has been 

 To restore conducting an investigation of the 

 Bermuda's lily Bermuda lily disease is reported to 

 prestige have come to the conclusion that 



self-sterility due to a constitutional 

 weakness probably caused by inbreeding is the cause of 

 the trouble and that in cross-fertilizing with pollen 

 from other types will be found the remedy. Seedlings 

 resulting from a cross with giganteum are said to be 

 growing well and are expected to produce something 

 valuable. We hope these and other investigations now 

 under way may prove profitable and hojje to see the Ber- 

 muda lily bulb industry resume its old-time importance. 

 jSTothing will bring out the possibilities in any industry 

 as competition does. We believe in it for railroads, 

 trade papers and a good many other things, including 

 the production of lily bulbs. Other sources of supply 

 will "begin to sit up and take notice" when it becomes 

 apparent that Bermuda, Washington, Texas or any 

 other district is cutting into their trade with superior 

 material. 



The series of articles from the 

 Pointing the way pen of Robert Cameron, the ac- 

 tor the commercial complished gardener at Har- 

 fiorist yard Botanic Garden on hardy 



bulbs and border plants, now 

 being presented in Horticultdre, should be carefully 

 perused Ijy every florist, seedsman and bulb dealer. Mr. 

 Cameron has a lively apprehension of the practical 

 side of commercial horticulture, which is rare among 

 those usually occupying similar positions and he gives 

 from the store of knowledge which it has been his 

 ambition to lay up, with a freedom and enthusiasm 

 which cannot be too highly appreciated. More varieties 

 are the demand of the times and the greatest measure 

 of success and prestige will come to those florists who 

 are progressive enough in spirit and zeal to follow up 

 where men of Mr. Cameron's calibre and foresight 

 point the way. If every bulb dealer could impress upon 

 ins customers the facts presented in our last week's is- 

 sue regarding the use of tulips and daffodils in the 

 border the sales of tulips and daffodils would be in- 

 creased many fold. ' 



Echoes of bustling activity in and 



Get ready for about Horticultural Hall, Philadel- 



Philadelphla p]iia reach our ears. Busy officials 



and industrious committees are 

 pushing along the work of preparation with an ardor 

 which plainly indicates that the prediction of a record- 

 breaking convention in August is about to be verified 

 so far as Philadelphia can contribute to bring it about. 

 There remains now only about eight weeks until the 

 opening day and those who plan to participate in this 

 notable event should get busy at once. "First come, 

 first served" applies to hotel accommodations, to exhi- 

 Ijition space and to other matters of business or com- 

 fort. We hardly need to repeat that no one engaged 

 in any horticultural pursuit or allied profession can 

 afford, as a Imsiness proposition, to absent himself from 

 this great gathering of his brother florists and garden- 

 ers. In all the proceedings, the exhibition and the 

 social features of the convention the visitor will find 

 himself in contact with the best achievements and the 

 Ijrightest minds in the horticulture of today. He who 

 fails to realize this fact and to act upon it does himself 

 an injury and places his business and future prosperity 

 at a distinct disadvantage as compared with his com- 

 petitors who are wiser in their ways. 



