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HORTICULTURE 



Maroh 16, 1907 



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CONTENTS 



FRONTISPIECE — Dendrol)ium thyrsiflorum 

 ABNORMAL BOSTON FERNS FROM SPORES— A. 



Hans ^^^ 



CULTURE OF THE AMARYLLIS— John Thorpe 333 



DENDROBIUM THYRSIFLORUM— Geo. E. McClure. . . 335 



THE APPLE ORCHARD— R. L. Adams 335 



THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



Annual Meeting— President's Address 336 



Secretary's Report— Treasurer's Report 337 



Election of Officers— Awards by the Florists' Club of 

 Washington— Awards by the American Rose Society 338 

 NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Banquet to S. A. F. Executive Committee — Pittsburg 



and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' Club 338 



New Haven Horticultural Society— New Bedford 

 Horticultural Societj— Gardeners' and Florists' Club 



of Boston — Pasadena Gardeners' Association 339 



St. Louis Horticultural Society— Detroit Florists 



Club 346 



New Yorlt Florists' Club— Club and Society Notes . . 356 



SEED TRADE 342 



OBITUARY— William Griffin— Other Deaths 346 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, 

 Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New York, Washington 349 

 MISCELLANEOUS 



Wholesome Chestnuts 340 



Statement of Plant Imports 340 



Catalogues Received 342 



Publications Received 342 



Movements of Gardeners 342 



Business Changes 342 



Personal 349 



News Notes 351 



Newport Notes 357 



Fire Record 357 



Greenhouses Building and Contemplated 357 



EASTE-R NUMBER NEXT "WEEK. 



The passage of the appropriation of $150,- 



Fighting 000 by Congress towards the work of 



the moths cheeking the spread of the gypsy moth 



will be hailed with satisfaction by all 



those who know anj^thing of the circtimstances. It is 



estimated that during the past twelve months over 



$750,000 has been expended by the state and citizens of 



Massachusetts in the struggle against the dreaded pest 



and so it is likely to be for some years to come. New 



England, and New York, which is likely to be the next 

 state attacked, have always, with good reason, taken 

 great pride in the ijiagnificent trees which adorn their 

 villages and it is a dreadful calamity which now men- 

 aces them. Let every one do all in his power to help 

 win the fight. 



There are indications of serious in- 



Effects jury to rhododendrons and other 



of the winter broad-leaved evergreens by the severe 



winter which they have had to endure 

 and the fipal outcome, which cannot be determined for 

 several weeks yet, is anxiously awaited. For unrelent- 

 ing, boisterous inclemency the winter of 1906-1907 will 

 long lie remembered as unparalleled in the experience of 

 most people, at least in the northern and eastern section 

 of the United States. The efEoct of such weather on all 

 hardy garden material is dependent in a great measure, 

 however, upon fall conditions of saj} flow and ripening 

 of wood and it may yet transpire that Nature took a 

 hand last fall in preparing her family for the ordeal 

 which was in store for them. In most sections there 

 has been a good covering of snow during the period of 

 lowest ten)perati:re^ and that is something for which 

 we should all be deeply grateful. 



Has the newspaper reporter been 



A discredited around yet to get pointers regarding 



practice the Easter prospects ? If not, you may 



look for him any day now. A word of 

 advice — don't fill him upvnth stories of scarcity and pre- 

 dictions of high prices. Too much of this has been done 

 every year and no one can tell what the direct loss to 

 the flower business has been from this senseless, almost 

 suicidal habit which so many florists have contracted. 

 Tell the inquirer that there will be no difficulty in 

 supplying him with all he requires for his Easter flower 

 gifts at reasonable prices. Fill the newspaper reporter 

 with the enthusiasm of an approaching floral holiday 

 such as has never before been seen; convince him tliat 

 there will be good lilies and an abundance of them and 

 tliat nobody need forego the pleasure of the possession 

 or the giving of a flower because of scarcity or high 

 jjrices. Don't frighten away your best friends with 

 that discredited old iiugaboo of Easter famine. 



Civic associations and periodicals are doing 

 Get good service in the dissemination of liter- 

 i" 'i"e ature aiming to sducate the public taste 

 and inspire a better appreciation of plants, 

 trees and flowers about city and suburban homes. 

 The effect is seen in the tidying up of yards, the 

 more general planting of flowers, and a willingness 

 to expend money for public parks and playgrounds. 

 In all this the horticultural profession is a direct benefi- 

 ciary and, as euch, apart from his equal participation in 

 the general benefit, it would seem very becoming, as 

 well as expedient, that the florist and gardener should 

 take an active part in any movement tending so much 

 to his own advantage as this horticultural educational 

 work certainly docs. Our older florists' clubs, those 

 well and ]5ermancntlv established, might now do well 

 to take a respite from their time-worn discussions of 

 commonplace trifles of daily practice on which most 

 of their members arc already sufficiently informed, and 

 rise to the consideration of themes and activities which 

 will draw within their influence, and secure the inter- 

 ested support of, the most intelligent and progressive 

 element in the craft. 



