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HORTICULTURE 



March 23, l»i>7 



■Kj^^'wj*w*w^xw yw TPWyOIJ* Amoug the wise and patriotic ;icts of 



* *^i^*^ ■* ■tV^^ ■w M. \J M\.m1^ a patriotic President Roosevelt none are more to his 



^^^^ MARCH 23, 1907 No7T2 "* credit or more to the best interests of the 



— country than his recent proclamation, 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY Creating ir.DOO.OOO acres of additional forest reserves. 



HORTICULTURE. PUBLISHING CO. rpj^g narrow-minded, unexcusable truculeney of certain 



11 Hamilton Place. Boston, Mass. senators in the interest of land grabbers "and lumber 



WM. J. STEW^ART, E^^or Z. M.c.er SYndicatcs has iK^en checlauated and the President's 



^^^_^^_^__^^__^^-_— -^-^^— -^^-^^— ^;^-^^ action will have the hearty approval ot all good citizens. 



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ADVERTisiNG RATES Our friends ing attention to the enterprising 



DiIcoSnts?li'con".°tfro^'co'n»ecutive'inser'tions, asfoiiowi; ' '■°°' the wholesale spirit SO wcll displayed by our cut 



One month (4 times) 5 per cent.; three montlis (13 times) 10 per cent. ; «,..!.«. n J i.- TPi j. 



six months (j6 times) 20 per cent. ; one year (52 times) 30 per cent. flOnstS tlower aaVCf tlSCrS in OUr Jiaster nUm- 



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coPYRiaHT. 1907. Bv HORTICULTURE PUB CO horticulture calls for greater business sagacity and it 



Eniered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston. Mass. ° ^d j 



under the Act of Congress ot March 3, 1879. jg jjq^ surprising that the rauks of the commission flower 



~^____,^»^_._ dealers have furnished some of the most eminent leaders 



^*^*^ * '^^ * ^ in club and society work. We commend them with con- 



FRONTISPIECE— EASTER 1907 fidence to all in need of flower material for the great 



COMMERCIAL CHRYSANTHEMUM CULTURE IN • g , . , • j^ ^incerclv hooe will fullv 



FRANCE— C. Harmau Payne— Illustrated 369 spnng norai event vuiicn we bincerei> nope win luiiy 



THE VALUE OF BULB STOCK— M. B. Faxon 370 compensate m volume for the disappointing season ]ust 



THE PERGOLA IN ENGLISH GARDENS— H. H. experienced. 



Thomas— Illustrated 371 



DIFFERENT FORMS OF EUONYMUS RADICANS — HORTICULTURE extends liorewith an Easter 



Hans. J. Koehler— Illustrated 372 Easter crrpptino' +0 its rpqrlpr* Mav tbp <;nriTi(T 



ORNAMENTAL CONIPFRS—A. Hans 373 greeting to its reauer;-. May tne bpnng 



THE TULIP DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT — greeting time now dawning after a winter which in 



BRITISH 1lORTICULTURE-W." H.' ' Adsett: '. ! '. ! ! ! ! ! ! 375 "I'i^.y sections of our country will be long 



NEWS OP THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES reniembered as the severest ever experienced bring to all 



Srjlu; No^es-Sewpo'rlto?^^^^^^^^^^ a volume of business also unprecedented and m all de- 



—St. Louis Florist Club— The French Garden- partments of this — the most excellent ot man s indus- 



ers' Society of London 376 tries, may fresh enthusiasm, broader vision and greater 



Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' Club— Co- efficiency prevail. As usual Horticulture's advertis- 



lumbus Florists' Club — -North Shore Horticultural i.i.i,a 4!i.i. i.i ii 



Society, President James McGregor, Portrait- mg pages present the offers of the most advanced houses 



Elberon Horticultural Society— Pennsylvania Hor- in all horticultural lines — those firms which seek to do 



ticultural Society — Dayton Florists' Club 377 business with the intelligent and progressive jx^ople to 



..,t!FiTL'i?'\,Sa1'''L^r^^T^*^^; ^^^ whom Horticulture distinctly appeals. We Iwspeak 



The Banquet- Additional Exhibition Notes 378 ^or these advertisers the patronage wlncli they so well 



Group of Rose Society Visitors — Illustration 379 merit. 



LITTLE .JOURNEYS BY THE GINGER JAR MAN— 



George C. Watson 379 The announcement bv tlie chairman of 



OUTDOOR ROSE CULTURE— Theodore Wirth 380 The national the committee of fifty that he has 



THE HYBRIDIZATION OP ROSES— E. G. Hill 382 ^^^ comiiuuee 01 mi.\ uidi iic iias. 



CLIMBING AND TRAILING ROSES IN THE HARDY flower show secured over nine tliousand dollars 



wI^eIom^ CHESTNUTS " ! ! ! ! ! ! l i ! ! l ! ! l ! ! l ! ! ! ! i i 384 "^"^"^ toward the required ten thousand dollar 



A MODEL ESTABLISHMENT— Illustrated 385 guarantee fund should dissipate all 



HEARING ON EXPRESS RATES 385 i x^. ^j i^ •• j^+ i^ existed a« to the certainty of the 



CARNATIONS— Fred. Stahelen 386 "^louoi tiidt mignt nave exisreo as 10 tik c< itami) 01 tne 



CARNATION MAY— Illustrated 386 proposed national flower show at Cliicago. This h.appy 



CULTURE OP THE CARNATION— Percy Herbert... 387 realiaition is indisputably due to the indomitable per-' 



^/s^^^TlSI I^^SU^B^S^TrTl^'po^R ^^K- ''' -t^e of chaimia^i Knsting who assumed the arduous 



STONES Illustrated 390 undertaking at a time wlu>ii the tirst flush ot impetuous 



SEED TRADE 391 enthusiasm had worn ort' and tlie project had come to a 



OBITUARY— .lames Draper— Other Deaths 400 standstill for lack of courageous leadership. The 



''''Voi^n.''Bj.^'"^n^Z''^Zloit. Indianapolis. American Eose Society^s exhibition now scheduled for 



New York, Philadelphia, Washington 403 Chicago m tlie spring of 1908 will be a good forerunner 



MISCELLANEOUS and ajipetizer for the srrci'.ter affair of the succeeding fall 



Poetry — Month of Gift and Hope 371 ,,,. siiriiv. 



During Recess 37S 



Movenients of Gardeners 384 rj.,,,, j^,„,,i.i,..,jj j^^^g Society has good 



Dont Be Tempted — Pr. Denzer 385 - '^ 



Simple Faith and 'Sour" News 385 ^"^ ''°^^ reason to feel proud of its Washington 



Publications Received ■■•■■■■••• ^90 society's wise meeting and exhibition. Some disap- 



Review of New Booif — W. H. Adsett 394 '^ ^ 



A Profitable Enterprise 394 policy pointmeut was expressed that the latter 



Business Changes 400 „..,. ,niVrior to the display made in 



Losses by Hail 400 ^ - 



News Notes 400-401 Boston hist year but attendant circumstances and envir- 



wlTifL-H In^ ronmeut should be considered and. taken all in all, 



Incorporated 403 ,., , . ^ . , . , , - . , , _, ' 



Greenhouse- Building or Contemplated 411 \\ ashington s acliievcment was most i)raiseworthy. The 



List of Patents 411 result should Ix- extrcnielv sratifviiiff to the officials of 



