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HORTICULTURE 



April 20, 1907 



■»J[/^"U'¥*|'^^¥ T¥ TpWyRIi* American Eose Society to adhere to the course on 



*.M,\ ^ m\. X M.^^ ^^ M.^ M. V/ J.V J-^ which it is now well started, making sure to retain and, 



^=^^^=^^^^^-^^— ^^^^— ^— ~^^~~~^^^^^^^^^~~^^^^^~~ if iwssible, increase the active support of the profes- 



^OL.V APRIL 20, i90r NO^ ^-^^^^1 rosarians and, while thus strengthening its 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY foundations, watch out for possible ways and means 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. whereby the amateur may be brought into the fold 



11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. and a practical solution found for that hoary old prob- 



Tdephone, Oxford 292 Iq^ of Jjq^ Iq perfect an efficient alliance of the 



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-* — masses, tlie classes, and the profession. 



On. Year, in advance, $frioFo';eT"'t:ouS 2.00: Single Copi«,05 „, , , Ecports frOm the principal matkcts 



ADVERTISING RATES Phases of the indicate the existence of an unman- 



Per Inch, 30 inches to page ............... $1.00. flower trade acrpahlp siirnlus of most kinds of cut 



DiacouDts on Contracts for consecutive insertions, as follows; dgeduit; tuipius ui luusl luiiub ui i,ui, 



One month (4 times) 5 per cent., three moaths (13 times) 10 per cent.; flowerS ever sinCO EastCT, wlth the 



•ix months (26 times) 20 per cent., one year (52 times) 30 per cent. • , » ,• ii i i • 



Page and half page spaces, special rates on ap plication, uiifortunate accompaniment 01 3. vcry light demand m- 



copYRiaHT, 1907, BY Wrticulture PUB. CO. ftead of the brisk call that April was expected to usher 



Eniered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post OfRce at Boston. Mass. in. So far aS l)ulboUS floWCrS, lily of the Valley, etC, are 



"°der the Act of Congress of March 3, .S79. concerned the over-supply might have been avoided by a 



CONTENTS '^^^ liberal planting of the bulbs by the growers, and the 



Page avalanche of belated Easter lilies can fairly be attributed 



FRONTISPIECE— Bntiaiicg Avenue of Pin Oaks to the unforseen inolement weather during the last 



WINTER AND SUMMER-iiiustrated 521 ^ j • ^j In the case of roses, violets and 



ORNAMENTAL CONIFERS— A. Hans a21 & o •. • . r, 1. j .i i -j 



FRUIT TOPICS— D. Mcintosh 522 carnations, however, it is to be expected that an unavoid- 



OUR COLORED SQPPLEMENT— H. H. Thomas 522 able over-production will be in evidence every spring, as 



ROSES UNDER GLASS— J. E. Simpson 523 piantinss are made with a view to meeting the market 



If?X A™OURnS^t''°,T,'';.'';.^'.'."^;.\\-.-:::::: 5! requirements during the dead of winter when crops are 



THE MUSINGS OF McGORUM 525 produced but sparingly and the more scanty the winter 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS 525 production the heavier will the spring cut be. So a prac- 



DAHLIA ROOTS YSCUTTINGS-AlexMacLellan. . . 525 ^-^^ . ^ ^ ^ presented. One feature of the 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES ■. .■ ■ \ 1.1, • ■ rri a • tj i- 



Massachuselts Horticultural Society-Columbus situation is noteworthy m passing. The American Beauty 



Florists' Club— Gardenors' and Florists' Club of after an almost complete absence for two or three 



BostoH— Spokane Fruit and Vegetable Growers' months finds now, on its retuni in abundance, the mar- 



tris^Fl^n^ts'^'cuTb'' ^.''.''.'*!'!?!'^'..^.'.'.°."!'."°''r7 : 526 ket practically turning its back on it. Unable to get 



Morris Countj Gardeners' and ' Florists' Society.. 527 this rose when wanted the buyer seems to have taken up 



THE SAN JOSE SCALE— A. E. stene 528 with other favorites, such roses as Killarney, Wellesley 



SMALL FRUITS AND THEIR RELATION TO THE .^^^^^ Richmond having benefitted by the situation and 



SeIS^Tr!^''.^''.:;™ , . '^\\\\\':::::::::::.' 5I0 Richmond especially drenched itself with a hold that 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS bodes ill for the prestige of the American Beauty next 



Boston, Buffalo, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, season 



New York, Philadelphia, Twin Cities 537 rjj^^, ^^^^^^^ ^^ landscape garden- 



MISCELLANEOUS ^^^^^ 525 Training for ing study for members of the Gar- 



A Block of Choice Evergreens, Illustration— landscape work deners' and Florists' Club of Boston 



Apples for France— Why So Many New Insects— ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ to a close for this season. 



Shrub C^^!;^-----y'':'V'", ;,■;.; k^.o Tiie experiment appears to have been successful in all 



Summer School of Horticultme a^u i ^ ,, ^ ,, ■ i , -, j ii j 



Plant Imports 531 ros]>ects and the result of this regular study ot the tun- 

 Two Good Tamarisks— Publications Received— damentals of landscape gardening practice by half a 



Shape of Rose Bushes— Obituary v ' V >.' " 'a ';' ^^* hundred voung gardeners cannot but raise the standard 



Personal— Business Changes— Movement of Garden- ■. ^ ^, ^ ,t ■ ■ a i- a a 



gj.y _ ° 535 of gardening work wherever their influence extends. A 



News ' Notes.' .' 537 thorough knowledge of plant culture is a splendid quali- 



Philadelphia Notes— Incorporated 539 lication for anvone aspiring to attain eminence in land- 



Gree^nhouses Building or Contemplated- List of ^^^ scape work and he who lacks this is seriously handi- 



COLOREd' plate' with" this ■ ISSUE dipped but a _ soimd knowledge of the composition of 



_ — forms and their effect m landscape scenery and the prac- 

 The fact that the American Eose tieal handling of the materials required can never be 

 The Society has not been able, as yet, to acquired through the ordina^ry routine of greenhouse or 

 Rose Society's put in operation any successful plan nursery work. On the other hand a life time devoted to 

 big problem for unitinrr the amateur and trade the study of rules and principles will avail little if re- 

 interests under its banner should fined taste and an artistic appreciation of what is beau- 

 neither surprise nor discourage the true friends of the tiful and inspiring and fitting in landscape scenery be 

 society. He who shall evolve a way whereby this de- lacking in the individual. This indispensable attribute 

 sirable end may be attained will certainly 'merit the is perhaps more likely to be found in the typical garden- 

 deep gratitude of every one who grows a rose either or than in the average aspirant for landscape architec- 

 imder crlass or in the open garden. To enlist the public ture degrees, for, oftener than otherwise it is his inborn 

 in anv general movement of this kind is not a simple affinity with the spirit of Nature and the delightful con- 

 matter 'and should the popular enthusiasm ever be tent experienced in living in close companionship with 

 awakened on behalf of a national rose organization it her most beautiful products which has influenced the 

 will undoubtedly be by the employment of very differ- gardener in the choice of his occupation. The fact that 

 ent methods from those that have proved effectual in the greatest landscape artists in the past liave come from 

 the upbuilding of our professional bodies. At the the ranks of the gardeners is significant and suggestive 

 present time it is manifestly the wisest plan for the of what the future may bring forth. 



