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HORTICULTURE 



May 18, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



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\ CONTENTS 



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FRONTISPIECE — Magnolia glauca 



ORNAMENTAL CONIFERS— A. Hans— Illustrated. . . 649 



AMASONIA PUNICEA— Edgar Elvin 650 



THE ELM LEAF BEETLE 650 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 651 



MAGNOLIA GLAUCA 651 



PRESS COMMENTS ON EXPRESS RATE DECISION 653 



WHOLESOiVfE CHESTNUTS 653 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Southern California Horticultural Association — 

 New Bedford Horticultural Society — American 

 Peony Society— Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club— Morris County Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Society— Lenox Horticultural Society 

 — New York Florists' Club — Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston 654 



American Association of Nurserymen — St. Louis 

 Florists' Club — Connecticut Horticultural Society 

 — American Carnation Society — Club and Society 



Notes 655 



THE NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— S. S. Skldelsky.. 656 



SEED TRADE 659 



THE GLASS MARKET 660 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, 



New York, Philadelphia 665 



Twin Cities, Washington 673 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Prof. Storer Resigns 653 



Movements of Gardeners 657 



Publications Received 658 



List of Patents 65S 



Fighting the Moths 658 



Catalogues Received 65^ 



Incorporated 659 



News Notes 660-663 



Personal 660 



Montreal Notes 660 



Business Changes 660 



Obituary 660 



Newport News Notes 662 



Fire Record 662 



Philadelphia Notes 662 



Detroit Improvements 662 



Greenhouses Building or Projected 673 



In estimating the intrinsic value of last 

 Get week's far-roaehing aceoniplishment of the 

 -together g, A. F. on behalf of the commercial flor- 

 ist, we shoukl not nndervalue the lesson it 

 teaches of the great power of organization and the im- 

 mense ad\'antage in having at hand the means for the 

 expression of nuitj' of sentiment and action against the 

 Imlly wherever and wlienever he puts in an appearance. 



Tliere never has been and never will be a more fitting 

 time for those who shape the course of the various 

 small bodies, such as florists' clubs and similar organi- 

 zations, to work towards some practical means for per- 

 manent affiliation and intelligent co-operation between 

 tliese associations and the national society. The mani- 

 fest weakness of the parent society at the present time 

 is the lack of this backing, and the S. A. F. will never 

 attain its best possibilities until this much-needed sup- 

 port is in evidence. It has been well said that an en- 

 lightened patriotism Imows no State boundaries. It is 

 for tbe local organizations to awaken their members to 

 a wider vision and a better realization of the fact that 

 if anything really great and serviceable is to be accom- 

 plislied tbe enemy of any one section or interest must 

 1)0 treated as the enemy of all. Let us hear less of the 

 selfish plea of "local interests" and "limited territory" 

 and seriously consider what course we may pursue to 

 bring about a general and common advancement and 

 permanent harmony through the adoption of uniform 

 policies. Enemies and opposers to every wise move- 

 nieni are inevitable, but that need not disturb so long 

 as we make it our business to acquire an intimate 

 knowledge of what our profession needs and all co-oper- 

 ate toward the same -great end of providing it. 



In the same days' mail there comes 



A reckless policy to us from the north the plaint 



and its results about trees ruined in the Maine 



orchards and nurseries through 

 tbe depredations of meadow mice, and from the south 

 the call for better protection of martins and swallows so 

 useful as allies of t he farmers in checking the invasions 

 of the cotton weevil and other insect pests which, if un- 

 restrained, would make all agriculture and all horticul- 

 ture bopelessly impossible. Skunks and hawks and 

 minks, they tell us, are needed to wage war against the 

 destructive mice; orioles, . blackbirds and swallows are 

 invaluable in preying upon the ravaging insects. It is 

 full time that people should consider these things. As 

 usual, it takes a series of severe lessons and hard exjjeri- 

 ences to convince mankind that it is making a costly 

 blunder. It seems vei-y- natural to hunt and destroy 

 reptiles and small animals and birds but the day of reck- ' 

 oning comes in due time when Xature's delicate balance 

 is rudely disturbed and that seems to be the cause of the 

 present trouble. It is computed that the meadow mice 

 have done fully half a million dollars' damage to nurser- 

 ies and orchards in Maine during the past winter and 

 scitentists and statisticians are constantly telling us of 

 the stui3endous loss to crops throughout the country 

 from insect depredations yet the indiscriminate slaying 

 of the creatures which are our natural protectors against 

 these ravages goes on with but little restraint and we 

 iiud, further, the men to whom are entrusted the mak- 

 iug of our laws often opposing with an inexplicable 

 fanaticism measures for the saving of the forests wMeh 

 furnish shelter for these invaluable aiuciliaries of the 

 cultivator of the soil. 



