May IS, 1907 



HORTi culture: 



667 



NEPHROLEPIS 



Piersoni fl^legantissima 



Ttke Tarrytown Fern 



A good stock in all sizes on hand at all times. A splendid seller and 

 money-maker. Large specimen plants, ready for immediate sale : 6-inch at 

 75c and $J.OO each; 8-inch at $1.50 and $2.00 each; 1 0-inch at $3.00 each; 

 12-inch at $5.00 each; 14-inch at $7.50 each; J 6-inch at $10.00 each. Also 

 fine young stock for growing on, 2>4-inch at $8.00 per hundred. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



achieved by means of giving occasion- 

 al flower shows, tlie promoters of the 

 National Flower Show aim to accom- 

 plish for every florist, nurseryman, 

 gardener and amateur — of every city, 

 town and village — in every State in 

 the Union. 



It is the aim and object of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show, to be held at 

 Chicago, not only to bring forth the 

 best there is in cultivation, both here 

 and abroad, for the inspection of "so- 

 ciety folks" — but also to inaugurate 

 a campaign of education for the ben- 

 efit of our people as a whole — to dem- 

 onstrate, it such a thing is possible, 

 through the public press and by means 

 of circular letters, pamphlets, etc., to 

 the great mass of horny-handed Ameri- 

 cans the beauties and wholesome in- 

 fluences of shrubs, flower beds, lawns 

 and trees — in a word, to promote hor- 

 ticulture m all its branches among all 

 the people. 



How often do we hear such re- 

 marks, that, ■ horticulture in this coun- 

 try is still in its infancy," that the 

 possibilities for its development are 

 practically unlimited, that much as 

 ■we have advanced during the past 

 decade or two, the future development 

 of horticulture bids fair to surpass 

 our most sanguine expectations. If 

 this be true, as it unquestionably is, 

 is it not high time that we make some 

 effort to hasten the approach of its 

 development? Is it not within our 

 •own power to devise some means and 

 ways in order to bring about the re- 

 sults desired more speedily and with- 

 in our own time? Why wait until 

 Mrs. Jones' infant daughter, playing 

 upon a rubbish heap in that back yard, 

 may some day, when she grows into 

 "womanhood and has a home of her 

 ■own, prefer a canna bed to a bed of tin 

 •cans? Why not show to Mrs. Jones 

 herself the striking contrast between 

 the two — the beauty of the one and 

 the unsightly, ugly features of the 

 other? 



Is it not within the range of possi- 

 bility that Mrs. Jones may turn the 

 scales in favor of the flower bed? 

 Aside from the fact that the National 

 Flower Show is sure to bring dollars 

 and cents into the pockets of the very 



men who have neither the time nor 

 the patience for "such innovations" — 

 aside from the fact that a show of 

 this kind is sure to benefit our peo- 

 ple at large, for no industry, be it the 

 cultivation of sugar beets — or shrub- 

 bery — was ever known to prove other- 

 wise but beneficial to a community — 

 aside from these obvious facts, we 

 must not overlook the educational, 

 aesthetic and moral features of such 

 a flower show — a benefit that can 

 neither be overestimated, nor can it 

 be estimated by the usual standard of 

 dollars and cents. 



After all, the future of horticulture, 

 like the future strength and stability 

 of our beloved republic, depends, not 

 so much upon the favored few, able' 

 to gratify their whims and desires, as 

 upon the great mass of the American 

 people. The future of horticulture 

 hinges not upon what is being or will 

 be done at Newport, along the Hud- 

 son or at Lenox, but upon the general 

 improvement in the conditions, en- 

 vironments and educational standards 

 of cur people throughout the great 

 American continent. Just as soon as 

 the miner in the Pennsylvania coal 

 regions, or the laborer in the over- 

 crowded tenements in our cities, or 

 the fprmer in the Dakotas will deem 

 it a necessity to relieve the squalor 

 and the painful monotony of their 

 daily surroundings by the introduc- 

 tion of a potted plant, a flower or a 

 shrub into their homes — just as soon 

 as this comes to pass — as come it will 

 — the future of horticulture will be 

 laid on a solid and most enduring 

 foundation. 



And right here I can scarcely re- 

 frain from saying a few words (al- 

 though I am repeating myself) on the 

 need of organization, on the need of 

 concerted action in behalf of a com- 

 mon cause. That Chicago will have 

 the honor as well as the Herculean 

 task to hold this first National Flower 

 Show — done not necessarily mean, as 

 some perhaps are prone to think, that 

 this is to be a Chicago affair. Not by 

 any means. While Chicago under- 

 takes the work — and a tremendous 

 work it is — it will depend on the aid 

 and co-operation of the Eastern cities 



and the Eastern growers. This Is cer- 

 tain. It is likewise certain that in 

 order to make a success of this, our 

 first attempt, there must be no divi- 

 sion of forces, no division of inter- 

 ests, no geographical lines drawn. 

 Boston, as well as Milwaukee, must 

 come to the front and help share the 

 burden of Chicago. "Let us ever re- 

 member," said the late President Mc- 

 Kinley, "that our interest is in con- 

 cord, not in conflict." 



Let us remember this, if we wish to 

 see horticulture upon a plane equal to 

 that of any other great industry in 

 our country. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



J. R. Duby has assumed the duties 

 of gardener to John Shepard, Phillips 

 Beach, Swampscott, Mass. 



Andrew Meyer has been reappoint- 

 ed city forester with Wm. Jordan a.s 

 assistant in St. Louis, Mo. 



David Gordon, formerly gardener on 

 the Plant estate at Eastern Point, Ct.. 

 has taken charge of the greenhouses 

 and grounds of A. M. Young at Bran- 

 ford, Ct. 



In and Around Morristown, N. J. 



Wm. Kissling has accepted the posi- 

 tion of head gardener to Edward A. 

 Day, Madison Ave. 



Frank Cullen has moved here from 

 Summit, N. J., to take charge of the 

 greenhouses and gardens of Geo. E. 

 Chisolm. 



"Jack" Downing will continue his 

 foremanship in the greenhouses of Dr. 

 D. H. McAlpin, Littleton, N. J., tor 

 another year. 



John C. Elliott, formerly foreman in 

 the "Spring Brook Farm" greenhouses, 

 has accepted the position of superin- 

 tendent on the estate of John I. Water- 

 burg, Glen Road. 



Samuel Stewart, formerly head gar- 

 dener to G. E. Chisolm, has accepted 

 the position of superintendent on 

 "Wheat Sheaf," the country residence 

 of Gustav E. Kissel. 



Geo. G. Frelinghuysen is having his 

 place on Whippany road improved by 

 extensive and artistic plantings of 

 shrubbery. J. H. Tvoy is the architect 

 and Richard Vince has charge of the 

 work. 



