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HORTICULTURE 



October 5, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XXVIII 



OCTOBER 5, 1918 



NO. 14 



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CONTENTS 



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COVER ILLUSTRATION— Abies homolepis 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— The Fourth 



Liberty Loan— National Publicity Campaign 337 



NEW AND RARE PLANTS 339 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY— Annual Meeting- 

 Secretary's Report— List o! Awards 340-341 



ABIES HOMOLEPIS 341 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— The American Institute of 

 the City of New York— Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 of Boston— Detroit Florists' Club— Chrysanthemum 



Society of America 342 



DURINfJ RECESS — Chicago Bowling 343 



OBITUARY— John Enos Blocksidge 344 



SEED TRADE— Corn Quarantine Regulations 345 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Flowers by Telegraph 346 



New Flower Stores 351 



FLO'WER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Chicago, Philadelphia, Rochester 349 



St. Louis 351 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 



Chicago. Rochester. Pbiladelphla, Boston, New York, 



St. Louis 352 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



A New Hardy Privet— Illustrated 339 



A Notable Dahlia 339 



Crown Gall 341 



News Notes 343 



U. S. Department of Agriculture 344 



Tree Homage 344 



Business Troubles 344 



Loans to Farmers 345 



Catalogue Received 345 



Pubblieation Received 345 



Press Agent Gets Busy 347 



Visitors' Register 351 



Liberty Day 351 



The Meaning of Your Subscription to the Fourth 



Liberty Loan 351 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 351 



"Made in U. S. A." Mark : 351 



Fuel Ruling in Westchester County, N. Y 352 



Wood as a Substitute for Coal 353 



HoETicuLTUKE leariif? that another 

 Holland bulbs i,it of bulbs, iiicluflino- later maturing 



sorts, has been shipped via London to 

 tliis country. The first shipment is daily expected to 

 arrive in Xew York. 



HonTicu],Ti'r:E does not feel at all proud 



Economy of thr pa])er on which its weekly issues of 



trade news at |iresent appear but the ordci- 



has come from the War Administration to greatly reduce 

 the weight of the paper used and this is the result. We 

 are very glad, however, if, by strict compliance with 

 this and other economics ordered or recommended, we 

 can "do our bit," small though it be, to hasten the glo- 

 rious result which, we all long for and which it is ear- 

 nestly hoped will soon be realized. 



All honor to such representatives of the 

 Worthy florist trade as C. A. Dards, the New York 

 of all florist, who is and has been for a long period 

 support devoting practically all his time, zeal and 

 labor to patriotic duties, making business a 

 nunor consideration as compared with his devotion to 

 his country and fellowman. We hope that his earnest 

 and unselfish efforts may bring a willing and generous 

 response from the trade. Take note of his advertise- 

 ment on page 346, as well as the larger dis]3lay on the 

 outside cover of this issue, and show your unanimity in 

 appreciation and support by standing shoulder to shoul- 

 der with him in this supreme effort in the cause of 

 humanity. 



The present weather conditions are 

 Signs of business j,leal for planting and it is most 

 Improvement gratifying to note the increased de- 

 mand within the past two weeks 

 for outdoor stock. Nurserymen report a lively de- 

 mand for hardy perennials which moved rather slowly 

 last spring. Evergreens are also in demand notwith- 

 standing the discouraging effect of last winter's damage. 

 Buyers are selecting the hardiest of them, and avoiding 

 those which suffered the most. There is a decided in- 

 i'1'ea.se in the call for hardy shrubs, especially such things 

 as hardy Chinese privet, lilacs on their own roots, the 

 newer varieties of Philadelphus and the newer and better 

 shrubs generally. Perhaps the improved aspect of the 

 war situation is to some extent responsible for this 

 revival. At any rate it is an indication that with the 

 restoration of peace, the American people will turn to 

 their gardens with even greater interest than before. 



Never has the florist been called 

 Vital questions upon to face so critical a situation 

 as now confronts him. How shall 

 lie maintain the integrity of his establishment? How 

 can he use profitably the fifty per cent supply of high 

 cost fuel permitted him? If his houses are built on 

 the ridge-and-furrow plan and he is forced to close a 

 section of them, how shall he protect such section 

 against damage from accumulation of ice and snow in 

 the furrows? \Ylmt crops shall he grow to get the 

 maximum return from the high-priced coal consumed 

 in maintaining sufficient heat in the houses he con- 

 tinues to run? Will the prices for his products rise 

 in proportion to the increased cost of production? 

 Every commercial grower must answer each of these 

 questions as best he can for himself ; no one can answer 

 them for him. Inevitably he must receive higher 

 ])rires for his ]iroducts, curtailment of production will 

 liring tliis about. Whether the increase will be .suf- 

 ficient to reimburse him for his added expense is by 

 no means certain. A free discussion of these questions 

 aninnir the growers and through tho jiress would be 

 lielpful Id all and would do much to fortify the indi- 

 xiibiiil in nicctinc the situation. 



