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HORTICULTURE 



October 26, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XXTIU 



OCTOBER 26, 1918 



NO. 17 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Acanthopanax RicinaBlolinm. 



THE PLANT QUARANTINE 40tl 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— National Pub- 

 licity Campaign — Department of Plant Registration 411 

 ECHOES OF THE F. T. D. MEETING — Henry Penn.. 411 

 OBITUARY — Ralph M. Ward — Thomas J. Gibson — 

 Dominick Rusconi — Edward G. Beek — Mrs, Daisy 

 Winder — Miss Helen Whittingham — Margaret Harris 



—Mrs. Donald MacKenzie 412-413 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Florists' Club- 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston — Chicago 

 Florists Make Marvelous Showing in Fourth Liberty 



Loan 413 



DURING RECESS— Chicago Bowling 413 



ARNOLD ARBORETUM NEWS 414 



SEED TRADE — Wholesale Seedsmen's League — A 

 Dangerous Disease of the Potato — Imports of Hemp 

 Seed, Canary Seed and Alfalfa Seed Restricted — 

 Garden Seed Placed, on the Conservation List. . .416-41" 

 FLOWER MARKET REPORTS— Boston, Chicago, Cin- 

 cinnati, Cleveland 421 



New York, Philadel])hia, Rochester, St. Louis, Wash- 

 ington 423 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 

 Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York, Roch- 

 ester, Cincinnati, Boston 424-425 



MISCELLANEOUS: 

 A Good Japanese Tree for an American Garden.... 416 



Visitors' Register — Personal 416 



News Notes : 419 



It i.-; highly gratifying to note the fine 

 Holland bulbs fondition of Holland bulbs now being 



nnpackecl. They are of an unusually 

 fine quality, solid, and thoroughly ripened, and they 

 show no signs of starting into growth, which is really 

 remarkable, considering that they have been in transit 

 since early in August. AYe have never before seen 

 bulbs open so well, after having been packed ten to 

 twelve weeks. The Holland growers are to be compli- 

 mented for their care in thoroughly curing and prop- 

 erly packing the bulbs. The cool weather, too, has 

 favored them, and they really look as well as if they 

 had been in transit only tlie usual two or throe weeks. 



Wc are constrained to offer an apol- 



imperfectlons ,|o-y f,, imj. readers for the many errors 



and .nmissions of our edition of last 



week, the majority of A\'liich were attributable to the 



uncertainties of tlic mail deli\ery which have prevailed 

 (if late. -Vmoiig the most serious omissions were the 

 market rcpurt and current jirices in the New York 

 flower irade which readied us too late for insertion. 

 I'lider existing conditions these tantalizing lap,«es from 

 ideal service are apt to occur l)ut if our readers will 

 exercise patience for a little wliilo all will bo well, we 

 hope, in the near future. 



The present shortage of flowers 

 Use of fruit sprays has developed one pleasing in- 

 In decorations novation in material used. This 



is tlie use of fruited branches of 

 shrubs. Fruit sprays of the snowberry, Si/inphoricarpus 

 raceinostis, have been extensively used in funeral work 

 with telling effect, and the sprays have brought good 

 prices. For talile decoration what could be more ap- 

 propriate and pleasing than an arrangement of the 

 graceful long fruit-branches of Mains floribunda. 

 Many of the roses and honeysuckles are particularly 

 eharmiug in the fruit stage when used for thi.s ])ur- 

 pose. Let us hope that tlio use of such material may 

 continue and grow. 



In the pul)li.<lied tabulation of the 

 Over the top various interests and their response to 



the call for the Fourth Liberty Loan 

 it is cause for gratulation to find the fiorist indus- 

 try's quota overstibscribed and their place high in the 

 table of percentages in proportion to their resources. 

 This is only corroborative of what is already well- 

 known to the "powers that be" regarding the vigor of 

 tlie florist's liberality and the ardor of their patrioti.sm. 

 and it all goes to strengthen the confidence that what- 

 ever the problems of the coming months may be, all 

 possible consideration and encouragement will bo 

 extended to enable the florists to carry on their busi- 

 ness in this critical time. Nobody is safe in making 

 ]jredictions but the present news from the .seat of war 

 certainly lends strength to the belief that it will 

 not be long before the "lid is off' and we shall be able j 

 to return to normal conditions and the prospect of an | 

 vvn of ])rosperity unrivnlled in .\morican horticultural 

 history. 



Seeds generally w ill not be cbeaper 

 The seed outlook next season than they were last: 

 noithor ar( they likely, except in 

 a few cases, to l)e very much dearer. This condition 

 is due. notwithstanding somewhat increased produc- 

 tion, to the liigher cost of everything connected with 

 their growiug. Fertilizers are likely to rule about 

 twenty per cent higher than last year and agricultural 

 implements will nndoubteilly l)c increased still more, 

 and no one can jiredict what tlie co.st of laVior will 1)0 

 during next spring and summer. At this writing there 

 is little indication of serious shortage of any of the 

 more essential vegetable seeds except ]ieas and certain 

 varieties of radish. A few of the table delicacies such 

 as chicory, endive, kohl-rabi. New Zealaml spinach, 

 savory, thyme, sage and othei' herbs ffu' which we are 

 still deiiendent on Europe will be short. y\mong flow- 

 er seeds the greatest shortages will be in the hardy 

 ]iercnnial seition, com i)ara lively few of wliicli are. as 

 yet. jn'oduced in this country, and. not a few of tliem 

 will lie unobtainable for the coniin:^ season. 



