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HOETICULTUEE 



August 3, 1918 



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AUGUST 3, 1918 



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CONTENTS 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Lilium regale (myriophyl- 

 luni) 



LETTERS FROM AN OLD TO A YOUNG GARDENER 

 — On Hybridizing and Crossing the French Iris — 

 WilHam Rollins ; 101-102 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Fumigation— The 

 Boilers — Coal — A New Pest — Arthur C. Ruzicka 103 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— The Publicity 

 Campaign — The St. Louis Convention — The Trade 

 Exhibition — Convention Entertainment — Just Gone 

 Fishing — Department of Plant Registration 105-106 



TREES WORTHY OF GE.NERAL PLANTING IN 

 NORTHEASTERN STATES 107 



SEED TRADE— "Dutch" Hulb Possibilities— C. W. 

 Ward 109 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Concentrate on Your Specialty — Henry Penn 108 



Flowers by Telegraph 110-111 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 

 Boston, Chicago, New York, Rochester, St. Louis, 

 Washington 113 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 

 Boston, Chicago, Rochester, Philadelphia 116 



OBITUARY— Hazel M. Keiber— Emma L. Palmer 116 



DURING RECESS— Annual Picnic of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston — Annual Outing, Cleveland 

 Florists' Club 117 



AMERICAN GROWN NURSERY STOCK THE BEST 

 C. W. Ward 117 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



A Good Rhododendron 106 



The Best Ten Winter-flowering Sweet Peas lOS 



Catalogue Received 109 



Publication Received 109 



Visitors' Register 115 



Express Problem Solved 115 



Patents Granted 116 



The favorable ruling in regard to lily 



Bermuda Imlbs from Beniiuda must be a very 



lilies coming great relief to otir bulb growing friends 



in that little island as well as to the 

 lily forcing growers in this country. It will take a load 

 off their minds for it means much to them. The em- 

 bargo on bulbs and other stock was hitting Bermuda 

 very hard. They depend mainly on the United States 

 for their prosperity and as they are our allies in the 

 great task which our coimtry has before it, we are 

 pleased to get the news of their exemption. 



The uupropitious outlook for any supply 



Planning of plants from abroad such as florists have 



ahead heretofore forced in large quantity for 



winter sales, Easter trade, etc., leaves a 

 good opening for the exercise of initiative and good 

 judgment in the selection and growing commercially of 

 varieties of flowering plants which have not before been 

 commonly grown to supply the florists' winter and 

 sjiring demand. The public are not especially hard to 

 suit and are always ready to welcome something new, 

 provided it has quality, is neatly grown and makes a 

 good show for the money. The list of available things, 

 new and old, to fill the bill, is hrge. For pot plant use 

 we think of Canterbury bells and several other campa- 

 nulas, amaryllis, foxgloves, etc., all of which would be 

 well received. Then there are fuchsias, pelargoniums, 

 oxalis, and calceolarias, all good. Seed plants, such as 

 gaillardias, delphiniums, nasturtiums, salpiglossis, etc., 

 are useful as cut flowers especially. In azaleas we have 

 Azalea Kjempferi to help fill the vacant place. Many 

 more lilacs, French hydrangeas and similar things, 

 already popularized, could be marketed at Easter, and 

 they can be readily produced by any good plant groover 

 without sending abroad. There are never enough cycla- 

 men to be had. Seed of the very finest strains are 

 now offered by dealers, in this paper. In new things, 

 there is Viburnum Carlesi. Early, fragrant and beau- 

 tiful, it blooms in small sized plants and any grower 

 who undertakes to grow it in quantity commercially, 

 can make it a big success. Initiative, enterprise and 

 publicity will accomplish wonders. Season it out, lay 

 plans for a drive ancl start to carry them through. 



Never have the florist and nursery 

 We need better trades had to endure so much annoy- 

 express service ance and loss from delay and failure 

 of shipping facilities as during the 

 [last few months. The shqiments have invariably 

 borne tags or laljels displaying in bold type the perish- 

 able nature of the goods and ui'ging immediate delivery, 

 which service the express companies apparently have 

 been quite unable to render and in consequence many 

 valuable shipments have reached their destinations in 

 worthless condition, while many more have never been 

 delivered. Delivery by parcel post has been hkewise 

 disappointing and it would seem that at present, there 

 is really no dependable means of prompt shipment. It 

 is not our policy to indulge in useless pessimism, and 

 when we call attention to this serious condition, it is 

 for the purpose of drawing out from among our 

 thoughtful readers some suggestion of remedy. We 

 would ourselves suggest that perhaps the government 

 may in the near future see its way to inaugurate a 

 spec-ial delivery system for parcels by express, as well as 

 by mail and for which, if it could be established, an 

 extra special delivery fee would be paid cheerfully and 

 with ap])reciation for such more expeditious service. 

 Another trouble has been the extreme difficulty experi- 

 enced in collecting from the e:> press companies for lost 

 sliipments. These companies have had a most elaborate 

 system of procrastination, apparently with a view to 

 discourage claimants in the pursuit of their just claims, 

 and the payment of which has often been put off by 

 means of repeated dilatory tactics for many months and 

 in some instances years. Should not this whole mat- 

 ter be taken up at the coming S. A. F. convention and 

 our legislative committee directed to take necessary 

 action in the matter? 



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