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H R T I C D L T U K E 



November 16, 1918 



HORTICULTURE. 



VOL xxyiii 



NOVEMBER 16, 1918 



NO. 20 



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CONTENTS Page 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— National Pub- 

 licity Campaign 481 



THE GINGER JAR— George G. Watson 483 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Florists' Club- 

 American Rose Society — Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society — Tarrytown Horticultural Society — Garden- 

 ers' Conference at Boston — Horticultural Society 

 of New York, Illustrated — Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America — Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston 484-486 



DURING RECESS— Chicago Bowlers 487 



SEED TRADE— Seed Placed in Class 1— Onion Set 

 Conditions at Chicago — Conference Relative to Ex- 

 ports of Vegetable Seeds — Value of Onions, Chas H. 

 Vicfc— A Good Pea— More Dutch Bulbs— Notes. . .488-489 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Flowers by Telegraph 491 



New Flower Stores 492 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 



New York 491 



Boston, Chicago. Rochester 496 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati. Cleveland 493 



New York, Philadelphia, Rochester, St. Louis 495 



VARIOUS SHRUBS INJURED BY THE WINTER 497 



OBITUARY— Charles R. Miller— Mrs. F. J. Reynolds- 

 John Mackie— W. W. Wilmore, Jr.- Robert Class 499 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



New Rust Proof Asparagus Strain 481 



A Wise Owl Said— Albert Pochelon 481 



Caring for the Wounded in France — Illustrated 483 



Cool Greenhouse Plants ' 483 



Visitors' Register 495 



The New Symbol — Jeanne Judson 487 



Publication Received 487 



Outdoor Pits for Storing Root Crops 489 



New Plant Immigrants of Value 489 



Coal for Florists and Commercial Greenhouses 498 



New Corporations — Catalogues Received 499 



At last, at la.st, sooner than mo.«t of us 

 Victory dare(3 to hope, the triumphant end has come 

 and we can already feel the ^ilow of the 

 gloriou.s sunli,L'lit of promise. This son ly huffeted 

 world sees the end of the more than four years of titanic 

 strugtrle against a diabolical orcie of wanton destruc- 

 tion and brutal bloodshed unparalleled in history. The 

 stupendous sacrifices, privations and horrors which 

 humanity has- had to bear have, we hope, gone never to 

 be repeated and the mighty carnival of jov which has 

 .swept to every corner of our country during the past 



few days is well justified in the results which we have 

 so effectively helped to briug about. Now may we return 

 to the cultivation of the arts of peace, to the beautifying 

 of the earth with verdure, with fertile fields and gar- 

 dens and flower-decked homes. It is our proud privi- 

 lege, as florists and horticulturists, to share conspicu- 

 otisly in this humane and beneficent work of restora/- 

 tion and beautifying. Arouse ! The nighi has gone. 



The "help" question has b?en a dif- 



The ficult problem for the florist, seed and 



"help" question nursery interests during the pas! 



year. Many of the most cDBcient and 

 capable men — and women, as well — are seiving their 

 country. To adequately fill the vacancies La.' been im- 

 possible and labor wages have been kited Im a prohibi- 

 tive limit, with but little of even the most iu(;ompelent 

 to be obtained. As a nightmare subject thj;^ help prcb 

 lem has been a pertinaceous companion to tlie disheart- 

 ening fuel situation for many. But, glory be, the trend 

 of events now seems to indicate that the pi-u!)lem will 

 presently solve itself, in the turning loose of the mil- 

 lions of war-industry work-ors and v.'age profiteers and 

 the returning legions of young men from sfT»'ice "o\er 

 there.'' As to the wage profiteers contingent the busi- 

 ness owes them little consideration and the coming situ- 

 ation, as compared with what has been for the past year, 

 will be a case of "the boot on the other leg.'' As to the 

 returning soldiers, however, it will be different. Every 

 one of these has well earned the right of, ac least, first 

 attention and we believe they will generally get it. 

 Especially so in the ca«e of those partially disabled, 

 should every chance possible in the horticultural field be 

 given. It is their merit. It is our duty. 



The first general holiday of the new 



Thanksgiving season approaches; the fi'st and also 



business tlie best the people of this country have 



had occasion to celebrate for a long 

 time. Thanksgiving Day, with a. greater significance 

 to the American people and more to be thankful fo' 

 than ever before. The alert florist, alive tc the setlt"- 

 ment of thanksgiving and rejoicing that ])erv'ades the 

 land, will present in his show window appealing dem- 

 onstration of the appropriate and beautiful part wh'ch 

 his produce and his art can and should take in a prop^'r 

 observance of this joyful occasion. And, in -.nir opinion, 

 this should be done florally. Representations of farm 

 scenery and old-home surroundings, corn stulks, punij'- 

 kins, turkeys and the like- reminders of t.he old-home 

 idea and the feasting, which are so remLiIscent and 

 appetizing, have they any great value as di/cct stimu- 

 lants to flower buying or do they present ai,y adequate 

 compensating merit? They may attract crowds of 

 s])ectators but a window display that fails to impress 

 upon the onlookers the idea that flowers are an esseu- 

 tial feature of the Thanksgiving celebration is to that 

 extent unprofitable and a waste of opportunity. Should 

 line feel disposed to invest in an elaborate window scene 

 for the occasion, an equally sensational efi'cct may be 

 ])roduced by an arrangement which will better serve as 

 a stimulus to "Say it with Flowers" at every Thanks- 

 giving board. Any clever window dresser iiaving cre- 

 ative ingenuity and keeping that thought in mind 

 should not fin(3 it difficult to set forth a window scene 

 >\liich will persuasively speak for itself to that effect. 

 It is to be hoped that the flower trade evev}'where may 

 rise fully to the favoring occasion which tl.iis presents 

 itself and strive to make this coming festival a record 

 Thankssrivinn- Dav for the florist. 



