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HORTICULTURE 



August 14, 1909 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVER ILLUST,HATION— Music Hall, Cincinnati. 

 ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAMBLES —L. H. Pammel— lUus- 



tratf d 199 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W, H. Adsett 201 



REHMANMA ANGULATA— Fi-ederick Moore 202 



NOTES FROM THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM— Alfred 



Rehder 202 



ODONTOGLOSSUM INSLEAYI— M. J. Pope— Illustrated 203 

 TRANS-ATLANTIC PLANT NOTES— Frederick Moore 203 

 EDITORIAL— Birth ot the S. A. F.— The Field as 

 Planned— The Path of Progress — Presidential Recom- 

 mendations — Recapitulation — Privileges Curtailed— 

 Where the Retailer Should Get Busy— HORTICUL- 



TURPJ at the Convention 204-206 



Fac-Simile of the Prospectus of 1885 207 



S(JCIETY of AMERICAN FLORISTS: 



Convention Prospectus and Program for 1909 — Por- 

 traits, President J. A. Valentine and Other Officers 2C8-211 

 Rochester's Ambition — Mr. Rudd's Views Appioved, 

 I. L. Powell— Ladies' Society of American Florists... 211 

 CINCINNATI— Views in City and Portraits of Florists' 



Society Officials 212-214 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 

 Southampton Horticultural Society, B. C. Palmer. . 21.'S 



American Rose Society 251 



Massachusetts HcrticuUural Society — Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society 254 



Florists' Club of Washington — North Shore Horticul- 

 tural Society— Club and Society Notes 255 



SEED TRADE: 

 Crop Failuies Sometimes a Blessing — Avoid Surpluses 

 -The Vegetable Crop— The Canners' Interests— Crop 



Conditions' — Notes 218 



FLOWER MARF.ET REPORTS— Boston, Chicago, In- 

 dianapolis, New Yoik. Philadelphia, Rochester 223 



THE NEW TAP.IFF 225 



PHILADELPHIA— Her Pre-eminence in Floriculture- 

 Men and Firms That Have Attained Distinction — 



Sweet Peas at Fordhook 229-213 



DURING RECESS: 



Chicago Florists' Club— Florists' Club of Washington 

 — Indianapolis Florists' Club— Detroit Florist Ciub — 

 X Farmers' Picnic — Grejk-American Florists' Pxnic, 



Illustrated '■ 214 



Market Gardeners' Picnic 255 



OBITUARY'— Prof. Wm. H. Ragan 251 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



}^ei sonal £20 



News Notes 220-221-225-252 



Business Changes 220 



Steamer Departures. . . .■ 220 



Chicaso Notes 221 



St. Louis Notes 221 



Indianapolis Pers/onals 221 



Flowei s by Telegraph 22 L 



Catalogues Received 252 



Incorporated , 252 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 2;C 



Patents Granted 25fi 



The conception of the organization 

 The birth of the of a national association devoted to 

 S. A. F. the interests of ornamental horticul- 



ture which had its origin in a con- 

 ference between John Thorpe and E. G. Hill at Cleve- 

 land some six years previous took practical form at a 

 meeting in Chicago, June 19, 1884, at which thirty or 

 forty gentlemen were present. Although organization 

 wasnot fully effected until the convention at Cincinnati 

 in August of the following year yet the definite exist- 

 ence of the Society of American Florists is conceded to 

 have begun at the somewhat informal Chicago gathering, 

 hence while the Convention of 1909 is practically the 

 25th anniversary of the Society's birth, but twenty-four 

 years- and not a quarter of a century as has been several 

 times thoughtlessly stated, have elapsed between the two 

 Cincinnati events. The direct work of outlining the 

 business for the first convention devolved upon an exec- 

 utive committee meeting held at Pittsburgh, Pa., in 

 February, 1885. 



We use the expression "ornamental horti- 

 The field culture" above, with full intent. The 

 as planned addition of the words "Ornamental Horti- 

 culturists" to the title of the Society a 

 few years ago has been interpreted by many, either in 

 sincerity or for a purpose, as indicating an attempt to 

 divert the organization from the ideals of its founders as 

 set forth in the original name of "Society of American 

 Florists." In refutation it is only necessary to call 

 attention to the sentiments and wording of the original 

 call for the Convention held at Cincinnati in 1885, 

 of wliich we are pleased to be enabled to present a "fac- 

 simile" in this issue of Horticulture. 



With the foregoing brief notes on phases 

 The path of the Society's beginning we propose to 

 of progress discontinue consideration here of the his- 

 tory of the organization. So much has 

 been already written from time to time on this subject 

 that we are satisfied that our readers, who, we presume, 

 are not particularly hungry for statistics, are already 

 sufficiently conversant with what the S. A- F. has been 

 doing during its twenty-five years of useful life. The 

 only further reminiscence we shall indulge in will be a 

 rather sketchy summary of what its various presidents 

 have regarded as the pressing needs of the art in this 

 country and as presenting fields for legitimate organized 

 improvement work, as set forth in their various annual 

 addresses before the Society. 



President John Thorpe, in his addresses at the first and 

 second conventions of the S. A. F. called attention to the 

 great need for the diffusion of knowledge among the craft 

 and of the love for flowers among the people generally, the 

 latter to be accomi)lished through the attainment o( the 

 former. He urged the support of the local societies and of 

 !)ublic floral exhibitions and the giving of more general 

 attention to the science and practice of plant breeding: 

 1-e advocated the establishment of an experimental gar- 

 den, a mutual benevolent association and of "a well-man- 

 aged horticultural weekly." 



President Robert Craig wanted to see dealers avail them- 

 selves of the commercial advantages presented in the 

 opportunity to participate in the Trade Exhibitions, be- 

 lieved in encouraging the planting of more hardy ever- 

 greens and advised the organization of local clubs and 

 support of local exhibitions. 



President E. G. Hill recommended the establishment of 

 a training school where young men might obtain scientific 

 and technical knowledge in floriculture. He wanted to 

 see more attention given to the raising of new plant forms 

 of American origin. Like his predecessors he siioke for 

 the encouragement of public exhibitions and the formation 



