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HORTICULTURE. 



August 21, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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CONTENTS Pa^ 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— F. R. Pierson, President- 

 Elect Society of American Florists. 



THE IRIS AS A CUT FLOWER— C. S. Harrison 265 



IXORAS— George F. Stewart 265 



CONSTANCY OF SWEET PEAS 266 



NOTES FROM THE ARNOLD ARBORBTUJI— Alfred 

 Rehder 266 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 267 



FLORICULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLI- 

 NOIS— Illustrated— H. B. Dorner 269 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS: 

 The Opening Session — President's Address — Secre- 

 tary's Report — Treasurer's Report 270-274 



The Exhibition — Wednesday's Sessions — Rochester 

 the Next Meeting Place— The National Flower 



Show 275 



Thursday Morning's Session — H. B. Dorner, Portrait 276 

 That First Meeting, E. G. Hill— Plant Registration 



— New York to Cincinnati 277 



The Cincinnati Souvenir — A Correction 278 



THE SCIENCE OUTLOOK, Dr. L. H. Bailey 278 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



American Association of Park Superintendents 269 



Royal Horticultural Society 278 



Florists' Hail Association — New England Dahlia So- 

 eiety— St. Louis Florists' Club— Buffalo Florist Club 



— Denver Florists' Club 280 



Club and Society Notes 294 



DURING RECESS— Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston — Market Gardeners' Association of Boston — 

 Albany Florist Club 280 



SEED TRADE— The Effect of Recent Rain on Crops- 

 Shortage in Pea Crop a Certainty 282 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS— Steamer 



Departures — Incorporated 284 



Flowers by Telegraph 285 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS— Boston, Buffalo, Chi- 

 cago, New York. Philadelphia 287 



OBITUARY— Aldrich J. Pennock, Augustus Dietrich, 



W. H. GuUett, John Snvder, Mrs. Thomas Kane... 294 

 ROSES AND THEIR CULTURE FOR COMMERCIAL 



PURPOSES— Wm. G. Badgley 295 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Visit of Rhenish Nurserymen to Treves 269 



New Bedford Notes 278 



Business Changes 279 



Big Plant Business Transferred — Sassafras ofEcineale 2S1 



News Notes 281-296-298 



California Gardeners Repudiate the Wizard 282 



Catologues Received — The Stalk Borer 282 



Chicago Notes — Personal 285 



Philadelphia Notes •. 289 



Bag-Worm Pest 296 



Patents Granted — Greenhous es Building 298 



Our esteemed London contemporary, 



A misleading The Market Growers' Gazette, in quot- 



abbreviation jng an article on "Lilium giganteum" 



from the pen of Aug. Doemling, which 



appeared in HoKxict'LTUKE last spring, makes the very 



natural mistake of interpreting the article as referring 

 to the true Lilium giganteum, a very different plant 

 from the L. longiilorum giganteum, which is what is 

 meant when "giganteum" is spoken of, in commercial 

 circles, in this country. This incident teaches us the 

 desirability of being more explicit in matters of nomen- 

 clature. The tendency to abbreviate words in these 

 hustling days is very prevalent and is, we often think, 

 carried to an unreasonable limit. "Valley," "gigs.," 

 "catts.," "daffs.," ''cyps.," and "Eomans" may come 

 handy to the hurried dealer at times, but, for general 

 use, these curtailments are to say the least, inelegant 

 and not infrequently misleading. 



In our issue of last week we took op- 

 Looking portunity to present in condensed form 

 to the future the opinions of the various e.x-presi- 



dents of the S. A. F. as to the necessi- 

 ties of the horticultural field and the lines upon which 

 advancement should be striven for. We are now en- 

 abled to add to the list the views and recommendations 

 of the present honoi'ed presiding officer of that body as 

 promulgated at the quarter-centennial gathering at Cin- 

 cinnati. The document is an able one, giving evidence 

 of a close study of the history and circumstances, the 

 possibilities and limitations of the Society as hereto- 

 fore and at present conducted. Whatever may be the 

 immediate disposition of these recommendations it can- 

 not be questioned that the presentation and the consider- 

 ation of the topics treated in so earnest, thoughtful and 

 dignified a manner must have a wholesome and invig- 

 orating effect on all those hearing or reading them. The 

 florist's trade and professions allied with it have never 

 lacked for men of high intellect who have been able and 

 willing to speak and to act for it when occasion de- 

 manded. The number and proportion of such is now, 

 however, far in e.Kcess of what they were when the S. 

 A. F. came into being. A goodly representation of the 

 commercial horticultural workers of today get their 

 mental pabulum from sources other than emanations of 

 the "yellow" correspondent and these are the men who 

 will shape the course of floriculture in the time to come 

 and direct the affairs of the national society so that it 

 shall worthily represent them. These are the people 

 to whom the president especially addresses his words; 

 they are the men whose influence and example must be 

 secured for the organization if it is to fill the glorious 

 possibilities so vividly forecast by both President Val- 

 entine and Secretary Eudd. The closing of the first 

 quarter century of the Society of American Florists un- 

 doubtedly marks a distinct epoch in American floricul- 

 ture. The signs all point to this. Innovations in 

 policies and far-reaching methods which were beyond 

 the vision of the pioneers are now due. New and 

 broader responsibilities await those who are to lead the 

 Society onward and upward until it shall become a 

 world-wide force. And the "Old Guard" can with jus- 

 tifiable pride and a comfortable conviction of duty well 

 performed, hand over their charge to their successors, 

 doubting not that the record as it will be written at the 

 close of the next quarter centennial will reflect the high- 

 est lustre upon the grand old society. We close with a 

 quotation from that noble representative of the frater- 

 nity of a quarter century ago — Thomas Meehan: 

 "llorticuUurr. ajforrls scope for a greater breadth of hu- 

 man 1,-noirh'dge Ihan aiiij other pursuit." 



