6 HORTICULTURE January 1. 1910 



wv^-^-nqpf ^^f Tf 1*1 T"U"|r a matter that should be investigated. The assistance of 



A1.V/IX 1. 1^^ Vy i^ M. \J m\.mL^ the Agricultural College experts might be enlisted and 



they, no doubt, would be glad to make an effort to deter- 



VOL. XI JANUARY 1, 1910 "0. 1 j^jj^g the cause. Something should be done promptly 



■ as it is not likely that the little local blisters and sores 



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HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. . .t ,. , x. . - a ■ a 



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Telephone, Oxford .ga * *'"«3* nursery interests of America we present in 



WM. J. STEWART, Editor an d Man«eer in store this issuc the first of 3. serics of wceklv con- 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE tributions from the pen of the most noted 



OMYe«r,in«dTance,$i.oo;ToForeienCounirie8,$j.oo;ToC»n«d«,$i.so plant Collector of our times, Mr. E. H. Wilson, 3 gen- 



ADVERTisiNQ RATES tleman who has enriched our variety of tree, shrub and 



Fee i«ch, 30 inches to page ■ • • ■ •,.„•,•„.•>„,•,••. • " *'■** hardy herbaceous garden material to an extent unap- 



WaeouBts on Contracts for consecutive insertioni.al follow!. •, , , ,, , -.r nri 1 j. 



One month (4 times) 5 per cent ; three months (13 times) loperceat.: proachcd by any other explorer. Mr. WllSOn haS SpCnt 



■^ ?:;ran*dViiT;ier.?SU""»VUTatr';"Vo'n L'p"p"ca?fo£"""- the past ten years in the hitherto unexplored mountains 



■ ^ ,^ . V p r^g . n...— M^ of China, first in the interests of Veitch of London, 



btctcd as tecond-dast matter December 8, 1904, al the Post Office at Bostoa, Masa jj., jjjxua uaui C t> 



under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Eng., and aftcrwards lor the Amold Arboretum ot iJOS- 



r^r^iMTgitfT^ *°°' Massachusetts. He has written nothing heretofore 



^^^^ «»W IS fQj. aj^y American publication and his contributions will 



„„, *^* now appear in Horticulture exclusively. Anything 



COVER ILLUSTRATION-Portrait of E. H. Wilson. ^^^^ ^j^^ ^^ ^^.^ intrepid traveler must be of en- 



PLANT NOVELTIES FROM CHINA-E. H. Wilson- ^ grossing interest to the horticulturist and the value of 



Illustrated these papers to our horticultural industries can hardly 



A GOOD DOLLAR'S WORTH 7 |^^ computed. The influence of this multitude of hith- 



TRANSATLANTIC NOTES-Fredenck Moore 7 ^^^^ unknown species and varieties upon the garden 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: ^^^^ ^^^ sylvan scenery of the future will unquestion- 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society-A Notable ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ HoETlCULTURE feels highly 



Exhibition-Notes • • • • • honored in having been selected as the medium through 



American Association for the Advancement of ^^ ^^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^^ information concerning them is 



Science to reach the gardening fraternity of America. Mr. 



Minnesota State Horticultural Society 26 ^jig^n's contributions will fill in the period of the tem- 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: porary discontinuance of Alfred Rehder's notes from 



Detroit— Steamer Departures 12 the Amold Arboretum which have awakened much 



Washington— Flowers by Telegraph— Easter 13 interest among our readers. 



OBITUARY— Robert Graham 13 



SEED TRADE: 1° extending to our readers cordial wishes 



The Westerwold Rye Grass— Why Irish Cyrosurus Why for a Happy and Prosperous New Year we 



Is Cheaper— A Grass Question— American Seed don't you take opportunity to remind them that the 



Trade Association 14 try? paramount object for which Horticultdkb 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: ^ . ^ , , ^ ■ ^, .■ • ^- . 



Boston Buffalo ... 19 exists and labors is the dissemination of 



Chicago, New York 21 useful horticultural information and that they can all 



New Orleans 26 assist towards the attainment of this purpose by con- 



THE "CHRISTMAS FOLLIES" IN PHILADELPHIA.. 28 tributing freely from their own store of practical knowl- 



MISCELLANEOUS: ^^S^ i° ^^^'^^ several departments, telling how to do the 



A New Nursery Company 9 ^^st things in the best way, as their experience has 



Catalogues Received 11-14 taught them. Next to reliability in such contributions. 



Incorporated 13 ^^ might suggest to the intending author that the best 



Chicago Notes 26 quality is conciseness and simplicity of expression. 



Philadelphia Notes 28 There are in the ranks of professional gardeners and 



"A Message from Mars"— Illustrated 28 skilled florists many who are well qualified to enlighten 



Personal 29 ^^^d entertain their fellows and who ought to do so, but 



Business Changes 30 they hesitate to make the attempt because they underesti- 



Fire Record 30 mate tlieir own ability. There is plenty of room at the 



Patents Granted 30 present time for bright, newsy writers on horticultural 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 30 topics and corresponding for a trade paper is excellent 



practice especially if it be done with a desire to excel in 



the use of those forms of expression which tell the story 



More than usual complaint has been truthfully, comprehensively, briefly. The habit of using 



Poisonous made this fall of hands poisoned by '''■ plethora of words and lengthy dissertations on trifling 



rose thorns rose thorns in handling by the clerks *'"""', "^'^^ ^": ^'^^"l ^°^ the writer who combines 



,, „ , , -n L m, ■"'"'1 It a flow ot spontaneous wit or some other rare nat- 



m the flower stores of Boston. The ^^al gift. That one cannot successfully imitate such 



trouble is very general, many having fingers almost should not, however, deter him from telling his story in 



covered with festered wounds after the Christmas rush, his own way without forced embellishment. There are 



The impression is prevalent that the poison comes from plenty of appreciative readers waiting for the plain, 



some substance used as a fertilizer or insecticide on the practical experience of the plain, practical man and 



plants and no other plausible explanation of the trouble Horticulture's columns are always wide open for such 



has thus far been advanced by growers or others. It is material. 



