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tlORTICULTUKL 



May 14, 1910 



horticulture: 



TOL. XI 



MAY 14, 1910 



NO. 20 



inated in New England may hereafter accompany them 

 wherever they may spread to and thus modify their 

 power for mischief. 



' How to best dispose of the sur- 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY Florists' problems plug of cut flowers which is now 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. of the day almost continuously with us, and, 



II Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. on the other hand, how to meet 



Teiepbane, Oxford 19a the demand occasioned by holidays and popular affairs 



WM. J. STEWART, Editor —d Mm»»gCT to which Certain prescribed flowers are dedicated, are 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ^^° problems that play hide and seek with the florist 



•..Yo«,i».d»«i«,$i.oo:ToForeiei.Couptrie.,$a.oo;ToCMod..$i.s. ^rade. The surplus— well, we think it will take not 



ADVERTISING RATES ^^^ ^^^ Several Moseses to lead the flower grower out of 



Par lach, s> iaehei to paee (i.M. the wilderness in which he Seems to be getting more and 



'*o:."»o•StST;tir.^)/p"V«t""tSr'^^^^^^^ more tangled up. The combined brains and magnanim- 



■^ ':^^:nf*.'lli"J/e\?:^^:'ip^il'?S::,'S, S-fforr"- '^^ °^ "^^ '^^•-* ™*^^ "^ "^^ profession wm be found none 



__^_______-______^_^^__^___^_^______^^^_^ too much to successfully cope with this vital question. 



■itand u Moond-ciau matter December 8, igcu, at the Po« oiBce u BotioB, Mom I^ t^G matter of the extreme demand for Certain flow- 



"-d" "■' Act of CoDgrei. o{ Mmh 3. iMj,. p^g f^j. special occasions We commend to the attention 



' _^^77~ of our readers the sentiments and advice expressed in 



CONTENTS the communication by George C. Watson to a Philadel- 



r.r.trT,-^D TT r TTOT.D*rr.Tr^xT Tj u t^ • ., • ■ • ^^^^ V^^^^ daily papcr, which we copy on another page of 



COVER ILLUSTRATION — Bench o£ Cypnpedium insigne. ;,• • -^ \,^, ', ■, ,, ,^-' . , ^.° . 



THE MOST ORNAMENTAL CRABS-Arthur E. Thatch- ^'^^^ i^^ue. It looks as if the less special campaigning 



er— Illustrated 725 the florist does on behalf of the white carnation for 



TRANS-ATLANTIC NOTES— Frederick Moore 727 "Mothers' Day" the better it will be for the peace of 



NlwsSrTHECLUBrANDSOC?^^^^^^^^ ''' T'' 'T'' ''7''''' ff ""'Tfl '' ''.' ^''''^- 



New York Florists' Club— Gardeners' and Florists' Club i^ lowers, flowers, for mothers and fathers and grand- 



of Boston— Florists' Club of Washington— American mothers and children, and "sisters, cousins and aunts," 



Peony Society— St. Louis Florists' Club 728 as well as everybody else — not for one day alone but for 



^'sTOCK-J^hnT™Fa'?felf^^'^^'^^ ^^ ^"^^^'^^'^go every day in the whole year, for all occasions and all 



CONDITIONS IN THE WEST-C.' sV Harrison '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.m conditions— this is the slogan that can be everlastingly 



DURING RECESS— Chicago Bowlers 731 put into profitable use by the man who raises flowers 



SEED TRADE: and the man who sells them, here, there and everv- 



The Condition of Seed Crops and Prospects— Seeds- where. Is it not too bad that an industry so honorable 



mens Convention — Spinach, Turnips and Farmers' „i ,1 i,„ j. ii i. c 1 -j. n 



Alasicas 738 should have to run the chance of unpopularity, all on 



TRADE PRICES AND THE AMATEUR PURCHASER. .73S account of a few cents' advance on white carnations 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: caused by an inordinate demand for immediate delivery ? 



p\owfrs°b*''^T^irra~lf''^^"^'^''''^'^*'"'^^^ 1^^ '^^'^ interests of all— carnation growers as well as the 



FLOWER MARKET REPOR'TS- '^^^ — ^^^^ often be better conserved by discountenanc- 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 743 ing rather than encouraging fads of this sort. 



New York, Philadelphia 745 . 



OBITUARY: It IS With feelings of profound re- 

 Samuel W. Saunders — Henry Blanksma — Henry C. King Edward VII. gret, which we know are shared 



^f^nl^A^rJ^^'?^^'' ^- ^^^'^'-^- ^- Hall 752 by all our fellow countrymen that 



Ml&C'lljLLAJNrjUUb: „ ,1 , 1 ii j.i' 1 



Chicago Notes - 730 ^^ offer our sympathy to our brothers over the sea who 



Philadelphia Notes 734 have been plunged into the deepest sorrow by the passing 



Perennials for Spring Planting 734 away of their beloved King. In the death of King 



Per*so'nil""°"^ '^'"" 740 Edward horticulture has lost a warm friend and a keen 



An Emergency— iilustr'ation .....'.'.'.'.'.[..'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'.'.'. .'741 supporter as indeed every institution has which was 



Flowers for Mothers' Day — G.C.Watson 741 worthy of his confidence and thought. In anything 



News Notes 741-751-752-754 which' made for the advancement of horticulture the late 



Bu7in^ss°Changes 745 ^^^^ ^^'*^^ °®^^^ backward either with money or his pres- 



Massachusetts Agr'icuiturai'coliege' .'.'!.' ^.'.'^ .'.'.'.".'.'.'.'.■ .';751 ence in assisting so worthy and object. It will be re- 

 Publications Received 752 membered that the magnificent building of the Eoyal 



Patents Granted 754 Horticultural Society in "Westminster, built but a few 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 754 ygars since, was opened by His Majesty and much of the 



^^^^^^^^ unparalleled success which this institution has achieved 

 A statement appears in the "National was very largely due to the Royal support it so fre- 

 The gypsy Horticulturist," a paper devoted main- quently received. The magnificent shows held annually 

 arid brown-tail ly to fruit-growing in the West, that, in the Temple Gardens on the Thames embankment and 

 pests notwithstanding the strenuous efforts at Holland Park, Kensington, have become social events 

 of inspectors, the brown-tail and gypsy in London and were frequentlv opened by the late King 

 moths have invaded the mountain fruit districts of Utah, who was ever ready to give a word of praise whenever it 

 We, here in eastern New England, who have been en- was deserved. Since his accession to the throne the gar- 

 gaged for years in a costly warfare with this terrible dens on his own estates at Windsor and Sandringiiam 

 scourge can sympathize most sincerely with any other have become among the most celebrated in the United 

 section upon whom the plague may descend. We trust Kingdom and contain many features which are unsur- 

 that our contemporary is mistaken but despite all possi- passed, especially the glass corridor and pergola at 

 ble precautions, cannot see how the rest of the country Sandringham. British-born gardeners on this side tell 

 can escape, although it is possible that the parasites and us that the comfort of his employees was always care- 

 other natural enemies of these insects now being dissem- fully considered by King Edward and the new bothies 



