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HORTICULTURE 



May 28, 1910 



HORTICULTURE. 



f«L. XI 



flAY 28, 1910 



NO. 22 



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CONTENTS 



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COVER ILLUSTRATION— Spring Flower Bedding. 



A UNIQUE ORCHID— Illustrated 813 



GLADIOLUS SUGGESTIONS— L. Merton Gage 813 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' 

 STOCK— John J. M. Farrell 815 



A MOTHERS' DAY ECHO— G. C, Watson 815 



THE GREAT ORCHID SHOW; 

 An Unprecedented Display — List of Visitors 816 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Illustrated 817 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Peony Exhibition 817 



American Seed Trade Association — New Orleans Hor- 

 ticultural Society 819 



Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' Society — 

 Newport Horticultural Society — Society of American 

 Florists 838 



A TALK ON GARDENS— J. H. Prost 820 



SEED TRADE: 



The Convention— Wisconsin Pea Crop— Other Crop 



Notes — Prices Advance Abroad 826 



Notes 827 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores — Steamer Departures 828 



A Striking Window, Illustrated — Flowers by Tele- 

 graph 829 



OBITI^ARY- F. Lincoln Chandler 829 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo. Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans 831 



New York, Philadelphia, Washington 833 



BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION— C. Har- 

 man Payne 840 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



The Fallen Tree — Poetry 815 



A Detroit Charity — Illustrated 818 



New Orleans Notes 823 



Incorporated 825 



News Notes 825-829-842 



Personal 828 



Washington Personals 829 



Philadelphia Notes 833 



In Bankruptcy 833 



Chicago Notes 840 



Chicago Bowlers 841 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 842 



Catalogues Received 842 



■Tn,«t as tliis paper goes to the press the 



The orchid portals of Horticultural Hall swing open 



show opens and the most beautiful and valuable col- 



leelion of tropical flowers and plants ever 



assembled on this continent is unveiled to the public in 



all its radiant magnificence. Already many distin- 



guished representatives of the profession whose art has 

 made these lovely objects possible in our latitude are on 

 the ground and still more are on the way from far and 

 near, intensely interested in this event which marks a 

 progressive step of extraordinary importance in Ameri- 

 can floriculture, and in the competition in which the 

 giants of the profession are contesting for supremacy. 

 We do not envy the judges. They have a difficult and 

 delicate task to perform, with many embarassing fea- 

 tures. Wlioever may win out or lose in the awards we 

 hope the verdict will be accepted as fair and just by all 

 concerned. 



The excellent paper on garden compe- 



Foster the titions, by City Forester Prost of Chi- 



home garden Q^gQ which appears in this issue, has 



movement been in type for several weeks, but we 



have held it back until now purposely 

 that it might seiTe as an incentive to our trade readers 

 at an opportune time when every well-balanced boy and 

 girl as well as their elders are filled with the garden 

 spirit and inspiration of the spring time — an incentive 

 to the encouragement and promotion by every means at 

 hand, of the interest in gardens, in trees and shrubs and 

 flowers and lawns among the young. We are not advo- 

 cating this course on the part of the florist, seedsman 

 or nurseryman especially on the plea of philanthropy or 

 because it will tend to the mental and moral advance- 

 ment of the coming generation. Others are doing that 

 and doing it well. Our appeal, for the time being, is 

 solely on practical business grounds. As the matter 

 looks to us it is inexplicable that the trade should con- 

 tinue so indifferent to the ultimate vast advantage that 

 would accrue to their industry if theywere all to support 

 and actively advance every movement inaugurated in 

 their respective districts for the purpose of civic and 

 home improvement through garden competitions or other 

 effectual means. 



In the course of our work as newsgather- 

 More folly ers we are in receipt of daily clippings on 



pertinent topics from newspapers pub- 

 lished in all sections of the country. Just now Decora- 

 tion Day and its prospects as to flower supply is the 

 subject of much comment and, as often in the past, we 

 find the majority of florists whose views are thus given 

 publicity telling the people that flowers will be so scarce 

 for that occasion that grave doubts exist as to securing 

 enough material to decorate the graves of the departed 

 heroes. And, of course, the closing word in each 

 instance is to the effect that "prices will be very high." 

 We must say that we do not share these forebodings. A 

 flower famine at the end of May ! There are plenty of 

 "ifs" in the way and certain special flowers in certain 

 restricted sections may command an enhanced price but 

 it is a grave indiscretion to use the fact of this possi- 

 bility for the purpose of creating a hysterical apprehen- 

 sion in the minds of the common people to whom this 

 day and its peculiar observances mean so much. If the 

 florist who makes use of such scare heads as some of the 

 papers contain, should see his customers trooping into 

 the woods and fields for wild blossoms, a little reflection 

 should convince him of his folly. It is refreshing to 

 read occasionally, by way of contrast, of a florist who 

 announces that he will furnish free of charge the floral 

 adornments of some monument or other object in which 

 his townspeople are interested. With good business 

 methods behind it that is the policy of a winner. Lib- 

 erality at Decoration Day will go a long way toward 

 effacing any sore spots held over from the Christmas 

 exigencies or Easter default. 



