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HOKTICULTURE 



June 4, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



f«L. XI 



JUNE 4, 1910 



HO. 23 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVER ILLUSTRATION— Orchid Exhibition of Julius 



Roehrs Co. 

 MORE FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN— Frederick 



Moore 849 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 849 



SE^^SONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLOR- 

 ISTS' STOCK— John J. M. Farrell 851 



OBITUARY: 



Mrs. E. A. Riehl— William E. Kelley — Jason Sexton. 851 



THE GREAT ORCHID SHOW— Illustrated— Supple- 

 mentary Report 852 



List of Awards 853 



Additional List of Visitors 854 



PHILADELPHIA MAIN LINE FLOWER SHOW— 

 David Rust 854 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society — American Rose 



Society 855 



Connecticut Horticultural Society 856 



American Association of Nurserymen — American 

 Gladiolus Society — Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 



Boston — American Peony Society 857 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society — Club and So- 

 ciety Notes 870 



SEED TRADE: 



Counter Trade — League Prices and Estimates — The 

 Onion Seed Situation — Ferry & Co.'s Doings 858 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Washington — Steamer Departures — New Flower 



Stores 860 



Flowers by Telegraph 861 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo. 863 



Chicago, New York, St. Louis 865 



Philadelphia 870 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Baltimore Notes 851 



News Notes 858, 861, 872 



A New Fad— Illustration 861 



.Tohn I. Raynor Retires from Business 861 



St. Louis Notes 870 



Incorporated 870 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 871 



Chicago Notes 872 



Philadelphia Notes — David Rust, portrait 872 



Patents Granted 872 



The orchid show at Boston which closed 



A happy on Monday night. May 30, passes into 



combination historj' as a colossal success, unequalled 



by any previous floral event in this 



country in the boldness of its conception and the 



variety, beauty and richness of the displays. New .Jer- 



sey was the star performer in this dazzling spectacle 

 and her gardening and floral fraternity have the right 

 to feel proud and elated over the splendid demonstra- 

 tion made by the representative growers of their state. 

 Massachusetts shares with New Jersey the glory and 

 honor of this occasion which was made possible only 

 through the equipment, enterprise and muniiicenee of 

 her honored Horticultural Society, and the public in 

 its generous attendance and enthusiasm has certainly 

 shown a proper appreciation of this notable and praise- 

 worthy exploit. 



Another national society has been 

 An addition auspiciously launched. HORTICUL- 

 to the family THEE wishes all success to the Ameri- 

 can Gladiolus Society and we have no 

 doubt it has before it a useful career. Wise judgment 

 is apparent in the personality and circumstances of the 

 oTilcers chosen at the initial meeting. Among them are 

 men already well and widely known in the horticul- 

 tural world, whose experience and ardor afford assurance 

 that the work undertaken by the young organization will 

 be of the sort that will bear good fruit. In another 

 w.w the new society has started right — that is, by setting 

 the time and place for their next meeting, co-incident 

 with the Society of American Florists' Convention. The 

 advantage will be shared by both organizations. "Meet 

 me at Rochester" is a motto which any society may 

 safely inscribe on its banner. 



In the advancement of the orchid 



To extend towards a position of importance in the 



the flowering commercial flower market which has 



period been going on for a number of years, 



one of the most discouraging conditions 

 confronting the worker has been the uncertain character 

 of the supply. No sooner did the dealer get an avenue 

 of demand opened up than the supply came to an end — 

 sometimes so abruptly as to cause serious embarrass- 

 ment through inability to fulfil agreements made in 

 good faith. This drawback has been overcome, in a 

 measure, by the increasing number of sorts which are 

 gradually finding their place among the standard com- 

 mercial favorites and which, with, their varying time 

 of flowering, help to fill in the barren places, but even, 

 now with the vastly improved service there is mucli 

 exasperating irregularity in the supply, taken the season 

 through. It is interesting to note and gratifying to find 

 a reasonable probability in the practical observations of 

 Mr. Orpet, as presented in our Special Orchid Number, 

 in which he sets forth the interesting fact that varieties- 

 home-raised by cross-fertilization show such great 

 variability in time of flowering that the progeny from 

 two kinds, of fixed blooming period, will be in bloom 

 evorv week during the year. Mr. Orpet, with apparent 

 good reason, pronounces this to be the greatest triumph 

 of the operator. It suggests the eventual elimination 

 of what has been one of the most perplexing obstacles 

 in the path of those seeking to popularize the orchid as 

 a conservatory adornment or for cut flower purposes. 



