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HORTICULTURE 



July 12, 1913 



horticulture: 



VOL. XVIII JULY 12, 1913 WO. 2 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— A Field of the New Hardy 

 Lilv, L. myriophyllum. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Care 

 of Violets — Begonia Gloire de Lorraine and Cincin- 

 nati — Rambler Roses — Ferns from Spores — .Mignon- 

 ette — Propagating Ivies — John J. M. Farretl 37 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Grapes 

 Shanking — Figs — Syringe or Spray — George H. Pen- 

 son 39 



LILIUM MYRIOPHYLLU.M 40 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 40 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Horticultural Society of 

 New York — Big St. Louis Flower Show — Society of 

 American Florists — St. Louis County Growers' Asso- 

 ciation — American Rose Society — Minneapolis Flor- 

 ist Club — Club and Society Notes 41 



NEWS FROiM THE CONVENTION CITY— Minneapo- 

 lis Parks, Lakes and Boulevards, Illustrated — Public 

 buildings of the Twin Cities 42 



ROBINIAS AND SUMMER MAGNOLIAS— Arnold Ar- 

 boretum BulUtin 43 



OBITUARY— Charles Hains — Mrs. John Newell— Ed- 

 ward Schumann — James Hutchison — Mrs. M. H. 

 Walsh — Mrs. F. W. Kelsey — Samuel Sibley, portrait. . 44 



SEED TRADE — American Seed Trade Association — 

 Crop Conditions — San Francisco in 1915? — Proposed 

 Uniform Exhibition Booths 48 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures 50 



Flowers by Telegraph 51 



System — New Flower Stores 52 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 55 



New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 57 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Seen at Orleans, Mass 40 



A Visit to Beverly 40 



Spot on Gardenia Leaves — Dr. Oeo. E. Stone 40 



Missouri Botanical Garden 43 



Publications Received 44 



Catalogues Received 44-57 



Prize for Bulb-Digging Machine 48 



Grassing a Terrace 48 



St. Louis Notes 51 



Chicago Notes — Cincinnati Personal Notes 52 



In Bankruptcy 52 



News Notes 52 



Philadelphia Notes 53 



Incorporated 53 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 53 



Patents Granted 57 



Personal 57 



'I'lir ;iiiiiii;il miil.-uimiirr iliilliifs- has 

 A midsummer settlcil on the trado and while there 

 reverie may lie slight activity in a few lines, 



seed bii.'iiness, nursery busine-ss and flor- 

 ist Ipiisiiic^^ Hie all in a state of "innocuous desuetude." 

 The jirincipals as well as the employees are away or pre- 

 paring for their annual vacations. Tt is surprising 

 what changes can he wrought in a few days away in the 

 mountains where one gets "near to nature's heart." The 



feverish, hustling and planning gives way to a restful 

 peace, a contented half-drowsy state of feeling which 

 one never knows at seaside resorts excepting in very 

 secluded and carefully chosen spots. Popular seaside 

 resorts do not give rest. They undoubtedly bring 

 change, and if change be what is wanted, with a contin- 

 uance of exciteiuent and activities, then these resorts are 

 medicine. But in the mountains, amid the woods and 

 lakes, one can hold communion with himself and take 

 off the mask which we nearly all wear before the world, 

 and if he will, can see himself just as he is, and if he has 

 strength of character, can mark each blemish and fault, 

 and resolve to square his life on the lines of a true man 

 when he returns to the activities of the great bustling 

 world. 



.Tudgiug from articles which 

 Quarantine have appeared in the daily news- 



issue misunderstood papers and from comment in 



certain trade journals there ap- 

 pears to be much misconception regarding the purpose 

 and scope of the gypsy moth and brown-tail nuith quar- 

 antine notice recently issued by the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board. There would seem to be a desire on the 

 part of some to convey the impression that a new and 

 more stringent condition of quarantine against New 

 England nursery and forest products had been imposed 

 but this is not true. The law has not been changed in 

 any material respect from that hitherto in foi'ce except 

 that there has been a little extension of the territory 

 quarantined owing to the discovery of the insects in 

 localities outside of the boundaries originally estab- 

 lished. So there is no cause for alarm on the part of 

 those directly affected or for joy on the part of those 

 who might think they see in this embargo on certain 

 New England shipments a further business advantage 

 for themselves over the New England dealers. 



While it cannot be denied that 

 Where New England the restrictive laws and regula- 

 benefits tions referred to in the foregoing 



seriously affect and hamper the 

 interstate trade of the nurserymen, florists and others 

 doing business within the quarantined territory, there is 

 still another side to the question which should distinctly 

 favor the New England nurserymen. It should be 

 borne in mind that there are other pests than brown- 

 tails and gipsies, among these the elm leaf beetle and 

 San Jose scale, both scourges as bad as. if not worse, 

 than the two notorious moths and for which New Eng- 

 land is indebted to her neighboring States. The obliga- 

 tion imposed upon New England by the moth agitation 

 has resulted in a tremendous public and private senti- 

 ment against in.sect pests in general. It is estimated 

 that, in Eastern ^[assachusetts alone no less 'than 

 2,000,000 pounds of poison has been used in spraying 

 during the past two months. The nurserymen liave 

 been among the most strenuous workers to get their 

 plantations, as well as adjoining property "clean." Not 

 only gipsy and brown tail but every other vermin have 

 had to take their dose until, today, we believe it to be a 

 fact that the Massachusetts nurseries are the cleanest on 

 this continent, and the sooner the rest of the country 

 gets this fact fixed in their mind the better it will be 

 for their orchards and gardens when they come to buy 

 stock. As to the embargo on forest greens, etc., that is 

 a blessing, if it halts the wanton denuding of our moun- 

 tain laurels and other native growths. The local call 

 for this material will be as much as our fields and wowls 

 can stand. If the rest of the country is forced to look 

 elsewhere for their supply of the.se things we can 

 endure it. 



