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HORTICULTURE 



October 25, 1913 



hortic ulture: 



TOL. XVm OCTOBER 25, 1913 NO. 17 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Phalaenopsis Lueddemanni- 



aaa. 

 NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— 

 Azaleas — Callas — Chrysanthemums— Cinerarias — 

 Sweet Peas — Shamrock^ for St. Patrick's Day — John 



J. M. Farrell 561 



OUTDOOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES— Exhibiting 

 Vegetables — Arrangement — Edwin Jenkins — Illus- 

 trated 562-563 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Tying— Other 

 Plants in the Rose Houses— Temperature for Cloudy 



Days — Arthur C. Ruzicka 563 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Root 



Pruning— Lettuce — George H. Penson 565 



PHALAENOPSIS LUEDDEMANNIANA 565 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Lenox Horticultural Socie- 

 ty_pittsburgh Florists' and Gardeners' Club — St. 

 Louis Florist Club — Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety — Society of American Florists — New Jersey 

 Floricultural Society — Florists' Hail Association... 566 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural Society — 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America — Club and So- 

 ciety Notes 568 



SEED TRADH:— Wholesale Seedsmen's League— New 



Zealand Peas— Crop Reports from Denmark — Notes. . 570 

 OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores— Steamer Departures 572 



Flowers by Telegraph 573 



THE VINCENT DAHLIA SHOW 574 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 577 



Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 579 



THE GARDENER AND HIS FIELD— if. C. Ebel 584 



OBITUARY — Edward L. Pierce, portrait — Robert Kin- 



kaid— W. T. James— John B. Byer 586 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



A New Rose 566 



A Horticultural Project in Boston 568 



News Notes 573 



Personal 574 



A Tribute to Father — Illustration 575 



8t. Louis Notes. .. 575 



Cincinnati Notes 584 



New Corporations 584 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 586 



The present is a most opportune i.jne for 

 A good tlie retail greenhouse trade to stook up 

 time to buy with sueh material as they may need 

 during the coming season and ean pos- 

 sibly make immediate room for. The large wholesale 

 plant establi.?hments are, at this season of the year, in- 

 variably overcrowded with stock and all plant material 



for growing on for Christmas or Easter or for normal 

 winter sales may be bought now at figures tliat will leave 

 a big profit as compared with the prices which will be 

 demanded later on when cost of housing and care and 

 expense of packing and risks of transportation in cold 

 weather must all be covered. Azaleas, poinsettias, cycla- 

 men, begonias, ferns, palms and a score of other staples 

 that every florist must have can be purchased just now 

 from the wholesale dealers advertising in this paper on 

 most favorable terms. Write to a few of them and tell 

 them we told you so. 



The Park and Recreation Department 

 Entertainment of the City of Boston made a display 

 and publicity of its resources and attractions in the 



great Columbus Day parade which 

 was not only extremely attractive and creditable in every 

 feature but as an example of publicity cleverness was 

 certainly a masterly conception. The spectators were 

 given to realize that Boston's park system is very much 

 more than simply a series of well-groomed lawns, mea- 

 dows, thickets and boulevards. The splendid floats, 

 decked with evergreens and oak branches, giving prac- 

 tical demonstrations of the various recreation depart- 

 ments, children's games, bathing, life-saving corps, base 

 ball, bowling on the green, groups of instructors, nurses, 

 etc., etc., gave convincing evidence that the primary rea- 

 son for the existence of a park department — its service 

 for the health and rational enjojTnent of all the people, 

 old and young, rich and poor, is being well discharged. 

 After such an eloquent exposition of efficiency it should 

 not be difficult for the park and recreation commission 

 to get anything it asks for from the citizens of Boston to 

 carry forward its splendid work. It is easily the most 

 popular of all the city departments. 



We took occasion, recently, to com- 



Rochester's inent regi'etfully on the reported 



hat In the ring abandonment of the plans for a show 



at Rochester this year, and so now 

 that it has been definitely decided that the show will be 

 given, we are glad to give equal publicity to that fact. 

 We attach especial importance to this particular exhi- 

 bition because, as before stated, of the advanced position 

 taken by its management as to manner of staging and 

 arrangement, on lines which we believe are destined to 

 ])revail in exhibitions generally in the not far distant 

 future, where public appreciation and support is sought. 

 .\s an exponent of progressive ideas concerning the pur- 

 pose and character of public floral exhibitions Rochester 

 has taken the initiative in a most commendable manner 

 and we trust that her enterprise will be richly rewarded. 

 The following extract from a letter just received from 

 Charles H. Yiek is quite to the point: 



I noticed an editorial in the Horttculture of Oct. 11th. 

 on the Rochester Flower Show. \It is the intention of the 

 Rochester Florists' Association to hold their regular exhi- 

 bition November 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. For a time there was 

 some discussion as to the advisability of holding a show 

 this year, but it was finally decided to continue the good 

 work, and v.e are preparing to give a larger and better 

 show than ever. Tlie private growers are responding nobly 

 and we have promised up to date five to six large private 

 places that heretofore have never exhibited. Our plan of 

 arrangement will be a complete change froc anything we 

 have ever made before. 



The Rochester Association is to be congratulated on 

 having at its disposal the energy and initiative of a man- 

 ager of the calibre of Charlie Vick. Of course the show 

 will be a success, and all the more pronounced because of 

 the temporary hesitation which has served to stir up the 

 fighting blood of Rochester's Old Guard. 



