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HOETICULTUKE 



December 13, 1913 



horticulture: 



▼OL. XVIII 



DECEMBER 13. 1913 



NO 24 



PTBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



flIOR.TICUI,TUR.£ PUBLISHING CO. 

 11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. 



Telephone, Oxford 392. 

 WM. J. STEWART, Editor and Manager. 



Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post OflBce 

 at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 18T9. 



CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— A White House Bridal 



Basket. 

 NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK— Care 

 of Cyclamens — Decorative Greens — Flowering Plants 

 for Christmas — Oncidiums — Winter Protection — Pro- 

 tecting Pansies — John J. M. Farrell 805 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Mak- 

 ing Peach Border — Tying Peach Trees — Light— Tur- 

 nip Tops — George H. Penson 806 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— The Xmas Retail 

 Trade — Greens With the Flowers — Plants as a Side 

 Line — Care of Shaded Houses — Soot— The Inventory — 



Arthur C. Ruzicka 807 



AFFILIATION ONCE MORE— A FarenwaU 809 



POINTING THE WAY— A Greeting— Georj/e C. Wat- 

 son 809 



OUR COVER ILLUSTRATION 809 



DESCRIPTION OF 1914 CHRYSANTHEMUM NOVEL- 

 TIES— CftarJcs H. Tottti. Illustration 810 



BRITISH HORTICyLTURE— W. H. Adsett 811 



THE LATE WYMAN ELLIOT— C. S. Harrison 811 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Pittsburgh Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club— Western New York Horticultural So- 

 ciety — New York Florists' Club; Wm. H. Duckhani, 

 portrait — Newport Horticultural Society — Minnesota 



State Florists' Association 812 



Society of American Florists — Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America — Lenox Horticultural Society — Club 

 and Society Notes — Portland Flower Show; Illus- 

 tration , 813 



HORTICULTURAL WHYS AND WHEREFORES— 



Edtcin Jenkins 814 



TWO USEFUL GARDEN PERENNIALS; Illustrated!! 817 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS— C. A. Johnson 817 



SEED TRADE 829 



OP INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS— New Flower 



Stores — Steamer Departures 830 



Flowers by Telegraph 833 



Successful Advertising of a Retail Florist— af ox 



Schling 834 



A Benediction — G. C. W 835 



A Model Flower Store; Illustrated 836 



OBITUARY— Francis Goble, Mrs. F. Warendorf 835 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis 843 



New York, Philadelphia 845 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Boston Horticultural Hall Notes 811 



New Corporations — A Fabrication 811 



View in Fall Show at Minneapolis Park Conservator- 

 ies; Illustration 815 



Plant Houses of A. M. Davenport, Watertown, Mass., 



Illustration 818 



Walter Mott's Notes by the Way 820 



Regulations Governing Plant Importations 821 



Washington Notes 821 



Chicago Notes 822 



Hearing on Potato Quarantine 829 



A New Method of Sub-irrigation and Drainage 829 



St. Louis Notes 833 



News Notes 837 



Personal 840-845 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 851 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture for 1913 852 



Business Troubles 852 



Witli this issue Horticulture passes an- 



Our other milestone. Already nine years of 



birthday age, it is no longer "the new paper" but 



begins to feel the dignity of maturity, as 



papers go. That Horticulture has, during its nine 

 years of existence, exercised an influence for good in the 

 profession and industries it was created to serve and has 

 creditably fulfilled its mission thus far, wilt hardly be 

 questioned even by those whose desire for its success 

 might fairly be represented by the zero mark. We can- 

 not let this occasion pass without giving public expres- 

 sion of our gratitude to the hundreds of advertisers who 

 have shown their faith in Horticulture by their gen- 

 erous support and the thousands of subscribers whose 

 unflagging interest in its reading columns and whose un- 

 mistakable approval of its principles and policy have 

 touched us as one of the highest honors that could pos- 

 sibly be bestowed. Horticulture has much to be thank- 

 ful for, but first and best of all are the steadfast friends, 

 far and near, who have done so much to make these nine 

 busy years nine very happy years for the editor. 



The gi-eat closing holiday of the year 



The holiday approaches. Just what it may turn out 



trade to be in a business way for those of our 



readers to whom it means the most no 

 one can predict, as so much depends upon weather con- 

 ditions, both in the production and in the sale of the 

 goods prepared for the occasion. Still, the inclement 

 weather has now lost much of its terrors for the retail 

 plant and flower dealer with the modern conveniences 

 of telephones, autos and "telegraph delivery" and only 

 conditions of unusual severity can prevent those who so 

 desire from ordering flowers without discomfort and 

 having them delivered when and where they please. We 

 would urge those in the trade who read these lines, and 

 who we must presume are all well-wishers of Horticul- 

 ture, that they carefully scan the advertisements in this 

 number and give their business, as far as possible, to 

 those firms who are herein represented. There are none 

 better to be found. Most of them are well-known and 

 their name and record is the best guarantee of their 

 reliability and the quality of the goods they offer. Make 

 them your first choice and let us all — advertisers, read- 

 ers and Horticulture — have a merry Christmas to- 

 gether. 



Our irrepressible friend from Eos- 

 In union lyn, Pa., bobs up again this week 



there is strength with a reminder that, so far as he 

 is concerned, "affiliation"' is not to 

 be permitted to go to sleep. Mr. Farenwald, we believe, 

 is on the right track with his pet project. The discus- 

 sion of affiliation between the various societies, clubs and 

 associations is but the working out of one phase in the 

 gradual development of the co-operative movement which 

 has taken so strong a hold in and between all depart- 

 ments of business in recent years. Co-operation between 

 growers, manufacturers, jobbers, wholesalers, retailers, 

 advertisers, trade paper publishers, and all other inter- 

 ests which exist and prosper under the broad mantle of 

 horticulture, and between the many allied organizations, 

 means much greater efficiency for all. These agitations 

 which are constantly being generated, on the principle 

 of the ultimate betterment of all, through the help of 

 each, mean much more than appears incidentally on the 

 surface. They indicate, more or less clearly, a strong 

 trend of sentiment in the direction of wider usefulness, 

 and a higher standing for horticulture than ever before 

 attained, through the great vitalizing force of well- 

 ordered union. Realizing this. Horticulture upholds 

 and applauds Mr. Farenwald and any and all others 

 who are acting to the same end, inspired by the same 

 desire for the general welfare. 



