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HORTICULTURE 



August 6, 1910 



horticulture: 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— View in Highland Park. 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



NOTES FROM THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM— Alfred 

 Rehder 165 



ROSES AT THE BRUSSELS EXPOSITION— John H. 

 Taylor 165 



MELONS UNDER GLASS— G. H. Penson— Illustrated. 166 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK— John J. M. Farrell; 



Callas- Ferns for Dishes— Harrisii Lilies — Lysima- 

 ehia numniularia — Verbenas— Vandas 167 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 

 Florists' Club of Washington— Florists' Club of Phil- 

 adelphia — American Carnation Society 169 



Detroit Florist Club— American Gladiolus Society — 

 Florists' Hail Association 174 



YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO. EXHIBIT. AT THE 

 JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION— Illustrated 169 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS: 



Those S. A. F. Amendments, W. N. Rudd— Transpor- 

 tation 1''''' 



Department of Registration 171 



DURING RECESS: 



Maryland Horticulturists " 171 



Florists' Club of Washington, Illustrated— Buffalo 

 Florists' Club— Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion 1^2 



Long Island Florists' Club 1'4 



SEED TRADE: 



Improved Seed Cabinets— Vicissitudes of the Season 

 —Seed Pea Harvest— Openings — Notes 176 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures— New Flower Stores 178 



Flowers by Telegraph 179 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 181 



Cincinnati, Detroit. New York, Philadelphia ISo 



OBITUARY: 

 Henrv J. Bowden— Jean Soiipert— Joseph Zellers— 

 Luther W. Fuller— E. H. Reynolds— William Rennie. 189 



MISCELLANEOUS:. 



News Notes 174-189-190 



Personal 1^^ 



Cincinnati Personals 1^9 



Philadelphia Notes 1'9 



Chicago Notes 1^^ 



Incorporated 1*^ 



In Bankruptcy 18^ 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 190 



Hail Storm in Mas.sachusetls 190 



We should like very much to see some- 



The Society's thing clone at the Rochester meeting 



opportunity tending towards a working affiliation 



l)etween the Society of American 



Florists and the special societies. The interests of the 



latter are, a? a rule, heing cared for by enthusiasts in 



their respective spheres, and, in some instances, at a 



considerable sacrifice of personal interests, which is 



generously made in a spirit of devotion to the welfare 



of the flower which is their especial protege. Earnest 



and faithful work of this character is of inestimable 

 value to progressive horticulture and, as we have be- 

 fore remarked, should not be discouraged, but encour- 

 aged, rathei'. and there is no reason to fear that the 

 etfort will lie any less zealous under a working alliance 

 witli the chartered National Society than under condi- 

 tions of absolute independence. It would also be a 

 good thing for the S. A. F. if it could assemble and 

 weld together all these vigorous but scattered forces 

 which, as at present constituted, ' are obliged to work 

 at so great a disadvantage. There may be difficulties 

 to be overcome before a merger can be accomplished in 

 wliich the interests of all concerned shall be satisfac- 

 torily conserved, but there seems to be a wide-spread 

 belief that it is possible and that the present is a most 

 favorable time to get to work on the problem and try to 

 formulate a plan of co-operation which will meet with 

 general ajjproval. This and other pressing and timely 

 topics which have a vital bearing on the welfare of the 

 profession might better occupy the time and attention 

 of the convention than some of the doubtful schemes 

 which are being fostered for the pulling down and 

 reconstructing the constitutional working machinery of 

 the Society, the real motives for which are, no doubt, 

 well hidden away in the recesses of the fountain heads 

 of political strategy in the Society's midst. 



There have come to us from 

 To investigate fin^g to time during the past 



the express business two years complaints of over- 

 charging, delays in delivery, 

 careless handling and conse([uent injury to flower pack- 

 ages, etc., by express companies and, no douljt some of 

 these mnrmurings have reached the ears of those hold- 

 ing official position in the National Society. The 

 present would be an 02:)portune time, it seems to us. 

 to press claims of this character, as an investigation of 

 interstate express service, rates and practices, by the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission has been petitioned 

 for by coun.sel representing no less than 123 commercial 

 organizations, among which are the Boston Chamber of 

 Commerce, New York Merchants' Association, Chicago 

 Association of Commerce and other representative 

 bodies in leading cities. In their brief, they allege un- 

 just, unreasonable and extortionate charges on the part 

 of all the express companies doing interstate business 

 as common carriers in the United States, not only now 

 but for many years past. It is set forth that the express 

 comjiauii.'s and railroads, through joint action and re-' 

 strict) ?e practices, are making profits enormously dis- 

 projjortionate to the service rendered. The Great 

 Nortliei'ii Express Company is cited as an example, 

 having been organized in 1892 with a capital of $100,- 

 000, and that with a total cost of all real estate and 

 eqniimient, of $71,288.91, it has paid in the past ten 

 years $.3,200,000 in dividends and has accumulated $1,- 

 488. 881. 58 all arising from its proportion of total 

 charges to the public after payment to the railroad 

 com])anies of from 40 to 55 per cent of its gross earn- 

 ings 1 '""What do yoit know about that?" At the time 

 tlic S, A. 1'. had the V. S. Express up before the Inter- 

 state Commission the latter put forward in extenuation 

 of its excessive rates the alleged great profits of the 

 flower business. We hope that any of our readers who 

 are interested in seeing the greedy monopoly which con- 

 trols express transportation put under proper i-estraint 

 will at once appeal to the S. A. F. or other influential 

 organization to join hands with the bodies above men- 

 tioned in this well-organized movement which has come 

 none too soon. The limit of endurance has plainly been 

 leached. 



