870 



HORTICULTURE 



September 10, 1910 



fM ^^ fj nP¥ ^^ ¥ T ¥ TP¥ T ¥J ¥<* t'^i* action by the nurserymen is a step in the right direc- 



IXXi/*V M. K\m^\J 1-^ M. V/ <V£^ (JQjj ]\fo business of any great proportions can long 



prosper while disregarding those rules and ethics which 



VOL . XII SEPTEMBER 10, 1910 ^Q- ** after centuries of mercantile experience have become sys- 



PiTBLiSHED WBEKXT BY tematizcd and universally accepted as necessary to the 



HOR.TICULTVRE PUBLISHING CO. welfare of all interests in commercial life. The nursery 



11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mas*. trade and likewise the florists' trade, have now reached 



Teiephon*. oiford 298 tliat magnitude where a general recognition of the sep- 



WM. J. STEWART. Editor and M»n«>er ^^^^^ ^^^ interdependent rights of producer and whole- 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE salc and retail distributor becomes necessarv and the pol- 



Oa» Tear, In advance. 'Jj^-^^'jiF^^'^™ Conntrle., *t.M; T. .^^^, ^^ ^^.^j.^. ^^^^^ j^^. (^jj^ggif .^jj^ ..jgij ^^].= -^j^g JiindmOSt" 



ABTBBTisiNO BATES. gcts to be intolerable and ruinous. It is a deep-rooted 



ms'cinnu on '^^ntJacuTr* consicntive ■inseriion,: ai fou.w. :*"""* evil which the Nurserymen's Association has undertaken 



One month (« timee) s per cent.; three monthg (IS time*) 10 per j^ reform. It cannot be done in a day or a vear but, as 



eent.; bIx months (26 times) 20 per cent.; one year (It times) li- j. c i i I'l iji 



10 per cent aforesaid, it IS a step forward and, as such, should be 



Page Mid half page spaces, special rate, on appUcatlon. earnestly Supported. 



Entered as aecond-ciaes ^^ii"^'<:^'"^^l^^}^'?Si^^X°V ^^ *' " Still an infant, being less than three 



Boston, Mass., nnder the Act of Congress of Msrcb 3, vsn. ,,,, ^•,°^n- , 



The Railroad years old, the Kailway Gardening As- 



CONTENTS Page Gardeners sociation already looms up as one of 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Celosia Pride of Castle Gould. the national horticultural organiza- 



ACANTHOPANAX RICINIFOLIUM-Arthur E. Thatcher^^^ jj^j^^ 1^,^^^^^ ^^.^^j^ ^ ^^,^1^ purpose in life and illimitable 



CULTWATION'oF'MUSHRobMS-George' H.Penson::^ opportunity and endowed with the faith and the stam- 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' ina which assure for it a stability and position of pre- 



STOCK — Adiantums, Gardenias: Ivy Geraniums; eminence among those agencies which seek to make our 



Plants for Christmas; Phalaenopsis; Primulas-John^^^ country more beautiful and to elevate and direct by 



NEPEN-raES^AND rhododendrons' AT ■ J.' VeVtch ever-present example, the popular taste for cleanliness, 



& SONS' 372 order and natural beauty. No organization has a wider 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: BUREAU field, no teacher a bigger or more receptive audience. 



OP PLANT INDUSTRY-New Plants Now Ready for_^^^ |^ ^^^^^ j^^^ ^f j^^^j.^ ^j^g^ ordinary calibre to grasp the 



TWO*' of'" the' NEWEST ■cHRYSANTHEMUMS-il- ' possibilities and needs of thousands of miles of high- 



lustraterl S'^S ways passing through territory comprising every ex- 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: treme of landscape scenerv as many of these men are 



Chrysanthemum Society of America— "Smith's Ad-^^^ ^.^ll^^^ ^,pQ^ |q j|q_ Railway gardening means vastly 



Imedca" AslSion' 'of ■Nu.wymen-Ne'wport ' Hor: mo^e tl>an the planting of a few flower beds and shrub- 



ticultural Society— Florists' Club of Philadelphia— l>ery groups about a station, and to this art, as to every 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— New York other department of railroading, only the best genius 



Florists' Club .374 .,^(j talent available will find an open door. The organ- 



Railwav Gardenini; Association, Illustrated — Associa- • „,• » ,, ,. ■ . - /. r t> -i ^ r\ 



tion of" Hammonton Dahlia Growers 375 1^*1°° of the American Association of Railroad Gar- 



OBITUARY: deners was an inspiration and marks the beginning of a 



Thomas Mulligan— Thomas Mulhearn— Hugh Car- movement wliich we feel is destined to wield a mighty 



michael— Lyman B. Craw, portrait 376 influence and contribute in no small degree toward mak- 



^^The Bun°r Establishment, G. C. W.-Crop Report '"■? ""'' la"'! ^ne great and beautiful garden. 



from Hartmann & Co.— Notes 380 Our florist friends of St. Louis who 



OP INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: Beauty advertised for i cashier l-ir-tlno- tfi^ 



Steinier Departures-New Flower Stores 382 „.,,„.„/■,■, aUveUi^ecl tor a lashiei lacking the 



Flowers by Telegraph 383 versus utility attractions ot form and feature which 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: had within the space of a year trans- 



Bcbion. Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia 385 ported five cashiers one after the other to "the matri- 



C.anIdTIn d'est'ru6t'i've' insect' a^d PEST 'act'. 392 '»°f ^^' ^^^^'\ ^^^ the subject of much editorial attention 



MISCELLANEOUS: '^^"^ comment m papers all over the country. We do not 



Rose Show at Kosterneuburg— Frederick Moore 372 suppose that the publicity thus suddenly attained was 



Flower Show Notes 373 contemplated or foreseen but, as it turns' out, ingenuity 



Ne-rpYanrfor'H A-breer .".".■.•.".•.•.'.•.■.•.■ .'.'.''.''I's ^'""^'^ ^'^''^^y '"^^<^ '"^"^^t^^^ ^ ^'^'^ effective medium. 



Observations by Leuthy 378 '^^''^ Detroit Free Press enthusiastically whoops it up 



An Aster Prize Contest 3S0 for the plain girl, avers that beauty in a woman is a 



Incorporated 380 snare and a nuisance and that the plain girl is the 



Sanllliv ^uSin^d'bV F,oods::;;::::;::;:::::;;38? p'^^'-^^ '''"}' °f *e sober-faced business man, the hun- 



Chicago Notes '. 383 ^rv man m the restaurant, and the man who enjoys 



Boston Market Premlum.s 387 intelligent conversation free from the smaller tiresome 



Pe'-^onal 387 varieties. The Chicago Record reioiees that at last 



™!^nSu ' P^s^^liv ';:;::::;;:;;::::;;::;;:::;::;:: :38? *'-^^ - 1 p™'"f °/ '-^t" °pp-^"^^^^' ''' *^ p^^^^ 



A Botanical Garden for Brooklyn, N. Y 393 woman but gallantly protests that there are no ugly 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 394 women, and here the Chicago Record is right — at least, 



Cement Greenhouse Benches 394 insofar as the florists' employes are concerned. We have 



seen a lot of them in our time and every one was attrac- 



We would call attention to the five. Mavbe there's something in the sweet atmosphere 



For better recommendations of the American and surroundings of a well-kept flower establishment 



business principles Association of Nurserymen so which makes a particularly chariiiin<T and harmonious 



emphatically set forth in the com- setting for femininitv. "Handsome '^is that handsome 



niunication by Secretary Jolm Hall which appears on does." We shall watch with interest tlie St. Louis 



another page of this paper. We cannot but feel that experiment with the man-proof girl. 



