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HORTICULTURE 



October 22. 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



ments are conducted. Their opinions ought to have 



_^ vastly more weight than those of political schemers or 



„„. VII nrxnRFR 22 1910 ifcTT? sentimental idealists, both of which are very often in evi- 



YOL. XII OCTOBER 22. 1910 WO. 17 ^^_^^^^^ ^^ .^ ^ question whether we should be any better 



PUBLISHED wEKKi^Y BY nff, Or whether the chances for getting a man well-in- 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. formed in horticulture placed on a park board would be 



11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. ^^y jj-jore promising under an elective system than it is 



Telephone, Oxfard 19* ^^^^^ Under the appointive plan which generally prevails. 



WM. J. STEWART, Editor and Man«Ber . J^'\ ,,. ^ 1. t t\ f ;„X. i„« ;^+^ 



It might prove to be a leape out ot the trying pan into 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE the fvre." 



o.. T«T, in advance. »i;2^;^J;,j^^';'«" Conntrie., fi.M; T. "Standard of purity and germination" 



ABTEBTisiNO BATES. Regulating in agricultural seeds has been a thorn 



Per iDGh, so incbei to paee »1.«» the seedsman in the flcsh of the Virginia State Board 



Dliconnts on Contracts for consecutive Insertion!, a* tollawc ,. 1 • li t i < i ii 



One month (4 time*) S per cent.; threo months (IS times) 1* per ot Agriculture, ijast August tlie COm- 



ITper clnt.°"°**" **' """"^ *' '" ""'"' "" '"" '" """' .mittce appointed for the purpose fi.xed its standards and 



Paso and half page spaces, special rates on appUcatian. prescribed the nature of the labels to go On all Seed 



i^te^^ as second-class matter December 8, 19<M, «t the Post Office at packages, in accordance with the new inspection law 



Boston, Mass., nnder the Act of Congress of March 8, iflTO. which went into effect September 17. Already, we un- 



CON^TFNTS Page derstand. they have found it necessary not only to say 



„„,„ .V,^T c^ 1 ... wliat labels shall go on but wliat shall not go on and so 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Stanhopea msignis. . i ■ i i 4.1 ^ +1 ■ 1,11 • j- i j-i 



ACIDANTHERA BICOLOR, lllustrated-i?,v;,«rrf Rotlw- 565 it has been decided that nothing shall be printed on the 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— fC. H. Adscit 565 labels under which agricultural seeds are sold save such 



STANHOPEA INSIGNIS 566 matter as is authorized and required by the regulations 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS- ^ ^ -p ^ ^j j ^j ^^ ^^ j «^^^^^^j_ 



STOCK— Fancy caladiams and begonias— Forcing - . • „ i ■. . i. . -c i i- 



gladiolus-Lilies for Christmas-Poinsettias in pans teration and its percentage must be specified, excepting 



— Smilax— Vandas— /. /. M. FarrcU 567 in the case of seeds entitled to be labeled "standard" by 



GRAPERY BORDERS AND HEATINCr— /«,»« Robert- reason of there being not more than the legal minimum 



FLOWERING PLANTS FOr'cooL CONSERVATORY 568 °f adulteration and that the time-honored non-warranty 



PROPAGATING CALIFORNIA PRIVET 568 clause which all seedsmen have adopted as a protection 



CROMWELL .JOTTINGS 568 against loss from conditions beyond their control will 



OBITUARY— Ernest J. Close— John Marback- Charles jj^t be permitted to appear on such packages. This 



clubs'' AND 1ociet?eI~"'°'"''' ^'' ^''''"'° ' >"°'^^ ^"^'^ regulation with a vengeance. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— N. J. Flori- ^\ perusal of the premium lists of the 



cultural Society-Florists' Club of Washington- pio^er various shows scheduled to be held in 



Pennsvlvania Horticultural Society— Yonkers Horti- ,^^„^^ 1 t •■■ ,. • .. i 4. 



cultural Society-Detroit Florist Club 570 ^^°'^ '^°"^^ many leading cities this month and next 



Nassua County Horticultural Society— St. Louis reveals a demonstration of liberality in 



Florist Club— State Florists' Association of Indiana number and value of premiums offered which has never 



-Chrysanthemum Society of America-"Unaka," II- , ,f , equalled in this country. As to how much 



lustrated— Springfield Florists' Club 5a 1 . -n 1 • 



SEED TRADE- bigger, better and busier the shows will be in consequence 



An Interesting Event— Crop Notes— A Boston Move. 576 of these emoluments which await the successful exhibitor 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: there .might be a divergence of opinion. Many are dis- 



Steamer Departures-New Flower Stores 578 ^^^^ ^^ j^^^ j^^^^^^.^ ^^ distinction far beyond all 



Flowers by Telegraph 579 ^ ^ .... ... l r\L^ 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: question ot hnanciai winnings m these events. Others 



Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit 581 say — no money, no exhibits. As between the two you 



Philadelphia, New York 583 f,{,jj take your choice. But our modest advice to any 



°^hiSo^F?o'?fs?s' Bowling Club-Astoria Florists' society or organization financially interested in the out- 



Bowling Club 589 Come ot any exhibition would be to make the blue rib- 



MISCELLANEOUS: bons and diplomas go just as far as possible. Should 



A New Periodical 568 there be some cash left over it could not be in a better 



xt'"''' v'^I^'\^'t°i!^ ^fiq place than in the treasury of a horticultural society, and 



iNewiOiKiNOces o^^ . -, . i-,.. '1 



Personal 569 we are sure that the majority ot exhibitors as we have 



St. Louis Notes 569 found them would prefer to compete for and accept a 



News Notes ^''"^"rl, moderate prize rather than to see the management em- 



priicIt.'^ns"'ReceWed :;•.::■.: y.!: i i! i:! i'.: i! l!: i!: 1 573 ban-assed by obligations not warranted by the receipts. 



Catalogues Received 574 We sincerely hope that every exhibition scheduled for 



Chicago .Notes 579 this fall will show a balance on the right side when 



Incorporated 583 squaring up dav comes. 



Plant Pathologist Wanted 588 '^ ^ ■ 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 590 



^^^'^"^^ ^^^"'"'^ ''' Stanhopea insignis 



We learn from our exchanges that one The subject of our cover illustration is one of the 



Park boards of the Canadian Horticultural Societies most curiously formed flowers in the orchid family. 



has passed a resolution suggesting that The flowers are pale yellow, spotted purple and are 



the members of the park board be elected at the annual richly perfumed. S. insignis flava is a variety entirely 



municipal elections. Park boards, as a rule, on this side yellow. Tlie plant blooms from July to October. The 



of the dividing line, lose but little sleep worrying as to flower spike pushes its way downward through the ma- 



what the horticultural societies think about them or terial in which the plant grows, as shown in the picture, 



their work. Still there are excellent reasons why the The plant should always be grown in a basket or pot 



horticultural element in a community should have some- supcnded from the roof with large openings through 

 tiling to fay a- to the manner in which park depart- ,vh-ch the flower spike can find its way. 



