694 HORTICULTURE November 19, 1910 



■J^ ^^ 'D TpW^^ ¥ TT TPT T'D'IP should be and are an influence and stimulation in the 



^•^ ^ *^ * ^^ ^'^ *^ * V/ JX. J-^ culture of the aesthetic sentiments to a degree that no 



VOL XII NOVEMBER 19 1910 VO 21 oilier public entertainment can excel and it is most re- 



' grettable that the great mass of the people seem to be 



FtuLiHiiKu wKKKLv UK SO indifferent to their attractions. The American public 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. ,)vve a great debt of gratitude to the earnest men who 



II Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. ij^^g worked so hard in the various cities to place before 



■nT». , <,.rl.t^.T^' J^^y J M them so much floral loveliness and in such charming ar- 



WM. J. STEWART, Kdltar and Manacer . , . . ° 



^^^^^z=zz::^:=^^==z:z:=^r^=i^==:;:^=^iiz=i= vangement as is depicted m the several views we present; 



suBscKiFTioN PKicB jj^ ^jjjg jggue. Whether thev have come out financially 



Oae Tear, In advance, (1.00; Ta Foreign Coontrlea, (t.M; Ta j. 4.1 i 'i ^^ 1 j^i 



Canada. $1.60. square or not they have surely well-earned the apprecia- 



ASTERTisiNQ BATB8. tlvB gratitude of their fellow gardeners and florists for 



Per Inch, 80 inches to nape 91.00 ,1 1 ■ i 1 1 • i xi 1 1 j.i - 



Di«c»antB on Contracts for connpcotiTc inarrtions, as foiiaws: tlic admirable manner lu which they have made their 



.»?.rsr«o:th""ir6* fuS^STo'ier" «»£";"".'": 'jlr^iVt' IL^' ^MJpeal to the people on behalf of the floriculturist and 



10 per cent. llis art. 



Pasre and half pare s paces, special rates on applleatlaa. 



If there is one lesson that the Amer- 



■ntered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, «t the Post Omc*«t « |._.,„„ iv n j.i 1 • 



Boston, Mass.. under the Act of Congress of March 8, 187». '^ lesson ican public, and the business men es- 



fi'o"! the strike pecially, should learn from the recent 



CONTENTS Page expressmen's strike in New York 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Milwaukee Exhibition. City, it is the necessity of a parcels post service, which, 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' when put into operation, will make tlie grievous incon- 



STOCK— Care of Cattleyas— Forcing Ixias—Heaths— venience and loss of the past few weeks impossible of 



Lily of the Valley-Mignonette-American Beauty in reiietition. It is estimated that manv millions of dol- 



Pots for Easter — John J. M. Farrell 693 , , , 1 1 , • -, ,■, t \-, ■ n t j. -^ l 



THE TOTTY NOVELTIES, Illustrated 695 l^' ^""'^ ^'^' ^''''' ^n^^meA through this fight between 



THE EXHIBITIONS- ^ "^ express companies and their employees. Of tnis the 

 New York, Illustrated 696 florist trade has had to bear its full share. We have re- 

 Chicago, Illustrated 697 peatedly called attention in these columns to the great 



Milwaukee ......... ..... 698 i,enefit ' that would come to the horticultural interests 



Minneapolis — St. Louis — The Japanese Garden. ii 1 ±1 • j- ^ , 



Rochester, Illustration 699 through the inauguration of a parcel carrying system 



Indianapolis — Toledo — Dohbs Ferry- Providence — in our Post Office department such as the people of 



Mrs. Thompson's View of Stage, Rochester, Illus- e\Qyy other civilized nation enjoy but beyond a few reso- 



tration ... . 700 i^^tions voted in a perfunctorv way little has been done 



Yonkers — Albany — St. Louis Botanical Gardens 704 ,, j. 1 ,1 , i- 1, i', • • , , . 



r.T TTTjo A x-r. annTTrrpTTrc. "^^'^ jtar by the horticultural business interests to voice 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— Gardeners' ^Jiy demand for something better than the antiquated 



and Florists' Club of Baltimore— Nassua County Hor- system which we have been .submitting to and which 



ticultural Society 701 has been unduly enriching the express monopoly. And 



New York Florists' Club — St. Louis Florist Club — ,f ;„ ,_„ii i.-,„ ',, j-u„4- fi,„ „„„„„„- „„,„„„„;„„ +1, i, 



Elberon Horticultural Society - New London Hor- ^.^ ^:"^^} "^^o^^" /i''^V expiess companies, through 



ticultural Society — Chrysanthemum Society of '"eir influence m the halls of legislation, have been the 



America 702 most powerful factors in this discreditable lack of prog- 



THE RICE SILVER ANNIVERSARY, Portrait— G. c. ress. We are pleased to record that at least one enter- 



IVatsctn 703 prising florist, Sam Murray of Kansas City, took pains 



SEED TRADE: to ascertain the views of his candidate for Congress on 



The Canners' Troubles — The Outlook for Prices — i].;„ „,,„o+;,^t, ot,;i 4^u„ ,..,^i„ i,« ^ „„ «t 1 j j. 1. 



Earlv Orders Advised-Notes 708 *'"^ question and the reply he got was 'I am glad to be 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: ""^^^ ^° ^,f^^° •™'} ^^^ ^ f"l '^ f'*™'' "^ ^ P^^f^l^ P^^t 

 Steamer Departures 710 ^""^ ^"^^^ be glad to work lor a measure of this char- 

 New Flower Stores— Flowers by Telegraph 711 acter." 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: — 



Boston, Buffalo,' Chicago, Cincinnati 713 



r.^^7.J°^^nl^l^^''^'''^''^' '^°'''''° ^^^ THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY 



DURING RECESS: 



New York Bowlers 720 of HORTICULTURE'S birth is near at hand and accord- 



OBITUARY: ing to precedent we shall signalize it by sending out a 

 Robert M. Snow — P. J. Berckma'ns — Henry Fruck. . . 722 



MISCELLANEOUS: SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY AND HOLIDAY 



A Question of Responsibility 695 «nr-r-» 



A Chrysanthemum That Lives 710 N UMBLR 



Washington Notes 711 



Cincinnati Notes 711 under date of December 10. The hesitancy and timidity in 



Personal 711 business which we all have noted this fall should now give 



Fire Record 720 way to a healthy activity, and the date we have selected 



Philadelphia Notes 720 ^^^ ^^.^ special issue will be just right for the enter- 

 Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 722 '^ j . a ■"■ 



Incorporated 721 prising dealer in any horticultural wares to invest in 



"'"""''"''' m-715^ gQj^^ ADVERTISING WHICH WILL PAY 



Our reading columns are again over- horticulture stands far in the lead as a paper with 



The flower crowded with flower show reports. From interested readers among the most reputable firms and 



shows a financial standpoint we fear that but representative men in the trade, and 



few of these enterprises have been sue- - QUALITY 



cessful this year but judged as to their artistic worth . ^, ^ • ^ . .. ... ,. „ . ,. . 



i- £ 1 ii i i J! T J. ■ 1 1 1 1 IS the strong point in its subscription list. Publicity 



we are satisfied that a great forward stride has been made , ..,.,„.,. ^, ,, -,-.,r,,- ■,, , • • 



T ., , , i J 1 , IT such as HORTICULTURE will bring you is 

 and the shows have merited a much greater public rec- 

 ognition than has been accorded. Such exhibitions THE KIND THAT IS WORTH HAVING 



