732 HORTICULTURE, November 26, 1910 



l^^^'0'Tp¥^^¥ T¥ *¥*¥ TWIT forcibly forward by the recent large failure in the retail 



*^ * ^^ ^ •*• ^"^ ^^ *XA^ florist trade in Boston. Growers and wholesale dealers 



ZZ, 37T MnvcMncc ->/c lain Mi\ ii have been the victims in this instance for amounts run- 



TOL. All KUYbMbbK 26, IVIO HO. 22 . » t ii x ii i, i 



nmg all the way irom a tew dollars up to three thousand. 



PUBLISHED WKEKLY BY Holj-Ghoster Sanford says "Earthquakes will be used 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. ^o bring men to their senses." The immediate result of 



tl Hamilton Place. Boston, Mass. j-j^g Boston earthquake appears in a numerously signed 



WM. J. STEWART, MUo^ «d H...^r documeut calling for a meeting of growers and whole- 



^==^:^=^^===^=^=^r^^=^^^^^^=^=z= sale dealers in various branches of the trade to consider 



8CB8CKIPT10N PBicE ^]^g feasibility of some plan of united action whereby a 



Ob« Tear, In adTance, fl.OO; T* Forelcn ConntrlM, fS.Mi Ta , ei.tT-i.fi.- i i. e i-x 



Canada. «i.M. System 01 reasonable limit oi time and amount ot credit 



ADyEBTisiNO BATES. may be agreed upon and generally enforced. As it is 



Per Inch, SO Inchea to pac« $1.0* "liii j i: t- i a j. 



DUconnta on Contracts for conaecntlvc Iniertlona. a* (eUaws: HOW, abOUt all a neWCOmer needs, to start a ttower StOre, 



«.?.;%"*• «o.JtV.'"jr6> ?..S«>T»'-i.r^'S.tT".o; V^'^n* ^^) J^ enough money to pay the first month's rent and a few 



M per cent. expenses. He can get all the goods he wants on credit 



Face and half pace Rpaees, iiiecial rates en appUeatlaa. ^, , " , ii.i.i i \.-ii. 



- — - : and when one source of supply shuts down he can shift 



■ot«red as second-class matter December 8, 1804, at the Poit Offlc* «t „ |„ <inntliPT anrl sn nn nnrl sn nn 



Boston, Mass.. under the A ct of Congress of March 8. 1878. "'^ ''' anotnei ana SO on ana SO on. 



' _^^__j,_,_-^_r^ ] ~ ~ The result of the present loose methods 



\^\jn M. K,n la ,. Undesirable above referred to is disastrous in many 



COVER ILLUSTRATION-Exliib.tion at Minneapolis. evolution wivs besides the direct loss to those 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS: evoiuiion ^ajs DeSKles Uie ttirect lOSS tO tnose 



Root Pruning of Peaches and Nectarines— G. H. who happen to be creditors when the 



Pcnson — Illustrated T29 I'ollapse comes. It opens the way for a class of traders 



AN INTERESTING QUESTION IN GRAPE HYBRID- ^^^ ^^.jjg ^^.g ^ot overscrupulous and whose entrance into the 



SEASONA^BlENXiTES 'on CULTURE OFFLORISTS' '" business adds nothing, to say the least, to its dignity or 



STOCK: ?:tanding m the public estimation. It introduces a form 



Care of Carnations— Finishing Up Out-door Work— of competition which is a menace to the prosperity to 



Out-door Roses— Stock Plants of Chrysanthemums jj^g .^^^ ^,]^q Jj, deserving. It is no secret that in Bos- 



};^W *^U^%,m5r'*'"''.'T.^.'°*^''.^°''.^"°^. ^^°^^^.~ 730 to"' a^ ^-ell as in the larger cities, generally, today there 



pVntstemon nybrids--/?,V/u.nV ioZ/ie— Illustrated!. ^ ! 731 is an element in the trade who do not and will not if 



SYMPLOCOS CRAT.EGOIDES — Arthur E. Thatcher.- - 731 they can help it. pay a price for the goods on which any 



ASPARAGUS FORCING— /(,/,;, /. .1/. Farrell 731 orrower can exist. It should be said, however, in iustice 



NEWS GOOD AND BAD FROM E. H. WILSON 733 '? ,, . , ■ , -.ppp-,.i,, ^^.^. ._ .,.p ^„tt that it did 



CYPRIPEDIUM X GERMAINB OPOix-lllustrated. . . 733 ^oj™ "^ y"'cn recenti} went to tne wall, tnat it am 



THE EXHIBITIONS: ''^0'' belong to that class. A thorough overhauling of 



Lake Geneva — Minneapolis — Utica, N. Y. — Long the relationship existing between producer and retail 



Branch, Illustratel — Pasadena — Paris, C. Harman dealer and the adoption of some universal code of ra- 



Poyi'f^ .■.■■••■•■■••■•■ tional credit limitation must sooner or later come to 



Washington, Illustrated Ho i. s ■\ s i. - i-t * 



Proposed Exhibition at Boskoop 736 pass. There are many wasteful features m the present 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOVELTIES CERTIFICATED methods of flower marketing which, in tlie not very dis- 



IN LONDON— If. H. Adsctt 736 tant future, will demand united attention and adjust- 



A PEEP AT WESTERLY 736 ^^^^ ^^ ^j^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^j^^jj^, interested, The "go as you 



CLUBS AND SOCIlij 1 Iejo . t ^? t i ' i ' i.i • j. j i 



American Pomological Society-New Jersey Flori- please policy has been n ro«tlv experience up to date. 



cultural Society — Massachusetts Horticultural So- 



ciety— New Trade Society in London, \V. H. Adsett 



American Carnation Society 738 ti ir- fM-vyr-i i a mmi\ ri-oo a irv/ 



Society of American Florists 740 THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY 



Club and Society Notes 740-741 



DURING RECESS: of HORTICULTURE'S birth is near at hand and accord- 



wfs "ONSIN COLLEGE ANb STATION: ! ! ! ! ! i ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ^42 -9 to precedent we shall signalize it by sending out a 



ofiNTEREs? TORETAiLFLORisTs': '" SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY AND HOLIDAY 



steamer Departures— New Flower Stores 746 NUMBER 



Flowers by Telegraph 747 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: „ , . ^.„„ „,„ under date of December 10. The hesitancy and timidity in 



Boston, Chicago, Cmcmnati, Detroit, Washington... 749 ^ ' 



New York, Philadelphia 751 business which we all have noted this fall should now give 



OBITUARY: way to a healthy activity, and the date we have selected 



Anthony Riley, Portrait— Rudolph Jans ^51 ' ' 



AN ENGLISH LIST OF SWEET PEAS— IF. H. Adsett 756 for this special issue will be just right for the enter- 



MISCELLANEOUS: ^ prising dealer in any horticultural wares to invest in 



Publications Received m 



An Amateur with a Record, Illustrated 736 ^^. .„ a rN\ rr-r-iT-ioiMi^ iv/i ii/^i i w/ii i n a v 



Incorporated 736 SOME ADVERTISING WHICH WILL PAY 



News Notes 742-756-758 



Philadelphia Notes 744 HORTICULTURE stands far in the lead as a paper with 



Chicago Notes ^ interested readers among the most reputable firms and 



Personal ' * ' 



Catalogues Received 758 representative men in the trade, and 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 758 



QUALITY 



The prevalence of indiscriminate 



To improve credit giving and want of method is the strong point in its subscription list. Publicity 



business methods in business dealings which has been such as HORTICULTURE will bring you is 



„, , „„ ,„..,, ;;:.,tfi«:™;;rre'„to5 the kind that is worth having 



