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HORTICULTURE 



December 3, 1910 



HORTICULTURi: 



TOL. XII 



DECEMBER 3, 1910 



IfO. 23 



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CONTENTS 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Cattleya Dusseldorfli var. 

 Undine. 



VIOLA CORNVT A— Richard iJo/Zic— Illustrated 765 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Pot 

 Vines — Melons — Re-potting Fruit Trees — Bush Beans 

 — Lettuce — Spinach — G. H. Pcnson 765 



THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH— C. 5. Harrison 766 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON THE CULTURE OF 

 FLORISTS' STOCK— Calanthes, Illustrated— Forcing 

 Dahlias — Geraniums — Hydrangeas— Propagating Be- 

 gonia Lorraine — Swainsona — JoJdi J. M. Farrell 767 



SOME NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Illustrated 769 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



American Rose Society — Connecticut Horticultural 



Society — American Association of Nurserymen 770 



Newport Horticultural Society — Tarrytown Horticul- 

 tural Society — Chrysanthemum Society of America — 



Society of American Florists— Midwinter Show 771 



Club and Society Notes 772 



DURING RECESS; 



New York Bowlers 772 



THE GARDENER AND HIS WORK— /o/m A. Forbes.- 775 



OBITUARY: 



Henry Diehl — Mrs. Josephine B. Deake — William 

 Kennedy 778 



SEED TRADE: 



The Holmes' Fire 780 



FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS 780 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 782 



Flowers bv Telegraph 783 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Buffalo, Chicago 785 



Cincinnati. Detroit, New York 787 



Philadelphia. Washington 792 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Swanson's Exhibit at Minneapolis Show — Illustration 771 



Personal 772 



Cattleya Dusseldorfii var. Undine 772 



Philadelphia Notes 774 



News Notes 772-774-783-794 



Cincinnati Notes 777 



A Pest on Cypripedium 77S 



Publications Received 779 



Catalogue Received 779 



Chicago Notes 783 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 794 



Incorporated 794 



The schedule committee and board of 

 Where control for the National Flower Show 



credit is due ,net in Boston on Kovemher 25 and 26. 

 Besides the local members there were 

 present ilessrs. F. R. Pierson, Benj. Hammond, Harry 

 0. May, "W. A Manda, A. Farenwald, Wallace E. Pier- 

 son and F. H. Traendly — the last named gentleman 



tions will be made public in due time and, as the great 

 event is rapidly drawing near, we hope no time will be 

 lost. Our particular object in mentioning the meeting 

 here and now is to voice our admiration of the personal 

 sacrifice that these gentlemen make in traveling long 

 distances at considerable expense and loss of time when 

 thus called upon to render a gratuitous service to the 

 profession which they represent. We do not believe 

 that the trade whose interests are thus promoted are as 

 appreciative as they might be of the philanthropic work 

 which is con.stantly being done through society channels 

 by some of their fellow florists, in the good results of 

 which they all participate. The entire profession, in- 

 dividually and collectively are under great obligation to 

 the men who so cheerfully forget self and devote their 

 best thouglit and energies to the advancement of the 

 general welfare. 



Now that we have reached the close of the 



Summing fall exhibition season it will be in order 



up to count the cost and sum up results. In 



forming conclusions as to what has been 

 gained it should be borne in mind that the mere ques- 

 tion of financial success or even of artistic completeness 

 is of minor consequence as compared with the broad 

 educational results accomplished. That the public 

 should have acquired, through these horticultural dis- 

 plays, a new appreciation of plant life and floral beauty 

 is vastly more important than the fact of financial 

 profit, although the latter is, of course, much to be de- 

 sired. As we have before remarked, one of the horticul- 

 turist's most obvious duties to himself, to his profession 

 and to the public is to work constantly to promote a 

 greater popular interest in soil tillage, and garden 

 products, whether grown for beauty or for utility. It 

 should be the aim of the florist to impart information 

 and excite enthusiasm concerning healthy plant life in- 

 doors and out. Perseverance in this will surely lay the 

 foundations for a bigger and better demand for his 

 products. As a means to this end, looking at it from a 

 commercial standpoint alone, the flower show should be 

 a most efficient factor and wherever the promoters of 

 such have reason to feel that this stimulation has been 

 accomplished, they need not look upon their labor as 

 having been thrown away oven if the cash balance does 

 have a slight incline in the wrong direction. 



THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY 



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

 ing to precedent we shall signalize It by sending out a 



SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY AND HOLIDAY 

 NUMBER 



under date of December 10. The hesitancy and timidity In 

 business which we all have noted this fall should now give 

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

 for this special issue will be just right for the enter- 

 prising dealer In any horticultural wares to invest In 



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 interested readers among the most reputable firms and 

 representative men in the trade, and 



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