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HORTICULTURE 



December 17, 1910 



HORTICULTURi: 



TOL. XII 



DECEMBER 1?, 1>I0 



HO. 25 



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CONTENTS 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— John B. Nugent, Jr., Presi- 

 dent Elect New York Florists' Club. 



LYCHNIS— /?,f/iar<i 7?o//«?— Illustrated 861 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Fig 

 House — Positions of Trellis for Peach and Nec- 

 tarine, Illustrated — Tomatoes — Mushrooms — Eyes for 



Rooting Vines— G. H. Pen'son 861-863 



THE NEW GERANIUMS— i?. A. Vincent 863 



TOMATO WATT'S WONDER— Illustrated 863 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK — Antirrhinums — Begonias — Dendrobiums — 

 Manetti Stock — Propagating Bench — Seed Sowing — 



Flowering Plants— /o/,» /. M. Parrell 865 



OBITUARY; 



Charles P. Braslan — Robert Buist, Jr. — William A. 



Appleton 866 



Joseph F. Klimmer — J. William Colflesh, Portrait — 



Archibald Small 867 



CARNATIONS AT TEWKSBURY 868 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



New York Florists' Club 869 



Rochester Florists' Association — Albany Florists' 



Club 870 



Newport Horticultural Society — N. Y. and N. J. As- 

 sociation of Plant Growers — St. Louis Florist Club.. 874 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 889 



DURING RECESS: 



New York Bowlers — Chicago Bowlers 889 



SEED TRADE: 



Pea Seed Growers' Difficulties — Canners Well Sup- 

 plied — Notes 876 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM DECEMBER GEM— Illus- 

 trated 876 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures 878 



New Flower Stores — Flowers by Telegraph 879 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 881 



New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 883 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Rochester Notes 867 



News Notes 868-877-883-889-890 



A Correction— M. /. Po/^c 876 



Chicago Notes 879 



Personals 889 



A Simple Rust-proofing Process 890 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 890 



Patents Granted — Incorporated — In Bankruptcy 890 



C'liristmas — that week of perplexity. 

 In rea(iiness hu.«tle, worry and sleeplessness, is now 



close upon the florist. Happy may he 

 be who has been long-sighted enough to anticipate his 

 needs and his opportunities and has all preparations 



made well in advance, so far as that is possible, who has 

 kept closely informed through the advertisements in 

 HoimcuLTURE as to what is new and novel and desira- 

 l)le, has all accessories and special goods bought and in 

 place and, finally, has given timely publicity, through 

 local advertising and circularizing, to the attractive and 

 appropriate things he has in store for the people there- 

 abouts. With order book at his elbow and arrayed in 

 courteous, Christmas-cheer smile he can now give at- 

 tention to the wants of the shoppers without confusion 

 or worry and there will be time and facilities for doing 

 double the amount of business and in a manner satis- 

 factory to all. 



The comment by E. G. Hill, in his 



An abuse talk at the New York Florists' Club, 



of opportunity the retail florist trade in general to 



encourage the raiser of new varieties, 

 strikes us as very apt and timely. There are, as we all 

 know, exceptions to the rule — here and there one wide- 

 awake and liberally disposed florist who is at all times 

 ready and even eager to reflect the spirit of the intrepid 

 and venturesome novelty grower by extending his sup- 

 port to him and doing all that lies in his power to inter- 

 est the public in the new things as they come along. But 

 the majority of the retail dealers in town and out of 

 town will be found following the conservative course, 

 sticking to old things and old ways, allowing their cus- 

 tomers to get their knowledge of modern innovations 

 from their more enterprising rivals and very content to 

 wait while the other fellow' tries it out before they take 

 any chances. This is poor appreciation for the work- 

 ers who devote their energies to the improvement of the 

 florists' products, usually for a very meagre financial 

 return, but, more than this, it is an abuse of opportunity 

 which l)rings its own punishment, for the man who is 

 continuously distrustful of everything new and untried 

 and persists in sticking to antiquated things and de- 

 cadent methods must always "play second fiddle" and 

 the public will not be slow to discover it. 



Up to the present time a large percentage 

 "Made in of our best gardeners, private and com- 

 America" mercial, have been of foreign birth. Had 

 it not been for these well-trained, intelli- 

 gent and industrious men from across the sea American 

 horticulture would not be where it is today notwith- 

 standing all the favor and succor so freely extended to 

 the art by people of refinement and means. Not a few 

 of the most successful gardeners who have come to make 

 their home with us are well-educated and intellectually 

 superior. The system under which they were "brought 

 up" gave them a thorough knowledge of the fundamental 

 principles of their profession and men drilled in such 

 a school will always outstrip those who jump on the 

 ladder half way up and neglect the elementary steps at 

 the bottom. This characteristic fault in the making of 

 tlie American gardener in the past seems now in a fair 

 way to be remedied through the rapidly growing efiicien- 

 ey of the Agricultural Colleges, in many of which the 

 fact is now recognized that their sphere of usefulness 

 extends far beyond the limits of mere farming industry. 

 Ft is encouraging to see that the most intelligent floiists 

 and gardeners, whether native or foreign-born, are now 

 eager to send their sons to these agricultural schools. It 

 speaks well for the courses provided and the methods of 

 instruction now being followed and it gives promise that 

 the time is not far distant when the mark "Made in 

 America" will be recognized as the best credentials the 

 liorticiiltural worker can possess. 



