930 HORTICULTURE. December 31, 1910 



**^^'D'Tp¥^^¥ T¥ Tr¥T¥J¥P however, only going through the identical experience 



' that certain others had to face years ago, the facts of 



TOL. XII DECEMBER 31, 1910 NO. 27 which they have after much struggling learned to sub- 



i-iBi.isiiEu WKEKLY BY "lit to with resignation. We seem now to have almost 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. reached the point where a man may, without eudanger- 



11 Hamilton Place. Boston. Mass. ing his standing with the flower-growing fraternity, 



Telephone, Oxford 292. veuture to speak out the thouglit that it is bad tactics to 



\r>i. J. STKWART. E.iitor an.i Manager. ,na].g ^^g occasJon of the Christmas holidays a reason for 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE demanding advanced prices for standard cut flower 



One Year, In advance, ji.oo; To Foreign conntries, $2.00; To material. The Conditions wliicli in the past were respon- 



ADVERTisiNo BATES. ^''^'^ ^°^ the suddcu iucreasc in values at Christmas and 



Per inch, 30 inches to page $1.00 Eastcr no louger cxist and the disposition to maintain 



Discounts on Contracts for consecutive insertions, as follows: .i p, ° ., -,... ,i , i in i 



One month (4 times), 5 per cent.; three months (13 times), 10 the priCCS after the COndltlOUS that prOQUCed them haVC 



8o"per°cent'"' '""°"" *^^ ""*"'' ^^ "" ""*" ' ""* ''"'■ *^' """*" '-Pased has cost the cut flower trade of the country at 



Page and half page space, special rates on application. large an awful penalty in money and public esteem. 



Entered as second-class matter December 8, inOi, at the Post Office at Tf ,„„ „,.„ f^ KpUpvp wVint flip Pnlifrirnin 



Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1878. -^^ ^^^ ^16 TO Delieve wnat tne UaillOrniB 



= Some "seed newspapers tell us it appears that a most 



CONTENTS Page trials" extraordinary distribution of seeds is 



COVER ILLUSTRATION-Driveway into a Bar Harbor soon to be made to the people of the 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS—Toma- golden state. Under the heading "New Varieties will be 



, *°4^~^"^"'S!'.^''!,~9?®''"''^~C- ^- P"""" ^29 tried in California Soil" it is announced that Prof. E. J. 



A NEW YEAR'S WORD 929 ^^. 



NATURE SUPREME 929 Wickson, head of the department of Agriculture of 



^It^^^^^'^^h^- ^?'^^l ^^ CULTURE OP FLORISTS' the University of California assisted by R. E. Mansell, is 



STOCK — Adiantum Farlevense — Young Cyclamens — • j. v i. l i i. ■u^ i a i i 



Dracsnas-GIoxinias-Oncidiums-Roses-/,,/,,, /. M. preparing to distribute vegetable and flower seeds at a 



Farrell 931 small cost, for trial in California soil, some of them for 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: the first time. The varieties to be given out, it is stated, 



Massachusetts Nurserymen's Association -Ten-Day include "double red opium poppy, Cupid sweet pea, 



Horticultural Institute— Missouri Fruit Growers In- i • i -, , i ^ l u. i_ 



stitute-National Horticultural Society of France- stnngless green pod bean, rust proof wax butter bean. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society — International French breakfast radish and pepper cress." An impres- 



Horticultural Show 932 sive array of novelties indeed ! It might be proper for 



Newport Horticultural Society-Alabama State Hor- ^g to here express compassion for the people who, it may 



ticultural Society — American Rose Society — Amen- , -, i . ^n ■ i ^ ^ ^ j! xi 



can Carnation Society — Turin National Exhibition, °^ assumed, have been deprived for so many years of the 



1911 — H. E. Philpott. portrait — Notes 933 enjovment of these nice things but we'll pass that over 



British Societies, W. H. Adsett 934 out of regard for our California bretlircn who, we know, 



CTPmPEDmS'^x ^LfviA-lllusiratcd V.:.'::::. : ; : ; : 935 ■•''-^ "°t l°°king tor pity, and slmply repeat seriously 



OBITUARY: wliat has been so often said, that the best course with 



W. H. Allen — E. C. Stache— Wm. Kitzerow — Mrs. the seed business iS to leave it to the seedsmen to attend 



Peter Mergen 936 to, as they are entirely capable of doing. It seems that 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: ,' { n ^ x. L ■ ^t u + ■ i„^„ i , 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Washington 940 ^^'I'en anybody else butts m, the resultant crop is largely 



Philadelphia, St. Louis 949 nonsense. 



^^^^ J?'''^-,; ^^^ Bv the time these lines reach tlie notice of 



SEED TRADE: • „ ^ , ^ .,, ^ 



"A Bird," Found in the Ginger Jar, G. C. Watson— ''"'^^ ^"^ m^'lV oi o^"' readers, the old year will have 



Obligations and Limitations ot the Seed Trade — of 1910 iiassed on and taken its place with the 



North Dakota State Association of Seedsmen — The , r ■ -\ 



Voice of the Charmer 944 countless numbers of its predecessors, its 



^i)'°,™W^;,"^™' U — ;,■ A ^*^ ioys and its sorrows beyond recall, its history forever 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: ,, ,, -xt t , . ^^^ ^ ^ ^ xu 



Steamer Departures— New Flower Stores 946 unalterable. No doubt we can all look back over the 



Locating the Trouble, Illustrated — Flowers by Tele- record as it applies to each individually, with feelings 



^^pPj^ t' AMFnTTC!-' ^^'^ "'"^ ^^^ complacent and not all regretful. Success here 



Maryland Agricultural College 934 ^^^ misfortune there have been meted out to us and, on 



New Year's Bells— Poetry 934 the average, 1910 has been not widely different from 



Publications Received 935 other years. HORTICULTURE has seen its ups and downs 



ChiM^rNotes^^'^^^^'^''''™"™^"''' ■^'"'"""' ^"i""^- • • f^^ in these twelve months, together with the rest. Some of 



Philadelphia Notes.! ........................... 936 ^^^ aims, confidently reached for, have fallen short; yet 



Catalogues Received 938 the labors of the year are by no means unrequited and 



Lime Sulfur Injury—//. H. Whelzel 938 we find more to be grateful for than to deplore. In that 



Incor'^or^t^d "'^ 942 particular which, more than anything else, is capable of 



Personal .......'.'. . . '. '. '. '. '. '. '. . . '. . . . ...............'. 947 bringing joy to a publication office — the growth of the 



During Recess 957 subscription list — Horticulture has made a new record 



The First Chrysanthemum *. 957 for itself within the last few months. No one will deny 



Gr7enhl?erBundin^;r contemplated: '. '. '. : : : : : : : : : 95I that development of this character founded solely on the 

 score of good reading, is a permanent asset ot great 



^^i ~, ^ 7 '■ J ., value. It is, of course, our earnest hope that the aceeler- 



From reports and comments received it ^^^^ ^^^^^j^' ^^^ .^ '^^^.^^^^^ ^jjj ^^^^^-^^^ unabated. 



It dies hard appears that some cut flower markets Horticulture's friends can do much to that end by a 



have been acquiring new light on the word of commendation as opportunity permits, now, at 



matter of Christmas values. These good people are. the beginning of a new volume. Will t/om help ? 



