1!»S 



HORTICULTURE 



.March 



1918 



HORTICULTURt: 



VOL XXVIl MA RCH 2. 1918 NO. 9 



ri'iii.i>iiiKi) WKFKI.V nv 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



147 Summer Street. Boston, Mass. 



\\\l. J. .STKMAUT. Killlnr niul M..i...i..r 

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i I i<t>ron<l-clnss iiiiiltor Dooemhor 8. IIKK. n( llii" Pout (llllce 



n. Mnsa., unilor tlie Art of Cunirri'BB of Mjirrli S, 18TU. 



CONTENTS Pase 



fOVKIl ILLrSTUATlO.N — Sweet Pea Burpee's Early- 

 Flowerinc Spencer Siiow.«torm 



UOSK GROWING UNDER GLASS— Supply of Potting 

 Soil— Temperatures in Rose Houses — Lime— Draln- 

 ase — Consorvins the Place — Arthur C. liuzicka 197 



TO ENLARGE THE U. S. BOTANIC GARDEN 197 



READJIST.MENT— /■;. IV. lined 199 



KREESIAS FOR PROFIT— (/urfe Bros. Co 199 



CLrns AND SOCIETIES— Connecticut Nur.serymen's 

 Association — .Meetings Next Week — Westchester and 

 Fairfield Horticultural Society — American Glailiolus 

 Society— American Rose Society 200-201 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— Meeting of Cat- 

 alogue Men — The Publicity Campaign 202 



THE EXHIBITIONS— International Flower Show- 

 Boston Spring Flower Show 202 



OBITUARY— J. F. Anderson— David D. Winkworth — 

 Jacob I'hl — John G. Graham — Emil A. Loewnau 202 



SEED trade;— Embargo Lifted on Seeds and Nursery 

 Stock — Chicago Seed Notes — The Vegetable Market.. 204 

 Notes 203 



OF INTEREST *-'0 RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Are You Doing Vour Part? — Ilcnry Pinn 206 



Growth of the F. T. D.— Dollar for Dollar 207 



New Flower Stores 211 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Chicago, Clevelami, New York, Philadelphia 209 

 Pittsburgh. Rochester. St. Louis 211 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 

 Chicago. Boston. Rochester, Cleveland, Philadelphia, 

 Pittsburgh, New York 212-213 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Gladiolus Panama — Illustration 201 



Important Bill Introduced in New Jersey 203 



A Peerless Sweet Pea 203 



New Corporation — Visitors' Register 211 



"To Catalogue Men"— News Notes 213 



To Restrict Use of Fuel in Producing Window Glass 213 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 213 



Catalogues Iteceived 214 



The New York Herald merits a big 



"Say it white mark to its credit for its splendid 



with flowers" timely article published on Thursday, 



February 21, calling upon the public to 



substitute fre.sh flowers for lace paper and cardboard 



Valentine'.s Day frifts. It is mcst refresliinn; in tliese 



days of uncharitable hypercriticism and frequent dis- 



paratjement of the "Say it with flowers" sentiment. 



when a big influential newspaper comes to the front in 



so conspicuous and outspoken a manner on behalf of the 



flowers which, a.s R. M. Saltonstall so eloquently lias 



said "should be the last of all lu.xurics to he forced out 



by stress of war." 



Just as we are about to go to ])ress 



The tlie news comes from Washington that 



farmers' seeds (lie bill introduced in Congress by 



Hepre.sentative Baer of North Dakota 



to i>uy .seeds far farmers has virtually failed, the House 



agricultural committee having voted on Wednesday of 



this week, by a majority of one, not to report the bill 



to the House. This decision seems eminently just and 



proper. No pressing reason has yet been forthcoming 



to justify the action proposed. The farmer is not now 



in need of charity. Ho is the automobile manufactur- 



ers' best customer, they tell us. Wiiy interfeie with his 

 buying and paying for his seeds in a legitimate man- 

 ner ? 



Many llower growers will, we l)elieve, iind 

 Freesias (h,. method of freesia forcing so interest- 

 ad lib. ingly explained by Messrs. Gude in this 

 week's issue of lioitTici'i.TUUK somewhat 

 ot a surprise and very suggestive of new possibilities 

 in the culti\alion of this cii-arming flower. We have 

 seen some of the jjroduct as grown by Messrs. Gude 

 and can say truthfully, that the flowers giown from 

 luilbs left undisturlicd continuously in the bench for 

 four vears are e(pial to the best we luive seen produced 

 from fresh bullis, witli long stems freely branched and 

 huge trusses of excellent flowers. This is just one of 

 those oft-recurring incidents which seem to e.x|)lode all 

 accepted theories and remind us that none of us yet 

 kn<>w it all. 



The White Plains, N. V.. Hcord of 

 Neighborly Saturday, February !), did. a very neigh- 

 borly and generous service not only for 

 the dealers interested but for the jjublic within their 

 zone of influence, in pul)lishing editorially a list of deal- 

 ers in plants for garden purposes, adding that if there 

 are any others doing business in Westchester (Jounty 

 whoi;e names are omitted they will be glad to add them 

 to the list. Altogether, si.xteen addresses are given. 

 We presume this somewhat unusual gratuitous action on 

 the part of a newspaper is prompted mainly by a patri- 

 otic desire to encourage home garden work and to 

 arouse the people to immediate activity and early pur- 

 chase of their spring seeds and plants, but, nevertheless 

 it is a favor of no small proportions for the florists, 

 which they should and unquestionably will do their best 

 to gratefully reciprocate in a practical way whenever 

 they can. 



Our columns this week are quite well 

 Don't supplied with "newsy" matter of more 



miss a line than transient interest to our readers. 

 We call attention, fi,ist, to the tidings 

 from New Jersey that the long-standing reproach of 

 secret commissions and gratuities to gardeners and 

 others is up for decisive and drastic legislative action. 

 We liope the proposed refonn will be accomplished and 

 not only in New Jer.sey but eventually in every other 

 State in the Union, and we lielieve that every self- 

 resiiecting gardener will in his heart wish likewise. 

 .\nother matter of vital importance to the great majority 

 of our readers is the action taken by the catalogue men 

 at their session in New York last week. The question 

 tiu)y tackled is a many-sided one but after the enor- 

 mous losses sullered by shippers during the past winter, 

 due to transportation conditions and the difficulties in 

 ])lacing responsibility — a situation which has brought 

 certain lines of horticultural trade almost to a stand- 

 still, compelled a reduction of working forces and 

 turned profltable establishments into losing proposi- 

 tions — it is not surprising that aggressive steps are 

 being taken to fi.x some basis for a common under- 

 standing and procedure, to the end that the harrassing 

 experiences of this season may never again be possible. 

 The ])roiiosition to save the hi.storic Botanic Garden in 

 Washington from ravage, to enlarge its area and ex- 

 pand its scope on lines of .highest utility, is another 

 inter(!sting ]iiece of news — one which will rejoice the 

 liearts of many, especially the numerous friends and ad- 

 mirers of the late William R. Smith who devoted half 

 a century of his life to the establishment and develop- 

 ment of this intere.'ting garden. 



