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March 16. iyi8 



horticulture: 



VOL XXVII 



MARCH It;, I91S 



NO. II 



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HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



147 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. 



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■I II ler thp Art of Congreai of March :i, isiv. 



C 6 N T E. N T S plg^ 



COVER ILLlSTKATIOX-^Cencral View in Boston 

 Sprinn Show 



LKTTKHS FROM AN OLD TO A YOUNG GARDE.V- 

 KR— Ureedlns Sweet Corn— William iJo»fns— Illus- 

 trated ' 247 



BOSTO.N Sl'RING SHOW— Illustrated 251 



IN ORUKR TO STIMILATE OUR PUBLICITY CAM- 

 PAIGN— //.nrj/ Pcnn 252 



SOCIETY OF .AMERICAN FLORISTS: 

 The Publicity Campaicn — Next Year's Allowance of 

 Coal 253 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES — Worcester County Horti- 

 cultural Society — Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety — Meetings Next Week — W. J. Kcimel. Presi- 

 dent-elect of Illinois State Florists' Association, por- 

 trait — Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural So- 

 ciety — Florists' Club of Washington — American 



Sweet Pea Society 254 



New York Florists' Club — New York Federation of 

 Horticultural Societies and Floral Clubs — Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston 255 



OBITUARY — Raymond M. Hendberg — Matthew H. 

 Dunn — Oscar Heile — Oscar Young — August Nadler — 

 James Goodall ; 255 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 

 Cleveland, Rochester, Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago, 

 St. Louis, Boston, Philadelphia, Lancaster, Mass. 256-258 



SEED TRADE— Cucumber Leaf Spot Disease 260 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 

 Florists' Telegraph Delivery — New Flower Store.... 262 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, New York, 



Philadelphia 265 



Pittsburgh, Rochester, St. Louis 267 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



The Fuel Question— Poetry 252 



At the .Market in Dairen, Korea — Illustration 255 



N. Y. State Fair Flower Department 259 



Personal 259 



Catalogues Received 260 



New Corporation — Business Troubles 262 



Visitors' Register 263 



Loyalty in Little Things 263 



Salesmen Off the Road?— Advertise 268 



Setting the People Right— B. A. Chipman 268 



When Spring Comes Back— Poetry 268 



Hydroyanic Acid Gas as a Greenhouse Insecticide... 269 



The Insecticide Situation — George H. Lamson 270 



A War Garden Talk 270 



tienaior Fiederick Hale ul' Maine 

 A noble hag introduced a l)ill to change 



public benefaction tile name of Sieiir de Monts Na- 

 tional Monument, accupying the 

 boldest and most picturesque portion of Mt. Desert island, 

 to the Sieur de Monts National Park. This notable public 

 reservation with its wonderfully impressive scenery is 

 the first national park east of Colorado devoted to recre- 

 ative purposes. It has the distinction of being the only 

 national park which offers the ocean as part of its at- 

 tractions and in many other respects, such as its near- 

 ness to the region of densest city population, it is unique. 

 The change of designation from "monument" to "park" 

 will add nothing to its natural beauty but will more 

 clearly indicate its character and purpose and convey to 

 the public mind what it is and what it stands for and 

 S("'ia*^or HnV hns done wisely in proposinsr a nnme 



which will thus do justice to this great public domain. 

 To tieorgc H. Dorr, who first coiic-eived and for years 

 worki'd unceasingly for the establi.Klimenl of this reserva- 

 tion and most generously contributed to its accomplish- 

 ment the .Viiiiriciiii pr<i|ile owe a supreme debt of 

 gratitude. 



.\t the request of Chnrlrs A. Diirds of the 



Thrift Xatidiial War Savings ('(immittec of the 



Stamp D.iy jlorists' trade of riicater New York we 



give sjiace this week to an a|tpeal for the 

 cooperation au<l active assistance of the florists' trade 

 in the patriotic enterprise in which the committee is 

 engaged. The national committee has allotted to the 

 Greater New York florists .?200,(tOO as their share in 

 this work. Tlii! amount looks large i»ut we exjiect to see 

 it covered in due time for there is no shirking among the 

 florists when their patriotism is put to the lest and no 

 limit to their willingness to help the Government win 

 this war. The diligent cooperation of every reader of 

 HoHTicuLTUiiE is earnestly solicited, to help make 

 Thrift Stamp Day a glorious success. 



A subscriber to IIorticii-tuiie sends 



Free ug a clipping from the Philadelphia 



seeds again? North American containing comment 



by a Lewistown correspondent upon 

 the industry displayed by Congressman Benny Focht in 

 the matter of free seed distribution, this gentleman 

 ■'with political necessity upon him" being keener than 

 ever in the business of passing out free government 

 seeds for the purpose of gathering in votes next fall. 

 Our correspondent calls attention to the flagrant abuse 

 of this seed privilege and expresses the hope that by 

 continual agitation the abatement of this notorious po- 

 litical jiractice may yet be consummated. Since the 

 receipt of the letter referred to we have been informed 

 that the U. S. Senate has voted adversely on the con- 

 tinuance of the free seed appropiiation for this season. 

 This is encouraging but, as we remember it, the Senate 

 has so acted before but the House of Representatives has 

 been uncompromisingly obdurate. Let us hope that 

 they may now "turn over a new leaf" and that we have 

 seen the last of the odious "free seed graft." 



The next issue of Horticulturb, 

 Easter flate March 23, will be the annual 



trade publicity Easter number. Besides much time- 

 ly news matter and valuable cultural 

 notes this issue will contain a full and complete account 

 of the great International Flower Show in New York, 

 the most extensive and ambitious enterprise among the 

 horticultural activities of the year. We know that all 

 who read these lines will join with us in wishing the 

 hardworking promoters of the show a notable success. 

 We shall tell all about the winners in the hundreds of 

 schedule classes and the number of readers of Horti- 

 ctJLTUiiE on this occasion will be largely increased so 

 that the publicity value of the issue of March 23 will be 

 materially enhanced. The representative quality of the 

 people inthe trade who look to Hokticdlture for the 

 most reliable news and interesting c-omment on the im- 

 portant issues of the day is well-known and widely 

 recognized and we can safely promise those who make 

 enterprising use of our advertising columns at this time 

 a fruitful return for their investment. For those who 

 have Easter plants, flowers or other material to offer to 

 the trade the volume of business will be largely what 

 they individually make it and there can be no more 

 effectual means of l)uilding it up than forceful up-to- 

 the-times publicity among the class of trade which 

 TToijTTrrTTrin" serves. 



