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HO HTICU LTUKE 



May 11, 1918 



horticulture: 



VOL. UVII 



■ AY 11, IflS 



NO. 19 



I'l Hi.isnrn weekly nr 



HORTICUUTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



147 Summer Street. Boston, Mass. 



WM. i. 8TEWAKT, Editor »nd Manmcor 

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■ntorvil •• •wond'CliiH matter Hecrmber 8, 1904, it the Poit Offl<-< 

 ■t Boitnn Miui., under the Act of CoDgreat of March 3, 1879. 



CONTENTS 



Page 



COVKK I LLrSTR.\T10.V Tropical Scenery. 



SPUl.NUTl.ME RO.MJSIDES— /VoiiA- .1. Wniiulr. Illus- 

 trated 457 



AllNOLD .\RHORETUM Bl'LLBTIN— The Winter 

 Damage 457 



SOCIETY OF A.MERICAN FLORISTS— The Fuel Sit- 

 uation — Publicity Campaign 459 



("LVBS .\.\D SOClETlES^Stamford Horticultural So- 

 ciety — Meetings Next Week — Florists' Club of Phila- 

 delphia — New York Florists' Club — Ladies Society of 

 .American Florists 460 



THE LILY BULB OUTLOOK 461 



IMPORTANT NEW OR RARE TREES AND SHRUBS 

 — John Dunbar 462 



OBITUARY— George Perkins— .1, .\. A. Bentzen— J. B. 

 McArdle — Wm. B. Schneider 463 



SEED TR-\DE Forau'e Plant Seeds Imported During 

 .April — Seed Growing Contract Prices — Notes 464 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



The .National Publicity Campaign — Henry Penn 466 



New Flower Stores 471 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, New York, Philadelphia 469 



Rochester, St. Louis, Washington 471 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 



Boston. Washington. St. I.«uis, Chicago, Rochester, 

 Pittsbtirgh. Philadelphia. .Niagara Falls, Notes 472-474 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



"Say It With Flowers," poetry 460 



Private Greenhouses Requested to Close 461 



Lorraine Begonias — Illustrated 462 



Business Troubles 46i5 



News Notes 463 



Visitors" Register 471 



Chicago's Bond Record 4"1 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 475 



Patents Granted 475 



The drastic fuel restriction.s to he iiu- 

 The ))os('(l upon the greenhouse jjeople dur- 



small florist's jnir the cimiiug seairon will hear par- 

 predicament licularly hard on the .■<niall local florist 

 with ]»erliapsi one greenhouse from 

 which he has heretofore managed to derive only a 

 frugal existence for him.<elf and family. The problem 

 of (-om])lying with the order will he a much easier task 

 for the large ojierator — or we might say, ilower manufac- 

 turer — who can reduce his force of employees and also 

 benefit ultimately from the higher market value and 

 better clean-up of his stwk under reduced production, 

 but there is no su.';li alleviation possible for the little 

 fellow and we are heartily in accord with the sentiments 

 expressed in Secretary Young's communication to Mr. 

 Gude on this subject, which we present in full in this 

 issue of HoRTTCfLTUiu:. We hope that some way may 

 be found whereby the hardships which this new law 

 must inflict may be modified and tempered on behalf 

 of the weak and needy whom a literal application of the 



"Up 

 against It" 



To 



cut out 

 plant Importing 



law as it now stands wotild leave almost entirely witli- 

 (iiil nieans of support. 



The.-ie arc serious limes for liie ilorist and 

 all whose business is tributary to or 

 linked ii|) with the tlural industries. The 

 coniiniinicatioii frmn .lames Mcllutchi- 

 .<i)ii on the lily bulb question which ap])ear8 this week 

 is cumulative evidence that if the (lorist trade is to 

 hold its own under the untoward conditions now pre- 

 vailing and ((intiinie its usefulness as a thrifty and 

 patriotic .\meri<-an industry it must ojn'ii iij) initiative 

 and evolution on lines not heretofore seriously at- 

 tempted in order to meet and overcome the present ami 

 |)rospective exigencies. Theoretically, iiome-grown good;- 

 to take the place of those we are prohibited to import. 

 is the evident solution of the sui)idy problem, but it 

 will take a considerable time before that can become an 

 ac<()mplished practical fact. .\s to the forcing-lily bulb 

 question, it should not be forgotten that in the recently ' 

 introduced Regal Lily we have a perfectly hardy and 

 otherwise very acceptable substitute for the Japan and 

 Hermuda longiflorum ])roduct — a bulb which every 

 florist can produce from seed in his own ground 

 at the minimum of care and cost, and a flower of ex- 

 cellent (jualities. .\ltogether the unprecedented situa- 

 tion now confronting the trade calls for courage, fore- 

 sight and the unlimited use of the best brains in the 

 i)usincss and all this, we doubt not, will be forth- 

 coming. 



.Vurseryraeii and florists and others 

 who are interested to any extent in 

 the importation of trees, shrubs, 

 plants and seeds from foreign coun- 

 tries should not overlook the public 

 iieariiig called by the Secretary of Agriculture to be held 

 in Washington, May 28, if they have any positive views 

 favoring or opposing the proposed restriction of the im- 

 portation of such stock. This particular legislation i> 

 not a war measure but is contemjdated in order to pre- 

 vent the introduction into the I'nited States of injuri- 

 ous insects or plant diseases through the agency of 

 plants ini|)orte(l with earth about their roots, it 

 i)eing represented that it is imiM)ssible safely to 

 pass such plants by inspection, or to .safeguard them 

 by disinfection and that a long list of destructive insects 

 and diseases are still roaming in foreign parts which 

 have not yet .gained entrance to this country. Notice of 

 this hearing was given well in advance and there is no 

 doubt that a very strong force favoring drastic prohibi- 

 tive legislation will be on hand. It is much to be desired 

 that a proposition with possibilities so far-reaching 

 and vitally affecting so many interests in this country 

 should be thoroughly opened out from all viewpoints so 

 that whatever decision is reached may be that which 

 will make for the greatest amount of good for the great- 

 est number and least interfere with the prosperity of any 

 established American industry. .Vs it appers to us, the 

 ]iro])osed prohibitioti seems entirely too sudden a shock 

 to the trade. WHiatevcr its ultimate advantage may be, 

 a more gradual a])plication of the embargo woubl be, to 

 say the least, more considerate. Horticulture in this 

 country is not yet ready for m) radical an overturn. 

 However, if everything of foreign orig-in is to be shut 

 off, there appears one redeeming feature. The .services 

 of this small army of entomologists, bacteriologists, in- 

 spectors and kindred officials will be no longer needed 

 and the Government will make a big saving in con.se- 

 fpienee. 



