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HORTICULTURE 



May 18, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



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HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



147 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. 



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WM. i. STEWART. Editor and Manager 

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■nccred «• •ecoDd-clnii iDatter December 8, 1904, at the Poit Offlce 

 *t Boston, Ma«s., under tbe Act of ConKreas of March 3, 1870. 



CONTENTS 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION — Meconopsis integrifolia. 



VEGET.ABLE Cl'LTURE — Asparagus — Potatoes — 



String Heans — John Johnson 481 



Speed Up the Keynote — Henri/ Penn 481 



SOCIETY OF A.MERICAN FLORISTS— The Publicity 

 Campaign — Another Flower Day, Friday, May 24,.. 483 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES — New York Florists' Club 

 — Massachusetts Horticultural Society — Westches- 

 ter and Fairfield Horticultural Society — -Florists' 

 Club of Washington — Meetings Next Week — Nassau 



County Horticultural Society 484-485 



Chicago Florists' Club 496 



IMPORTANT NEW OR RARE TREES A.\D SHRUBS 486 



SEED TRADE— Soldiers of the Soil— Notes 488 



OF I.VTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Which Class Are Y'ou In? Henry Penn — Florists' 



Telegraph Delivery 490-491 



New Flower Stores 496 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York 493 



Philadelphia, Rochester, St. Louis, Washington.... 495 



MOTHERS' DAY IX CHICAGO 496 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 



Philadelphia 496 



Washington. Rochester, New York, Buffalo, Boston, 

 Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago 497-498-499 



MISCEIJ.ANEOrS: 



A .Mischievous Statement 483 



Narcissus Among Ferns - Illustrated 487 



Nurserymen Demand Redress 487 



Publications Received 488 



New Corporations 495 



Business Troubles 495 



Visitors' Register 496 



Rosa Hugonis 496 



News NotPH 496 



Afcordiai.ir to opinions freely e.vpressed by 

 Mothers' dealers who are in the best position to judge, 

 Day the grave for Mothers' Day as originally in- 

 tended, and insofar as its advantage to the 

 florist business is concerned, is being rapidly dug. 

 Horticulture has never been able to discern perma- 

 nent benefit to the flower trade in any propaganda, the 

 invariable result of which means a sudden and often 

 unreasonable kiting of market prices for a day or two. 

 The trade is bound to lose heavily in the respect and 

 support of the public every time this is attempted. The 

 sharp inflation in price for white carnations as decided 

 upon in advance in some central markets last week was 



in no iiitellifrent respect based \i\h)U the inexorable "law 

 of supply and demand" but was a])i)arently simply and 

 Milily tliu- to tlie fact that "Molliers' Day" was to be 

 observed. The sumiiiiiry puuisluiu'iil which fell upon 

 llmse who iield u]) their crops for days in speculative 

 anticipation of big returns from such a jxilicy was noth- 

 ing to l>e surprised iit. Only those who could not see 

 litH-aiise they would not see looked for anything different 

 from wiiat did iiaiijii'ii as a conse<|iieiic(' of their foolish 

 |)olicy. Yet. as usual, the |)enulty has to be paid by the 

 innocent as well as the guilty. We are informed that 

 .Miss Jarvis, the originator of this Mothers" Day ob- 

 servance, in her resentment because the florists' methods 

 did not please her, spread brondciust over Pennsylvania 

 an appeal lo the peojde to observe the occasion by some 

 patriotic contribution rather than by the purchase of 

 flowers. And this is the woman for whose lienelit the 

 florists of the country were besought to subscribe a sub- 

 stantial sum of money not long ago in grateful acknowl- 

 edgment of their debt to her for having founded a new 

 and great floral holiday! Yet, after all, considering 

 the course of events, it is fair to admit that perhaps 

 Miss .larvis. from her angle of view, had a bit of justifi- 

 cation for her counter attack. How can we e.\pect the 

 public to flock our way in response to our advice and 

 plea to "Say it with Flowers" and then, as soon as they 

 ai)pe!ir to be ready to do some "saying," give them the 

 double cross? 



The creditable work carried out by the 

 The florists' organizations in the various 



florists' good business centres on behalf of the Third 

 record Liberty Loan, should be widely her- 



alded among the public, more especial- 

 ly among war administration ollicials and in circles 

 where there appears any sentiment unfavorable to the 

 floricultural industries in the existing exigency. $345,- 

 000 worth of Liberty Bonds taken by the florists of 

 Oreater New York, $275,000 worth by 'those of Chicago 

 and almost as much in Philadelphia — $850,000 for 

 these three cities alone — is a mighty good record for a 

 l)usiness which has had much to bear in the way of ad- 

 versity during the past year. Forced to meet great 

 financial hazards by reason of failure to get their ac- 

 customed supplies of plants and bulls frtirn abroad, 

 heavy losses from goods delayed and ruined by freezing 

 in transit, impossibility to get fuel to keep their ^Teen- 

 iioiises in operation and, perhaps most hurtful of all, 

 the country^'ide propaganda against the use of flowers 

 for any purpose during the war period — all these 

 things hiiVfi borne Lard on the florists, in addition to 

 their |)roportionate share in the general burdens of 

 ta.xation, increa.sed cost of laboi and high cost of living 

 generally. So we say the public should have these facts 

 spread before them at every opportunity, that when 

 l)rejudicial influences attempt to operate, the people 

 may have in their hearts a just appreciation of the flor- 

 i.-ts" importance and worth as a patriotic participant in 

 every movement to bring the war to a speedy and vic- 

 torious conclusion. The floris: trade has sent its best 

 young men in great numbers to the front, it has given 

 most liberally to every humane agency, and the hospitals 

 at home and abroad can testify to the immeasurable 

 helpfulness of the flowers whicb the florists are at all 

 times so willing to give. Public opinion should be so 

 molded that any exceptional interference with the 

 flower industry will be regarded as an ill-advised dis- 

 crimination, almost in the nature of a crime against 

 humanity. 



