May 25, 1«18 



HORTICULTURE 



511 



r IVIemorial Day 



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A band concert was enjoyed by the 

 visitors. Other attractions were large 

 crab apples in bloom and handsome 

 beds of pansies, primulas and forget- 

 me-nots. 



Seneca Park was formally opened 

 May 17th. Five trees were dedicated 

 to the late William C. Barry, to Com- 

 missioner William S. Riley, and to the 

 men in the United States Army. Navy 

 and Air Service. Rochester Base Hos- 

 pital under the command of Colonel 

 George A. Skinner, participated in the 

 exercises. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Miss Louise W. C. Gude. daughter of 

 William F. Gude. has been returned 

 to her home from the Emergency Hos- 

 pital, a convalescent following a suc- 

 cessful operation. 



Quite an extensive peony exhibition 

 was given May 19 at the Botanic Gar- 

 dens. The Engineer Band gave a con- 

 cert in the afternoon and several thou- 

 sand men in uniform and a very large 

 number of civilians and ladies were 

 there. 



Following a custom of several years 

 standing, employees of all depart- 

 ments of the government in Washing- 

 ton have been asked for subscriptions 

 to a general fund for the purchase of 

 flowers and flags for the decoration of 

 the graves of soldiers in the Arlington 

 National and other cemeteries in and 

 around Washington. 



Colonel C. S. Ridley, engineer officer 

 in charge of public buildings and 

 grounds, is looking to secure the serv- 

 ices of a number of gardeners In the 

 parks of Washington. A civil service 

 examination to fill all of the vacan- 

 cies will be held June 15. Three class- 

 es of men are desired; salaries of $90 

 per month. $70 per month and $2.50 

 per day, respectively. 



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CALIFOKNIA 



"COAL WEEK," FROM JUNE 3 TO 8 



"Coal week," the period from June 

 3 to 8, has been selected by United 

 States Fuel Administrator Garfield for 

 an intensive and specific drive on the 

 early ordering of coal. The fuel or- 

 ganizations of the various States, the 

 country chairmen of fuel committees 

 throughout the Nation, coal dealers, 

 chambers of commerce, mine opera- 

 tors, and others are all called upon to 

 do their utmost to make this week's 

 drive a big success. 



By accumulating a large volume of 

 orders in the hands of the dealers it 

 is expected that there will be demon- 

 strated to every agency concerned in 

 the distribution of coal the univers- 

 ality and urgency of the demand and 

 this, in turn, will give rise to a steady 

 and increasing pressure for rapid and 

 equitable distribution. This is par- 

 ticularly true as to the railroads and 

 other transportation agencies. Every 

 unfilled order for coal will at once be- 

 come an active and pressing argument 

 for increased distribution efficiency. 

 By keeping coal orders constantly ac- 

 cumulating, the resulting pressure, it 

 is believed, will have the effect of 

 keeping production at the highest pos- 

 sible point during the summer months. 

 It is also felt that with the bulk of 

 the year's supply of coal ordered well 

 in advance, the various distribution 

 agencies of the Government will be in 

 a position equitably and properly to 

 adjust the demands as between differ- 

 ent communities. It will be possible 

 accurately to gauge the increased de- 

 mand and properly to divide the avail- 

 able supply. It is pointed out that it 

 is obvious that the entire coal output 

 of the country can not all be delivered 

 at once; but at the same time it is 

 clear that no matter what the con- 

 dition of the supply may be those or- 

 ders which are on the books of the 

 dealers will be filled prior to those 

 received later in the year. Industrial 

 consumers who, by getting in early 

 their orders for the bulk of the fuel 

 their plants will need, can lend a tre- 

 mendous impetus toward speeding up 

 production at the mines and delivery 

 that shall employ to the fullest all 

 transportation facilities. 



NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS 

 AND ADVERTISERS. 



As Memorial Day falls on Thursday 

 of next week correspondenti and ad- 

 vertisers are requested to mail their 

 copy so it will reach us by Wednesday 

 morning. May 29. 



ROSA HUGONIS 

 Editor Horticulture. 



I note yours as to Rosa Hugonis in 

 current issue. I have a strong grow- 

 ing vigorous plant sent me by our old 

 friend Jackson Dawson, which is a 

 thing of beauty at this present time. It 

 has been out three winters and passed 

 through the last unprotected and 

 comes out uninjured, as good a test of 

 hardiness as could be had. This is 

 the third year of its blooming, always 

 pleasing and admired by all. I have 

 never seen any "bugs" or troublesome 

 insects on it; it is free from the ugly 

 thorns of the Scotch rose; each 

 branch is a garland of most beautiful 

 yellow, elegantly garnished with a 

 small deep colored foliage. I hold it 

 as a gem. 



Yours. 



0. "W. HOITT. 



Nashua, N. H., May 21, 1918. 



A COUNTRYTOWN VERDICT. 



The following letter has reached us 

 from a valued correspondent in a New 

 England town: 



"In spite of the business rush I 

 must take time to congratulate you 

 upon your Mothers' Day Editorial. 

 What you say is absolutely true and it 

 is very unfortunate that a day which 

 might be reverently and pleasantly ob- 

 served the world over should have 

 been so exploited by some florists that 

 they have lulled any regard people 

 might have. People here certainly 

 refused to have anything to do with 

 it on account of the frreatly increased 

 cost of flowers for that day. Other- 

 wise, if the wholesale florists had 

 been satisfied with a reasonable price 

 we should have done a good business. 



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