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HORTICULTURE 



June 22, 1918 



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CONTENTS P'^K'' 



COVER ILLUSTRATIU.N— Liliuni regale (myriophyl- 

 luin) as a Pot Plant 



VEGETABLE CILTLRE— Asparagus— Lettuce— Chick- 

 on Manure — Thinning Out — Cut Worms — Mulching — 

 Cutting Cauliflower — Feeding Tomatoes — Cucumbers 

 tn Frames — John Johnson 601 



LILir.M REGALE— «i/(i(7?)i Anilcrson 603 



RESTRICTIONS ON BULB I.MPORTS 603 



SOCIETY OF AMERICA.V FLORISTS— The St. Louis 

 Convention — The Publicitv Campaign — A Get-To- 

 gether Talk 604 



OBITIWRV — Lieut. Harry Walker Prince — Fi-ank 

 .Miles Day — .Major Leonard Veitch 604 



A.MERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN — 

 Program of the Convention — Maj. Lloyd C. Stark, 

 portrait — Ladies' .\uxiliarv — A Presentation 605 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION — Address 

 of President F. W. Bolgiano — Secretary's Report — 

 Treasurer's Report 606-607 



SEED TRADE— The Seedsman Exonerated— Beans. . . 608 



OF INTERESTS TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Flowers by Telegraph ' (JIO 



Prize Design for V. T. I). Emblem— Illustrated 615 



FLOWER -MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Chicago, Rochester. St. Louis 613 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES — Boston Peony and Rose 

 Show — Meetings Next Week — Nassau County Horti- 

 cultural Society — Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston 616 



LOCAL AND GEN'ERAL NEWS: 



Chicago, Rochester, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh 617 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Save Fertilizer Bags 608 



Three New National Forests • 613 



Visitors' Register 615 



Order Your Fertilizer Now 615 



Speeding Up War Work 615 



Cornell Rose Test Garden 616 



Two Sons of Dennis T. Connor, portraits 618 



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.\t the Washington hearing on the plant 



Plant exclusion act we understand that Dr. 



exclusion Afarlatt stated he had many letters from 



iiurservinen, all of which approve the pro- 

 ]i()secl ipiaiaiitinc and many wanting an embargo against 

 all plants. We are much surprised at this as the gen- 

 eral impression is that the nnrserymen in general are 

 ojjposed to the proposed legislation. Tbe florist trade 

 is certainly strongly op])osed. No doubt this subject 

 will come prominently before the S. A. F. at the St. 

 T.oiiis convention next August and those who have de- 

 cided views should see to it that they are promptly pre- 

 sented to the S. .\ F. officials in charge previous to the 

 convention. 



\\i- Irani rroiii the ( illu'iiil bulletin that the 



f»'rty 1 . S. Fuel .Xdmiiii.stiatKpn ha« cut the 



treated amount of fuel pcrmiKcd in the building 



of pleasure uutoiiiobilrs seveiily-livc per cent 

 for tlic season 1918-'!!). This should be, in a meaBurc, 

 connoling t-o the greenhouse men as showing that the 

 (loveminent hnc in this exigency l>een disjioscd to treat 

 them with exceptional coiisideratinn in allowing them 

 lifty j)er cent of their normal coal sii|i|)ly. It Bpeaks 

 well for the estimation in which the flower business is 

 held and it is most creditable to the elTorts of those 

 gentlemen who have pleaded the floristH' case at Wasii- 

 iiigton ami ]iarticiilMrly for ^Ir. (Jiidc wlut lias so faith- 

 iiilly followed II]) in the most chivalnms manner, tlie 

 welfare of the florists, as their oflicial representative at 



llie niilidiKil capital. 



We hojie tlie S. A. F. members will 



A" assemble in goodly force this season at 



important s;( I^ouis. It will make a po[iular good 



convention impression. This is the thinl time the 



iiiilioiial orgaiii/ation liiw been a guest 

 of the city of St. lx)uis and the record of the two 

 previous conventions is sufficient assurance that noth- 

 ing will be left undone, locally, to make the occasion a 

 most enjoyable affair. It is certainly unfortunate from 

 a convention st^iiidpoint that railroad matters have 

 taken such a turn that no concession from the increa.sed 

 rates now in force is possilde. This will undoubtedly 

 interfere with the size of the parties that will travel 

 from remote ])oints, but for adjoining territory this 

 .should make but little difference and a full and lively 

 convention may be confidently expected. That it will 

 lie a busy and useful meeting there can be no doubt. 

 There are problems in plenty and of vital im])ortance 

 to the horticultural industries which press for action, 

 and the strong men of the business will be there to 

 tackle them. We have also the Secretary's as.surance 

 that the trade cxiiiljition will be comprehensive and in 

 size worthy of the occasion and this feature alone 

 si Kill Id lie a strong drawing card for a large attendance 

 i>r tlie trnile fiiiin all directions. 



liic handsome picture of 1. ilium regale 

 A great which adorns our cover page this week 

 acquisition and the notes in connection therewith by 

 Mr. Anderson should prove inten.sely iii- 

 teiesting to the jilant and flower growers of this country 

 at the present time, especially to those who make a 

 specially of forcing lilies for Faster. It is indeed for- 

 tunate that the florists have .«o ]iractical and timely a 

 sub.stitute for the prohibited Japan lily bulbs at their 

 disposal now. The Regal Liiy has every qualification 

 to fill the gap acceptably. E. II. Wilson, the discoverer, 

 says in his published description that in this lily 

 "garden lovers have a jewel beyond price," and could 

 he have foreseen the present predicament he might 

 rightly have included the commercial florists as bene- 

 ficiaries as well as the "'garden lovers." In his Cyclo- 

 pedia of Horticulture Dr. Bailey describes Liliuni 

 regale as "one of the most beautiful of all known 

 lilies." One very .strong point in its favor in addition 

 to its beauty, and which must not be overlooked, is that 

 this lily is ]ierfectly hardy as far north as Boston and 

 probably farther, and ])roduces seed freely so that any 

 florist who cares to, may raise his own bulbs readily and 

 thus be independent of foreign i^upplies with all their 

 annoying uncertainties of trrins|iurtation and condi- 

 tion upon receipt. 



