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CONTENTS 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION — American Seedling Lilac 

 President Lincoln 



THE NEW CHINESE LILACS 625 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— The Publicity 

 Campaign "Good Work" 627 



.AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY— Annual Meeting 

 and Exhibition— .A.ddress of President George W. 

 Kerr— Officers Elected— The Hutchlns Memorial Cup, 

 •Illustrated 629 



.\MERICAN ROSE SOCIETY— Visit to Elizabeth Park, 

 Hartford, Conn 630 



CLUBS .A.ND SOCIETIES — American Association of 

 Nurserymen— J. R. JIayhew. portrait— Florists Club 

 of Washington— Lancaster County Florists' Associa- 

 tion^Toronto Retail Florists' Club 631 



SEED TRADE— American Seed Trade Association— 

 Whole-sale Grass Seed Dealers' Association — Vegeta- 

 ble Seed Crop Condition in the West— Norway Plans 

 to Grow Own Seed 632-633 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL P'LORISTS: 



The Value of Accumulation, Henry Penn — New 

 Flower Stores 634-635 



FLOWER .MARKET REPORTS; 



Boston. Chicago, New Y'ork, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, 



Rochester 637 



St. Louis, Washington 639 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 



Boston, New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Rochester, 

 St. Louis, Washington 640-641 



OBITUARY'— D. V. Kellev- William J. McGee— Charles 

 Harkett 641 



DURING RECESS— The Waretown Opening 642 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Lilac President Lincoln 625 



New Use for Sphagnum Moss 625 



Sweden Fears for Fruit Tree Shortage 625 



Laelio-Cattleya Rheims Alba Rubra and Cattleya 



Charm— Illustration 630 



Gift to the Missouri Botanical Garden 633 



Operating "Circles" foi Farmers 633 



Catalogues Received 633 



Visitors' Register 639 



News Notes 639 



Winter Injury to Roses in St. Louis 639 



New Corporations 639 



Publication Received 641 



Reasons for the Fourth Edition of the Peony Manual 



— C. S. Harrison 641 



Look Out for Cornstalk Borer 641 



Pests of Cucumbers and Melons 642 



Destructive Hail Storm 643 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 643 



'I'lie HOW rose Los AngfL-s raised by 



Congriitulations \.•r^.^\ ]]_ HoWliril WHS tllf willlKT (if 



iIk' (Iraiiil I'rix. iil tlic Hii^'titcllc 

 Hiise (iiinli'ii. near I'uris, Fraiice, this year. Tliis is a 

 wi'll (It'scrvod honor not only for tlic rose it.<i'lf Imt for 

 the rai.^iT, who is iiopiihir willi ii liosl of friciitis from 

 the I'adtic to the .Mhuitic and we extend sincere con- 

 L'nitiihitions. 



Our notes tiii.s week t»'li of a new u^e 



Sphagnum f,,]. (fie florists' old stamiliy. spiiagniini 



mo88 niii.ss. I'roni serviii;; as a base on wliich 



to Ijuild mortuary Horal desijj^ns. "stutf- 



inji" wiiiiili frames, etc., for funeral purposes, it is 



now to he •jrachiated to the more iioldf and glorious 



]nir|iose of saving life. A conimcmlalile use, surely, 



and there will lie pii-nty of need for it. Proiiahly the 



jirice of tiie material will now advance. 



■■foal enough to fighi xii — no more." 



Get riuis says "The Nation's Business." "It 



your coal jg jjot guess-work any more. We have the 



facts now." The Administration has "got 

 it down fine" and find that the out])ut falls far short of 

 needed supplies for tiie current year. Tlu- tlorist has 

 been allowed fifty jwr cent of his usual sujiply, l)ul that 

 does not guarantee that he will get it. It is quite likely 

 that if you do not act now you will not get even the 

 fifty per cent and if this timely warning is not heeded 

 there will be .some coal bins empty when the winter 

 winds begin to blow. 



In view of the dithculty of oljlaiiiing bullis 

 Easter of longiflorum and giganteum lilies for 

 Lilies forcing next Easter it is not unlikely that 



hereafter many growers will return to grow- 

 ing Lilium candidinii and the hardier form of Lilium 

 longiflorutn at home as was done quite frequently thirty 

 or forty years ago. We have seen L. candidum of home 

 production quite wpial the best imported stock, and 

 there is no reason why we should not produce at home 

 what stock we need of this lily as well as also Lilium 

 regale. It is most unfortunate that we have become 

 so dejiendent on foreign countries for our normal 

 supplies. 



It is reasonable to suppose that the recent 

 Pits save iijfr), prices and restrictions on the use of 

 coal fuel for greenhouse heating will lead to 

 material changes in greenhouse construc- 

 tion. When coal could be bought at about one-third 

 of its present price, it was deemed wise to construct 

 greenhouses with a view to obtaining the most light 

 and jicrfect ventilation against which c(inditions any 

 difference in fuel consumption was hardly considered. 

 Now, liowever, the situation is different; the fuel ques- 

 tion is a momentous one and economy in the use of 

 fuel a necessity. That this situation will change with 

 the close of the war seems certain. Increased shipping 

 and railroai] facilities will restore more normal prices 

 yet futtire construction will be greatly modified in con- 

 sc(|uence of the )>resent fuel shortage. Clrcenhouses 

 built partly undeigroiind and deep pits are likely to 

 come into w^^e again. Such houses and pits are easily 

 heated and if up-to-date methods of construction are 

 followed their usefulness mav be greatly increased. 



