H ORTI CULTU RE 



July 8, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



all such disfigurements having a surface area beyond 

 a specified limit, has been suggested as a possible 

 solution of the ijroMem. 



AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL 



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FLORIST, PLANTSMAN, LANDSCAPE 



GARDENER AND KINDRED 



INTERESTS 



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W¥. J. STEWART, Editor and Manager. 



The Editor Has His Say 



The Glorious Fourth was something more this 

 year, the hoHday extending in many mercantile es- 

 tablishments from Saturday noon until Wednesday 

 morning, and Horticulture was obliged to hustle 

 in order to appear on time. But "courage mounteth 

 with occasion," so here we are — on time. 



Witli the first week of July the commercial end of 

 the florists' business reaches its lowest level, and for a 

 period there is but little for one to do except to take 

 advantage of the respite and let every one have a 

 holiday. Its rarity in the florists' life enhances its 

 enjoyment. 



" If all the year were playing holidays, 

 To sport would be as tedious as to work." 



The many public exhibitions during the month of 

 June, especially in New England communities, evince 

 a healthy horticultural activity and are a good indi- 

 cation of the growing interest in the products of the 

 garden. It is well for every one identified in any 

 way with the horticultural profession to promote 

 and encourage these local exhibitions in every possiljle 

 way. It means more demand for his products and 

 better business, and is a big advance in the process 

 of transferring his specialties from the luxury to the 

 necessity list. 



The Supreme Court has decided that the enact- 

 ments and rules whcreliy the Metropolitan Park 

 Commission has exercised control over signboards 

 adjacent to parks and parkways, are unconstitu- 

 tional in that they deprive property owners, without 

 compensation, of their right to such profit as owner- 

 ship of the land may bring in to them. It is to be 

 regretted that an effective method has not yet been 

 found for the regulation of the signboard business 

 which has, in recent years, grown to the proportions 

 of an aggravated nuisance. A stifT revenue tax on 



The recognition gi\en the products of Massachu- 

 setts' rosarian, M. II, Walsh, at the exhibitions in 

 Great Britain, is very gratifying to American rose 

 lovers, and should do much toward developing and 

 encouraging effort on practical lines which promise 

 much for the future of American rose creating. 

 Mention has often been made of the many years of 

 patient persistent work the rose hybridizer must 

 give before he can look for results. Mr. Walsh has 

 given a lifetime to it and has well earned all the 

 glory and profit that can possibly come to him now. 

 We have known liim all these years and can testify 

 that he has Dean Hole's pre-requisite — "roses in 

 his heart," and this is the foundation of his persever- 

 ance and final success. 



Under the title of "A Tree Garden to last a Thou- 

 sand Years," the Country Calendar for July publishes 

 an illustrated article describing the beauty and the 

 usefulness of Boston's unique tree garden — the 

 Arnold Arboretum. Much has been written by others 

 on this subject, but nothing so concise, comprehen- 

 sive and altogether ap])ropriate has hitherto met our 

 eye. And especially is this true of the unqualified 

 credit given Professor C. S. Sargent whose great 

 foresight, courage, and steadfast devotion has counted 

 for so much in the securing to the American people 

 for all time this inestimable sylvan treasury. The 

 appeal now made for an endowment sufficient to 

 carry on and extend the work so nobly begun, should 

 receive a prompt and substantial response. 



The visit of the American Association of Park 

 Superintendents to Buffalo appears to have been, 

 like all the preceding visits in the history of this 

 much-alive organization, full of inspiration and in- 

 struction for all wlio were so fortunate as to partici- 

 pate. At such times the gain is by no means all on 

 the side of the visitors. The coming of a body com- 

 posed of the leading exponents of this most ennobling 

 art, to any community, confers a distinct and lasting 

 benefit, arousing the people to a better appreciation 

 of what nature has given them in outdoor beauty, 

 awakening civic pride and impressing public officials 

 with the paramount importance of park development. 

 It is on the line of the work of these men that Ameri- 

 can horticulture must make its best advancement. 

 The spirit and form of the home-gardens of the future 

 will be in harmony with the great education now going 

 on, and the park sui^erintendents appear to be on the 

 right road to make the best use of their opportunities 

 and responsibilities. 



