HORTICULTURE 



JVLY 22, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



the Boston wholesaler, instead of shipping to, is now 

 called upon to handle the surplus from these places! 



AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL 



DEVOTED TO THE 



FLORIST, PLANTSMAN, LANDSCAPE 



GARDENER AND KINDRED 



INTERESTS 



PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



II HAMILTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephone. Oxford, 292 



WM. J. STEWART. Editor and Manager. 



The Editor Has His Say 



New York's wail over the despoliation of her be- 

 loved trees by voracious insects sounds familiar in this 

 nioth-infested neighborhood. We extend our sym- 

 pathy, and hope it may be long before the gypsy and 

 brown-tail are added to her tussock torments. 



The time of Lilium Harrisii harvest is here. Im- 

 porters are all ready to open up and distribute ship- 

 ments as they arrive, and thus begins the first instal- 

 ment of fall activity. They tell us that there is 

 likely to be found in some stocks this season a 

 large percentage of mixed varieties from Japanese 

 seed. We hope, however, that shipments will turn 

 out satisfactorily generally, and that the former 

 prestige of the " true Harrisii " may be fully regained. 

 The first essential is that the bulbs are fully matured 

 before digging and it is to be hoped that the desire 

 for early delivery will not be allowed to interfere with 

 this requirement, which means so much to the forcer 

 as well as to the grower and exporter. 



If the torrid temperature of the past week doesn't 

 bring prosperity to the seaside and mountain resorts 

 then is their case a hopeless one. For a number of 

 years we have heard but one story — too cool for the 

 summer resorts. The weather man seems bound to 

 make tip all deficiencies this year. 



What has become of the summer resort flower trade 

 which was such a factor years ago? Boston had the 

 cream in those days. Newport, Bar Harbor, Narra- 

 gansett Pier and other places far and near were big 

 buyers in the Boston market, and from middle of July 

 until first of September prices soared on anything good 

 in the rose line. Local greenhouses and gardens — ■ 

 commercial and private — now take care of it all and 



In a previous number, we referred to J. C. Olmsted 's 

 protest in his Boston lecture against the monopolizing 

 by a few score people of several hundred acres of 

 meadow land for golf playing. About 44,000 people 

 indulged in the game of golf at Franklin Park last year. 

 Certainly their interests and pleasures are to be con- 

 sidered, but for every golf player there are estimated 

 to be about five hundred other visitors in carriages 

 or afoot. To subject this large portion to the risk of 

 being struck by a ball, thus engendering timidity in 

 women, children, and aged folk, precludes the proper 

 enjoyment and recreative advantages of parks by 

 introducing an element of danger and apprehension. 

 However popular the game of golf, it is not yet suf- 

 ficiently so to warrant jeopardizing the feeling of 

 security of persons using the parks for their more 

 legitimate purposes. Mr. Olmsted voices a sound and 

 timely sentiment on this matter. 



Although we are now in the midst of the vacation 

 period and notwithstanding that the work of the 

 gardener and the florist is sufficiently exacting to 

 entitle him to a care-free holiday relaxation, yet all, 

 and especially the younger men, owe it to themselves 

 and to their profession that the field of literature and 

 science as an auxihary to education in the theory and 

 practice of horticulture be not neglected. Every 

 hour devoted to good reading on practical subjects 

 is a distinct installment laid by for the future, better 

 than cash in the savings bank. Some are born gifted 

 orators or writers, but for most of us correctness of 

 composition and impressiveness of diction come only 

 as the result of plodding, earnest, up-hill work; none 

 are bom expert culturists and in every instance it will 

 be found that the men we doff our hats to for their 

 attainments in this direction have acquired all their 

 proficiency from close application and fidelity to a 

 fixed purpose. In short, he who makes the most of 

 the splendid facilities for self-education that are open 

 to everyone in these days of great opportunity is the 

 man to wliom preferment and honor are sure to come. 



Thanks to Horticulture, we are daily receiving 

 orders and inquiries from all over the country, as 

 well as from Canada, Porto Rico, and Cuba, which 

 goes far to prove tlie value of Horticulture as 

 an advertising medium. We are very pleased with 

 the results of our advertising in Horticulture, and 

 wish every success to the paper and editor. 

 Respectfully, 



A. Leuthy & Co. 



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