horticulture: 



November 18, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL 

 DEVOTED TO THE 



FLORIST, PLANTSMAN, LANDSCAPE 



GARDENER AND KINDRED 



INTERESTS 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



II HAMILTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephon«, Oxford 292 



WM. J. STEWART, Editor and Manager. 



It is not too late to take in a supply 

 Use of the of rambling and trailing roses for 

 rambling roses winter forcing for use as cut sprays 

 in cut sprays jn decorative work. This has been so 

 little done that it is safe to say they 

 will create a sensation wherever made use of during 

 the coming season. The double sorts such as Lady Gay 

 and Debutante, also Crimson Eambler, of course, will 

 prove the most serviceable. They cannot equal the sin- 

 gle-flowered varieties in elegance, but the latter lack the 

 staying powers so essential for general decorative use. 



Advance indications point to a 



Popular greatly increased demand for 



holiday bloomers Lorraine begonias and cyclamens 



for Christmas, and those florists 



who have not already supplied themselves with a stock 



of these useful and popular plants should lose no time 



in doing so if they aspire to keep up with the times. 



As to the first-named some complaint was formerly 



made as to its keeping qualities. We do not hear much 



fault found now, as it has demonstrated that the trouble 



lay entirely in the growing and treatment and not with 



the character of the plant itself. Grown intelligently 



with moderate temperature and slowly hardened off 



Begonia Gloire de Lorraine is good for at least three 



months in a dwelling-house, under reasonable care. 



The many cups, medals and cash pre- 

 Two factors in miums contributed by horticultural 

 a successful business houses, which appear in the va- 

 exhibition rious exhibition schedules this season 

 attest the interest which our commercial 

 establishments are beginning to take in the exhibitions. 

 With the rivalry in prize offering as well as prize win- 

 ning, which seems now in prospect, the future of the 

 horticultural exliibition looks bright, from a professional 



Hardy evergreens 



for 

 winter decorations 



standpoint at least. Let us hope that this assurance 

 may be seconded by an awakened public interest in 

 these enterprises. No matter how deeply the gardener 

 and florist may be engrossed in the competitions and the 

 professional ability displayed, the show fails of its mis- 

 sion in a large degree if the public be not aroused to 

 appreciation. We like to see the groups of intelligent 

 craftsmen here and there throughout the exhibition 

 hall intently discussing and comparing views on this or 

 that display, but unless this is supplemented by a ten to 

 one representation of the public the exhibition is not 

 doing its full duty and it behooves us to look about and 

 find out the cause. Get the people in somehow. 



Each year sees an increase in the 

 use of hardy ornamental material 

 for interior decoration of hotels, 

 clubs and private halls for the 

 winter season. Neat little coni- 

 fers in many species and varieties in green and gold and 

 blue, aucubas, euonymuses and ivies in tubs singly or 

 massed in jardinieres and boxes adorn windows, balco- 

 nies, vestibules, etc., and afford a grateful cheeriness in 

 contrast to the dreariness of winter weather. They re- 

 quire little care, do not mind the cold and, on occasion, 

 can be made to serve as a useful background for palms 

 and such delicate material, large sizes of which are 

 transported only at great risk during freezing weather. 

 Our nurserymen are beginning to awaken to the grow- 

 ing importance of this branch of their industry and 

 some of them are making a specialty of this class of 

 plants, keeping them in cold storage sheds ready for use 

 at any time. A number of these will be found among 

 Horticulture's advertisers. A nice assortment of the 

 stock they offer is a wise investment for any decorating 

 florist and will save money for him. 



If there is one thing more than another 

 Buy the new that stands out conspicuously in the 

 carnations career of the carnation during the past 



dozen years it is the courage and self- 

 reliance of the carnation growers. When they have a 

 new variety that they believe in, they place it boldly in 

 the lime light; it goes to the exhibitions to be criti- 

 cised and passed upon by expert judges and then it is 

 advertised liberally and persistently. Not all the varie- 

 ties exploited make good the promise of their sponsors, 

 but the lines are drawn more tightly every year and a 

 carnation that runs the test successfully now can be re- 

 lied upon as a rule. The season is now here when our 

 advertising columns should and, we hope, will be well 

 filled with the announcements of the introductions for 

 the coming season. It is acknowledged that the life of 

 a variety under high tension conditions is usually but 

 from three to four years and the carnation grower who 

 would keep up with his competitors cannot afford to 

 ignore the new ones as they come along. We do not 

 hesitat" to recommend a good trial of every variety 

 that our readers find advertised in the columns of HOR- 



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