December 



1S05 



HORTlCnUTURE 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



For the gardener or florist, be he 

 learner or expert, nothing is more es- 

 sential today than good reading, if he 

 would hold a dominating position in 

 his profession. Realizing this and 

 responsive to the oft-expressed wish of 

 the craft, HORTICULTURE'S inten- 

 tion is to provide its patrons with the 

 best reading matter obtainable. If you 

 have in mind any topic on which you 

 desire more light, write and let ii- 

 know and we shall endeavor to mc^ i 

 the want. 



The reporters for the daily press are 

 as craz.v as ever for sensational yarns 

 concerning the florist and his trade. 



"Fire in eaci eye, and papers in each liand. 

 They rave, recite, aud madden round the 

 land." 



Yarn follows yarn in quick sue- 

 cession; the sale of a "flower 

 market" in New York for $750,000: 

 the refusal of $15,000 bonus for a lease, 

 by a Hartford florist; and now the sale 

 of another carnation for $40,000. What 

 next? Hand it out to them in blocks 

 of hundred thousands, gentlemen. 

 They'll swallow it. just the same 



WHAT THEY SAY OF US. 



December 7, 1905. 

 Congratulations on year's work. 

 May HORTICULTURE live long and 

 prosper. A SUBSCRIBER. 



Dec. 20, 1905. 

 Please find enclosed $1.00 for my 

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 success. — J. G. 



Inclosed find postoffice order for $1 

 for one year's subscription for HORTI- 

 CULTURE. I think it is a very valu- 

 able paper to the trade and predict a 

 great future for it.— 'W. S. 



Nov. 20, 1905. 

 Horticulture Publishing Co.. Boston, 

 Mass. 

 Gentlemen: — Can you supply me 

 with a complete file of Horticulture 

 up to date? Your paper grows more 

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 CULTURE for 1906. I think it im- 

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 and trust its future will be bright 

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 ested in the gardening world. 

 Yours truly, 



W. S. 



CARNATION WINSOR. 



This beautiful variety which will be 

 disseminated in 1907 by F. R. Pierson 

 Company is intermediate in color be- 

 tween Lawson and Enchantress, a light 

 silvery pink which will hp in great 

 demand. The habit of the plant 

 leaves little to be desired. It is a free 

 bloomer with stem as lon.g as Lawson, 

 but less brittle and a perfect calyx. 

 Messrs Pierson invite carnation grow- 

 ers to come and see Winsor growing 

 and see for themselves its good 

 qualities. 



ClIRVSANTHEMUM GARZA 



PERSONAL. 



Herbert Heller, of the South Park 

 ^loral Co., New Castle, Ind., is ill at 

 he Martinsville sanitarium. 



Archibald Small and Miss Rosalie 

 Groves were married on Saturday, 

 December 23, at the Church of the 

 Epiphany, Washington, D. C. 



Dr. Daniel Trembly McDougal of 

 New York has accepted the appoint- 

 ment as director of the newly created 

 department of botanical research, 

 established by the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion, Washington, D. C. Dr. Mc- 

 Dougal resigns as assistant director of 

 the New York Botanical Gardens to 

 accept the position. 



OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



We present as a frontispiece this 

 week, a view of a C5-ft. house in which 

 the centre bed is occupied by twelve 

 specimen exhibition chrysanthemum 

 plants, grown by ,Iames Garthly, and 

 a special attraction of the H. H. Rogers 

 conservatories, when they were thrown 

 open to the public on Nov. 8 to 11. 

 The show was visited by over three 

 thousand people. 



The illustration on this page shows 

 one plant of the set — a specimen of 

 the anemone-flowered variety Garza, 

 This plant was five feet across. 



DON'T. 



Don't let freexias suffer for light or 



Don't let red spider get a foot-hold. 

 Secure a moist atmosphere by frequent 



Don't bake your palms. Health and 

 vigor and wearing qualities are not 

 found in a high temperature. 



Don't keep the hydrangeas in the 

 cellar any longer. Bring them out to 

 light and air, and give them a start 

 at about 50 to 55 degrees. 



CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE. 



A. Herrington has blooming at the 

 present time probably the finest lot of 

 Cypripedium insigne ever seen in this 

 country. The plants are of the old 

 variety Sylhetense, which is most 

 commonly grown for cutting, the 

 claims to especial notice being the 

 enormous size of the flowers and the 

 length of the stems which measure, 

 on an average, about eighteen inches. 

 Mr. Herrington will cut in the neigh- 

 borhood of 10,000 flowers this season. 

 These results are due to the giving of 

 a few more degrees of heat after the 

 buds have started out about three 

 inches from the growth. Immediately 

 after they are fully developed they 

 are given a cool temperature and 

 gradually hardened off for sale. 



There are at this place also large 

 numbers of C. Leeanum, some of 

 which carry 20 to 30 flowers each. 



Don't let green fly get the upper hold 

 on the lilies. Now is the time to nip 

 them in their infancy. Get rid of them 

 before the buds form, or they will 

 prove costly visitors. 



OBITUARY. 



D. H. Patty of Geneva, N. Y., died 

 suddenly on December 11, aged 54 

 years. He is survived by a wife and 

 one daughter. 



Don't neglect to feed the carnations 

 now. The vigorous growth that sets 

 in early in the year must have abun- 

 dant stimulant in the way of fertilizer, 

 water and fresh air. Give it to them. 



F. D. Shaw, proprietor of the New- 

 tonville Avenue Greenhouses, died 

 on December 9 of pneumonia, after an 

 illness of one week. 



