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HORTICULTURE 



January 21, 1911 



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TUL. XIII 



JANUAkY 21, 1911 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION -Aster Southcote Beauty. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS; 

 Pests on Vines— Propagation of the Vine — Tempera- 

 tures, Vents and Airing — Peach Trees — Globe Arti- 

 chokes — Lettuce— Endive — George H. Penson 69-70 



FIREFLY CLARKIA— Illustrated 70 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK — Carnation Cuttings— Dracaena indivisa — 

 Grafting Roses— Panax Victoriae—Smilax— Tuberous 

 Begonias— /y/iii /. M. Farrell Id-ll 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— [F. H. Adsett 71 



ASTER SOUTHCOTE BEAUTY 71 



ARE WE PROGRESSIVE— 5. 5. Skidelsky 73 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Lecture by J. 



Otto Thilow 74 



New England Dahlia Society, Pres. J. K. Alexander, 

 portrait— Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston — 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society — Rochester 

 Florists' Association, Pres. George B. Hart, portrait 

 — Overwhelmed 75 



SEED TRADE: 



Fullerton Still Unconvinced, G. C. Watson— S'^eei 

 Pea Novelties in England, IV. H. Adsett— P^ Great 

 Water Melon— American Seed Trade Association — 

 Notes 80 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures 82 



• New Flowers Stores— Flowers by Telegraph 83 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Buffalo. Chicago, Cincinnati 85 



New York, Philadelphia, Washington 87 



St. Louis 93 



DURING RECESS: 



Morris Co. Gardeners' and Florists' Society — Chi- 

 cago Bowlers — New York Bowlers — Cincinnati 

 Bowlers 92 



OBITUARY: 



Sndnev Joseph— John W. Remagen 93 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Fire Record 76 



News Notes 76-79-92 



Calendars Received 80 



Personal 83 



Chicago Notes 83 



Philadelphia Notes 83 



In Bankruptcy 83 



Incorporated 83 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 94 



Members of the National Flower Sliow 



A gigantic committee and others active in the work 



undertaking of the various societies interested in tliis 



approacliing event have been in session 

 for several days in Boston working industriously on the 

 multitudinous details of schedules, rules and manage- 

 ment. Much interest attaches to the fact that tiiis is 

 the first attempt in this country, so far as we are in- 

 formed, to combine in one enterprise the rather conflict- 

 ing interests of a popular horticultural exhibition with 



competitive features and a trade show where wholesale 

 buying and selling may be carried on. The committee 

 has encountered many snags and perplexing questions in 

 its efforts to harmonize and conserve all interests con- 

 cerned in tlie two schemes and in so adjusting rules as to 

 overcome all ambiguity and ensure a fair deal to all. 

 The affair grows in magnitude every day and the space 

 reservations in both sections are now so large that there 

 is no question that the acres of floor space in the big Me- 

 chanics Building will be completely filled with exhibits. 

 Tlie only matter on which any anxiety can now be felt 

 is the financial outcome and prospects on that line are 

 also looming up. 



All broad-minded florists and their 



Progressiveness friends who wish well to the profes- 

 sion will feel in hearty sympathy 

 with the seutinieuts expressed in Mr. Skidelsky's Phila- 

 delphia talk on progressiveness which appears in this 

 issue. Mr. Skidelsky's views are in evident accord with 

 those repeatedly exjjressed in these columns and the sub- 

 ject is one which cannot be agitated too often or too 

 urgently, for, on the carrying out of the principles advo- 

 cated dc^pends very largely the direction of development 

 of floriculture in the immediate future and the position 

 the art and its practitioners are destined to occupy. With 

 tlie many avenues now available for acquiring a knowl- 

 edge of the principles of horticulture, such as the trade 

 journals, the societies general and special and the prac- 

 tical courses in the various agricultural colleges, there is 

 no reason for any man now to jump into the florist busi- 

 ness with no other equipment than a little money and an 

 idea that "the business looks good" and the man who does 

 so is hardly entitled to sympathy. That the "hit or 

 miss" course no longer holds out any prospect of suc- 

 cess, in competition with well-trained men and the appli- 

 cation of advanced business methods, is a condition 

 which we sliould view with much satisfaction for it 

 is development along a line which leads directly to a 

 higher and better position for the vocation itself and 

 for those who follow it. 



It is often interesting to com- 



Unequal distribution pare the flower market reports 

 of flowers from various points at identical 



dates and anyone who will fol- 

 low up these reports as they appear in the trade papers 

 from week to week will find much food for inquisitive 

 thought. Last week for instance, our Chicago report 

 was to the effect that while there was no particular over- 

 stock of anything there was an abundance for all de- 

 mands ; Buffalo full supply and moderate demand, sur- 

 plus on some things; Cineinnnti an al)undance; New 

 York somewhat overstocked; Philadelphia quite over- 

 stocked. Then see what Detroit said : "Short supply 

 causing a good deal of loss in business. Retailers have 

 no opportunity to make any great display and prices nile 

 too high to be popular." Detroit is but a few hours' 

 run from the plethoric markets above quoted. Why did 

 she not make her needs known and why did not the deal- 

 ers in otiier markets scent this opportunity for trade? 

 Mucli more glaring instances of lack of balance in flower 

 distribution are frequently in evidence and, no doubt, 

 will continue to recur, until the producers and handlers 

 of cut flower stock in different centres wake up and 

 evolve some practical method of co-operation so that 

 famine in one place and stagnation of supplies at an- 

 other will no longer be possible. Then, perhaps the un- 

 slable and constantly fluctuating values which have 

 caused so much trouble in the flower trade will be re- 

 duced to a minimum and thus all interests will be ben- 

 efited. 



