February 11, 1911 



HORTICULTURE. 



173 



After Adjournment 



"The lack of prompt payments is the 

 canker-worm of the flower business." 

 This remark was made by an observ- 

 ant wholesale dealer recently and it 

 struck us as being worthy of repetition. 

 What do you think? 



"I started out the other day to see 

 if I could make some collections," 

 quoth a prominent retail flower dealer. 

 "Took a list of bills aggregating thous- 

 ands. Collected less than $60." Flower 

 buyers should be educated up to better 

 habits in the settlement of florists' ac- 

 counts 



We overheard a remark yesterday 

 by one of our observant philosophers 

 which set us a-thinking. He said: 

 "Here's the Rose Society hollering 

 about 'A Rose for Every Garden, a 

 Bush for Every Home,' and then they 

 go to work and advocate 4 cents duty 

 on every rose we import. What do 

 you know about that?" 



It those congressmen who resent the 

 seedsmen's opposition to the free seed 

 distribution and consequently sit up 

 late nights concocting retaliatory legis- 

 lation could only forget their huff, 

 something reasonable might be done 

 in the way of seed laws. There has 

 been entirely too much ill-temper dis- 

 played in the discussions on this sub- 

 ject. 



We read in the Philadelphia Inquirer 

 that one of the assistants of the Bu- 

 reau of Botany of the Department of 

 Agriculture at Washington has been 

 conducting a search around Philadel- 

 phia, during the past two weeks, for a 

 black rose reputed to have been de- 

 veloped in that neighborhood. Busi- 

 ness must be rather slack in the Bu- 

 reau of Botany? 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 

 Preparing for the International Exhi- 

 bition. 



Further details are now available ot 

 the International Horticultural Exhi- 

 bition which will he held in the 

 grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chel- 

 sea, in May, 1912. It is announced 

 that the chief horticulturists of the 

 Continent, the Colonies, the United 

 States, Japan and Great Britain, have 

 notified their intention of exhibiting. 

 "Every endeavor will be made," a lead- 

 ing official recently stated, "to render 

 this unique collection as instructive as 

 possible to the general public as well 

 as to the cultivator. The improve- 

 ments which have been effected in 

 plants of late years will be demon- 

 strated so that it may be generally 

 understood how these Improvements 

 have been attained. We shall also 

 draw attent'Dn to the best methods of 

 training young horticulturists in this 

 country, on the Continent, and In 

 America I have seen exhibitions in 

 various narts of Europe, and I believe 

 we shaM be able to surpass them all. 

 The mist wonderful and brilliant flow- 

 ers gPthered together from all parts of 

 the norld and carefully cultivated will 

 be shown; but of course I cannot even 

 hint at the novelties which will be 

 staged. These must remain the se- 

 crets of the growers until the time foi 



AN AMERICAN BEAUTY BASKET. 



This beautiful token was presented 

 to Sam Murray of Kansas City by the 

 employees in his store at the opening 



of his new place. It is a model of 

 good taste and charming simplicity 

 in arrangement. 



revelation comes. A gentleman in 

 Cornwall promises to show eighteen 

 plants which are entirely new to this 

 country. As showing the increased in- 

 terest taken in the growing of flowers, 

 it may be stated that at the last In- 

 ternational exhibition in 1S66, there 

 were 3,3S9 members, of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society; now there are over 

 12,000." 



A New Organization. 



There has lately been established 

 the North of England Horticultural 

 Society for furthering the gardening 

 interest in the northern part of this 

 country, with headquarters at Leeds. 

 The object of the new association will 

 be to promote and encourage every 

 branch of horticulture in the North of 

 England, by the arrangement of peri- 

 odical meetings, shows and lectures, 

 and by any other means approved by 

 the Council. It is not intended that 

 the work shall begin and end with 

 some attractive shows, but that the 

 operations shall be of an educational 

 character. The services of the Rev. J. 

 Bernard Hall, who organized a suc- 

 cessful fruit congress at Hexham last 

 October, have been secured as secre- 

 tary. Mr. J. Hastings Duncan, M. P., 

 who presided at the inaugural meeting, 

 said that to place the society on a 

 firm basis required a great deal ot 



work, energy and enthusiasm, and he 

 was glad to say that they had found 

 those who were willing to give their 

 time and energy in building up the so- 

 ciety. The society extended from 

 Trent to Tweed. The secretary an- 

 nounced that it was intended to issue 

 a monthly circular in order to keep 

 the members in touch with the socie- 

 ty's activities. W. H. A. 



ACIDANTHERA BICOLOR. 



Editor HORTICULTURE; 



I see in HORTICULTURE Frederick 

 Moore writes of Acidanthera bicolor 

 as a hardy inmate of the garden. It 

 comes from the Cape, I believe, and 

 with me it doesn't stand any cold. The 

 first frost kills the foliage and flowers. 

 It sounds as if he was writing for Eng- 

 land where it may be hardy. 

 Yours truly. 



E. S. MILLER. 



(Mr. Moore did write of Englisli con- 

 dilliins and we should h.ive nu.ilifled his 

 siiitenient before giving it dissemination 

 here but overlooked it. — Ed.) 



Illinois, Feb. 6, 1911. 

 I could hardly think of doing with- 

 out this splendid horticultural maga- 

 zine; it fills a long felt want on this 

 subject. J. S. F 



