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HORTICULTURE 



February 25, 1911 



horticulture: 



TOL. XIII 



FEBRUARY 25, 1911 



NO. 8 



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CONTENTS P»e« 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— H. T. Rose Mme. Segond 

 Weber. 



ERYNGIVM— Richard i?o//,f— Illustrated 241 



CHRYSANTHEMUM POhYVHEME—F rederick Moore.. 241 



ONCIDIUM SPLENDIDUM— C. H. F^htoh— Illustrated . 241 



THE HONEY BEE AND ITS USES— (J. H. Pensoii 242 



HYBRID TEA ROSE MME. SEGOND WEBER 242 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' 

 STOCK — Aspidistras — Perns — Jerusalem Cherries^ 

 Palms — Phalaenopsis — Young Lorraine Begonias — 

 /. /. M. Farrell 243 



OBITUARY: 

 Martin Trautman — Aaron H. Green — James McCon- 

 nell 245 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 

 Newport Horticultural Society — Detroit Plorist 

 Club — Westchester and Fairfield Horticulture So- 

 ciety — New Jersey Floricultural Society, Illustration 

 — Club and Society Notes 246 



DURING RECESS: 



Bowling at New York — Chicago Bowlers — Cincinnati 

 Bowlers 248 



SEED TRADE: 



Where Seeds Come Prom — Onion Seed Industry in 



the Canaries 254 



Seeds for All — A Popular Seed Representative — Wm. 

 C. Langbridge, Portrait — Notes — Catalogues Re- 

 ceived 256 



OF INTEREST TO RBT.\IL FLORISTS: 

 To Eliminate "Crepe Pulling" — Steamer Departures — 



New Flower Stores 258 



Flowers by Telegraph 259 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 261 



Detroit, New York, Philadelphia 263 



St. Louis 269 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Philadelphia Notes 245 



Distinguished Visitors Coming 245 



Massachusetts Agricultural College 245 



Rock Garden at Riverton, Illustration 245 



Chicago Notes 247 



News Notes 248, 251, 25:5 



Personal 253 



St. Louis Notes , 259 



Incorporated 259 



Hot Water Heating Simplified 268 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 268 



Fire Record 269 



We should infer from the frequent ref- 



Fragrance ference by foreign writers to fragrance 



an essential as a desirable attribute in a new rose 



that this point is likely to be given more 

 prominence in future judging than has been the case 

 heretofore. We can well afford to follow suit in this 

 country, not only in the cai=e of roses but also of carna- 

 tions. An odorless rose or carnation is deficient in one 

 of the chief factors for popularity and even exceptionable 

 productiveness should not be regarded by the grower as 

 offsetting the absence of fragrance. "" 



The passage by both houses of Congress 



A glorious of the long-fought White Mountain and 



victory Appalachian reservation bill is an 



achievement which will be hailed with 

 delight by millions of patriotic lovers of Nature. At 

 last the ruthless waste of our forest growth is to be 

 stopped and the natural resources upon which so much 

 of our comfort and prosperity depend, protected and 

 conserved. All honor to those senators and representa- 

 tives who have valiantly and persistently fought out this 

 struggle to so happy a conclusion. Gradually the people 

 of this country are coming to their senses. The circuit 

 court in Colorado recently granted an injunction against 

 the impainnent of the beauty of Cascade Canon by the 

 establishment of works and diversion of the water for 

 the generation of electricity, holding that complainants 

 who had constructed roads and trails and stopping 

 places for tourists to enjoy the exceptional beauty of its 

 floral and arboreal scenery had shown a "beneficial use" 

 of the water and were entitled to protection. When the 

 courts rule that natural beauty is an element of value it 

 is evident that the world does move and that the unre- 

 strained plundering of our best possessions and reckless 

 unbalancing of Nature which has already impoverished 

 our great country to the extent of untold billions of 

 value is to be no longer peimitted. 



The third section of the Mann Seed 



A reasonable Bill H. E. 29163 provides "That the 



proposition term "seed," as used in this Act, shall 



include vegetable, flower, cereal, grass, 

 chjver, forage plant, and other agricultural and horticul- 

 tural seeds intended for seeding purposes." At the 

 hearing on this Bill in Washington, we understand the 

 American Seed Trade Association presented a "Sug- 

 gested Revision" for the Bill, in which Section 3 was 

 changed to read "That the temi 'seed' as used in this 

 Act, shall include grass,, clover, forage plant, and other 

 agricultural seeds inten(3ed for seeding purposes." Such 

 change would do much to put the proposition upon a 

 fair basis. It would limit the operation of the proposed 

 Act to grass, clover, forage plant and other a.gricultural 

 seeds intended for seeding purposes, and would exclude 

 vegetable, flower and other horticultural seeds. It is 

 conceded that these last three classes of seeds, as now 

 sold, are generally of a high standard of excellence, 

 higher really than the specifications of Mr. Mann's Bill 

 require. In fact the testimony at the hearing on the 

 Bill brought out the fact that there is apparently no 

 need for any legislation to regulate the sale of vegetable 

 and flower seeds. The evidence tendecl to show that 

 these, as sold, are pure and that adulteration had oc- 

 curred only in grasses, clovers and farm seeds. We 

 think that the revised form of Section 3 should be 

 adopted, as it gives protection where protection is re- 

 quired, and works no hardship on those who have given 

 no offense. 



