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HORTICULTURE 



March 4, 1911 



horticulture: 



VOL. XIII 



MARCH 4, 1911 



NO. 9 



PLBLISIIED WEEKLY BY 



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CONTENTS P»s«' 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Standard Wistarias at Mad- 

 ison, N. J. 



CACTUS DAHLIAS— /?,WiHrd Rothc 277 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS: 



Peaches and Nectarines — Vines in Flower — Hot Beds 

 — Rliubarb — Onions and Leeks — George H. Peiison--- 27S 



CROPPING YOU.NG PEAR AND APPLE TREES— 

 Joseph Tillson 27S 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK — Bedding Plants— Boronias—Englisli Ivy — 

 Fancy-leaved Caladiums — Pansies — Plants for Vases, 

 Boxes and Baskets— /o/[,i /. M, Farrell 279 



ROSE PRINCE DE BULGARIE— Illustrated 281 



OBITUARY— Robert Rodden— John H. Taylor, portrait 281 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 

 American Rose Society — Horticultural Society of 

 New York — Newport Horticultural Society — Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society — American Carnation 

 Society — Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association. 282 

 National Flower Show — Chester I. Campbell, portrait 

 — British Visitors — Florists' Club of Washington . . . 283 

 Club and Society Notes 284 



MID-WINTER SHOW AT BOSTON 284 



SEED TRADE— The Pea Shortage— The Bean Situa- 

 tion — Sugar Corn Deliveries — Hotel Extortion — About 

 Onion Sets — Great Retail Trade in Prospect — Crop 

 Conditions Promising — Notes 290. 



OF LNTERE3T TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 296 



Flowers By Telegraph 297 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 299 



Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington 301 



DURING RECESS— Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston — A Good Time at Bar Harbor — Buffalo vs. 

 Rochester — New York Bowlers — Astoria Bowlers — 

 Chicago Bowlers 308 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Visit to Di-eei's 281 



A St. Louis Deal — J. F. Ammann, portrait 286 



An Intei estiug Suggestion 290 



Catalogues Received 294 



Personal 297 



In Bankruptcy 297 



Incorporated 306 



News Notes 306 



Chicago Notes 307 



St. Louis Notes 307 



Philadelphia Notes 308 



Maryland Agricultural College 309 



A Bar Harbor Estate 309 



A Prosperous Nursery 309 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 310 



The big event of the year — the National 



The show Flower Show- — is now very close upon us. 



outlook 'I'lie well-sustained winter conditions of the 



past three months leads us to hope for an 

 early spring and favorable weather for the last week of 

 March, which will be greatly appreciated by exliibitors 

 and visitors, should it so transpire. The managers and 

 coinmittee? in the various departments have been very 

 active of late and all local details appear to be well 

 in hand. Evidence accumulates daily as to the un- 

 precedented influx of horticulturists from every section 

 of the country which is now assured for tlie great 

 Boston event. 



We are pleased to see some of the daily 



An papers taking up a crusade against the 



abomination artificially colored flowers that have been 



more or less in evidence in some flower 

 stores, and in demand by a certain class of trade of 

 late. The idea of chemically treated flowers is simply 

 monstrous and repulsive to any person of refined taste, 

 and the florist who displays them as a feature of his 

 business, while he may find some customers for the un- 

 natural stuff, will, we believe, ultimately suffer an 

 equal or greater loss in the estimation of sensible people 

 who feel that nature has some graces beyond the power 

 of art to improve. The dealer in paints and dyes has 

 his uses but he should not tamper with natural flowers. 



Under present day trade methods and 



Trade conditions trade paper advertising is 



advertising recognized by all sagacious business men 



as an unrivalled and indispensable e.xpe- 

 dient in business building. In the columns of this 

 paper will be found scores of firms — well known in 

 their special lines from one end of the country to the 

 other — whose prosperous career is due directly to their 

 liberality and progress! veness in trade advertising, 

 backed up, of course, by honorable dealing. The man 

 who is stingy in advertising may acquire desired pub- 

 licity through other means, but it will cost him far 

 more and the good advertiser is certain to out dis- 

 tance him. The dealer who grudgingly draws forth 

 his wallet for the price of an inch or two of advertising 

 and then gets discouraged because the response is 

 meagre is on the wrong tack. Persistency is one of the 

 cardinal points in profitable advertising. 



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