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HORTICULTURE 



April 15, 1911 



horticulture: 



▼M,. XIII 



APRIL 15, 1911 



NO. 15 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 

 II Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. 



Telephone, Oxford 292. 

 WM. J. STEWAKT, Editor and Manager. 



Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post OfBce at 

 Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



CONTKNTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— H. T. Rose Mme. Segond 

 Weber. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Peaches 

 and Nectarines — Size vs. Flavor in Melons — Stopping 

 and Tying Vines — Late Vines — Strawberries — G. H. 



Penson 565 



ROSE MME. SEGOND WEBER 566 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK — Annuals — Bougainvilleas — Primulas — Ram- 

 blers for Next Easter — Stephanotis — Swainsona — 



John J. M. Farrell 567 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



New York Florists' Club — Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Baltimore — Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety — Yonkers Horticultural Society — Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society — National Sweet Pea Society of 



America — Tarrytown Horticultural Society 568 



Chicago Florists' Club — Club and Society Notes 568a 



DURING RECESS— Milwaukee vs. Chicago— Chicago 



Bowlers 568a 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— H^. H. Adsett 568b 



PROPOSED SEED LEGISLATION IN NEW YORK. . .568c 

 OBITUARY— Louis Kessler- Mrs. L. B. Brosch— Milton 

 Haussmann — Mrs. August Gehring — Dr. Noah M. 



Glatfelter— Walter M. Knapp 568c 



E}ASTER PLANTS, Philadelphia 569 



SEED TRADE — Weather a Drawback — Canning Ma- 

 chinery and Supplies Association — Canners' By- 

 products — Conflicting Legislation — American Seed 

 Trade Association — Free Seeds in Bayonne — Notes.. 574 

 OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures 576 



A Detroit Window, Illustrated— New Flower Stores 



Flowers by Telegraph 577 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Chicago, Detroit 579 



New York. Philadelphia, St. Louis 581 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



English Visitors at Boddington's— Illustration 568a 



Florists Have a Grievance 568a 



Moisture for Mushrooms — William Gray 568a 



A Spring Blooming Witch Hazel 568a 



Personal 568b 



Detroit Personals 568b 



Observations and Queries by Our Philadelphia Cor- 

 respondent 5GSD 



Incorporated cbo "^ 



Narcissus, poetry ccViKsv 



Catalogues Received c7n 



Chicago Notes 570 



Field Studies of Trees and Shrubs B7d 



Some Good Points in the Reciprocity Treaty 576 



Philadelphia Notes ,•_•■• 581 



News Notes 587-588-5i» 



A Visit to Prof. Harshbarger— C. S. Harrison &»» 



Some New Plants From Cuba 589 



Patents Granted • 1°^ 



Additions to King Construction Co. Forces 590 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplted 590 



Fire Record ^^" 



We have read with interest the ostenta- 

 Overdone? tioits announcements and wondering press 



comments anent the sensational offer of a 

 London newspaper of a prize of $5,000 for the hest 

 bunch of sweet peas grown by an amateur and exhibited 



at a special show to be held in London next -Tuly. The 

 bunch must consist oi ""not niore than ti^elve spikes or 

 sprays and must contain not fewer than three varie- 

 ties." As an advei'tisement for the paper making the _ 

 offer doubtless the investment will be a profitable one. 

 As to the ultimate benefit to horticulture and to the 

 sweet pea in particular, there is room for varying opin- 

 ions and a good many of us will, in the meantime, in- 

 cline to hail "from Missouri." 



Once more it becomes our pleasant privilege 



The day to extend to the florists of America sincere 



before Easter greetings and to express the earnest 



hope that, in all respects, the sweet and in- 

 spiring spring festival will bring to each and every one 

 blessings in fullest measure and ample reward for all 

 the preparatory toil and anxiety which they have under- 

 gone. As to the outlook as it has shaped itself during 

 the few days before the great event it is safe to say 

 that much will depend upon the weather and its influ- 

 ence upon the finishing off of the product and upon its 

 sale. More than that, if said, is said at a risk. Predic- 

 tions at such times are dangerous playthings. Yet "we 

 do not hesitate to take issue with those parties East 

 and West who are dealing out .scare b'nes to the news- 

 papers about the alleged great famine in Easter lilies 

 .and the difficulties the florist will have in supplying the 

 demand at any price. We don't think the trade at large 

 will take any stock in this hue and cry. Like the an- 

 nual ruin of the peach crop it is regarded as largely 

 bugaboo. 



Now that the all-engrossing National 

 The next Flower Show is over, we should at once 

 great event proceed to warm things up for the Balti- 

 more Convention — now only four months 

 away. It has been the fear of some that the interposi- 

 tion of this Boston attraction might tend to detract 

 from the interest in and attendance at the Baltimore 

 meeting. We do not believe it will so turn out — we 

 earnestly hope it will not — and we are very sure that 

 the Boston people will be more than ready in the time 

 that now intervenes, to do everything they possibly can 

 do to promote the welfare of the summer convention 

 and eliminate as far as in their power any possibility 

 that the Boston event has exhausted any enthusiasm to 

 which our sister city's enterprise is entitled. It should 

 be the aim of all to make the Baltimore Convention the 

 biggest and best in the Soeiety's history thus far and 

 there is no reason why this cannot be done if activity to 

 that end is at once put in motion. There should be 

 no delay in planning details and giving same prompt 

 and widespread publicity. 



Rose Mme* Segond Weber 



(See Cover Illustration.) 



This is a Soupert & Notting 1908 introduction and 

 has made a good impression wherever tried. As the 

 picture on our title page shows, it is a vigorous, well- 

 formed flower and the other qualities which the illus- 

 tration does not convey, viz. ; fragrance, which is 

 strong, and color, which is a delightful tint of salmon 

 pink, are vouched for by all who have grown this new 

 addition to the list of desirable H. T. roses. Dreer 

 says that it is "the most desirable rose of its color 

 in our collection." E. G. Hill says "one of the grandest 

 novelties of recent years." "As impressive as an Ameri- 

 can Beaitty." 



