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HOBTICULTUBB 



October 24, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XX OCTOBER 24. 1914 NO. 17 



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CONTENTS Paee 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— A Rose Pergola in June 

 NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Callas 

 — Christmas Plants— Tulips for Forcing— Lily of the 

 Valley for Christmas— Propagation — Night Temper- 

 ature — John J. M. Farrell 577 



GORDONIA ALTAMAHA— Illustrated— ffitftert M. Can- 

 ning 579 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston — Lancaster County Florists' Club — 

 Horticultural Society of New York — Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society — National Association of Gar- 

 deners 580 



Chrysanthemum Society of America — Missouri Botan- 

 ical Gardens — Club and Society Notes 581 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 582 



THE WAR AND OUR CALLING 582 



COST OP TRANSPORTATION 582 



ANTIQUATED PHILOSOPHY— George 0. Watson... 583 

 ON THE GULF COAST IN DIXIE— Jtf. B. Hancock... 583 



EFFECT OF CARBON BISULPHIDE IN SOIL 584 



OBITUARY— Wm. L. Palinsky— Nelson B. White 585 



SEED TRADE — General Prospects— European Pros- 

 pects — Bean Crop Estimates— Onion Seed Crop 687 



EJffects of the Drought — An Innovation — New Seed 

 House — California Seed and Bulb News — Personal 



—Notes 588 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



The Retailers' Business Calender 592 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 593 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: 



Boston — San Francisco — Chicago 594 



Washington — Philadelphia 595 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia... 597 

 THE USE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS IN 



GROWING CARNATIONS AND ROSES 604 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



A Rose Pergola in June 582 



Wintering Bay Trees— Illustrated 583 



An Elegant Show Case — Illustrated 584 



Massachusetts Agricultural College Notes 584 



Incorporated 585 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 585 



Business Troubles 585 



Catalogues Received 586 



Publication Received 588 



News Notes 595 



Visitors' Register 599 



SliouM the Senate war tax measure pas? 



Proposed the national House and become a law it 



war tax will, if we interpret it correctly, lift about 



one thousand dollars per annum out of the 



wholesale flower district of New York and a propor- 



Aionate amount from other cities where the commission 



trade is carried on. $20.00 a year is the amount to be 

 collected from each commission dealer. 



We would remind our readers of the ofEers 

 Buy now of desirable and timely stock, to be found 



in the display' advertisements and in the 

 Buyers' Directory from week to week at this season. 

 These in many cases represent the surplus stock of the 

 best growers of various specialties and prices of such are - 

 placed low to insure a quick disposition of the goods 

 before hard weather comes. Take a look tlirough the 

 Buyers' Directory in this issue and see what you find. 

 Some genuine bargains are there and they will be quickly 

 taken up. 



Now that the unprecedented spell of rain- 

 Plant now less weather has come to an end and wel- 

 come showers have soaked the dry earth, 

 the opportunity for successful fall planting of hardy 

 material should not be allowed to pass by unused. The 

 dry spell coming as it did, about the time that summer 

 growth liad been completed, has had the effect of ripen- 

 ing up the wood and buds for next year to perfection. 

 The rain coming now puts the ground in good planting 

 condition and just right to stimulate root action before 

 it freezes up and without encouraging any top activity. 

 If made to order the conditions could not be better for 

 fall planting and all experts concede that under such 

 circumstances fall planting is to be preferred for the 

 majority of shrubs, trees and herbaceous stock, in addi- 

 tion to the very decided advantage gained by thus re- 

 ducing the pressure of work in the busy and often inade- 

 quate spring planting period. 



Frequenters of the wholesale flower mar- 



A lop-sided kets cannot but note the advancement 



Industry from one year to another in quality of the 



stock produced. The reasons for these bet- 

 ter results are many. Greenhouses and their equipment 

 as formerly constructed are not to be compared to the 

 scientifically planned structures turned out by the 

 present day builders; hybridists have labored zealously 

 to give us better varieties; hustling introducers have ran- 

 sacked and sifted the productions of old-world experts; 

 argus-eyed collectors have searched the untrodden wil- 

 derness for rare floral gems; enthusiastic growers have 

 never tired in their efforts to perfect their cultural skill ; 

 clubs and societies have in their exhibitions encouraged 

 emulation to excel, and an alert and ever-faithful trade 

 press has, by its diffusion of knowledge, contributed in- 

 estimably to the sum total of achievement so impressive- 

 ly presented in the wholesale flower markets of today. 

 But then what? Certainly, up to the time of the ap- 

 pearance of this product in the market its progress has 

 been a triumph. It is fit to adorn a king's table. It 

 may get there or it may bring up in the ignominy of the 

 dump. So much science, so much skill, so much indus- 

 try, applied to the perfecting of the goods, and this the 

 outcome ! Now that the great diflficulties of production 

 have been so splendidly mastered is it not high time that 

 some counterbalancing effort were made to solve the 

 greater problem of distribution and sale? 



On many an office wall hangs a card bcar- 

 A great ing the inscription, "Don't talk war; talk 

 opening business," or words to that effect. But there 



are certain phases of this horrible affair and 

 its effect upon the trade with which we are concerned 



