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HOBTICULTURE 



October 31, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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CONTENTS Paee 



COVER ILLUSTR.'^TIOX— Herbaceous Clematis 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— As- 

 paragus plumosus nanus — Begonia incarnata — Car- 

 nations — Gladioli for Forcing — Marguerites — Sowing 

 Centaurea gymnocarpa— ./o/in J. M. Farrell 613 



HERBACEOUS CLEMATIS— ffirTiarfJ Rothe 61.5 



BOSTON CONVENTION GARDEN NOTES— ^enne«ft 

 Finlaiison gl5 



WHY NOT GROW SEEDLING STOCK ON THE PA- 

 CIFIC COAST—/?. Brnard 616 



SWEET PEA VEILED BRIDE— Illustrated 617 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Lenox Horticultural Society 

 — Chrysanthemum Society of America — Nassau Coun- 

 ty Horticultural Society 618 



St. Louis Society Meetings— Club and Society Notes 619 



THE ROSK GROWING INDUSTRY— Robert Pi/lr 619 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Knoxville, New 



York 633 



Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco, Washington 635 



OBITUARY— Mrs. C. W. Hoitt— Mrs. Percy Huxley- 

 Mrs. Robert Hunnick 623 



SEED TRADE— Onion Sets 624 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



The Retailer's Business Calendar 626 



Flowers by Telegraph 627 



Window Advertising 630 



New Flower Stores 635 



NEWS ITEMS FORM EVERYWHERE: 



Boston, Knoxville, Tenn., San Francisco, Washing- 

 ton 628 



Chicago 629 



DIAGRAMS OF FLOWER MARKET FLUCTUATIONS 

 FOR TWO YEARS 630-631 



BOSTON FLOWER EXCHANGE 630 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal 615 



Massachusetts Agricultural College Notes 617 



Basic Slag for Grass-land 617 



Buds, "Crown" and Terminal 622 



New York Exhibition Prospects 622 



Fires 623 



Catalogues Received 624 



Patents Granted 624 



New Corporations 624 



News Notes 626-627 



Visitors' Register 629 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 640 



Now for the fall shows. They are already 



The fall under way in several places; next week will 



shows sec them multiply and the following week 



will be high tide. It is to be regretted that 



the dates for so many of the more important exhibitions 



should come simultaneously but so long as the chrysan- 



themum holds the chief position in these enterprises that 

 cannot well be avoided. 



As November draws near, although the 



Put in dahlias and salvias still adoi'n many gar- 



your oar den?, we must begin to realize that winter 



will soon be upon us and the hustle and 

 tussle of the busy season must be prepared for. If it 

 looks unpromising ahead there is all the more reason for 

 hustling so that a successful business may be extorted 

 from unwilling fate. Give no heed to the pessimist. 

 None of us are ]irophets or sons of prophets and the 

 bouyant optimist knows as much about what is in pros- 

 pect as does the apostle of ill-omen and grouch. There 

 are just as many valid reasons for expecting good busi- 

 ness this season as there are for fearing the opposite. 

 And the best way to assure a good business is to get at it 

 early and earnestly with an irresistible determination, 

 and by this good example inspire those about us to do 

 the same. 



Attention has been called to the fact 

 Improve f]iat, because of the interruption of the 

 the occasion u.^ual demand from the warring coun- 

 tries of Europe, certain high-grade Hol- 

 land bulbs that have heretofore been reserved by the 

 Dutch growers for exacting buyers in Eussia and else- 

 where have for the first time reached the American mar- 

 ket in commercial quantity. Evidence of the truth of 

 this is not hard to find if one will take the trouble to 

 visit any one of the leading seed stores dealing in these- 

 stocks. Never before have hyacinths, tulips and narcis- 

 sus bulbs of such fine quality been offered to the Amer- 

 ican planter and it may be a long time before an equal 

 oppoi-tunity presents itself for securing sensational stock 

 to force for the spring exhibitions. The season in Hol- 

 land is said to have been unsually favoraljle to the growtli 

 and perfecting of the bulbs which adds still further to 

 the rarity of the situation. We hope our readers will 

 take advantage of this opportune opening to do some- 

 thing out of the ordinary for the spring flower shows. 

 Depend upon it no common stuff will stand any chance 

 of winning honors this time. 



The Boston flower market growers and 

 A deep- dealers, at their annual banquet last Sat- 

 rooted evil urday night listened to some pretty prac- 

 tical talk on the time-worn but ever timely 

 subject of credits. It is an incontrovertible fact that 

 the long-credit custom which has become so prevalent in 

 the flower trade is its one worst feature. Irresponsible 

 concerns find no trouble in getting goods on credit in 

 every city in the country and the flower producer or 

 jobber is called upon over and over again to face loss 

 after loss as a result of this wide-spread evil, for which 

 he individually is jointly responsible. And the injury 

 falls not alone upon the grower who cannot collect for 

 his goods but upon the trustworthy dependable trades- 

 man whose business is cut into and injured by the unfair 

 and demoralizing competition which has been so stupidly 

 and reprehensibly encouraged and built up by those who 

 must in tlie end be the greatest sufl'erers from its effects, 

 both directly and indirectly. As to how to apply the 

 remedy, opinions differ. One thing is sure, which is 

 that so long as concerted action is withheld, there can 

 be little hope for any improvement. Any movement to- 

 wards amelioration must be generally agreed to and stol- 

 idly adhered to in order to be successful. 



