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HORTICULTUEE 



August 15, 191 ■ 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XX 



AUGUST 15, 1914 



NO. 7 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 

 11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. 



Telephone, Oxford 293. 

 WM. J. STEWART, Editor and Uanager. 



Entered as second-class matter December 8, 19M, at the Post Office 

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



CONTENTS Page 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Care 

 of Carnations — Cinerarias — Lorraine Begonias — Lil- 

 ium Candidum — Young Palms — Propagating Varie- 

 gated Vinca — John J. M. Farrell 209 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Tile War— The 

 Coal Supply — Fumigating — Arthur C. Ruzicka 211 



DAPHNE CNEORUM— i/!i6erf M. Canning 211 



THE CON\'ENTION CITY — Illustrated— Boston's Rec- 

 ord — Horticulture in Boston — Boston Parks — The 

 Flower Trade — Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club — Arnold Arboretum — 

 Botanical Garden — First Boston Convention 212-217 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS: 



Thirtieth Annual Meeting and Exhibition — Some of 

 the Men at the Helm, portraits — Program of Busi- 

 ness — Program of Entertainment — List of Sporting 

 Events — Local Ladies' Committees — Bureau of Hor- 

 ticultural and Historical Interest — Ladies' Society 

 S. A. F. — List of Exhibitors in the Convention Gar- 

 den—Chicago to Boston— Floor Plan, Mechanics 

 Building 218-225 



•CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Gardeners' Boston Meeting — Chrysanthemum Society 



of America 224 



American Rose Society — American Gladiolus Society 225 

 National Dahlia Society — New Jersey Floricultural 



Society — A Worthy Association 238 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society Exhibition 240 



AFFILIATION FOR CO-OPERATION— A Farenwald.. 226 



SEED TRADE — Effect of the European War 230 



OBITUARY— Mrs. C. H. Homeyer 240 



OP INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Gleanings on Foliage Plants and Ferns 242 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 243 



DURING RECESS— The "Truly Rurals " Invade Barne- 



.?at Bay— Illustrated 250 



Tield Day at Michell's — Chicago Florists 252 



:FL0WER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 255 



New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 257 



..MISCELLANEOUS: 



A Special Horticultural Exhibition 228 



Standard Flower Pot Records ' 228 



Publications Received — Catalogues Received 230 



Jncorporated 238 



Business Troubles 243 



Chicago Notes 244 



Knoxville Notes — Personal 248 



Cincinnati Notes — Longing for Peace 248 



Visitors' Register — News Notes 248 



Philadelphia Notes— A Florist Farmer — Patents 257 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 257 



Horticulture extends a sincere welcome 

 Welcome and congratulations tO;the grand old S. A. 

 F. on its visit to Boston. We earnestly 

 !hope that the attendance may be large and representa- 

 tive of every section of our great cotmtry, that its ses- 

 ■sions may be instructive, its deliberations conducted with 

 •wisdom and that its strength, usefulness and prestige 

 may be greatly increased by the results accomplished. 

 The horticultural interests of Boston, with an unanimity 

 and unselfishness most commendable, have willingly put 

 ■aside their individuality and worked together as one for 

 the credit of Boston and for the entertainment of the 

 visitors who now, after so long an interim, come once 

 more as Boston's guests. We trust the weather clerk 

 will provide ideal weather and that the hospitality so 

 -carefully planned may fully measure up to its intent 



and that no untoward incident may come to mar the 

 complete success in. every particular of the Conven- 

 tion of 1914. Welcome, thrice welcome, S. A. F. ! 



While we are busy making ready for this 

 Brother great gathering in the interests of the 

 and brother niost refined and beneficent of the arts of 

 peace, our fellow-craftsmen in the old 

 world are in the midst of a sanguinary conflict, the most 

 terrible in history. Each and every one of the great 

 nations involved in the struggle has done its share in the 

 advancement of horticulture. To them we are indebted 

 for a goodly portion of what we have come to regard as 

 indispensable in our work and from them, too, have come 

 many of the most intelligent and honorable men who 

 grace the profession of horticulture in America. Hor- 

 ticulture knows no race nor creed. It recognizes no 

 difEerences among its votaries except the rank of attain- 

 ment and the emulation to excel in proficiency and the 

 knowledge of horticulture. In our ranks are found rep- 

 resentatives of all the warring countries and races. Ties 

 of kindred and places of birth may influence our sym- 

 pathies and excite individual prejudices in this time of 

 high tension and inflamed passion. Let us forget all 

 this in our intercourse with our fellow workers. By all 

 means, let no words of argument, reproach or prejudice 

 escape our lips wherever and however we may foregather 

 in the coming convention and its attendant social inter- 

 course. 



"For a' that, an' a' that. 



It's comin' yet for a' that. 

 That man to man the world o'er 

 Shall brithers be for a' that." 



With a membership double what it 



Many Interests ^jis a decade ago and three or four 



to subserve times the volume of twenty years 



ago, the question may arise as to 

 why the attendance at the annual convention of the 

 S. A. F. has not increased proportionately. Notwith- 

 standing the generally recognized inducements 

 of a summer convention in Boston it is by 

 no means sure that the attendance of members this 

 year will exceed that at the first convention in Boston 

 twenty-four years ago. A restricted attendance does not 

 necessarily indicate a lack of interest as there are un- 

 doubtedly many who will be absentees only with the 

 greatest reluctance. The European war w'ill have a re- 

 straining effect on many who would otherwise make the 

 trip to Boston. The withdrawal of the sj)ecial low 

 transportation rates that formerly were obtainable cuts 

 quite a figure in the matter of attendance nowadays. 

 Much enthusiasm is apt to mark the first few years of 

 any organization but this moderates in time and it then 

 takes skillful work on the part of officers and others to 

 combat this tendency to indifference. Different indi- 

 viduals are actuated by different motives in their at- 

 tendance upon these affairs and the greatest permanent 

 success will usually attend that society which provides 

 something for all tastes and permits no domination by 

 any one interest. The S. A. F. Convention does not 

 exist for purposes of trade alone, for buying and selling, 

 nor is it all for entertaining and feasting and social en- 

 joyment; it is not all for technical e.ssays and discus- 

 sions; neither is it simply for practising politics or to 

 advance the interests of favorite candidates; nor even 

 to make money for the Society, although all these may 

 contribute more or less to a lively and successful meeting. 

 The final test of a convention must really be its perma- 

 nent educational, inspiring and ek-vating influence on the 

 trade and the profession and all those features that 

 most contribute to this ultimate restilt should in all 

 cases be given the right of way and see to it that the 

 others are all put to full use as accessories to that end. 



