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H R T I C U L T U E E 



August 15, 1914 



WAR OR NO WAR! 



We have FRENCH BULBS, and while they last 



we are oifering 

 Paper Whites Grandiflora, $8.50 per 1000 



ST. DAVID'S HARRISII 



5 to 7 Plump Bulbs - - - . - 400 to case, $20.00 

 7 to 9 " " ..... 200 to case, 20.00 



TOBACCO DUST for dusting .... 100 lbs. 2.00 



ROSE BONE 200 " 4.50 



SCOTCH SOOT 112 " 3.00 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 42 Vesey Street, NEW YORK 



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SPRAYING VAPORIZINC-FU MIC ATINC 



K SEEDSIVIEIIM ROIR PRIOI 



Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, Louisville, Ky. 



AFFILIATION FOR COOPERATION. 



I think enough has happened this 

 past year in horticulture to bring affil- 

 iation closer home with most branches 

 of horticulture. .Anybody who has 

 eyes to see and ears to hear can dis- 

 cern the sign of the times, the need for 

 combined effort to give and to hold the 

 rights in our profession, a profession 

 which does so much for better life and 

 better citizenship. Our whole great 

 country is aroused against the rav- 

 ages of rum. Let us help, in a more 

 sensible way than the many misdirect- 

 ed efforts, by building up the home ties 

 and taste, the love for flowers and 

 plants and trees. That branch of edu- 

 cation rests with us. 



So that we can all do our best, no 

 matter what branch we are in, we 

 must not be hampered by unjust legis- 

 lation, by dishonest and greedy com- 

 petition. We should be on the same 

 footing all over the country, honest 

 seeds and trees and plants and flow- 

 ers. No sliding scales. Neither wealth. 

 nor position, nor ignorance should be 

 a factor in any sale. Integrity should 

 be written all over our great profes- 

 sion, all its branches, absolute and al- 

 ways. If we want to be educators, we 

 must be honest to ourselves and to the 

 public. No Burbankism will stand the 

 acid test of the public for any length 

 of time. 



To do this, we must get closer to- 

 gether so we can understand each 

 other's needs better. Brains, applied 

 science and common sense should soon 

 make us independent of Dutch and 

 French bulb growers, English roses 

 and nursery stock, and German seeds. 

 In our great country we should and 

 would be able to find climate and soils 

 for all purposes. But such enterprises 



must be helped from some central 

 point, where tests and records can b3 

 made and kept, and so stimulate this 

 enterprise from one common source. 

 It takes a staff of able men to take 

 care of all problems of horticulture S3 

 that scientific and practical methods 

 can be applied to all branches needing 

 this help and protection. As we grow, 

 so must our problems grow towards 

 the public. Constructive foresight is 

 a great asset. Let us make it in time. 

 I again appeal to your loyalty and 

 common sense to help and uplift your 

 chosen profession. Everyone should 

 care to see horticulture shoulder to 

 shoulder with other enterprises. .\t 

 the present time it is not. 



The verdict against the growers of 

 flowers and plants in Ohio a month or 

 so ago, ta.xing greenhouse products as 

 personal property, is the straw that 

 shows how the wind blows. The pub- 

 lic in general thinks that the florists 

 and those engaged in allied branches 

 are making money by the barrel, there- 

 tore make them pay taxes. What is a 

 law now in Ohio will possibly soon be 



tried in other states, such as Illinois, 

 New York and Pennsylvania. We must 

 not lose sight of the good will of the 

 people. 



It was an ugly blow to our seed mer- 

 chants when the government gave its 

 contract for seed to English firms. It 

 seems as if the integrity of the home 

 merchant were doubted. What is our 

 seed trade going to do about it? If 

 responsible firms did not care to take 

 the orders the government had to give, 

 on account of their agitation against 

 free seed, they seem to have made a 

 mistake. They forgot the public. For- 

 eign seedsmen will make the most out 

 of it and advertise it widely, and the 

 public here will wonder why did Uncle 

 Sam do it. It leaves the door wide 

 open to all kinds of harmful conjec- 

 tures. Watchful waiting does not seem 

 to have sufficed as far the the seeds- 

 man's troubles are concerned. 



I think a more aggressive method, 

 backed by all horticultural interests 

 would put a different aspect on this 

 feature. The seedsmen could not make 

 a wiser move, and for that matter all 



DON'T FAIL, if interested in our 



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NEW CARNATION ALICE 



to visit Ellis when at the Convention, and see the stock of this 

 Grand Variety, from which cuttings will be taken next Fall. Ad- 

 vance orders for 100,000 now booked. Steam Cars for Ellis leave 

 .South Station. Electric Cars from Boston pass the door. Take 

 Elevated Trains to Forest Hills, then Norwood and East Walpole 

 Cars which pass the greenhouses. 



PETER FISHER - ELLIS, MASS. 



