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August 22, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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AUGUST 22, 1914 



NO. 8 



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ance of lioasting and so will leave that for others not so 

 closely identified with Boston interests to say. The 

 management of the various local receptions and enter- 

 tainments was exceptionally thorough and every detail 

 went through witliout obstacle or friction. ]\Iueh busi- 

 ness of importance was transacted by the S. A. F. and 

 the auxiliary bodies, notwithstanding the many outside 

 diversions. It will take some time to assimilate and „ 

 realize fully the lessons of this significant event in the I 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Patrick Welch. President- 

 elect Society of American Florists 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Bou- 

 vardia — Care of Smilax — Chrysanthemums — Gera- 

 niums — Providing Compost — Propagating Ivy Gera- 

 nium — John J. M. Farrell 275 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Cool Nights- 

 Sulphur — Lime — Syringing Plants — Tying — Shaking 

 the Plants — Arthur C. Ruzicka 277 



TEH BOSTON CON^'ENTION — Opening Convention 

 Garden, Illustrated — Opening Session — President's 

 Address — Secretary's Report — Treasurer's Report — 

 Report of Washington Representative — Report of 

 Committee on Rose Gardens — Committee on Wm. R. 

 Smith Memorial — Selection of Meeting Place for 1915 

 — President's Reception — Second Day — Thursday 

 Morning's Session — Election of Officers — Thursday 

 Afternoon's Session — Ladies Society of American 

 Florists — Ladies' Bowling — Ladies Auto Trip — Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners — Florists' Hail Asso- 

 ciation — American Gladiolus Society — American Rose 

 Society — Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association — 



Convention Notes 278-286 



New Yorkers on the Way to Boston 288 



The Trade Exhibition at Horticultural Hall 290 



DURING RECESS— Westchester and Fairfield Horti- 

 cultural Society 288 



SEED TRADE— Effect of the War on the Seed Trade 

 — Beans, Pea and Corn Crops — Next Canners' Conven- 

 tion 294 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Flowers by Telegraph 296 



A Store Man's View of the Cut Flower Situation 



— John C. Gracpy 297 



Floral Tributes— Illustrations 298 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis 301 



OBITUARY — George Dickson, portrait — William H. 

 Diehl — Annie Norman 303 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— St. Louis Florist Club 308 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Cincinnati Notes 288 



Personal 290 



Washington Notes 298 



Found at Last — C. .S'. Harrison 299 



Boston Co-operative Flower Market 301 



Publications Received 308 



Although the Convention activities are 

 The Boston still far from their finish at this writing. 

 Convention yet it is not too early to declare the 

 event a great and notable success in every 

 particular. We might say, without fear of much con- 

 tradiction that it is the crowning success in the history 

 of S. A. F. Conventions but we wish to avoid any appear- 



historv- of American horticulture and we shall have much 

 more to say on the subject in subsequent issues of Hor- 

 ticulture. For now it is enough to express our grati- 

 tude and delight over the coming of such a throng of 

 distinguished men and women to honor Boston by their 

 presence. 



At last after these many years of fruitless 

 Affiliation gnf] seemingly hopeless effort and the en- 

 countering of obstacles innumerable, tlie 

 great riddle of how to establish a union for mutual ad- 

 vantage between the Society of American Florists and 

 Ornamental Horticulturists and the various lesser bodies 

 with kindred purposes seems to be approaching a solu- 

 tion. The moulding of sentiment on all sides has pro- 

 gressed slowly but it i^ all the better that this is so. Out 

 of the multitude of counsellors wisdom has come and 

 now we .see tlie gratifying result of the gradual evolution 

 ill the simple and bu.-iness-like proposition which has 

 finally received the a])proval of and been incorporated 

 into the laws of the chartered national society and which, 

 in all probability will be cordially welcomed by the other 

 organizations vitally concerned. The principle of recog- 

 nition and encouragement of the work and autonomy of 

 the zealous special organizations which owe their incen- 

 tive and example to the S. A. F. as a parent now takes 

 its place as a fundamental ])rinciple of the interrelation 

 of these useful bodies and brings to all concerned the 

 benefits of a moral alliance, the value of which, time will 

 quickly prove. 



One of the most hopeful signs in the 

 In the career and circumstances of any or- 



flower of youth ganization is a good representation of 

 young men in its active ranks. 

 Xobody with this thought in mind could fail to be 

 deeply impressed by the very large proportion of young 

 men, many Just coming into manhood ))roudly wearing 

 the membership button of the old but ever young 

 S. A. F. A full share of these were from remote local- 

 ities, in many cases accompanying their elders who have 

 been good earnest workers in the organization for years. 

 A sprinkling of grey heads through an audience as a 

 sign of stability and dignity not to be lightly esteemed 

 but when a society runs too strongly to maturity in this 

 respect it is a most ominous presage of decline. The 

 young blood is what we must have if we are to progress 

 and maintain prestige and it is a happy augury for hor- 

 ticulture in America that its leading organized exponent 

 is so well c(|uip])ed in this respect. We feel sure, too, 

 that the welfare of the good old Society, so Jealously 

 guarded and ])romoted by the pioneers, will be in safe 

 hands when the virile youth of the profession as seen in 

 Boston come to seriously take u]i its burdens and res]ion- 

 sibilities. 



