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H E T I C U L T U E E 



September 19, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XX 



SEPTEMBER 19, 1914 



NO. 12 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATIOX— Anthericum Llliastrum gi- 



ganteum 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Care 

 of Mignonette — Freesias — Liquid Feeding for Chrys- 

 anthemums — Summer Flowering Bulbs — Violets — 



Salvia— John J. If. Farrell 417 



A CHANCE FOR HOME INDUSTRIES 418 



A CONVENTION GARDEN SUGGESTION— W. A. 



Manda 418 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Liquid Manure- 

 Tobacco Stems — Arthur C. Rusicka 419 



ANTHERICUM— fficftacrf Rothe 419 



THE S. A. F. AND THE P. H. A.—Edvnn Lonsdale. . 421 



BOSKOOP, HOLLAND, IN THE WAR 421 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 421 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston — New York Florists' Club — New Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society — Westchester and Fairfield 

 Horticultural Society — Connecticut Horticultural 



Society— St. Louis Florist Club 422 



Club and Society Notes 423 



Dahlia and Fruit Exhibition at Boston 424 



A CALIFORNIA WELCOME— Bdifin Lonsdale 423 



SEED TRADE— California Seeds and Bulbs— Notes. . 426 

 OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS— Important 

 to Growers, Florists and Wholesalers — Max Schling 428 



Flowers by Telegraph 429 



New Flower Stores 430 



DURING RECESS— The "Old Guard" Association- 

 Newport Ball 431 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Knoxville, New York, Phila- 

 delphia 433 



San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington 435 



OBITUARY— J. B. Stuessy— J. Theo. Voorneveld— 



Harry C. Cook 442 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Massachusetts Agricultural College Notes 421 



Vincent's Annual Dahlia Show 421 



Personal 421 



Summer Home and Conservatories of Albert E. Elser 



—Illustrated 423 



Monmouth County (N. J.) Fair 423 



New Corporations 424 



Publications Received — Catalogues Received 426 



Chicago Notes — Washington Notes 430 



San Francisco Notes 430 



A Remarkable Gladiolus Exhibit — Illustrated,. 431 



Knoxville, Tenn., Notes 431 



Some Good Growers 435 



Philadelphia Notes 435 



View in Carnation Range — Illustrated 440 



Trouble with Hollyhocks — C. S. Harrison 440 



An Iris Manual 440 



Visitors' Register 440 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 442 



Patents Granted — News Notes 442 



A story is now going the rounds of ' the 



A marvel daily press that a beautiful new flower has 



garden? heen evolved by a resident of California 



who has succeeded in %udding a rose to 



a blackberry bush." That must indeed be a wonderful 



thing even for tliat State of prodigies and wizards in 



horticulture. Why not make a convention garden for 

 the edification of the S. A. F. visitors next summer, com- 

 posed entirely of all these resplendent Califomian mar- 

 vels. Taking all that we have read of for the past few 

 years they ought to make quite a respectable garden as to 

 extent and amazing enough to attract an attendance 

 from the ends of the earth. 



Unemployment and business depres- 



An optimistic sion already much in evidence — espe- 



view eially in export and import lines of the 



horticultural trade — have brought the 

 gloomy side of the present situation home to the ma- 

 jority of our readers and the outlook seems to be de- 

 cidedly blue for the coming season. But there seems to 

 be a silver lining to hope for — at least in one direction 

 — and that is in the retail flower business. One of the 

 wise men in that line with whom we have been talking 

 took exception to our pessimistic forecast and said that 

 on the contrary he looked for a good season for the retail 

 florists of this country as the wealthy people of America 

 will stay at home this winter instead of going to Europe, 

 will entertain here and spend their money here; that 

 the flower business is bound to be prosperous, and that 

 there is no cause whatever to feel in the least discour- 

 aged. We sincerely trust this diagnosis will prove cor- 

 rect — and it affords us much pleasure to pass along the 

 cheering word. 



The annual exhibition of the products 

 The children's of children's gardens held at Horti- 

 exhibltion at cultural Hall, Boston, September 5 

 Boston an,j Q^ is worthy of more than a pass- 



ing notice. It was a great success 

 and showed the progress that has been made in recent 

 years in the development of the interest in gardening 

 among the children of Massachusetts. The large and 

 side halls of the building were filled to overflowing with 

 plants, flowers, and vegetables grown in school and home 

 gardens in many cities and towns of the State. The 

 exhibits showed marked improvement in quality and ar- 

 rangement over any previous year and most of them 

 would have been creditable to older exhibitors. The show 

 was largely attended and the interest and enthusiasm of 

 the young gardeners was a notable feature. Two hun- 

 dred awards were made ranging from twenty-five cents 

 to six dollars, aggregating three hundred dollars, of 

 which one hundred dollars was the appropriation of the 

 State of Massachusetts for the encouragement of agri- 

 culture among the children of the Commonwealth. The 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society was the pioneer in 

 this country in the work of interesting the young people 

 in horticultural pursuits. As far back as 1878 the first 

 exhibition of the children's work was held, which has 

 been continued in various forms without interruption to 

 the present 3'ear. The seed thus early sowed has taken 

 root and spread with great rapidity so that now the hor- 

 ticultural education nf the children is demanding atten- 

 tion of our leading educators and already finds a place 

 in many of our schools. The criticism of our public 

 school system that it educates the scholars for a city life 

 is doubtless true arid the effort to call attention to agri- 

 culural and horticultural pursuits is worthy of the high- 

 est and most liberal encouragement. 



