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HORTICULTTTRE 



February 24, 1917 



HORTICULTURE. 



VOL XXV 



FEBRUARV 24, 1917 



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CONTENTS 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— W. J. Vesey, Jr., President- 

 elect American Carnation Society. 



ROSE GROWINCx UNDER GLASS— Last Call for Cut- 

 tings — Lime — Repotting Arthur C. Ruzicka 233 



MARVELOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE IRIS— (7. S. 

 Harrison 235 



CLASSIFICATION OP EXHIBITORS AT FLOWER 

 SHOWS 235 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— N. Y. Federation of Horti- 

 cultural Societies and Floral Clubs — Meetings Next 

 Week — Association of Kew Gardeners in America — 

 Lancaster County Florists' Club — Nassau County 

 (N. Y.) Horticultural Society— Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society— Sewickley (Pa.) Horticultural 

 Society — Lenox Horticultural Society — Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston— Club and Society 



Notes 236-238 



Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural Society 242 



DURING RECESS— New York and New Jersey Plant 



Growers, Illustrated— Florists' Club of Washington.. 238 

 PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS— 7?. Vincent, Jr. . 240 

 SEED TRADE— One Week's Imports— Where Reform 



is Needed 244 



OP INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores 24fi 



Flowers by Telegraph 247 



A Golden Wedding Gift— Illustrated 249 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: 



Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington, New York.. 248 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, 



Philadelphia 251 



Washington 253 



OBITUARY— Cyrus R. Keene— Alexander Miller— Rev. 



W. T. Hutchins— Jolm Allan 258 



MISCELLANEOUS : 



W. J. Vesey, Jr 935 



Massachusetts Agricultural College Notes. ....'.'..'..' 243 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 243 



Catalogues Received \ 244 



Our Little Back Lot, poetry 244 



New Corporations 240 



News Notes 246 



Personal 248 



Luke Doogue's New Position . 249 



Visitors' Register 253 



Publications Received 258 



The news of tlie havoc wrought in Ahi- 



A luima, Florida and other sections of the 



hard blow south Ijy the recent freezing weather is 



quite disheartening. The cause for these 



aldiornial iiu'oads of low temperatures is p,robably past 



finding out but tlie instances seem to be more frequent 



in recent years and the quoi-)' ai'ises as to whether the 



..-tripping of the iovB&t protection is not responsible in 

 part at least. Tlie ruin in the present cas-j seems to 

 have been complete and industries from the develop- 

 ment of which much was expected have suffered a de- 

 plorable set back. To all those who ha- e sustained so 

 grievous a loss Hokticultuhe extends nrofound sym- 

 pathy. 



The action of the American Society of 

 Deserves Landscape Architects at its meeting in 

 support Boston last week, in planning a vigorous 

 cami>aign to suppress the odious "Ijill- 

 board nuisance" is timely and commendable and should 

 liave all the support possible from the professional gar- 

 deners, florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and others of the 

 craft, whom Hokticultuee reaches. The predilection 

 which finds expression in the planting of gardens, the 

 erection of greenhouses, the employment of trained gar- 

 deners and the buying of flowers and plants is identical 

 with the sentiment which would maintain the public 

 thoroughfares and wayside attractions against the intru- 

 .«ion of these discordant blots upon the landscape. With- 

 out sucli ideals as this movement represents we should 

 have parkless cities and flowerless homes, and develop- 

 ment of the florists' avocation, the progi'ess of the gar- 

 deners' art and all other horticultural industries would 

 languish. So, wherever and in whatever way the gar- 

 dener and florist and allied interests can help in this 

 reform, which promises to Ijc an ujibill fight, it surely is 

 their duty individually and collectively to give ungrudg- 

 ing support not only as a matter of principle and re- 

 finement liut of good lousiness policy. 



.V note from Philadelphia intimates that 

 The flip .sentiment in favor of early closing 



early closing of flower shops is rapidly gaining favor 

 movement and that probably within a short time 

 five or six o'clock P. M. will be the uni- 

 \-6rsal closing liour in that city, in winter as well as 

 summer. There are indications that in other cities 

 liesides Philadelphia this sut)ject of early closing is being 

 seriously discussed and we are of the opinion that it 

 only requires that a few of the leaders in the business 

 make a bold move in order to inaugitrate a good start 

 on this very proper reform. There is no valid reason 

 «liy a florist, any more than a dry goods house, a grocer, 

 or other business place, should keep his employes hang- 

 ing around the store until an unreasonable hour when 

 all others, save the druggist, undertaker, cigar man and 

 lunch room are permitted to go home, excepting, per- 

 liaps, on Saturday night. This ever-open custom, cover- 

 ing nights. Sundays and liolidays, is an unfortunate 

 k^acY from tlie time w'hen most of the retail flower sell- 

 ing was done from greenhouses, where the public expect 

 to find ah\ays some one on duty and willing to seiTe 

 them. The amount of transient business done in any 

 store, unless exceptionally located, as in a theatre or 

 metropolitan hotel, after six o'clock, is usually small 

 and most of it would no douljf still be had were the rule 

 of five o'clock closing established. The conditions of 

 service in the florist busiuess make a vei-y serious handi- 

 cap in securing young men of character and ability for 

 the work. More reasonable liou.rs will elevate and im- 

 prove the service. 



