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H0ETICULTT7RE 



March 17, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XXV M ARCH 17, 1917 Na 11 



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CONTENTS Page 



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COVER ILLUSTRATION — Philadelphus coronarius. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— 

 Azaleas— Care of Carnations— Flowers for Memorial 

 Day — Sweet Peas for Outside — Reminders — John J. 

 M. Farrell 329 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Plants for Summer 

 Roses— Care of the Walks— Disbudding Potted Beau- 

 ties — Arthur C. Rugica 331 



PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS— Artftwr E. Thatcher 331 



CHICAGO NOVELTY FLOWER SHOW 332 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— American Rose Society- 

 Meetings Next Week— New York Florists' Club — 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— Florists' 

 Club of Washington— New York Federation — Mount 

 Kisco Horticultural Society— Maine State Florists' 



Society — Club and Society Notes 333-336 



The Four Big Shows 336 



OBITUARY — Mrs. Wm. H. Foddy — Voorhees Tappen— 

 William Lackey— Isaac D. Sailer— John E. Kelly 338 



SEED TRADE — To Practice on Government Seeds — 

 One Week's Imports— To Bxpediate Seed Deliveries. . 340 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores 342 



Flowers by Telegraph 343 



NEWS ITEMS PROM EVERYWHERE: 



Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Rochester, N. Y., 

 Philadelphia, Boston 344 



DURING RECESS— Gardeners' and Florists Club of 



Baltimore 345 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, Philadel- 

 phia 347 



Pittsburgh, Rochester, St. Louis, Washington 349 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



An Outlaw Bird 332 



Two Easter Subjects — Illustrated 336 



Some Useful Garden Chrysanthemums — Charles A. 



Mathes 336 



A Great Calamity 338 



Publications Received 338-345 



Catalogues Received 339 



Railroad Responsibility 340 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 340 



New Corporations — News Notes 342 



University of Illinois Inspection Trip 344 



Visitors' Register 349 



Ohio Licensed Firemen Law 354 



We sympathize with tlie florists o£ Ohio 



Oppressive ^nil elsewhere who are facing so much 



legislation expense and trouble on account of the 



provisions of the licen.«ed fireman laws. 



The florists of Massachusetts were threatened with a 



similar imposition a few years ago, but by vigorous 



action and by protests at legislative committee hearings 



they succeeded in securing e.xemption for greenhouse 

 establishments from the provisions of the proposed law. 

 It might be well for florists in other states where the 

 subject of steam boiler laws is being agitated to procure 

 copies of the Massachusetts reports and enactments. 

 The present laws here are reasonable and appear to have 

 \vorl<ed to general satisfaction thus far. A copy of the 

 letter signed by the florists of Ohio and .sent to mem- 

 bers of their state legislature, which will be found on 

 another page of this paper, sets forth the liardship im- 

 posed upon greenhouse establishments by the present 

 Ohio law very distinctly and is well worthy of general 

 perusal and thoughtful attention. 



The Philadelphia North American de- 

 Gardeners voted nearly half a page of editorial 

 all space in its issue of March 6 to a con- 



sideration of the gardening movement, 

 under the title of "No idle acres this year." It is an 

 eloquent and convincing plea for the utilization of every 

 available acre or part acre in Pennsylvania for the 

 growing of grain and vegetables and making productive 

 tlie millions of acres of unimproved soil throughout the 

 nation — a plea for "a garden in every back yard in city 

 or town, even though the space thus cultivated may not 

 be larger than an ordinary room : " for the conquering of 

 waste and "for making every vacant city lot and every 

 crooked corner in the country a producer of food." 

 This is but one of hundreds of newspapers in every 

 part of our country that under stress of the present 

 emergency are doing splendid service in the most bene- 

 ficial popular movement of our times. In the words of 

 Leonard Barron in his address at Boston last Tuesday, 

 the back-to-the-soil campaign now in progress is "the 

 greatest boost and livener that has ever (3ome to gar- 

 dening in America." 



By the time these lines are in type two 



The of the big flower shows for which elab- 



March orate preparations have been in progress 



exhibitions for months will have opened their doors. 



That the New York "International" will 

 be a stupendous success, unless some direful national 

 crisis should suddenly intervene, is a foregone conclu- 

 sion. The several years of experience up to the present 

 time are a great asset to the New York management. 

 There is a boundless amount of material with which to 

 make the show and the income from the trade depart- 

 ment and souvenir program is the biggest yet. As to 

 St. Louis, the financial outcome is perhaps not so cer- 

 tain but the prospect is said to be very encouraging and 

 superlative quality is assured. All friends of progres- 

 sive horticulture will most earnestly wish and hope for 

 St. Louis' success in this ambitious enterprise on which 

 $10,000 is said to have been spent, for a winner now 

 will indicate a splendid triumph for the National 

 Flower Show one year hence. Before our next issue 

 goes to press the National Eose Festival at Philadelphia 

 and the Boston Spring Show advertised as "a corner of 

 paradise" will be in full swing. Ornamental horticul- 

 ture certainly has its innings this month. 



The next issues of Horticulturic will lie chock full 

 of flower show news; also the advertising pages will be 

 chock full of interesting spring trade ofl:erings. Intel- 

 ligent readers, such as Horticulture boasts, will be 

 deeply interested in both and advertising firms wishing 

 to build up trade with this class should take quick ad- 

 vantage of the rare opjiortunity now presented. If you 

 liave anything to offer, come out of your obscurity and 

 Ifll ihe-te pcnjilc nhniif if. 



